Straw-filled, pumpkin-headed dummy mistaken for body. picked by muppet 9 months ago

Kylie Minogue was mistaken for a member of staff by an elderly guest.
The pensioner approached the blonde singer, and asked "Excuse me love, is it too late for a cup of tea?". picked by spocksmyhomeboy 1 year ago

A woman kicked out of a women's toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116). picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Define Irony: A man was asked to leave a pub after other patrons were paranoid about the book he was reading titled "The Unknown Terrorist." The book is about a man who is mistaken for a terrorist and subjected to a witch hunt of paranoia and false perceptions. picked by Fizz71 10 months ago

Coroners mixed up the identities of two girls involved in a horrible crash.
The family that has the surviving daughter sues. picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

A 77-year-old man in Concord, N.H., may be having a bit of an identity crisis since he has been getting numerous phone calls for actor Brad Pitt. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

When a Wisconsin man heard the cries of a woman being raped in his apartment building, he grabbed a sword and head upstairs to confront the rapist. He kicked in the door of the apartment above his to find a man alone watching a pornographic DVD. picked by punchandjudith 2 years ago

In this case, a man arraigned Tuesday in District Court on charges of felony criminal endangerment and DUI asserted what prosecutors sometimes call the unicorn defense, which suggests that some mythical person was driving at the time of the incident.

Follow-up to THIS picked by suebe 2 years ago

We are led to believe that DNA is foolproof, or at least so astronomically accurate that the chances of a mistaken identity is immeasurable. But is that true? Some evidence seems to point to its unreliability. Evidence the FBI is desperately trying to supress picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

This is what happens when you put former flight attendants in charge of nukes picked by buddha 1 year ago

Terrorist promised dolphin virgins in the afterlife; Florida police follow Boston police in overreacting to so-called bomb threats picked by readingitall 2 years ago

This is in response to gammerus' recent post about pit bulls and mistaken dog identities. (http://www.plime.com/l/26840/1) Even as an avid dog lover, I found this one to be really tough. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Michael McGuigan at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, thinks so. He says that virtual worlds realistic enough to be mistaken for the real thing are just a few years away. picked by deEPCHill 6 months ago

Perhaps you thought you were real 'gangsta' when you bought that Forty (street slang for a 40 ounce bottle) of Mickey's (street slang for gutter-swill malt liquor) for the homecoming tailgate. But you were mistaken. You were not 'gangsta' because you weren't drinking from the 5-for-1 Beer Glass. picked by leopoldogolba 10 months ago

Look before you shoot picked by smarty1052 2 years ago

Andrew Giuliani, in the mistaken belief that there is a constitutional right to being on a sports team is suing Duke University because he claims he was unfairly booted from the team and doing so will hurt his chances of becoming a professional golfer. His lawsuit consisted of 198 pages. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

US President George W Bush has mistaken the name of the conference he's travelled halfway around the world to attend, in front of a summit of business leaders in Sydney. picked by andrewinmelbourne 1 year ago

Control: "Alpha Zulu 20, this object in the sky, did anyone have a look at it?"

Officer: "Yes, it's the moon. Over." picked by deEPCHIll 3 months ago

"Many of the kids with a sleep disorder will present with inattention. They'll have fatigue. They may even look like a child who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but in fact, it's related to their sleep," said Thomas Burns, a neuropsychologist. picked by muppet 6 months ago

Police quickly swarmed the hospital and disarmed the leg... picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago