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Fish are falling from the sky in Florida

Dented Fish Now Swims In Tank At Sushi Restaurant

An equipment worker had just gotten into his truck and was leaving a restaurant in Melbourne when a fish landed on his windshield.

The fish was still alive when it landed outside the sushi bar Chameleon's.

The worker rushed it into the restaurant to show the other employees.

"They brought him into the kitchen, put him in some water, he started flopping around and they said, 'Oh wow, we're going to have fresh sushi because we're a great sushi bar here,' and I said, 'Wait a minute. That's our lucky fish. That doesn't just happen every day. We need to put him in our pond up front so everybody can enjoy him,'" Angel Pacheco said.

The fish has a dent in its head, but is now swimming around in a tank with the rest of the fish at Chameleon's.

As for how it fell out of the sky in the first place, it likely fell out of the talons or the beak of a bird flying overhead.

"The Beef Jerky Got Me"

Bedridden 600-pound Florida man cops to series of food thefts

Meet George Jolicoeur. The 600-pound Florida man copped yesterday to criminal charges of stealing food from restaurants and convenience stores. The bedridden Jolicoeur was not in a Seminole County courtroom when his lawyer entered a no contest plea on the 38-year-old's behalf to five misdemeanor petty theft counts. The plea deal spared the 5' 11" Jolicoeur--who breathes with the aid of a respirator--a jail term, though he was ordered to pay court costs and restitution.

According to investigators, Jolicoeur would con businesses out of food or refunds by claiming that his grub was spoiled, adulterated, or inedible (Jolicoeur's ruse dates back several years and resulted in a prior no contest plea to theft charges). A Seminole County Sheriff's Officer report details an August 2007 incident in which Jolicoeur attempted a refund scam at a 7-Eleven. Jolicoeur, described as having "labored breathing, similar to wheezing," claimed to have purchased $50 worth of beef jerky that turned out to be moldy.

When Seminole cop Jeff Sabounji went to Jolicoeur's home to arrest him, the officer reported hearing "what sounded like a male trying to cover his voice as a female. The person said that Jolicoeur was not here." At that point, Sabounji noted, "I could hear a female inside of the residence stating, 'George, just turn yourself in.'"

As he was later being transported to jail, Jolicoeur explained to Sabounji, "the beef jerky got me." Jolicoeur was busted again two months later for swindling $50 from a different 7-Eleven store. Masquerading as a fireman, Jolicoeur pretended to have been sold 10 "damaged" containers of Breyers ice cream, according to an Oviedo Police Department report. Not surprisingly, he claimed to have purchased 10 gallons of the frozen confection.

Otter friends pass away together

Two zoo otters who were always together have died of heart attacks on the same night.

Staff at Nelson's Natureland zoo, New Zealand, were reeling from the shock of their deaths last week, operations manager Gail Sutton said. However, they were also relieved that they had gone together.

Daz, 19, and Chip, 16, were elderly, as an otter's average lifespan was 13 to 15 years, she said. They had been unwell for two weeks and had spent a week in a quarantine area

After completing treatment, they were due to return to their enclosure the next day but died that night. Autopsy results indicated that they suffered heart attacks, she said. Pathology reports were expected to determine what caused the attacks.

"It seems the stress of one having a heart attack was enough to trigger the other heart attack," Ms Sutton said. "They were always so close and never apart. They always cuddled together. Both went together, and that's a blessing for them."

The otters, which were popular with Natureland visitors, lived there for 15 years and helped to raise awareness about the threats facing otters in the wild.

Woman says she robbed bank because it was on her "bucket list"

DELAND -- A DeLand woman who said robbing a bank was something she wanted to cross off her "bucket list" took a bus downtown to rob one, DeLand police said.

Patricia Dianne Edwards, 51, called the heist at the Bank of America at 230 N. Woodland Blvd. on March 9 one of the things she wanted to do before she died, a charging affidavit showed. Edwards is charged with robbery of the DeLand bank and is also charged with the robbery of a second Bank of America in Sanford.

She was arrested on Friday and is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $20,000 bail, a booking officer said this afternoon.

