Mind Boggling

LONDON (AP) - Workers responding to neighbors' complaints of a bad smell coming from an apartment in western England discovered a body that lay decomposing on a couch for years while another resident lived there, officials said Friday.

The British Broadcasting Corp. reported that neighbors of the Bristol, England apartment had been complaining for years about the stench and cleaning workers found the body. Neighbor Michael Stone told the BBC he assumed the tenant suffered from poor hygiene and even offered him air fresheners.

A spokesman for Bristol City Council said the body was thought to have been in the apartment for at least eight years.

The identity of the man, who was thought to be in his 70s when he died, has not been released.

Police arrested the apartment's tenant after the body was found Jan. 30, but concluded the death was not suspicious. The occupant, also in his 70s, apparently failed to report the death because he suffers from mental health problems.

Bristol Coroner's Court launched an urgent inquiry on Friday to determine how the corpse had gone unnoticed for so long.

A local lawmaker expressed disbelief at the find.

"How can any of us possibly understand how there could be a dead body in somebody's flat for five years, or maybe even as long as eight years, and nobody know and nobody notices, and life appears to go on as usual," Labour parliamentarian Dawn Primarolo told BBC television.

Some People Will Buy Anything!

Check this out. An Ebay auction for a single Lifesaver.



And, it says NOT for human consumption?

A single lifesaver? And, it sold???
Winning bid: US $19.10

People get weirder every day LOL

Stiff Kitty

Not being a fan of Hello Kitty, I find this version much better, as well as rather humorous :)

If you like the design, it can be found on tee shirts here:

http://www.ziraxia.com/

They also have other unusual tee shirts on sale. Go, check them out :)

What, no cabs in this town??

Teacher Sleeps in Classroom During Storm

OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Intimidated by snowy, slippery roads, a teacher cracked open a can of chili and slept in her classroom. Emma Clisante had a sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush and fresh clothes Tuesday night at Ogden Preparatory Academy.

“I’m from the Dominican Republic, and when I see snow on the roads, it scares me to death,” Clisante said.

She read, surfed the Internet and caught up on other tasks. She turned off the lights when custodians left at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“Every hour, I would wake up,” Clisante said. “I locked the door from the inside and tried to hide myself under my desk.”

Principal Kathy Thornburg was impressed.

“It warms my heart and shows the quality of educators we have at the school,” Thornburg said.

I guess the only smart thing here is that she wasn’t in the company of one of her students!

There’s my thoughts. Where’s yours?