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A Little Bit of Awesome: 6/17/19 Edition

A dad in Florida thought his daughter’s Daisy Dukes were too short over the weekend, so he went into her room wearing HIS super-short jean shorts, and threatened to wear them whenever he picked her up from school.


A 19-year-old burglar broke into a house in North Carolina on Friday, but had to take off . . . after an 11-year-old boy scared him off with a machete. The kid was home by himself, and the burglar forced him into a closet. But the kid still grabbed a machete off the wall, and hit the burglar in the back of the head. The guy took off, and got arrested. Check out his story RIGHT HERE.


A 94-year-old guy in Chicago named William Wagner never graduated high school, because he had to serve in World War Two. So his son recently made some calls. And just in time for Father’s Day, he got his former school to include him in this year’s graduation ceremony. He put on his cap and gown and got his diploma last Thursday. Check out his full story RIGHT HERE.


 

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