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[SpurtingLesbian]

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Help! I’m terrified of cakes

A WOMAN is appealing for help to overcome her bizarre, crippling phobia - of cakes.
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Rachael Lee, from Featherstone in West Yorkshire, says her fear stems from a gateau related childhood trauma.
Ms Lee, 28, was sick after eating a piece of sponge cake when she was nine months old, and has been terrified ever since.
She now can’t walk down the cake aisle at the supermarket where she works, and will run out of the room and even suffer a panic attack if someone offers her a cake.
She says she can’t go in bakeries, has to avoid the cake counter in restaurants and can’t watch someone eating the confectionary.
Ms Lee said: ““I can’t be in the same room as one.

Rachael Lee has a crippling phobia of cakes that stems from a gateau related childhood trauma.
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“If someone walks past me with a piece of cake and they come close I start crying and shaking.
“I literally freeze on the spot if I can’t get away. I have known myself to jump over chairs to get away.
“The smell of a cake cooking is enough to make me violently sick and I can’t go up to a counter in a cafe or shop to order food if there are cakes.
“I’ll ask my partner to go, and if I’m on my own I’ll ask strangers to order for me.
“I can’t go down the cake aisle in a supermarket. No way. I can’t cope with that many cakes around me.
“I’m a black belt in kickboxing and I would honestly rather fight six blokes than eat a bit of cake.

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“People think you don’t come into contact with cake that much in everyday life, but you do.
“Just seeing someone eating it messily on TV is like a horror movie for me.
“I really want help but it is not a normal fear and I just don’t know where to start.”
The supermarket worker said she can “almost cope” with boxed cakes, but just being near them leaves her “agitated”.
she says if she doesn’t conquer her fear before her upcoming wedding she is planning on having a three-tier rice crispy square for her ‘cake’.
“It might sound unusual, but it is a real fear and I’m desperate to overcome it,” she said.

 

[Donald Twain]

““I can’t be in the same room as one.

There's two ya imbecile ! Now shut yer cakehole!

 

[Groucho]

I can’t be in the same room as one

...until they throw a pile of cash at me for my story, then I'll stare at as as many as you like point blank.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Council cleaning team called in after ‘considerable amount of excrement’ found near Exeter bus stop
By Exeter Express and Echo | Posted: January 27, 2016

The bus stop on Cowick Street the grim discovery was made
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Exeter City Council's rapid response cleansing team swung into action when a "considerable amount of excrement" was found on a Cowick Street pavement.
The team were alerted to the discovery next to the First and Last bus stop on Friday by St Thomas councillor Rob Hannaford, after worried residents and businesses contacted him.
Cllr Hannaford said: "This was just horrendous; the mess was everywhere.
"Because of the prodigious quantity we were unsure if it was animal or human waste.
"As this is a such busy area I requested that a crew come out and action it as priority, which they did.
"It was all made much worse as the area has several well used hairdressing salons and it was very degrading for many local ladies who had come out for their regular appointments to then have to come into contact with the mess."
"If anyone has any information about this incident please use the police 101 number to report."

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

The town that’s always buzzing: Behind the curtains of sex toy capital
We visit kinky Fleet, where locals buy more vibrators than anywhere else in the country
By JENNY FRANCIS
00:01, 13 Feb 2016

Jenny heads to Fleet after a poll suggests it's Britain's sauciest town​

AFTERNOONS in Fleet pass much like in any other town across Britain.
Busy locals dart about the High Street picking up shopping and couples stroll hand-in-hand, stopping for a drink and a cake at the organic coffee shop.
But this Hampshire community next to the M3 has a kinkier side
Once voted the UK’s happiest town, we now know why there is such a buzz — after a YouGov poll revealed locals here buy more vibrators than anywhere in the country.

There are no sex shops to be found — but we do find five charity shops Solent News & Photo Agency​

It is a startling statistic but one that I come to realise is far from inaccurate as I explore the place on the day the report hit the headlines.
Fleet’s sex factor is not immediately obvious. I don’t know what I expected when I pulled into “Britain’s sex toy capital” but certainly not an Iceland, five charity shops and to spend my day dodging mobility scooters.
I set out trying to find all the sex shops busy making a fortune — only to draw a blank.
I then spot a shop in the High Street called Toy Arena. Eureka! But before I can get my questions ready for the randy customers my excitement falls flat. It’s not that sort of toy shop — just cuddly bears for sale here.
I have better luck at my next shop. Bingo! In full view is a shelf full of fluffy handcuffs, bondagebears, flasher teds and sexy board games, all next to a rail of satin corsets and suspender belts — at a shop run by the Blue Cross animal charity.
Boots is next door and the first aisle I walk down has an entire unit, six shelves high, stocked with sex products from condoms and lube to vibrators.

Jenny finds bondage teddies and fluffy handcuffs ... at a shop run by Blue Cross animal charity

Couples in Fleet 'get bored in the bedroom and want to spice things up' says one resident​

They are all so popular that there is a buy-one-get-one-free offer on — and the gaps on the shelves suggest trade is brisk.
I then stop for a coffee and share a table with 79-year-old Doris. When I ask her if she is surprised by her town’s latest claim to fame, she shocks me with her reply: “I don’t know much about sex toys. But you know Fleet was a hotspot for wife-swapping in the Seventies?”
I struggle not to inhale my posh, gluten-free cookie. Then when I check on Google, Doris is right.
Determined not to let the town fool me with its bunting-clad exteriors, I do further digging online and track down Tina Smith, Ann Summers party planner for Hampshire.
Tina, 53, has been holding racy get-togethers in the town for 17 years, and she admits: “Fleet is a small town with a big appetite.
“People might think it can’t be the sex toy capital because of the older population. People think older people won’t be the sexy type but I can tell you it’s the opposite. Parties in Fleet can get wild.
“The average spend at an Ann Summers party is about £50 but here they often spend a lot more, up to £70 on sex toys. They use the parties to stock up. The men here are lucky.​

The town's Boots is stocked with condoms, lubes and vibrators​

“I host lots of parties in Fleet and they buy more toys than other areas. They may be slightly older but couples who have been together a long time want to experiment.
“They have more time to think what they can do together, they get bored in the bedroom and want to spice things up. People in Fleet also have more money than some areas so fork out on the more expensive toys.”
Tina hosts parties for a range of age groups but reveals it is the older customers who get most excited.
She says: “I have a lot of female clients in Fleet aged 50-plus who bought their first toy from me then got hooked. They start small then get me to come back with bigger, better toys. One woman in her 60s has had me do three parties for her and her friends and they all laugh and joke then buy the latest toy to take home.
“But these parties are always at people’s homes, not the town hall. That’s the thing with Fleet, there are no sex shops and people don’t walk around talking about their sex lives. But there is a real appetite for it behind closed doors.
“The most popular toy I sell to women here is the Rampant Rabbit vibrator. But women here are always looking to upgrade to new toys. Most have partners to take toys home to but I do sell to single ladies who want fun on their own.”
Armed with this information I head back out on to the streets to confront the locals.

'Blimey — my parents just moved here!' said Karen Knight

'Sex toys? Maybe people get bored' said Aaron Perkins​

Retired photographer Alan Eayres, 80, and his wife Hazel, 79, a former high street fashion designer, have lived in the town for 30 years but never dreamed it was home to a roaring trade in erotica.
Hazel says: “Sex toys? Not at our age. I have no idea why this town is top of the list for that. It’s not sexy and most of the people are our age.
“It must all be going on behind closed doors. We moved here as it was close to the motorway, not because it has sex shops.”
Personal assistant Karen Knight, 57, tells me: “Blimey, really? My parents have just moved to Fleet, too. It’s a very quiet place you wouldn’t associate with vibrators.
“It really makes you think, maybe the elderly have a lot going on.” Jason Crickets, 34, a self-employed entrepreneur, adds: “I’m shocked, I would never say this is a sexy town.
“It’s definitely not the sort of place full of sex shops. I guess you think you know a place but you don’t really know it.”

