Tough skin: Police responding to a report of an alligator lurking among weeds at a residence in Kansas City, Mo., shot at the beast twice, before realizing that the bullets were ricocheting because the gator was a concrete lawn ornament.
Following the shooting, neighbors took precautions by dressing their garden gnomes, pink flamingos and cutouts of a woman in bloomers bending over in Kevlar vests.
—
Stick with the unicorns and rainbows: Thailand’s minister of culture says foreign tourists should be barred from getting tattoos of Buddha and other Buddhist images because it turns a sacred object of worship into fashion and is disrespectful.
If tourists refrain from getting Buddha tattoos the minister of culture said he would stop complaining about the Buddha bellies he sees on most Americans on Thailand’s beaches.
—
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1888, the San Francisco Daily Examiner first published the baseball classic “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
To commemorate “Casey,” the poem will be reenacted each time Seattle Mariner Chone Figgins comes to the plate during tonight’s game. And each game after that.
Talk to us
- You can tell us about news and ask us about our journalism by emailing newstips@heraldnet.com or by calling 425-339-3428.
- If you have an opinion you wish to share for publication, send a letter to the editor to letters@heraldnet.com or by regular mail to The Daily Herald, Letters, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
- More contact information is here.
