weird news roundup

[mountain_laurel]

one for dglenn:

Rio may require transvestite bathrooms

Moreira, a 32-year-old policeman on leave from the force, said he got the idea when dozens of transvestites showed up for a local samba show.

"It was a real problem. The women didn't feel comfortable having them in the ladies' room, and the men didn't want them in their bathroom either," said Moreira, who is married and the father of two children. "I'm not doing this for my own benefit."

He said the "alternative bathrooms" could also be used by men or women who didn't mind sharing space with transvestites.

(this isn't actually "weird" news per se, but it came from the "weird news" section.)

one for tongodeon:

accused molester claims her 15-year-old husband aggressively wooed her

"They're making a big deal out of a 15-year-old," she told WAGA-TV in Atlanta. "And I can assure you that he was no victim.

"It's not like they are making it out to be. Actually, I'd told him 'no' several times because I prefer someone older, but he was just so nice and so sweet," she said.

and one for the rest of us:

cops kick down woman's snow penis

Biasotti worries the display might give others ideas. "Now we're going to get snow penises popping up all over town," he said.

Many scholars, of course, trace the origin of the modern-day yule log to ancient pagan totems to virility and sun-god worship. Is that what Sherer was going for?

"We just did it because we were really bored, and we thought it'd be funny," she said. "It was huge."

Comments

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

If I was her I'd make an even larger, thicker snow penis. Then I'd take out the hose and spray it down in the late evening with a mister to coat it with an inch of ice. They won't be able to remove it without a wrecker, let alone "kick it down".