Funny and Crazy News Stories [Archive]

jokosr

07-08-2007, 07:32 PM

I love to read about crazy things people do and sometimes get away with...so posts yours here if you read about one...heres mine today....
This man walks into a bank and robs it...look how he is dressed...and look what street the bank is on...lmao..

Man Robs Bank Disguised As Tree

Man robs New Hampshire bank disguised as a tree. BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston.com) -- Police are looking for a man who robbed the Citizen's Bank on "Elm Street" in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday disguised as a tree!

The man walked into the bank with tree branches duct taped on his arms and demanded money from the teller. The teller filled the bag with cash and the suspect took off. A dye pack inside the bag exploded.

Manchester Police describe the man as a white male, between 45 and 50 years old, wearing glasses and a blue shirt.
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link to article....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288542,00.html
what have you seen as very funny or crazy

jokosr

07-09-2007, 06:00 AM

Cops Catch Man They Say Robbed New Hampshire Bank Disguised as Tree
Sunday, July 08, 2007

Police arrested a man late Saturday night who they say robbed a New Hampshire bank earlier that day disguised as a tree, according to MyFoxBoston.com.

The suspect walked into the Citizen's Bank in Manchester with tree branches duct taped to his body and demanded money from the teller.

The teller filled a bag with cash and the suspect took off. A dye pack inside the bag exploded, the Web site reported.

The suspect was caught in his home, cops said.

RJCooper83

07-09-2007, 06:38 AM

hehe...I wonder if he was crazy or just stupid.

hixthebeast

07-09-2007, 11:25 PM

hmm, someone should have told him money doesnt grow on trees

AnotherConservative

07-10-2007, 12:06 AM

was actually a pretty smart plan, as people would be concerned about "why in the heck does he have branches strapped to him" not "what does he look like". Probably was an idiot though and got himself caught. I am not implying bank robbers are smart, just it takes some cleverness to rob a bank.

omerreg

07-10-2007, 12:24 AM

lol how ca you compete that?

well i'll tell you what i heard. i heard of an elven years old girl caught driving on the speed of 160 KPH in Alabama state. After they caught her they've discovered that she was drunk too.
Good parents eh?

omerreg

07-10-2007, 12:29 AM

oh and jokosr - for your Signature Hebrew - Le'Hayim ;beer (also - for life)

jokosr

07-10-2007, 12:56 AM

AnotherConservative

07-10-2007, 01:21 AM

maybe you could add this for humor

The South- Drink up, Yall!

I dont know, could be funny.

Gugol_Khan

07-10-2007, 02:06 AM

Have you heard the one about "Hell Boy"?
Sad but true...

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/07/10/2003368893

Generic42

07-10-2007, 02:08 AM

This one's kind of funny, more disturbing that the people got away with it though

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSSYD29539820070709?feedType=RSS

AnotherConservative

07-10-2007, 02:24 AM

not to downplay how bad it would be to have that be my last name, but that would make for a sweet xbox live gamertag.

omerreg

07-10-2007, 10:16 AM

This one's kind of funny, more disturbing that the people got away with it though

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSSYD29539820070709?feedType=RSS

hehe it was on the news here

jokosr

07-17-2007, 01:29 PM

CANON CITY, Colo. — No, they weren't coming to the rescue.

Military officials said 25 heavily armed parachutists who landed in a cornfield on the grounds of a Colorado prison last week were on a training mission but landed about 3 miles off target.

"Those were Special Operations Command forces conducting routine training," Army Col. Hans Bush, a spokesman for the command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., said Monday. He declined to identify the units that landed at Fremont Correctional Facility but said the target was Fremont County Airport.

The special operations troops, which could include Navy Seals or Green Berets, began dropping from the sky at about 4:50 a.m. Thursday. Guards on duty, who are trained to watch the skies following a helicopter escape in 1989 from a prison near Ordway, Colo., held their fire after noticing the parachutists were soldiers.

Guards who stopped the men and asked for identification were presented with documents that identified them only as Defense Department employees, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti.

("We don't know who they were and I'm not sure we'll ever know who they were," she said. "Everyone acted appropriately."

The parachute troops were armed only with rubber training bullets.

"The good news is everyone was able to quickly assess the situation," Bush said.

The Fremont Correctional Facility is a mixed custody facility that houses inmates classified from minimum to administrative segregation. It houses 1,471 inmates and employs about 450 people.

"We don't know who they were and I'm not sure we'll ever know who they were," she said. "Everyone acted appropriately."

The parachute troops were armed only with rubber training bullets.

"The good news is everyone was able to quickly assess the situation," Bush said.

The Fremont Correctional Facility is a mixed custody facility that houses inmates classified from minimum to administrative segregation. It houses 1,471 inmates and employs about 450 people.

wesleys

07-17-2007, 01:38 PM

Heres one I heard on the news this morning:
Armed-robber Calmed by Fine Wine (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2126115,00.html)

jokosr

07-20-2007, 04:46 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/19/glacier.nudes.ap/index.html

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Wanted: volunteers willing to take their clothes off and have their picture taken on a freezing cold Alpine glacier.

Thousands of people pose nude for photographer Spencer Tunick May 6 in Mexico City.

The appeal by New York artist Spencer Tunick, famous for taking pictures of thousands of naked people in public settings worldwide, is intended for a photo shoot to highlight the effects of climate change on Switzerland's shrinking glaciers, environmental group Greenpeace said on its Web site Wednesday.

Greenpeace said if global warming continues at its current pace, most Swiss glaciers will disappear by 2080.

The photo shoot, which follows Tunick's previous shoots in London, Mexico City and Amsterdam, will take place in August at an undisclosed location in Switzerland.

Prospective candidates from further afield will have to start making travel arrangements now. "We aim to make this a climate friendly event, so please come by public transport and don't fly," Greenpeace said

jokosr

07-21-2007, 05:35 PM

story link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290092,00.html

Dog Eats $750, Family Digs Through Poop

MENOMONIE, Wis. — Debbie Hulleman's dog Pepper has been known to gnaw on lipstick, munch on shampoo bottles and chew on toothpaste. But Pepper got Hulleman into a real mess after gobbling nearly $750.

"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling how she poked through vomit and dog piles left in the yard to recover the cash.

Hulleman had asked her mother in Oakdale, Minn., to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's other dog last month while she and husband went on vacation.

Pepper, an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair, got into a purse belonging to her mother's friend and chewed the cash from an envelope.

Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when Hulleman returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.

The chore of sorting through dog feces netted about $400, the 50-year-old dog lover said. Between that and other bills that Pepper had either vomited or simply chewed on, the family recovered $647.

"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said.

The family swapped the soiled money for fresh currency at a bank.

"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it. I had rubber gloves on of course," Hulleman said.

"Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that," she said.

GeordieRacer

07-21-2007, 09:46 PM

What was the date of the last reset?

jokosr

07-21-2007, 10:09 PM

What was the date of the last reset?
you are in the wrong thread for that question....

helmet

07-21-2007, 11:39 PM

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- Wanted: volunteers willing to take their clothes off and have their picture taken on a freezing cold Alpine glacier.

i read this in a swiss newspaper as well. shrinking glaciers are a serious problem in switzerland. it seems to be a question of time till they completely disappear. But If people with their clothes off really help?

Dan

07-22-2007, 03:04 AM

i think the point is to raise awareness. i don't think anyone actually thinks that having a bunch of naked people stand on a glacier together is going to stop if from melting lol

jokosr

07-22-2007, 03:50 AM

i think the point is to raise awareness. i don't think anyone actually thinks that having a bunch of naked people stand on a glacier together is going to stop if from melting lol
no but what a site it would be..lol

Dan

07-22-2007, 04:01 AM

i'll be there so if anyone wants to see me naked (fsn, you know im talking about you), be there

insouc

07-22-2007, 10:05 AM

"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"The dog did nothing in the night-time."
"That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. (http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/07/curious-case-of-controversial-cartoons.html)

brobie

07-30-2007, 05:31 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471324&in_page_id=1770

jokosr

08-04-2007, 04:44 AM

this is a good story right after brobies..lol

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291949,00.html

Arkansas Couple Has 17th Child, Still Want More
Friday, August 03, 2007

Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her 17children and husband Jim Bob, third from right, while she holds her newborn daughter, Jennifer Danielle.
LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas couple had a baby daughter Thursday — their 17th child and seventh girl — and the pair say they're still not ready to give it a rest.

Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at a hospital in Rogers, Arkansas, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar said in an interview.

"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, referring to baby girls. "We love the ruffles and lace."

Jennifer joins the fast-growing Duggar brood, who live in a 7,000-square-foot home in Tontitown. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are taught at home.

The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old.

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."

Jennifer joins siblings: Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.

Michelle Duggar said she started feeling contractions Wednesday night and went to the hospital at about 5 a.m. Thursday.

"It actually went fast," she said. "I guess once I started progressing, it went within 30 minutes."

The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable television's Discovery Health Network. The next special, the Duggar Family Album, is scheduled to air next month, Jim Bob Duggar said.

Among the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and Michelle has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life.

masquer

08-04-2007, 08:47 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471324&in_page_id=1770

lol That's infamous Putin-Jugend party

helo

08-04-2007, 11:35 AM

this is a good story right after brobies..lol

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291949,00.html

Arkansas Couple Has 17th Child, Still Want More
Friday, August 03, 2007

.....

I bet they do it for the government aid.

... that's my guess.

jokosr

08-04-2007, 01:23 PM

I bet they do it for the government aid.

... that's my guess.

maybe. i can only imagine having 17 depends. on your income tax . probally get a ton of money back at the end of the year...

helo

08-04-2007, 02:23 PM

maybe. i can only imagine having 17 depends. on your income tax . probally get a ton of money back at the end of the year...
it's like what? About $750 a kid?

jokosr

08-04-2007, 02:37 PM

it's like what? About $750 a kid?
not sure anymore for i havent had a child dependent in many years..but even at 750 a child thats 12,750 right there....and i think its more than 750 per....

jokosr

08-11-2007, 02:57 AM

Lady used a stolen credit card to but a lotterey ticket..and wins a million bucks...but judge takes it back....

Woman Must Forfeit Lottery Winnings

WHITE CITY, Ore. -- A local woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.

Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005.

Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card.

On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law.

Goodenow pleaded no contest to forgery, cheating and aggravated theft.

Besides stripping Goodenow of her winnings, White sentenced Goodenow to a month in jail. But White gave her credit for the six months she served earlier this year for possessing methamphetamine.

Goodenow, who maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket and said she plans to appeal, must spend two years on probation.

AnotherConservative

08-11-2007, 03:51 AM

poor lady
that really sucks. She needs this picture...http://www.knitemare.org/cats/hugstime.jpg

commando

08-11-2007, 06:07 AM

She deserved it...

AnotherConservative

08-11-2007, 07:37 AM

true, true. Still, thats bad luck

jokosr

08-14-2007, 02:02 AM

Woman calls cops after buying “fake” cocaine

ROCHELLE — Do drug dealers issue gift cards if their buyers aren’t satisfied with the product?

Apparently a Rochelle woman thought so when she called the local police to help “get her money back” after she was unhappy with the crack cocaine she had bought Thursday night.

Juanita Marie Jones, 53, of 957 Gordon St. called Rochelle Police late Thursday night after she purchased what she thought was a $20 piece of crack cocaine, she said.

She told officers she broke the rock into three pieces and smoked one, only to discover the rock was “fake.” She told Officer Joel Quinn and Deputy John Shedd of the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office that she wanted them to get her money back.

Jones took the officers into her kitchen and showed them the alleged “fake” rock at which time they arrested her on charges of possession of cocaine.

She was taken to the Rochelle Police Department where she is awaiting a bond hearing.

http://www.cordeledispatch.com/local/local_story_223195348.html

tHE_fOOL

08-14-2007, 02:07 AM

what an idiot

brobie

08-14-2007, 11:44 AM

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R0J9D80&show_article=1

Ouch!!!!!

tHE_fOOL

08-14-2007, 11:46 AM

duct tape head (http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=4303)

jokosr

08-16-2007, 03:00 AM

not 63 million but BILLION......
just as you thought you read it all....

South Carolina Inmate Hits Michael Vick With '$63,000,000,000 Billion Dollar' Lawsuit Alleging Al Qaeda Ties
Michael Vick

Embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick, facing federal charges related to his alleged participation in dogfighting, has been hit with a "$63,000,000,000 billion dollar" lawsuit filed by a South Carolina inmate who alleges the Atlanta Falcons star stole his pit bulls and sold them on eBay to buy "missiles from Iran," FOX News has learned.

Jonathan Lee Riches filed the handwritten complaint over "theft and abuse of my animals" on July 23 in the U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va.

Riches alleges that Vick stole two white mixed pit bull dogs from his home in Holiday, Fla., and used them for dogfighting operations in Richmond, Va. The complaint goes on to allege that Vick sold the dogs on eBay and “used the proceeds to purchase missiles from the Iran government.”

The complaint also alleges that Vick would need those missiles because he pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda in February of this year.

“Michael Vick has to stop physically hurting my feelings and dashing my hopes,” Riches writes in the complaint.

Riches wants $63 billion dollars “backed by gold and silver “ delivered to the front gates to the Williamsburg Federal Correctional facility in South Carolina. Riches is an inmate at the facility serving out a wire fraud conviction

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293268,00.html

Blitzkrieg

08-16-2007, 06:45 AM

$63,000,000,000 Billion Dollars would be:

$63,000,000,000,000,000,000. It's either $63 Billion or $63,000,000,000. Has the internet no proof readers????????

Generic42

08-16-2007, 07:01 AM

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All I've got to say about that...

hint, it's a guy with his hand over his face.

Ska

08-17-2007, 01:52 AM

Biker fails to notice missing leg
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22242930-38196,00.html

A JAPANESE biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2km, leaving a friend to pick up the limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, yesterday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

Peonboss

08-20-2007, 11:13 PM

Staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh battled for an hour to disconnect the penis of Captain Dan The Demon Dwarf from a hoover after the diminutive Fringe performer inadvertantly superglued it to the vacuum cleaner's "attachment".

According to the Evening Standard, the hoover forms part of Captain Dan's Circus Of Horrors act, in which he inexplicably pulls the device across the stage with his todger. On this occasion, however, "the attachment came loose before a performance so he tried to glue it back on".

The 42-year-old misread the superglue instructions and, having allowed the adhesive a mere 20 seconds to dry rather than the required 20 minutes, duly found himself semi-permanently docked after attempting a premature test.

Of his hospital ordeal, a shaken Captain Dan recounted: "It was the most embarrassing moment of my life. When I got wheeled into a packed A&E on a wheelchair with a hoover attached to my willie, I just wished the ground could swallow me up." ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/20/dwarf_hoover_incident/

08-20-2007, 11:36 PM

Thats hysterical, it could only happen in the UK!!!!

Ska

08-27-2007, 05:16 AM

http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/backpackers-bonanza-after-atm-error/2007/08/23/1187462397036.html

Backpackers' banking bonanza after ATM error
August 23, 2007 - 10:28AM

For people fed up with exorbitant bank fees, it may have been sweet revenge.

Long queues mostly made up of backpackers flocked to an ATM in Queenstown, New Zealand, after it began dispensing twice as much cash as intended, without recording the loss from a customer's account.

Bruce Thompson from Kiwibank said the organisation won't be chasing up the lost money, which occurred when a contractor incorrectly stacked the ATM, putting $20 notes in the $10 box and $10 notes in the $20 box.

tHE_fOOL

08-27-2007, 07:56 AM

Ska

09-05-2007, 11:06 PM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22366245-13762,00.html

Son charged after using Cheetos in assault
By staff writers
September 05, 2007 10:12am

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A 22-year-old man has been arrested for assaulting his father with a bag of Cheetos.

