Karenluvs6
01-03-2001, 07:54 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya - A 27-year-old Kenyan passenger burst into
the cockpit of a British Airways jet with 398 people aboard
and grabbed the controls. He forced the Boeing 747-400 into
two violent nosedives and managed to bite the captain's ear
in the process before passengers and crew subdued him. Most
of the passengers aboard Flight 2069 were asleep or watching
a movie when the man burst into the cockpit and grabbed the
controls. Passengers screamed and the engines roared as the
plane plummeted an estimated 10,000 feet, witnesses said.
Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
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CHICAGO, Illinois - Dogs generally "light up" when their
owner offers to take them for a walk in the park. However,
Portia, a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever, was in for
quite a "shock" during her walk with owner Kerry Sorvino.
As the 70-pound canine stepped onto a metal plate covering
an electrical vault on the sidewalk, it began to convulse
uncontrollably as a voltage of electricity surged through
its body. Sorvino, not knowing what was wrong, bent over
to calm the squealing pooch and was bitten on the hand.
A passerby summoned a veterinarian from an animal hospital
and he tried to give Portia mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
However, he kept getting a shock from her lips and was
unable to save her. City officials said a frayed wire
apparently contacted the cover plate set into the sidewalk
on Wrightwood near Lincoln and Sheffield. An investigation
is being done as to whether other city electrical vaults
will be checked.
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WASHINGTON - I would like to see how they explain this one
to the insurance company. A house was being moved across a
set of railroad tracks on the back of a truck when it was
plowed into by an Amtrak train packed with sports fans.
Police say the building was smashed to pieces, but nobody
was hurt. Moments earlier, two men had been on the roof
lifting overhead wires out of the way so they could move it
across the tracks.
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - A sacrificial lamb told its owner in its
own words to eat "sheep" and die. Waheeb Hamoudah plummeted
to his death when the sheep that he had been fattening up for
the past six weeks on his rooftop butted him off. The 56-year
-old worked in the police tax evasion department and planned
to kill the lamb for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice,
in early March. Neighbors found Hamoudah lying bleeding on the
ground below, with several broken bones, Monday. He died soon
after reaching hospital
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SYDNEY, Australia - A police bomb dog, who has been highly
trained to sniff out illegal explosives, was frightened by the
bangs of a New Year fireworks display and crashed through his
backyard fence in Sydney. Jed, a five-year-old golden Labrador,
reportedly played a key role in the security at the Olympics
and is said to be a valuable member of the Sydney police
department. According to acting Sgt. Paul Jarrett, "Jed was
obviously very frightened by the crackers and smashed his
way through the fence to escape."
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TAIWAN - In order to acquire a little good luck this year,
a Taiwanese man asked a cosmetic surgeon to change his nose
into the shape of a pig's snout. The man's pig-nose wish is
one of scores of unusual requests received by surgeons in the
run up to the New Year, with Chinese people aiming to improve
their luck as the country's economy takes a turn for the worse.
According to traditional Chinese beliefs, the shape of a
person's face determines the extent of their good luck and
fortune, and in Chinese society pigs are regarded as a symbol
of wealth and a comfortable life. However, this man's good
fortune obviously hasn't kicked in yet because the cosmetic
surgeon told him to find another doctor willing to carry out
the bizarre request.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Nightclub owner Mark Deane believes Portland
residents will enjoy their morning coffee more if served by a
topless waitress. Deane plans to open a topless doughnut shop
in his topless nightclub where dancers will double as
waitresses. "They'll have to ID people at the door to serve
doughnuts," said City Councilman Charles Harlow, a longtime
opponent of topless dancing. This isn't the first instance of
a topless coffee house. Previous endeavors having gone out of
business, but Deane remains confident.
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Have a bizarre day!
the cockpit of a British Airways jet with 398 people aboard
and grabbed the controls. He forced the Boeing 747-400 into
two violent nosedives and managed to bite the captain's ear
in the process before passengers and crew subdued him. Most
of the passengers aboard Flight 2069 were asleep or watching
a movie when the man burst into the cockpit and grabbed the
controls. Passengers screamed and the engines roared as the
plane plummeted an estimated 10,000 feet, witnesses said.
Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
------------------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO, Illinois - Dogs generally "light up" when their
owner offers to take them for a walk in the park. However,
Portia, a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever, was in for
quite a "shock" during her walk with owner Kerry Sorvino.
As the 70-pound canine stepped onto a metal plate covering
an electrical vault on the sidewalk, it began to convulse
uncontrollably as a voltage of electricity surged through
its body. Sorvino, not knowing what was wrong, bent over
to calm the squealing pooch and was bitten on the hand.
A passerby summoned a veterinarian from an animal hospital
and he tried to give Portia mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
However, he kept getting a shock from her lips and was
unable to save her. City officials said a frayed wire
apparently contacted the cover plate set into the sidewalk
on Wrightwood near Lincoln and Sheffield. An investigation
is being done as to whether other city electrical vaults
will be checked.
------------------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - I would like to see how they explain this one
to the insurance company. A house was being moved across a
set of railroad tracks on the back of a truck when it was
plowed into by an Amtrak train packed with sports fans.
Police say the building was smashed to pieces, but nobody
was hurt. Moments earlier, two men had been on the roof
lifting overhead wires out of the way so they could move it
across the tracks.
------------------------------------------------------------
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - A sacrificial lamb told its owner in its
own words to eat "sheep" and die. Waheeb Hamoudah plummeted
to his death when the sheep that he had been fattening up for
the past six weeks on his rooftop butted him off. The 56-year
-old worked in the police tax evasion department and planned
to kill the lamb for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice,
in early March. Neighbors found Hamoudah lying bleeding on the
ground below, with several broken bones, Monday. He died soon
after reaching hospital
------------------------------------------------------------
SYDNEY, Australia - A police bomb dog, who has been highly
trained to sniff out illegal explosives, was frightened by the
bangs of a New Year fireworks display and crashed through his
backyard fence in Sydney. Jed, a five-year-old golden Labrador,
reportedly played a key role in the security at the Olympics
and is said to be a valuable member of the Sydney police
department. According to acting Sgt. Paul Jarrett, "Jed was
obviously very frightened by the crackers and smashed his
way through the fence to escape."
------------------------------------------------------------
TAIWAN - In order to acquire a little good luck this year,
a Taiwanese man asked a cosmetic surgeon to change his nose
into the shape of a pig's snout. The man's pig-nose wish is
one of scores of unusual requests received by surgeons in the
run up to the New Year, with Chinese people aiming to improve
their luck as the country's economy takes a turn for the worse.
According to traditional Chinese beliefs, the shape of a
person's face determines the extent of their good luck and
fortune, and in Chinese society pigs are regarded as a symbol
of wealth and a comfortable life. However, this man's good
fortune obviously hasn't kicked in yet because the cosmetic
surgeon told him to find another doctor willing to carry out
the bizarre request.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Nightclub owner Mark Deane believes Portland
residents will enjoy their morning coffee more if served by a
topless waitress. Deane plans to open a topless doughnut shop
in his topless nightclub where dancers will double as
waitresses. "They'll have to ID people at the door to serve
doughnuts," said City Councilman Charles Harlow, a longtime
opponent of topless dancing. This isn't the first instance of
a topless coffee house. Previous endeavors having gone out of
business, but Deane remains confident.
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Have a bizarre day!