'I'm missing out on all the action' joked Teresa Hemmings

'You think you know a place...' said Jason Crickets​

Teresa Hemmings, 51, who owns a fitness company in the town, says: “I’m obviously missing out on the action. I work all day every day so can’t find the time for anything like that but apparently everyone else does. I suppose you will never know everything about your neighbours but obviously mine are up to more than I thought.”
Telesales worker Aaron Perkins, 21, is also astonished. He says: “I can’t believe it, it makes me laugh. Everyone in Fleet is old so I never expected this. It’s probably because there’s not much to do in Fleet, a lot of people don’t work any more so probably get bored and think, ‘Let’s go and get some sex toys’.
“I’m single but my ex-girlfriend had sex toys we used. It was fun and she seemed to enjoy it so I guess there is no reason older women wouldn’t too.
“Here in Fleet there is obviously a lot going on. I will think differently when I see people out and about.”
Student Nat Jones, 18, adds: “It is crazy to think how popular the sex toys are here. Maybe the elderly people around have more secrets than they let on.”
One thing’s for sure, now the story is out people will be rabbiting on about it. Rampantly.

 

[COYBL25]

The town that’s always buzzing: Behind the curtains of sex toy capital
We visit kinky Fleet, where locals buy more vibrators than anywhere else in the country
By JENNY FRANCIS
00:01, 13 Feb 2016

Jenny heads to Fleet after a poll suggests it's Britain's sauciest town​

AFTERNOONS in Fleet pass much like in any other town across Britain.
Busy locals dart about the High Street picking up shopping and couples stroll hand-in-hand, stopping for a drink and a cake at the organic coffee shop.
But this Hampshire community next to the M3 has a kinkier side
Once voted the UK’s happiest town, we now know why there is such a buzz — after a YouGov poll revealed locals here buy more vibrators than anywhere in the country.

There are no sex shops to be found — but we do find five charity shops Solent News & Photo Agency​

It is a startling statistic but one that I come to realise is far from inaccurate as I explore the place on the day the report hit the headlines.
Fleet’s sex factor is not immediately obvious. I don’t know what I expected when I pulled into “Britain’s sex toy capital” but certainly not an Iceland, five charity shops and to spend my day dodging mobility scooters.
I set out trying to find all the sex shops busy making a fortune — only to draw a blank.
I then spot a shop in the High Street called Toy Arena. Eureka! But before I can get my questions ready for the randy customers my excitement falls flat. It’s not that sort of toy shop — just cuddly bears for sale here.
I have better luck at my next shop. Bingo! In full view is a shelf full of fluffy handcuffs, bondagebears, flasher teds and sexy board games, all next to a rail of satin corsets and suspender belts — at a shop run by the Blue Cross animal charity.
Boots is next door and the first aisle I walk down has an entire unit, six shelves high, stocked with sex products from condoms and lube to vibrators.

Jenny finds bondage teddies and fluffy handcuffs ... at a shop run by Blue Cross animal charity

Couples in Fleet 'get bored in the bedroom and want to spice things up' says one resident​

They are all so popular that there is a buy-one-get-one-free offer on — and the gaps on the shelves suggest trade is brisk.
I then stop for a coffee and share a table with 79-year-old Doris. When I ask her if she is surprised by her town’s latest claim to fame, she shocks me with her reply: “I don’t know much about sex toys. But you know Fleet was a hotspot for wife-swapping in the Seventies?”
I struggle not to inhale my posh, gluten-free cookie. Then when I check on Google, Doris is right.
Determined not to let the town fool me with its bunting-clad exteriors, I do further digging online and track down Tina Smith, Ann Summers party planner for Hampshire.
Tina, 53, has been holding racy get-togethers in the town for 17 years, and she admits: “Fleet is a small town with a big appetite.
“People might think it can’t be the sex toy capital because of the older population. People think older people won’t be the sexy type but I can tell you it’s the opposite. Parties in Fleet can get wild.
“The average spend at an Ann Summers party is about £50 but here they often spend a lot more, up to £70 on sex toys. They use the parties to stock up. The men here are lucky.​

