News of the Weird [Archive] - Page 20

Lemur

05-29-2010, 21:54

Finally some ballsy reporting on hard news:

Are Teenage Boys Hitting Each Other in the Balls Harder Than They Used to? (http://gawker.com/5550845/are-teenage-boys-hitting-each-other-in-the-balls-harder-than-they-used-to)

"Sack tapping" is the new painful craze sweeping the nation's teen boys. That is: punching each other in the balls. One child had his right ball amputated because he was punched so hard in it. Prepare to wince.

"Sack tapping." It is a silly name for a deadly serious practice. ABC News describes it as "chicken of the groin," which, again, does not make it sound serious at all. "Chicken of the groin" might be a good name for a brand of canned pork product, but it is actually "the newest fad in schoolyard violence." [...]

But is sack tapping actually "the newest fad in schoolyard violence?" When I was in high school, sacks were tapped on a regular basis. For weeks halls echoed with the distinctive slap produced by the back of the hand on the front of the groin. Yet we never heard of balls being amputated; there were no Judge Judy episodes about our antics. What changed?

Tellos Athenaios

05-30-2010, 00:42

Evolution: apparently the kids picked up on the bad habits from their parents, and now play version 2.0: the sequel, more dangerous than ever before and much less fun to those who saw the original. Just wait what your grand children (provided your son survives his adolescence sufficiently intact) will do to each other... :sweatdrop:

naut

05-30-2010, 06:43

New trend? Lol. Plenty of "sack whacks" happened here. Mostly just a back-hand slap to cause pain. Also, mountain out of a mole hill.

Hosakawa Tito

05-30-2010, 11:00

Never did the sack whack, must have evolved after the other stupid things we used to do. Like having two lads press a forearm against their opponent's forearm, then placing a lit cigarette there. First one to pull away loses. Or the time honored blood stripe ceremony in the Corps. Boys will be boys.

drone

05-30-2010, 16:39

Boys will be boys.
Maybe not so much after vicious sack taps.

Ice

05-31-2010, 02:02

Smoke 'em if you got 'em. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1281538/Smoking-year-old-Ardi-Rizal-40-cigarettes-day.html) Just when you thought the anti-smoking campaign might be working. The Marlboro Kid will be taking your lunch money to support his two-pack a day smoke breaks...when he's old enough to attend school. Bonus: Never seek health advice from a fishmonger.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/hoppy84/marlboro-kid.jpg

I was just going to post this. This absurd story is pretty hard to beat.

Hosakawa Tito

05-31-2010, 13:29

How many sheep can fit into a Mazda? (http://www.3news.co.nz/Police-find-14-sheep-crammed-into-car/tabid/423/articleID/158400/Default.aspx) :inquisitive: Beastiality porn ring?

Ronin

05-31-2010, 15:30

http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2010/05/teen-werewolves-of-san-antonio-texas.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77sJT8O56E&feature=player_embedded#!
Whats going on in Texas? Or whats wrong with teenagers today?

pfff....those are some pretty gay looking werewolves....

back in my day werewolves were scary! not some gay-ass emo looking loosers!
what the hell is wrong with werewolves today?

Ronin

05-31-2010, 15:32

Scientists answer that age old question...

what happens if you get snails hopped up on crystal meth and poke them with sticks? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/28/snails_on_crystal_meth/)

Gregoshi

05-31-2010, 17:43

How many sheep can fit into a Mazda? (http://www.3news.co.nz/Police-find-14-sheep-crammed-into-car/tabid/423/articleID/158400/Default.aspx) :inquisitive: Beastiality porn ring?
The suspect is now on the lamb. ~D

Hosakawa Tito

06-01-2010, 01:21

Top 10 Tactless Billboards. (http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/10-Controversial-Billboards.html) My favorite::laugh4:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/hoppy84/10-Ring-Finger-billboard-robbins-di.jpg

Hosakawa Tito

06-01-2010, 23:28

Conspiracy capital of the world. (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/pigeon_held_in_india_on_suspicion_cRzvBk5lvJlpJFWS3ltXzJ?sms_ss=email) Doing hard time in the Punjabi Gitmo.

Gregoshi

06-01-2010, 23:59

Conspiracy capital of the world. (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/pigeon_held_in_india_on_suspicion_cRzvBk5lvJlpJFWS3ltXzJ?sms_ss=email) Doing hard time in the Punjabi Gitmo.
Do your worse coppers! He ain't no stool pidgeon. [/Edward G. Robinson impression]

Veho Nex

06-02-2010, 00:58

Conspiracy capital of the world. (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/pigeon_held_in_india_on_suspicion_cRzvBk5lvJlpJFWS3ltXzJ?sms_ss=email) Doing hard time in the Punjabi Gitmo.

I bet they'll have that pigeon singing like a canary in no time.

Gregoshi

06-02-2010, 01:21

I bet they'll have that pigeon singing like a canary in no time.
You win. :laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

06-02-2010, 10:10

Energy problem solved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hXcRtbj1Y&feature=youtube_gdata

Veho Nex

06-02-2010, 20:17

Energy problem solved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hXcRtbj1Y&feature=youtube_gdata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

Lemur

06-03-2010, 05:27

Porn actor gets all ninja on everybody (http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/02/1986874/porn-actor-allegedly-kills-1-hurts.html)

Police searched Wednesday for a porn actor suspected of killing one colleague and injuring two others with a sword that was used as a movie prop at a production studio where the suspect had been living.

Stephen Hill, 34, attacked his colleagues during a small social gathering late Tuesday at Ultima DVD Inc.'s distribution and production center in Van Nuys, Los Angeles police Detective Joel Price said.

Hill had been told a week earlier to leave the studio by Wednesday.

"There was no indication that things were going to get violent, there was nothing that provoked this attack, but at some point Steven chose to arm himself with what can be best described as a sword," Price said. "He then used that sword against those three victims."

Hill attacked one man near the back on the facility and turned on two others when they tried to intervene, police said. A 30-year-old man who tried to help suffered a stab wound to the torso and died at a hospital. The other two victims were expected to survive.

Hill fled in an SUV with the weapon, one of several swords at the site, Price said.

Viking

06-03-2010, 10:00

Ouch.

Woman jailed for testicle attack (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4253849.stm)

A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison.
Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

She pulled off his left testicle and tried to swallow it, before spitting it out. A friend handed it back to Mr Jones saying: "That's yours."

....

In his statement, Mr Jones said she grabbed his genitals and "pulled hard".

He added: "That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain."

Gregoshi

06-03-2010, 14:57

Woman jailed for testicle attack (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4253849.stm)

Should I go for
the obvious
"She has BALL"
:thinking2:

Or more original
with "She was impaired
otherwise she would
have ripped off both"
:thinking2:

Ah ha! :idea:
:thinking2:

If Amanda spit out the testicle, Geoff must not have been good in the sack.

Rhyfelwyr

06-03-2010, 15:16

Ouch.

Woman jailed for testicle attack (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4253849.stm)

I thought about posting that earlier. The strangest thing is... why on earth is an article from 2005 about a man having his testicle ripped off appearing with the other articles on the main page as if it is current news? :dizzy2:

Lemur

06-03-2010, 15:17

And I'm pretty sure it's been reported here before, but that's okay. You can never have too much bare-handed testicle removal for NotW.

Gregoshi

06-03-2010, 15:40

It's old? I thought it was just another new case in the glorious history of bare-handed testicular removal.

drone

06-03-2010, 16:41

And I'm pretty sure it's been reported here before, but that's okay. You can never have too much bare-handed testicle removal for NotW.

I'm fairly certain I posted this earlier. Genital mutilation is what the NotW thread is all about!

Viking

06-03-2010, 17:41

I thought about posting that earlier. The strangest thing is... why on earth is an article from 2005 about a man having his testicle ripped off appearing with the other articles on the main page as if it is current news? :dizzy2:

That happens all the time; either on "most shared" or "read". I didn't check the date on this one, shame on me. Perhaps if the tables get reset at 00:00 old articles can appear on top of the list for a short time, and if they are really weird they'll stay there. Or perhaps botting is involved. The options are endless.

Lemur

06-04-2010, 03:49

How not to light a bonfire. (http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/05/31)

Gregoshi

06-04-2010, 07:02

How not to light a bonfire. (http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/05/31)
Soooo close to a Darwin Award nomination...except for the stupid gascan not blowing up.

Vladimir

06-04-2010, 13:32

I have sad news to report:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2rom55j.jpg

Dead at 17. (http://i50.tinypic.com/2rom55j.jpg)

And in funny drunk driver news!

http://www.portfolioweekly.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=6EECC0FE471F4CA995CE2A3E9A8E4207&tier=4&id=3D0DC67E55D949AAB6C801B186720B5F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsAZAGaiahQ

Lemur

06-04-2010, 16:24

Funeral home steps in to stop the "grim eater" (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6524GJ20100603)

A New Zealand funeral home has stepped in to stop a fake mourner who was attending up to four funerals a week to stock up on food, even filling up tupperware containers to take home, according to media reports.

Harbour City Funeral Home director Danny Langstraat told local newspaper The Dominion Post that the "grim eater" appeared at up to four funerals a week in March and April to enjoy the finger food but clearly did not know the deceased.

The funeral company grew so concerned that it took a photograph of the man, thought to be aged in his 40s, and distributed the picture to its branches.

"Certainly he had a backpack with some tupperware containers so when people weren't looking, he was stocking up," Langstraat told the newspaper.

He said the man was "always very quiet and polite, and did as the rest of the mourners did in paying his respects."

