Oddly enough

oddly enough

Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies

VERNAL, Utah

A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.

The Deseret News of Salt Lake City reported that Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal on May 27 prepared to dispute an outstanding $25 bill.

Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell said that after asking staff members whether they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies on the counter and demanded that staff count them.

Campbell said the incident upset staff because pennies were strewn about the counter and floor, and West’s action served “no legitimate purpose.”

Police later issued the 38-year-old West a citation for disorderly conduct. That carries a fine of as much as $140. Or 14,000 pennies.

Birthday party announced on Facebook spins out of control

BERLIN

Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.

A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests showed up and around 100 police officers, some on horses, were needed to keep the crowd under control.

Eleven people were temporarily detained, one police officer was injured, dozens of girls wearing flip-flops cut their feet on broken glass and firefighters had to extinguish two small fires at the 16th birthday party in Hamburg, police spokesman Mirko Streiber said Sunday.

The birthday girl, identified only as Thessa, went into hiding, Streiber said, but “nonetheless the party was a hit.”

Thessa initially had wanted to only ask some friends over to her home in Hamburg-Bramfeld when she posted her invitation on Facebook, but she mistakenly published it so that everyone on Facebook could see it.

When Thessa’s parents found out, they made their daughter cancel the party, informed police and hired a private security service to protect their home Friday night.

Despite public announcements in Hamburg that the party had been canceled, some 1,500 teenagers and young adults showed up on the street in front of Thessa’s home, Streiber told The Associated Press.

Ohio animal shelter puts fattest cats on discount

HILLIARD, Ohio

A central Ohio animal shelter with an abundance of chubby cats is having a sale on its fattest felines, hoping a discount entices potential owners to take one home.

The Capital Area Humane Society said the fat cats are on sale this summer for $15 each or two for $20, instead of the usual $70 adoption price.

Associated Press