California dispatchers say only a third of 911 calls are for real emergencies. Some of the more ridiculous calls include people who can't find their cars at the mall, lost their keys, are stuck in traffic and want to know what's holding them up, or have a baby that won't stop crying. California Highway Patrol dispatcher Dennis Kirchner tells The Associated Press, "People have called because they went through the drive-thru and their order was wrong. . . People call because they're lost. "

An Australian police officer stated that a man tried to summon help on a remote stretch of Australian highway Wednesday by playing dead. Doug Backhouse, a detective with the Western Australia state police stated, "a woman who was driving with her two children spotted the man and had to swerve to avoid hitting him. "

A Michigan man could face time in jail after putting a six foot boa constrictor in his mailbox. 31 year old James R. Mell, from the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, said, "It was an incredibly stupid practical joke that wasn't funny. "

A British driver attempts to get out of paying a speeding ticket by changing road signs. Reuters reports a speed camera caught John Hopwood, 44, driving faster than the 30 miles per hour limit.

A woman whose heel was cut with a pumice stone while getting a pedicure in a Fort Worth salon in July died in February due to a staph infection that triggered a heart attack. Now her children are suing for unspecified damages. The three teenage children of Kimberly Jackson filed a lawsuit last week, claiming Angel Nails did not follow state regulations for disinfecting the whirlpool and instruments.