Langstraat said the man stopped coming after one staff member took him aside and told him he could come to funerals but could not take food home with him.

Lemur

06-05-2010, 14:25

Honey, Where Did I Put Our "Abuse Contract"? (http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/06/graydon_smith_accused_of_forci.php)

Graydon Smith's career in contract law is off to an unpromising start.

Police were called to the Haller Lake home of the 31-year-old's parents in April. There, Smith's pregnant 19-year-old girlfriend told them that her boyfriend had threatened to kill her.

She took these threats seriously, she told police, because Smith had beat her up in past. He'd also asked her to sign an "abuse contract:" a letter that stated he was free to pound on her as much as he wanted for perpetuity, so long as he avoided her pregnant belly.

When cops contacted Smith by phone he denied the abuse. But strangely, he admitted to the part about the contract.

Hosakawa Tito

06-05-2010, 23:03

Parrot lust. Either that bird was drunk or I think they discovered why they're so rare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY&feature=player_embedded

Lemur

06-06-2010, 17:43

Update on the porn actor who went katana-crazy: It ended the only way it could, with a gratuitous cliff death. (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-porn-suspect-20100606,0,7477995.story)

A porn actor suspected of fatally stabbing a former co-worker and wounding two others during a violent rampage died Saturday after he jumped off a cliff following a dramatic, daylong standoff with police in which he threatened to kill himself with a samurai sword.

Stephen Clancy Hill, 34, spent about eight hours on the edge of a rocky cliff in West Hills surrounded by police and talking to crisis negotiators.

Cute Wolf

06-06-2010, 22:50

[delete me please]

weirdest news :clown:

Hosakawa Tito

06-07-2010, 00:35

Gregoshi

06-07-2010, 03:16

Wow, a porn movie with a plot.
Only because the actor died and was buried. :inquisitive:

Tellos Athenaios

06-07-2010, 03:33

Real drama, no script.

Hosakawa Tito

06-07-2010, 13:22

DIY Lasik (http://www.lasikathome.com/index.html). I can't see this being a good idea.:sweatdrop:

Banquo's Ghost

06-07-2010, 13:59

DIY Lasik (http://www.lasikathome.com/index.html). I can't see this being a good idea.:sweatdrop:

That's because you don't have vision.

(Apart from the obvious pitfalls, why is the inventor of this gadget still wearing glasses? :inquisitive:)

Vladimir

06-07-2010, 17:54

That's because you don't have vision.

(Apart from the obvious pitfalls, why is the inventor of this gadget still wearing glasses? :inquisitive:)

Good catch.

naut

06-07-2010, 18:23

DIY Lasik (http://www.lasikathome.com/index.html). I can't see this being a good idea.:sweatdrop:
Jesus. The professional failure rate is 10% plus, and can have nasty side-affects if done incorrectly. I'd hate to see the results of DIY Lasik....

(Apart from the obvious pitfalls, why is the inventor of this gadget still wearing glasses? :inquisitive:)
:beam:

Well.... long-story-short, ask any optometrist, or even a Lasik profesional themselves if they'd have it done and they'd say no.

Hosakawa Tito

06-07-2010, 22:41

Wheee. (http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/180830-morning-glory-man-convicted-of-solo-sex-romp-on-trampoline/)
"as bold as brass ...and purposeful".So this is what IA has been doing for fun. "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo":laugh4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8nRL2bPCU

Ser Clegane

06-08-2010, 08:31

Toy Tiger Sparks Alert in Germany (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,699109,00.html)

CountArach

06-09-2010, 10:22

Toy Tiger Sparks Alert in Germany (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,699109,00.html)
That man is a pussy.

Hosakawa Tito

06-09-2010, 10:31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwm0wpH0uyI&feature=player_embedded

So, what kind of beer goes with Indonesian Pretzel Sticks?

Lemur

06-09-2010, 13:48

18-year-old has plastic surgery to "feel young again" (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/year-old-ambah-young-has-cosmetic-surgery-to-feel-young-again/story-e6freuzr-1225877500076)

Single mother Ambah Young, 18, will head to Malaysia in a fortnight to have a tummy tuck, a boob job and a "designer" vagina procedure.

But the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery has raised concerns about the appropriateness of such procedures on someone so young, along with the added risks of having them done overseas.

Ms Young, who has a two-year-old daughter, said she felt old and hoped to reclaim her youth and regain confidence.

The surgeries would cost $13,000. Ms Young has borrowed the money from a friend.

"After the birth of my daughter, my body never went back to the way it was before," Ms Young said.

"I'm having this surgery so that I can feel my age again," she said.

Exercise had not given her the results she wanted and she hoped the surgery would make her feel better about herself, and help her get ahead in life.

Melbourne-based Gorgeous Getaways director Louise Cogan said she was aware of a few 18-year-olds who had travelled to Malaysia for cosmetic procedures, though most clients were aged in their 30s to 60s.

Louis VI the Fat

06-09-2010, 14:07

Toy Tiger Sparks Alert in Germany (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,699109,00.html)Hehe...I'm going to walk my dog near his house...

https://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9823/169792tigerdog.jpg

Gregoshi

06-09-2010, 14:46

So, what kind of beer goes with Indonesian Pretzel Sticks?
What else? Mudweiser. :laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

06-09-2010, 23:16

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/images/guild/buttons/viewpost-right.png (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=2503618#post2503618)
So, what kind of beer goes with Indonesian Pretzel Sticks?

What else? Mudweiser. :laugh4:

Of course, silly me.:laugh4: I keeps setting'em up and Greg keeps knockin'em down.

InsaneApache

06-10-2010, 10:30

I'd go for brown ale meself.

Vladimir

06-10-2010, 12:40

[Sexy French lady] Monsieur, where did you grow up?

[Former French spy] In the loo (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/french-ex-spy-held-by-police-over-tell-all-book/story-e6frf7jx-1225877692068).

A FORMER senior spy accused of revealing French state secrets and the identities of fellow operatives in his recently-released memoir was being questioned by French police today.

Defence Minister Herve Morin filed a complaint against Pierre Siramy, whose real name is Maurice Dufresne, author of "25 years in the secret services" released in April.

Dufresne was detained yesterday after police searched his home in Saint-Lo, northwest France, and he remained in police custody overnight.

A former deputy director at the DGSE agency for external security, he faced allegations that he revealed defence secrets, violated a confidentiality agreement and divulged the names of "protected" defence ministry personnel.

Dufresne caused a stir last month when he claimed that 24-year-old university researcher Clotilde Reiss who was put on trial in Iran for spying had in fact worked as "a contact" for French intelligence.

"She provided reports on the political climate and in the area of arms proliferation. She did it voluntarily," he said last month after Reiss returned home.

The allegations prompted an angry response from the French foreign ministry which branded them "pure fantasy."

Ya, it's a bit of a stretch, but first impressions are important.

Cute Wolf

06-10-2010, 19:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwm0wpH0uyI&feature=player_embedded

So, what kind of beer goes with Indonesian Pretzel Sticks?

What else? Mudweiser. :laugh4:

That actually wasn't ordinary snacks, that was for women so they'll have tighter pussy (don't infract me for this, it was serious thing)

Hosakawa Tito

06-10-2010, 21:30

That actually wasn't ordinary snacks, that was for women so they'll have tighter pussy (don't infract me for this, it was serious thing)

Ahh, the inside scoop. An old home remedy eh? *Ethel, is that you or the mud?*

Speaking of inside scoops....Check out this Boyscout's rectal inventory (http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jun/03/cheeky-inmate-overpacked-for-jail-stay-astonished/). Yep, failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

Louis VI the Fat

06-11-2010, 18:43

[Sexy French lady] Monsieur, where did you grow up?

[Former French spy] In the loo (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/french-ex-spy-held-by-police-over-tell-all-book/story-e6frf7jx-1225877692068).

Ya, it's a bit of a stretch, but first impressions are important.Stretch this French place name... :sweatdrop:

https://img155.imageshack.us/img155/391/condomu.jpg

Hosakawa Tito

06-12-2010, 12:40

Fly the Friendly Skies. (http://gizmodo.com/5560037/the-federal-aviation-administration-is-looking-into-pilotless-commercial-flights) What could possibly go wrong?:sweatdrop:

Gregoshi

06-12-2010, 15:58

Fly the Friendly Skies. (http://gizmodo.com/5560037/the-federal-aviation-administration-is-looking-into-pilotless-commercial-flights) What could possibly go wrong?:sweatdrop:
"The (auto-pilot) system is down" could have a new, terrifying meaning.

Hosakawa Tito

06-13-2010, 11:38

Floriduh. (http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2010/06/hazmat_deployed_over_rancid_ma_1.html)
I'm not even really sure I want to know WHY the previous occupants had five gallons of mayo.:laugh4:

Gregoshi

06-13-2010, 16:53

Floriduh. (http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2010/06/hazmat_deployed_over_rancid_ma_1.html) :laugh4:
Somebody wanted to spread a little chaos.

Lemur

06-15-2010, 14:35

Cure for children's insomnia: Chavez! (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65A4O020100611)

"It seems that there are mothers here who, instead of putting their kids to sleep with cartoons, put them to sleep with Chavez," [President Chavez] said.

"And the child dozes off and dozes off, and Chavez speaks and speaks and speaks. And the child falls asleep," said the loquacious leader, well known for speeches that can last for hours.

Venezuelan TV stations are interrupted regularly for Chavez's speeches, which can range from global politics to the nationalizing of businesses.

