New Village Idiot for Story

m@cc@ · 14-04-2010 6:02am #1

http://www.lfpress.com/news/weird/2010/04/13/13568351.html

A tavern in the hamlet of Story, Indiana has picked a winner in its annual Village Idiot contest and it just happens to be their own bartender.
The Story Inn says on its website that Danielle "Dani" Hamm nominated herself after her over hairsprayed hair caught fire when she lit a cigarette on her drive into work.
The incident happened in February. Hamm was trying to do her hair while she was driving to bartend at a wedding. She was running late as she was spraying the hairspray while driving her 2000 Acura on back roads.
“As I look back on it, it was probably not a good idea for me to light up a cigarette at that precise moment," Hamm admitted.
She didn't noticed her hair had caught fire until she looked in the rearview mirror.
“I saw flames and smoke coming from the back of my head,” she explained.
Fortunately, she was able to control the vehicle while dousing the flames, and was not injured. She did, however, have to work her shift at the wedding with a very bad hair day. She went to a hairdresser a few days later to repair the damage.
The winner is chosen by the "village elders, aka tavern regulars."
“This was undeniably an impressive achievement, and Dani has earned this accolade,” said Rick Hofstetter, the Story Inn’s owner and a former Village Idiot.

Hamm, who won $100 to use at the tavern and the title, was up against some pretty stiff competition.
There was Lou Melillo, from Columbus, Indiana, who enjoys red wine. He confessed to fermenting yeast and sugar in his daughter’s baby pool and then distilling the resulting concoction.
Server Miriam Griffith jumped in front of a moving car when she was scared by a field mouse.
Or bar patron Luke Czapla who spent $75 to have his broken down truck towed to his home, only to discover that it had simply run out of gas. Czapla also unplugged a sump pump in his basement so he could shave and forgot to plug it back in, causing his home to flood the next time it rained.

Women. :rolleyes:

antodeco · 14-04-2010 6:24am

If you pronounce her name in an American accent, it becomes 'Denny Ham'.

pickarooney · 14-04-2010 6:32am

There was Lou Melillo, from Columbus, Indiana, who enjoys red wine. He confessed to fermenting yeast and sugar in his daughter’s baby pool and then distilling the resulting concoction.

I have to admit, I don't understand what's idiotic about that.

m@cc@ · 14-04-2010 6:43am

pickarooney wrote: »

I have to admit, I don't understand what's idiotic about that.

Maybe he confessed it to a cop or something.

EDIT: actually since it mentions he likes red wine, maybe he tried to make red wine from yeast and sugar.