Weekly Weird News - Thursday 9/02/10


  • An Italian businessman missed his ex-girlfriend so much after she dumped him that he paid £12,000 to recreate her as a realistic sex doll. The 50-year-old man put together a collection of photos of his ex for Italian adult toymaker Diego Bortolin to work on, reports Il Messaggero. "I want it just like her but with bigger boobs," he reportedly requested. Mr Bortolin, who hasn't named the man, creates silicone sex dolls at the factory behind his shop in Treviso, Italy. "She was a smiling blonde girl but he wanted bigger boobs and a curvier backside," Mr Bortolin said. "Our normal dolls are very realistic and everything works just like the real thing. This particular project was more expensive "because we had to replicate everything, right down to the shape of her nails and teeth", he added. "She is now the perfect girlfriend as far as I can see," Mr Bortolin said.
     
  • Dale Morris, 61, of Stroudsburg, is charged after allegedly hitting her husband in his groin and then his head with a crowbar Monday evening in their home. Stroud Area Regional Police responded to a domestic call at the Morris residence. Police learned that Morris' husband had left her a note that enraged her and that she attacked him with the crowbar when he came home. Police have not released his condition. Charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment, Morris will appear in district court at a future date.
     
  • Women prisoners made clothes out of recycled rubbish to stage their own fashion show in China. A total of 120 inmates walked down the catwalk wearing clothes made out of waste products including plastic bags, rope bag handles and scrap material. The fashion show was staged by women at Zhengzhou Women's Prison in Henan Province to promote recycling and a low carbon lifestyle, reports Jinbao. "The eight evening dresses in the show were made out of black trash bags. They didn't cost us a penny," said prisoner and designer Li Li. Two wedding gowns made out of toilet paper were among the more eye-catching designs, while other inmates sported African-style designs made from rope bag handles. Deputy warden Gu Shiqing said the idea of the fashion show was to give prisoners the confidence that they could still achieve things with their lives. "This is to let them know that they are creative and they are needed. And the low-carbon theme also pushed them to find the beautiful things in daily life," he said.
     
  • A Beaverton man called 911 to tell police he needed a towel and a hug Saturday morning, but instead he found himself arrested on criminal trespassing charges. Police officers said they found Mark Eskelsen in a private hot tub at the Four Seasons Rec Center at about 7 a.m. Neighbors had complained about noise in the area, but police said Eskelsen called emergency dispatchers himself and claimed to be the Washington County sheriff. "Believe it or not, I am the sheriff of Washington County and I've been in this hot tub here, I don't know, at least 10 hours," Eskelsen said in the 911 call. Eskelsen said he was cold from being in the pool. He asked police to bring him a towel, a hot chocolate and also said he needed a hug. Prior to making his emergency call, Eskelsen climbed the locked fence to get into the pool area, police said. I just need, I need a hug and, you know, a warm cup of hot chocolate with some marshmallows in it," Eskelsen said during the 911 call.