Woman gets water bills totaling more than $9,000
MIAMI, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Florida woman said she suspects her water meter is to blame for a pair of bills totaling more than $9,000.Maria Lopez of Miami said her quarterly
water bills usually cost about $100 for her average 15,000 gallons of water, but her last two bills have totaled $9,743.68 for nearly 386,000 gallons, WPLG-TV, Miami, reported Tuesday."You should have like a 15-story building with a leak to have this much amount of water," she said.Lopez said she has hired two different plumbers who could not find any leaks."I'm going to die. I can't pay this. It's just ridiculous," Lopez said. "The only way to read it is the meter. The problem has to be the meter."
water bills usually cost about $100 for her average 15,000 gallons of water, but her last two bills have totaled $9,743.68 for nearly 386,000 gallons, WPLG-TV, Miami, reported Tuesday."You should have like a 15-story building with a leak to have this much amount of water," she said.Lopez said she has hired two different plumbers who could not find any leaks."I'm going to die. I can't pay this. It's just ridiculous," Lopez said. "The only way to read it is the meter. The problem has to be the meter."
U.K. firm sorry for making jobseekers dance at interview
LONDON - British electronics retailer Currys issued an apology on Thursday after admitting that interviewees trying to earn a job as a sales assistant at one of its stores had been made to dance. The jobseekers, who were attending a group interview at a Currys Megastore in Cardiff, had to perform dance routines during team building exercises which the firm said did not form part of its formal procedures. "I think everyone initially thought it was a joke. But they were serious," Alan Bacon, one of those at the selection day, told the BBC. "I ended up dancing to 'Around the World' by (French electronic music act) Daft Punk, doing rubbish robotics in my suit in front of a group of strangers. Another middle aged guy looked really upset as he danced to a rap song."
Drunken horseback rider said he was traveling 600 miles
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- University of Colorado police said a man accused of drunken horseback riding told officers he was traveling to Utah to attend a wedding. CU police spokesman Ryan Huff said police received calls Monday about a man on a horse wandering into traffic in Boulder and some witnesses said they saw the man strike the horse, the Daily Camera, Boulder, reported Tuesday. Police stopped Patrick Neal Schumacher, 45, of Colorado Springs, who was found to be carrying a pug in a backpack. He also had beer and a black powder pistol in one of his saddlebags, police said. Schumacher, who failed field sobriety tests, told officers he was attempting a 600-mile trip to Bryce, Utah, for his brother's wedding.Schumacher was charged with a traffic infraction of riding a horse while under the influence of alcohol and misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, prohibited use of weapons and reckless endangerment.
Man taken aback by beautiful wife when he fails to recognise her after surgery
Fans of Breaking Bad will be familiar with the dangers of husbands talking to their wives while under the effects of anaesthetic. Luckily for this man, he managed to come out of surgery with extra brownie points after not recognising his wife – but praising her beauty nevertheless.The clip has already drawn comparisons with David After Dentist, which has been watched more than 120million times on YouTube. In the video, Jason Mortensen, from Utah in the United States, is seen waking up after hernia
Spray Promises to Take the Stink Out Of Public Pooping
There's no other way to say this: When it comes to events involving the toilet, there's a possibility things might get stinky. Odor-eliminating product, PooPourri, playfully reminds us of this with a tongue-in-cheek ad directed by Joel Ackerman. Click play to see the commercial for (shockingly real) odor products that have a "better Amazon rating than the iPhone 5" and a variety of scents to choose from, including instant classics like Sh*ttin' Pretty, Party Pooper, Poo-Tonium and more. So, is PooPourri Girl's Bethany Woodruff a possible contender to take over Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa's ad campaign throne? We'll just have to sit and think on it for a bit. (And definitely flush when we're done.)
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