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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Police in New Mexico say a woman who apparently dialed the wrong number and offered to sell drugs to a police detective was arrested. Authorities say 30-year-old Renea Lucero called a police detective thinking the number belonged to a friend of her boyfriend. She asked the detective if he was interested…

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.…

Anton Williams did not stop playing his video game as a tornado approached his North Carolina home. It got close—I mean really close. Even when he noticed that the tornado ripped the roofs off his neighbor’s home and tore down power lines he kept playing Why? He was winning. Eventually he finished the…

In China, a restaurant begin a promotion that was so successful that it put them out of business. They offered a month of “all you can eat,” as it turns out their customers had quite an appetite. Halfway into the promotion the restaurant was $100,000 in debt and had to close their doors. —Jim L. Wilson…

An online professor from Southern New Hampshire University was replaced after giving a student a failing grade on a paper after telling the student that Australia was not a country. News reports say the student was assigned a paper comparing American social norms with those of another country. The 27-year-old…

A Texas student noticed a blank wall at his local McDonald’s restaurant and decided to cover the wall in a unique way. He and a friend created a false advertisement and hung it up, where it apparently was not noticed. The student, identified as Jevh M. said he thought he would boost Asian representation,…

Lando Norris, a driver for the McLaren Formula One racing team, was soaking in the tub after arriving in Sao Paulo when he learned the two day test had been cancelled for security reasons. The test was cancelled after robbers attacked team cars and vans outside the circuit at a race the weekend before.…

The Iowa Department of Transportation issued an important clarification for drivers who were confused by deer crossing signs. When someone posted a question on the department’s Facebook site asking why they didn’t put deer crossing signs in places where it was safe for the deer to cross the highway,…