Wisconsin's news snippets

[pk]

I use to gather fun, strange, weird, or human interest etc. stories for another website. It was all from the Wisconsin and surrounding areas.
We called it pk's snippets. lol

Anyways, thought it may be fun to add a section here for fun stories people may run across in their area and would like to post.

Here's a few:

Sept 2007
Wis. man loses pants, but gets money, big cashier's check back
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - It was embarrassing enough Mark Stahnke woke up in a neighbor's yard without his pants. But the trousers had a cashier's check for $41,093 meant for his son, and several hundred dollars in cash.

But he got it all back on Friday, including the pants, thanks to an honest citizen.

Stahnke said he doesn't know what happened between when he left the bar and when he woke up the next morning, and police were skeptical when he filed a report on Monday.

"We're used to hearing weird stories, but with his intoxication we figured this one would be different, that the amount of money wouldn't be exact," Waukesha Police Lt. William Graham said. "How do you get so intoxicated that you lose your pants?"

FULL STORY HERE: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/wis-man...0?ecid=RSS0001

[pk]

Just came across a news tidbit about a Wisconsin Walmart Store:
The story went on to say that a local farm lost Myron, the farm's Emu. Apparently Myron wanted to go shopping and ended up being corraled in the parking lot by Walmart employees with their used shopping carts.
Myron was fine after being caught and the manager even fed him grapes and apples to make him happy that he couldn't be a customer.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[pk]

Wow, there is some bad people on this earth.

Sept 2007

A Catholic nun that had taken a vow of poverty was held up recently in Wisconsin by a 41 year old man. She tried to tell him that she had no money but the man instisted they go to a cash machine.
I guess the man finally decided he was going to hell since on the way there he stopped and apologized and asked if God would forgive him.

(rewritten by pk)

[pk]

Talk about a dumb robbery gone wrong. lol

Two friends, one being 18 decided to steal some gas from a lawnmower. Apparently they didn't listen well about how not to play with matches, or more precise, not to play with matches around gasoline! Since it was dark they decided to light the match while trying to siphon the gas out. The next thing they knew the gas and fumes eploded! They were later found by the police since one of the thiefs was getting treated at the hospital.

[pk]

A Strange But True Innkeeper Story

The Opera Singer

One of the things innkeepers do to gain market share is to offer special things their competitors don't offer. Many innkeepers offer flowers, beverages, special tickets, and other extras. At one of our inns we used to offer a "Honeymoon Breakfast in Bed." It was a fabulous success, and guests simply loved it. Many guests would pay extra for breakfast in bed in lieu of coming downstairs to our usual free fare.
When serving Honeymoon Breakfast in Bed, we'd knock on the guests' door at the designated hour and wait for the call to enter the room. Unlocking the door, we'd enter with wicker bed trays all decked out with crystal, flowers, and fancy fare for the guests and proceed to serve them in bed. After breakfast was in place, we'd leave the room, locking the guests inside to enjoy their special time.
Honeymoon Breakfast in Bed took an unexpected twist one day. A newlywed couple came to stay with us for their honeymoon. The bride was a fairly petite lady while the husband was quite a massive man. They thought it would be delightful to have breakfast in bed in the morning. We, in turn, were delighted to serve them.
The following morning, we knocked on their door and waited for them to signal us to serve breakfast. When they replied, "Come in," we unlocked the door and entered the room. Breakfast takes two to serve -- one tray per person. Each of us took our respective places on opposite sides of the bed.
We served the wife's tray first. When it was in place, the husband was approached to deliver his tray. Since he was too large to place the tray over him, we asked him to shift up in bed just a bit so we might get the tray in place.

FULL STORY HERE: http://bandb.about.com/od/strangebut...era_singer.htm

[pk]

The most lighthouses? Says who?

