Weird News

[Steve the Pocket]

Saw this on the local news last night.

Men who solicited sex ordered to wear chicken suit

Painesville - The Best Little Whorehouse is not in Painesville.

And Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti, known for dispensing unusual sentences, doesn't want one sprouting in his small town.

So Cicconetti ordered three men charged with soliciting sex to take turns dressing in a bright yellow chicken costume while carrying a sign that reads "No Chicken Ranch in Painesville."

The sign and costume refer to the "World Famous Chicken Ranch," a prostitution house in Nevada where sex-for-money is legal. Painesville borrowed the costume from a woman who wears it to cheer patients at a local hospice.

Daniel Chapdelaine, 40, of Perry Township; Martin Soto, 44, of Ashtabula; and Fabian Rodriguez-Ramirez, 29, of Painesville, all pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of soliciting sex from an undercover Painesville police officer earlier this summer.

Cicconetti agreed to suspend a 30-day jail sentence if they wear the costume between 4 and 7 p.m. Friday outside Painesville City Court.

"We're trying to send a strong message that we won't tolerate this activity in the city," said Painesville probation supervisor David Washlock.

It's not the first time Cicconetti has used barnyard animals in his sentences. He ordered a man who called a policeman a pig to stand next to a live pig in a pen and hold a sign that read "This Is Not a Police Officer." A couple who stole a babby Jesus statue from a manger were sentenced to dress as Mary and Joseph and walk with a donkey.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindeal ... xml&coll=2

[gforce422]

Hey, dressing up in a chicken costume isn't so bad. Maybe they'll attract some chicks! *snrrrrrrrrrrkkk*

[Zaaphod]

Hey, dressing up in a chicken costume isn't so bad. Maybe they'll attract some chicks! *snrrrrrrrrrrkkk*

Ohgod.. you're banned.

[gforce422]

Well, personally, I thought that pun was eggcellent, although I hope I don't get beaten for these.

[osprey]

Your sense of humour seems to have flown the coop.

[Tom Flapwell]

I think Zaaphod's just being peckish.

[gforce422]

Hey, I'm not chicken when it comes to punning. Although I hope these puns won't leave me with egg on my face.

[Zaaphod]

Doesn't having to think of puns all the time end up with your brain being scrambled?

[gforce422]

I don't know how much longer I can do this before I crack. Though I'll probably manage to ruffle a few feathers with these new puns.


(I wonder if Rooster's reading these?)

[Tai]

Come on you clucks, stop egging each other on with these puns and scratch up some more wierd news to crow at

[VisibilityMissing]

The Wienermobile causes some indigestion for the Chicago Police Department . . .

Cop writes a ticket for giant sausage

By Kevin Pang

Tribune staff reporter

10:47 PM CDT, August 9, 2007

A massive hot dog clogged Chicago's main artery Thursday morning.

In a rare occurrence of an encased-meat vehicle committing a traffic violation, Chicago police ticketed the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile for illegal parking on the Magnificent Mile.

The incident began at 10:57 a.m. in the 400 block of North Michigan Avenue. At least two members of the Wienermobile entourage left the vehicle in the six-lane street with its emergency blinkers on. The vehicle is registered to Kraft Foods under the Wisconsin license plate "WEENR."

A police officer approached the Chevrolet with the 27-foot fiberglass sausage and removable bun roof. The officer radioed for a tow truck.

Matt Smith of the city's Streets and Sanitation Department said the city would have been ready to handle the job.

"We have access to tow trucks that could have handled a Polish sausage, not just a hot dog," Smith said.

The officer wrote the ticket and affixed it to the wiener's footlong side mirror. Ed Walsh, a spokesman for the city Department of Revenue, said parking in a "Parking/Standing Prohibited Anytime" zone is a $50 violation.

About 15 minutes later, as curious passersby snapped pictures with their camera phones, the driver and passenger of the vehicle returned before tow trucks could arrive. "The situation was resolved without the use of ketchup, which in Chicago is a big thing," Smith said.

The entourage got a grilling from the officer.

"You can't just park here," the officer said.

One of the passengers, who declined to be identified, said they were visiting a Wienermobile alumnus who worked nearby, but were unaware that one could not park a giant sausage in the middle of the city's busiest thoroughfare.

Sydney Lindner, a spokeswoman for Kraft Foods, said the Wienermobile is on a nationwide tour promoting a contest to sing the Oscar Mayer jingle in an upcoming commercial.

She said "regardless of the reason" the driver had for parking there, the company neither condones nor relishes such actions.

"It's against company policy to park in undesignated area even if you're driving a company vehicle that's shaped like a giant hot dog," Lindner said. "We appreciate the police doing their job and we regret any inconvenience this may have caused."

The hot dog was last seen driving north on Michigan Avenue.

Tribune staff reporter Jason Meisner contributed.

kpang@tribune.com

[Tom Flapwell]

Frankly, that's quite a story.

[Steve the Pocket]

"A massive hot dog clogged Chicago's main artery Thursday morning."

Lol, speaking of puns.

[gforce422]

I relished that story.

[osprey]

Oh cut the mustard gforce.