November’s Unusual Bizarre & Weird News

Even Elmo is getting in on fantasy football! Photo Courtesy: Mark Sebastian
Even Elmo is getting in on fantasy football! Photo Courtesy: Mark Sebastian

By Andrew J. Hewett

FUTURE FOURTH-DOWN BANKRUPTCY?
Seems football has brain-washed sports lovers to the point that it now affects the production and profits of large non-sports related U.S. businesses. With the 2014 National Football League season well under way, it is estimated employees computer-scouring fantasy leagues during work time will cost $14 billion in lost productivity.

DIDN’T GET HIS DOLLARS’ WORTH?
William McDaniel, 53, called 911, after paying $350 for a private dance at Sagebrush Sam’s (a strip club in Butte, Mont.), claiming he got ripped-off. Instead, he was arrested for becoming “sexually aggressive” when the dancer refused sex. He was charged with soliciting prostitution.

AT LEAST HE’LL GET A RIDE TO JAIL
Albuquerque, N.Y., police say 18-year-old Michael Johnson was so “transportationally-challenged,” he was caught and arrested on his way to meet his probation officer…riding a stolen Walmart electric shopping cart.