After the marriage contract was signed, the ambassador attempted to kiss his bride-to-be. It was only then that he discovered her facial hair and eyes.

The ambassador told an Islamic Sharia court in the United Arab Emirates he was tricked into the marriage as the woman’s mother had shown his own mother pictures of her sister instead of his bride-to-be.

He sued for the contract to be annulled and also demanded the woman pay him 500,000 dirhams (£85,000) for clothes, jewelry and other gifts he had bought for her.

The court annulled the contract but rejected the ambassador’s demand for compensation.

The Ambassador chose to keep his name private.

“You know what Yacht stands for? Is stands for Your Annoying Car House Transformed.”

OK Gary, you win this time… You win.

Screenshots are one of our favorite things to post and this list is definitely one of the better compilations. We’ve done the whole Fox News Screenshot thing, dabbled in Great Sports Freeze Frames, but this list moves into the news realm.

We could have (and probably should have) included our good buddy Mike Litoris, but in an effort to repeat ourselves as infrequently as possible, have decided on the following 10 Moments In Questionable News Caption Titles (and a few that don’t really fit under that heading but could not be omitted).

This one goes out to you Mike (with a hat tip to Haywood Jablome).

10. Probably Should Have Gone By Richard…

9. Which Is Almost As Fast As My Porsche

8. Is That Bad?

7. Interesting…

6. Jiminy Glick?

5. And It Meowed, Licked It’s Ass, And Then Went Away…

4. Aren’t We Forgetting ‘Single Moms’?

3. Depends Who’s On Top

2. Has To Be The Onion

1. Not To Be Racist Or Anything…

As most of you already know, California passed legislation to ban the operator of a motor vehicle from texting while driving. The law went into action January 1st, 2009 but came with a minor glitch — Cops are exempt.

That’s right. According to the CA DMV website Q&A,

Q: What other exceptions are there?
A: Operators of an authorized emergency vehicle during the course of employment are exempt, as are those motorists operating a vehicle on private property.

Just make sure you’re driving your motorcycle with one hand and are wearing your official texting gloves while you do it. And try to keep the sexting to a minimum.

Photo via: Unstructed and submitted from Malibu, CA.

News credibility fail.

AN Adelaide man will face separate drink driving charges after going to a police station to ask for directions.

The 27-year-old was breath-tested at the police station, charged with drink driving and had his license suspended on the spot.

Police say the man went to the Aldinga station, south of Adelaide, on Friday to ask for directions to a local school so he could pick up his grandchildren.

After being charged, the man left the Aldinga police station – and drove away.

Patrols later found him driving again, with his grandchildren in the car.

The man is due to face court next month.

How a 27-year-old has grandchildren makes about as much sense as his decision making…

If you have to kill three people during a robbery, make sure you do not leave your cell phone at the scene of the crime. And if you do leave your cell phone at the scene of the triple homicide, do not call your phone and then arrange for a place to meet in order to get your phone back…

Especially when the person giving your phone back to you is Officer Nieves accompanied by the rest of the East Bay Police Department.

For the whole story, head over to the San Francisco Chronicle.