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I have seen, at a railway station, gentlemen with first-class tickets walking up and down the platform unable to find a first-class carriage; and if the train was going on they have jumped in the third class so as to get to their journey’s end. If there is any man who does not think that he ought to…

I have heard of a certain king who had a jester or “fool” to make fun for him, as kings used to have. But this “fool” was no fool; he had much sense, and he had thought wisely about eternal matters. One day, when he had greatly pleased the king, his majesty gave him a stick, and said to him, “Tom, there…

I have heard of a naturalist who thought himself exceedingly wise with regard to the natural history of birds. Yet he had learned all he knew in his study, and had never so much as seen a bird either flying through the air or sitting upon its perch. He was a fool, although he thought himself exceedingly…

Animal rescuers rushed to a Singapore home after a woman called them because she thought she heard a cobra hissing in her bathroom. When the woman called the emergency number, she sent the team a recording of the noise she heard, which they believed could be the sound of a deadly black spitting cobra,…

FOOLISHNESS 25-year-old Param Sharma was arrested for “reckless driving” because he was in the back seat of his Tesla, without another person in the driver’s seat, as his Tesla was in either “Autopilot,” or “Full Self-Driving” mode. Apparently, the arrest has not changed Sharma’s resolve to be a backseat…

Nassau County, New York District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 25-year-old man from the area is facing jail time because he tried to forge his death certificate to avoid serving another jail sentence. The prosecutor said he might have been successful if not for the typos in the document.…

A Toronto man said he was surprised and confused when a package arrived at his home containing something that he had ordered eight years earlier. When the package was dropped off on his doorstep Elliot Berinstein said he was confused because he had not ordered anything from the company in a long time.…

One of the adaptations taken as a result of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic is the wearing of facemasks. According to some, wearing the facemask prevents droplets containing the virus from escaping through the mouth and nose to infect others. How then do you explain the Kentucky woman who approached a…

Residents of the Welsh town of Llandudno reported a herd of 122 Kashmiri goats overran the town during the lockdown, overrunning neighborhoods and eating plants. Locals said the goats wandered away from their home in a nearby country park and found a new habitant in city streets due to a reduction of…

During the coronavirus lockdown in England, British police received an emergency call informing them that the caller could hear someone snoring loudly and wanted police assistance to silence the noise. Rather than sending a unit, the emergency operator informed that caller that was not an appropriate…

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is now the second most lethal drug in the U. S. It is the second leading killer of the American people, following only tobacco. Deaths from heavy drinking have soared to their highest level in 35 years. All together, “alcohol…

Paul only gave a two star TripAdvisor review for his stay at the four-star Beech Hill Hotel, which overlooks Lake Windermere in Cumbria, UK. He wasn’t happy. As it turns out, his room didn’t have the view he thought it should have. Fair enough. Vacationers staying at a nice lakeside hotel want a room…

Millions of new Australian $50 bills contain an embarrassing typographical error that was overlooked before the bills were printed and circulated. The bills are most widely circulated in Australia and makes up about half of the total value of banknotes in use. The new note was introduced in October 2018…

Just before Christmas in 2015, Stephen Roseman posted a picture on Facebook of a dog with the caption "badly burned and disfigured trying to save his family from a house fire. One like=one prayer, one share=ten prayers." Thousands of users responded. The good news is that the dog is OK, but it was not…

The French Teacher at Energy Institute High School does not know French. The Houston, Texas public school district hired him after they took disciplinary action against the former French teacher who had 25 years of experience. Students in the class say the new teacher speaks only one word of French,…

An electronics recycling center in California is looking for a woman who dropped off an old Apple computer that turned out to be a collector’s item. Workers found the Apple I computer inside a box of electronics that a woman had collected from her garage after her husband died. She did not ask for a…

Arkansas police said an 18-year-old man tried to steal a commercial jet so he could fly to a concert in another state. Authorities responded to reports of a man jumping an airport fence and found Zemarcuis Scott in an Envoy Air jet. They said Scott told them he wanted to go to the concert and thought…

Police in Virginia said a man totaled an expensive sports car, the day after he bought it. They did not identify the driver, but posted t a picture and caption on their social media page. They said, “Purchased Friday. Totaled Saturday. This McLaren 720S, costing around $300,000, was destroyed today in…

Google and computer scientists at Stanford University conducted a study of words used for security questions for online accounts found that many supposedly secure words are a lot less secure than people think. They found hackers could probably guess the answers with ease. For example, a hacker would…

In the Disney animated film Frozen, Olaf the snowman sings a song explaining how he longs for summer and all the wonderful things he has heard about the warmer season. His desire is to experience another season of the year and to feel the warmth of the sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_axMza-fR3Q…

Twenty-two year old Niels Jenson encountered a 15’ crocodile in a wildlife park in Northern Australia, but didn’t run away. Instead, he waited for the reptile to finish eating and straddled the animal so he could get a photo riding the crocodile. —Jim L. Wilson https://news.sky.com/story/reckless-tourist-filmed-sitting-on-5m-long-crocodile-in-australia-11508454…

Twenty-five year old Matthew Rosenburg offered police officers a bribe if they would not arrest him. What did he offer them? It sound cliché, but it actually happened. The suspect said he “worked at Krispy Kreme and would give them doughnuts.” —Jim L. Wilson http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/26/man-offered-doughnuts-for-freedom-police-say.html…

Kenneth was drunk and wanted to go home, so he called an Uber to pick him up near West Virginia University and drive him home. So far, sounds like the responsible thing to do, right? After all, we wouldn’t want him to drink and then drive. He gave the UberXL driver his address and passed out in the car,…

When Animal Control Officer Joe Dainelis responded to a call about a tiger in the drive of a vacant home, he had real concerns. When he arrived, he was convinced that he was looking at a young tiger lying in the driveway of the home and approached it with care. He grabbed a pole and a shield, and called…

When Cumberland, Wisconsin police arrived at the local high school responding to a report of an automobile accident, they discovered an elaborate senior prank instead. The student had used a junk car, bricks, tape, and a black tarp to make it look like the car had crashed into the principal’s office.…