Is that a tube of toothpaste, or are you happy to see me???

Guess you never really know where your groceries have been before you purchase them!!

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in Germany arrested a shoplifter who filled his trousers with 39 tubes of toothpaste, authorities in the western town of Dueren said on Wednesday.

Police said store detectives in a supermarket chased the 37-year-old man after they saw him stuff the tubes into his pants, and forced him to hand over the goods.

It wasn't long before the toothpaste was once again available to customers.

"As far as I know, it was back on the shelves soon after," a police spokesman said.

I thought those English didnt have a problem with nudity!! I know I would love to be naked while I worked!

Naked and proud train engineer fired

LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A train engineer in England has been fired for taking a photograph of himself naked while working and sending it to a colleague over his cell phone.

The unidentified man was running a train at 125 mph between London and Sheffield when the picture was taken, Sky News said.

"The driver has now been dismissed," said a Midland Main Line spokeswoman. "Safety is, and always will be, our main priority."

Meanwhile, The Sun reported it wasn't an isolated incident.

The newspaper said a number of drivers have reportedly taken up the hobby of stripping down before passing other trains, and encouraging fellow engineers to look at them as they speed past one another.

I would have went to see Santa for this!!!

Hot-Pink Thong Bothers Families Visiting Santa

ROANOKE, Va. -- Santa is keeping a secret -- a Victoria's Secret.

Some parents didn't like the idea of the young'uns seeing the skimpy underthings while visiting a mall Santa in Virginia. Now, there's a black curtain between Santa's chair and the Victoria's Secret store at the Valley View Mall in the Roanoke area.

Victoria's Secret has been featuring a window showing a leggy mannequin in a hot-pink thong and a bra. The theme of the display is "Give Me Sexy."

Mall spokeswoman Mandy York said they have no control over what Victoria's Secret puts in their window. But she said the black curtain seems to have satisfied the concerns of parents.

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Erotic moments from Bible...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar with 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a nude Eve offering an apple.

"There's a whole range of biblical scriptures simply bursting with eroticism," said Stefan Wiest, the 32-year-old photographer who took the titillating pictures.

Anne Rohmer, 21, poses on a doorstep in garters and stockings as the prostitute Rahab, who is mentioned in both New and Old Testaments. "We wanted to represent the Bible in a different way and to interest young people," she told Reuters.

"Anyway, it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that you are forbidden to show yourself nude."

Bernd Grasser, pastor of the church in Nuremberg where the calendar is being sold, was enthusiastic about the project which is explained online at www.bibelkalender.de. (BlackCrypts Note: Site has since been removed cause apparently there was a disclamer on there that some of the models were under 18. Those crazy Germans!!!!)

"It's just wonderful when teenagers commit themselves with their hair and their skin to the bible," he said.

It will be officially launched at the weekend.

I'm dreaming of a treeless Christmas!!

Good lord!!! The kids were learning, and some dumbass politician had to strike them down cause he has a problem with the scratch tickets. At least they are still calling it a Christmas tree and not a Holiday tree!!

Tree Decorated by Okla. Students Removed
By RON JENKINS, Associated Press Writer

A Christmas tree that elementary school students decorated with discarded lottery tickets was removed from the state Capitol over the weekend after a lawmaker complained it was inappropriate.

Rep. Randy Terrill, who opposes the lottery, said he spotted the tree on Wednesday when it was erected as part of the governor's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The Republican lawmaker called the Westwood Elementary School principal, who apologized and asked the governor's office to remove the tree.

Sherry Fair, spokeswoman for Oklahoma City Public Schools, said the teachers and children did not intend to offend anyone. The teachers went to various convenience stores and got used lottery tickets, which were cut into various geometric shapes and placed on the tree.

"They had been studying about the lottery and understood that the lottery money benefits public schools," Fair said. "They came up with a theme about the gift of education."

Terrill said the principal had invited him to talk to students at the school.

Paul Sund, a spokesman for Gov. Brad Henry, said the governor's office had nothing to do with decorating the tree and referred questions to the school district. The office of the state school superintendent selects the schools that decorate the trees.

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When movies take over real life

Police find semi-nude man inside Pavilion

By David Kranz
Argus Leader

November 15, 2005, 3:17 pm

A Sioux Falls man is charged with indecent exposure after being found partially unclothed and lying on the floor with a female mannequin in the Washington Pavilion.

Michael James Plentyhorse, 18, xxx N. Dakota Ave., was discovered by a Pavilion security officer at 4:35 p.m. Monday in the Washington High School Alumni Room, police said.

The guard observed Plentyhorse with his pants and underclothing down and lying next to the half-naked female mannequin, a police report states.

“There was inappropriate activity between him and the mannequin. That’s the only way I know how to put it,” Sioux Falls police officer Loren McManus said.

Security staff at the Pavilion say they have noticed the same mannequin has previously been found undressed on several occasions, McManus said.

No drugs or alcohol appear to have been involved.