Patrick Hamman started arguing with his father, Michael, on Sunday night.

Patrick, who lives with his father in Iowa, picked up a bag of Cheetos and threw it at him, hitting him in the face, DesMoinesRegister.com reported.

The bag hit Michael in the glasses, causing a cut to the bridge of his nose.

The police report , which listed the bag of Cheetos as an assault weapon, said: "Michael's T-shirt was also covered in Cheetos dust."

jokosr

09-12-2007, 04:32 AM

I will never go too oklahoma again with a texas shirt on..You can get your family jewels ripped off ur body!!..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296466,00.html

Texas Football Fan Nearly Castrated in Bar Fight in Oklahoma Bar
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY — To some Oklahoma football fans, there are things that just aren't done in the heart of Sooner Nation, and one of them is to walk into a bar wearing a Texas Longhorns T-shirt.

That's exactly what touched off a bloody fight that left a Texas-shirt-wearing fan nearly castrated and an Oklahoma fan facing aggravated assault charges that could put him in prison for up to five years.

The shocking case has set off a raging debate in this football-crazed region about the extreme passions behind a bitter rivalry. Some legal observers have even questioned whether this case could ever truly have an impartial jury.

"I've actually heard callers on talk radio say that this guy deserved what he got for wearing a Texas T-shirt into a bar in the middle of Sooner country," said Irven Box, an attorney in this city 20 miles from Oklahoma's campus in Norman.

According to police, 32-year-old Texas fan Brian Christopher Thomas walked into Henry Hudson's Pub on June 17 wearing a Longhorns T-shirt and quickly became the focus of football "trash talk" from another regular, 53-year-old Oklahoma fan Allen Michael Beckett.

Thomas told police that when he decided to leave and went to the bar to pay his tab, Beckett grabbed him in the crotch, pulled him to the ground and wouldn't let go, even as bar patrons tried to break it up. When the two men were separated, Thomas looked down and realized the extent of his injuries.

"He could see both of his testicles hanging on the outside of his body," said Thomas' attorney, Carl Hughes. "He was wearing a pair of white shorts, which made it that much worse."

It took more than 60 stitches to close the wound, and police interviewed Thomas at a nearby hospital emergency room.

Beckett's attorney, Billy Bock, concedes that his client commented about Thomas' shirt, but said it was just good-natured ribbing and that he apologized to Thomas when it appeared to upset the Texas fan. Later, Bock said Thomas approached his client at the bar and threatened him.

"My client is a little man, and this guy (Thomas) is 30 to 40 pounds bigger than him," Bock said. "He's bigger, stronger, younger and probably faster, and he aggressively leaned in and touched my client and threatened to beat him up. ... My guy was defending himself and just took control of the situation."

Thomas' attorney disputes Beckett's version.

"That's total malarkey," Hughes said. "My client never said a word to him. He got up to pay and when he paid and left a tip, the guy grabbed him."

Beckett, a 53-year-old church deacon, federal auditor and former Army combat veteran, has pleaded not guilty. His next court appearance comes Oct. 4, two days before the Sooners and Horns tangle in their annual football game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Thomas, who once lived in Houston and became a Texas fan during the heyday of star running back Earl Campbell, is still recovering from his injuries but has returned to work as a meat cutter at a Sam's Club warehouse store.

Like Beckett and Thomas, many fans of the two college squads never attended either university, but have come to identify so closely with these teams that they attach banners to their cars, wear team colors on game day and even have programmed their car horns to play school fight songs.

Dallas police Sgt. Andy Harvey, a 12-year veteran of the force, said it's not uncommon for fights to break out between fans of the two schools.

"People are passionate about their teams and their universities, and that's a good thing," he said, "but when you mix a real passionate sports fan and then get a little alcohol in there, sometimes it's not a good mix."

On both Texas and Oklahoma fan Web sites, boosters trade familiar tales of having their car tires slashed or windshields smashed for sporting the opposing team's sticker in enemy territory.

Assistant District Attorney Scott Rowland said the rivalry will have no bearing on the way the case is prosecuted.

"It appears that it played a part in the fight," he said, "but that won't play any more of a role in our handling of the case than would a fight over a girl or a car or a song on the jukebox."

Ska

09-13-2007, 02:59 AM

This image explains itself!

http://ihatethe.us/nick/gongnews.jpg

jokosr

09-17-2007, 01:15 AM

Football Game Cancelled When Thieves Steal Wiring for Lights
Sunday, September 16, 2007

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A high school football game pitting Scottsdale Horizon against Anthem Boulder Creek had to be canceled because thieves had stolen copper wires feeding the stadium lights

The lights at Anthem's stadium wouldn't come on at game time, and a 90-minute delay was called while officials tried to find out why.

It didn't take long. Minutes later, workers found the copper wires powering the lights were gone.

Both coaches were flabbergasted, saying they had never had to call off a game in more than 20 years on the job.

Boulder Creek athletic director Ryan Ridenour says he's gotten Glendale Deer Valley High School to let the teams use their field for a rescheduled game at 7 tonight.

AnotherConservative

09-17-2007, 03:34 AM

sounds funny, but happens all the time around here. Some thieves stole copper wiring for highway lights and actually caused traffic jams. Copper wiring is expensive

jokosr

09-19-2007, 02:11 AM

Meteorite Crash Causes 'Mystery Illness' in Peru
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297145,00.html

LIMA, Peru — A supposed meteorite that crashed in southern Peru over the weekend has caused hundreds of people to suffer headaches, nausea and respiratory problems, a health official said Tuesday.

Local media have reported eyewitness accounts of a fiery ball falling from the sky and smashing into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning. Officials have said it was a meteorite.

Jorge Lopez, director of the health department in the southern state of Puno, told The Associated Press that 200 people have been sickened by "toxic" fumes emanating from the resulting crater, which is some 66 feet wide and 16 feet deep.

"This is caused by the gas they have inhaled after the crash," Lopez said. He added that some 1,500 people live nearby.

But meteor expert Ursula Marvin, cast doubt on that theory, saying, "It wouldn't be the meteorite itself, but the dust it raises."

A meteorite "wouldn't get much gas out of the earth," said Marvin, who has studied the objects since 1961 at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Massachusetts. "It's a very superficial thing."

Three geologists from Peru's Geophysics Institute are expected to present a report on the incident on Thursday.

Hernando Tavera, a geophysicist at the institute, said similar cases were reported in 2002 and 2004 elsewhere in southern Peru but never confirmed as meteorites.

xorgthezombie

09-19-2007, 02:24 AM

Getcher armaments ready, them zombies be comin' soon.

tHE_fOOL

09-19-2007, 02:30 AM

need to stock up on chain saws and shotgun shells

jokosr

10-01-2007, 11:28 PM

Record Hangover in the History of Drinking
Monday, October 01, 2007

It may be the longest hangover in the history of binge beer drinking.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298698,00.html

When a 37-year old man walked into a hospital emergency room in Glasgow, Scotland last October complaining of "wavy" vision and a non-stop headache that had lasted four weeks, doctors were at first stumped, the British journal The Lancet reported today.

The unnamed patient "had no history of head injury or loss of consciousness; his past medical record was unremarkable, and he was taking no medications," Zia Carrim and two other physicians from Southern General Hospital said in a case report.

Body temperature and blood pressure were both normal, and a neurological exam scanned negative.

But when an eye specialist was called in, the fog began to clear, at least for the doctors.

The patient, said the ophthalmologist, had swollen optical discs, greatly enlarged blind spots and what eye doctors call "flame haemorrhages," or bleeding nerve fibres.

"We sought a more detailed history" from the patient, noted one named Zia.

That is when the man revealed he had consumed 60 pints — roughly 35 liters — of beer over a four day period, following a domestic crisis.

Severe dehydration caused the alcohol, the doctors guessed, had led to a rare condition called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).

A scan of the brain's blood vessels confirmed the diagnosis.

CVST, which can cause seizures, impaired consciousness, loss of vision and neurological damage - strikes three or four people per million, mainly children, every year in Britain.

The cause is generally unknown.

It took more than six months of long-term blood-thinning treatment to restore the man's normal vision - and to get rid of the headache, the doctors reported.

jokosr

10-07-2007, 08:23 PM

Police: 10-year-old steals school bus, leads cops on chase
October 7, 2007

DUMAS, Ark. — A 10-year-old boy took a school bus and led police on a chase along a rural highway, according to police.

School officials had spotted lights coming from the bus yard around 11 p.m. Friday night, and reported the bus stolen. Officers from three counties, four towns and Arkansas State Police began chasing the bus and its driver.

Despite road spikes set up to slow the bus, the bus kept traveling north toward Little Rock along U.S. 65 through Desha and Lincoln counties, then into the next county of Jefferson.

“Be advised, he missed them all. We’re now coming into town. Speed’s at 25 miles an hour,” officers said over a radio scanner.

About 44 miles later, the bus slowed down enough for a sheriff’s deputy to make the stop in Pine Bluff, and officers discovered their suspect was a child.

They cuffed the boy and took him into custody, then later released him to his parents. It wasn’t known whether the child would face charges.

School officials said he had been part of a group caught on camera trying to pull the same prank last month, according to KATV television station in Little Rock.
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...THE Kid was 10....i know adults who couldnt even start a bus and get it too go...... lmao

roc

10-09-2007, 06:12 AM

very funny

jokosr

10-19-2007, 04:49 AM

Alabama Couple Catches Burglar, Make Him Clean Up at Gunpoint
Thursday, October 18, 2007

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally.

Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that thieves had emptied almost everything the family of five owned, Tiffany McKinnon said through tears.

"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," she said.

Adrian McKinnon sent his wife to see her sister while he inspected the piles left behind. As he walked back into the sunroom, a man walked through the back door straight into him, Tiffany McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser in a story Thursday.

"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said. "And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."

Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.

"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabi-nets onto the floor," Tiffany McKinnon said.

When police arrived, Bullock complained about being forced to clean the home at gunpoint.

"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house," she said. "The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead."

Capt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman, said police arrested Bullock at 2 p.m. Tuesday on burglary and theft charges. He was being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a $30,000 bond.

"The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police arrived," Thornton said.

He said the case was unusual because generally burglars act while the homeowner is away and are in and out fast so they can quickly sell the stolen items.

The couple said they chose to rent the Ross Street home because it was a quiet place for their three young children to play outside. Turns out it was a bit too quiet — most of the homes near theirs are vacant.

"We don't have any neighbors to help watch our house because it's like a ghost town here except when the church is meeting across the street," Tiffany McKinnon told the Advertiser Wednesday.

Suicidal

10-19-2007, 01:09 PM

jokosr

12-29-2007, 03:20 PM

Massachusetts Burglary Suspect Gets Robbed at Gunpoint Hours After Release
Saturday, December 29, 2007

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A burglary suspect who gave a false home address to police after his arrest didn't count on one thing — getting robbed himself.

Police say 22-year-old Daniel Cabral was arrested Wednesday and charged with burglarizing a University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth building. He was arraigned and released until his next court date.

Hours later, he was robbed at gunpoint while walking home from a bar. He reported the robbery to police, this time giving them his real address instead of the phony address he reported earlier in the day, according to authorities.

Police arrested two suspects and a man accused of being an accomplice after the fact. They also obtained a search warrant for Cabral's real address and found computer equipment that had been taken from the UMass building as well as power tools that had been reported missing from a local theater.

Cabral was released on his own recognizance. Police were not sure if he had an attorney, and there was no telephone listing for him in New Bedford.

jokosr

01-17-2008, 05:14 AM

Now thats a Rat!!!

-- Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall.

The fossilized skull of the new giant rodent

The giant rat's skull, which measures an impressive 53 centimeters in diameter was found by Andrés Rinderknecht and Ernesto Blanco, two scientists from Montevideo, Uruguay.

The two paleontologists stumbled upon the fossilized remains in a broken boulder in San Jose along the coast of Uruguay.

By looking at the size ratios of the skulls and bodies of existing rodents, scientists determined the bodyweight of the rodent must have approached 1,000 kilograms or a ton, making it the world's largest rodent to have been discovered to date.

The relatively small size of its teeth however, suggests it fed mainly upon soft vegetables and fruit.

"We can give an educated guess that the rodent would have been 3 meters long -- assuming that it was similar to a Capybara (the largest rodent alive today) and taking it into account that large mammals generally have relatively smaller heads. It's tail probably was closer to the one of capybara or guinea pig (very short) and not like a rat," Ernesto Blanco says.

The scientists believe the rodent, named Josephoartigasia monesi, roamed the earth about four million years ago at the same time as other giant creatures, such as terror birds, saber-toothed cats, ground sloths and giant armored mammals.

During this period, the now arid region was forested and rich in vegetation. The largest living rodent is the capybara, a 50 kilogram guinea pig found in South America.

Ska

02-01-2008, 03:02 AM

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,228...819-921,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23142819-921,00.html)

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5868755,00.jpg

VICTORIA Police want to find this motorbike rider who rode along a Melbourne Freeway at 100km/h with a barbecue strapped to his body and his vision almost obscured by a steel grate.
A passing motorist photographed the rider on Sunday evening, presumably returning from an Australia Day weekend barbie.

"Ben", a western suburbs resident, told the Herald Sun his wife took the photos about 6.30pm on their way home from visiting friends in Doncaster.

"We were shocked. We just couldn't believe that you'd see that sort of thing in Australia," he said.

"It was amazing. We couldn't believe that he could balance it on his bike.

"It was one of those unbelievable occurrences."

Ben, who didn't want his real name used, said the rider was travelling at about 100km/h and heading inbound on the Eastern Freeway in the Kew area.

Police have seen the photos and confirmed they will investigate the matter.

Acting Insp Jenny Counsell said police were always concerned about unnecessary risks being taken on the roads.

iverson3

02-01-2008, 03:16 AM

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5868755,00.jpg

thats crazy, im surprised he didnt fall off, or set up a barbeque picnic right in the middle of the highway

Melek~Taus

02-08-2008, 04:02 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/3818747.stm

Wasn't sure whether this should go here, or on the US health care system thread. You be the judge.

*just for you guys Ghetto;banana

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40287000/jpg/_40287031_bear_ap203body.jpg

Note, the bear was killed as a result. I think it was because he didn't have insurance? And well, he was a "black" bear, shot by the PO-lice...
(over the top for a non VIP room? Nahh, I think the joke was PG)

sreeja

02-11-2008, 11:05 AM

Really funny and crazy stories. ;97

WILDCAT1976

02-25-2008, 01:08 PM

Wisconsin man guilty of dead deer sex
February 20, 2008

FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS

WAUSAU, Wis. — A state appeals court Wednesday upheld a Superior’s man conviction for having sex with a dead deer.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals rejected Bryan Hathaway’s argument that the charge should be dismissed because the law against committing an act of sexual gratification with animals does not apply if they are dead.

‘‘He rather convincingly contends that animal means a living creature,’’ Judge Gregory Peterson wrote. ‘‘However, Peterson pled no contest to the charge. A plea of guilty or no contest waives all nonjurisdictional defects and defenses.’’

Hathaway, 21, pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor a year ago and was sentenced to probation that required him to be evaluated as a sex offender.

In January, Douglas County Circuit Court Judge Michael Lucci sentenced him to nine months in jail for probation violations that included using alcohol and marijuana and having unapproved contact with a minor child.

Hathaway told investigators that he saw a dead deer in a ditch near Superior in fall 2006 as he rode a bicycle by it. He then dragged it into the woods and had sex with it.

‘‘When I was done, I was upset with myself,’’ Hathaway said in a statement to police. ‘‘I know having sex with animals is wrong.