More lighthouses than any other county in the country: Door County promotional materials included this assertion for years.
The state Department of Tourism still mentions this tidbit in its online list of tourism facts. The state Department of Natural Resources' magazine has bragged about it in its articles.
The Door County Board of Realtors repeats it on its Web site, as do resorts in Egg Harbor and Sister Bay; popular online resources, such as Wikipedia.com; and tour companies, such as Colorado-based Timberline Adventures.
Problem is, the boast isn't true. Door County's total of 10 lighthouses is a lot, but it's not the most, as Roland Babineau of Massachusetts pointed out, after our recent column about lighthouses and lighthouse art.
Babineau, editor of the Lighthouse Encyclopedia, a product at www.thecapecodstore.com, contends that Cape Cod's Barnstable County is the leader, with 15 lighthouses. His note listed them and ended with, "Thanks for allowing me to set the record straight."
Problem is, Barnstable County doesn't have the most, either.
FULL STORY HERE: http://www.madison.com/tct/entertainment/209763

[pk]

I'm sure many of us can relate to this next story:

Eraser heads

For some adults, August means one thing: An excuse to buy school supplies

August 19, 2007

Julie Witczak had done her best to stay out of temptation's reach this summer. The Deerfield teacher has been the waterfront director for a YMCA camp in northern Wisconsin, far from the colorful displays of highlighters and spiral notebooks that have sprouted like dandelions in stores for more than a month now.

But when she and a friend had a day off, they found themselves in the aisles of a huge discount store in a nearby town, and it was there that Witczak broke a vow to herself not to score any school supplies until Aug. 1.

"I tried to get through the aisles, but I couldn't resist seeing the Crayola markers for only 89 cents a box," she said. "I had to have some. I broke my promise. I gave in before August."

She's not alone. As sales of school supplies keep climbing a lot faster than the U.S. population, it's pretty obvious that parents and other adults can't resist building their own stash of Flairs, scissors and glue sticks.

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...,4875214.story

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by pk

FULL STORY HERE: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/wis-man...0?ecid=RSS0001

HHHMMM What a suprized when he got his pants back and all his money!

How strange ................

Carol

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by pk

I use to gather fun, strange, weird, or human interest etc. stories for another website. It was all from the Wisconsin and surrounding areas.
We called it pk's snippets. lol

Anyways, thought it may be fun to add a section here for fun stories people may run across in their area and would like to post.

Here's a few:

Sept 2007
Wis. man loses pants, but gets money, big cashier's check back
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - It was embarrassing enough Mark Stahnke woke up in a neighbor's yard without his pants. But the trousers had a cashier's check for $41,093 meant for his son, and several hundred dollars in cash.

But he got it all back on Friday, including the pants, thanks to an honest citizen.

Stahnke said he doesn't know what happened between when he left the bar and when he woke up the next morning, and police were skeptical when he filed a report on Monday.

"We're used to hearing weird stories, but with his intoxication we figured this one would be different, that the amount of money wouldn't be exact," Waukesha Police Lt. William Graham said. "How do you get so intoxicated that you lose your pants?"

FULL STORY HERE: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/wis-man...0?ecid=RSS0001

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by pk

Just came across a news tidbit about a Wisconsin Walmart Store:
The story went on to say that a local farm lost Myron, the farm's Emu. Apparently Myron wanted to go shopping and ended up being corraled in the parking lot by Walmart employees with their used shopping carts.
Myron was fine after being caught and the manager even fed him grapes and apples to make him happy that he couldn't be a customer.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Now that's cute!! I'd have fed him grapes and apples as well!!
Carol

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by pk

I'm sure many of us can relate to this next story:

Eraser heads

For some adults, August means one thing: An excuse to buy school supplies

August 19, 2007

Julie Witczak had done her best to stay out of temptation's reach this summer. The Deerfield teacher has been the waterfront director for a YMCA camp in northern Wisconsin, far from the colorful displays of highlighters and spiral notebooks that have sprouted like dandelions in stores for more than a month now.

But when she and a friend had a day off, they found themselves in the aisles of a huge discount store in a nearby town, and it was there that Witczak broke a vow to herself not to score any school supplies until Aug. 1.

"I tried to get through the aisles, but I couldn't resist seeing the Crayola markers for only 89 cents a box," she said. "I had to have some. I broke my promise. I gave in before August."

She's not alone. As sales of school supplies keep climbing a lot faster than the U.S. population, it's pretty obvious that parents and other adults can't resist building their own stash of Flairs, scissors and glue sticks.

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...,4875214.story

I picked up things here and there for the kids for school this year through out the summer. I waited too long to get them those binders that fold up, zip and snap, to store all their pencils, pens, papers, notebooks etc in.....
PINK was all I could find. My son was not happy with Pink. 3 Walmarts before I found a "boy" / neutral color for him.
That will teach me! Next year it's back to picking up the items as they are on sale!
Carol

[KateOYM]

pk these little snippets are fun to read - - hope to see more