funny-names

Butts Arrested For Murder of Boob

Maureen O'Connor · 09/01/10 04:19PM

Dear humorously named people of America: Thank you for committing crimes. Mirinda Boob—wife of the late Samuel Boob—is thought to have conspired to murder her husband. Luckily for headline writers, one of the conspirators' names was Kermit Butts.

Town Outlaws Poor People Staying Alive

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/10 09:56AM

Florida news: a Fort Lauderdale suburb has passed an ordinance that makes it a crime to sell anything on the street—or to buy anything from someone on the street. Nice work, "City Atty. Donald J. Doody." [LAT. Pic: Flickr]