Like a big pizza pie
There are a lot of ways to celebrate the Fourth of July. Some plan elaborate firework displays. Others plan extravagantly lavish barbecues. Still others, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC], try to set records, like the Outta Hand Pizza shop in Westfield, NJ. The daring Pizzaiolos [Italian for pizza makers] cooked up a 9-foot by 4-foot red, white and blue pie recently for the kickoff of the town’s Summer Movie Night event. The pizzeria issued a statement confidently stating that: “We will submit an application with Guinness Book of World Records for largest square pizza and for the largest Flag Pizza in the world.”
Shaggy dog story
Petaluma, CA may be known as the Wrist Wrestling Capital of the World, but now has a relatively new boast, the home of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest. The Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] reports that Scamp the Tramp, a pooch that one wag said is cuddly, not ugly, took the honors this year and now is hailed as Scamp the Champ.
The long arm of the law
It happened in 1990 in Iowa. Fifteen-year-old Amy Rush was running away from home and hitched a ride. The Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] says the driver who picked her up was stopped for speeding and the officer gave the runaway teen a $35 ticket of her own for not wearing her seat belt. Ms. Rush ignored the ticket lo these many years, but the law has a long reach and caught up with her, demanding she pay up. But she is offering resistance, declaring that she has no intention of paying the fine. She says the officer should have been more concerned with the fact that she was only 15 years old and running away from home.
