News of the Weird
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
The New South Wales state government in Australia will soon propose to install voting booths in bars, according to a July Australian Associated Press dispatch. The booths would have to be located in non-serving rooms, with entrances separate from the bar, but the government said that in small towns, bars are popular community gathering points.
In an attempt to raise environmental awareness, two concerned citizens of Walpole, Mass., hosted a “pump-out party” in June, with wine and cheese, to encourage neighbors to keep their septic systems in good order. The hosts allowed their own tank to be publicly cleaned as a demonstration, although the drinking and eating portion of the party came to a halt at that point, according to the Daily News Transcript of suburban Boston.
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