No Two Left Feet
O two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feet
Two left feet, two left feet
How can you dance with two left feetI love you honey, you're so sweet
Just get rid of them two left feet
You got no style, you got no beat
All you've got is them two left feet
(Richard Thompson, Two Left Feet)
Shannon Whisnant has been ordered to get rid of his second left foot. He has to give it back to John Wood, it's original owner. You'll remember that Whisnant bought a barbecue smoker at an auction. When he got it home, he found a human leg - from the foot to above the knee - in it. The story was a bit of an oddity - but it has had, unfortunately, real legs. (Earlier posts here, here, here and here.) Here's what we really hope is the last installment:
Even though a North Carolina man found an amputated human leg inside a smoker he bought at auction, he can't keep it, Judge Greg Mathis ruled on his television show in an episode that aired Thursday.
Shannon Whisnant had refused to return the leg to its owner, telling the judge he wanted to build a museum and charge people $10 to look at the limb, which had been cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.
"You're not getting that leg. I'm not giving you the man's leg," Mathis told Whisnant.
John Wood, whose left leg was amputated after a 2004 plane crash, joked to the judge about losing his leg twice. He had kept the leg and the cooker inside a rented storage space. When the South Carolina man couldn't pay the bill, the items were auctioned.
You know, it's a shame Frank Zappa is dead. I think this story would have inspired a great song.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Friday, 2 November , 2007
By NortonPete, Saturday, 3 November , 2007 @ 6:23 am
Yes Frank would have crafted something strange from this but then he could craft something strange about an apple core.
I attended a concert in the 60’s at the Fillmore East in NYC that featured the Youngbloods and headlined Frank Zappa. The Youngbloods were a very melodious group and were beginning to become popular, Frank was Frank. There were two distinctly different crowds in the house. When Zappa finally came on after midnight, the Youngbloods fans started calling for an encore and things got nasty, fights actually broke out in the audience. A strange bill and evening at the Fillmore.
By Chris, Saturday, 3 November , 2007 @ 10:16 am
“The Illinois enema bandit, I heard he’s on the loose. I heard he’s on the loose.”