Meanwhile, in Florida...

[Beebs52]

And this is a problem because?

[Vandal]

And this is a problem because?

She forgot to involve an alligator.

Florida has standards, ya know.

[Spock]

From down under:

Police recover a swallowed Fabergé pendant after a 6-day wait for it to reappear

Guess where they recovered it. The egg-shaped pendant was inspired by the movie Octopussy.

Octopussy may not rise real high in the Bond canon-but the screenwriter was my favorite author-George MacDonald Fraser.

[Bob Juch]

I already sent that to Randy Cassungham.

[Vandal]

Florida pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges

A Florida couple is facing felony battery charges following a heated pickleball brawl, officials said.

Deputies were dispatched to the Spruce Creek Country Club in Port Orange, a city about 57 miles northeast of Orlando, at 11 a.m. on Sunday after a 911 call described a fight on a pickleball court involving up to 20 people, according to a Volusia Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.

Anthony Sapienza, 63, and his wife Julianne Sapienza, 51, were arrested after multiple people sustained injuries, including a 70-year-old man, the affidavit said.

Victims say the match got "heated" after Anthony Sapienza accused his opponent of crossing into the "kitchen" — a restricted area of the court.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fl ... rcna258969

[silverscreenselect]

A story near and dear to the hearts of everyone on this Bored:

Llamas Help Foil Fleeing Thief

A group of llamas has been praised as unlikely heroes for helping to capture a petty thief. Graham Oliver, from Derbyshire, England, told The Washington Post his eight llamas had caught his attention by crying out, prompting him to go check on them—only to find that they’d surrounded a strange man on his property who looked terrified. “I wanted to know what he was doing in my field,” Oliver said. “And he said he’d come through a hole in the fence.” When Oliver asked where the hole in the fence was, the man showed him, then jumped over the fence and ran away. After spotting police in the area, Oliver alerted them to the man’s incursion on his farm and learned he was wanted for allegedly stealing packets of tobacco from a woman nearby. Oliver then told officers which direction the suspect had run off in, and he was soon detained. Oliver’s wife, Heidi Price, said her llamas should receive some recognition for helping with the arrest. “They acted responsibly, efficiently, in an organized manner,” Price said. “Quite frankly, I think they did pretty good police work.” She noted that they can be “intimidating” despite not being aggressive, adding, “Their only defense mechanism is spitting.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/llamas-pr ... Sheet%20PM