But I can’t help myself and I need help.’’

The appeals court ruled Wednesday that police properly obtained the incriminating statement from Hathaway, rejecting the claim that his constitutional rights were violated.

Hathaway was questioned because he was on probation and had returned to a transitional living program in Superior covered in hair and blood with a knife in his pocket, court records said.

Hathaway was found guilty in April 2005 of felony mistreatment of an animal after he killed a horse with the intention of having sex with it. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail and two years of extended supervision on that charge as well as six years of probation for taking and driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Hathaway had just been released from prison for the killing the horse when the deer incident happened, court records said. Hathaway’s attorney, Jefren Olsen, did not immediately return a telephone message Wednesday.

Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

ghetto bob

02-25-2008, 03:27 PM

Civilization, as we know it, has just taken a major setback :growse

good find WC!

iverson3

02-25-2008, 05:05 PM

Ok thats wrong, who the heck would have sex with a deer??? That guy has problems!!!

jokosr

03-02-2008, 05:04 PM

Woman Gives Birth to Baby Nearly Her Own Size
Friday, February 29, 2008

Stacey Herald
CINCINNATI — Imagine giving birth to an 18-inch baby.

That would be hard enough for the average-sized female, but for Stacey Herald, who is 2-feet, 4-inches tall, it was an amazing task.

The Guinness Book of World Records is investigating Herald’s claim that she is the smallest woman to ever give birth to such a large baby, it is being reported by WLWT Channel 5.

Herald, 33, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder that causes bones to break easily.

She gave birth five weeks ago to baby Makaia, who is unaffected by the disorder and will grow to an average size. However, Herald’s 16-month-old daughter, Katira, also suffers from the disorder.

“My whole life I've been told that I wasn't able to have children, (and) I would not live through the pregnancy – that with the size of my torso, the baby would grow up underneath my lungs and smother out my lungs and my heart, and we would both die,” Herald told WLWT.

“Something inside me just didn't believe that.” Doctors originally told Herald she should abort Katira, but Herald, and her husband Wil refused.

thomas85

03-02-2008, 06:32 PM

What? This is a wonder of nature! :eek:

ghetto bob

03-02-2008, 07:26 PM

Cannibals Jailed For Eating Dinner Party Friend
Mar 1 2008

A GROUP of cannibals have been locked up after they ate a friend who offered to cook them dinner.

Alexander Stepaniuk, 41, had invited four pals to his house for a meal.

But the teacher ended up on the menu after the two men and two women beat him to death with a hammer.

The cannibals, who had been drinking vodka, cut Mr Stepaniuk's body up before barbecuing the parts.

They were arrested after worried neighbours in Chernovtsi, Ukraine, called police.

Alexander Woytseshko, 34, Dmitri Chuba, 45, Lilia Kisilitsa, 23, and Svetlana Lupan, 26, admitted murder.

The monsters told cops: "We had nothing against him personally - we just wanted to see what human meat tasted like."

They were sentenced to between three years and life in prison.

jokosr

03-02-2008, 07:32 PM

taste like chicken????? :rofl

Apollyonna

03-02-2008, 07:53 PM

Ska

03-13-2008, 12:34 AM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23367233-2,00.html

Woman sat on toilet for two years

By staff writers

March 13, 2008 09:57am
Article from: NEWS.com.au

A WOMAN in US has spent two years stuck to a toilet before her boyfriend finally called for help.
The woman, who has not been named, initially refused medical help, but was convinced by emergency services and her boyfriend that she needed to leave the bathroom and go to hospital.

Sheriff Bryan Whipple told AP it appeared the 35-year-old woman’s skin had grown around the seat.

"We pried the toilet seat off (the toilet) with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Sheriff Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."

"It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."

The boyfriend told police he brought the woman food and water and asked her to come out of the bathroom everyday, AP reported.

And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow'," Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."

He eventually called police only to say there was “something wrong” with his girlfriend.

Police found the woman in the bathroom of the 36-year-old man’s flat, sitting on the toilet with her tracksuit pants around her thighs.

She was "somewhat disoriented, and her legs looked like they had atrophied,” Sheriff Whipple told AP. “She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave.".

Authorities told AP they did not know whether the woman was mentally or physically disabled. She is currently in a “fair condition” at a hospital in Wichita.

Sheriff Whipple told AP investigators planned to present their report to the county attorney who would determine whether any charges should be filed against the woman’s boyfriend.

Ska

03-26-2008, 05:38 AM

WHAT THE!??!!?! I mean, ffs, I am sick for 4 or 5 days and wake up to this:

http://toppayingideas.com/blog/2008/03/23/the-pregnant-man/

His name is Thomas Beatie, but he’s known as the pregnant man.

I am going back to bed..............

Ska

03-27-2008, 06:04 AM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23440499-23109,00.html
'Wombat rape made man speak Strine'

By staff writers

March 27, 2008 03:47pm
Article from: NEWS.com.au

A NEW Zealand man has been sentenced to community work after telling police he was raped by a wombat and the experience had made him speak "Australian".

Arthur Ross Cradock, 48, from the South Island town of Motueka, called police on February 11 and told them he was being raped at his home by the wombat and he needed help, The Nelson Mail newspaper reported.

The orchard worker later called back and said: "Apart from speaking Australian now, I'm pretty all right, you know."

Cradock pleaded guilty in the local court to using a phone for a fictitious purpose. He was sentenced to 75 hours' community work.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court alcohol played a large role in Cradock's life.

Specter

03-27-2008, 06:18 AM

Hillary Clinton goes under sniper fire in Bosnia.

Funniest news to date, read up on it, too lazy to look for it.

Basically she went on a political trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which went absolutely smoothly. Once she came back, she falsely stated that as she got off the plane she was being shot at by snipers, which was called on by the media.

Funny stuff.

ghetto bob

03-27-2008, 01:42 PM

She's a no-good filthy liar just like her husband...

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3968364n

Hillary Says 8-Year-Old Bosnian Girl Was Actually Sniper (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/hillary-says-8yearold-b_b_93485.html)
Posted March 26, 2008 | 11:05 AM (EST)

Accused in recent days of embellishing her story of a brush with sniper fire in Bosnia, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today said "don't be fooled" by photos showing her being greeted at the airport by a pony-tailed 8-year-old Bosnian girl with a bouquet of flowers.

"That was no little girl," Sen. Clinton told reporters in Gary, Indiana. "That was a covert ops midget sniper."

The New York senator said that moments after the "so-called little girl" presented her with the flowers, she revealed what the bouquet had been hiding: "a tiny semi-automatic weapon."

"Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to use some of the Tae Kwon Do techniques I had learned in preparation for the Northern Ireland peace talks," she said.

Defending his wife against charges that she had yet again fabricated her exploits while First Lady, former President Bill Clinton told CNN's John King that "Democratic voters have a clear choice this election: do they want a liar or a plagiarist?"

"Hillary tells some real whoppers, but at least they're original," he said.

In response to a question about whether he believes his wife's account of the events in Bosnia, Mr. Clinton said, "All I have to say about that is Reverend Wright Reverend Wright Reverend Wright Reverend Wright Reverend Wright."

Dan

03-27-2008, 04:35 PM

your story is a bit off bob, heres what really happened:

yea son (http://www.break.com/index/the-truth-behind-hillary-in-bosnia.html)

ghetto bob

03-28-2008, 03:32 PM

Man said 'wombat rape' led to accent change
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Last Updated: 1:33pm GMT 28/03/2008

A New Zealand man who claimed he was raped by a wombat and that the experience left him speaking with an Australian accent has been found guilty of wasting police time.

Arthur Cradock, 48, from the South Island town of Motueka, called police last month to tell them he was being raped by the marsupial at his home and needed urgent assistance.

Cradock, an orchard worker, later called back to reassure the police operator that he was all right.

"I’ll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he’s pulled out. Apart from speaking Australian now, I’m pretty all right you know. I didn’t hurt my bum at all."

He pleaded guilty in Nelson District Court to using a phone for a fictitious purpose and was sentenced to 75 hours’ community work.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court that alcohol played a large role in Cradock’s life.

Judge Richard Russell said he was not sure what had motivated Cradock to make the extraordinary claim.

In sentencing Cradock, he warned him not to do it again.

Wombats are native to Australia and are not found in New Zealand. Although powerfully built and about the size of a small pig, they are very rarely dangerous. There are three species: the widely distributed common wombat and the much rarer southern and northern hairy-nosed wombats.

Melek~Taus

03-28-2008, 03:47 PM

Don't think alcohol was the only factor in this case? Look at that last name...

Cradock, take away the d and the o , put em elsewhere and you got the other reason. :D
Do crack!

jokosr

03-30-2008, 07:15 PM

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Police say 12 people were wounded at a wedding in Chechnya when a guest threw a hand grenade.

The blast took place Saturday in the village of Sari-Chu.

A spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry's southern district said Sunday that the grenade was thrown by one of the guests during the course of an argument at the wedding, which was attended by much of the village.

The extent of the guests' injuries was not immediately known and it was unclear whether the man who threw the grenade was among the wounded.

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I know people in the U.S. carry guns and knives..Is it normal in Russia too carry grenades in your pockets??? Lmao.....

Specter

03-30-2008, 09:23 PM

jokosr

04-13-2008, 01:52 AM

BANGKOK, Thailand — An Australian man is facing drug trafficking charges in Thailand after doctors discovered 60 condoms filled with hashish in his stomach.

For now, though, 51-year-old John Paul Jones is in critical condition.

Friends dropped him off at a hospital in southern Thailand after he complained of stomach pains. X-rays showed three of the drug packets had burst. Altogether, the 60 condoms contained a pound and a-half of hashish.

Police say the friends who dropped him off have disappeared.

Ska

04-16-2008, 10:43 PM

Medics laughed at spray can in man's bottom
By staff writers
April 16, 2008 03:35pm

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23549134-2,00.html

SURGEONS at a Philippines hospital are being probed after they allegedly filmed an operation in which a man had a spray can removed from his backside, then posted the footage on YouTube.

The video, which was taken down from the popular video-sharing website after several weeks, showed dozens of people in the operating theatre laughing and jeering as the surgeons removed the canister from the man's bottom, Deutsche-Presse Agentur reported.

The surgery was carried out at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Centre in Cebu City, 585km south of Manila.

Hospital spokesman Emmanuel Gines said the 39-year-old patient would get an apology for the incident on January 3, which was being investigated.

The video was initially thought to be a hoax until the victim went to the media this week.

The man, a florist, said he ended up with the spray can inside him after insulting his partner's penis size.

iverson3

04-16-2008, 10:46 PM

:rofl:D:rofl:D:rofl:D:rofl:D

LOL, wow, Im speechless

Ska

04-17-2008, 06:03 AM

Court rules baldness is not a disability
By staff writers
April 17, 2008 02:34pm

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23554407-13762,00.html

A BALD high school teacher has lost a court case because the judge ruled that his lack of hair was not a disability - despite his pleas to the contrary.
Former art teacher James Campbell, who said he was discriminated by students because of his baldness, had taken a Scottish local council to an employment tribunal because he felt he was a victim of disability discrimination.

UK newspaper The Independent reported that the 61-year-old claimed he would avoid walking along the corridors at Denny High School while students were gathered so he would not be called “baldy”.

“How can I stand in front of a class with confidence to get on with my job when I am getting teased and bullied about baldness?” Mr Campbell said.

Mr Campbell also claimed that since his retirement in 2007, former students would shout out “baldy” if they crossed paths in the street.

But tribunal judge Robert Gall ruled that being bald was not covered by the Disability Discrimination Act.

“This would take the definition of impairment too far,” Mr Gall said.

“If baldness was to be regarded as an impairment then perhaps... a big nose (or) big ears might be regarded as an impairment.”

iverson3

04-18-2008, 10:32 PM

Japan baseball team hits 66 runs in two innings

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080417/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_baseball_japan_score

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs in less than two innings, local media reported on Thursday.

The coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel to spare his pitcher's arm with his team losing 66-0 with just one batter out in the bottom of the second.

The hapless hurler had already sent down over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before Kawamoto asked for mercy.

"At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings," Kawamoto's coach was quoted as saying. "There was a danger he could get injured."

Opponents Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto school.

Joedeuces124

04-19-2008, 03:01 AM

NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. - Mayor Peter Massa put out a citywide cat call when his Maine Coon disappeared. Massa had an automatic call sent to 8,500 voters on Wednesday asking for help finding Max.

Turns out he didn't have to look that far. Massa's wife, Val, says 14-year-old Max was found inside a wall of their house Thursday morning. He had been missing since Tuesday.

Val Massa says she doesn't know how the 20-pound cat got in the 5-inch hole under the stairs. Max was dehydrated and hungry, but otherwise fine.

The Massas had also offered a $500 reward.

Ska

04-23-2008, 01:05 AM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/ogc_logo/

UK Office of Government Commerce cracks one off
Five-knuckle shuffle rebrand outrage
By Lester Haines → More by this author
Published Tuesday 22nd April 2008 12:46 GMT

LogoWatch exclusive In April last year, London design outfit FHD proudly announced it would be rebranding the UK's Office of Government Commerce (OGC) - the HM Treasury tentacle "responsible for improving value for money by driving up standards and capability in procurement".

FHD's MD Adrian Day trumpeted to the sound of whalesong: “We are seeing growing demand from clients for consultancy support that spans branding, strategic and stakeholder communications, and this brief from OGC and OGCbuying.solutions is a perfect example of the need for a more integrated, informed approach to branding. We have worked on a number of successful corporate branding projects in the past few months and this project is an exciting new win for the business.”

Catherine Hastings, director of communications at the OGC, chipped in with: “We were impressed with the integrated approach FHD had to offer, which combined expertise in workings of government.”

So far so good - nothing more exciting than some traditional Strategy Boutique Newspeak. However, the wheels came off this particular rebrand in spectacular style when the new logo was presented to OGC staff.

According to an inside source, the graphic had allegedly already been inscribed onto mousemats and pens in anticipation of its imminent deployment, but it took OGC foot soldiers around 20 seconds to realise why this particular bit of joss-stick-driven madness was going to end in tears (of laughter):

http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/04/21/ogc.jpg

That new OGC logo in full

On dear, oh dear.* Well, at least it appears that FHD really does have expertise "in workings of government", as a quick 90 clockwise rotation reveals.

Quite remarkably, our informant suggested that, having spent the cash, OGC intends to roll out the logo anyway. Well, we contacted the OGC for comment, and a spokesman gamely explained: "The OGC is currently overhauling the design of its corporate materials following a new strategy and forward direction. As part of this, the OGC has been developing a new visual identity, one aspect of which is a new logo.

"The proposed version, which you have sent over, has been shared with staff, and is now going through final technical stages. It is true that it caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the particular combination of the letters 'OGC' - and is not inappropriate to an organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on government spend!"

He concluded: "The new identity has been extremely well received, as it presents a very clean, uncluttered and modern identity."

The mind boggles. For the record, and in case you'd like to get your hands on a rebranded OGC mousemat, we gather staff have stripped the building of every example not nailed down, so check eBay later this week for your five-knuckle shuffle collectable. ®
Bootnote

*You're right - that not enough "oh dears". Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...

Oh yes, we contacted FHD for a comment, but no one had got back to us at time of publication.

LemonWarlord

04-23-2008, 11:46 PM

Jell-O snack packs splatter over highway in Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A driver is being treated at a Saint Johns County hospital after his truck overturned, spilling Jell-O snack packs all over I-95.
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Police say the driver's truck flipped over this morning after it slammed into another truck. Individual packs of Jell-O splattered all over the highway, which caused a major traffic jam.

The driver was trapped inside the mangled truck, but was quickly rescued by police.

