The repossession would really hurt

The repossession would really hurt

The tattooist for soccer star David Beckham is threatening to sue him over the ownership of the designs.

Louis Molloy says he will take legal action if Beckham uses the images in an ad campaign, reports the Mirror.

Louis, 42, who runs a studio in Manchester, says he came up with designs such as the guardian angel on Beckham's back.

He recalls: "David described a tattoo he'd seen of an upright figure, along the lines of a crucifix.

"I couldn't find a relevant picture so I got an book on anatomy and basically pieced it all together. I added a pair of wings, showed the design to him and he loved it."

But a source close to Beckham told the Mirror: "What he doesn't appear to realize is that no one would be interested in his tattoos if David wasn't wearing them."

And a spokesman for the star insisted: "As far as we're concerned there are no issues."

Source: www.ananova.com

The good news: he saved on gas

Justin Mitchell Oaks, 21, and his wife were miraculously uninjured after Oaks inadvertently drove their Toyota Corolla underneath an 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 in Tucson, Ariz., got stuck, and were dragged 800 feet before the truck could stop.

Source: www.newsoftheweird.com

Even more, if the film stars Pauly Shore

Each year, U.S. airlines use more than 20 million barf bags.

Source: www.oregonlive.com/edge/

More noodling with nouns

Because The Rail knows too much is never enough, more collective nouns:

• An anvil of blacksmiths

• An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers

• An asylum of managers

• An audit of bookkeepers

• A burden of yolks

• A clutch of wrestlers

• A compromise of senators

• A conflagration of arsonists

• A crew of military barbers

• A cutting of cynics

• A debauchery of hedonists

• A deficit of economists

• A desperation of divorcees

• A dropping of pigeons

Source: www.ojohaven.com/collectives/

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Today's best bet

Tennis Carnival, boys and girls of all ages and skill levels are invited to play tennis games for prizes, 9 to 11:30 a.m., Herb Tintes Park, West Fargo.