Things the World May or May Not Need

I'm late getting to my "odd things in the news" blog this week.  I would gladly blame the current  heat wave stagnating over the Midwest that is withering my garden and burning off my brains cells, but more the more likely culprit is poor time management on my part.  So...lets talk about a few things that are being reported that may or may not be a positive addition to our planet....and we all know that we were sooooo very close to having it perfected.

What are you looking at?????

A Cat With More Hair

Yes, the Guiness people have added yet another record-breaking addition to their lists.  Colonel Meow, a two-year-old Himalayan-Persian kitty who hails from Los Angeles, was crowned cat with the longest fur.  (Quite a beauty. Looks really friendly, don't you think?)

The Colonel was measured by three independent veterinarians and the Colonel's fur -- taken on average from 10 hairs -- stretched an impressive 22.87 cm.

"We already knew that he was the best cat in the world, but to be recognized in the Guinness World Records book takes it to the next level," said the Colonel's person, Anne Marie Avey.

Avey says his colossal coat requires brushing twice or three times a week, and fur still gets all over everything in the house. (Bet that goes well.)

"His fur is so epic -- it takes two of us to properly brush him," Avey and co-owner Eric Rosario said in a statement. “Literally everything in the house has hair on it, including us!  I feel like I’m always vacuuming!"

 Nothing says welcome like cat hair.

Drive-In Sex Boxes

"What's that/" I hear you asking.  Basically they are little wooden structures where people can pull in to discreetly meet up with prostitutes. 

Doesn't this just scream romance?

This week the first of the sex houses opened to a very modest audience. There were, in fact, more press than prostitutes. That might explain why the first car that pulled in quickly looked around and made a hasty retreat.

The second car, a family vehicle driven by a man in sunglasses under cloudy evening skies, broke down and needed jump starting in front of a host of photographers, snickering into their cameras.

Zurich authorities had said they expected a modest start to the country's first so-called "sex boxes", a row of drive-in wooden garages on a looping track where clients in cars can visit prostitutes, shielded from prying eyes and security cameras.

With an estimated annual turnover of around 3.5 billion Swiss francs ($3.79 billion), prostitution has been legal in Switzerland since 1942, with sex workers in Zurich required to have a special permit, health insurance and pay tax.

The number of prostitutes in the Alpine nation has risen sharply over the last decade, due to the decriminalization of procuring and passive solicitation of sex alongside agreements between Switzerland and the European Union on free movement of people.

The sex boxes, which echo similar drive-in systems in the Netherlands and Germany, are being touted as a way to get large numbers of prostitutes and their clients off Switzerland's otherwise pristine streets.

Don't they have motels in Switzerland?  


A Twisted Robin Hood

The 36-year-old Bellingham, Wash. man was arrested on Tuesday morning after he allegedly fired an arrow -- wrapped with a package of marijuana -- at the second-floor recreation area of Whatcom County Jail. Police say he intended to gift the weed to inmates, but Jordan claims he was hunting squirrels, according to

The Bellingham Herald.

A civilian employee with the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office allegedly spotted Jordan getting out of his Ford pickup at about 8:40 a.m. on the south side of the jail. He witnessed Jordan firing the weed-laced arrow at a mesh screen near the top of the second floor, and called the sheriff's office.

He reportedly shot too high, and his arrow landed on the roof, the Associated Press reports. Sheriff Bill Elfo said that at the right angle, he may have succeeded.

Still, "He had no explanation as to why squirrel hunting requires attaching marijuana to an arrow," Elfo told the Herald.

The baggie on the arrow contained a few grams of weed and an unknown substance, the New York Daily News reports.

Officials obtained a search warrant and forced their way into Jordan's home after he wouldn't let them in. Earlier this month, he served a 20-day jail sentence for two counts of assault and one of resisting arrest. He was rebooked Tuesday evening on suspicion of introducing contraband to a corrections facility, resisting arrest and obstructing law enforcement.

His current cell is on the first floor, the Herald notes.

I wonder what they listed on his paperwork as his occupation?  Green grocer or delivery man???


 Loose Screws


North Charleston police on Wednesday caught a couple having sex in a shed at a Home Depot store, a report states.