He was airlifted to the hospital and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Police say no one else was hurt in the crash.
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Police arrest 2 in India for allegedly stealing sperm

MUMBAI, India - A laboratory technician who allegedly tried to make a quick buck by stealing samples from the Indian sperm bank where he worked has been arrested after a doctor tipped off police, authorities said Tuesday.
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The employee allegedly stole the sperm from a sperm bank in the western city of Aurangabad, and tried to sell 101 vials of it to a doctor in Mumbai for about $625, Aurangabad police chief Krishna Lal Bishnoi said.

The doctor declined and called police, who arrested the lab employee and a relative, Bishnoi told The Associated Press.

"The doctor contacted police because they (doctors) usually refer patients to infertility clinics for treatment. They are never approached with sperm vials on sale," Bishnoi said.

Infertility expert Dr. Aniruddha Malpani described the alleged theft as "bizarre" because vials that are not properly labeled would be "worse than useless."

"Anyone would have a hard time selling sperm vials. They must be stored in a liquid nitrogen container. It doesn't make any sense," Malpani said.

Police said the two men will be charged with stealing and cheating, and each could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_fe_st/india_sperm;_ylt=AhMQR0XB2dHaJu5pGgCMGLCek3QF

Ska

04-28-2008, 12:49 AM

Fat inmate sues over weight loss

By staff writers

April 28, 2008 09:11am
Article from: NEWS.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23608746-1702,00.html

AN obese inmate awaiting trial for murder is suing authorities after he lost more than 45kg because of the prison food.

Broderick Lloyd Laswell has filed a federal lawsuit which says Benton County Jail in Arkansas doesn't give its inmates enough food after complaining he was down to 140kg after eight months inside.

He is accused, along with another man, of fatally beating and stabbing a man then setting his home on fire.

According to the suit, Mr Laswell weighed 187kg when he was jailed in September, the Associated Press reported.

"On several occasions I have started to do some exercising and my vision went blurry and I felt like I was going to pass out," Mr Laswell said in his lawsuit.

"About an hour after each meal my stomach starts to hurt and growl. I feel hungry again."

He said he should not be losing weight because he did little exercise.

"If we are in a small pod all day (and) do next to nothing for physical exercise, we should not lose weight," the suit said.

"The only reason we lost weight in here is because we are literally being starved to death."

The meals, provided through Aramark Correctional Institution Services averaged 3000 calories a day, jail spokesman Hunter Petray told The Morning News of northwest Arkansas yesterday.

A typical Western diet consists of 2000 to 3000 calories a day.

jokosr

05-03-2008, 03:16 AM

this happened a few miles away from me...we have some winners around here..lol

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FORT WORTH -- An aspiring record label owner is singing the blues after he was arrested last week for allegedly trying to pass a $360 billion check at a Fort Worth bank.

Employees at the Chase Bank at 8601 S. Hulen St. grew suspicious after seeing all those zeroes (10 to be exact) and called the check's owner. The woman said the suspect, Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, is her daughter’s boyfriend and that he did not have permission to take the check or cash it.

Fuller was arrested on suspicion of fraud, along with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possession of marijuana after officers found less than 2 ounces of the drug and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets.

While inside a patrol car, police say Fuller blurted out that he is starting his own record label and had been given the money by his girlfriend’s mother to help him start it.

Apparently breaking into the music business does not come cheap.

Luckily for him, bail was a lot less expensive. Fuller was released from Mansfield Jail on Thursday after posting $3,750 bail.

jokosr

05-05-2008, 12:37 PM

Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. "I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.

The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.

He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin — designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue — with ice and his favorite brew.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.

jokosr

05-06-2008, 07:34 PM

Pennsylvania Man Teaches Goldfish to Do Tricks
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

trick video..check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQKZOaB6cY

They can't fetch the paper or curl up in your lap yet, but a Pittsburgh-area researcher may have found a way to make pet fish more interesting.

Dean Pomerleau, whose day job involves perfecting automotive crash-avoidance technology, and his young son Kyle claim to have trained goldfish, cichlids and Siamese fighting fish to swim though hoops, shoot baskets, dunk balls and score touchdowns.

"With the correct tools and the basic promise of a food reward, fish can very quickly learn complex tricks — like the limbo, slalom or playing fetch. Now people in the market for a dog might want to consider a fish instead," Dean Pomerleau said in a press release.

On his Fish School Web site, the elder Pomerleau says the idea came to him when Kyle won two goldfish at a school fair.

"After watching them for a couple weeks, we came to suspect that there was more going on in their little brains then most people give them credit for," he writes. "On a whim, we decided to see if we could train them to do tricks using techniques commonly used to train dolphins, dogs, and circus animals."

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Angler Catches Fish, Partially Digested Lizard Crawls Out of Mouth West Coast Salmon-Fishing Ban Almost Certain Apparently it worked, because the family has teamed up with R2 Solutions, a Los Angeles aquarium-accessory manufacturer, to market what they call the R2 Fish School Kit — "everything you will need to teach your fish amazing tricks."

Now if only they can train cats to clean their own litterboxes.

ghetto bob

05-08-2008, 08:58 PM

Brace yourselves...

May 8, 2008, 2:45PM
3 accused of using corpse head to smoke pot

By BRIAN ROGERS
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

Two men and a juvenile are accused of digging up a corpse, decapitating the body and using the head to smoke marijuana, according to court documents.

Matthew Gonzalez and Kevin Jones have been charged with the misdemeanor offense of abuse of a corpse, said Scott Durfee, a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorneys Office.

According to documents filed in the case, Gonzalez, Jones and an unnamed juvenile on March 15 went to an Humble cemetery, dug up a man's grave, left with the head and turned it into a "bong."

Gonzalez told authorities about the incident Wednesday, and showed officers the defaced grave, including a 4-foot hole. Because of a heavy rain, officers were unable to determine whether the casket or the body had been disturbed.

Ska

05-12-2008, 10:40 PM

Looks like those "cheap" switches were made in China......

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread350381/pg1
FBI Fears Chinese Hackers and/or Government Agents Have Back Door Into US Government & Military Computer Networks

Some months ago, my contacts in the defense industry had alerted me to a startling development that has escalated to the point of near-panick in nearly all corners of Government security and IT infrastructure. The very-real concern, being investigated by the FBI, is that either the Chinese government or Chinese hackers (or both) have had the benefit of undetectable back-doors into highly secure government and military computer networks for months, perhaps years. The cause: a high-number of counterfeit Cisco routers and switches installed in nearly all government networks that experienced upgrades and/or new units within the past 18 months.

FBI raids own offices in fake hardware sting
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23683235-5014239,00.html

iverson3

05-14-2008, 05:27 AM

Jokosr this one is right up your alley, lol

Man fined for buckling in beer, leaving kid loose
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24594248/

DARWIN, Australia - An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said Tuesday.Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and appalled” when he pulled over the unregistered car Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

The 30-can beer case was strapped in between two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, but on the car’s floor.

Ska

05-15-2008, 02:48 AM

Sex scam kid's credit spree
May 15, 2008 08:21am
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23701684-5013016,00.html

A 13-year-old boy who stole his father's credit card to hire two prostitutes and buy an Xbox told the girls he was an escapee of a travelling circus to explain his extremely short stature.

Texas teenager Ralph Hardy confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his dad's existing credit card company and taking his pals on a US$30,000 spending spree, which culminated in them playing "Halo" on an Xbox with call-girls in a motel.

The $1000-a-night prostitutes were released without charge but Ralph was given a three year community order upon his conviction on May 9, money.co.uk reported.

The prostitutes told police they grew suspicious when the kids said they'd rather play Xbox than play with them - and ended up playing Halo with the boys.

Authorities were alerted to the motel by a delivery clerk who, after delivering supplies of Dr Pepper, Oreos and Fritos, was asked by the kids where they could hire some escorts.

They young lotharios explained they'd just won big at a "World of Warcraft" tournament and wanted to relax.

The delivery clerk called the police who arrived to find $3,000 in cash, electronic gadgets, an Xbox console and games, plus the two prostitutes.

Ralph reportedly told the oficers his dad wouldn't mind, because he'd turned 13 the previous week and he'd forgot to get him a present.

Ralph and Co. told the working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus.

They added that State law did not allow discrimination against the disabled so they had no right to refuse them.

Explaining why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the done thing when you win a "World of Warcraft" contest.

The prostitutes ended up playing "Halo" with the kids instead of having sex with them.

foskasse

05-15-2008, 02:50 AM

The prostitutes ended up playing "Halo" with the kids instead of having sex with them.

WOW!!!! Those are some really nerdish kids... xbox or super boobie sized hookers?
is tere a doubt?

iverson3

05-15-2008, 02:53 AM

WOW!!!! Those are some really nerdish kids... xbox or super boobie sized hookers?
is tere a doubt?

lol, them kids need to get there priorities straight

Ska

05-15-2008, 05:13 AM

Bill for dinner hard to stomach
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23245649-5003402,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5898506,00.jpg

A BRITISH restaurant owner has been forced to apologise after diners received a bill with an abusive and sexually explicit message.

Ten friends dining at Joe Delucci's Italian restaurant in Lichfield found the message "suck my d**k ****** face" above their order for fish cakes, the BBC online reported.

There was no charge for the sexually explicit item.

Diner Clare Watkin told the BBC she thought the item on the bill may have been in response to the group complaining about poor service.

"I couldn't believe it. The bill read 'fish cakes', which one of us had for a starter, and it was written right above it - absolutely disgusting language," Ms Watkin said.

"I think that the way that we've been spoken to is absolutely outrageous."

"We actually booked the table for 8 o'clock in the evening, by the time they had taken our order it was quarter to nine and we didn't actually receive our food until quarter past 10."

Restaurant owner Nigel Langsdon told the BBC the message was meant to be seen only by kitchen staff.

"That shouldn't come out on the bill, so we've got to find out what's gone wrong there," Mr Langsdon said.

"But we have apologised unreservedly to the girls concerned and said that they're very welcome to come back and have a free meal and we'd like them to."

ghetto bob

05-16-2008, 07:24 PM

wow, just wow...

Man survives diving into wood chipper in Roseville

A man tried to kill himself with a wood chipper in Roseville Thursday afternoon.

The crew of a tree repair service company was clearing trees in a public area when the man appeared and jumped head-first into the industrial-sized wood chipper.

The workers immediately turned off the machines and called 911.

The man was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where he remains in the intensive care unit. Officials say he suffered severe, life-threatening injuries to his head and torso.

Roseville Police said the incident was likely a suicide attempt, noting that the man did not leave a note or any indication of his intentions.

While 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS does not normally report suicides, the incident was in a public area. In fact, a hardware store’s surveillance camera may have captured the event on tape and police will review the video.

Police reported that the man is 19 to 21-years-old, but no other information has been released.

iverson3

05-16-2008, 07:54 PM

thomas85

05-16-2008, 10:45 PM

Man survives diving into wood chipper in Roseville

A man tried to kill himself with a wood chipper in Roseville Thursday afternoon.

The crew of a tree repair service company was clearing trees in a public area when the man appeared and jumped head-first into the industrial-sized wood chipper.

The workers immediately turned off the machines and called 911.

The man was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where he remains in the intensive care unit. Officials say he suffered severe, life-threatening injuries to his head and torso.

Roseville Police said the incident was likely a suicide attempt, noting that the man did not leave a note or any indication of his intentions.

While 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS does not normally report suicides, the incident was in a public area. In fact, a hardware store’s surveillance camera may have captured the event on tape and police will review the video.

Police reported that the man is 19 to 21-years-old, but no other information has been released.
Holy Crap! It will be a wonder when the medicals heal this severe wounds.

iverson3

05-19-2008, 09:03 PM

Ok well I cant find the article, but I was watching "Jim Rome is Burning", today, and on his final burn he said that a Purbue Football Safety was arrested for stealing condoms and was suspended indefinately. LOL

sassy

05-21-2008, 01:44 AM

Wife Shoots Rifle at Husband

Husband claims "wife is not as dangerous as the incident made her seem."
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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(UPI) - A Cleves, Ohio, man whose wife is accused of firing a rifle at him has asked a court to be lenient with her.

Scott Williams said in a signed affidavit that his wife, Barbara, pulled a .22-caliber rifle on him while he was preparing for a shower Saturday morning and fired a shot, missing him, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

"I'll kill you," Scott Williams quoted his wife as saying in the affidavit. "I hid behind the wall (and) then she left the room and I locked the door."

However, Williams now says his wife -- who was charged with felonious assault, domestic violence and using a weapon while intoxicated -- is not as dangerous as the incident made her seem.

"This just got totally blown out of proportion," he said, "and I'd like to see her be able to come home."

"She's a good wife," he said.

Barbara Williams' bail was set Monday at $100,000.

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jokosr

05-25-2008, 07:02 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357463,00.html

Woman Wakes After Heart Stopped, Rigor Mortis Set In
Friday, May 23, 2008

Val Thomas’ doctors honestly can’t explain how she is alive today.

Thomas, who lives in West Virginia, is being called a medical miracle after she suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours; reports NewsNet5.com.

Thomas’ heart stopped around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and doctors said she had no pulse. Rigor mortis started to set in, and she was placed on a respiratory machine.

“Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled,” Thomas’ son, Jim, told NewsNet5.com. “Death had set in.”

Thomas, 59, was rushed to a West Virginia hospital, where she was put on a special machine to induce hypothermia. This would allow her body to cool down for 24 hours before they would warm her up again, doctors explained.

However, Thomas’ heart stopped again after the procedure.

Her family said their goodbyes and Thomas’ tubes were removed, but she remained hooked on a ventilator as the possibility of organ donation was discussed.

However, Thomas woke up 10 minutes later and started talking.

“The nurse said, ‘I’m so sorry, Mrs. Thomas,’ and mom said, ‘That’s OK, honey, that’s OK,’” Jim Thomas said.

Val Thomas was transferred to the Cleveland Clinic so that specialists could check her out, but doctors said they could find nothing wrong with her.

“I know God has something in store for me, another purpose,” Val Thomas said. “I don’t know what it is, but I’m sure he’ll tell me.”

Ska

05-27-2008, 10:08 PM

Plane passenger gets cannabis gift from customs officer

26th May 2008, 16:15 WST

An unsuspecting passenger who flew to Tokyo is carrying one million yen's (A$10,000) worth of cannabis compliments of customs authorities after a bungled exercise involving sniffer dogs.
An officer at Narita International Airport yesterday stuffed 142 grams of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly-selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight so that the animal could detect it.
“The dog couldn't find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in,” a customs office spokeswoman said.
“If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we're asking them to return it.”
The 38-year-old officer was quoted by the spokeswoman as saying: “I knew that using passengers' bags (for sniffer dog training) is prohibited, but I did it because I wanted to improve the sniffer dog's ability.”
He was reprimanded by the head of customs at Narita airport.
“This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise,” said the airport's customs chief Manpei Tanaka.
The cannabis, which has a street value of one million yen ($A10,100), was in a metal box wrapped with newspapers.
Japan strictly prohibits both hard and soft drugs, with people imprisoned for possession of even small amounts of cannabis.
TOKYO
REUTERS

Dan

05-28-2008, 12:10 AM

LemonWarlord

05-28-2008, 12:24 AM

Except, you've lost the point.
If you read, it was in Japan, where Cannabis is illegal, and can get big imprisonment.
"Japan strictly prohibits both hard and soft drugs, with people imprisoned for possession of even small amounts of cannabis. "
So what do you think 142 grams is? When you have to smuggle it a lot harder, it usually costs more :p

Ska

05-29-2008, 12:12 AM

Deadly brown snake bites man's penis

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23776403-2,00.html

May 29, 2008 07:03am
Article from: The Cairns Post

A ROADSIDE toilet stop ended in pain, embarrassment and almost death for a tourist when a highly venomous snake bit the end of his penis.

