Monday, March 29, 2010

Last Week In Reality, Mar 26, 2010

MARCH

15 MON
The Law Benz? A man refuses to pay a $30 dollar parking fine, feeling that he has been unfairly targeted because of his luxury car. Wilson Ang, 23, drives a Mercedes SLK convertible and received the fine at Circular Road for not displaying a parking coupon. He claims that none of the other cars in the area displayed coupons either, but none of them received fines.

It’s Just Fire Petroleum giant Shell assures environmentally conscious Singaporeans that a flame emanating from a chimney at their new Pulau Bukom complex is not hazardous. The spectacular flare is produced by the burning of waste products and produces only carbon dioxide and water.

16 TUE
Pole Position Parking poles will not be used in driving tests any longer. Responsible for a generation of drivers who learned to park by looking at stickers on their rear window, they have been dropped in favor of a more realistic parking scenario.

17 WED
Maid-guyver An Indonesian maid is wanted by the police after she assaulted her employer’s 15-year-old daughter with a bowl and threatened her with a knife. She proceeded to tie her up with a telephone cable and escaped through the kitchen window of the third floor condominium unit.

18 THU
Stealing Beauty A woman is in court facing up to 14 counts of theft and causing hurt by poison. Vicky Herman Quek, 44, targeted older men who appeared affluent and wore Rolex watches. After chatting them up she would invite them to have drinks with her. Spiking the victim’s drink with sleeping pills, she waited till he fell asleep before making off with everything of value. Much of the money she stole was spent on beauty treatments.

Hot Attire A woman in Jalan Bukit Ho Swee woke up to find her laundry on fire. It was caused by an upstairs neighbor who covered her kitchen windows with newspaper to prevent people from looking in. Some of the newspaper caught fire, found its way out the window, and set the clothes ablaze.

19 FRI
Unfriendly Fire Two people have been arrested on suspicion of selling illegal weapon parts for use in M-16 rifles commonly found in the Singapore army. The shop owners are from the military surplus market at Golden Mile Food Centre, usually referred to simply as "Beach Road." Parts available include firing pins, retaining pins and blank attachments. They are harmless on their own, but may be used to build a functioning weapon if other parts can be obtained.

Source: IS Magazine

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