An early Thanksgiving celebration in Eugene, Oregon, caused a bigfire at a house that had just been built.A cement worker marking the holiday set up a propane fryer insidethe new house's garage. Workers took turns watching the kettle.But the fryer's thermometer was broken. Workers said oil inside thekettle overheated, spilled onto the burner and caught fire.

Theflames spread from the garage up the front of the house to thesecond floor.

Fire officials estimated damage at about 75, 000 dollars. Thehouse hadn't been sold and was insured.

Undaunted, the workers bought a second turkey and cooked it inthe backyard of a house across the street. Chinese Get More Than Feet Wet Trying New Condom CHINA - Instead of struggling to stick on a condom in the heatof the moment, the Chinese will soon be pulling out their liquidcondom-in-a-can. The country's first liquid condom recentlywent on sale after being approved by the health and drugsadministration. Named the Nanometer-silver Cryptomorphic CondomNCC, it is made for females rather than males. The manufacturerclaims the antiseptic foam spray forms a physical membrane insidethe v****a to protect from infection and pregnancy, and alsoprovides a lubricat- ing effect.

So folks, the next time you havea hot date, you might want to remember your liquid condom. Naked Man Doesn't Care For Roasted Nuts FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. - A naked man who was found breaking windowsand asking women to touch him inappropriately paid for his actswhen he was accidentally shocked in the genitals by a Taser. WhenJeremy J. Miljour, 26, tried to run away from police, Deputy DanielHollywood shot him with a Taser. One of the prongs hit Miljour'sgenitals and got stuck, said Cpl.

Matt Chitwood. Although theywere aiming for the torso, it was hard for officers to aim at themoving target.

"The Taser is relatively accurate, but when someoneis moving like that, it doesn't matter if you have a Taser, or a pistol. Officers can't aim, " Chitwood said. I Want My Next Seat Made Out Of Bologna Border agents last week landed a meaty bust, seizing 756 poundsof bologna arranged into the shape of a car seat and covered withblankets in a man's pickup.Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it wasdiscovered. The rear seat had been removed from the extended-cabpickup and the bologna was put in its place.Custom officials said the bologna goes for about 1 a roll inMexico. When it is sold to a customer in the United States, itcan go for about 5 a roll.

METHUEN, Mass. - A Massachusetts carpenter told he was barredfor life from Home Depot for pocketing a pencil says he is nevershopping there again. "I heard they issued a public apology andthat I'm welcome back in the store any- time I feel like it, "Michael Panorelli of Lawrence told the Boston Globe. "Somehow, that doesn't do anything for me.

" Panorelli was in a Home Depotin Methuen with a customer buying window-trimming lumber and spent117. The customer took a pencil from a cash register so Panorellicould do some calculating and the carpenter absent-mindedly putit in his pocket when he was done. The two men were confronted byScott Jordan, a Home Depot loss prevention specialist, outsidethe store. Panorelli says Jordan was insulting, in addition todemanding he sign a confession to theft, which he refused to do. Two cleaning ladies are being investigated for using industrialvacuum cleaners to suck cash out of casino slot machines.

Thewomen allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash outof slot machines in a Slovenian casino. Ananova Four cop cars took over an hour to catch a gang of teenage thieveswho had escaped on a cart pulled by a donkey. Officers from theGreek town of Patras said they were unable to keep up with thedonkey which the boys steered down the old town's winding streetsand narrow alleyways.

The chase, which one eyewitness described as"unbelievable, " only came to an end an hour later when the youngthieves, aged between 13 and 15 turned into a dead end. Policecaught the trio with a safe stolen from the local hospital on theback of their cart.

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