This Week in Stupid

By Joanna Miller in News on Aug 4, 2006 4:29PM

Now that the heat wave has passed us by, we’re itching to take a little vacation. Nothing major, just a quick getaway from the city. This week, TWIS takes you on a little journey to the Buckeye state. But first, a little fun right here at home.

• On Monday, a woman who claims a faulty toilet seat at Borders left her “permanently disfigured,” filed suit against the bookselling giant. Linda Mason was shopping at the Borders in the Gurnee Mills Shopping Mall in June 2003 and used the store’s restroom facilities. When she attempted to sit down on the toilet seat, the suit claims, the seat shifted, throwing her onto the tile floor. She claims the fall caused her to suffer “multiple spine injuries, including the need for multiple neurosurgical spine surgeries.” She is seeking more than $100,000 in damages.
• Another Girl Scout leader has been caught stealing from her troops. Teresa Wickline, 42, has been charged with stealing $5,000 raised by a central Ohio troop. She faces a felony theft charge for stealing the money from the troop’s checking account to pay for cell phone bills and other personal expenses. She could face up to 18 months in prison. "Five thousand dollars is a lot of Thin Mints," Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost said. Mmm. Thin Mints.
• When a waitress at an Ohio bar asked a female customer for some ID, she was handed her own stolen drivers license. The waitress left the table to call the police, and her customer became nervous and fled the Moosehead Saloon. Maria Bergan, over the legal drinking age at 23, was arrested at her home in suburban Cleveland on Sunday and charged with identity theft and receiving stolen property.

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