Random Stuff!

O.K. Enough with the inspirational shit, let's get down to some good ol' trippy shit!

The usual amount of weird shit happened this week and I thought some of it deserved a comment or two!

We have our "Asshole of the week" feature on Saturday's along with "Saturday Morning Confusion," but this week I also have a "Man of the Day" candidate.

A French tax official (un-named) cheated the government out of 600,000 euros ($820,000) by creating a phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a salary for some 15 years, the government said Monday.

Education Ministry officials uncovered the scam in June and began legal and disciplinary action immediately, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said in a statement. He said he; "Desired action to be undertaken urgently to prevent a recurrence of an abuse of this kind."

Any guy that can create a fictional University Professor and then collect his salary for 15 years gets my vote for most balls!

Next, a new twist to the term "chrome dome!"

A German court has awarded 3,000 euros ($4,500) in damages to a man who had to have the top of his skull replaced with plastic because of a faulty hospital fridge.

Doctors removed the top of the man's head and put it in cold storage while they operated on his brain, the court in the western city of Koblenz said Tuesday.

Because the refrigerator was defective, the section of skull was not kept cool enough and could not be reattached.

Doctors replaced the bone with a plastic prosthesis.

The man sought compensation of at least 20,000 euros on the grounds that the prosthesis caused him headaches, affected his balance and made him unduly sensitivity to the weather.

Following consultations with experts, the court found that the operation had caused the man's discomfort, not the loss of the top of his skull. "The experts consulted by the court concluded the new skull roof was better than the original," a court spokesman said.

Compensation of 3,000 euros was "appropriate and sufficient," it said.

Do you remember that Bitch Leona Helmsley? This is the woman who was often referred to as the "Queen of Mean!" She died recently.

Well........... Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate.

Helmsley left her beloved white Maltese, named Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court.

She also left millions for her brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was named to care for Trouble in her absence, as well as two of four grandchildren from her late son Jay Panzirer — so long as they visit their father's grave site once each calendar year.

Otherwise, she wrote, neither will get a penny of the $5 million she left for each.

Helmsley left nothing to two of Jay Panzirer's other children — Craig and Meegan Panzirer — for "reasons that are known to them," she wrote.

Now, the latest hush, hush and on the Q.T. word out of N.A.S.A. is that there were NO astronauts who flew drunk!

After an exhaustive investigation they concluded that there was no basis for these claims. Well what did you expect?

Did anyone actually believe that NASA would allow anyone with the smell of booze on their breath to get in a rocket?

This makes for a great "Urban Myth" but for it to be so good that NASA considered it plausible and did an investigation is incredible!

And finally; I like Owen Wilson! I really do! But, when it comes down to successful and unsuccessful suicide attempts, I wish that Richard Jeni had botched his and Owen Wilson hadn't.

Your Humble Scribe;
Allan W Janssen

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com