theGrio's 20 wackiest stories of 2012

SLIDESHOW - "Ain't nobody got time for that!" With those six words, Oklahoma City resident 'Sweet Brown' leads this year's Grio list of wackiest stories of 2012...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

“Ain’t nobody got time for that!”

With those six words, Oklahoma City resident ‘Sweet Brown’ became one of 2012’s viral video stars. After surviving an apartment fire in April, Brown gave a wacky and ‘this can’t be real’ interview to Oklahoma City’s KFOR-TV.

Brown and her signature lines, such as “Lord Jesus, it’s a fire,” lead this year’s Grio list of wackiest stories.

Other stories making the cut include a man obsessed with having sex with teddy bears in public places and a woman driving a stolen car into a parking lot full of cops.

Think things couldn’t get any wackier in 2012?

Well a party promoter looking to make a quick buck off the Trayvon Martin tragedy actually ran a promotion that said, “everyone free before 11 with an empty bag of Skittles.”

Fortunately, the event was cancelled.

If only all the other stories on this list had a similar ending…

Click here to check out theGrio’s wackiest stories of 2011.

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