June• 2019 | 85That’s Outrageous!
THE PRICE OF STUPIDITYA Norwegian man
hired a friend to knock
off a potential lover
who didn’t seem to
share the man’s
ardour. But then the
would-be hit man got
cold feet, so his patron
sued him for entering
into a contract under false pretences.
The courts saw different legal issues.
They found the first man guilty of
attempted conspiracy to commit
murder and sentenced him to two
years in prison. The ‘hit man’ got a
hit of his own – a US$1200 fine.
Source: vice.comA hotel asked a guest to write an
online review, so she did: about the
whiff of sewage in the room, the
nonworking air conditioner, and the
low water pressure. Oh, and the hairs
on the bed. “I wasn’t crazy about that
he told rtv6.com. The
Indiana hotel, it turns out, says it can
charge customers US$350 for
negative reviews. The Indiana
attorney general wasn’t crazy about
that. He says the policy is “unfair,
abusive and deceptive” and is
ng the hotel. Source: theindychannel.comA man in
Pennsylvania
plagued by
opossums in his
yard set fire to a pile of
leaves, hoping to scare off the
marsupials. We don’t know
whether it worked, but he did
succeed in nearly burning down his
home, causing US$50,000 worth
of damage. Source: cbsnews.comA woman won US$25,000 after
entering a sweepstakes at a casino
in Illinois. Good for her, except that
she happens to be a prominent
anti-gambling crusader, having
gone after casinos, a raff le in aid of
war veterans, and even the parent
company of the casino where she
won. Still, she insists she’s not a
hypocrite: her winnings are a result
of her crusade. “It’s God showing
his grace on me.”
Source:Chicago TribuneA man was arrested after Florida
police mistook the glaze on
his Krispy Kreme doughnut for
crystal meth. His sweet revenge:
a US$37,500 settlement.
PHOTO: TONY WEAR/SHUTTERSTOCK; ILLUSTRATION BY JOSÉ DE LA ROSA Source: orlandosentinel.com