Some more true stories...I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in
toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset
because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that
the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into
the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to
mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the
ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter in to the Emergency room
right away.

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Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees on the field decided to steal a
life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the
plane and home. When they took it for a float on the River, they were quite
surprised by a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that
the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator that is activated when the
raft is inflated. They are no longer employed there.

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A police officer had a perfect hiding place for watching for speeders. But one
day, everyone was under the speed limit, the officer found the problem: a 10
year old boy was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand painted sign
which said "RADAR TRAP AHEAD." A little more investigative work led the officer
to the boy's accomplice, another boy about 100 yards beyond the radar trap with
a sign reading, "TIPS" and a bucket at his feet, full of change.

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A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his
speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a
ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police
department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from
the police that contained another picture - of handcuffs.

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A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned that there was a car
phone in it. The policeman taking the report called the phone and told the guy
that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the
car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.

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R.C. Gaitlan, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad
car computer equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how
the system worked, the officer asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them
his drivers license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they
arrested Gaitlan becauseinformation on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted for
a two year old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.