The town's Boots is stocked with condoms, lubes and vibrators​

“I host lots of parties in Fleet and they buy more toys than other areas. They may be slightly older but couples who have been together a long time want to experiment.
“They have more time to think what they can do together, they get bored in the bedroom and want to spice things up. People in Fleet also have more money than some areas so fork out on the more expensive toys.”
Tina hosts parties for a range of age groups but reveals it is the older customers who get most excited.
She says: “I have a lot of female clients in Fleet aged 50-plus who bought their first toy from me then got hooked. They start small then get me to come back with bigger, better toys. One woman in her 60s has had me do three parties for her and her friends and they all laugh and joke then buy the latest toy to take home.
“But these parties are always at people’s homes, not the town hall. That’s the thing with Fleet, there are no sex shops and people don’t walk around talking about their sex lives. But there is a real appetite for it behind closed doors.
“The most popular toy I sell to women here is the Rampant Rabbit vibrator. But women here are always looking to upgrade to new toys. Most have partners to take toys home to but I do sell to single ladies who want fun on their own.”
Armed with this information I head back out on to the streets to confront the locals.

'Blimey — my parents just moved here!' said Karen Knight

'Sex toys? Maybe people get bored' said Aaron Perkins​

Retired photographer Alan Eayres, 80, and his wife Hazel, 79, a former high street fashion designer, have lived in the town for 30 years but never dreamed it was home to a roaring trade in erotica.
Hazel says: “Sex toys? Not at our age. I have no idea why this town is top of the list for that. It’s not sexy and most of the people are our age.
“It must all be going on behind closed doors. We moved here as it was close to the motorway, not because it has sex shops.”
Personal assistant Karen Knight, 57, tells me: “Blimey, really? My parents have just moved to Fleet, too. It’s a very quiet place you wouldn’t associate with vibrators.
“It really makes you think, maybe the elderly have a lot going on.” Jason Crickets, 34, a self-employed entrepreneur, adds: “I’m shocked, I would never say this is a sexy town.
“It’s definitely not the sort of place full of sex shops. I guess you think you know a place but you don’t really know it.”

'I'm missing out on all the action' joked Teresa Hemmings

'You think you know a place...' said Jason Crickets​

Teresa Hemmings, 51, who owns a fitness company in the town, says: “I’m obviously missing out on the action. I work all day every day so can’t find the time for anything like that but apparently everyone else does. I suppose you will never know everything about your neighbours but obviously mine are up to more than I thought.”
Telesales worker Aaron Perkins, 21, is also astonished. He says: “I can’t believe it, it makes me laugh. Everyone in Fleet is old so I never expected this. It’s probably because there’s not much to do in Fleet, a lot of people don’t work any more so probably get bored and think, ‘Let’s go and get some sex toys’.
“I’m single but my ex-girlfriend had sex toys we used. It was fun and she seemed to enjoy it so I guess there is no reason older women wouldn’t too.
“Here in Fleet there is obviously a lot going on. I will think differently when I see people out and about.”
Student Nat Jones, 18, adds: “It is crazy to think how popular the sex toys are here. Maybe the elderly people around have more secrets than they let on.”
One thing’s for sure, now the story is out people will be rabbiting on about it. Rampantly.

Keep up the good work my man, great stuff .

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Bad boy teenage footballer banned from league for reasons that would make Joey Barton blush
12:04, 13 FEB 2016
UPDATED 12:14, 13 FEB 2016
Brian Garruto's offense list makes for hilarious reading - including wearing a cowboy hat, firing 'invisible arrows' at players and altering the score board

Banned: The youngster was kicked out of his league​

A maverick teenage footballer has been banned by league officials fed up with his constant rule-breaking - including wearing a cowboy hat on the pitch and making phone calls during a game.
Like many great sportsmen, Brian Garruto clearly has a rebellious streak and a single-mindedness that sets him apart from all others - even Joey Barton.
But his persistent law-breaking on the football field has finally proved too much for bosses of the North Side Co Ed Soccer League in Ohio.
In what is surely one of the best rap sheets of all time, Garruto has been booted out of the league for a list of utterly ridiculous reasons - which the bad boy himself shared on Twitter.

