But since it takes place in Berlin...
BERLIN - Three teenagers may be on the hook for a hefty fine if a court decides that their festive firecrackers outside an eastern German farm scared the libido right out of an ostrich named Gustav.
Rico Gabel, a farmer in Lohsa, northeast of Dresden, is claiming $6,450 in damages for the alleged antics of the three youths, ages 17-18, between Dec. 27 and 29, 2005.
According to his lawsuit, the farmer claims that fireworks set off by the boys made the previously lustful Gustav both apathetic and depressed, and thus unable to perform for a half-a-year with his two female breeding partners.
Before Gustav regained his sex drive in the second half of the year, the farmer estimates he lost out on 14 ostrich offspring worth $460 apiece.
The suit is due to be heard next Monday in a regional court in nearby Bautzen, the court said Monday. The teenagers' names were not released.
I had to choose between this, Britney claiming to be the Antichrist (LIES, EVERYONE knows it's Carol Channing!), and People who don't live in the military finding out that their homegrown hero's health care sucks (which you didn't have to tell me! I grew up with a MARINE, people!). But while Britney's always fun to read about, it may be more appropriate in MB (a la, in context of a topic), alongside the health care issue, so. There you go.
Comments?
Apart from Buy Britney's hair for $1 million?
That's all it takes? A loud noise? Neutering your pets will be a thing of the past!
*sneaks up behind HPA with an M80*
Here's to hoping it works.
~Tobe
That Antichrist thing had BETTER be on The Daily Show and/or The Colbert Report tonight.
Guys, read the Out There column on Fox News. I know, I hate it when people reply to news or aynthing with this, but this truly is old news to me, at least two months old. 😡
Still kinda funny.
Are you saying this story is old as well?
Not to mention this one??? The Moose takes down a freakin helicopter for crying out loud!
Both are old news to me, really
However, they're both pretty amusing.
Dangit, my sister gave me her passcode to get into the associated press website, but only that I can't post any news stories until it comes out to the regular viewing public so its all moot ;__;
Whats worse is that I can't suprise her with any weird news articles that get posted here at MFcentral anymore. I enjoyed doing that.
Really? A lot of the thigs in the Out There column are from AP, more are reader-submitted.
She currently works at the NIU newspaper in Dekalb, IL. First day on the job she messed up printing the advertisments, and cost the paper alot of money. For a couple weeks she was forced to then show her work on a bilboard and anyone was able to say to her "no, I don't like it change it" and she had to do it, staying later even after her job was done. Or so I heard. Now after her coworkers seen what a good job she had done they went back and said it was her supervisor's fault for not checking it on her first day, and she's praised now. =P
