It’s bad enough to get a call from a telemarketer — imagine having to be one.
A survey found that people would rather give up sex for a month than work making sales calls.
The survey also found that people find used-car salesman the least trustworthy of all professionals, with financial-services reps a close second.
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He’s clearly been taking lessons from A-Rod on ballfield etiquette.
Police arrested a homeless man who wandered onto the field during a minor-league baseball game in Altoona, Pa., because he was hungry and wanted to take the shortest route to the concession stand.
Tyrone Squires, 24, was charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct.
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Some people never learn.
A man who spent 19 years in jail for a fatal DWI wreck was busted a month after being freed — for a DWI wreck.
Doug Gardner, 54, was caught in Vermont after he crashed a car he allegedly had stolen. He had previously been convicted of DWI in 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985 (twice), 1989 and 1991.
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Man, times are tough.
A Georgia county discovered that it paid 180 workers thousands of dollars more than they were owed back in 1994 — and now wants the money back.
In all, the employees received an extra $39,000 due to a one-time anomaly when the county adjusted their payroll cycle. They can now either pay the extra in cash or give up vacation time.
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Thou shalt not make graven images — seriously.
A storm in Brownsville, Texas, knocked down a tree that some believed had the image of the Virgin Mary on its bark.
People often left cards and notes with prayers written on them beneath the tree over the past couple of decades.