Odd Stories: Dog Gets $30K Line of Credit

Kelly Sloan's daughter,Gabriella, holds up a picture of Spark and his credit card from Capital One

Sarina, Ontario - A dog that died more than ten years ago has been given a credit card by Capital One.

Spark, the dog of Kelly Sloan, was mailed a card for a $30,000 line of credit and told in the letter “We’re not offering our low long-term rate to just anyone.”

The story of Spark getting a credit card started ten years ago. When his father died in 1999, Capital One, with whom Kelly's dad had an account, continued to send information, notices, and updates despite Kelly telling them his father passed away numerous times.

Frustrated, he decided to fill out a form in his dog's name, thinking they would get the idea.  However it didn't and soon his deceased dog started getting offers.


The company, thoroughly embarrassed, issued an apology and an explanation.

“We do comb through to make sure we’re sending them to the appropriate people, but obviously there’s an error here and we apologize,” said Capital One representative Laurel Ostfield. He then said the company collects information in various ways and "somehow" Kely's dog's name slipped through the cracks.

This flies in the face of her next statement: “Once we receive a completed application, we do a number of additional checks that are designed to confirm the information provided is accurate and only legally approved applicants will be considered.”


Kelly has an overall good sense of humor about it, saying “They’ve got the right name, the right address, and it’s a heck of a deal. She can apply online today, and I guess, get her card. With the economy the way it is, I can understand they’re becoming a little more lenient than they were as far as passing out credit cards.”

Odd Stories: Sex Video Game to Get a Sequel

By Jonathan Sher

London, Ontario, Canada – London health officials are launching a sequel to their controversial online sex-ed game for young people that features such characters as Wonder Vag and the Sperminator.

In the sequel, the virgin with the Barbie-doll figure will be caged and the Sperminator will have lost his penis-arms and become a force for good.

The original Adventures in Sex City, an online game from the Middlesex-London Health Unit, was banned by officials with the London District Catholic school board because it ran afoul of the school's official stance on abstinence.

In the original version, the infected Sperminator fired sperm from penis-shaped arms at characters such as virginal Wonder Vag, who when struck might say, "Aggg! Right in the face."
While the original will be kept available at Getitonlondon.ca, a second version will officially launch Feb. 14 during Sexual Awareness Week.

In the new version, Wonder Vag has been kidnapped by her evil twin, Bloody Mary, and placed in a cage at a bar where, unless she's rescued, she'll be forced to drink alcohol.

Trying to rescue her is a team of superheroes that now includes the Sperminator, cured of his sexually transmitted illness and with no more penises as appendages.

Players are asked questions related to sexual health and risky behaviour brought on by the use of alcohol and drugs. If enough questions are answered correctly, Wonder Vag is freed and Bloody Mary falls in a drunken stupor and vomits.

The point of the game is to teach youth how getting intoxicated can lead to risky sexual practices.

"It's really for the youth," said Shaya Dhinsa, manager of sexual health for the health unit.