Every Sunday, he hosts his "Hello President" program, which starts at 11 a.m. and often lasts most of the day.

Lemur

06-15-2010, 14:57

Chatroulette to utilize advanced penis-recognition software (http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-06/chatroulette-plans-genital-scanning-software-block-perverts)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/chatroulette-at-your-own-risk.jpg

There's something exhilarating about meeting someone new, whether it's in a coffee shop or online. That is, until your new pal pulls a Lyndon Johnson and gets really friendly.

That sort of behavior is pretty common on Chatroulette, where users can "meet" and chat with random people with a click of a mouse. But to cut down on the parade of penises, the service is planning to add image-recognition software that will filter out shots of male genitalia, TechCrunch reports (http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/13/chatroulette-enlists-shawn-fanning-in-the-fight-against-the-masturbators/).

Gregoshi

06-15-2010, 16:28

Banquo's Ghost

06-15-2010, 16:59

Could we use that software here at the Org? It would help the moderators. :inquisitive:

:laugh4:

Lemur

06-15-2010, 18:08

A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer. (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65E39Q20100615)

What more need be said?

Hosakawa Tito

06-16-2010, 00:27

Buffalo man takes his newly transplanted liver for a test drive. (http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/06/04/1071645/new-liver-put-to-test-by-driver.html)

According to the American Council for Drug Education, a blood-alcohol reading of 0.35 percent for most people would be the same as being under anesthesia for surgery.

This jamoke had a .56 reading. Ruined his own liver and is now in the process of pickling this transplant. They should take it out and give it to someone who appreciates a second chance.

Hosakawa Tito

06-16-2010, 00:34

Armed and Ridiculous. (http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=80703)You'd think looking like that would be punishment enough.:laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

06-16-2010, 00:44

This one's for Lemur. Worst Jam Session Ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDEaWDYQdY&feature=player_embedded

Lemur

06-16-2010, 01:06

This one's for Lemur. Worst Jam Session Ever.
Wow, it's like Charlie Parker meets Spinal Tap. Kinda hypnotic, really. Although it doesn't hold a candle to Jan Terry's "Losing You."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE2l6CPna4M

Marshal Murat

06-16-2010, 01:30

One man - 6 votes (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_el_st_lo/us_voting_rights_election)

This is so weird, I'm kinda thinking that this is some wierd onion article, but at the same time it doesn't seem to be...

Hosakawa Tito

06-16-2010, 10:20

Wow, it's like Charlie Parker meets Spinal Tap. Kinda hypnotic, really. Although it doesn't hold a candle to Jan Terry's "Losing You."

Urk...you win. I really tried, but I can't watch the whole video.:laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

06-16-2010, 10:42

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding. (http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/saudi-clerics-advocate-adult-breast-feeding/19504280) :inquisitive::book::inquisitive::idea2:

Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

Now that's what I call earnest and creative in inventing technicalities for enjoying modern life while pretending to adhere to ancient restrictions. Let's see, straight from the teat or bottled?

naut

06-16-2010, 13:24

Osama Beware! (http://www.smh.com.au/world/armed-with-a-pistol-dagger-sword-and-nightvision-equipment-american-goes-hunting-for-osama-bin-laden-20100616-ydwf.html?autostart=1)

Lemur

06-16-2010, 13:53

Symbol of Thor vs. statue of Jesus: Thor wins (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/16/statue_flame/)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/thor.jpg

The faithful of Ohio were left contemplating a message from above this week after a bolt of lightning hit a 60 foot high statue of Jesus, reducing it to a smouldering steel skeleton.

The King of Kings statue at the Solid Rock Church had previously stood 64 foot high, and 40 foot wide, making it something of a landmark for the town of Monroe.

The statue was not solid rock itself, however, but rather a mix of plastic foam and fibreglass over the steel frame. Thus the bolt from above quickly had it up in smoke. The damage has been estimated at $700,000, presumably giving some generous benefactor the opportunity to push a metaphorical camel through the eye of a needle.

The flameout has inevitably prompted wailing and gnashing of teeth as locals ponder why a bolt of electricity would choose to light on a six-storey high structure with a steel skeleton standing in a predominantly flat area.

“I think it’s a sign of the end of the world,” Paul Wright, told the Dayton Daily News “If lightning is going to strike God, then there’s no hope.”

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/tdJesusFire_97ba9.jpg

Lemur

06-17-2010, 04:08

Legless man fined for attacking cop with his willy (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/17/legless_lithuanian/)

A legless Lithuanian who "assaulted a female police officer with his penis" has been fined £600 for his trouble, the BBC reports.

Marium Varinauskas, 28, got so *********** that his girlfriend called cops to their Aberdeen flat. They arrived at 1am on 15 November "to find the self-employed engineer sitting on the sofa wearing a pair of underpants".

Officers apparently sat down on a neighbouring couch, at which point Varinauskas decided to whip out his lethal weapon.

Fiscal depute Elaine Lynch explained to Aberdeen Sheriff Court: "The accused got to his feet and was standing over the police officer exposing his penis and thrusting it in her face, forcing her to take evasive action to avoid getting struck."

Sasaki Kojiro

06-17-2010, 04:33

Hosakawa Tito

06-17-2010, 10:19

Gregoshi

06-17-2010, 14:56

Amen to that. Thor is such a jealous God.
Don't be a Thor loser. Jesus rose from the grave. I'm sure his statue will too.

Vladimir

06-17-2010, 16:30

Don't be a Thor loser. Jesus rose from the grave. I'm sure his statue will too.

Took me a second.

Lemur

06-18-2010, 01:36

Teenager Passes Out Marrying Sexy Cow (http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/national/teenager-passes-out-marrying-cow-he-had-sex-with/380095)

A Balinese teenager caught in the act of intercourse with a cow passed out on Friday when he was forced to marry the animal in a ceremony witnessed by hundreds of curious onlookers.

As the Jakarta Globe reported earlier in the day, Ngurah Alit, 18, an unemployed youth from the seaside village of Yeh Embang in Jembrana, was caught stark naked positioned behind the cow in a rice paddy field.

In his defence, Alit admitted to the act of bestiality but claimed the cow, which he believed was a young and beautiful woman, had wooed him with flattering compliments.

Gregoshi

06-18-2010, 02:31

In his defence, Alit admitted to the act of bestiality but claimed the cow, which he believed was a young and beautiful woman, had wooed him with flattering compliments.
Poor Alit doesn't understand females. The cow only wanted to cuddle. :inquisitive:

drone

06-18-2010, 06:54

Moo means moo!

Hosakawa Tito

06-18-2010, 10:28

Udderly preposterous, the hussy was asking for it.

Cute Wolf

06-20-2010, 13:52

arrgghhh... my country is full of weird things for the westerners... :clown:

Lemur

06-20-2010, 14:38

Maybe the worst case of blue balls ever (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlXuEV4VxJsdqq-a6R7O37n_DqWgD9GEG1481)

ROME — Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened, authorities said Saturday.

Agriculture Minister Giancarlo Galan ordered ministry laboratories to investigate what he called a "disturbing" development. [...]

The mysterious blue mozzarella was the latest embarrassment for a food that is a point of pride for Italians and a staple in pizzas, panini and even the signature "caprese" salad in the red-white-and-green colors of the national flag — ripe tomatoes, creamy rich cheese and fragrant basil leaves.

Most prized of all the mozzarella is the kind made from buffalo milk. But earlier this year, Italian agriculture authorities said some of the buffalo mozzarella, which comes from an area south of Rome, had fallen below standard after traces of cow's milk were found in it.

Two years earlier, tests at hundreds of Italian mozzarella production plants found high levels of dioxin in some samples of buffalo milk. That scare led some countries to suspend imports.

Hosakawa Tito

06-22-2010, 00:14

Whale Poop Cleans the Environment (http://news.discovery.com/animals/whale-waste-greenhouse-gases.html). Wow, so if we all dumped in the ocean...I'd never ever swim there again.

Hosakawa Tito

06-22-2010, 00:24

Paint it and they will come (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10333304.stm). It sorta makes sense, and just may be crazy enough to work.

Lemur

06-22-2010, 01:25

'Cannibal' trial opens in France (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10371868.stm)

A French convict has gone on trial for murdering and eating part of the body of his cell-mate.

Nicolas Cocaign admitted to a court in Rouen that he killed his victim before cutting him open and removing part of his lung, which he then ate. [...]

Prosecutors say Cocaign beat Baudry before stabbing him with a pair of scissors and then suffocating him with a plastic bag.

He then allegedly cut him open, removing a rib and pulling out part of his lung, mistaking it for Baudry's heart.

Before the trial, he had told investigators that he wanted to eat his victim's heart in order to take his soul.

Hosakawa Tito

06-23-2010, 01:06

Chuwin the fat with Frank Chu. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu) Professional Gadfly and Conspiracy Einstein extraordinare.

One news report from 1985 quoted a police lieutenant as saying that Chu had a history of mental problems and had been prescribed medication.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu#cite_note-Police-0)
A reporter in 2004 noted:
“For at least a decade this guy has been doing this thing that he does, this thing that no one really understands. Now he has a club named after him, and, as 12 Galaxies' [Adam] Bergerson points out, he can drink and eat for free in a number of places around town. From the looks of it, he's also got plenty of genuine friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvWl_K_LpcI&feature=player_embedded

Lemur

06-23-2010, 18:52

Goat bagpipes. Enough said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImtjPPBSr8I

Gregoshi

06-23-2010, 20:19

Goat bagpipes. Enough said.
That will scare the kids.

