Hitting on the novel idea that he could end his wife's incessant nagging 
by giving her a good scare, Hungarian Jake Fen built an elaborate harness 
to make it look as if he had hanged himself.
When his wife came home and saw him she fainted. Hearing a disturbance a 
neighbor came over and, finding what she thought were two corpses, seized 
the opportunity to loot the place. As she was leaving the room, her arms 
laden, the outraged and suspended Mr. Fen kicked her stoutly in the 
backside. This so surprised the lady that she dropped dead of a heart 
attack. Happily, Mr. Fen was acquitted of manslaughter and he and his wife 
were reconciled.

A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses
when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord.  Mr.Truman 
apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when 
he was trying to steal his neighbor's hub caps.

Spence was discussing the latest design changes on this
one car at the car show.  Someone noted the windshield
wipers now didn't show from the front of the car.  I opened my
mouth and seriously suggested, "maybe the windshield wipers
are on the *inside* of the windshield now . . . "