You Can Bet It's the South When…

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Yup, Atlanta.

Oh, and if you wanted to read about the "Six-legged 'hexapus,'" that story's here.

(Cross-posted at The Blue Herald)

Jailbird

In a story worthy of News of the Weird, a man requested more jail time because he’s a fan of Larry Bird. The very short AP item reports:

The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.

``He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey,'' Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. ``We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

``I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it.''

Boy. Good thing for him he wasn’t a Jason Williams fan!

On a Much Lighter (or Stranger) Note

The fact that a man died is not at all funny. The headline for this article, however, is hilarious. What was the copy editor thinking? Why not use "reservoir" instead?

There's some added poetry in that it occurred in Truth or Consequences, NM.