The city of Eindhoven is awarding credit points to street prostitutes in exchange for good behavior. To earn the points, the prostitutes must be involved in positive activities such as workshops where they can learn skills to equip themselves for other work. Credit points can be used to buy designer clothes and furniture from outlets like the Eindhoven Design Academy and the International School of Design in Cologne. The prostitutes must hurry and use up their credits before Eindhoven's hooker dollar expansion comes out in November and all their credits are wiped.

Probably not the best day to learn how to swim.

They're also harder to feed.

They make such adorable shirts for babies nowadays.

Stipe Cavlovic, 37, got into an argument with another man over an unpaid debt. Soon after the argument started, the man pulled a gun and shot at Stipe and his wife. The bullet ricocheted off Mrs. Cavlovic's cheekbone before becoming caught in Stipe's dentures. "I thought I was dead for sure. I didn't even see the bullet hit my wife. I just saw the flash of the gun's barrel. The next thing I knew was something hit my false tooth and I spat out the hot lead. It hurt like hell but we're both still alive." he told police. I saw Penn and Teller do this in Vegas.

New Jersey officials don't know if the thefts are being committed by religious zealots, people with a flair for the satanic, or college kids who think a '666' sign would look cool in their dorm room, but officials are having a hard time replacing mile marker signs that have the famous number. Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, said, "Given the symbolism of the number and the fact that it is obviously done in the middle of night, and in the middle of nowhere, I can safely say that I'm not eager to meet the rocket scientists doing it." It's probably college kids. Who didn't dabble in a little Satanism in college?

He who pulls the keyboard from the desk shall be office manager.

Helmet laws are different in Vietnam.

This poncho company isn't kidding when they say, "one size fits all."

Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to an eating contest to see who could eat the spiciest homemade chili sauce. After eating his tomato-based chili sauce, Andrew suffered intense discomfort and itching. The next morning he was found dead by his girlfriend. An inquest was told that Andrew was in perfect health and had just passed a medical examination at work. Toxicology tests are being conducted to try to establish if he suffered a reaction to the food.

An Italian woman who worked as a part-time judge and lawyer had her identical twin pretend to be her in court when she had two simultaneous cases. The non-lawyer twin acted as a defense attorney and charged clients when her sister was called in to act as judge in another case. The twins are now being sued by former clients, and prosecutors have charged them with fraud. Since one of them is a lawyer, it should be easy to figure out which one is the evil twin.

Forget chocolate and peanut butter, these are the two best things that go great together.

Homework has never been so terrifying.

Mr. Silverstein could have been saved a lot of time and trouble if he knew about this place.

The towels are made of pasta sheets and the drinking fountains are full of clarified butter.

I get a lot of mail from obviously unbalanced people. Enough in fact, that I've often wondered if there was a institution that allowed their patients to only read Slashdot. We've even had a few visits from some questionable individuals. A man who tried to bribe me with a car if I let him "reverse engineer" Rob Malda's Life comes to mind. He insisted on Rob being present for the process and couldn't explain to me what it entailed, so I suggested he leave. The personal visits are rare, however, compared to the amount of mail I get. Here are a few of my favorites; let's hope these people have started to take their medication. Read below and don't be worried if you don't understand all of it.

This is what happens when you try to speak without the gummi conch.

In addition to being a great nap partner, he's also delicious.

Repeat if necessary.

Back in May, we told you about Swiss pilot Yves Rossy and his personal jet powered wing. It seems Mr. Rossy will now try to cross the English Channel with his invention. The flight was planned for Sept. 25 but had to be canceled due to poor weather. Yves will leap from a plane more than 2,500 meters off the ground, fire up his jets and try to make the 35-kilometer flight from Calais in France to Dover in England. If all goes well, the flight will take about 12 minutes. I'd like to officially ask Mr. Rossy for a review model for Slashdot.