If it can go wrong, it will: Cannonball comes calling
| September 5, 2009 | 6:01 AM
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Cannons may not make good neighbors.
A history buff in Fayette County, Penn., accidentally fired a cannonball into someone’s house. No one was injured when the 80-pound lead ball came screaming through a window and a wall before landing in a closet, but some feelings probably were bombarded.
The cannon’s owner, who often takes part in battle re-enactments, has been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conflict. The cannon, a replica of ones used during the French and Indian War, was impounded.
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More stories from the “If It Can Go Wrong, It Will” department:
- In New York, a miscommunication led a fire station to close its doors for 30 minutes to bathe a circus elephant. Read more at msnbc.com
- In The Netherlands, police who thought they had stumbled upon an illegal marijuana farm ruined a university experiment. Read more at London’s Telegraph.
- In India, a Russian-born chess player representing France at the Calcutta Open had to concede a match after falling asleep at the board. Read more at The London Times.
- Speaking of France, the education minister there sent out a memo calling for better spelling that was filled with mistakes. Read more at London’s Telegraph.
- In England, a teenage girl got stuck in a toilet at a music festival while trying to retrieve her handbag. Read more at upi.com.
- In Florida, scientists have asked fishermen to keep an eye out for a missing underwater robot and red-tide detector, worth about $130,000. Read more at msnbc.com
- College students in Florida were fined for turning an old school bus into a “pool bus.” Read more at alligator.org.
- Also in Florida, an prison work crew accidentally cut the transmission line for a radio station. Read more at nwfdailynews.com.
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