Officials in Leeuwarden, Holland, fear that the municipal pornography archive may be lost for good. Erik Krikke, spokesman for the city’s historical center said that the archive of pornography—erotic materials with a connection to the city—was small enough to fit in a single cardboard box. The city Mayor said he was not aware that the collection existed.
Early this month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a 10-foot inflatable rat erected by union workers was protected under the First Amendment. The rodent was erected in 2005 during a labor event protesting low wages for electricians, leading police to issue a $100 fine. The fine was affirmed in a ruling by an appeals court panel in 2007 but the N.J. Supreme Court unanimously overturned this ruling. “The township’s elimination of an entire medium of expression without a readily available alternative renders the ordinance overbroad,” Justice John E. Wallace Jr. wrote for the court.
Scientists at Leeds University, London, recently completed an analysis of the aroma of British chips. The fried potatoes acquire a blend of smells including butterscotch, cocoa, onion, cheese and even ironing boards, according to project leader Dr. Graham Clayton. Twice-cooked chips also acquire aromas of onion and flowers, according to the scientists’ findings.
A couple in Cary, North Carolina, were married in a Starbucks on Valentine’s Day, with business proceeding as normal during the wedding. Allan Tortorice and Laura Stein met in that same shop in March 2008. The wedding ceremony was similar to any other, with the exception of whirring coffee machines in the background, and an uncertain guest list.
Six llamas were present Saturday at the funeral of Terry McCrone, an Ohio Farmer, two of which had been raised by McCrone. The llamas, which would visit McCrone at his window when he became sick, also accompanied the hearse to the cemetery.
A Washington state man foiled a burglary attempt in his home by moving the getaway car. When Patrick Rosario heard the perpetrators enter, he snuck out of his house. Seeing that the thieves’ van still had the keys with the ignition, he drove it to a friend’s house. The thieves fled on foot, leaving Rosario’s possessions by the door.
Workers at an Ohio pet shop recently treated a deer that came to their clinic of its own accord. Store manager Trudi Urie said the doe entered through an open stockroom door. With the help of police and a veterinarian, store employees brought the doe into the store’s clinic and stitched up a wound on the deer’s hind leg.
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