The deadly brown snake slithered between his legs and lunged at his manhood as he crouched on a roadside near Laura, 300km northwest of Cairns, about a month ago.

Details of the incident only came to light yesterday after they were confirmed by a paramedic, cairns.com.au reports today.

"It certainly had a swipe at him," an ambulance spokesman said yesterday.

"But it didn’t envenomate him.

"As it came through it must have got a bit of a shock."

The snake beat a hasty retreat, leaving its victim with a scratch, vomiting and abdomen pain.

Emergency workers raced to the scene to treat the man.

The wound was wrapped in plastic in case poison had penetrated the skin but medical staff gave the man the all-clear after conducting tests.

He was taken to Cooktown Hospital where he spent a night recovering.

The ambulance spokesman described him as "lucky", given his near encounter with one of Australia’s most poisonous snakes.

"I think he was a bit shocked and embarrassed," he said.

LemonWarlord

05-30-2008, 01:38 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-%27married%27-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html

A woman with a bizarre fetish for inaninimate objects has revealed she has been married to the Berlin Wall for 29 years.

Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, 54, whose surname means Berlin Wall in German, wed the concrete structure in 1979 after being diagnosed with a condition called Objectum-Sexuality.

Mrs Berliner-Mauer, whose fetish is said to have its roots in childhood, claimed she fell in love with the structure when she first saw it on television when she was seven.

She began collecting "his" pictures and saving up for visits. On her sixth trip in 1979 they tied the knot before a handful of guests.

While she remains a virgin with humans, she insists she has a full, loving relationship with the wall.

Mrs Berliner-Mauer, who lives in Liden, northern Sweden, said: "I find long, slim things with horizontal lines very sexy.

"The Great Wall of China's attractive, but he’s too thick – my husband is sexier."

While the rest of mankind rejoiced when the Wall, erected by the Soviets in 1961 to halt an exodus from East to West Berlin, was largely torn down in 1989, its "wife" was horrified.

She's never been back and now keeps models depicting "his" former glory.

She said: “What they did was awful. They mutilated my husband."

She is said to have shifted her affections to a nearby garden fence.

Objectum-Sexual or objectophilia is feelings of love, attraction, arousal, and commitment for a particular object.

The mere thought of a relationship with an actual human being seems ludicrous.

Ska

06-19-2008, 12:22 AM

Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/court-overturns-fathers-grounding-of-12yearold/2008/06/19/1213770765707.html
June 19, 2008 - 6:03AM

A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the internet, his lawyer said.

The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.

The father's lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl's "own protection" and is appealing the ruling.

"She's a child," Beaudoin said.

"At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parents to set boundaries.

"I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent," she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, "parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on".

"I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it's clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go."

According to court documents, the girl's internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.

Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents' 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against her dad.

AFP

jokosr

07-04-2008, 08:16 AM

Grandma, 70, Gives Birth to Twins
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Omkari Panwar, 70, and her husband, Charan Singh Panwar, 77.
A 70-year-old from Muzaffarnagar, India, became the world’s oldest woman to give birth after she delivered twins Friday.

Omkari Panwar, the wife of a retired farmer, delivered the twins — a boy and girl — via Caesarean section.

Panwar, who has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, underwent in-vitro fertility treatment so she could produce a male heir.

Her husband, Charan Singh Panwar, 77, mortgaged his land, sold his buffalos, spent his life savings and took out a credit card loan to finance the treatment.

“At last we have a son and heir,” he said. “We prayed to God, went to saints and visited religious places to pray for an heir."

“We kept no stone unturned and God has rewarded us. The treatment cost me a fortune but the birth of a son makes it all worthwhile. I can die a happy man and a proud father.”

In 2007, a 60-year-old New Jersey woman named Frieda Birnbaum gave birth to twins.

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World's 'Oldest Mother,' Who Gave Birth at 66, Struck with Cancer 60-Year-Old Mom Returns Home After Giving Birth to Twins Dr. Manny Alvarez, FOXNews.com's managing health editor, said there are numerous health risks to the women — and their babies — who decide to give birth late in life.

"This is an extremely problematic pregnancy," Alvarez said of Panwar. "The stress that is put on the heart, kidneys and liver put her life in danger. And the twin babies have the risk of not getting enough nutrients because the vascular system is so compromised on a 70-year-old womb."

see a pic of mom and dad....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376083,00.html

iverson3

07-04-2008, 06:18 PM

That is just plain wrong, she might be dead before they go to college, or get married, i mean i think there should be limits.

Ska

07-06-2008, 10:29 PM

Paddy was a youthful and hard working Irishman at a coastal village in
Ireland. Daily he would pole a heavy old punt out to sea then work a heavy iron
grapple to bring up the sand oysters which he sold to the local ice works -
he was a man of regular habits he always arrived home each day at a certain time.
Sadly Paddy did not realise the heavy grappling was taking a toll on a
faulty heart. One day he failed to come home, his wife contacted the
Police to investigate him missing, they rowed out and found Paddy dead in the punt
beside him a huge grappel full of oysters he'd tried to hoist aboard.

Headlines next day in the 'Irish Times Newspaper.....................
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..

..

"OYSTERS KILL PATRICK"

ghetto bob

09-03-2008, 12:44 AM

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - A Peruvian man who last year sliced off his penis to draw attention to his jobless plight on Monday chopped off one of his testicles in front of the parliament building, police and hospital officials said.

``I'm doing all this to protest my lousy situation,'' Eduardo Veliz, 36, told doctors after his dramatic stunt.

Veliz, now a poorly paid laborer, hacked off his penis last September outside parliament after failing to meet the Congress head to ask for work. It was successfully reimplanted.

Witnesses said Veliz shouted at the door of Congress that he wanted to see Congress President Carlos Ferrero.

``When he couldn't see him, he got out a sharp knife and cut off his testicle,'' a policeman, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.

WGBosSkaggs

09-03-2008, 01:24 AM

(12 August 2006, Indiana) At a party somewhere between Nashville and Bloomington, a young man was drinking and watching people set off fireworks. Suddenly a great idea occurred to him. He could improve upon this amateur fireworks display! He put down his drink and set to work.
When it comes to fireworks, your brain can't be much safer than sheltered inside a football helmet. He found an old helmet, duct-taped a mortar-style firework to the top, put it on his head, and lit the fuse...

A bright flash of light nearly blinded observers. When their eyes recovered, they saw him lying on the ground, unconscious and bleeding. Astoundingly, the 21-year-old survived this party stunt with only a mild concussion and burns.

His helmet, however, was blown to pieces.

WGBosSkaggs

09-03-2008, 02:36 AM

(April 1999) Two students were in love and engaged. Unfortunately all of the parents involved disapproved of the marriage. The parents had threatened dire measures if the students eloped. Caught in an impossible position of choosing between their love and their families, the students decided they would leave the world together.
"Juliet" told her friend, a pharmacist, that she was having trouble sleeping before exams, and asked her for potent sleeping pills. The pharmacist secured for her a small bottle of pills, plastered with warnings, "Danger! Use strictly as directed! Do not operate a moving vehicle!"

The two lovers locked themselves in a friend's dormitory room and tossed the key out the window. They shared a bottle of wine, made love, and then took the sleeping pills and kissed each other goodbye. Half an hour later, they began to feel curious rumblings in their intestines. Soon they realized that Juliet's friend had given them laxatives, not sleeping potion!

There they were, locked in a small dorm room with the key ten floors below, and no toilets in sight!
The stench spread quickly throughout the building, alerting other residents. A security guard was summoned, who forced the lock and poked his face 'round the door. He quickly swung it shut, nearly overcome by the fumes. The unfortunate couple had to be rescued by the SWAT team, protected by gas masks. They were taken to the hospital and treated for severe dehydration.

It turned out that the friend at the pharmacy was alarmed by the request for sleeping pills with no prescription. She contacted the parents, who conferred with one another and realized that something had to be done. Thus, the outcome: the marriage was belayed, both students were suspended from college, and both sets of parents were relieved.

killerclown

09-03-2008, 03:23 AM

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
Physics? PFFT! Who needs it?

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No, really?

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!

Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!

War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!

Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?!

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?

WGBosSkaggs

09-03-2008, 04:39 AM

(2 February 2008, New York) A 50-year-old man was bird hunting in Upstate New York with his buddies and his faithful canine companion. They stopped for a smoke, and his dog found a deer leg bone!
The man tried to take the bone away, but like any right thinking dog, the animal would not relinquish its treasure. He stayed just out of reach. Frustrated with this blatant show of disobedience, the man grabbed his loaded shotgun by the muzzle and began wielding it like a club. Each time he swung it, the dog dodged.

Suddenly the "club" struck the ground and fired, shooting the man in the abdomen. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries. He did remain conscious long enough to confirm this account to police; otherwise, his poor friends might now be under suspicion!

At least he didn't hit the dog.
:crazy

WGBosSkaggs

09-03-2008, 05:26 AM

;beer (21 May 2004, Texas) Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor, well, rectally. His wife said he was "addicted to enemas" and often used alcohol in this manner. The result was the same: inebriation.

The machine shop owner couldn't imbibe alcohol by mouth due to a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favourite beverage via enema. And tonight, Michael was in for one hell of a party. Two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid ounces, right up the old address!

When the rest of us have had enough, we either stop drinking or pass out. When Michael had had enough (and subsequently passed out) the alcohol remaining in his rectal cavity continued to be absorbed. The next morning, Michael was dead.

The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself. According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%.

In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself from the gene pool via an "astounding misapplication of judgment." Three litres of sherry up the butt can only be described as astounding. Unsurprisingly, his neighbors said they were surprised to learn of the incident.

Apparently the alcohol absorbs more quickly through the capillary beds of the rectum, a fact exploited by many party animals.

Reader Comments:
"Drunk off my ass."
"Takes ****-faced to a whole new level."
"He earned the Award, no ifs ands or butts about it."
"This puts a new light on the old saying. 'Up Yours Mate!'"
"Up the hatch."
"What a bummer."
"Rectum? Hell no it killed him."
"In the end, no drinks for me, thanks."
"A drop never touched his lips."
"Texas is back in the lead!"
"Beware what lies beneath."
"Coitus alcoholus."
"Bottoms up!"
:growse

0.30 BAC: STUPOR. You have little comprehension of where you are. You may pass out suddenly and be difficult to awaken.

0.35 BAC: Coma is possible. This is the level of surgical anesthesia.

0.40 BAC and up: Onset of coma, and possible death due to respiratory arrest.

killerclown

09-04-2008, 12:28 AM

Here is one we can all understand, for me personally I would choose my laptop for target practise. A 56-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting his lawn mower to deah because it wouldn’t start for him.

Keith Walendowski was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed. According to the criminal complaint, Walendowski said he was angry because his Lawn Boy wouldn’t start Wednesday morning. He was quoted as telling police: “I can do that, it’s my lawn mower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want.”

A woman who lives at Walendowski’s house reported the incident. She says he was intoxicated. Walendowski could face up to an $11,000 fine and six years and three months in prison if convicted. The funny thing is that when police showed up they checked the gas tank of the mower and it was empty, so he didn’t have to kill it, just fill it.

ghetto bob

09-19-2008, 07:21 PM

:rofl http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/chitlinpita/rs20080918.jpg :rofl

iverson3

09-19-2008, 07:29 PM

:rofl http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/chitlinpita/rs20080918.jpg :rofl

LOL I want to know how no one caught that:cheesy

ghetto bob

10-14-2008, 07:07 PM

http://www.photobasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spillsload.jpg (http://www.photobasement.com/condom-truck-tips-spills-load/)

ghetto bob

11-10-2008, 03:15 AM

Three bodies found in elderly woman's home

EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) -- Police in the leafy Chicago suburb of Evanston, Ill., say they have found a 90-year-old woman living with the bodies of three dead siblings in her house.

The bodies, two of which were described as skeletons and another as badly decomposed, were identified as brothers and sisters of the unidentified woman, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

They were identified as Anita Bernstorff, born in 1910, Frank Bernstorff, born in 1920 and Elaine Bernstorff, born in 1916. The dates of their deaths were to be determined by the Cook County Medical Examiner.

Police told the Sun-Times that Anita Bernstorff was last seen alive in May 2008, Frank Bernstorff was last seen alive in April 2003 and Elaine Bernstorff was last seen alive in the early 1980s. Authorities believe all died of natural causes but have yet to determine why the surviving siblings never reported any of the deaths.

Neighbor Caroline Carlton told the newspaper she saw the 90-year-old on Halloween passing out candy, but added she had never been inside the house.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

Rolllton

11-17-2008, 04:33 AM

yes :drinks

thomas85

11-17-2008, 10:59 AM

lol @ the condom truck...

Sad story about the elderly woman. I guess the siblings lived together for centuries and it was hard for them to accept that they passed away on after the other.

yes :drinksYes to what?? You smell bot-ish!

jokosr

12-03-2008, 12:26 AM

OTTAWA – Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.

The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly ``cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.

The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.

"To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent," says the newly published paper, whose lead author was American neurologist Dr. Ethan B. Russo.

Remnants of cannabis have been found in ancient Egypt and other sites, and the substance has been referred to by authors such as the Greek historian Herodotus. But the tomb stash is the oldest so far that could be thoroughly tested for its properties.

The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a battery of tests, including carbon dating and genetic analysis. Scientists also tried to germinate 100 of the seeds found in the cache, without success.

The marijuana was found to have a relatively high content of THC, the main active ingredient in cannabis, but the sample was too old to determine a precise percentage.

Researchers also could not determine whether the cannabis was smoked or ingested, as there were no pipes or other clues in the tomb of the shaman, who was about 45 years old.

The large cache was contained in a leather basket and in a wooden bowl, and was likely meant to be used by the shaman in the afterlife.

"This materially is unequivocally cannabis, and no material has previously had this degree of analysis possible," Russo said in an interview from Missoula, Mont.

"It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife. No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."

The tomb also contained bridles, archery equipment and a harp, confirming the man's high social standing.

Russo is a full-time consultant with GW Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine approved in Canada for pain linked to multiple sclerosis and cancer.

The company operates a cannabis-testing laboratory at a secret location in southern England to monitor crop quality for producing Sativex, and allowed Russo use of the facility for tests on 11 grams of the tomb cannabis.

Researchers needed about 10 months to cut red tape barring the transfer of the cannabis to England from China, Russo said.

The inter-disciplinary study was published this week by the British-based botany journal, which uses independent reviewers to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of all submitted papers.

The substance has been found in two of the 500 Gushi tombs excavated so far in northwestern China, indicating that cannabis was either restricted for use by a few individuals or was administered as a medicine to others through shamans, Russo said.

"It certainly does indicate that cannabis has been used by man for a variety of purposes for thousands of years."

Russo, who had a neurology practice for 20 years, has previously published studies examining the history of cannabis.

"I hope we can avoid some of the political liabilities of the issue," he said, referring to his latest paper.

The region of China where the tomb is located, Xinjiang, is considered an original source of many cannabis strains worldwide.

http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/544684

Ska

12-03-2008, 02:33 AM

Red pen too aggressive, Queensland teachers told

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24745013-421,00.html

By Gabrielle Dunlevy AAP December 03, 2008 12:54pm

TEACHERS have been told to stop marking schoolchildren's work with red pen because it is an "aggressive" colour.

Queensland's Deputy Opposition Leader Mark McArdle told parliament today that teachers were being advised to reconsider their pen choice because it may offend children.