Hosakawa Tito

06-23-2010, 23:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ2mJPSccvo&feature=player_embedded

Are there any UK adults of a certain generation who remain undamaged by The Wombles???

Ronin

06-24-2010, 00:45

That will scare the kids.

I wonder if he does birthday parties? :P

Gregoshi

06-24-2010, 01:16

I wonder if he does birthday parties? :P
Probably tea parties. :inquisitive:

Louis VI the Fat

06-24-2010, 01:24

That goat bagpipe is disgusting. :barf:

Me, I'm hiring Jan Terry for my birthday. My new cult heroine.

naut

06-24-2010, 06:46

Are there any UK adults of a certain generation who remain undamaged by The Wombles???
Nope.

CCTV appeal over 'animal semen' attacks (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/manchester/10392518.stm)

Police have released CCTV footage of a man wanted after a substance thought to be animal semen was thrown on schoolgirls in Greater Manchester.

Detectives have said four teenagers were targeted between November 2009 and January 2010 in Unsworth, Whitefield, Bury town centre and Prestwich.

Each time a girl was approached by a man and later discovered a sticky white substance on her skirt or tights.

Hosakawa Tito

06-24-2010, 10:54

Nope.

CCTV appeal over 'animal semen' attacks (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/manchester/10392518.stm)

Probably leftover goat semen from the bagpipe manufactory.

Lemur

06-24-2010, 19:28

The Nudists of Antarctica (http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/06/24/154351_fun-weird-news.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/nude1.jpg

A BIZARRE nudist subculture has taken shape on the inhospitable, snowswept plains of Antarctica.

Visitors of all nationalities defy an average temperature of -50C and take part in variations of the traditional nudie run, independent scholar and author Chris Cormick revealed yesterday.

Dr Cormick spoke about the trend to the Antarctic Visions: Cultural Perspectives on the Southern Continent conference put on by the University of Tasmania this week.

He said Australians based at all three stations, Davis, Casey and Mawson, take part in the traditional "Bliz Run", which obliges the loser of any bet or dare to strip off and run a lap of the accommodation block.

"It's only about 100m, but even 10m would seem like a long run in the conditions," Dr Cormick said.

New Zealanders at their summer station go skinny dipping in Lake Vanda, with a plunge in the chilly water earning membership of the Royal Lake Vanda Swim Club.

The group is rumoured to include former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, who gained membership before she was elected.

Americans at the Amundsen-Scott base can regularly be seen emerging from the sauna to run a naked lap of the South Pole.

The deed earns membership of the 300 Club, but only if it's done when temperatures have plunged to below -100F.

"The idea is to run from the 200F sauna, outside, so they go through 300 degrees (F) in seconds," Dr Cormick said.

He said he felt compelled to speak because although the practice was widely participated in, it was not officially recorded.

"Historians, authors and researchers depend on official records, but just because it isn't in the official records doesn't mean it's not happening," Dr Cormick said.

He visited Antarctica on an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship in 2008, but declined to reveal whether he participated in a Bliz Run himself.

"There is also a strong culture of what happens on the ice stays on the ice," he said.

Conqueror

06-24-2010, 21:38

I guess the polar ice cap isn't the only thing diminishing over there...

Hosakawa Tito

06-24-2010, 23:50

I double dog dare him to make a snow angel.

Who says there are no rewards for doing good deeds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCTqLiQbK6Q&feature=player_embedded

Lemur

06-25-2010, 04:19

North Korea demands $65 trillion from U.S.A. for hostility and "atrocities" (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2936414.htm)

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::lau gh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: :laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::lau gh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

06-25-2010, 10:54

Lemur

06-25-2010, 13:54

14 cats maybe, but 15 cats loose in your car? [Will Smith voice:] Aw, hell no! (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/7078361.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/driving_cat.jpg

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer acted correctly when he seized 15 cats from a woman who was driving with the animals running free inside her car.

In a 3-2 decision Thursday, the justices ruled that the felines were a distraction and interfered with driver Patricia Edwards' ability to see where she was going.

Lemur

06-25-2010, 14:03

Men shoot each other "to see if it hurts" (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/06/23/Police-Men-shot-each-other-to-test-pain/UPI-38991277319164/)

HORSHAM, Australia, June 23 -- Police in Australia said two men dubbed "dumb and dumber" by investigators shot each other with an air rifle to see whether it would hurt. [...]

Police said the two men shot each other at about 5:30 p.m. and apparently believed they had escaped injury until two days later when they were hospitalized with pain and had pellets surgically removed from their legs and buttocks.

Investigators said they revoked a firearms license held by one of the men and took away his guns.

Lemur

06-25-2010, 14:06

Couple attempts to sell baby at Walmart (and at a really great price!) (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_for_sale)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/captf23737ffcf1d429eb3bab14ed111799.jpg

SALINAS, Calif. – A California couple faces child endangerment charges after police say they tried to sell their 6-month-old baby for $25 outside a Walmart store.

Salinas police spokesman, Officer Lalo Villegas, said Thursday that Patrick Fousek, 38, and Samantha Tomasini, 20, were arrested early Wednesday, hours after Fousek allegedly approached two women outside Walmart and asked if they'd like to purchase his child.

The women initially thought Fousek was joking, but when he became persistent, they became suspicious and reported it to police, Villegas said.

Lemur

06-25-2010, 14:32

Gay cat ad too sexy for prudish, sex-fearing French (http://en.yagg.com/2010/06/24/orangina-gay-a/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKK37G-ZWvk

Vladimir

06-25-2010, 15:09

What the :daisy:!? What the :daisy:?!

I actually like that drink. :shame:

Cute Wolf

06-25-2010, 22:01

Gay cat ad too sexy for prudish, sex-fearing French (http://en.yagg.com/2010/06/24/orangina-gay-a/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKK37G-ZWvk

the furries yiffed on that video

Hosakawa Tito

06-26-2010, 00:15

gaelic cowboy

06-26-2010, 00:36

Not sure where to post this, it's not weird but gives some perspective on how deep the Deepwater Horizon Well is. You might have to click on the image to enlarge it because it's fairly large. Our Amazing Planet Top to Bottom (http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/images/stories/oap-landsea-oceans-100608-moderate.jpg).

WOW

Maybe we should start a thread for non-weird but otherwise interesting stuff from around the world.

Louis VI the Fat

06-26-2010, 03:08

Not sure where to post this, it's not weird but gives some perspective on how deep the Deepwater Horizon Well is. You might have to click on the image to enlarge it because it's fairly large. Our Amazing Planet Top to Bottom (http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/images/stories/oap-landsea-oceans-100608-moderate.jpg).Not sure where to put it? Did you notice it features octosquids? And that it features the breath hold dive record? (Incidentally rubbishing Psychonaut's claim that the awesome Frenchie's video must be fake)

It's the most NotWest post ever!

Hosakawa Tito

06-26-2010, 10:44

Not sure where to put it? Did you notice it features octosquids? And that it features the breath hold dive record? (Incidentally rubbishing Psychonaut's claim that the awesome Frenchie's video must be fake)

It's the most NotWest post ever!

Those perfidious and inscrutable octosquids fooled me, again.

Banquo's Ghost

06-26-2010, 13:29

Talking of our overlords, one of their heralds has communicated the decree that England are out of the World Cup (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10420131.stm).

A "psychic" octopus is said by its aquarium owners to have predicted the country's football team will knock England out of the World Cup.

gaelic cowboy

06-26-2010, 13:41

Lemur

06-26-2010, 14:27

I can think of no way to improve on this:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/SNICKERS-SUMO.jpg

gaelic cowboy

06-26-2010, 20:20

^
Here is the story from Evening Herald in Dublin it happened in the George in Dublin

Clickable Woman in sumo wrestler suit assaulted her ex-girlfriend in gay pub (http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/woman-in-sumo-wrestler-suit-assaulted-her-exgirlfriend-in-gay-pub-2231315.html)

gaelic cowboy

06-27-2010, 13:30

All hail Robo-Moggy clickable (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100625/tod-paws-for-thought-oscar-the-bionic-ca-6058bda.html)

Paws for thought: Oscar the bionic cat

A cat whose back legs were chopped off in a farming accident has been given a new bionic pair, in a ground-breaking feline first in Britain.

Two-and-a-half year old Oscar lost at least one of his nine lives when he was run over by a combine harvester last October -- but eight months later he has regained a spring in his step.

The prosthetic paws were fitted by neuro-orthopaedic surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick, in a three-hour operation involving grafting the replacement legs onto the stumps of Oscar's remaining bones.

"The real revolution with Oscar is because we have put a piece of metal and flange into which skin grows into an extremely tight bone," said Fitzpatrick, who carried out the surgery last November.

"Oscar can now run and jump about as cats should do."

His owner Kate Nolan said: "We had to do a lot of soul-searching and our main concern has always been whether this operation would be in Oscar's best interests and would give him a better quality of life."

Lemur

06-27-2010, 16:41

Man pipe bombs himself to convince fraud victims to give him money, fails, winds up dressed like a priest wielding a "cane gun" (http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/06/kevin_williams_accused_of_blow.php)

According to court documents, [Kevin] Williams contacted some Atlantans who'd been bilked out of their money in an investment scam. How Williams ended up inserting himself in the situation is unclear.

What is clear, though, is that he allegedly saw an opportunity to further victimize the poor saps who'd already lost their cash.

Williams claimed to have information that could help them and the FBI build a case against the scammers who'd made off with their money. In return he asked for $250,000.