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In a hilariously stuffy email, Garruto is cited for several bizarre breaches of the leagues rules.
They include making a phone call while playing a game, wearing a cowboy hat and celebrating a goal by pretending to give birth to the ball.
Other offenses include sitting on the opponent's bench, eating a banana while playing, firing 'invisible arrows' at players and sitting on the opposing team's bench.
In a single match he infuriated the powers that be by scoring 14 goals when players are - for some reason - only permitted to score a maximum of three a game.
In that same match he was sent off, and then tried to sneak back on again after swapping his shirt.
His final transgression was apparently on January 31, when Garruto wore 'a natural light tank top' as his football kit.
In a farewell tweet Garruto thanked fans of his team called the Cleveland Steamers.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Pranksters block off Isle of Wight road with dinosaur
By Matthew McKew
Saturday, February 13, 2016

This picture was posted on the Godshill Facebook page by "Shanklin Supersaurus".​

SAURUS anything drivers passing through Godshill will have been shocked last night (Friday) to see this beast blocking their way.
Godshilla is the name of the triceratops that mysteriously made its way onto the High Street and has quickly shot to fame on Facebook.
It belongs to Martin Simpson of Island Gems, who said: "It must have taken five hefty lads to move it.
"It's great people are talking about it, but I wouldn't want to encourage anybody to cause a hazard for traffic."
The dinosaur has since been moved back, but not before a picture was snapped of it standing proudly in the road.
Godshilla has never been far from the public eye, with Martin once wanting to paint it pink to advertise his shop.
When he first bought it in 2007 for use at Dinosaur Farm in Brighstone, Godshilla was stopped by police as it travelled through Sandown.
Martin, who didn't know about the prank until he was contacted by the County Press, said: "We thought there must be a speed limit for triceratops or something, that we were breaking. But they just wanted to have their picture taken with it!"
Godshilla is due for renovation and once it has had a lick of paint will be moved into Island Gem's Jurassic Garden.
"We will then have a fence up, so this can't happen again," Martin said.
Patrons at The Taverners opposite have been talking about the prank.
Owner Lisa Choi said: "It must be the same people who tied balloons round its neck and put tinsel over it for Christmas. They've gone one step further this time."

 

[summerisle]

Instead of a plane and banner perhaps ?


North Korea Floats Poop-Filled Balloons Into South Korea
Tensions are high between North Korea and South Korea. The latest issue was when North Korea tested what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb and threatened to destroy its neighbor to the south. Since then, each nation has staked its claim to its freedom and a right to self-defense. With all of that in mind, North Korea’s latest attempt to irritate the citizens of South Korea is quite a stinker.

In response to the supposed H-bomb test, South Korea began blaring K-pop on loudspeakers directed at its northern neighbor. This action enraged North Korean officials, with some claiming that this would lead to World War III. Soon after, both the United States and China attempted to calm down their respective allies and South Korea stopped its loudspeaker campaign. Unfortunately, tempers flared again in 2016. When North Korea announced that it was going to launch a long range rocket that would carry a satellite into orbit, South Korea resumed playing loud K-pop music at all hours of the day and night to irk Kim Jong-un.

Unwilling, at least for now, to use a nuclear bomb on South Korea, Kim Jong-un decided to use a simpler strategy against his sworn enemies. He instructed his military officials to attach bags of leaflets to helium balloons and float them across the DMZ. Each balloon carries a small timer that, when it goes off, pops the balloon and drops the propaganda on unsuspecting inhabitants in the south.

Unsurprisingly, the North Korean-produced timers frequently fail to pop the helium balloons. As a result, government officials in South Korea came across sealed bags which they feared contained biological weapons. After investigating the contents, their fears were allayed, although their noses were puckered. Among the materials found in the balloons were propaganda leaflets, the majority of which attacked the K-pop music barrage and the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. Also in the bundles were cigarette butts, human feces, and used toilet paper. War is clearly a filthy business in the Korean Peninsula.

