Ah, crime. Often real and scary, sometimes imagined and funny. And that is what we have here for you today. As autumn starts and the weather cools, we’ve rounded up some of the most amusing legal shenanigans, real or imagined. So, pop some popcorn and let’s recount the tales of citizens who were shocked and surprised when they saw these news stories firsthand.
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With the return of kids to school, for most of us the summer, and tourist season, has come to a close. Some of our Weird and Wacky Wednesday stories are inevitably about people on vacation doing stupid things, and we tend to focus on stupid things they do in the US. Today we’d like to challenge the assertion that American tourists are the stupidest by looking at some of the horrible things people from other nations have done.
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Summer is ending and in Vancouver it feels like summer stopped yesterday with the first cool, rainy day of the season. Many welcome the end of summer and the coming of long-needed rain. I like it hot. When the summer stops abruptly, I grieve just a little. But I understand how people feel. Sometimes you just want it to stop. This week we are stopping our summer review of weird and wacky food-law stories and looking at cases where people just want it to stop.
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This seems to be the summer of the food fight. This week our Weird and Wacky Wednesday stories once again deal with the throwing of food. Has food become the new weapon of choice?
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Were you one of the hopefuls that bought tickets to the cirque-style dinner and show? The show that was originally scheduled for October 2022 disappeared like a circus magic act. Their website landing page changed to an announcement explaining the temporary suspension of ticket sales because of ‘corporate restructuring’. Since then, their Instagram account states: “The Show is Suspended Indefinitely.”
What can you do if you bought tickets and want a refund?
Find out here!
It’s hot in many places. And it’s important to control your anger. This week we have three wacky stories where people failed to control their anger, behaved badly according to the stories and now have the police on their case. Of course, everyone charged is presumed innocent. They are not presumed to be level-headed, however. The lesson from these stories is that, even if it’s hot outside, try to keep your cool.
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I often wonder about people’s motivations and the factors that cause people to commit crimes. That could be the WWW in each of the three stories this week. Why, why and why? Criminologists and psychologists can debate the reasons people commit crimes. In the stories this week, the answer seems to be greed, stupidity and dishonesty.
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I can’t wait to see the Barbie movie. The hype over the last few months has me hooked. The aesthetics are compelling and the criticism by certain people on the right makes it seem like a film I will like. But I expect it will still be predictable. The trailer shows Barbie getting arrested which one could reasonably predict.
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday blog posts are supposed to come out Wednesday morning, but we’re a little slow. Blame it on summertime. Things move more slowly maybe. We lose track of time. In our office we’re always busy in the summer but the days do seem to merge into one another. Somehow nothing seems as serious in the summer which is perhaps the reason one Atlanta thief’s crime failed somewhat unspectacularly.
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Those in the news business know firsthand that editors and news people are often proud of certain headlines they’ve written. Those old newspaper people may regale anyone who will listen with tales of fantastic headlines that just seemed to work. This one caught my eye and I suspect it is the product of a proud editor:
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