Who knew sunscreen could be scary

This is not cool. Especially since I already bought my sunscreen quota for the summer.

Many Sunscreens Ineffective, Group SaysAdvocacy Group Says Many Popular Sunscreens Offer Inadequate Sun Protection, Calls On FDA To Implement Label Changes

(WebMD) An environmental research and advocacy group claims that four out of five brand-name sunscreens either provide inadequate sun protection or contain chemicals that may be unsafe, but industry representatives strongly dispute the charge.... (continue)

There is a list of the different products they believe to be 'safe' at the bottom of the article. Scallywag.

A possible answer to the sneaky sea sneakers... with feet in BC?

I bet the B.C. Coastal feet come from Russia. I've heard the mob over there is particularly brutal.

Check this out.

Man caught bringing 9 grams of marijuana into prison wrapped around penis claims misunderstanding.

Every once and a while, there is some interesting news in Nova Scotia.

Police catch man who hid marijuana around penis

PAUL MCLEOD, METRO HALIFAX

June 17, 2008 05:00

Getting caught with marijuana by police is bad enough. But the drug arrest of John Christopher Williams, 34, was particularly embarrassing.

Williams has a lengthy criminal record and had failed to show up for court dates more than once, leading to a warrant for his arrest. When police found and arrested him they didn’t find any drugs on him and Williams didn’t say anything.

It was only when he was being checked in to prison that guards discovered nine grams of marijuana wrapped around his penis. Williams says it was all a misunderstanding.

He appeared yesterday in Dartmouth Provincial Court under charges of smuggling drugs into prison.

His lawyer said Williams now realizes he should have told police about the pot sooner. He was sentenced to thirty days in prison.

Hhhmmm... a clever one-liner to appropriately make fun and demonstrates insight....

'During the frisking, guards found the drugs when Williams got a spliffy.'

Yup, that oughta do it.

I always heard the best pot was in jail, anyway. Listen to Ricky about 30 sec into the clip.

This has to be a joke.

Another foot finds its way to the BC shoreline.

CNEWS reports:

Fifth human foot in one year washes ashore along B.C. coast

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER - A fifth human foot has washed ashore in southwestern B.C., and this time it's a left one.

Police say two people out for a walk spotted a left foot floating in water off Westham Island on Monday morning. Four other feet have washed up on shorelines along islands in B.C. in the last year; all have been right feet wearing socks and shoes. (continue...)

Looks like they will have to reopen the case of the sneaky washed up sneakers... with feet.

This reporter has a fantastic job

by jgr80

No foul play suspected as fourth disembodied foot washes up in B.C.

ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
May 23, 2008 at 10:24 PM EDT

VANCOUVER — There is no indication foul play is involved in four disembodied feet that have washed up on islands off the southwest coast of British Columbia, RCMP Constable Annie Linteau said Friday.

“We now have no information to suggest this latest … foot was forcibly removed,” she said... (continue...)

This gal wrote about the guy below who played dead as the bear was "eating his brains." She must be having a blast reporting this stuff the last week or so.

The answers from the police are precious, too. "Nope, no foul play here. Severed feet wash up all the time." I know there's a lot more LSD and weed out in BC, but how many drugs to you have to take before something that makes national news in the rest of the country seems fairly normal in your community? That's four right feet wearing sneakers-- without their owners. Personally, I've very attached to my feet.

This is happening in a secluded and small area-- and clearly, it doesn't take a detective to know that something is not adding up. But apparently BC police has detectives figuring it out. They've come up with the no violence/no foul play theory.

The spokeswoman doesn't mind adding the qualifier that she cannot give any other details about the type of sneakers or the sex of the others because it could compromise the investigation. What are they investigating that they can't tell the public if there is no foul play?

According to the detective-murder-mystery television programs I've wasted so many hours watching.... the no-violence theory means "I really don't want to continue investigating this one, Erv. Can't you put me on a new case?"

Playing Dead

by jgr80

This guy must have balls as big as grapefruit... as big as small dogs.

MAN PLAYS DEAD AS GRIZZLY CHEWS

Anna Mehler Paperny

From Saturday's Globe and Mail -May 16, 2008 at 9:37 PM EDT

Like chewing the gristle on a chicken bone.

That's how Brent Case describes the grizzly bear gnawing on the back of his head.

Mr. Case was trying to play dead, hoping the bear would eventually leave him alone.

“I don't know why I didn't scream because I was in so much pain,” he said. “I wanted to scream blue murder.” (continue...)

This guy also knows how to play dead. But he has small balls - the size of small grapes.

SPANISH POLICE NAB BURGLAR PLAYING DEAD AT FUNERAL HOME

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - Associated Press

MADRID, Spain — A burglar who broke into a funeral home tried to fool police by playing dead, but two things gave him away.

First, he breathed. Plus, he wore grungy clothes rather than the Sunday best of those dressed for eternal rest.

Police and the Crespo Funeral Home said Wednesday they have no idea what the 23-year-old Spanish man was trying to steal in the break-in March 17 in Burjassot, a small town just outside Valencia. (continue...)

Man Spray

by jgr80

Check this out:

Two major supermarkets were cordoned off by police today after a man shocked shoppers by spraying urine on the food.

The raider entered Morrisons in Glevum Way, Gloucester at around 11.20am and fired a "foul-smelling substance" - thought to be urine - on meat, salad and fruit (continue ...)

I am always amazed by the ingenuity of weird criminals. This is clearly just gross. But I still need a little more from the article. The shortcomings of structure, style, and the picture aside-- where is the info about methodology?

I was thinking originally that it would have been a classy spray bottle, intricately prepared before the trip to the supermarket, exhaling a fine mist over the unsuspecting produce with each gentle squeeze. But then there's the innocuous mention of a tube. This could obviously be a hundred different things.

They say that the man's actions posed no danger. I wonder what kind of punishment he can get just for being gross.

Call CSI.