Huggy husband's embrace mistaken for kidnap attempt
A loving husband triggered a massive police presence at a Cricket Store in southeast Houston. Police received a call that someone in the store was being held against their will. Actually, the store manager was hugging her husband goodbye. A passerby saw the embrace and thought she was being held hostage. (KHOU.com)
The Green Tinge - an overhead projector disaster story
"The overhead projector played a key role in school assemblies. Responsibility for the OHP was not offered lightly. It involved replacing slides when asked, and also altering the height of the projector if necessary by adding or removing books to the pile on which it rested. This took initiative. I was trusted with the task only once. I was prone to allergies, and an unexpected sneeze blasted strings and blobs of bogies on to the machine which were then displayed three or four feet high and in glorious Technicolor to the hall." (Source: B3ta.com)
Listening at doors leaves burglar with 'eary' story to tell
