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Seeing Borat at the zoo.

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@DamienFahey
It's truly amazing what Abraham Lincoln accomplished while wearing such a big stupid hat.

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Devon, ENGLAND – A drunken English woman, high from a dangerous combo of booze and drugs stole a ferry boat while shouting "I'm Jack Sparrow" at police.  

Alison Whelan referred to herself as Johnny’s Depp’s memorable character in an alcohol fueled romp which could have seriously injured or killed her.

The ships owners said that, had the vessel managed to float out to sea, "it could have been serious".

Whelan was sentenced to 112 days in prison. She had been drinking for two days and combined that with eating hallucinogenic nightshade, which is poisionous.

 

She called for an ambulance after fearing she was having a seizure, but cast off from in the ferry at 3:50 AM shortly after police arrived on the scene.

As she took the ship out, she began shouting "I'm Jack Sparrow" and led coast guard vessels on an hour and a half chase involving more than 30 people, including police, ambulance, lifeboat and coastguards staff.

Eventually, they corralled the latter day pirate wench and dragged her back to shore, but not before the vessel hit the catamaran and another moored vessel damaging both and causing up to £1,500 worth of damage to the ferry.

DATELINE: FLORIDA

-Avoid distracted driving;

-Proceed slowly and carefully when pulling in, and backing out, of parking spaces.

-Visibly check to see whether your foot is on the gas pedal or the brake pedal

-Visibly check to see if the vehicle is in Park, Reverse or Drive.

Are these instructions from Page 62 of a Driver’s Ed book, you may ask? NOPE, those are instructions being published by the US Postal Service in Florida due to the rash of cars driving into post offices in that state.

The U.S. Postal Service has taken the unusual step of releasing this set of helpful driving tips in the hopes that it might help reduce the number of drivers in Florida who have been crashing their cars into post offices. This year so far, eight drivers have crashed into post offices in Central Florida alone.

The USPS says the two most common causes of such accidents are when drivers step on the gas instead of the brake pedal and when the driver accelerates thinking the vehicle is in reverse.

Ecce Homo now Ecce Mono

Borja, SPAIN - The Spanish woman who made headlines around the world for her botched attempt to restore a 20th-century painting of Jesus Christ has hired lawyers and is now seeking royalties from the fees church owners are charging visitors for admission.

The local artist, 80-year-old Cecilia Gimenez, whose poor art restoration talents made her an internet sensation last month said that she tried restoring the decaying "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the Man") portrait because no one else would.

The before and after pictures went viral across the globe and tourists began arriving in droves to view her handiwork – but to the chagrin of the sanctuary’s owners, very few were leaving donations. The sanctuary's owners, the Santi Spiritus Hospital Foundation, then decided to begin charging admission to view the altered artwork and reportedly made $2,600 in the first four days of business.

Visitors want to see "Ecce Mono," or "Behold the Monkey" as it's now called.

The story blew up on social networks and put the northern Spanish town of Borja and its population of about 30,000 at the center of an international joke. Gimenez said she suffered from anxiety attacks and she has sought privacy since the story went viral.

With upcoming litigation though, she has apparently recovered from the anxiety she initially experienced and is now looking to get paid.

Town officials have planned to undo Gimenez's work, but almost 18,000 people have signed an online petition to preserve the post-restoration painting.

I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

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