ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

German court upholds man’s right to pee standing up

BERLIN

A German court has ruled that a tenant who liked to pee standing up doesn’t owe his landlord money for damages apparently caused by splashing, or missing his target.

The Duesseldorf administrative court rejected the landlord’s claim of $2,200 for purported damage to the bathroom’s marble floor, the DPA news agency reported last Thursday.

While accepting expert testimony that urine had damaged the marble, Judge Stefan Hank ruled the man’s method was within cultural norms, saying that “despite the increasing domestication of men in this context, urinating standing up is still common practice.” He said further that the tenant could have expected “regular conflicts” with those he lived with — but not that the bathroom’s marble floor would be damaged.

Woman gets bag full of cash at Burger King drive-through

ROCHESTER, N.H.

A New Hampshire woman got a surprise at a Burger King drive-through: a bag full of cash instead of food.

Janelle Jones says she discovered on the way home that the bag did not contain the sweet tea and junior spicy chicken sandwich that she had ordered Friday at the Rochester fast-food restaurant.

Foster’s Daily Democrat reported that Jones called her husband and they decided to return the $2,631, which was a Burger King bank deposit.

Matthew Jones says the couple briefly considered keeping the money, which they certainly could have used. But he says he and his wife are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and that “Jehovah sees everything.”

The newspaper reports that the restaurant confirmed the couple’s account but had no comment on it.

Lawyer: Man sentenced for crime he can’t recall after wreck

BUTLER, Pa.

A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says the man can’t recall because of a brain injury suffered in a car accident.

Defense attorney Stephen Misko also says 23-year-old Christian Eshenbaugh has become a “completely different person” as he struggles to regain his memory and motor skills — and no longer has a penchant for petty crimes fueled by drug use.

The Butler Eagle reported that Eshenbaugh pleaded guilty to stealing aluminum tire rims 20 to 30 at a time from a salvage yard. In all, he took more than 2,000 rims worth more than $33,000 in the two months before he was injured in 2013.

At last week’s sentencing, Misko says Eshenbaugh has “turned his life 180 degrees.”

Associated Press