On March 9, Edwards walked into the DeLand Bank of America, handed the teller a note that read "I have a gun, give me all your money. Give me straps of $100s, $50s and $20s," the police report said. The teller put the money on the counter and Edwards left the bank. Police saturated the area but could not find Edwards.

When Edwards was arrested on Friday on a warrant charging her with the robbery of a Bank of America in Sanford, the woman told DeLand detectives how she eluded them.

Edwards said she took a Votran bus from her apartment at the Applewood Apartments to downtown DeLand and got off in front of the county administration building on Rich Avenue. She planned to rob the PNC Bank at Woodland Boulevard and Ohio Avenue but left that bank because everyone at the bank greeted her. She then went to the Bank of America and waited in line, the report said.

Edwards said when she approached the teller she gave her the note telling her, "I have a gun, I will use it." She grabbed the money the teller put on the counter, walked out and boarded a Votran bus at the same place she departed and went to her apartment. Edwards said that as she rode in the bus, she watched as patrol cars and police officers swarmed the bank looking for her, the report said.

Once at her apartment, Edwards counted the money and realized she had stolen $4,300, the report said.

JOKE: Spreading the Wealth

A farmer finally decided to buy a TV. The store assured him that they would install the antenna and TV the next day. The next evening the farmer turned on his new TV and found only political ads on every channel. The next morning he turned the TV on and found only political ads again.When he came in to eat lunch he tried the TV again but still only found political ads The next day when he still found only political ads he called the store to complain. The owner said that it was impossible for every channel to only have political ads, but agreed to send their repairman to check the TV.When the TV repairman turned on the TV he found that the farmer was right. After looking at the TV for a while he went outside to check the antenna. In a few minutes he returned and told the farmer he had found the problem. The antenna had been installed on top of the windmill and grounded to the manure spreader.

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Rats would rather starve than eat healthy food

Adding fuel to the idea that junk food is like crack, scientists at Scripps Florida say rats fed high-calorie junk food became addicted to the food and voluntarily starved when given healthy food instead.

Scripps Florida scientists Paul Kenny and Paul Johnson have said that junk food changed the rats' brain chemistry in the same way that chronic cocaine use alters an addicts brain functions.

In the experiment, one group of rats was given healthy, nutritionally balanced food. A different group was given "unlimited access to the worst stuff Johnson could find at the supermarket including bacon, sausage, cheesecake, pound cake, Ding Dongs and frosting."

The junk food group gained weight and became less active. "More surprisingly, the fat rats exhibited the sort of self-destructive behaviour associated with human junkies. The rats would eat junk food even if they knew doing so would result in a mild but distinctly uncomfortable electrical shock to their feet."

The scientists then replaced the unhealthy food with the healthy diet of the first group of rats, and the fat rats refused to eat at all.

Junk food alters the brain's chemistry by releasing dopamine that would normally be released when having sex, snorting cocaine or eating a rich dessert, say the scientists. The junk food-addicted rats learned that the easiest way to experience pleasure was by eating high-calorie, high-fat food. Kenny and Johnson hope the results of the study can help people learn to deal with food addictions.

Drunk man found inside engine of Indian Airlines Jet

AN ALLEGEDLY drunk man was found in a commercial jet engine as it was being prepared for take-off.
The man was only spotted when an engineering and security team member saw a leg dangling from the rear of the engine.

Rubbing his eye in disbelief and after checking again to make sure it wasn't a delusion, he informed others, who then rushed to the engine.

Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, confirmed it was the first of its kind incident.

The plane, an Indian Airlines Airbus A-320, was being prepared for its first flight of the day two hours before scheduled departure to Raipur, The Times of India reported.

The young man was quizzed by the airline security and said he entered the airport in a truck.

He walked into the operational area and being sleepy, chose the engine as his bed for the night.

JOKE: One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits

One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!' Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, 'Boy, that was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any more around here?'

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says the panther, 'That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!'

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the panther. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old German Shepherd says...
'Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another panther!

Moral of this story...

Don't mess with the old dogs... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery!
BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.