Guest guest Posted May 27, 1999 Report Share Posted May 27, 1999 Subject: Another Bad Day >> > >> >Next time you think you're having a bad day think about the following: >> > >> >1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil >> >spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most >> >expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers >> >and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both eaten by a >> >killer >> >whale. >> > >> >2. A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a >> >carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After >> >weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an ax >> >leaving her mentally retarded. >> > >> >3. In 1992, Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the world >> >flagpole-sitting record. Suffering from the flu he came down eight >> >hours short of the 400 day record, his sponsor had gone bust, his >> >girlfriend >> >had left him and his phone and electricity had been cut off. >> > >> >4. A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking >> >frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards >> >the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly >> >current she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by the back door, >> >breaking his arm in two places. Till that moment he had been happily >> >listening to his Walkman. >> > >> >5. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of >> >sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two >> >thousand >> >of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two >> >hapless protesters to death. >> > >> >And the capper... >> > >> >6. Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter >> >bomb. It came back with " return to sender " stamped on it. Forgetting it >> >was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. >> > >> >Here's hoping your day is better than any of these. >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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