The new year means new blood, but the final days of 2008 still had some lingering and chuckle-worthy surprises in store before the ball dropped. Do you remember Tiffany Shepherd, that teacher from Florida who was fired last year because she moonlighted on a charter boat? Well, Ms. Shepherd must’ve finally hit rock bottom last week as she threatened to fight her ex-boyfriend’s new, 22-year-old gal via text message and voice mail over the course of a month.
Old Man Christmas had one final tricky trick up his sleeve and, s*%thoused on egg nog, decided it would be funny to chuck a discarded Christmas tree into a Ford in New Hampshire. Strong winter gusts propelled the Yuletide missile into the car’s grill, and even the fuzz thought it was funny when the driver called them to report what happened. “The Christmas tree flew out and attacked him,” said the police department’s spokesperson.