Berlin police catch man snorting drugs on their squad car

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by John Sostak

BERLIN (Reuters) – German police detained a nightclub reveler they caught trying to snort amphetamines off the top of their unmarked patrol car.

The 26-year-old began lining up the powdered drugs on the roof of the car in a disco car park, when the two police officers surprised him, a Nuremberg police spokesman said on Tuesday.

The man had no idea the normal looking vehicle belonged to the police, and it was coincidence that the officers — who were walking by their parked car — discovered him just as he was about to take the drugs.

“He’s got horrible luck,” said Bert Rauenbusch, police spokesman in the southern German city.

I love this story.  That was pulled, verbatim from Reuters.  I want to post it on about 100 other sites I manage, but it is too vulgar, so… it goes into my catch all blog… which is here at Arcade.    It is like a fake Onion news article.

The story has reawakened a German wanderlust.  I was once in the US Army, and stationed in Wertheim Germany, at Peden Barracks.  I was lucky enough to be in Germany during the end of the Cold War, and was visiting Berlin when the Fall of the Wall concert was performed.  Pink Floyd, The Scorpions, Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor (she was AMAZING).  I was polluted, but Sinead, and a younger, healthier Van Morrison were great.

I think you can do almost anything in Berlin, and it can be shrugged off as “bad luck,” when you get caught.
The Berlin police spokesman has empathy for the lunatic cokehead, I’m sorry, meth-head.  He says “he has horrible luck.”  I am willing to wager that Bert has also been on a ridiculous, filthy, coke binge.  How else can you sympathize with a man that is snorting cocaine off of a police car?  The man must have been awake for 2 days.

I will never, or at least try to never, condone doing hard drugs, or really even breaking the law.  As an adult, I have a greater awareness of how stupid actions create chaos and nonsense that should be avoided at all costs.  I will say this, if you must do drugs, you want to be arrested by a police department, like Berlin’s.  The spokesman, Bert Rauenbusch doesn’t want to arrest you.

If you were in the military, and stationed in Germany, I just created a group on FF911.org, so please join.  I would love to see some pictures from the late 80’s.  They are pretty hard to come by.  We take technology for granted, it is so easy to take digital pictures, and share them online in an instant.  Now we have to scan in our old “photo’s” and post them.  On that site a friend from the Army just emailed me a funny picture of me on the toilet.

All this reminiscing is making me crave an Octoberfest holiday…

Tags: army, police, Weird News

When Valentine’s Day goes bad! Bitten on the way to the Old Country Buffet.

Posted on February 15th, 2010 by John Sostak

Joy playing catch with Abby at the beach

I have to say, my wife Joy is a fan of Valentine’s Day, all holidays for that matter.  She is very thoughtful.  My wife’s superpowers include; she works on average, 60 hours a week; she is actively involved in post graduate education and continuing education; works out 7-10 hours a week; takes great care of our dogs (and me); she never misses a holiday or significant date.

I am not able to keep track of these dates, or holidays.  It isn’t because I want to seem macho, or that I am insensitive to significant dates.  It’s just how I am wired.  I regret it.  I have my own “superpowers.” I won’t list them here, this blog post is about Valentine’s Day, and before I detail why it needs to be ignored, I wanted to thank Joy.  I am lucky to have her.

I am a marketing professional, and respect how Hallmark, FTD, gift shops and human nature has created significant dates, like Valentine’s Day, Sweetest Day, Mother’s and Father’s Day, etc.  Through their collective marketing endeavors, we are required to treat these days like events similar to Christmas, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, the 4th of July and News Years Eve.  Now, each person we love should be appreciated regularly, and for us to pick a mandatory day is a brilliant marketing play.  These companies have created nationally recognized days that require we plan, shop, modify our schedule, make reservations, and basically conform to their corporate driven agenda.  Brilliant, I am golf clapping because these companies should be proud.

This also creates stress, and expectations that cannot always be met.  Not everyone’s spouse is as understanding as mine.  Some flip out when they are given a stuffed animal on the way to the Old Country Buffet, because they wanted an ankle bracelet, or new tattoo, or God know’s what they expected.  The following news report was taken from the Chicago Sun-Times, and it details what happens when Valentine’s Day goes bad.

A northwest Indiana man was arrested Sunday after calling police to report his girlfriend battered him during a fight over a Valentine’s Day gift.

Indiana State Police found the woman walking on eastbound I-80/94 just east of Ripley Street (Route 51) about 4:12 p.m. Sunday with a fat lip, a scratch below her eye and a fresh bite on her left arm, according to a release from police.

Police learned Deaundre J. Gray, 20, was taking the woman to a buffet restaurant in Michigan City when she told him she didn’t like the Valentine’s Day gift he gave her, a stuffed animal with balloons attached, the release said.

Gray began to hit her, but she defended herself, and in so doing, kicked the front windshield, putting a crack in it. She was also bitten during the attack, the release said.

The woman attempted to call 911 on her cell phone, but Gray broke it in half, the release said. He then stopped his 1999 Oldsmobile Alero in the right lane and pushed the woman out of the car. She picked something up and threw it at the car, putting a dent in the bumper.

Gray went to a gas station at U.S. 20 and Route 249 in Portage, where he called to report being battered. Instead, he was arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count each of battery, interfering with reporting a crime and criminal mischief, the release said.

I wanted to post this to help people remember that Valentine’s Day, is only a day.  Please do not go to jail for biting each other before you even get to the Old Country Buffet over a stuffed animal that your Boo may think is to small.  Remember, this is only a Hallmark holiday.  Love each other every day, and keep it civil.

In the immortal words of Jackie Moon, “ELE! Everybody, Love, Everybody!”

Tags: Holidays