Is That a Monkey in Your Girdle or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

So if one monkey means you're happy to see me...what does 18 monkeys in your girdle mean? In Mexico City last week a guy was popped for smuggling at the International airport. Drugs, no...cash, no...jewels, nope.....monkeys and not JUST monkeys but 18 of them. (Sooooo many questions.....)

According to the story 38 year old Roberto Cabrera came in on a commercial flight from Peru when authorities noticed a "bulge" in his pants. (I have questions for the guy who sat next to him on the plane, don't you?) Mr. Cabrera had 18 6-inch titi monkeys in pouches attached to a girdle. (Two died in route...no doubt died of embarrassment...)

Mr. Cabrera was arrested on trafficking an endangered species. According to the story the guy was going to put them in a suitcase but decided to used the girdle so that the x-ray machine wouldn't hurt them...what a humanitarian.

Yep, of all the things to "smuggle" into a country, I'm pretty sure I don't want to be the guy in the jail cell who chose monkeys...would you?

I swear you just can't make this stuff up. For the entire story visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38316250/ns/world_news-weird_news/

Peddle Faster...Peddle Faster...

Some people just have tenacity... and a fantasy about being either Starsky or Hutch. Today's story comes from Anchorage Alaska where people obviously have high hopes for the goofiest of ideas. Our main character in this piece is one Christopher Todd Mayer, a 45 year old man who had an idea...I'll be it a stupid idea...but an idea all the same.

Short on cash, (and brains) Chris decided to rob a local bank. Now you might be saying to yourself, "self...lots of people rob banks...that makes them bad guys, not necessarily stupid", and you'd be right except on the occasion of poor Chris here who decided to rob the bank on a bicycle.

Yup, Chris got on his BMX and peddled his little heart out to the local bank in down town Anchorage and robbed them. Chris went into the bank with a bandana on his face and told the teller, "this is a robbery, give me your money fast". Fast? Really? He wanted the money fast so he could jump on his getaway bike and take off at the speed of...well...a five year old?

So Chris takes his backpack full of cash and runs outside and jumps on his bike. The police after a short half block chase pull along side of Chris and tell him "pull over", Chris refuses...he refuses...I'm betting at this point the cops were busting up. The cops gave chase and followed Chris onto the local bike path. Another police car pulled across the bike path in front of the bank robber and instead of stopping the bike, Chris rode straight into the patrol car and in true Starsky and Hutch style, slid across the hood and.....hit the ground on the other side. He apparently did not land on his feet. But was this going to stop Chris...nope, he got up and ran another half a block before being tackled by an officer.

So the moral of this story is...never rob a bank on a bicycle and pay better attention to those 70's cop drama moves.

For the whole story visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37392232/ns/us_news/

A Whole New Meaning to the Word, "Laptop"

We live in a world that has stopped paying attention. Entertainment, laptops, video games, internet, television, cell phones...it's all about how much entertainment we can pack into a day. No one looks each other in the eyes anymore and where you used to have to watch were you were going on the sidewalk because it was rude to bump someone, you now have to watch because you run the risk of getting run over by a texter. (You know the guy hunched slightly forward eyes glued to a 3 x 2 inch screen, thumbs flying and actually not spelling but inventing a new language as they go...)This year we had to develop an actual law in order to make sure that people do not text while driving...are you kidding me?

There are a number of things that one should not do while driving....put on makeup, look for loose change between the seats, change your clothes and reading are just a few of those things. (Although people still try.)So for your consideration today's story shows just how ridiculous (and dangerous) entertainment while driving has gotten.

In Batatvia New York an Ohio truck driver was sentenced to second degree manslaughter after killing a woman on the side of the road. Thomas Wallace, a truck driver (yes a guy who drives one of those massive trucks that we all hate to drive next to on the highway) reportedly crashed into the woman who had pulled over because she had hit a deer. Wallace hit the woman's car from behind killing her instantly.

So what was Wallace doing that made him take his eyes off the road? Texting? No. Changing clothes? No. Talking on his cell phone? No. Wallace was watching porn on his laptop...WHILE DRIVING on the interstate in a VERY large truck AT NIGHT! According to the reports Wallace had the laptop sitting...you guessed it...in his lap. Needless to say Wallace was sentenced to prison for his stupidity. Let's hope that some REALLY big guy named Big Bubba finds Wallace an entertaining as Wallace found his laptop.

Can I have a cosmo with my handcuffs?

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Art of Ridiculous. It's been a while since I have submitted any cases for your consideration but I'm back and can't wait to see what the human race has for us next. Today's story is kind of fun in that stupid way that only human beings can accomplish. Sometimes having opposable thumbs doesn't scream top of the food chain does it?

Today's story comes to us from Irvine California where a 25 year old man gave a whole new meaning to the words "drive thru". According to the story, Matthew Van McDaniel of Los Alamitos went out with friends had a roaring good time and then with a blood alcohol level of .14 drove himself to jail...or rather into jail...

Mr. McDaniel literally drove his Mercedes through the gates of the James Musick Correctional Facility and then, just to make sure that they would let him stay, he punched the sheriff's deputy in the nose. Needless to say, the correctional system invited Mr. McDaniel to move in...for nine years. My question is did the judge sentence him for driving into the jail, punching the officer or making him laugh so hard that he tinkled in his robes....

For the whole story visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37296381/ns/us_news/