Williams' initial offer must not have been met with a resounding "yes." Because according to the government, he felt the need to prove to the victims that he was a man with information so explosive that others would want him dead. Hence the pipe bomb in the mailbox.

But then, things got even weirder.

When the bomb ruse failed to convince the fraud victims that Williams was legit -- dupes or not, you gotta give them credit for seeing this guy for the nut that he is -- he turned vigilante on them. Allegedly threatening to come to Atlanta, where he would "dress like a priest, carry a cane-gun that would shoot shotgun shells and kill someone."

What's weirder: this is what he actually did.

Prosecutors say Williams was captured in Atlanta in a "van loaded with firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, a fuse, blasting caps, rocket motors, surveillance equipment and a cane gun."

Yep, when Kevin Williams tells you he's bringing the cane gun, best believe Kevin Williams BRINGS THAT CANE GUN.

Tellos Athenaios

06-28-2010, 00:48

Best thing yet? Read the comment:

Dear writer,
I must say that I am amazed at how many people are willing to allow their minds to be closed and their opinions to be drawn so easily with no more effort than it takes to accept someone elses closed minded opinion. I will not put forth any attempt to try and change your mind as we are all entitled to our own opinion regardless of how right or wrong that opinion may be. However I was wondering if, in September of this year whether the charges are dropped by the government or by aquittal, would you be willing to write an article about the truth and about what really happened? I would hope that you would however I also hope that you will find a way to address things with a little more of an opened mind especially when the issues pertain to information that you yourself failed to obtain as well as verify. We must remmeber that when an opinion is offered, it may be that very opinion that allows others to believe that maybe you shouldn't be giving opinion. The trial is scheduled for this September and I will win this case. That is a fact not an opinion.

Take Care and Thank You For Your Time

Kevin Wayne Williams

Either someone had a little too much time on his hands, or this just tops it all...

Tellos Athenaios

06-29-2010, 05:41

Some pretty weird editing by the Observer (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/28/obs_icann/).

CountArach

06-29-2010, 07:05

I can think of no way to improve on this:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/SNICKERS-SUMO.jpg
I've looked at that headline at least 20 times over the last couple of days and I still laugh every time.

EDIT: Here (http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/i-just-want-to-move-on-says-lesbian-in-sumo-wrestler-suit-assault-on-ex-2233000.html) is a follow-up article by the same paper:

Ms Talbot is now concentrating on fulfilling her dream of becoming a tatoo artist.
[...]
Talbot was escorted out and had to be asked to partially deflate her costume so she could get out the door.

InsaneApache

06-29-2010, 10:03

Ms Talbot is now concentrating on fulfilling her dream of becoming a tatoo artist.
[...]
Talbot was escorted out and had to be asked to partially deflate her costume so she could get out the door.

Sounds like she was in serious need of a little prick. :laugh4:

Gregoshi

06-29-2010, 15:22

Sounds like she was in serious need of a little prick. :laugh4:
Must...bite...tongue...:lipsrsealed2:

Lemur

06-29-2010, 15:24

Must...bite...tongue...:lipsrsealed2:
Neither a little prick nor a bitten tongue will get you far with that sort of lady.

Gregoshi

06-29-2010, 15:30

Neither a little prick nor a bitten tongue will get you far with that sort of lady.
<snicker, snicker> :thumbsup:

drone

06-29-2010, 16:58

The most sensible man in the world: Trapped drunk driver opens another beer as awaits rescue (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE65M57Z20100623)

Police found Sneddon, a former baker, trapped in his overturned Ford Laser on June 1, drinking a can of beer after he failed to take a corner properly and crashed through a wooden barrier, flipping his vehicle.

Defense lawyer Peter Young said that when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, "he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer."

Tellos Athenaios

06-30-2010, 01:39

Not weird, still fascinating: programmable matter from MIT:
https://www.youtube.com/v/Pg8VAVWkz3k&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&fs=1

Lemur

06-30-2010, 02:59

There is now no conceivable reason to visit the International Space Station (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7858388/International-Space-Station-sex-ban.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/gayAndJoan.jpg

Commanders do not allow sexual intercourse on the International Space Station, it has been disclosed.

"We are a group of professionals," said Alan Poindexter, a NASA commander, during a visit to Tokyo, when asked about the consequences if astronauts boldly went where no others have been.

"We treat each other with respect and we have a great working relationship. Personal relationships are not ... an issue," said a serious-faced Mr Poindexter. "We don't have them and we won't."

Hosakawa Tito

06-30-2010, 04:39

Yeah sure, no strip poker or booze either. Just work work work work work...:saint:

Lemur

06-30-2010, 04:41

Seriously, what a way to discourage kids from wanting to become astronauts. PR disaster!

gaelic cowboy

06-30-2010, 15:39

I wonder could they use the Bill Clinton definition of sex eh

Lemur

06-30-2010, 19:02

Transvestite prostitute gets life in prison for stealing bras (http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/06/29/transvestite-gets-life-in-prison-for-stealing-bras/)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/rockyhorrorpictureshow.jpg

If you live in Southaven, Miss., and your plans for the day include stealing a trashbag of bras from a discount chain store, you may want to reconsider. A transvestite male prostitute was just sentenced to life in prison after being caught stealing a sack full of braziers. [...]

[L]ife in prison is a pretty tough sentence for pilfering a few C cups. Give the man a break. He's a transvestite prostitute IN MISSISSIPPI in the midst of an economic downturn. We all know that sometimes when folks can't get their underwear legally, they turn to crime. It just happens.

Wilson was charged with felony larceny for stealing a variety of clothing in the Southaven store, including bras, which prosecutors say were for his job back in Memphis. At least the brother is working.

"We are here to protect our citizens, and we will protect our citizens and we're not going to tolerate habitual offenders," said Desoto County District Attorney Smithe Murphey.

Although this was Darnell's first arrest in Desoto County, prosecutors used his numerous arrests in Tennessee and a Mississippi law to put him behind bars for life.

Wilson has 18 arrests in Shelby County, Tenn., including aggravated robbery, kidnapping and sexual battery.

Murphey used the Mississippi habitual offender law to put Wilson behind bars for three consecutive life sentences.

Vladimir

06-30-2010, 21:28

Sounds like they did this guy a favor. He'll be the most popular guy in his block!

A Nerd

07-01-2010, 04:11

In response to the sex in space thing. I would think that some astronauts no matter how serious in their work would want to be the first to have sex in space, or at least try it after someone else already had. Akin to the thrill of joining the 'mile high club' for example. I always suspected the female astronaut who drove cross country in a diaper to attack the girlfriend of her object of desire had done such things with him in space. But this is only based on my delusional conclusions...or desires!

Beskar

07-01-2010, 08:15

Lord Mayor of Leicester apologises for trouser drop

https://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8618/48216353colinhall.jpg

Leicester's lord mayor has apologised after his trousers fell down during an educational event for schoolchildren.

Councillor Colin Hall was at Southfields library in the city to take part in a Global Education function.

When he stood to give a vote of thanks at Tuesday's event his trousers came loose and fell.

A spokesman for Mr Hall said: "The lord mayor has offered his deepest apologies to those attending the event for any offence caused by the accident."

Mr Hall was a guest at a Summer Showcase organised by Global Education Leicester, a network which works with teachers to promote greater understanding of global perspectives, the city council spokesman said.

Pupils from three local schools were present.

The spokesman added: "The Lord Mayor of Leicester, Councillor Colin Hall, attended a function at a local library yesterday where he suffered an unfortunate problem with his trousers.

"He was not wearing a belt and the trousers came loose and fell."

Mr Hall has enlisted the help of fitness guru Rosemary Conley in a bid to lose weight.

He wants to lose up to three stone by next May and is walking to many civic engagements, the council confirmed.

Lemur

07-01-2010, 15:17

Plane Grounded by Maggot Infestation (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1079021/maggot-infestation-grounds-us-plane)

Maggots falling from an overhead luggage bin has stopped a US plane from taking off.

Passengers were horrified to see the larvae dropping onto an unsuspecting passenger as others began to panic and cause a commotion, US media report.

US Airways blamed spoiled meat in a suitcase on board the Atlanta-to-New York flight on Monday. [...]

"The maggots, they started to drip out of the bin in row 15," passenger Dona Adamo told TV network Fox 5.

Gregoshi

07-01-2010, 16:06

Plane Grounded by Maggot Infestation (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1079021/maggot-infestation-grounds-us-plane)
The plane was apparently not ready to fly...yet.

Vladimir

07-01-2010, 16:10

Flight from Atlanta to New York meats disaster!

Gregoshi

07-01-2010, 16:29

Flight from Atlanta to New York meats disaster!
:laugh4: Vlad! You should have put that in spoilers.

Hosakawa Tito

07-01-2010, 22:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCnodD0gUhU&featu

CountArach

07-02-2010, 04:12

Police arrest Crocodile, suspect circus (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/01/Croc_shock_for_German_cops_479688.html)

German police were called to make an unusual arrest on Thursday, seizing a crocodile peacefully going about its business on the streets of the small town of Gross-Rohrheim.
Police received a call at around 2am (1000 AEST) from a worried resident swearing there was a crocodile in the street.

Initially suspicious of a hoax, police who went to investigate were stunned to find that the reports were accurate.

'It is true that the officers were not especially well trained to catch crocodiles, but they were gutsy,' police said in a statement.

'With a great deal of finesse -- according to the officers' report -- they managed to outsmart the reptile, temporarily bind up its jaws and take it into police custody,' added the statement.

