Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 'Sexmas' advice offends Scottish churches EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Scottish government's "Sexmas Survival Guide" for the Christmas season is not amusing church leaders. Advertisement The official sexual health Web site will advise young people on navigating occasions like the "after-work do," when inhibitions are relaxed and office workers have to negotiate "the unexpected rise," Scotland on Sunday reported. On another hazard, the "end of night ride," the guide counsels, "Stop tittering. We're talking about how you're going to get home!" "The advice should be more respectful," said John Deighan, parliamentary officer for the Catholic Church. "Using the word 'Christmas' like that is symptomatic of a whole philosophy that undermines their safe sex strategy. They don't show enough delicacy of language and they don't show enough respect." The Rev. Alan Falconer of the Church of Scotland's St. Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen said, "This would not be appropriate at all. This detracts from the festival for it to be classified in this way." Advertisement The government, which introduced the guide last year, is defending it. Man caught when stolen car runs out of gas ALBANY, Ga., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Police in Georgia say they arrested a man after the new car he allegedly stole from the showroom floor at Five Star Nissan in Albany ran out of gas. Police arrested Jacory Phillips in Early County after receiving reports of a suspicious person begging for gas money, the Albany (Ga.) Herald reported. Police allege Phillips broke into the dealership Thanksgiving night and drove a 2011 Nissan Altima through the glass showroom doors. "He literally drove it off the showroom floor," said Albany Police Department spokeswoman Phyllis Banks. "He damaged the doors on the building and then fled the scene." Phillips was arrested a short time later when police were called to a gas station where he reportedly was begging for money to purchase fuel. "The reports are that he was asking people for money to buy some gas and that someone at the store reported the suspicious behavior," Banks said. Phillips has been charged and convicted of several petty crimes since 2007, including an incident in 2008 when he allegedly punched his mother. Advertisement Bride scrambles to salvage wedding plans CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A Chicago bride-to-be lost her wedding gown, bridesmaids' dresses and a place to have the rehearsal dinner -- all in the space of three days, she says. On Nov. 15 Melissa Conley learned the restaurant chosen for the dinner, Harry Caray's Tavern -- selected because of her fiance Brian Orefice's love of sports -- had abruptly closed. The following day she learned eight bridesmaids' dresses were missing from the store from which they had been ordered, the Chicago Tribune reported. And on the third day, her two wedding gowns -- one for the ceremony and one for the reception -- were destroyed when a fire broke out in Eva's Bridals of Oak Lawn. Conley, 32, was overwhelmed. "You dream of what you're going to look like" on your wedding day, she told the newspaper Saturday. But she rallied and quickly worked to find a new dress, track down the missing bridesmaids' dresses and think about a venue for the rehearsal dinner. Benchwarmers, the new restaurant that took over at the Harry Caray's Tavern location, told Conley it would honor all events that had been booked at the tavern. Advertisement Conley is now philosophical about the events. "At this point, it's kind of comical all these things that have happened literally a day apart," she said. "A few days later, you kind of laugh about the stories you're going to tell your kids." $30 pizza costs woman $2,600 BRISTOL, Conn., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A woman in Bristol, Conn., says she ordered $30 worth of pizza only to find her bank account drained of $2,600. "The guy at the register was using the credit card," Katie Boucher said. "He was pushing all kinds of buttons, and my husband knew something fishy was going on. The receipt printed out for $2,600 for our $30.50 pizza." Actually, it was a debit card linked to her checking account, WFSB-TV, Hartford, reported. She went home, checked her account and saw not only was it empty, it had accrued $230 in overdraft fees, WFSB-TV said Friday. Boucher called her bank and was told it would take up to 10 days before the $2,600 made it back into her account. She was advised to go to the pizza place and work it out with the owner. She tried. "He wanted to give me my money back in pizza," Boucher said. Advertisement The proprietor of Amano's Pizza allegedly threw her out. "I don't like people coming in here and telling me what to do," Von Manolitsis said. "This is my business." Manolitsis eventually said he would make good on the money, WFSB-TV said. Boucher said she'll be relieved when the cash is in her hand.
