Geico's bestial ad, and more

Geico's bestial ad

A Christian mothers’ group is complaining that Geico, the car insurance firm, is promoting bestiality. Geico’s latest ad features “Maxwell,” a talking pig, ignoring the flirtatious advances of a young woman as they sit in a parked car. The group, One Million Moms, said it is “disgusting to see how the company takes lightly the idea of bestiality.”

Whistler gets charged with disorderly conduct

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Robert Smith, 32, is known in Portland, Maine, as the Whistler, because he wanders the downtown all day, whistling loudly and irritating passersby. Police charged him with disorderly conduct, but after plea negotiations, Smith will be allowed to whistle as long as he doesn’t stand in the same place. “All I’m doing is expressing myself freely,” said Smith.