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Well, congratulations, everybody! You’ve already made it through 1/12^th of 2008, and you’re still kickin’! Um… you ARE still kickin’ aren’t you?

Anyhoo – since it’s that time of the month again (no, silly, not that time!), here’s a roundup of just a few of the more unusual items going on out there…

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen – the time has come for another exciting edition of… OOB!

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Postal Dept.

Well, it’s finally official. We can now finally prove the truth about the Postal Conundrum: the shorter the delivery distance, the longer the time needed to deliver.

It’s one of those, you know, facts that everyone believes, like the existence of the Tooth Fairy, the Loch Ness Monster, or that you’ll hurt yourself if you run with scissors. We know they’re real; it’s just that stuff like that isn’t that easy to document, you know?

But this time, we got documented proof that the mail in Warsaw, Poland actually travels slower than snails!

Dept. of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Part 1

Sheesh, I bet you never thought you’d live to see the day…

The police sent a 19-year old man around their small town in New York State to try and buy beer (he’s an underage undercover officer) – but nobody would do it! It was a sting operation with no takers, if you can believe that. Apparently the local vendors are getting the message.

But to me, though, the biggest irony is the name of the town – Babylon – a name synonymous with sin and debauchery. (Not that this town is guilty of that sort of thing… but still.)

Dept. of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Part 2

Then there’s the bumbling pair of Australian robbers who not only mistakenly grabbed a bag of bread (thinking it was a bag of money), but the man accidentally shot his accomplice and, er, “former” girlfriend while attempting to make it to their getaway car!

I tell ya, some days, it just doesn’t pay to get up in the morning, ya know?

Dept. of Self-Promotion

Did you know there’s a new installment of OOB every month? Yes indeedy! So if you’re interested in an even bigger helping of the strange, the unusual, and the just plain whacko (that is, as opposed to extraordinary whacko), you might want to check out previous editions.

Hey, it’s easy! Just click on that cute little Archives button up there at the top, then scroll down to categories list and click on OOB. In fact, I double-dog dare you! (But don’t say I didn’t warn you.)

(By the way, if you have any great suggestions for future OOB items, by all means drop me a line at rhruzek@sbcglobal.net. If I use one of your suggestions, to demonstrate my undying gratitude, I’ll mention your name and link to you.)

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