
You may have heard of using your noodle, but what about losing your noodle? A man was arrested last Saturday after he assaulted his live-in girlfriend with a cooking pot because
he was upset she made him macaroni for dinner.
According to the police report, Donald J.

How's this for a Halloween fright? A woman in Auckland, New Zealand, was opening a package of
Heinz-Watties "choice cut" frozen green beans when she came across a strange-looking foreign object. The unidentified frozen object in question was a
shrunken mouse's head.

Lately, it seems like people are willing to do anything — including serve jail time — over food. Earlier this month, a Florida man was arrested for trying to
pay for his McDonald's meal with pot. This week, two cooks were put behind bars for
intentionally contaminating a police chief's food.

Two short order cooks were put behind bars yesterday for
intentionally contaminating food.
Jaime Perez and James Ledesma of
Andy's Landing restaurant in Burnet, TX, were arrested on felony counts of tampering with a consumer product. According to a former co-worker, Perez put bodily secretions into Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson's food.

Considering most people can barely leave
chocolate untouched for a week, it's amazing that one set of chocolates has been around for over a century. This box of chocolates pictured above hails from St. Andrews, Scotland, and was made especially to commemorate the coronation day of King Edward VII on June 26, 1902.

The economic downturn has forced many people to save money on food in unconventional ways, from
reinventing leftovers to organizing
food swaps. However, one man may have crossed the line when it comes to creativity.
Shawn Pannullo was arrested in Vero Beach, FL, for
trying to pay for his McDonald's meal with pot.

In Cedar Rapids, IA, one woman got her
Halloween trick several weeks early when she
found a bat in her coffee.
The woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too concerned about it. She then turned on her automatic coffeemaker before bedtime and enjoyed her
coffee the next morning.

This strange cat seems to have gone into another dimension, where he's seeing things that cannot be unseen. And then — shazam! — it's like nothing happened at all and he trots off to annoy the dog or beg for Pounce.

At a recent restaurant outing, a friend and I ordered an appetizer that was an unusual (but not unheard of) combination of flavors: gruyère cheese and Fuji apples.
The combination of melted cheese and apples has always been a favorite of mine, and it made me ponder the other unusual pairings that I've loved in my lifetime. As a 5-year-old, I wrapped Kraft singles around my bananas.