Wall or fence?
A dispute between neighbours in Lodi Township, Michigan, has resulted in one of them (a farmer) creating a 250ft wall of cow manure along the property divide. The non-farmers are calling it a "poo wall" and complain that it smells awful. The farmer disagrees, saying that it's
merely a "compost fence". Plus, it turns out that it's perfectly legal since it's on his property.
Coffee-skulling champ
Gus Comstock, coffee-drinking pride of Minnesota, today again gulped his way into the national championship. Downing 85 cupfuls - 8oz size - in seven hours and 15 minutes, Comstock won back the title from a man in Amarillo, Texas, whose 71-cup record recently had bettered Comstock's old mark of 62. Comstock, a barber shop porter, was cheered by a crowd that jammed a hotel where he imbibed the coffee. The hotel paid the bill. Near the end, Comstock's gulps were somewhat laboured. When he stopped for a rest, a physician examined him and pronounced him in "pretty good shape" except for a slight fever, but the rest threw Comstock off his stride and he quit short of the 100-cup goal he had set. Comstock took his coffee with and without sugar and cream. In the first hour he consumed 15 cups of the beverage "straight". All told, he drank 21.25 quarts, more than five gallons of coffee. (The Associated Press, 1927)
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