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By Buck Wolf, About.com

Grit your teeth, and get ready to lose your appetite. Then ask yourself, "Why do I enjoy reading these sorts of stories?" (Then again, maybe you don't want to know.)

World's Worst Sandwich

A since-terminated sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to health-code violations for rubbing a bologna sandwich on an inmate's penis and feeding it to another prisoner at a Franklin County, Ohio, jail. The prank cost him his job, and now he's on probation for it, according to the Columbus Dispatch.

The Hairy Home

A British woman is mixing human hair -- and hair from her dogs -- with lime to build an extension on her historic 16th-century home, according to the Telegraph.

Sneak-Attack Pooper Caught in Iowa

Matthew SodomaFayette County Sheriff's Office
What's worse than a man who does his private potty business in public? A man who then takes that business and plays with it. Matthew Sodoma, 21, is accused of defecating on a sidewalk in Elgin, Iowa, and then smearing his feces all over the door of a community organization.

Damp Laundry

Thomas Schultz 2009 Mug ShotSheboygan (Wis.) Sheriff's Office
"Why is my laundry always damp?" a Wisconsin woman kept wondering. She installed security cameras and eventually found her neighbor was coming into her home at odd hours and urinating in her hamper.

Defecating on Mom

Destinie Rechelle Duvall and Patricia Ann Hacker 2009 Police Booking PhotosBossier (La.) Sheriff's Office
A family fight in Louisiana culminated with a 37-year-old woman defecating on her 62-year-old mother.

Forced to Drink Urine

Joseph Wendell Reid 2009 Booking PhotoPutnam County (Fla.) Jail
This is not something for which you'll get a badge: A 21-year-old volunteer scout leader and three other boy scouts have been accused of forcing a 12-year-old to drink their urine, supposedly because he made a racist remark.

Tongue Bitten Off

Ronald Douglas McGowan Jr. 2009 Mug Shot
Ronald Douglas McGowan Jr. was arrested as he sought emergency treatment, after his tongue was bitten off by a woman he allegedly tried to rape.

Feces in the IV Line

Emily Beth McDonald 2009 Police Booking PhotoAustin (Texas) Police Dept.
A Texas mom was allegedly caught on hospital surveillance camera putting human waste into her little girl's intravenous line. A lawyer for the woman tells a local paper paper that "as the facts unfold, the impression people have of this young woman will change for the better."

Oral Sex With a Labrador Retriever

Bradley Brainard 2009 Police Booking PhotoSan Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office
Bradley Brainard, a plumber from Atascadero, Calif., was under investigation for selling drugs to prison inmates when police say they found something far more disturbing -- video of him in a bra having elaborate sex with a dog.

Vagina Pill Smuggling

Alexis Fetherbert 2009 Mug Shot Photo courtesy St. Lucie County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office
A 32-year-old woman in Florida allegedly hid a bottle of oxycodone in a place only a woman could hide it. Authorities only caught her with the contraband after taking an x-ray of her crotch.
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