REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Do you know that Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston? Some moments in US this year that might make you smile, laugh, or even grin. Here are a collection of those moments this year worth reading, before we say hello to the next year.
While US headlines in 2013 were dominated by the Boston Marathon bombs, Edward Snowden leaking government secrets, and the disastrous rollout of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, the news also brought plenty to laugh about.
A foot-in-mouth moment occurred on the November night Massachusetts state Senator Marty Walsh was elected mayor of Boston. As new mayor Walsh prepared to greet supporters, another Marty Walsh - a Boston public affairs consultant - saw an unfamiliar 202 number pop up on his cell phone.
"Congratulations, Marty, you son of a gun. You did it!" he heard the voice of the US vice president shout gleefully, before he realized his mistake.
Elsewhere on the Jersey Shore, Wildwood officials banned saggy pants on the boardwalk, pressing their crusade for decency with the threat of a 200 USD fine for pants that sag more than three inches below the waist. To those who invoked their right to wear low-slung pants, Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said: "I have a right not to look at your rear end.
Animals acting up got their share of attention in 2013. A foul-mouthed Rhode Island cockatoo landed its owner in trouble by cursing at a next-door neighbor, who happened to be the girlfriend of the owner's ex-husband. The City of Warwick initially slapped the woman with a 15 USD fine for the bird's salty language, but eventually dropped the case.
In Colorado, a man on his way to his brother's wedding 600 miles away in Utah was arrested for being drunk while riding his horse. He had a small dog in his backpack.
As the year drew to a close, an African flamingo that had been on the lam for eight years after escaping from a zoo in Wichita, Kansas, was spotted this month cavorting with a companion in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast. Flamingos pair up for life, but the gender of these two birds was unknown, a zoo official said.
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