University of Houston student Jehv M. looked at a blank wall in his local McDonald\u2019s and saw opportunity. Hoping to boost Asian representation in the burger chain\u2019s advertising, Jehv created a poster featuring himself and a friend touting McDonald\u2019s French fries. They bought used McDonald\u2019s uniforms at a thrift store as disguises, then boldly hung the poster in a Pearland, Texas, location as customers ordered and ate around them. United Press International reported that 51 days later, the poster still hung on the wall unnoticed, as was shown in a photo on Jehv\u2019s Twitter feed. As of Sept. 4, it was not clear whether management at McDonald\u2019s knew of the poster\u2019s origins.<\/p>\n
Another Day Of Skpying With The Elf<\/strong><\/p>\n Kimberel Eventide, 36, believes her purpose here on Earth is to help human beings become elves, just as she has. A resident of Illinois, Eventide says she is a Pleiadian Starseed \u2014 an \u201cOtherkin\u201d who first realized she was an elf after she read the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien. She spends her time dressing as an elf in silk, velvet or nature-inspired clothing and pointed elf ears; she doesn\u2019t wear the fake ears all the time because \u201c[her] own ears have a slight point to them.\u201d Eventide\u2019s husband supports her elfdom but \u201che does not understand it and does not watch many of my videos,\u201d she said. \u201cI am an Elven spiritual teacher who offers personal Skype online sessions to help individual souls.\u201d Her mission, called \u201cProjectelvenstar,\u201d is designed to help human beings transform themselves into High Elves. \u201cEars are optional,\u201d she says, \u201cbut can become a byproduct of becoming extrasensory and hearing better over time.\u201d<\/p>\n High School Really\u00a0Does Stink<\/strong><\/p>\n In Memphis, Tenn., Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson\u00a0 <\/span>was looking for a temporary home for Kirby High School\u2019s 800 students after closing the school due to a rat infestation. The problem started in mid-August, when district personnel uncovered a rat\u2019s nest during a renovation project. Eighty rats were trapped at the school and poison was set out. When students returned after Labor Day, poisoned rats began dying within the school\u2019s walls and the stench became overwhelming. Calling the situation an \u201cunavoidable act of nature,\u201d Hopson said he expects students to return in early November.<\/p>\n But No Cotton Candy Covered In Cotton Candy?<\/strong><\/p>\n Minor league baseball teams come up with some wacky promotional ideas. \u201cSugar Rush Night\u201d at the Erie, Penn., SeaWolves game on June 23 didn\u2019t disappoint. One highlight was the cotton candy hot dog: a wiener nestled in a cloud of cotton candy, then sprinkled with Nerds candies. Brave SeaWolves fans could top off the meal with a cotton candy ball: ice cream covered with sprinkles and enclosed in cotton candy. Maybe the sugar rush was too much for the players; they lost 5-3 to the Altoona, Penn., Curve.<\/p>\n Crooks With Two Right Feet Score<\/strong><\/p>\n Thieves in Roanoke County, Va., hit the same shoe store twice in July and August, stealing shirts, hoodies, jackets \u2014 and right shoes. Thirteen shoes meant for a right foot were taken from Clean Soles, where store operator Rob Wickham said he typically displays right shoes and keeps the mates behind the counter. They\u2019re \u201cnot much good unless you have two right feet,\u201d said Wickham. A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with the July break-in.<\/p>\n Fire Me, I Fire At You<\/strong><\/p>\n Djuan Lewis, 23, landed a new job at Benada Aluminum Products in Sanford, Fla., on Aug. 30, a Thursday. On Sunday morning, his boss fired him. After his dismissal, Lewis waited for his boss for two hours outside the business, then chased him and his girlfriend for a mile and a half, shooting at their car and hitting the rear bumper, trunk and right rear tire. Neither the supervisor nor his girlfriend was hurt. Sanford police arrested Lewis and charged him with attempted murder.<\/p>\n A Golden Opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n Three men in Westborough, Mass., are out $306,000 after falling victim to a scam. Joseph Boakye, 31, of Worcester is one of two suspects wanted by Westborough police for allegedly selling 15 kilograms of counterfeit gold dust. In July, the victims met Boakye and his accomplice at an Extended Stay America hotel and tested the gold dust for authenticity. Apparently satisfied, they paid $26,000 in cash and transferred $280,000 into a Bank of America account, after which they received a locked Sentry safe that supposedly held the gold dust. Boakye told them they would get the combination to the safe after the transfer cleared. But two days later, when they were unable to open the safe, the victims called a locksmith. Inside was counterfeit gold.