 

[Yorkie]

Greece split over future of Kraken
10-02-16

GREECE’S left-wing leader has said he would never unleash the Kraken and called for the monster to be phased out.

The country’s kraken defence programme has long divided Greeks between those who believe it is a costly anachronism and those who say it provides security against attacks by enemy titans.

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said: “Every year the Kraken consumes dozens of virgins, sacrifices that would be much better made to help improve our health service, or public transport infrastructure.

“If we ever did release it, could we even control it? Or would it just start stuffing innocent bystanders into its vast glistening maw then slither up a skyscraper?”

However shopkeeper Vangelis Petridis said: “The kraken creates hundreds of jobs in the construction industry by flailing about and knocking temples over with its tentacles.

“It is also vital to our security. Yes, the Trojan War has ended, but we know that rogue states such as Atlantis are working to develop their own sea monster?

“And who is to say what the Persians will get up to over the next twenty years?”

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/greece-split-over-future-of-kraken-20160210106080

 

[carlos21]

Greece split over future of Kraken
10-02-16

GREECE’S left-wing leader has said he would never unleash the Kraken and called for the monster to be phased out.

The country’s kraken defence programme has long divided Greeks between those who believe it is a costly anachronism and those who say it provides security against attacks by enemy titans.

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said: “Every year the Kraken consumes dozens of virgins, sacrifices that would be much better made to help improve our health service, or public transport infrastructure.

“If we ever did release it, could we even control it? Or would it just start stuffing innocent bystanders into its vast glistening maw then slither up a skyscraper?”

However shopkeeper Vangelis Petridis said: “The kraken creates hundreds of jobs in the construction industry by flailing about and knocking temples over with its tentacles.

“It is also vital to our security. Yes, the Trojan War has ended, but we know that rogue states such as Atlantis are working to develop their own sea monster?

“And who is to say what the Persians will get up to over the next twenty years?”

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/greece-split-over-future-of-kraken-20160210106080

Yo Yorkie

 

[dublinbluenose]

Wisconsin couple, too drunk to drive, give keys to 9-year-old: court
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Jason Robert Roth is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

A combination photo shows Jason Robert Roth (L) and Amanda Rose Eggert in these January 31, 2016 booking photos in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Depart...
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS+

Amanda Rose Eggert is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

Jason Robert Roth is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

A combination photo shows Jason Robert Roth (L) and Amanda Rose Eggert in these January 31, 2016 booking photos in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Depart...
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS+
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By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin couple allowed their 9-year-old daughter to drive them and their 11-month-old baby because they were too drunk to do so themselves, according to Polk County Circuit Court records.

Jason Roth, 36, and Amanda Eggert, 32, pleaded not guilty at the court on Friday to charges of recklessly endangering safety and neglecting a child, according to the online records.

On Jan. 31, a sheriff's deputy responded to a call about an erratic driver and found the couple and their children parked at a boat drop in Polk County, about 75 miles northeast of Minneapolis, according to a criminal complaint.

The deputy arrested the couple when he learned that their 9-year-old daughter was driving them and their baby home in their pickup truck because they were both intoxicated, according to the complaint from the county prosecutor's office.

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Eggert also faces several charges stemming from a fight she had with paramedics who arrived to help her with a cut on her hand suffered when she was snowmobiling earlier in the day, court records showed.

Lawyers for the couple were not immediately available for comment.



(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

 

[carlos21]

Wisconsin couple, too drunk to drive, give keys to 9-year-old: court
‹

Jason Robert Roth is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

A combination photo shows Jason Robert Roth (L) and Amanda Rose Eggert in these January 31, 2016 booking photos in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Depart...
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS+

Amanda Rose Eggert is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

Jason Robert Roth is shown in this January 31, 2016 booking photo in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department, released on February 8, 2016.
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

A combination photo shows Jason Robert Roth (L) and Amanda Rose Eggert in these January 31, 2016 booking photos in Polk County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Depart...
REUTERS/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS+
›
By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin couple allowed their 9-year-old daughter to drive them and their 11-month-old baby because they were too drunk to do so themselves, according to Polk County Circuit Court records.

