Okay, they could be myths but very funny nonetheless.
When his 38-calibre revolver failed to fire at its intended
victim
during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would be robber
James
Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder: He peered down
the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
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The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat
cutting
machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to
his
insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one
of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine out and
lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
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A man who shovelled snow for an hour to clear a space for his
car
during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a
woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
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An American teenager was in the hospital yesterday recovering from
serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how
he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply
trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train
before he was hit. 
This is my fave.
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After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus
driver
found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be
transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to
admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus-stop and
offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the
passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the
patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The
deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
This is true. I read it in a magazine before.