Related story Google generation doesn't need rote learning

Mr McArdle tabled a Queensland Health document proposing "strategies for addressing mental health wellbeing in any classroom".

It says: "Don't mark in a red pen (which can be seen as aggressive) - use a different colour."
Feedback Is red too aggressive? Have your say below

"Given your 10-year-old Labor government presides over the lowest numeracy and literacy standards of any state in Australia, don't you think it's time we focused on classroom outcomes rather than these kooky, loony, loopy, lefty policies?" Mr McArdle asked.

Premier Anna Bligh called the question trivial at a time of "such economic peril".

jokosr

01-04-2009, 05:19 PM

Connecticut man's final lottery ticket wins $10M for widow

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-04-conn-lottery_N.htm

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.
Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.

On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a $10 million winner which, in her grief over her husband's death, she had put aside and almost discarded before recently checking the numbers.

"I'm numb," Charlotte Peters, 78, said at Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill.

Donald Peters usually bought the tickets for 10 weeks at a stretch, so the winning ticket he bought Nov. 1 for the Dec. 2 drawing was among several that Charlotte Peters put aside as she, their three children and two grandchildren coped with his sudden death.

"I was in the grocery store and I had it checked and they told me I was a winner," she said. "I had no idea how much it was."

She said she thought she had won $6 million but was surprised to learn from lottery officials she'd won $10 million.

Charlotte Peters has 60 days to decide whether to take a $6 million pre-tax lump sum payment or stretch the winnings into 21 yearly payments of almost $477,300 each.

She does not yet know what she will do with the money.

"I've always wanted a Corvette, but I don't think I'll buy one. I'll stick to a small car. I might go to Mohegan Sun," she said, referring to the casino in Connecticut. "I'm going to go home and sit and think."

The Peters children think their father would have appreciated the irony.

"He'd be very mad, he just passed away and she won a lot of money," said Brian Peters, one of the couple's three children. "He'd say, 'Figures!'"

jokosr

01-05-2009, 06:26 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090105/od_nm/us_germany_children_1

Police foil German children's dash to Africa
BERLIN (Reuters) – Three German children aged five, six and seven who said they were fed up with cold weather at home set off on a voyage to Africa but only got as far as the local train station, police said on Monday.

The boy and the older girl were planning to get married in Africa and brought the girl's five-year-old sister along as a witness. They left their home in the city of Hanover, which they shared with the boy's father and the girls' mother, early on New Year's Day as their parents slept.

"The children wanted to do something really special for the New Year," said police spokesman Holger Jureczko. "They had it all planned out. They had three suitcases, filled with food, swimming costumes, a lilo and even sunglasses."

He said they took a tram to the central station and were about to board a train to the airport when police stopped them.

"They said they wanted to go to Africa 'because it's so nice and warm there'," Jureczko said. The boy had once been to Italy and convinced the girl that Africa would be even warmer, he said.

The police told the trio that it would be difficult to get to Africa without money or tickets and instead gave them a tour of the police station before handing them over to their parents.

(Reporting by Anna Brooke; editing by Sophie Hardach)

thomas85

01-05-2009, 06:38 PM

lol! That's quite funny!

It's indeed quite cold in Germany now, right now around -10°C, and it will stay so cold for the next 2-3 days at least. It's a bit unusual here in central europe.

ghetto bob

01-05-2009, 06:44 PM

lol! That's quite funny!

It's indeed quite cold in Germany now, right now around -10°C, and it will stay so cold for the next 2-3 days at least. It's a bit unusual here in central europe.
More "global warming"...

jokosr

01-05-2009, 06:58 PM

More "global warming"...
not sure how your doing Bob..But we have Freezing Rain Today..Glad iam off work today... ;82 No Global warming here either..lol

ghetto bob

01-05-2009, 07:12 PM

;smi551 this part of the globe is smoking today, high of 44 F, maybe the freezing rain could reach us overnight according to the weather

thomas85

01-05-2009, 07:24 PM

I think some cold days don't make a trend. I'm not a climate scientist but you would have to take the average of hundreds of years to get a reasonable predication.

These climate change prognosis are mainly based on computer simulations, but noone knows wich climate model fits reality in best way so these prognoses are quite unsecure. I remember reading in an article that previous models did't consider the influence of changing temperature of sea water. (or something like that) I think there are still more parameters changing what is widely called climate.

Freezing rain is evil. In Berlin it causes chaos. :mad:

Luke

01-05-2009, 09:52 PM

It's gonna be -16 degrees celcius here tonight ;bgrin . That is a total disaster. Long time ago that that happened here in Holland. Atleast....during winters that I was hibarnating.

Specter

01-05-2009, 10:16 PM

It's gonna be -16 degrees celcius here tonight ;bgrin . That is a total disaster. Long time ago that that happened here in Holland. Atleast....during winters that I was hibarnating.

Ever experience -55 Celsius?
It means don't bother leaving for work, your car won't start and neither will the city transit.

Luke

01-05-2009, 10:25 PM

Ever experience -55 Celsius?
It means don't bother leaving for work, your car won't start and neither will the city transit.

Now that sounds cool to me again :D. I think the max I have experienced was -30 degrees celcius.

Long time ago....I went out that night with friends. Drank too much...went outside because I felt sick from the beer, and passed out because of the cold in a narrow allee where friends searching for me found me :p......ey this was 16 years ago...:beat

aravan

01-05-2009, 11:51 PM

Now that sounds cool to me again :D. I think the max I have experienced was -30 degrees celcius.

Long time ago....I went out that night with friends. Drank too much...went outside because I felt sick from the beer, and passed out because of the cold in a narrow allee where friends searching for me found me :p......ey this was 16 years ago...:beat

Wimps...:cheesy During our winters we regularily have days below 0 with windchills to 30 below (fahrenheit). Just last month we had 3 straight days where the high temperatures were below 0 and windchills were near 20 below.

And in the summers we regularily have days that hit 100 (again, fahrenheit) with humidity at 70%. It can get miserable. Not sure why I live here... :growse

ghetto bob

01-06-2009, 12:16 AM

Ever experience -55 Celsius?
It means don't bother leaving for work, your car won't start and neither will the city transit.

heh, ya thats cold -67 F
most sustained for about a week it never got above -15 F (-26 C) and wind chills waaaaaaaaaaay lower. Every day that passed, fewer and fewer cars on the road

ghetto bob

01-06-2009, 12:26 AM

heh, double, couldn't resist...

The circled story is funny, the story below is a definite :eek:

http://i40.tinypic.com/2144d5k.jpg

Specter

01-06-2009, 03:00 AM

okay wooow :(

jokosr

01-07-2009, 01:00 AM

Driver warned of jail's sexual gorillas
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/od_nm/us_speeding_1

– Tue Jan 6, 11:37 am ETSYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian court has issued a blunt warning about the sexual predators a young driver faces in jail if he does not stop speeding, as authorities struggle to stop teenagers street racing.

"You'll find big, ugly, hairy strong men (in jail) who've got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you -- and your anatomy," said Magistrate Brian Maloney.

The 19-year-old male appeared in Sydney's Downing Center Court on Monday charged with driving without a license, failing to stop at a police alcohol check point and driving dangerously.

It was his third time before the courts for driving offences, prompting the magistrate's warning he would be jailed next time.

Maloney barred the teenager from driving until 2013, placed him on a 12-month good behavior bond and ordered him to do 150 hours of community work.

Breaching any of these conditions would see the teenager jailed where he would "shower with the gorillas in the mist down at Long Bay jail," said Maloney, his comments confirmed by the court on Tuesday.

"Out of control" was the frontpage headline in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday for a story on four teenagers either booked for street racing, speeding, driving without a license or crashing their car and killing a passenger.

The newspaper's editorial backed the magistrate's warning of life behind bars, saying his comments were "a vision in clarity" and gave the teenager "a reality check of his future."

"We can only hope this strategy helps. Hope it ends the slaughter of young innocents on the roads through stupidity...," said the Telegraph. "Road safety has become a war zone and any tactics are permissible..."

Police in the southern state of Victoria impounded 42 cars in the past six days after drivers were caught speeding.

One driver, aged 78, was clocked in Melbourne on New Year's Day at 170 kph (105 mph) -- 70 kph (44 mph) over the limit.

The 78-year-old was the "oldest hoon" in Victoria to have his car confiscated for speeding, local media said on Tuesday.

"It is disappointing to see a senior member of our community being so irresponsible," Acting Police Sergeant Carlo Visser told Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper.

"What example does this set for younger drivers?" said Visser.

(Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

Peonboss

01-07-2009, 08:39 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7812875.stm

An Australian woman has appeared in court in Adelaide charged with murdering her husband by setting fire to his penis.

Rajini Narayan, 44, is alleged to have doused her husband, Satish, with a flammable liquid while he was sleeping.

When she set him alight, Mr Narayan jumped out of bed and knocked over the substance, causing the fire to spread.

Mrs Narayan told the court she had not intended to kill her husband but to punish him for his alleged infidelity.

Prosecutor Lucy Boord said Mrs Narayan had confessed to her neighbours, telling them she was a "jealous wife" and believed her husband was having an affair.

"I just wanted to burn his penis so it belongs to me and no one else, I didn't mean this to happen," Ms Boord quoted Mrs Narayan as saying.

The fire, on 8 December 2008, caused damage to the couple's house estimated at 1m Australian dollars ($715,000, £490,000).

Mrs Narayan was initially charged with arson and endangering life - including the lives of her three children who were in the house at the time.

The charge was upgraded to murder after Mr Narayan died from his injuries last week.

She has been held in police custody pending the results of a psychological assessment.

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I swear to the deity of your choice, I listened to this story waiting for them to say her name was Toiletduck.

jokosr

01-11-2009, 05:15 PM

NORMAL, Ill. — Wedding bells meant Taco Bell for Paul and Caragh Brooks.

Customers inside the fast-food restaurant continued to order tacos and burritos as the couple sat Friday in an orange booth at Taco Bell and exchanged vows.

"It's appropriate," groom Paul Brooks said. "It's an offbeat relationship."

Employees displayed hot sauce packets labeled with the words "Will you marry me?" They decorated the restaurant with streamers and balloons.

The bride wore a $15 hot pink dress and the entire wedding cost about $200. Several dozen guests looked on as the couple's friend, Ryan Green of Normal, administered the vows while wearing a T-shirt. He was ordained online.

"This is the way to go — there's no stress," said the groom's mother, Kathy Brooks.

Caragh Brooks, 21, of Australia, met Paul Brooks, 30, on an Internet dating Web site. They already had the same last name.

The couple wrote back and forth and talked on the phone for nine months before Caragh Brooks moved to the United States.

"We have the same brain, just in two bodies," Paul Brooks said. "We think alike in virtually every manner. We have the same interests, viewpoints."

He proposed on New Year's Eve and, because they like to spend time at the local Taco Bell, they decided to wed there.

"I would never have expected in my life in working here there would be a wedding," restaurant manager Carl Hamlow said.

.................................................. .................................................. .......

Can you say...Redneck wedding

Specter

01-11-2009, 09:52 PM

Am I the only one that noticed that most of these whacky stories involve Australians?

Hehehe :confused:

Luke

01-11-2009, 10:07 PM

In Holland, a commercial has caused a lot of commotion. Been all over the news.

For a typical female problem, seven days out of the life of a woman are being filmed from her....vagina.
The commercial shows various objects coming near or entering the vagina in the course of 7 days out of her life.

These objects are: the saddle of a bike, a shaving knife, a probably censored penis, a string and in the end a tampon(it is a tampon commercial).

In the news there are numerous people voting to ban the commercial, saying it is outrageous and absurd to show in the middle of the day on television.

hhmira

01-12-2009, 12:45 AM

ghetto bob

01-12-2009, 01:17 AM

any existed link to it??? :blush2
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=607_1231443883

jokosr

01-12-2009, 04:48 AM

January 09, 2009
Death row inmate plucks out his eye and eats it

According to his attorney, death row inmate Andre Thomas always wanted mental health treatment. He's going to get it after, authorities say, he plucked out his only good eye and ate it in his cell.

The 25-year-old Thomas was arrested for the fatal stabbing in 2004 of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter. The hearts of the three victims had been ripped out, too, and Thomas was sentenced to death for killing the infant.

While awaiting trial in that case in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye, but a judge later ruled he was competent to stand trial.

Thomas was discovered Dec. 9 with blood on his face by a death row officer at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He received medical care and now he's at the Jester Unit, a prison psychiatric facility near Richmond southwest of Houston.

-- Lance Murray

killerclown

01-12-2009, 11:25 AM

mmmmm.... Eye balls, not what i'd imagine my last dinner to be. :growse

he got what he wanted though, a psychiatric trial. :rtfm

Yaro

01-12-2009, 11:48 AM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=607_1231443883

that is the point of view! ;bgrin ;bgrin ;bgrin

Melek~Taus

01-12-2009, 12:50 PM

January 09, 2009
Death row inmate plucks out his eye and eats it...he plucked out his only good eye and ate it in his cell.

At least noone has to worry about him killing again. Kinda hard with no eyes left. :p

jokosr

01-12-2009, 09:54 PM

At least noone has to worry about him killing again. Kinda hard with no eyes left. :p

i cry when i get something in my eye,,I can not think of how it would feel too rip your own eye out....Then eat it.....yuk...

Luke

01-12-2009, 11:16 PM

The following excerpt was broadcast on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on January 7, 2009 at 3:00 am. Presumably, the Hamas technician on duty got bored with the live image of Gaza at night, and decided to view other satellite channels, focusing on the Polish erotic channel Patio TV. What he did not realize was that the images were being aired live on Al-Aqsa TV. This went on for about six minutes; the image of Gaza at night was then restored.

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Boy thats embarassing :D. Hamas TV showed porn, in a religion that kinda forbids it? I wonder what happened to that technician :o

jokosr

01-12-2009, 11:44 PM

jokosr

01-12-2009, 11:46 PM

Would-be bride, 107, seeks first husband
Mon Jan 12, 12:42 pm ETBEIJING (Reuters) – A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported.

Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her aging nieces and nephews since breaking her leg when she was 102 and had to stop doing chores like washing her clothes.

"I'm already 107 and I still haven't got married," the Chongqing Commercial Times quoted her saying. "What will happen if I don't hurry up and find a husband?"

Born in southern Guizhou province the child of a salt merchant, Wang grew up watching her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives and often found her aunt crying in the woodshed after an attack, the paper said.

"All the married people around there lived like that. Getting married was too frightening," she said of an era when Chinese women had few rights and low social standing.

Many also had their feet bound in an excruciating process aimed at making them look more dainty and marriageable.

After Wang's father, mother and older sister died, she still shied away from marriage. Instead she moved to the countryside and survived as a farmer until she was 74 years old and no longer strong enough to work in the fields, the report said.

Her nephew in the booming city of Chongqing then took Wang in, but she is worried he and her other nephews and nieces are too old to take care of her now even the youngest is 60.

"My nephews and nieces are getting older and their children are already tied up with their own families and I am becoming more and more of a burden," she said.

Local officials have said they are happy to help Wang search for a 100-year old groom, and suggested her family get in touch with old people's homes to find candidates, the paper said.

(Reporting by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by Nick Macfie and Sugita Katyal)

Melek~Taus

01-12-2009, 11:56 PM

I don't know, but it probably follows along with the eyeball guy. lol, they could do a freakshow together....

The blind eyeball eater,
The handless porn producer...

w_african

01-22-2009, 03:36 PM

Pimping Nairobi buses 2:05
Matatus, the Nairobi version of a bus, are getting a little 'flash' to attract customers. CNN's David McKenzie reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/01/21/mckenzie.kenya.pimp.my.matatu.cnn?iref=videosearch

sagetab

01-23-2009, 07:41 PM

*Nigeria police hold 'robber' goat

*BBC News - UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7846822.stm

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat handed to them by a vigilante
group, which said it was a car thief who had used witchcraft to change
shape.