<\/p>\n Stuck In A Life Of Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n A homeowner in Toluca Lake, Calif., looked at video from his surveillance camera and saw a person on the property. But it wasn\u2019t until the next day, when he looked around for damage, that he found a man stuck between a wall and a garage. Reportedly, it took firefighters more than an hour to free the unnamed man, a suspect wanted in connection with a burglary the night before. Los Angeles police arrested him for trespassing.<\/p>\n Keep It Positive … Or Else<\/strong><\/p>\n Monica Walley of Holden Heights, Fla., wrote a negative online review Aug. 20 about the Daybreak Diner in Orlando, accusing the restaurant of refusing service to her disabled mother. The negative review didn\u2019t sit well with the diner owner\u2019s son, Michael Johnson, or his housemates, Jesse Martin and Norman Auvil. That evening, as the three sat drinking beer, Martin looked up Walley\u2019s address, then they drove to her home, where Auvil, 42, shot three rounds into the house. \u201cI actually could feel the air from the bullet as it passed by me,\u201d said Ken Walley, Monica\u2019s father. \u201cI didn\u2019t think anybody was crazy enough to do something like this over something so small,\u201d Monica Walley said. Auvil was arrested Aug. 30 and charged with shooting into a dwelling, according to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n Questionable Judgment<\/strong><\/p>\n Billy Warren Pierce, Jr., 44, an inmate of the Pasco County, Fla., Jail, already awaiting trial on charges of capital sexual battery of a child, tried to hire a fellow inmate to kill his victim and her family. The unnamed inmate told detectives that Pierce offered him $9,000 and instructed him about how to get into the house, even suggesting using a gas line fed through a window as the murder method. Jail staff obtained a contract signed by Pierce, detailing the targets of the killing and the agreed-upon price. When told he would be charged with solicitation of murder, Pierce objected, \u201cBut I haven\u2019t paid him any money yet.\u201d<\/p>\n When You\u2019re Not Donna<\/strong><\/p>\n A man in Tameside, Manchester, England, is trying to figure out who painted \u201cPay your bill, you b****rd\u201d on the side of his house, deflated the tires on his car and cut his brakes. \u201cI was dumbstruck because I don\u2019t owe anyone anything or have any problems with anyone,\u201d the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Metro News. On the next night, July 20, someone set fire to his neighbor\u2019s van and painted on his house again; this time: \u201cPay your bill, Donna.\u201d But he doesn\u2019t know who Donna is. The man has hung a sign over the vandalism saying, \u201cDonna does not live here,\u201d and he and his nephew are taking turns guarding the house. \u201cSomeone has obviously upset someone,\u201d he said, \u201cand I am stuck in the middle of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Weird Science<\/strong><\/p>\n Montgomery, Ala., resident Kayla Rahn, 30, had been trying for months to lose weight. Instead, she experienced dramatic weight gain and pain in her stomach. She became short of breath when taking just a short walk. Finally, Rahn\u2019s mother took her to the emergency room at Jackson Hospital, where doctors discovered a growth attached to her ovary and removed what turned out to be a 50-pound, benign cyst. The cyst resembled a large watermelon in size. \u201cThis is one of the largest I have ever seen,\u201d Dr. Gregory Jones told reporters. \u201cWe are very excited things went well for her.\u201d<\/p>\n Cookies Ruined<\/strong><\/p>\n A naked man opened the door to firefighters responding to a house fire in Niceville, Fla., and said \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d before closing the door in their faces. James Cunningham, 53, later admitted to police he\u2019d had two liters of vodka and had smoked marijuana before trying to bake cookies on his George Foreman grill. The experiment went wrong when the grill and cookies caught fire, so he covered them with a dry towel, which also caught fire. Firefighters said if he\u2019d been in the house any longer, he could have died from smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" University of Houston student Jehv M. looked at a blank wall in his local McDonald\u2019s and saw opportunity. 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