Yeetle Box - Traffic and Traffic Officers and Weird People

A Russian drunk driver knocked over a traffic policeman then drove for about 1 km (0.6 miles) with the officer clinging to the roof of his car, local police said on Friday, in between small but audible giggles.

The motorist only came to a halt after the policeman on the roof fired eight rounds from his pistol, police in the Khabarovsk region, on Russia's Pacific coast, said in a statement. "You know," said the officer, "in all the confusion, I couldn't remember if I had fired seven or eight rounds, but being as I had a Russian pistol, one of the least powerful handguns in the world, and could not blow his head clean off, I had to ask myself, 'Do I feel lucky, punk?'"

The driver was unhurt and is in jail awaiting charges, while the traffic policemen only sustained a graze to his right arm. He was disqualified from the anual Bruce Willis awards held every five years in Russia.

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In unrelated news....

A woman who says she was hurt by her thong panties when a metal clip flew off and hit her in the eye has sued Victoria's Secret, saying in a TV interview on Thursday that the injury caused her "excruciating pain." She did not specify if the pain had been caused by the metal clip or the thong panties themselves.

Macrida Patterson, a 52-year-old Los Angeles traffic officer, told NBC's "Today" show that she suffered cuts to her cornea from the small piece of metal that had been used to secure a rhinestone heart onto the blue thong.

"I was putting on my underwear from Victoria's Secret and the metal popped in my eye. It happened really quickly. I was in excruciating pain. I screamed. That's what happened," Patterson told NBC. When asked if she was putting on her underwear over head, she stated she had no comment.

Patterson's lawyer Jason Buccat, who also appeared on the "Today" show, said the metal staple causes "severe damage" to her cornea that required a topical steroid - the kind used in most grade schools to treat minor abrasions. In this case, however, since Ms. Patterson was a full grown adult who should know how to put on underwear whether from Victoria's Secret or Wal-Mart, and since she is a LA traffic officer, and since she claimed "excruciating pain" as opposed to a "boo boo," Victoria's Secret has taken this matter very seriously.

A spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, which is operated by Limited Brands Inc, could not immediately be reached for comment, though was heard to say behind a closed door, "I'll just be a minute!"

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