You probably read the story here, or elsewhere, about the woman who ran across the field in a bikini at a Rugby match in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago, and ended up having to put her swimsuit up for auction to pay her legal costs.

We decided to take a streak down memory lane, and do a slideshow of incidents going back a few years. Warning: There is plenty of skin, male and female, in the slideshow. Another warning: Not everyone who streaks has a body that people would especially wish to see. Continue for the full slideshow:

Woman is taken off the field by security guards near the end of an international rugby union match between the All Blacks and Ireland in Hamilton June 10, 2006. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps

Regular readers know we just love stories about dimwitted criminals, and this is one of my favorites. This guy has been arrested for trying to fleece a money exchanger, by using an ID card bearing somebody else’s photo.  Oh yeah — did I mention that the guy, who is Jordanian, used a picture of Brad Pitt?

When he was caught, the man told police that he did not know whose picture he had downloaded from the Internet. Imagine his surprise when he sees “Fight Club” on movie night in prison. Here’s the story:
 

Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” in Los Angeles June 7, 2005. REUTERS/Michael Buckner

You know, life can be pretty good when you have a special skill that you can always fall back on. This dude can probably expect a call from David Letterman’s staff any minute now. Meanwhile, try inventing your own clever captions and fling them our way via Post a Comment. It’s Friday — go wild.   

Stuntman Zhang Dong from Liaoning province puts his fist into his mouth during a TV performance by people with unusual skills in Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu province June 25, 2006. REUTERS/Sean Yong

Here’s the sweetest picture you’ll see all week.  Send it to someone who will appreciate it…

A mouse rides on the back of a frog in floodwaters in the northern Indian city Lucknow June 30, 2006. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar  

 He’s back again.  This week, Chad Ruble, our roving Oddly Enough television reporter, wraps up the weirdest video of the week, offering the naked cellophane artists, almost-naked butlers, baby pumas and the python kid.  Where else are you going to find a freak show like that? Here’s Chad:

An office job is no day at the beach, judging from criticism of women joining the crowd and wearing flip-flops to work. It turns out, the practice may damage your career, or your feet, or maybe even both.  Here’s the story:  

Singer Sophie B. Hawkins shows off her fancy flip-flops, as she arrives at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles, February 8, 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser 

The Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates for a 17th straight time on Thursday and said more rises may be needed to curb inflation. The financial markets have already almost fully priced in another interest rate hike in August.

The Fed’s benchmark rate sets the base for a range of U.S. interest rates, including mortgage rates. Are higher interest rates crimping your spending? Post your comments below.

Do you ever wake up in the morning with some puzzling itch or minor pain that wasn’t there when you went to bed?  That happened last weekend to a prison inmate in Pakistan, who awoke with, how to put this delicately, an entire lightbulb in his anus.  Imagine his surprise.

Doctors removed the bulb in a 90-minute operation yesterday.  They said getting it out intact was far preferable to the alternative. Meanwhile, the prisoner’s story is that he has no idea how the thing got there in the first place. Read all about it:                                                    

Dr. Aftab Ahmed reads an X-ray of prison inmate at a hospital in Multan June 28, 2006. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer    

Prepare youself for a shock.  I mean it.  Turns out, getting tattoos from unlicensed places isn’t quite as healthy as we all assumed it was. Federal health officials have three words for us: “flesh-eating disease.”

Six recent outbreaks of infections with the “superbug” MRSA. have been traced to unlicensed tattoo artists.  This infection can cause a variety of awful illnesses, in some cases even the flesh-eating disease. Hey, nice tattoo, Johnny! What happened to the rest of your arm?  Here’s the story: 
 

A man poses at the eighth annual Tattoo Convention in New York, May 14, 2005. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

We promised to keep you updated on absurdities connected to the World Cup, and today we have a couple of great ones.

In Beijing, fire broke out in a hutong — a traditional courtyard dwelling — in the middle of the night, just as the France-Spain match was starting.  The neighbors screamed fire, and the wife raced out in her nightclothes with the baby. And her husband? He followed carrying his television, and immediately sought an electrical outlet so he could continue watching the game. Here is that story:

Meanwhile, in Argentina, a tax collector hit a tax cheat where it hurts most yesterday, confiscating the guy’s plasma TV two days before Argentina plays Germany in the Cup quarterfinals. Here’s that story:                                                                     

A Polish soccer fan is arrested by German police near the train station before the World Cup 2006 soccer match between Poland and Germany in Dortmund, June 14, 2006.  REUTERS/Andrea Comas