No Harry Potter, please!

A South African teenager has refused to answer a school test question about a Harry Potter book, as he claims the series promotes witchcraft
John Smit appealed to his teachers in Johannesburg, asking he be given a substitute question, as the one he found offensive was worth 30 percent of the paper's marks. He has the support of his mother in opposing the magical, bespectacled and best-selling creation of author JK Rowling.
"The Bible is against witchcraft," was all she would tell reporters. Smit even sparked some political backing in his protest.
Harry Potter books termed ‘witchcraft manuals’ – not a very flattering description!

 

How dumb!

There is definite truth to the statement, "Drugs make you dumber." Take the classic case of Hong Kong’s Ho Heng-chau.
Ho was appearing in court on drug charges sporting a T-shirt that
had the word "cocaine" on the front. He plead guilty to possession of three ecstasy pills and while his lawyer was arguing for an amiable his shirt caught the eye of the magistrate.
"Do you know you're appearing in court?" Magistrate Ernest Lin was quoted as saying. "What are you doing wearing a 'cocaine' T-shirt? You might as well carry a sign that says 'I'm a drug head.'"
Ho was fined $510 and received another lecture courtesy of Magistrate Lin.
Hey, Ho, if you happen to kill someone wear that "Guns Don't Kill People..." shirt to the trial!
 

Party time

A judge in the US who welcomed a former fugitive back to her courtroom with balloons, streamers and a cake defended her actions saying that getting a killer and abuser of women off the streets is reason to celebrate.
Judge Faith Johnson threw the party upon sentencing 53-year-old Billy Wayne Williams to life in prison.
Williams, who previously served time in prison for killing his wife, went on the lam a year ago while on trial in Johnson's court on charges he choked his girlfriend until she passed out. He was convicted in absentia of aggravated assault.
No decorum in this court!


Husband in trouble

An American man who said he threw a live electrical wire into his wife's bath hoping a near-death experience would save their marriage was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
William Dahlby said in court he was only trying to scare his wife the evening. He told jurors the wire was hooked to a "ground fault interrupter" designed to cut the electricity when the cord encountered water. His wife was not hurt.
Prosecutors said Dahlby was trying to kill his wife to start a new life with another woman.
Trying to save marriage by killing your wife – that’s a new one!

Poor burglar

An Argentinian burglar who got stuck in a chimney has been ordered to rebuild it himself.
Jorge Rolando, 21, from Viedma, was caught when he got stuck while trying to rob a house in Guido. Firefighters had to break open the chimney to release him.
A court ordered Rolando, who works as a builder, to rebuild the chimney for the house owner. At the city's criminal court, judges said they would give him a chance because he was abandoned as a child and had a difficult childhood.
Off the hook (read chimney) lightly!


Fantasies relived

Organisers of an erotic fair in Poland are to go ahead with a contest to find the world female sex champion despite a local authority ban.
The competition will put three women from Brazil, the US and Poland against each other for the Sex Champion title.
Organisers of the Eroticon sex fair are also hoping one of them will break the World Sex Record which currently stands at 759 'humps' - as they describe it.
Each of the three participants were hoping to pass the 1,000 men mark in the competition and called for willing volunteers.
Good sense vs wild streak!
 


Suitable wife

The Greek Orthodox Church has launched a campaign to help young priests overcome a growing problem -- finding a wife in an age when Greek women are more and more reluctant to embrace an austere lifestyle.
The highly conservative church announced that a new committee would examine "pastoral methods to obtain and prepare priests' wives."
Young Greek would-be priests are expected to find a spouse before being
ordained. But many run into problems because potential spouses are often discouraged by constraints on entertainment and by the dress code associated with their future husbands' profession.
Church-run catechism classes could be turned into match-making courses!

Tailpiece

Suzie went to her psychiatrist because she was having severe problems with her sex life. The psychiatrist asked her many questions, but did not seem to be getting a clear picture of her problems.
Finally he asked, “Do you ever watch your husband’s face while you’re having sex?” “Well, yes, I did once.”
“Well, how did he look?”
“Very angry.”
At this point the psychiatrist felt that he was really getting somewhere and he said, “Well Suzie, that’s very interesting, we must look into this further. Now tell me, you say that you have only seen your husband’s face once during sex; that seems somewhat unusual; how did it occur that you saw his face that time?”
“He was looking through the window at us.”