Personally, I think the poor creature is just a scapeGOAT :D

w_african

01-23-2009, 07:43 PM

*Nigeria police hold 'robber' goat
Personally, I think the poor creature is just a scapeGOAT :D

lol...I was just gonna post this story... TIA (This is Africa)

sagetab

01-23-2009, 08:02 PM

Lol, Yeah - But NOTHING can beat THIS one for a TIA or OIA (Only In Africa) Story...

*Woman gives birth to cups*
>
> http://www.iol. co.za/index. php?click_ id=29&art_ id=nw20080814073 609904C407570& set_id=1 (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=nw20080814073609904C407570&set_id=1)

thomas85

01-23-2009, 08:05 PM

Hahaha pimped matatus in Kenya - how about pimped Rickshaws in India? :D

TheGoldDragon

01-24-2009, 12:44 AM

Have you heard the one about "Hell Boy"?
Sad but true...

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/07/10/2003368893

Its Awsome :)

w_african

01-24-2009, 12:49 PM

College athlete at 73 2:26
73-year-old goes back to college to play hoops. Ray D'Alessio reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2009/01/23/dalessio.ken.mink.cnn?iref=videosearch

TheGoldDragon

01-24-2009, 01:56 PM

COOL ;ipunk

w_african

01-26-2009, 11:46 PM

Google "french military victories" and "I'm feeling Lucky" button....

Lol...hopefully no French members here get offended :)

jokosr

02-18-2009, 12:03 AM

Man Refuses to Cut Almost 10-Inch Ear Hair
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Print ShareThisRadhakant Baijpai has no intention of ever cutting the hair in his ears, which he has been growing since he was 18-years-old.

In fact, the Indian grocer, 58, has let his hair grow so long, it measures 9.8 inches in each ear. He was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the longest ear hair in 2003, London’s Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

Baijpai, who lives in Uttar Pradesh, India, said he considers the long ear hair a sign of luck and prosperity.

Baijpai’s wife did not always think her husband’s look was sexy, he said.

“She has always been asking me to cut my ear hair, but since the official record was confirmed by Guinness, she has allowed me to keep it because it is a source of pride to me,” said Baijpai, who uses an herbal shampoo to clean the hair.

Baijpai said his son, who is 25, has started growing out his ear hair.

Although everyone has some amount of ear hair, lengthy hair such as Baijpai’s is often the result of genetics.

ghetto bob

02-18-2009, 12:54 AM

nasty!

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ear_hair3.jpg

w_african

03-04-2009, 11:56 PM

'Miraculous' survival in Turkey

A 32-year-old man has survived with minor injuries after being hit by a flat-bed truck that was rammed by a train in Turkey.

CCTV footage shows Cem Tokac disappear under the wheels of the truck as it collides with the train.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7925009.stm

Ska

03-05-2009, 12:16 AM

w_african

03-05-2009, 12:48 AM

Not news...but funny!!

Obama Girl plays Wii Fit and Wii Sports
http://video.yahoo.com/network/100284668?v=4561714&l=3754721

ghetto bob

03-05-2009, 02:40 PM

w_african

03-05-2009, 02:45 PM

As good a place as any to post this.

Anyone with a webcam, report back and let us know how it works!

http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkqtklABgGQ

good to see them using technology that my workplace helped develop :)
http://www.artag.net/

Actually...never mind, they used the ARToolkit, we used a slightly advanced version called ARTag

sagetab

03-05-2009, 05:38 PM

I tried this but it just completely froze my browser - maybe my cheap webcam is the problem, mine is REALLY simple - it actually looks like a lego brick, lol.

jokosr

03-06-2009, 03:34 AM

Woman 'bit off' partner's tongue

Ms Davies had been to the pub with her partner to celebrate his birthday
A Tyneside woman deliberately bit off her boyfriend's tongue during a drunken birthday kiss, a court has heard.

Tracy Davies, 40, bit a third of Mark Coghill's tongue off, Newcastle Crown Court was told.

They were celebrating Mr Coghill's 45th birthday at his Newcastle bedsit in October 2008, when she grew upset because she was not pregnant.

Ms Davies of Sunderland Road, Gateshead, denies one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

The court heard how they went to a supermarket on 10 October, buying two bottles of vodka and food for the evening, before going to a pub together.

They returned to Mr Coghill's home but Ms Davies grew upset because she wanted a baby but was not yet pregnant.

As Mr Coghill moved to comfort her, she asked him to kiss her, the court heard.

I will never enjoy a curry again - I can't distinguish between cheese and toast, and just toast

Victim Mark Coghill

Julian Smith, prosecuting, said: "He did so and within a few seconds, she bit down hard on his tongue.

"Obviously this caused him pain, he pulled back, and the tongue had come clean off in her mouth.

"She had the piece of tongue in her mouth, he saw her take it from her mouth, and it fell to the floor."

Mr Coghill, a former customer service advisor, told the court he could no longer work, struggled to speak, and had lost many of his taste buds.

"I will never enjoy a curry again," he said. "I can't distinguish between certain foods, like the difference between cheese and toast, and just toast.

"I can't use my tongue for eating. Those are things you take for granted."

'You're joking'

After the attack Ms Davies called an ambulance and paramedics then alerted police.

Mr Smith added: "She told police, 'We have had a domestic. I have bitten his tongue off. Here it is'."

He added that Ms Davies was surprised when police arrested her, telling officers: "You're joking".

Mr Coghill was treated at Newcastle General Hospital, but surgeons decided against trying to re-attach the torn section because of the danger of infection.

The trial continues.

w_african

03-14-2009, 05:42 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/middle_east_enl_1236708105/img/1.jpg

BBC user Matt Thompson photographed this huge sand storm in Riyadh on 10 March 2009, from his office on the 56th floor of a tower block in the Saudi Arabian capital. Matt says the storm took 10 minutes to roll across the city.

thomas85

03-14-2009, 08:32 PM

http://www.sindhtoday.net/world/74428.htm
"Ramadi (Iraq), March 14 (DPA)
Six detainees suspected of belonging to the Al Qaeda network in Iraq were fatally shot while being transferred from custody in northwestern Iraq, the police said Saturday.

“Unidentified gunmen killed six detained Al Qaeda members between the villages of Baiji and Haditha in the northwest of Iraq,” a source in al-Anbar’s security forces told DPA on condition of anonymity. They were being shifted from a jail in the northern province of Nineveh to al-Anbar province in the west.

He said the men had been captured near Mosul by US soldiers, who transferred them to Iraqi custody. Iraqi security forces were bringing the men to Boka Prison in southern Iraq when gunmen attacked their convoy as it passed through the men’s native al-Anbar province."

Iraqi people are sick of the fundamentalist muslims and terrorists in their country and use their methods now to get rid of them? Do I risk problems here when I say these people deserve it?

Ska

03-17-2009, 11:27 PM

Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504125,00.html

A Florida woman called 911 three times after she paid for a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets at a McDonald's but the fast-food restaurant ran out of them and refused to give her a refund.

Latreasa L. Goodman, 27, made the calls after she tried to get her money back from a Fort Pierce McDonald's and the cashier told her all sales were final. Police released the 911 tapes.

"This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want one," police quoted her as saying. "This is an emergency."

The cashier suggested she choose something else off the menu of equal value to the McNuggets, and offered the restaurant's cheeseburger called the McDouble.

"She's trying to force me to eat something off the menu and I don't want it," Goodman told 911.

The first dispatcher, a woman, asks if there's a manager there, but listens to Goodman's complaints and says she's sending someone.

The second, male dispatcher tells her he's aware of the incident and "we've got an officer coming out there to talk to you."

Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn't be found.

A McDonald's spokesman said Goodman should have been given a refund, and she's being sent a gift card for a free meal.

thomas85

03-17-2009, 11:36 PM

Hahahaha that's funny! ;bgrin

jokosr

03-22-2009, 06:21 PM

One man was arrested while another remains at large after two men tried to pull an ATM out of a pharmacy with a U-Haul this morning on the city’s northwest side, Detroit police said.

Police were called to CVS Pharmacy, 12707 Dexter, just after 6 a.m. to investigate a report of a U-Haul dragging an ATM out of the store with the help of a chain. As officers arrived, the U-Haul was driving away from the scene with the ATM dragging behind, Sgt. Eren Stephens Bell said.
"How would you like too see a atm dragging behind a car/truck on the road..lmao"

The chain snapped and the truck continued before it struck a parked vehicle near the intersection of Lawrence and Santa Rosa. A 28-year-old man was arrested, but a second man was able to flee the scene on foot.

No injuries were reported.

thomas85

03-22-2009, 08:16 PM

Stupid gangsters did not use a truck with a crane to lift the ATM on the loading area. That would have been the far better idea instead of just dragging the ATM.

sagetab

03-22-2009, 08:44 PM

Had to do a search on U-Haul, lol. In SA it is Tow-trucks and cranes that are used to steal ATM machines - Often :D

thomas85

03-22-2009, 09:05 PM

lol yes I had to google U-Haul and Tow truck :o

Peonboss

03-28-2009, 10:44 PM

York Maine.... Where men are men and the Moose are scared.

YORK – A man who bolted from a police cruiser after being arrested on drug charges was seriously hurt when he was hit by a truck's side mirror.

Craig Allard, 38, of Westbrook, was arrested after a 1:30 p.m. traffic stop at mile 10 of the Maine Turnpike northbound, said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Allard's car was searched after state police dog indicated that drugs were present, McCausland said. Troopers who searched the car found heroin, he said.

Allard was initially put in the back seat of a state police cruiser, but asked to be moved to the front because his legs were cramping, McCausland said. When Trooper Phillip Alexander opened the door to the cruiser, Allard ran out into traffic, McCausland said, and was hit by the side view mirror of a passing truck.

Allard was taken to Maine Medical Center and was in serious condiiton, McCausland said.

Ska

04-16-2009, 12:06 AM

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2331728/Herd-about-the-viral-sheepvert

Herd about the viral 'sheepvert'?

The prowess of hundreds of Welsh sheep forming giant animated characters on a country hillside is wowing millions online.

But the success of Samsung's video showing off the flocks' finesse has again brought up the ethics of "sheepvertising" - the use of sheep in ads.

Almost 6.5 million have watched the ad on YouTube since the video was posted last month.

It shows 300 sheep being herded by their Welsh masters across the hillside to form the image of a giant, walking sheep.

At dusk, the sheep don LED vests for an "animated" version of the computer game Pong.

Finally, in darkness, the sheep are wrangled by sheepdogs into formations of the Mona Lisa and a fireworks display.

The video raced around the blogosphere, where it has been lauded for its creativity but also censured as a fake and for animal cruelty.

The Welsh shepherds in the clip insist it's a product of their herding skills, not computer trickery.

"It did happen," lead shepherd Bernard Lewellyn told Sky News. "All right, perhaps not in one go, but certainly we did manage to get those solid shapes fairly easily."

Mr Lewellyn conceded some digital editing was used to heighten the visual effects.

"The legs, yes - we did cheat a bit there - if you look carefully you can see that the lines are actually crossing over each other.

"Well, any self-respecting shepherd will know that is impossible, but we still managed to get the shape."

Some took umbrage at the sheep wearing LED vests.

One reader of a science blog that linked to the video labelled it "pathetic, exploitative, puerile, wasteful of resources".

"Arrogant and unfeeling use of animals as toys," she wrote. "Disgusting. Just because technology exists to create and disseminate this sort of gratuitous exploitation does not make it right to do so."

Another reader said the ad was just "playful sportive art" and would increase appreciation of traditional herding skills.

Another, more pointedly, said: "I don't see all the fuss about exploiting sheep, they're fricking sheep ...

"It's not like they're lives are going to amount to anything more exciting than this ... attaching lights to livestock does not amount to animal cruelty."

The video was created by London-based marketing agency The Viral Factory to promote Samsung's new range of high-definition television sets.

"It's a bit hard to convey the brilliance of a flat-screen TV in online video because it's so pixelated," managing director Toni Smith told The New York Times.

"Samsung just gave us the brief to make LEDs cool. How we put sheep and cool together is another question altogether."

Creative director Daniel Evans was less sheepish.

"We did plan to float thousands of LEDs in balloons ... but then we remembered the classic advertising saying of 'If you have to sell something, you have to use sheep' and it all seemed to fall into place," he told Sky News.

The use of sheep in advertising - or "sheepvertising" as it has been labelled in marketing circles - is not new.

In 2006 a Dutch online reservations company draped blue blankets bearing its logo on about 150 sheep, turning the woolly flock into a walking, bleating billboard.

The company paid 1 euro per sheep, but the campaign was soon banned by a local mayor.

"My first reaction was a smile; it is very creative," Bert Kuiper told The International Herald Tribune.

"My second reaction is that we have to stop this. If we start with sheep, then next it's the cows and horses."

Watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

ghetto bob

05-11-2009, 02:24 PM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25455058-23109,00.html

World Breaking News

Troops claim 'supernatural powers' after pygmy sodomy
From correspondents in Kigali, Rwanda
Agence France-Presse
May 09, 2009 09:30pm
GOVERNMENT troops sodomised pygmies in March in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, believing they would gain supernatural powers, a regional rights group said.
"Some soldiers from the 85th Brigade sodomised three male pygmies to gain supernatural powers and protection in Kisa village in Walikale territory,'' the Human Rights League of the Great Lakes said.

"The village chief was stripped and (sodomised) in the presence of his wife, his children and daughter in-law.

"The children in turn were stripped and raped in front of their father."

It said armed groups in the region also abused the pygmies.

Elderly citizens and children were also being raped by the armed groups and wayward FARDC soldiers in eastern DRC, it added.

The pygmies live essentially as subsistence hunter-gatherers in the forests in the DRC's equatorial zones and have been targeted by militia groups in the past.

Among the armed groups roaming the eastern part of Congo are the Rwandan Hutu Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebels.

Some of its members are accused of being among the main perpetrators of Rwanda's 1994 genocide by Hutus against the Tutsi minority.

The United Nations and global human rights organisations have accused the FDLR of engaging in mass murder, rape and pillage of locals' property.

Peonboss

05-23-2009, 11:55 AM

(CNN) -- A passerby pushed a would-be suicide jumper off a bridge in southern China because he was angry at the jumper's "selfish activity," Chinese media reported Saturday.

It happened Thursday in the city of Guangzhou as Chen Fuchao threatened to jump off Haizhu Bridge, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

The bridge has gained a "macabre" reputation with 11 jumpers having thrown themselves off the bridge since the start of April, Xinhua said.

Traffic was held up for nearly five hours and a crowd gathered as Chen sat on the bridge, threatening to jump, Xinhua reported.

Chen wanted to kill himself because he had 2 million yuan ($294,000) in debt after a failed construction project, Xinhua reported.

Lian Jiansheng, 66, who was passing by the bridge, offered to talk Chen down, Xinhua said. Police refused, but Lian broke through the police cordon and climbed to where Chen was sitting.

Lian greeted Chen with a handshake, then pushed him off the bridge, Xinhua said.

Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially-inflated emergency air cushion, damaging his spine and elbow in the fall, Xinhua said. He is now recovering in a hospital.

A photographer documented the sequence of events. The photographs show Lian, dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and socks, saluting to the crowd after pushing Chen off.

"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lian told Xinhua. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."

Police took Lian away after the incident, Xinhua said. It did not say whether he would face any charges.

