What Did Folks Down South Get Up to This Week?

All sorts of interesting and remarkable items this week:


Descendants of famed Siamese twins celebrate family ties:  Wilkesboro

A family reunion of the descendants of Chang and Eng, the famous conjoined twins that were a feature of the PT Barnum Circus in the 19th century.  Anyone growing up reading the Guinness Book of World Records as a kid will remember these guys....

http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/descendants-of-famed-siamese-twins-celebrate-family-ties/article_c7600e68-153e-11e4-b177-001a4bcf6878.html

Warden considers ending inmate's solitary confinement after 28 straight years- Angola, La.

Twenty-eight years in solitary at Angola State Prison?  Apparently they are considering putting him back into the prison population because they need the cell.

http://theadvocate.com/home/9807246-125/warden-considers-ending-angola-inmates

Minor league general manager gets public prostate exam during 7th inning- Myrtle Beach

7th inning stretch?....only in Myrtle Beach.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/minor-league-gm-gets-public-prostate-exam-during-7/ngnWM/

Naked thieves take burgers from SW Fla. eatery-  Bonita Springs

60 hamburgers stolen along with some peppers...reckon they would have taken more but they didn't have a way to carry it.

http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/07/24/naked-hamburger-thieves/13133467/

PETA objects after Myrtle Beach chimps catch screening of "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"- Myrtle Beach

I'm against this as well.  All we need is to give these chimps the inspiration to evolve and move us humans to live in the wilderness while they assume their role as our malevolent overlords.  On the other hand, how much fun would it have been to catch one of the chimp's hands in your popcorn so you could say, "take your filthy paws off of my popcorn, you damn dirty ape"....

http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/article_0e6f778c-1371-11e4-b573-0017a43b2370.html

Driftwood home destroyed by fire- Austin

Will folks ever learn the proper choice of building materials from the experience of the three little pigs?

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/agencies-fighting-house-fire-in-driftwood/ngm54/

Georgia Wal-Mart evacuated after child starts fire trying to open toy- Albany, Ga.

Lighters....start fires, light cigarettes, open toys...is there anything they can't do?

http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2014/jul/10/ga-walmart-evacuated-after-child-starts-fire-tryin/

State pays $75,000 for rights to "Sweet Home Alabama"- Montgomery

You'd think Skynyrd would cut them a little bit more of a break on the price...

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/state_pays_75000_for_rights_to.html#incart_m-rpt-2

Hunt Brothers pizza dominates rural Tennessee- Smyrna

I've always seen the signs on worn out old gas stations for this pizza but I always thought it was just a legend...

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2014/07/22/hunt-brothers-pizza-dominates-rural-tennessee/13008189/

Alabama 8th-graders rank 50th in math- Montgomery

This changes everything....I had always heard the four most popular words in Alabama education was "Thank God for Mississippi".  I guess now in Mississippi its "Thank God for Alabama".

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/see_how_alabama_public_schools.html#incart_most-comments

Shark shot 4 times one of two disqualified at Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo- Dauphin Island

I reckon the old boys just got mixed up and thought is was a deep sea hunting rodeo.  Luckily, they didn't get mixed up with the Rodeo part of the tournament's name, so no horses drowned.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/07/shooting_sharks_its_legal_but.html#incart_2box

World's tallest horse dies at Texas Ranch- San Antonio

His heart was quote, "kind, humble and pure and it showed in his unique and wonderful disposition."  That's better than most folks obituaries.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Tallest-Horse-passes-away-at-Texas-ranch-5625535.php

Greer Island's Goat Man- Dallas

A seven foot tall half-man, half-goat that roams the shorelines of Lake Worth.

http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/goatman/

Woman carrying bottle filled with urine arrested on drug charge- Roebuck, S.C.

I had to read this a couple of times.  Women gets arrested for carrying bottle full of urine because they believe she is going to distill the meth out of it.  Amazing....I wonder if you can do that for beer?

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20140724/ARTICLES/140729801/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Woman-carrying-pill-bottle-filled-with-her-urine-arrested-on-drug-charge