Suspicion quickly fell on a small circus that was visiting the town at the time.

Hosakawa Tito

07-02-2010, 13:38

Have Sharpie, Will Draw (http://www.kentucky.com/2008/09/23/532854/man-decorates-basement-with-10.html). Impressionist art on the cheap. This guy's got talent.

Gregoshi

07-02-2010, 16:15

Have Sharpie, Will Draw (http://www.kentucky.com/2008/09/23/532854/man-decorates-basement-with-10.html). Impressionist art on the cheap. This guy's got talent.

That is so cool. I like the logs in the "fireplace". :2thumbsup:

naut

07-02-2010, 19:31

Have Sharpie, Will Draw (http://www.kentucky.com/2008/09/23/532854/man-decorates-basement-with-10.html). Impressionist art on the cheap. This guy's got talent.
Reminds me of this car. Done entirely by hand with permanent marker, then painted over with clear paint:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/dermiglia/DSC_1773.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/dermiglia/DSC_1792.jpg

Hosakawa Tito

07-02-2010, 23:53

@ Greg - I like the R2D2 flip-top waste can by the stairs.

@ Psychnaut - Nice paint job!

CountArach

07-03-2010, 12:45

God must love zee Germans, for in this land there is balance in all things:

[...]

It isn't just catholic priests, it is zee radical lefties playing with kids too!

wow, just wow!
Please keep politics out of this thread :bow:

Meanwhile I always knew that animal rights activists were siding with the Octosquids (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/03/Call_to_free_Germanys_octopus_oracle_480297.html)

An octopus in Germany which has shot to fame by correctly predicting the outcome of the country's World Cup matches should be set free, an animal rights group says.

'Paul has forecast that Germany will beat Argentina. In order that Paul too can celebrate on Saturday, and not just football fans, PETA Germany ... is now asking for him to be set free,' PETA said in a statement on Friday.

The organisation called for the seawater soccer soothsayer, currently in Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany, to be released into a national park in waters off the south of France where fishing is banned.

'Paul is stuck in a small aquarium ... We think that Paul would be fine in the sea,' marine biologist Tanja Breining from PETA said.

'Octopuses are among the most intelligent of invertebrates. They are capable of complex thought processes, have short and long-term memories, use tools, learn through observation, have different personalities and are particularly sensitive to pain,' the organisation said.

Gregoshi

07-03-2010, 15:55

'Octopuses are among the most intelligent of invertebrates. They are capable of complex thought processes, have short and long-term memories, use tools, learn through observation, have different personalities and are particularly sensitive to pain'...[/indent]
Unlike PETA...

InsaneApache

07-03-2010, 16:25

I think the 'sensitive to pain' thingy is a ruse. Any fule noes that our octosqiud overlords are invincible. :help:

Hosakawa Tito

07-03-2010, 16:52

Allow me to make a point (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100702/ap_on_fe_st/as_vietnam_acupunturist). How many of you read this and checked to see if you have a tiny red spot behind your ear?

CountArach

07-04-2010, 11:59

News from the Sports of the Weird world!

Finland comes in first (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/04/Finland_first_in_wife-carrying_contest_480522.html) in wife-carrying contest. I really thought the Estonians could reclaim the crown this year, it is a pity.

Finland for the second year in a row has taken first place at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in the central Finnish town of Sonkajaervi.

Taisto Miettinen, who was defending his champion title, raced through a 250-metre course with two hurdles and a pool in just over one minute four seconds, carrying Kristiina Haapanen on his back.

The winners beat Estonia's Alar Voogla and Kristi Viltrop, who also took silver last year, by 0.4 seconds.

The 45-year-old Miettinen, a commercial lawyer by day, attended the competition for 10 years before grabbing gold - and putting an end to Estonia's 11-year reign - last year.
[...]
He added the best way for a racer to carry the 'wife' - in his case, a friend he has been racing with for four years - was 'Estonian style'.

'That means (for the racer) to dangle her upside down over his back.'
[...]
This year, 51 teams from 13 countries including Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates competed in front of a crowd of 4000.

But that is as nothing compared to even larger sports news to come out of America today. Husband and wife pair defend their title in cherry pit spitting contest! (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/04/Husband_wife_win_at_pit_spitting_480552.html)

A husband and wife have taken top honours for the second straight year at the annual cherry pit spitting competition in the United States.

Rick 'Pellet Gun' Krause spit a pit 15.6 metres on Saturday for his 16th win at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.

Organisers say Krause entered on a motorcycle, dropped to his knees in the spitter's box and ejected the winning pit.

His wife, Marlene, took first place in the women's contest, spitting a pit 10.6 metres. It was her seventh win.

Lemur

07-04-2010, 14:09

Killjoys shut down 'sinking Titanic' waterslide (http://www.odditycentral.com/news/inflatable-titanic-slide-is-so-fun-its-been-banned.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/Titanic-theme-park.jpg

In the Swiss town of Ibach, the inflatable Titanic slide was pretty popular with the visitors at the local fair, but it ended up being banned, following complaints from Switzerland’s Titanic Club. Spokesman Gunter Babler said “Is it ethical to let kids slide down the decks of a blow up Titanic? Hundreds of people died sliding down those decks.” And a visitor thought “It’s pretty sick. It’s like having a bouncy graveyard. No-one could forget that scene from the Titanic movie with all the people sliding down the decks to their deaths. It’s very insensitive.”

Still, the fair organizer believes “The tragic Titanic accident happened years ago and those emotions have been dealt with long ago. Now people are having fun on the slide and enjoying themselves.”

Gregoshi

07-04-2010, 16:56

...“Is it ethical to let kids slide down the decks of a blow up Titanic?”
Blown up? I thought it hit an iceberg.

Fragony

07-05-2010, 08:35

Some people will do anything to get their name in the paper

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/11804562_fZIjg.jpg

Beskar

07-05-2010, 08:47

Some people will do anything to get their name in the paper
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/11804562_fZIjg.jpg

Wasn't this posted earlier? I remember hearing about it from this forum.

CountArach

07-05-2010, 08:47

Some people will do anything to get their name in the paper

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/11804562_fZIjg.jpg
A case of Lemur's disease (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?80840-News-of-the-Weird&p=2513801&viewfull=1#post2513801)

Lemur

07-05-2010, 15:45

Epidemic of broken penises prompts crackdown on 'daggerin' (http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090320/news/news1.html)

Representatives of some hospitals yesterday revealed to THE STAR that more men have been breaking their penises in recent months than any other time in Jamaica.

Checks with urologists in some of the country's major hospitals have revealed that the "noticeable increase" in the number of cases where men fracture their members is largely attributed to the men's obsession with daggerin' aka rough sex. [...]

Another surgeon from that facility said that majority of the cases that come to the hospital are a result of extremely vigorous sex or, in most recent popular terms, 'daggeration'.

"It's possibly daggerin' people tend to have a predisposition to rough sex, " the surgeon said. "(So) during very rigorous intercourse, the penis slips out and in an attempt to ram it back in, the man hits the woman's pubic bone and pops the penis."

Fragony

07-05-2010, 15:52

How can you possible get a fracture where there aren't any bones, pretty hardcore

Lemur

07-05-2010, 15:55

I'm guessing "fracture" is the wrong word. I'm guessing permanent damage to blood vessels, veins, cartilage, etc.

Tellos Athenaios

07-05-2010, 16:03

Fracture is the right word in the sense that certainly something *is* broken: hitting a woman's pubic bone may crush the blood vessels. But isn't this quite old Jamaican news?

Rhyfelwyr

07-05-2010, 18:24

Justin Bieber set for North Korea (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10506482.stm)

"A public vote on the Canadian singer's My World Tour page asked users which country he should tour next, with no restrictions on the nations that could be voted on.

This spurred users of imageboard website 4Chan to nominate North Korea, with the vote now turning viral.

There are now almost half a million votes to send Bieber to the secretive communist nation."

Tellos Athenaios

07-05-2010, 18:50

In related news: Youtube used to have an XSS vulnerability which allowed attackers to inject bogus comment entries which execute their own scripts. This, of course, provided even more avenues for Justin Bieber related 4chan fun.

Gregoshi

07-05-2010, 19:40

Justin Bieber set for North Korea (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10506482.stm)
Isn't that essentially a declaration of war on North Korea?

Lemur

07-06-2010, 13:25

Iran government issues style guide for men's hair (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7873621/Iran-government-issues-style-guide-for-mens-hair.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/hair_1673210c.jpg

In an attempt to rid the country of "decadent Western cuts", Iran's culture ministry has produced a catalogue of haircuts that meet government approval.

The list of banned styles includes ponytails, mullets and elaborate spikes. However,quiffs appear to be acceptable, as are fashioning one's hair in the style of Simon Cowell or cultivating a 1980s-style floppy fringe.

Most of the models are clean-shaven although one picture features a man with a goatee beard, previously frowned upon by Iran's conservative clerics. Using hair gel is also within the law, albeit in modest quantities.

The "journal of Iranian hairstyles approved by the ministry of [culture and Islamic] guidance" was previewed at a government-approved hairdressing show in Tehran.

The pictures were reminiscent of those gracing barber shop windows across Britain.

"The proposed styles are inspired by Iranians' complexion, culture and religion, and Islamic law," said Jaleh Khodayar, who is in charge of a Modesty and Veil Festival later this month at which the guide will be promoted.

"We are happy that the Islamic republic of Iran's government has backed us in designing these hairstyles."

InsaneApache

07-06-2010, 13:27

Isn't that essentially a declaration of war on North Korea?

