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To: CharlieChina who wrote (2319)	9/1/2004 11:46:43 AM
From: Trumptown	Respond to of 3432

LOL, the day I use a blow up doll is the day you make an accurate market call!!!.............NEVER! -g You don't talk to me anymore Nicky...what's the problem?

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2319)	9/1/2004 3:38:49 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Wedding Dresses Stolen From Canadian Store 2 hours, 5 minutes ago Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Call it the case of the runaway bridal gowns. Hundreds of wedding dresses worth more than $230,000 were stolen from a store in the city's upscale South Granville neighborhood, police said. Investigators were seeking clues at consignment shops, wedding stores and other businesses after the heist was discovered Monday at Lisange Wedding World. Police Inspector Tim Laidler said he had never heard of so many dresses being stolen at once. "What are you going to do with 300 wedding dresses?" Laidler said. "They're going to have a lot of problems selling them. "It's not something you can sell at a flea market. ... It's not the sort of thing you buy off the back of a truck." Besides the wedding dresses, 150 bridesmaids' dresses, 150 nightgowns and small amounts of jewelry, shoes, and computer equipment were stolen after alarm wiring in the ceiling was cut and the front door smashed, police said. None of the stolen dresses was reserved for a wedding, so there won't be any unhappy brides, and only dresses up for sale were taken, owner Gavin Chio said. Rental dresses were left on the racks.

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2319)	9/1/2004 8:52:34 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3432

Doctors Find Loose Change in Man's Stomach Wed Sep 1, 5:38 PM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! BANGKOK, Thailand - It was almost like breaking open a piggy bank. Doctors performing emergency surgery on a man who was rushed to hospital writhing in pain were stunned when more than 4.2 pounds of loose change spilled out of his stomach. Sanguan Pongsawat, 37, who has a history of mental disorders, was operated on Tuesday in the northern town of Payao, said Dr. Sakchai Athawiboon of the Payao hospital. Sakchai said that Sanguan, who lived with his mother, had been swallowing the coins for a long time without her knowledge. "He is in safe condition. But he has to be in the hospital for some time in case of side effects because the metal coins had been in his body for a long time," Sakchai said Wednesday. The coins had turned black from stomach acid. Sanguan was in excruciating pain on Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where an X-ray showed hard objects in his stomach. They weren't identified until the surgery. Payao is about 375 miles north of Bangkok.

To: CharlieChina who wrote (2319)	9/2/2004 8:30:39 AM
From: Tom Swift	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3432

Charge Flushed in Toilet Clogging Case Wed Sep 1, 9:56 PM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! SHELBY, Mont. - A criminal charge accusing a college student of intentionally clogging a toilet at a border crossing was dismissed after a prosecutor said there was no permanent damage or monetary loss. "That's beautiful," said Jesse Huffman, 19, a Great Falls resident attending Montana State University in Bozeman. Huffman said it was a case of nature calling and using toilet tissue as needed on Aug. 21 at the Port of Sweet Grass on the U.S.-Canada border. Toole County Attorney Merle Raph said he asked Justice of the Peace Russell Mann to dismiss the case and Mann agreed Tuesday. "I don't think I did anything wrong," Huffman told the Great Falls Tribune. Huffman's mother, Paula, said she went public with her son's story to "bring the injustice to light." Her response Tuesday was, "Hallelujah." "Honestly, I don't think they (Customs and Border Patrol inspectors) should be getting away with abusing their power like that," she said. Huffman was a passenger in one of three carloads of teens returning to Montana after two nights in Lethbridge, Alberta, where the drinking age is 18. A routine stop by port inspectors revealed alcohol in the car, and the driver _- who was under the legal age of 21 in Montana - was cited for minor in possession of alcohol by a Toole County sheriff's deputy. While the driver was being interviewed, Huffman asked to use the port's public bathroom, which is locked for security reasons. Huffman said he suffers from symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and left the bathrooom without realizing the toilet was plugged. Huffman was cited for misdemeanor criminal mischief by the deputy. He conceded he and the other teens didn't take the allegation seriously when first confronted by a port inspector. When he realized the accusation was not a joke, Huffman said he told the inspector he would flush the toilet and plunge it, if necessary, but was told "they had absolutely no toilet plungers within 40 miles." Had he been convicted, Huffman could have faced six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.