NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Ho, Ho, Oh, No!
A Colorado man who had locked himself out of his home tried to take a page from Santa’s playbook and slide down the chimney. About 12 feet down the flue, he got stuck. Someone called emergency services, and firemen were able to rescue the man by lowering a ladder into the shaft and lifting him out – but only after he somehow convinced them he wasn’t a burglar.
- The Associated Press, December 9, 2006
Stocking Stuffer: It's The Thought That Counts
Police arrested Dawn E. Smith, 44, of Grove, OK, after finding pot in a Christmas card she brought for her imprisoned boyfriend, Steven McRae Jones, 26. The boyfriend will soon begin a four-year sentence for ramming Smith’s car and trying to deck the arresting officer – and not with boughs of holly, either.
- The Associated Press, December 18, 2006
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