Jason Roth, 36, and Amanda Eggert, 32, pleaded not guilty at the court on Friday to charges of recklessly endangering safety and neglecting a child, according to the online records.

On Jan. 31, a sheriff's deputy responded to a call about an erratic driver and found the couple and their children parked at a boat drop in Polk County, about 75 miles northeast of Minneapolis, according to a criminal complaint.

The deputy arrested the couple when he learned that their 9-year-old daughter was driving them and their baby home in their pickup truck because they were both intoxicated, according to the complaint from the county prosecutor's office.

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Eggert also faces several charges stemming from a fight she had with paramedics who arrived to help her with a cut on her hand suffered when she was snowmobiling earlier in the day, court records showed.

Lawyers for the couple were not immediately available for comment.



(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

How horrible do them two look like.

 

[Donald Twain]

For Spurty.
Australia town consumed by 'hairy panic'

• 33 minutes ago
  
• From the section bbc

Hairy panic' tumbleweeds invade Australia town
A fast-growing tumbleweed called "hairy panic" is clogging up homes in a small Australian town.

Extremely dry conditions mean the weeds pile up each day outside a row of homes at Wangaratta, in Victoria's northeast.

Frustrated residents are forced to clear out the weeds for several hours every day, with piles of hairy panic at times reaching roof height.

A nearby farmer is being blamed for failing to tend to his paddock.

"It's physically draining and mentally more draining," resident Pam Twitchett .

What is hairy panic?

Image copyright7News
It's not funny anymore": Wild tumbleweeds have left residents in a rural Australian town exhausted

• Also known by its Latin name Panicum effusum, it is a grass that is found in every Australian state
• It's called "hairy" because while there are a number of other Panicum species, none have long hairs along the edges of their leaves
• It grows rapidly and can form tumbleweeds which are dead grass with seeds inside designed to disperse them for reproduction
• It can cause a potentially fatal condition called "yellow big head" in sheep if eaten in large quantities

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Image captionFrustrated residents say they are tired of clearing out the weeds
Wangaratta veterinary surgeon Richard Evans told the BBC the weed would lose its toxicity once it dried up.

"The important thing is it's not going to kill people's dogs and cats, it just makes a hell of a mess," he said.

Authorities are unable to help with the clean-up because the tumbleweeds do not pose a fire threat, reports say.

 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/02/19/penis-shaped-tree-surgeon-chris-bishop_n_9272734.html
Penis-Shaped Tree Turns Heads In Worcestershire
The Huffington Post UK | By Ryan Barrel
Posted: 19/02/2016 14:25 GMT Updated: 19/02/2016 14:59 GMT

Chris Bishop has spent three years growing out a tree in his garden for a very special project, but his neighbours are less than pleased.
Cheeky Chris, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, has pruned the 25-year-old Cypress tree in his front garden to look like an 18 ft (5.5 metres) high penis.
The green-fingered 43-year-old told Caters: "No-one's commented when I've been out in the garden, people have just looked at it and walked past. I think it's because they're trying to work out whether it's just their dirty minds."

Chris insists his intentions were to bring laughter and lighten the mood rather than to cause offence, but some locals aren't as amused as he is.
"Him and his mates thought it was hilarious," one unidentified neighbour said.
"I find it very offensive, remarks are always made by people coming past. People in the street are pretty upset about it, but our neighbours who told the council said nothing had been done.
"It's a massive eye-sore."
Despite the protests, Chris says he plans to grow the foliage out even more so he can add a pair of testicles to the sculpture.

Some passers-by aren't so affected by the gardener's phallus.
Neighbour Emily Cooper said: "To be honest with you once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all!"
Regardless of what he plans to do with the tree, we just hope he keeps it trimmed around the base. That way it'll look a bit bigger.