We gotta get more coyotes!!!

Miami, Fla (AP)
   Gambian rats which can reach 3 ft. in length and came way up to 9#'s have invaded the Florida Keys.  Experts are worried because they could reach the mainland.  Looks like we are going to need those coyotes after all..
Protect your grain,
Rodger ;-)

That's gotta suck!!

Copenhagen, Denmark (Reuters)
   300 Danish winners of the State Keno game were mistakenly sent letters that stated that they had won $5 billion dollars!!!  Later, the government had to inform the winners that they in fact had one much, much, much less.  Yup, don't count your chickens until you cash the check.
Protect your assets,
Rodger ;-)

Butt call busted!!

Southington, Mass. (AP)
   A fellow was stealing 700 lb.s of scrap metal from a wrecking yard.  Mean while, his phone was dialing 911.  Yup his butt busted him with a butt call. Oh well,
Protect your scrap,
Rodger  ;-)

Intruder detected, launch jelly fish.

Dallas, Texas (AP)
   The University of Texas at Dallas, Virginia Tech, and several other schools are working on a Robo jelly fish for the Navy. Must be trying to come up with an aqua drone.  Alert, alert, launch jelly fish!!!
Protect your fauna,
Rodger  ;-)

Never miss a chance to shut up.

Denver, Col. (AP)
   Susan Cole admitted on a radio talk show to pretending to be mentally ill so that Judge Anne Mayfield would dismiss her from jury duty which Judge Mayfield did. However, Judge Mayfield was listening to the talk show.  Ms. Cole has been arrested for perjury and attempting to influence a public official.
Protect your duty,
Rodger ;-P

Nope, I like jury duty.

Yarmouth, Mass. (AP)
   Jacob Clark was summoned to jury duty.  Jacob was happy to go because he could skip school.  Jacob is 9.
Protect your rights (and your lefts),
Rodger  ;-P

Sure wasn't run by Univ. of Tex. graduates.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Sun Sentinel)
   A law firm fired 14 employees for all wearing orange shirts on a Friday.  I have no idea what is wrong with orange shirts in Fla.  Now if the law firm was in College Station one might could make a case.
Protect your colors,
Rodger ;-)

What? Wait......what?

Rome (Reuters)
   1000's of Italian lawyers are going on strike for better pay, better working conditions, and job security. Apparently out of 230,000 lawyers in Italy, 100,000 are in "economic distress."  I know, I'm having trouble with this myself. If lawyers went on strike in the U.S., one wouldn't be able to get a tee time anywhere!!!

Sooo how do you enforce this law?

Rome (AP),
    The small village of Falciano del Massico has banned villagers from dieing.  Seems the small village has lost access to a cemetery and there would be no place to bury anyone, sooooo NO DEATHS ALLOWED!!!
Protect your resting place,
Rodger ;-)

Bring your own BYOT!!!

Trenton, New Jersey (AP)
    The city of Trenton is running out of toilet paper in city  operations (libraries, parks, senior citizens, police dept., etc.).  Seems the city council and mayor are arguing over the cost of disposable paper cups.  Well I guess it's going to be BYOT for a while.
   Protect your toil-ets
   Rodger  B-) (got my sunglasses on 'cause I'm on vacation.)

Sometime garlic can be taxing.

Dublin (AP)
   One of Ireland's top food producers instructed Chinese food suppliers to label garlic imports as apples in a tax dodge.  In fact, Paul Begely imported more than 1,000 tons of garlic without paying the garlic tax.  Yup fined and jail time.  Man that turned out to be some pretty expensive garlic.
Protect your ass-ets,
Rodger B-)   (on vacation)

Home alone to a new level.

Honolulu (AP)
    A 5 week old pig was found running around the lobby of a hotel near the airport.  No one is really sure how or why a piglet was running around a hotel. I'm thinking the mama pig miscounted when she got on the plane. But that's just me.
Protect your bacon,
Rodger  ;-P

Ok why was this dude there?

Warsaw (Reuters)
    Jan Lisewski was attempting to kite surf 124 mi. across the Red Sea (yeah, I know, why?).  The wind died down and Jan found himself becalmed on his surf board.  After which Mr. Lisewski spent the next 40 hours fending off 6 yard long Red Sea Sharks with a knife until he was rescued. Ok kite surfing is off the list.
Protect your ass-ets,
Rodger  ;-P

So when is hunting season again??

Commerce Township, Mich. (AP)
   69 year old Edna Geisler is being stalked by a 25# Godzilla Turkey.  Mrs. Geisler can't leave her house without being assaulted by the Godzilla turkey. By the way, turkey hunting season begins in April in Commerce Township. I'm thinking "self-defense."
   Protect your property,
Rodger  :-P

Yup, they walk among us.

Belfast, N. Ireland (AP)
  Two patrolman noticed a fellow with his arm stuck in the letterbox of a residence's front door. Yup, the 17 year old was trying to break in. Police dismantled the door but the left the young man's arm stuck in the letter opening. Evidence you know.
   Tweeeeet, outta the gene pool, report to sterilization!!!
Protect your mail,
Rodger ;-P