It would be if we could get Celine Dion in there as well. :book:

Crazed Rabbit

07-06-2010, 17:10

Sanctions on North Korea would be airdropping in scads of lawyers.

War would be giving the lawyers parachutes.

:beam:

https://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9133/article12783675853170a5.jpg

This is a real board game. (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/834121-rare-1970s-bp-board-game-promises-oil-thrills-comes-back-to-haunt-them)

Up to four would-be tycoons can compete at exploring for oil, building platforms and laying pipelines to their home countries.

But BP Offshore Oil Strike players must also avoid the dreaded ‘hazard cards’, which state: ‘Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick clean-up costs. Pay $1million.’

Unhappily for BP, that is just one per cent of the amount it has spent each day tackling the very real Deepwater Horizon leak, which has seen millions of barrels of oil gush into the Gulf of Mexico and hit the southern US coast.

The mint-condition game, made by Scottish company Printabox, was donated by a private collector to The House On The Hill Toy Museum in Stansted, Essex. It was very rare and ‘obscure’, said museum owner Alan Goldsmith, who added: ‘The parallels between the game and the current crisis... are so spooky.

CR

Hosakawa Tito

07-06-2010, 23:52

Tickling her fancy (http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8767000/8767973.stm).

Gregoshi

07-07-2010, 00:56

Sanctions on North Korea would be airdropping in scads of lawyers.

War would be giving the lawyers parachutes.
:laugh4: It would be an appropriate measure as neither the lawyers nor North Korea have a Seoul.

Louis VI the Fat

07-07-2010, 04:38

'Sinking Titanic' waterslide (http://www.odditycentral.com/news/inflatable-titanic-slide-is-so-fun-its-been-banned.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/Titanic-theme-park.jpg

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Titanic-theme-park3.jpg

Want to do want to do want to do! :jumping: :jumping: :jumping:

Tellos Athenaios

07-07-2010, 06:20

Hurry, before that ship has sunk.

Lemur

07-08-2010, 00:27

Another grown woman poses as teen boy to have lesbian pedophile relationship (only this time in Ohio, not Washington State) (http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/woman-allegedly-poses-as-boy-solicits-sex-from-springboro-teen-798952.html)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/ddn070710sexcharge3_724458b.jpg

LEBANON — A Franklin woman pretended to be a 14-year-old boy named Matt Abrams to get close to a Springboro girl, authorities said.

Patricia Dye, 31, of Franklin, remained in the Warren County Jail on Tuesday, July 6, charged with unlawful sexual conduct with and corruption of a 16-year-old Springboro girl in late May at the girl’s home.

Dye, who used the alias Matt Abrams, is 4 feet 11 inches tall, smaller than the 5-foot-5 victim, according to police reports.

“They were boyfriend-girlfriend,” Sgt. Bob Marchiny said. “(Dye) looks just like a boy.”

Police began investigating Dye after the girl ran away from a hotel where they had been living together for three days in June. The girl did not realize Dye was a woman, Marchiny said.

“We realized the person she was with wasn’t who we thought she was,” Marchiny said.

Dye, arrested on June 30 in Franklin, admitted to pretending to being a boy, Marchiny said.

“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Marchiny said.

Louis VI the Fat

07-08-2010, 02:32

The females of our future overlords won't be able to pass for males....

The mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis.

The male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid's mantle, head and arms.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8792000/8792008.stm

InsaneApache

07-08-2010, 11:21

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z5hT1P0X79c/TDS6Y_GAQBI/AAAAAAAAGFc/J-UCjx4YPuk/s1600/gaydix.png

:sweatdrop:

gaelic cowboy

07-08-2010, 13:07

Who doesn't like monkeys eh http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/monkeys-use-catapult-to-escape-from-centre-2250261.html

Monkeys use catapult to escape from centre

By Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo
Thursday July 08 2010
Monkeys at a research institute in Japan have used the branches of trees to catapult themselves over an electric fence to escape.

A group of 15 monkeys at Kyoto University's primate research institute in Aichi escaped from their forest home, which is encased by a 17ft high electric fence.

The monkeys made their break for freedom by bending and releasing tree branches to fling themselves over the high-voltage fence.

Peanuts

Despite the intelligence demonstrated by their great escape, the primates remained by the gates of the centre and were lured back by scientists with peanuts.

"We think that maybe there was some kind of dispute among the monkeys in the forest and so this group decided to leave," Hirohisa Hirai, the deputy head of the institute, said.

"Fortunately, they stayed by the fence after escaping as they probably wanted to stay near to the other monkeys."

Scientists have cut the trees in order to prevent a repeat escape. The Kyoto institution is one of the world's leading primate research centres, which has produced a series of studies exploring the social interaction, behaviour and evolution of primates. (© Daily Telegraph, London)

- Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo

Irish Independent

Gregoshi

07-08-2010, 13:38

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z5hT1P0X79c/TDS6Y_GAQBI/AAAAAAAAGFc/J-UCjx4YPuk/s1600/gaydix.png

:sweatdrop:
:laugh4: :laugh4: From the picture, it looks like Gay had gone straight.

Louis VI the Fat

07-08-2010, 14:34

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z5hT1P0X79c/TDS6Y_GAQBI/AAAAAAAAGFc/J-UCjx4YPuk/s1600/gaydix.png

:sweatdrop:Wow, he came in under twenty seconds, which, however, Wiki says is pretty much the standard for American Dix, despite being rather short and smallish.

Vladimir

07-08-2010, 14:39

Wow, he came in under twenty seconds, which, however, Wiki says is pretty much the standard for American Dix, despite being rather short and smallish.

So much for everything being bigger in Texas, eh?

Andres

07-08-2010, 14:45

Bobbi Eden, Netherlands Porn Star, Promises World Cup Oral Sex To Twitter Followers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/bobbi-eden-netherlands-po_n_637329.html)

Eden currently has more than 23,000 followers.

:sweatdrop:

:cheerleader: Hup Holland Hup :cheerleader:

Lemur

07-08-2010, 14:53

Nigerian man arrested with bags carrying 70 dead babies (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10545760.stm)

A man carrying bags containing more than 70 dead babies has been arrested in Nigeria.

He was employed by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to take the corpses to a cemetery.

The worker was allegedly trying to dump the corpses as he could not afford burial fees. [...]

The BBC's Fidelis Mbah says there's been a state of shock and disbelief among people in Lagos who cannot believe that a hospital with the magnitude of Lagos University Teaching Hospital would allow a contactor to handle that many corpses without supervision from its staff.

Vladimir

07-08-2010, 15:11

Hey, you SOB, finally a day for you!

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=359932&CategoryId=14093

Myrddraal

07-10-2010, 01:41

I don't know if you've been following it, but there's a gunman on the loose in the UK who's being hunted by police. Who put this picture on the home page of the BBC?

https://img25.imageshack.us/img25/448/483131030097755262.jpg

I feel like saying "Watch out guys, he's behind you!"

Crazed Rabbit

07-10-2010, 04:24

Washington State; Home of the weirdest/most awesome criminals?

Yes. Colton Harris-Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris-Moore), age 19, has been on the run for over two years...

Harris-Moore is suspected to be responsible for approximately 100 burglaries in Washington, Idaho, and Canada, including bicycles, automobiles, light aircraft, and speedboats.[3] It is believed that he learned how to fly small planes by reading aircraft manuals and handbooks and by playing flight simulator computer games.[4] One plane he stole was a Cessna 182 belonging to KZOK-FM radio personality Bob Rivers, which was valued at $150,000. The plane was later recovered from the Yakama Indian Reservation, though it was so badly damaged that it was a total loss.[6] Some locals believe that his burglaries are not for the money, but to experience the fantasy of the happy home life he never had as a child. According to local sheriffs, he often would slip into a home just to soak in a hot bath or steal ice cream from the refrigerator. Initially, he would steal only what he needed for life in the woods, as a survivalist. Once, he allegedly used one homeowner's computer and stolen credit card to order bear mace and a pair of $6,500 night vision goggles.[3]

He's back in the news because he stole a plane from Indiana and flew it to the Bahamas (http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100707/NEWS01/707079827/0/JOBS):

SEATTLE – Despite a manhunt, Colton Harris-Moore has not been arrested in the Bahamas, the FBI said today.

The Camano Island fugitive is being sought on the small island of Great Abaco near where a plane stolen in Indiana crashed offshore Sunday, officials said.

FBI Special Agent Steven Dean said the elusive fugitive, 19, has not been found and there was nothing new to report.

On Tuesday, the FBI announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to Harris-Moore's arrest and unsealed charges against the teen related to a plane theft in Idaho last fall.

Harris-Moore has been a fugitive for more than two years and is a suspect in more than five dozen crimes, including plane thefts.

It was the Indiana plane theft, recovered in three-foot deep water off the Bahamas, that had officials launching an effort to nab Harris-Moore

Or he might already have eluded the FBI and escaped (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/7101773.html) the tiny island:

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — A fugitive U.S. teenager who has successfully eluded teams of local police and FBI agents may have slipped off the island where he allegedly crash-landed a stolen plane nearly a week ago, police said Friday.

Authorities are investigating a report that Colton Harris-Moore, dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit," has fled Great Abaco Island and was spotted on Eleuthera, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) to the south, two police officials said.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on the search. Bahamian National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest declined to comment.

It was unclear how the 19-year-old fugitive might have escaped the island, but a powerboat was stolen in Marsh Harbour.

