Weekend Weird News Round-Up

Now for sale on EBay! "Take Me To Your Toilet" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr contributor M.V. Jantzen

Unfortunate Washington Names, Part II: A sad chapter in unfortunate Washington names was written this weekend, when a paraglider died on Tiger Mountain after launching off Poo Poo Point. Eric Jansen, a veteran paraglider was killed at 4:20 p.m. on Friday after suffering heart problems mid-air and crashing into a tree. While Jansen died doing what he loved most, we would hate to have the words "launched from Poo Poo Point" forever associated with our death.

The Ever Popular Sleep Walking Defense: Terry Lamell Ezell, a Seattle area criminal, who already had 17 felonies under his belt, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a drug charge after his sleepwalking defense failed. Ezell's lawyers claimed their client suffered from a sleep disorder and that he was sleepwalking when he packed a stolen gun and drugs in his car. Ezell's defense rested upon the fact if he had been sleepwalking when doing so, he had no intent to commit the crime. A Seattle judge rejected the defense--hopefully with laughter or while rolling his eyes. Or saying, those defenses only work on Law & Order.

You Really Can Buy Everything on EBay: Since selling our old ferries on EBay went so well, the city has decided to try and sell our crime ridden public pay toilets via the online retailer. While we know EBay's slogan is something about finding everything there...do people really search EBay for self-enclosed public toilets? We'll find out soon enough. The toilets could be posted on the site by midweek. Don't all log in at once for the first bid.