Not what I got for my sixteenth b-day...
-Headline of the day-
"Bear Kills Moose in Alaska Driveway as Residents Watch." Beats anything on TV... (FOX News)
-A hero for our time-
Louisville, KY steakhouse owner Jeff Ruby refused to serve O.J. Simpson. "I didn’t want to serve him because of my convictions of what he’s done to those families," AP reports him as saying. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct." The sight of O.J. sitting there with a steak knife couldn't have been very comforting for the patrons. Simpson left without incident. "It was the first time since 1994 he has ever shown any class," Ruby said. After Simpsons left, people in the restaurant gave the owner a round of applause. (AP)
-I wish I were making it up-
A store in Greenville, MS sells Kool-Aid pickles in cherry, tropical fruit, or strawberry. Seriously. (NYT)
-Making a man out of your kid-
A Johannesburg, South Africa business man faces charges 'under sexual offences legislation' for hiring three strippers for his 16 year old son's birthday party. Some 20 underaged guests were drinking alcohol and 'alloweto touch the strippers, who were apparently completely naked at one stage.' The dad, who is unnamed, seems to have had an even bigger bash in mind. "The father also faces charges of illegally possessing explosives allegedly found at his home during police investigations," the report says.
The kids say he's Father of the Year, but S. African courts will likely disagree. (South African Press Agency/AFP)