Police charged Shaun Bowden, 31, of Saw Palm Drive in Ladson, with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident, according to the report. The woman who was found with him, Emily

Craig, 20, of Spoleto Lane in North Charleston, is charged with disorderly conduct and providing false information, police said.

Officers were called to the Home Depot on Northwoods Boulevard about 8:30 a.m. after people at the store reported seeing a man and woman walk into a display shed, close the door behind them.

The couple was still inside the shed when officers arrived. (I am sensing there is about to be cop-tus interruptus)

The woman appeared disheveled and partially clothed, police said. Her dress was untied at the top and hanging around her waist, according to the report.

The shirtless man who was with her was caught with his pants down at his knees and his genitals exposed, police said.

Police questioned the couple and determined that they were having sex in the shed. (they had to ask questions? The exposed genitals kind of gave it away didn't it?)

Police said the name and birthday that Craig gave to officers didn’t match the identification found in her purse.

Bowden and Craig were arrested and held at the Charleston County jail pending a bond hearing, jail records show.

How would you like to have to explain to friends and family "WHY" you got arrested on that one?

It's Not The Heat, It's the Humidity



This was my IPhone as 9:00 PM last Friday. I wish I would
of thought to take a picture earlier in the day when
it was showing 107. Also, that little teaser showing
rain for  Saturday and Sunday...total lie.

 Are you officially tired of hearing about how hot and dry it is in the middle of the country??  Well, you probably aren't nearly as sick of hearing about it as we are living in it.

Last year the southern states, especially Texas was sweltering in the heat and drought.  They were kind enough to send it up north for us this year.  While we are ever so  appreciative (sarcasm) we are more than willing to give it to any other state that would want some "dry time".

Today, actually is a bit cooler at 100 degrees but the drought continues.  There are  suggestions that we might get a half inch of rain later in the week.  HHMMM...could we get that lucky??



109 degrees...that's hot!!!
BTW the 129.1 is the miles
traveled not the miles per hour.



Thought Number One -  There is the old saying, "It's Not the Heat but the Humidity".

OH PULLEEZ!!! It is the heat AND the humidity.  Hot is hot and the humidity is 72 percent this morning.  There should be no "buts" in that sentence. 

Kansas has four seasons normally.....Drought, Flood, Blizzard and Tornado.  This past year we totally skipped Blizzard and concentrated on the Tornado, (Spring) Flood and now Drought.  Seems to be feast or famine around here.

My husband was traveling yesterday in central Kansas and sent me

a picture of the dashboard of his rental car. 

OK, I am done whining now about the weather as I realize the whole country is having unusual weather patterns. I am curious as to the effects of drought and heat on the human brain.

Thought Number Two...I keep thinking in cliches

Yesterday, while I was reading the paper I saw an interesting story and later heard it on the news. Instead of being all...OH that's so sad (OK it is, I admit it) I immediately thought of all the cliches that fit the story. 

There is a news release out of Florida where a guy feeding alligators got his hand bit off.

True story...Wallace Wetherholt, an airboat captain in Florida, was feeding the alligators by dangling fish over the side of his boat in the Everglades and a gator came up and bit his hand off. Just to show, I sick I am, the article said he was giving a tour to an Indiana family. My first thought was...there is a tour that family won't forget anytime soon. Then to make the story even MORE interesting, is the man gets arrested for feeding the alligators which is against the law in the Everglades.  He posted $1000.00 bond and will have to answer to the judicial system as well as the medical system for his total lack of common sense.

But, I digress...my other thoughts on the subject came in the form of old adages. As I am not a person that usually thinks in "cliches", this surprised (even) me a bit. 

There are just so many cliches that a person could use for this story. Things like "common sense isn't all that common", or "keep your hands to yourself", "living from hand-to-mouth" "having someone eating out of your hand"(in this case, including the hand), "caught red handed" are just a few.  I am sure there are others.

But the clear WINNER....

Isn't this story the best example EVER of "don't bite the hand that feeds you."

And then I think  "Adding Insult to Injury" he is facing misdemeanor charges. How cliche?

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