This and that

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1198027.html
...magistrate Ronald Maiden was not laughing as he convicted the monk for soliciting a prostitute and put him on bond for 12 months.
Christ on stilts! Give the poor man a break!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/archive/2004/12/02/hookhead.DTL
Rescuers needed about two hours to free the hook from the front-end loader it had been attached to at Holt Caterpillar.
"Now I'll be the laughingstock of the office!"
Also, notice the slug in the URL...someone was slightly amused.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6978858§ion=news
WHAT THE GREAT LIVIN' FUCK?
Some people need to get hobbies.
Then again, a little fighting might actual make water polo worth seeing....who wants to throw down on season tickets?!