World's Top Five Weird, Funny and Hot News of March 27, 2013
Very interesting news includes teen books for girls as porn and looking fee in Aussie store
Stupid or good idea for leaving baby in car….
Baby left in car with note saying mom went shopping
A woman in New Zealand is under fire for leaving her newborn baby in the car along with a note saying the mother had gone grocery shopping. A concerned onlooker snapped a photo of the infant asleep in a car seat with the unusual note on top on their
blanket Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Porirua Pak 'n Save, the New Zealand Herald reported. "It was written from the baby's perspective, and it said, 'My mum's in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything', and it had the cellphone number," the witness said. The unidentified man and his wife waited outside the store for the mother to come out. Eventually, another worried passersby phoned the mother to return. A police spokeswoman told the Herald they are not investigating the case because they didn't receive any formal complaints
New way to get money from customers…
Pay $5 'just looking fee in Aussie store
If you walk into Celiac Supplies in Brisbane, Australia, look around, then try to leave empty-handed, you may be forced to pay up. The store, which sells gluten-free products, charges a $5 fee for "just looking." A sign on the store's door, posted online by Reddit user BarrettFox, reads: "There has been high volume of people who use this store as a reference and then purchase goods elsewhere. These people are unaware our prices
are almost the same as the other stores." The store's owner, Georgina, told the AAP newswire she's "had a gutful of working and not getting paid." "I'm not here to dispense a charity service for Coles and Woolworths to make more money," said the woman, who didn't give her last name. Australian Retailers Association executive director Russell Zimmerman told the Australian newspaper the charge is a bad idea, since friendly customer service can help small businesses stand out.
Nice payback for interview
Sarah Thomson offered to 'bed' Conrad Black for interview, column alleges
TORONTO - Maclean’s columnist Barbara Amiel says former Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson offered to “bed” her husband, former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black, in exchange for an interview. Amiel levelled the allegation in a recent column in the magazine, where she writes about the Steubenville rape case which concluded with the conviction of two Ohio high school football stars. But in the middle of the piece, Amiel alleged that the Women’s Post publisher propositioned Black to score the exclusive interview. “Around 2002, publisher Thomson offered, using normal scatology, to “bed” my husband in return for him granting an interview to her newspaper,” Amiel wrote. “Though the proposition did not intrigue him, Conrad found it very enterprising and endorsed her for mayor in the last election.”
Not good idea for bad drawing on face….
Man Assaulted Roommate Who Drew Penis on His Face After He Passed Out
The 31-year-old Virginia man fell asleep on his couch early Saturday after an evening of heavy drinking. While Watson was incapacitated, one of his roommates retrieved a permanent marker and drew a penis on Watson’s face. When Watson awoke and discovered “male genitalia on his face,” he attacked his roommate, leaving the victim with “extensive injuries to his face,” according to an Arlington County Police report. Arrested on a malicious wounding charge, Watson was booked into the county jail, where the above mug shot was taken. An examination of his left cheek reveals that remnants of the impromptu penis remained when Watson posed for his booking photo.
Another way to get publicity….
Woman outraged by 'whale bone porn'
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 26 (UPI) -- A British Columbia woman said she wants the Vancouver Maritime Museum to deep six a display of whale bones with sexually explicit 19th century engravings.
Ann Pimentel, a mother and school teacher, said her 2- and 3-year-old children were needlessly exposed to the "whale bone porn" without any warnings that the scrimshaw -- etchings on hard surfaces from the bodies of sea creatures -- would include sexually explicit images, the National Post reported Tuesday. Museum curator Patricia Owen said the pieces, part of the "Tattoo and Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor" exhibit, went on display last week and will remain until mid-October.The museum said Pimentel is the only person to have complained about the display, which is raised high off the ground, far above toddler height, and placed under a sign reading, "Hide Your Eyes! These pieces of scrimshaw are not intended for children.
Why this stuff is going on?
Amazon still featuring porn as 'teen books for girls"
It has been nearly four months since Martha Welter first alerted Amazon.com that a search for "teen books for girls" yielded scores of pornographic books on its website. Not only are the books still there, but dozens more have been added, many of them more graphic than before.
It took a few days, but she finally got a rather baffling email response from an Amazon customer service representative. "Hello," it said: "From your message I understand that you have seen some Pornographic books in recent releases of books for teen girls. I appreciate you taking the time to share your opinions about website information. We introduced this feature so that individuals using our web search feature would be presented with the opportunity to discover related items of interest." "Who do they think is 'interested'?" Welter said. "Me or my teen granddaughter?" The customer service email continued: "I’ve passed your message on to the appropriate people in our company. ... Thank you for your inquiry. Did I solve your problem?" Since the answer was no, Welter continued to send emails and write letters in an effort to get Amazon.com to take down the books, with no results. NBC5 also sent several emails and left even more voice mails for Amazon. he company never responded, and the "books" remained online into the new year. Now, they’ve multiplied.
