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Thomas Springer, 46, was arrested in October and charged with bank robbery in Vienna, Virginia. He might have escaped had he not stopped during his getaway to urinate alongside the road. A disgusted neighbor called 911.
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One of the finalists in a Los Angeles radio station’s crazy-stunt Super Bowl promotion in January was Mike Garcia, 25, who planned to swallow his glass eye, regurgitate it, and reinsert it. Despite a large breakfast of steak, eggs, and a six-pack of beer, which made him vomit for 15 minutes, the glass eye did not come back up by the end of the contest. Reported the Torrance Daily Breeze: “So Garcia left with an empty left eye socket, a strong buzz, soiled clothing–and the prospect of shelling out $1,500 for a new eye.”
Eh-uuuh, Gross!
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Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
