PETA UPSET WITH SIX FLAGS OVER ROACH- EATING PROMOTION
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion. A PETA spokeswoman says the bug- eating contest at the amusement park’s FrightFest is “gratuitously cruel.” For their part, amusement park officials are defending their menu choice, insisting that the bugs are nutritious, high in protein and fat free. The promotion offers unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach, which can grow up to three inches long.The contest begins next month.
BASEBALL PLAYER HITS HIS OWN WIFE WITH A FOUL BALL!!!
What are the odds? A baseball player hits his own WIFE with a foul ball? That’s exactly what Jay Gibbons of the Baltimore Orioles did. He hit a foul ball that injured his wife. The scene occurred in the ninth inning of the Baltimore Orioles’ game against Minnesota on Saturday. Gibbons fouled a ball straight back over the screen and into the rib cage of his wife, Laura. He says, “She’s just a little bruised up. She’s going to be OK.” Ironically, long before the matter became personal, Gibbons had asked team officials to do something about making it safer to sit in the seats behind the plate. He contended that the 20-foot screen just doesn’t offer enough protection from hard-hit foul balls.
Freak Accident at a “track and field” event
A SHOCKED athletics judge clutches her leg in agony — moments after a flying JAVELIN veered off course and pierced her foot. Horrified crowds gasped as the spear sailed through the air and impaled unsuspecting Lia Lourenco. Millions more saw the incident on national television while watching a warm-up session at the Trophy Brazil Athletics Championships in Sao Paolo on Sunday. Miss Lourenco was rushed to hospital with the 7ft javelin still attached. But she was recovering last night after a successful op to remove it. An onlooker said: “It was horrible seeing her get speared.”
