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  • Apr 22, 2008 1:12 pm US/Pacific
    Can I Get Fries With My McMarijuana?
    Strange, Weird and Funny New Stories

    by Aaron Fields | KSTW.com




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    Can I Get Fries With My McMarijuana?
    A pizza parlor manager was arrested on charges of alleging to sale marijuana out of a drive-through window. Upon receiving a tip, investigators went to the Pizza Hut location and found six ounces of marijuana and scales in the manager's office. I can see it now, NEW FLAVOR: Vegetarian Marijuana Medley. Where are Pizza Hut's with drive-through windows anyway?  [Source]


    Put My Offering On My Tab
    A new Country Rock Church is utilizing some very unconventional methods to reach new people. "Top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun & a short message," is what this church boasts on its website. Located in Sidney, Ohio, this new church holds it's "meetings" at a Pub Lounge with beer on tap and a mechanical bull. The church is an offshoot of Sidney United First Methodist Church and is lead by Rev. Chris Heckaman. He states that he has been looking for creative ways to reach people in unconventional places. Is it just me or is irony screaming all over this story? I'm sure the guy in the back guzzling the liter of Budweiser finds the Rev's sermon both relevant and meaningful. [Source]


    NEW: The Idiot Of The Week Award
    I will devote this section every week to someone who is well deserving of this award. This will be someone who truly lives up to the meaning of idiot. This week's winner is a man by the name of Christopher Canonico from Seaford, Long Island who called the police to report that he had been robbed during a drug deal. That's not necessarily a bad thing but if you are the one dealing the drugs then it is! Two women met up with him at a local gas station to buy heroin. While in his car, a third person approaches with a gun and robbed him of $340, a cell phone and a wallet. He calls the cops to report it and ends up charged with criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance. To this I say, "If you're gonna be a criminal (which I completely do not condone) atleast be smart about it!" [Source]



    Aaron Fields writes for KSTW-TV in Seattle. All opinions expressed in this column are his.