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A frantic daughter and three rubbish dumps placed off limits, is the result of one elderly woman's million dollar life savings being stowed in American dollars and Israeli shekels in an old lumpy mattress that was thrown out with the trash. That is just one of the recent mattress stories that have led to heartache and sorrow.
June 19 2009
In Italy a man claimed he was using an inflatable mattress so he could get a comfortable night’s sleep. Inside the mattress were hidden several pounds of cocaine.
June 18th 2009
$3,000 was stolen from a Curry Walk resident, Central District police reported. A burglar entered the woman’s home and uncovered the cash neatly tucked under her mattress.
June 18 2009
Happily lazing on an inflatable mattress late at night, approximately 60 yards from the shore, at Presque Isle Bay in the north-west area of the state, forced the Coast Guard to check him out. The man was promptly handcuffed and taken into custody. The police had been looking for him as he hadn’t completed the required probationary obligations from a theft conviction.
June 2nd 2009
In Weston-super-Mare police took a man into custody who had stolen a mattress from a local outlet store, Weston Mercury. The man was taking the mattress home in full view, strapped to his car.
29th May 2009
In South Africa Jessica, a full grown hippo flings herself onto a king-size mattress in her den, when it’s time for her to relax. It is understood that Jessica is the only known domesticated hippo in the world.
May 28 2009
Using a 45-caliber Glock handgun three year-old Ariana Soto shot her two year-old brother, Ruben Soto III, in the chest. The mother of the children was in another room in the apartment at the time of the accident, their father was at work.
The injured boy was taken to Kern Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
The gun was in a holster between the mattress and box spring, said Bakersfield police Sgt Greg Terry. "This gun was for self defense and ready to fire".
It is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison as a felony, or up to a year's imprisonment as a misdemeanor, to improperly store a weapon in a way that the parent or guardian reasonably should know "that a child (could) gain access to the firearm".
Mattress Trivia:
A recent study by the University of California in San Diego showed that more time spent in bed may increase problem-solving ability for a vast number of people.
Of course that is provided you:
- Don't bank roll a mattress
- Don't smoke on bed
- Don't have a hippo for a pet and
- Don't keep loaded guns handy.
The last snippet of mattress advice comes from a salesman who works for Choosea Mattress. "People must 'get physical and have fun' when replacing that old worn out mattress. They have to thrust themselves into the activity with great energy and approach the bed in exactly the same way, as if they were curling up for the night at home".
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