Streaking Thief; Married Frogs; Hopped-Up Wallabies: Week's Strange Stories
It's been another strange week in the news. We learned that: President Barack Obama still gets laughs from the press corps. The publishing world still thinks there is a market for Dick Cheney's memoir. And, somehow, the Appalachian Trail stretches from South Carolina to Buenos Aires.
But, wait, there's more! Here are several more Whack Stories of the Week from Around the World:
1) Do you want clothes with that? A Canadian thief steals a meal at the streak-thru window.
2) High-roller hijacks a steamroller in Boulder, Colo.
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3) They toad the gods they need rain. In India, people hoping for a downpour "marry" two frogs to appease the heavenly powers and bring on the monsoon rains.
4) Man gives the finger to four coconuts in Kuala Lumpur and they fall apart.
5) Confessions of An Opium-Eating Wallaby, Or Hopping Through the Poppies.