strange rich person

Billionaire business woman Leona Helmsley left explicit directions in her will how to divide many of her millions. In her will, Helmsley left $12 million to her beloved dog, a sum larger than any individual grants to her own grandchildren (New York Times). She also ordered that her tomb be “acid-washed or steam-cleaned” once a year. Two of her grand children's $10 million inheritance is based on that they visit their father’s grave, demanding that a registration book be put in the mausoleum to prove that they had visited.

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Kyle Krichbaum is strange, he is also from Michigan. He has had a fixation on vacuum cleaners since infancy. He says, he has enjoyed vacuuming so much that he vacuums the house up to five times a day, with one of the 165 new and used vacuum cleaners in his massive collection.
His Older sister Michelle, interviewed for a July CBS News profile of Kyle, said: "He's constantly vacuuming. I'm just like, ‘Why, why, why, why, why, why?' I don't understand."

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Voorhees=strange city

In February, a New Jersey court ruled in opposition to the city of Voorhees, which had conducted a nearly three-year conflict with a entrepreneur since they disagreed with the shade of paint he used on his Friendly's restaurant.
The Voorheesian officials stated it wasn't "sandy" (the requisite color for structures in that finicky shopping center), but relatively it was "creamy yellow." The Voorheesians depleted $20,000 combating for "sandy," and the restaurateur exhausted $70,000 to show that "creamy yellow" harmonized the other buildings, and the court judges seemingly just did not care.

Daad is a Dad to many

Daad Mohamed Murad Abdul Rahman is a dad to many. Sixty year old Saudi Arabian daad has had 78 children from 15 marriages, most of whom he has divorced to comply with Muslim law restricting him to just four wives. Daad boasted that "In 2015, I will be 68 years old and will have 100 children," Two of his current wives are now pregnant.

Strange newz; Strange gift

A pet camel (which was a 60th-birthday gift) may have unintentionally slaughtered its Australian owner while exhibiting mating behavior, police said Tuesday. The anonymous woman passed away after the 330-pound beast knock her down and then sat on top of her. It's uncertain what will happen to the camel.

surface to air missile launcher exchanged for a pair of size 3 Reebok sneakers

A 4 foot long surface to air missile launcher exchanged for a pair of size 3 Reebok sneakers. In a "kicks for guns" campaign were youngsters would trade in guns for new shoes or 50 bucks, no questions asked. The anonymous man said he "found it in a shed" and couldn't get rid of it.

Nun robbed

This last Tuesday, in Madison Wisconsin, 41 year old wanna be thief broken into a 61 year old Dominican nun's home; only to find that she had taken a vow of poverty. She had no money, or anything worth stealing; so he decided to have her drive him around for about an hour looking for money. He gave up and had her drop him off, and was later arrested for a probation violation and tentative charges of kidnapping, burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Random note

114-year-old Indiana woman who became the world's oldest living person this week. Edna Parker, has outlived her hubby, kids and siblings, she was confirmed as thee world's oldest "known" person when the oldest known Japanese woman four months her senior died Monday. She was born in 1893, she has never had alcohol or smoked in those 114 years.

Elvis tooth sold to dentist

A Wisconsin dentist has obtained an extraordinary collectible fragment of Elvis Presley. He purchased the porcelain crown that sheltered a breach in the King's teeth and the plaster cast used to create it.
Jim McCarthy got the cap this week from the dentist’s son who made it. The crown came with sworn statements from the dentist's relatives and a endorsed letter from Elvis' manager. McCarthy wouldn't say how much he sold it for.

Man's second wife sells first wife at yard sale for 50 cents.

When Anita Lewis of Elmira sold a ceramic turtle Saturday to someone with plans to use it as a cookie jar, she didn't know it held the ashes of her husband's late wife. She said her husband collected turtles and she mistook the turtle for just another part of her hubby's collection.

7 leg sheep born

In New Zealand a seven legged lamb was born, and it also has numerous disturbing health problems. The Farmer Dave Callaghan feels sorry for the suffering sheep and says he needs to destroy it.

New illness discovered!!!!! (in Sweden)

An English-language news outlet in Sweden reported, in June, that the Swedish government's employment service granted a certain 42 year old dum dum named Roger Tullgren income benefits for an illness.
The strange thing is that Roger's illness is an addiction to heavy-metal music.
Tullgren who claimed he attended nearly 300 concerts last year and has had the "illness" for nearly 10 years, three psychologists have finally recognized his condition as a disability. His employer now permits the "ill" Tullgren to play his music at his dishwashing job, as therapy. Do you think he needed to be spanked more as a child?

Bad Thai cops face "terrible punishment"

Thai policemen, in Bangkok, who commit crimes such as littering, arriving late, and commit parking violations; are now subject to wearing hot pink "hello kitty" armbands.
Police commissioner of crime suspension division Pongpat said "simple warnings no longer work. This new twist is expected to make them to feel guilt and shame and prevent them from repeating the offense no matter how minor". He also stated that "kitty is a cute icon for young girls, its not something macho police officers want covering their biceps."

Strange parents of the month!!

A New Zealand mother and father continue with their plan to name their infant son a strange name. The New Zealand government rejected their strange plan to name their child 4Real. Their next great choice is: Superman.

Easy Money???

Charles Green who was just 16 (in 1985) when police accused him of taking $25 to knock on the door of a West Side drug house, allowing two rival drug dealers to get in and commit four murders.
The Chicago Tribune stated that one of the two men was never tried, while the other man was freed in a plea deal after serving time, and dropping some names. But, Green didn't know any names to drop, consquently he is the only one still in prison after 22 years.

350 pound-er champion runner!!!!!!!!!

"Schnitzel Stephan" is great at running.. running away from paying for his food.

Stephan has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, by a Berlin court, for running off after ordering opulent meals. Stephan has sped away from at least 64 different restaurants in the last year before being caught.

Regina Strange, did something strange

A strange woman charged with second-degree assault, for stabbing a poor stranger who intervened in a shouting match that took place outside Wal-Mart last Wednesday night, she insisted "I'm not a very aggressive person."

Regina Strange, 28, could enter no plea in Manchester District Court to the felony assault charge and a felony charge of falsifying physical evidence by concealing the folding utility knife in a friend's car after stabbing the stranger.
"I didn't remember that," said Strange, who claimed that she takes alot of medication and receives Social Security disability payments.
The judge set bail at $10,000 cash/corporate surety, which prompted Strange to say: "I can't afford that." :(