Angry girlfriend makes a meal of boyfriend's goldfish, and more

Angry girlfriend makes a meal of boyfriend's goldfish

An angry Texas woman fried and ate her boyfriend’s goldfish, police said. A man called police after an argument ended with his girlfriend storming out of his apartment with seven of his fish. When police arrived at the woman’s apartment, “She said, ‘They’re in there,’ and pointed to the kitchen.” Officers found four fried fish on a plate and, when they inquired as to the whereabouts of the other three, were told, “I already ate those.”

Ted Williams' frozen head takes a beating

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The frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams has not been treated well, according to a new tell-all book on the cryogenics industry. Author Larry Johnson says that at one point Williams’ head, which the slugger ordered frozen in hopes of one day being brought back to life, was propped up by an empty tuna-fish can and became stuck to it. To detach the can, says Johnson, staff whacked it repeatedly with a monkey wrench, sending “tiny pieces of frozen head” flying around the room.

Doctors save vegetarian with pig-organ transplant

A young British vegetarian with a heart condition reluctantly agreed to be fitted with a dead pig’s heart valve. Robyn Cairney, 18, says that when doctors told her she would die without the pig-organ transplant, it came as “a bit of a shock, being a vegetarian.” But after successful surgery, Cairney says she is at peace with her decision. “Obviously, everyone is going to pick life,” said Cairney. “So now I’m a vegetarian being kept alive by a pig.”