Ding Dong Bus Driver and other odd news.

Today was an odd kind of day, dominated with all kinds of odd news.

Leading the way was the account from the frustrated bus commuter who encountered a bus 'captain' who was unable to speak any English beyond the words "Ding" and "Dong".

I wonder if the "Ding Dong" bus captain is related in any way to the 21 year old Iowa man who broke into a MacDonalds, made himself a burger, and let himself out, earning himself a rap sheet, and the embarrassing title of "Hamburgler".

In other news- an octopus decided to take a walk. It is now a Youtube star and making headlines around the world. Apparently- octopuses are deeply intellectual creatures, who constantly outwit their scientist captors.

One wonders that the octopus would have thought about Darth Vader claiming a plot of land in Ukraine to park his spaceship- and the fact that the news made it to the Reuters news ticker. He was of course asked to show his passport, and unmask himself for the registration purpose, but he did go on record to say that the "local deputies and the mayor have switched to the dark side... and that's why I have come for a plot of land to park my space cruiser."

In other news- a gynecologist in Germany used 'check ups' as an excuse to film nearly 3000 patients in  compromising positions. The man had nearly 35,000 photographs in file, which led the German police to comment that their investigations will be thorough and protracted.  One thing is for sure, there's definitely enough material here for a truly "Dirty Picture". ;)

But the oddest news of all- came via our beloved Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, who seemed to think that suicide rates are linked to geography and ethnicity. How else do we interpret this? --"We do not have the highest suicide rate- in fact given our ethnic composition and our location as a nation, we are doing quite well." There is one other way to read his statement though- he's just trying to cover his ass and swing attention away from his failure to address flooding in Singapore. Well Dr. V, you aren't fooling me that's for sure.

~deviousDiv