Ska

05-31-2009, 11:49 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1189191/Workers-lifted-car-painted-yellow-lines--wardens-came-towed-away.html

Workers lifted my car, painted yellow lines under it and put it down... then the wardens came and towed it away

Ruth Ducker always legally parks her Volkswagen Golf around the corner from her house, so it came as a shock when she discovered it had disappeared from its spot - and in its place was double yellow lines.

Her confusion deepened when Lambeth council claimed to have no knowledge of where her car was.

It took three weeks for the council to admit its contractors were behind the disappearance, and then add insult to injury by telling the 44-year-old graphic designer she owed more than £800 in fines.

In fact the car had been carefully lifted out of the way for the double yellows to be painted in Gordon Grove in Camberwell, then replaced on the new restrictions by the contractors responsible.

The same day a different set of parking enforcers spotted the 'illegally parked' car, and had it towed away - after photographing it on the newly painted double yellows.

Mrs Ducker had left the runabout without its battery, meaning she knew that it had not been stolen.

She said: 'My little VW disappeared a week before Christmas. I had parked for years on an unrestricted stretch about 40 yards from my home. When I returned on 19 December to replace the battery my car had disappeared and yellow lines had suddenly appeared. There’s no way I could have driven onto those lines.

'Initial inquiries with the council found no trace of the car. It was three weeks before I received my first official notification.'

It took a further two months and the involvement of her local MP Kate Hoey to make the council back down and waive the fines, which by now totalled £2,240.

'What they did was disgraceful,' said Mrs Ducker. “I’m very grateful to my MP. When I saw the photos of my car on the yellow lines I was furious.

'I knew that to pay up would be an admission of guilt, so I decided to fight them. But I didn’t get the car back until the middle of February and they offered a paltry £100 to compensate for lost road tax, insurance and inconvenience. Needless to say I still haven’t received a penny.'

In a letter to Ms Hoey the council said contractors had told them the 'vehicle may have been lifted in order to facilitate the painting of lines' and admitted residents had not been advised of the planned work. The letter also confirmed that penalty notices were not due to be issued until the day after Mrs Ducker’s car was removed.

Lambeth council blamed a 'breakdown in communication' between its contractors and has now offered Mrs Ducker £150 compensation.

A council spokesman said: 'This was an unacceptable case and when the council became aware of it we acted to cancel all the charges. We are very sorry for the distress this has caused Mrs Ducker.

'We have raised the case with our contractors in order to avoid something like this happening again in the future. While one case like this is one case too many, this is very much an isolated incident, and all our figures show that in general parking is becoming fairer in Lambeth.'

thomas85

06-01-2009, 03:09 PM

Wow that's incredible. Not being able to use car for months and even receiving a bill. :growse
So did she finally receive the promised compensation of 150 bucks?

Ska

06-30-2009, 01:30 AM

New Apartment High Rise 'Falls Over' in Shanghai, China

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-apartment-high-rise-falls-over-in.html

A construction worker was killed on Saturday after a 13-story block of flats collapsed in China, highlighting fears that building safety standards are being overlooked in the country's rush to modernization.

The block, in the outskirts of the eastern city of Shanghai, toppled around dawn and ended up lying on its side in a muddy construction field.

Construction work on the block appeared to have been nearly completed, with windows fitted and a tiled facade. Other identical blocks in the same property development were still standing nearby.

The official Xinhua News Agency said that a 28-year-old worker, surnamed Xiao, had gone into the building to get his tools and tried to jump out the window when the building fell. He was from Anhui province in eastern China.

The accident occurred in the "Lotus Riverside" residential community in Shanghai's Minxing district.

Sub-standard workmanship has been a major concern in China's building sector, as the country rolls out enormous city expansions and finishes off vast infrastructure projects to keep pace with fast economic growth.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iq2vQY1Jeaw/SkjYidPrkHI/AAAAAAAAN6Q/t-B4aIJargM/s400/china1.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iq2vQY1Jeaw/SkjYb1ORSFI/AAAAAAAAN6I/ML1uiz2CN8E/s400/china2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iq2vQY1Jeaw/SkjYWQfqBgI/AAAAAAAAN6A/ZIn0PnifXTY/s400/china3.jpg

Video:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8e0_1246183196

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_asia_afp/chinashanghaibuildingcollapse

SHANGHAI (AFP) – A nearly-completed 13-storey Shanghai apartment building toppled over, killing a worker and raising concerns in China's largest city over construction standards, state media has reported.

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng ordered a full investigation into the cause of the incident, which occurred Saturday in the southwestern part of the city, the Shanghai Daily reported.

"It was horrible. The building fell down very quickly after several workers ran out of it," Fang Zenghui, whose home faces the building from across the creek, was quoted as telling the newspaper.

Ska

07-17-2009, 01:56 AM

China bans electric shock therapy for internet addicts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5835417/China-bans-electric-shock-therapy-for-internet-addicts.html

China has outlawed the use of electric shock therapy to treat internet addiction, after a scandal at a hospital in the Northern province of Shandong.

By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai
Published: 3:56PM BST 15 Jul 2009

Internet addiction has become a growing problem in China, where officials believe as many as four million people spend more than six hours a day online.

Several clinics have sprung up, offering parents the chance to "cure" their children of the uncontrollable urge to blog or play online games.

Tao Ran, from the Beijing Military General Hospital, runs a camp which gives addicts a mixture of counselling, military discipline and hypnosis.

However, a psychiatric hospital in Linyi, Shandong, charged parents £500 a month to apply "xingnao", or "brain-waking", electric shocks to their children.

Some children suffered painful burns, but no parents had complained, according to the Chinese press.

Nevertheless, the health ministry has asked all hospitals to stop "electrical stimulation" for internet addiction while the treatment is investigated.

Yang Shuyun, an official, said the hospital in Shandong had already stopped using the treatment in response to media pressure.

Electric shock therapy is used in Britain, but only as a treatment of last resort when all other conventional cures have failed.

Melek~Taus

07-31-2009, 12:07 AM

Crazy! Cause it's somehow not good for any of us?

Mercury Fillings Pose No Risk, FDA Rules

July 29, 2009 - Topics fda (http://www.vitabeat.com/fda/1/c/938/), allergies (http://www.vitabeat.com/allergies/1/c/39/), mother (http://www.vitabeat.com/mother/1/c/908/), child (http://www.vitabeat.com/child/1/c/909/) and safety (http://www.vitabeat.com/safety/1/c/957/)
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Long-standing questions about the safety of mercury in dental fillings was officially settled Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.

After six years of review, the agency ruled that the levels of mercury used in dental amalgam fillings "are not high enough to cause harm in patients."

A large number of fillings does not increase the hazard for adults or children over the age of 6, the FDA said.

Nursing infants also do not appear to be in danger from mercury vapors inhaled by their mothers who receive mercury fillings, the FDA advised.

The agency did tighten slightly the rules for using mercury in fillings. It raised the risk level for the element from "low" to "moderate." It also issued warnings against using mercury fillings in people with allergies to the metal and advised dentists to use adequate ventilation when using the amalgam.

About half of a filling is comprised of liquid mercury, with the remainder consisting of a powdered alloy of silver, tin and copper.

Mercury used in fillings is different from that found in some fish. Dental mercury releases mercury vapor and is absorbed through the lungs. The mercury in fish is methylmercury is absorbed through the stomach and is more toxic.

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Am I the only one?

sagetab

08-07-2009, 06:21 PM

Nairobi - A Kenyan man's offer of 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage may still be on the table - and Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised to convey the "very kind offer" to her daughter.

To laughter at a town hall meeting yesterday in Kenya, CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked the US Secretary of State if the Clintons had made a decision on the dowry offer.

In 2000, a Kenyan man wrote to then-president Bill Clinton offering the animals in accordance with African tradition.

After a pause, Clinton said, "My daughter is her own person, very independent, so I will convey this very kind offer."
Clinton has denied rumours that her daughter, 29, is planning to get married this summer. - AP

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&em=103692a1a20090807ah&click_id=68&art_id=vn20090807032846493C798429&set_id=1

sagetab

08-08-2009, 03:01 PM

Jensen Beach, Florida - Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat.

Keith Griffin is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found more than 1 000 images on his home computer.

According to a sheriff's report on Friday, Griffin told investigators that his cat jumped on the computer keyboard while he was downloading music. He said he had left the room and found "strange things" on his computer when he returned.

Griffin is being held on $250 000 (about R1,9-million) bond in the Martin County jail. It is unclear if he has an attorney. - Sapa-AP
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20090807201346730C696136&newslett=1

Hey!!! Not so far-fetched, ask Harry Manback, (I think it was), my dog actually attacked his city, (and occupied it) ROFL!!!!

Blitzkrieg

08-08-2009, 09:43 PM

Jensen Beach, Florida - Florida investigators say a woman accused of braking a NAP is blaming her dog.

sagetab is charged with 1 count of attacking a previously friendly alliance after detectives found more than 1 attack on her home computer.

According to a sheriff's report on Friday, tab told investigators that her dog jumped on the computer keyboard while she was playing GEWar. She said she had left the room and found "strange things" on her computer when she returned.

tab is being held on $250 000 (about R1,9-million) bond in the Martin County jail. It is unclear if she has an attorney. - Al-Gewaria

filibuster

08-08-2009, 09:52 PM

But the dog have not replied the PMs! :D

sagetab

08-08-2009, 10:06 PM

sagetab pleads the 5th :D

Blitzkrieg

08-08-2009, 10:59 PM

What about the 2nd?

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Ska

09-10-2009, 02:22 AM

Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,26053119-5014239,00.html

FRUSTRATED IT workers have shown that a pigeon can transfer data faster than a major internet service provider (ISP).

Workers at a South African information technology company this week proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's leading ISP.

Africa's largest economy has poor internet speed and connectivity – and high costs - because of a bandwidth shortage.

Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to its leg.

The transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds – including downloading from the pigeon's card.

During that time, only four per cent of the data was transferred using a Telkom line.

SAPA said Unlimited IT performed the stunt after becoming frustrated with slow internet transmission times.

The company has 11 call centres around the country and regularly sends data to its other branches.

Telkom could not immediately be reached for comment.

Internet speed is expected to improve once a new 17,000 km underwater fiber optic cable linking southern and East Africa to other networks becomes operational before South Africa hosts the soccer World Cup next year.

Local service providers are currently negotiating deals for more bandwidth.

ghetto bob

09-17-2009, 05:51 PM

MARTINSBURG - The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar's arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim's computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond rings.

Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary.

According to court records, Deputy P.D. Ware of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department responded on Aug. 28 to the victim's home after she reported the burglary.

She told police that someone had broken into her home through a bedroom window.

There were open cabinets in her garage, and other signs of a burglar.

The victim later noticed that the intruder also used her computer to check his Facebook status, and his account was still open when she checked the computer.

The victim later noticed that she was missing two diamond rings from her dresser in the same room as her computer.

The two rings were worth more than $3,500, reports indicate.

During the investigation, a friend of the victim told her that he knew where Parker was staying, in the same area as the victim's house.

Police then went to the home and spoke with a friend of Parker's.

The man said Parker had stopped by his home occasionally, but he said the man didn't live there.

He also said that the night before the burglary, Parker asked him if he wanted to help break into the victim's home but he refused.

As of Tuesday evening, Parker remained in custody at the Eastern Regional Jail on $10,000 bail.

If convicted he faces one to 10 years in prison.

ghetto bob

10-04-2009, 04:32 PM

A little long, but do yourself a favor and take 5 minutes out of your day to read this:

(CNN) -- On the morning of last year's annual Sunflower Fair in La Porte, Indiana, a family, appearing a little lost, walked up and down a crowded street, looking in vain for the table to sign up their entry. They carried a large sunflower with them.

If no one noticed the exhausted, grieving look in the family's eyes, that was understandable. The Sunflower Fair is a place of happy noise: rides and music and food booths. It is La Porte's fall festival, and people from across northwest Indiana come to spend a Saturday in the midst of the milling, chattering crowds.

The family silently bearing the large sunflower had never been to the fair before.

But this was important.

They finally located the entry table, and asked for a form. They carefully filled it out. Their flower was entered in the seed head category -- the one that judges the largest seed head, which is the circular area in the middle of a sunflower.

They wrote down the name of the person who had grown the sunflower:

Wyatt Wilke.

He was their 7-year-old son. He had died earlier that same day, at a few minutes after midnight.

Now, less than 10 hours later, here they were, with Wyatt's flower.

"He loved growing his sunflowers," said his mother, Cathleen Wilke. "Every year we talked about coming into La Porte for the Sunflower Fair, but we never got around to it. Wyatt really wanted to be part of the contest."

That's what they had planned -- a day at the fair, to enter his sunflower. He was a healthy, constantly laughing boy -- he loved school, where he was in the second grade, he loved horses, he loved his big brother John, with whom he shared a bedroom. The Wilkes lived in the tiny town of Hamlet, about 15 minutes from La Porte; Wyatt would look out the back window, watching for blue jays and cardinals.

"He planted his sunflowers in our garden," Cathleen Wilke said. "He was so careful with them. A few weeks before the fair, there was a heavy windstorm that knocked his biggest sunflower over. He called to me: 'Mom, it's on the ground -- my flower, it's down.' He was afraid it was ruined. But he managed to save it."

The week before the fair, Wyatt wasn't feeling well in class -- he had a sore throat. The school called on a Wednesday. He came home.

"But the next morning, he was up, and he wanted to go to school," his mother said. "He was always so responsible -- he said, 'I didn't get my homework done last night.' I told him that was all right, that the school would understand. But as I made him his toast, he sat there on the couch, doing his homework."

She told him he really shouldn't go to school. He stayed home. That day, he seemed to get sicker and sicker.

"We drove over to the hospital in South Bend that night," his mother said. "He was talking in the car. As sick as he was, he said to us: 'Mom and Dad, when are we going to get to go camping?' There was this big, round, moon in the sky, and he looked out the window of the car and told us to look at it. He said the moon was so beautiful."

At the hospital, they knew he was in very bad shape. Wyatt, it would turn out, had contracted an overwhelming bacterial infection that had entered his bloodstream and that was attacking his organs. He was in the hospital that Thursday night and all day and all evening Friday. His body went into septic shock; it couldn't fight off the infection. Friday turned to Saturday. His life ended just as the new day began.

"He had always told us he wanted to grow up to be a Marine," his mother said. "Then he said he wanted to be a doctor. So we told him he could be a Marine doctor."

And now they were at the hospital, and at age 7, he was gone.

Someone remembered: This was going to be the day of the Sunflower Fair.

How they found the strength to do it is hard to conceive. But that morning, carrying Wyatt's favorite sunflower -- the one he had saved when the wind had knocked it down -- they were at the fair in La Porte.

They waited together as all the categories were judged. No one around them had any idea.

And then, through the loudspeaker system at the fair, the winner of his category was announced:

"First place. . .Wyatt Wilke."

The judging committee looked around, waiting for the winner to come forward and accept his trophy.

His family. . . .

Well, you can imagine.

"I don't even remember which one of us went up to accept it for him," his mother said. "But Wyatt had won. He had won."

That was a year ago. A few months later, the fair's organizer, Phyllis Jones, approached Cathleen Wilke and asked her if she would like to serve on the committee. She said yes.

And this year at the fair, the contest -- all the categories, the whole competition -- had a new name:

The Wyatt Wilke Sunflower Contest.

The seeds from Wyatt's winning flower were given to his classmates at Kingsford Heights Elementary School. The children planted them in the school's new memorial garden, the one that is named for Wyatt.

The sunflowers are blooming now. Soon enough winter will arrive, and the snow will cover Indiana. But the seeds will be planted in the school's garden every year, and forever the flowers will return, bright and vibrant and full of life's very best promise, like the smile of a boy who believes he can do anything.