Move Over, Clark Griswold – Redneck Headlines

Job Cuts?

A Florida man proved he wasn’t the sharpest job hunter when he pulled a knife on a man who told him there were no positions available.

33-year-old Charles Nelson apparently showed up at a linen service company in the middle of the night asking about a job. When an employee told him there were no jobs, Nelson pulled a rusty knife on him.

Employees at Florida's Finest Linen Service called police, and Nelson was arrested a short time later on charges of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. (TCPalm.com)

Jogging is for the Birds

A Virginia Beach man went for a run the other morning and was joined by an unusual jogging partner … an emu.

According to animal shelter supervisor Wayne Gilbert, his office received a number of calls after people saw the big bird running alongside the jogger.

Turns out the emu, which are legal to own in the area, had simply wandered away from its home. Animal control officers located the bird, which was returned to its owner. (AP)

Move Over, Clark Griswold

A New Jersey man is taking on Christmas Vacation’s Clark Griswold for most use of lights in a Christmas display.

Mike Antreassian’s outdoor display uses more than 75,000 bulbs using 35,000 watts of electricity.

Antreassian, of Rockaway Township, said people have come to see his lights from across the state, and he is expecting hundreds more in the coming days before Christmas.

And while checking out the lights, kids can even write and send a note to Santa. After they sit at a wooden desk and write their “Dear Santa” letter, the kids pull a rope, which takes the letter up via a pulley system that drops it into a box on the roof. (NJ.com)