Call it the Scarlet sandwich board – or pink in this case.

A Bridgeport, Ohio, man was ordered to walk around carrying a hot pink sandwich board reading “Cigarette Butts are Litter” after cops spotted him dumping an ashtray on the street in front of his house.

The mayor – who’s waging a war against litter – offered Tommy LaShare the option of jail time, community service, $1,000 in fines or two eight-hour stints with the sandwich board.

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Never forget your roots.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is making his son drive a tractor for 100 hours in the fields before being allowed to learn to drive a car.

That’s according to a family Christmas card. The unusual demand might be because 15-year-old Marshall “easily beats” his dad at tennis.

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Just because you’re a craven criminal doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be well groomed.

A Sarasota, Fla., bank robber made a pit stop during his getaway at a nearby hair salon after an exploding dye pack covered him with ink.

He was told he couldn’t get hair extensions because it would take too long.

Kevin Shelton, 37, settled for a manicure before police caught up with him.

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An Englishman has been forced to change his ring tone five times because his pet parrot keeps mimicking them.

Stuart McNae says the bird, Billy, waits until he leaves the room and makes the sound of a call, then laughs when his owner rushes back in.

“I’ll rush downstairs to find it’s Billy,” McNae says.

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Apparently the war on terror has not made it to Romania.

Two journalists wearing “Al Qaeda Airlines” uniforms were able to put fake bombs on planes at the main airport in Bucharest.

They even wandered around military aircraft unchecked.

“We heard from people who used this airport that the security is very lax and wanted to prove it. We could have had a bazooka in our car and as much dynamite as we wanted,” the reporters wrote.