The 44-foot (13-meter) boat was reported missing Thursday from the marina on Great Abaco Island, said Harry Mountain, a regional manager for The Moorings hotel and marina resort in Marsh Harbour.

A background article (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6946030.ece) from last December:

Police say 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, whose escapades are turning him into a folk legend, is a one-man crime wave, responsible for 50 burglaries as well as stealing light aircraft, which he taught himself to fly from video games, and several speedboats.

He lives in the woods, shuns shoes and catches his own food. His only technological aid is a pair of thermal-imaging goggles to hunt at night and his weakness is pizzas, which he asks to be delivered at the edge of the woods.
...
He evaded a police pursuit by crashing a Mercedes-Benz into a roadside gas storage tank, using the explosion as a diversion to escape back into the woods where, he says, he feels like a Native American.

This was followed by the largest manhunt in recent memory. Three dozen sheriffs, aided by specialist armed units and an FBI helicopter, fanned out across Camano Island but failed to capture him. “We saw him, we think, but it’s like he disappeared in front of our eyes,” said one sheriff.

Take that, Ohio!

CR

Hosakawa Tito

07-10-2010, 10:48

He should turn himself in to collect the 10 grand and then escape. You can buy a lot of bear mace & trail mix with that kinda dough.

Crazed Rabbit

07-11-2010, 22:49

And just after I post that, he's caught (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2012331812.html):

Colton Harris-Moore exits a plane handcuffed as he is escorted by police upon arrival to Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday July 11, 2010. Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn in northern Eleuthera island, according to police. Island police had been searching for the fugitive since he allegedly crash-landed a stolen plane a week ago on nearby Great Abaco Island, where he was blamed for a string of at least seven break-ins and has been running from U.S. law enforcement since escaping from a Washington state halfway house in 2008.

Can't say I feel sorry for him; the whole folk hero thing with fans puzzles me somewhat. He hurt a lot of people by taking their property.

CR

Beskar

07-11-2010, 23:03

Can't say I feel sorry for him; the whole folk hero thing with fans puzzles me somewhat. He hurt a lot of people by taking their property.

That is a change of tune, your initial post on him made it sound like you viewed him as such. The great escape from the evil government.

Take that, Ohio!

Edit (for below poster):
Grumpy rabbit.

Crazed Rabbit

07-11-2010, 23:25

People shouldn't blame others for their own lack of reading comprehension.

EDIT:

Another grown woman poses as teen boy to have lesbian pedophile relationship (only this time in Ohio, not Washington State)

CR

Sasaki Kojiro

07-11-2010, 23:30

And just after I post that, he's caught (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2012331812.html):

Can't say I feel sorry for him; the whole folk hero thing with fans puzzles me somewhat. He hurt a lot of people by taking their property.

CR

When the story is wild enough, it sounds like fiction, and you root for him the same way you root for a movie character (think bank heist movies).

Plus in the news stories they include details about how he has a weakness for pizza and asked for it to be left at the edge of the woods, and not details about how he stole a car from someone who was working two jobs and could barely get by, etc.

Fragony

07-12-2010, 10:52

Question everything http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/failnetherlandswinnsworldcup.html

Hosakawa Tito

07-12-2010, 23:08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1qSSZDPws&feature=player_embedded

:sweatdrop:

Lemur

07-13-2010, 01:19

Got my mojo workin' (but it just don't work on you) (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/09/mojoceratops/)

A newly-discovered dinosaur has been officially named the "Mojoceratops". Apparently, beer was involved. [...] Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops.

"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, 'Wait — that actually sounds cool,' " says Longrich. "I tried to come up with serious names after that, but Mojoceratops just sort of stuck."

Cute Wolf

07-13-2010, 09:10

Lemur

07-13-2010, 15:56

The first rule about microwaving squid is you do not talk about microwaving squid (http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx/strange/0/APNews/Strange-News/20100713/U_US-ODD-Squid-Fumes?pageid=1)

Reno police say a squid left cooking in microwave is the suspected culprit of noxious fumes that left two apartment dwellers queasy. Authorities don't know if the squid was put in the microwave as a prank or act of cruelty when they found it Sunday night.

But they believe the squishy cephalopod was stuck in the microwave by burglars and left to cook in a communal kitchen.

Two residents made ill by the fumes were treated at a hospital.

Lemur

07-13-2010, 23:03

Mom hunts down boy she gave up for adoption and rocks his world (http://www.momlogic.com/2010/07/incest_mom_aimee_sword_gets_eight_years_in_jail.php)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/aimeesword420-420x0.jpg

[Aimee L.] Sword gave up her son for adoption when he was a few days old. She received yearly updates and pictures from the boy's family.

When he was 14, Aimee (then a mother of five) contacted him through Facebook and started a sexual relationship with him.

"When she saw this boy, something just touched off in her -- and it wasn't a mother-son relationship, it was a boyfriend girlfriend relationship," said her lawyer, who added that Sword was sexually and physically abused as a child. "Aimee's searching for a reason why this happened. She can't understand it. She's going to get some counseling."

Hosakawa Tito

07-13-2010, 23:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8&feature=player_embedded

CountArach

07-14-2010, 05:00

Two residents made ill by the fumes were treated at a hospital.
Even in death the Octosquids prove they cannot be defeated.

Hosakawa Tito

07-14-2010, 10:32

Money laundering, Zimbabwe style (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38106716/ns/business-world_business/). The "wealthier" people use their washing machines.

Hosakawa Tito

07-14-2010, 15:37

Aussie night out (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/07/13/Expert-Cold-kept-crocs-from-killing-man/UPI-53931279053785/). Oh well, better luck next weekend for that Darwin Award dude.

Fragony

07-15-2010, 13:04

lolololol http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/12/data-shows-pakistan-googling-pornographic-material/

Gregoshi

07-15-2010, 14:10

lolololol http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/12/data-shows-pakistan-googling-pornographic-material/
Can animal burqas be far down the road? ~D

Fragony

07-15-2010, 14:17

Can animal burqas be far down the road? ~D

This is no laughing matter they are salafists, there is a reason they want us on our knees.

Gregoshi

07-15-2010, 14:57

This is no laughing matter they are salafists, there is a reason they want us on our knees.
From the article, it sounds easy enough to catch them with their pants down.

Fragony

07-15-2010, 15:03

From the article, it sounds easy enough to catch them with their pants down.

You are underestimating the gravity of this matter

Lemur

07-15-2010, 15:09

Michael Jackson wanted surgeons to make pet chimp Bubbles speak (paging Dr. Moreau, white courtesy telephone please) (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/michael-jackson-wanted-surgeons-to-make-pet-chimp-bubbles-speak/story-e6frewyr-1225890456746)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/koons_michael_bubbles.jpg

MICHAEL Jackson spent thousands of dollars trying to get throat specialists to make his chimp Bubbles speak, The News of the World reported.

The singer, who died in June last year aged 50, pestered surgeons for four years for advice on how he could achieve his dream of having a conversation with his primate friend.

"Michael was always wanting to know how to make Bubbles speak and talk. They definitely communicated. One morning Michael called me and said 'You have got to see this - he mimics everything I do'," his sister La Toya told the British newspaper:

"He wanted to give him vocal chords and asked doctors 'Can I given him an operation so I know what his thoughts are'."

Gregoshi

07-15-2010, 20:55

You are underestimating the gravity of this matter
And you are forgetting that this is News of the Weird and gravity has no serious pull here. If you want to pursue the point that Pakistan's closet porn junkies has some serious malicious intent on Western Civilization, you need to start a new thread. Hmmm, if we are the dealer and they are the junkies, maybe there is an opportunity here to insert pro-Western messages in our porn. :laugh4:

Edit: Wait a second, "gravity"..."matter"? Frag, did you just make a pun? ~:pat: :thumbsup: :laugh4:

Lemur

07-16-2010, 01:28

Edit: Wait a second, "gravity"..."matter"? Frag, did you just make a pun? ~:pat: :thumbsup: :laugh4:
And here I thought Fragony was a black hole with a singular viewpoint. How spooky, at such a distance, to see such action.

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I am terrible at this punning thing, and I give up. I will return to posting weird news stories, 'cause that's what I'm good for.

Louis VI the Fat

07-16-2010, 06:03

And you are forgetting that this is News of the Weird and gravity has no serious pull here. If you want to pursue the point that Pakistan's closet porn junkies has some serious malicious intent on Western Civilization, you need to start a new thread. Hmmm, if we are the dealer and they are the junkies, maybe there is an opportunity here to insert pro-Western messages in our porn. :laugh4:

Edit: Wait a second, "gravity"..."matter"? Frag, did you just make a pun? ~:pat: :thumbsup: :laugh4: Looks like Fragony took a little pun jab at Pakistan indeed.

Fragony

07-16-2010, 08:37

Lemur

07-17-2010, 03:00

This is why I refuse to interview goats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TugslL45aXk

Lemur

07-17-2010, 03:27

Prozac runoff leads to fearless shrimp with great self-esteem (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100715-shrimp-prozac-antidepressants-environment-science/)

There's no happy ending for shrimp exposed to the mood-booster Prozac, according to a new study.

Remnants of antidepressant drugs flushed into waterways worldwide are altering shrimp behavior and making them easier prey, experts say.

To mimic conditions in the wild, scientists exposed the estuary-dwelling shrimp Echinogammarus marinus to the antidepressant fluoxetine at levels detected in average sewage-treatment waste. Fluoxetine is the key ingredient in the drugs Prozac and Sarafem.

Shrimp normally gravitate toward safe, dark corners. But when exposed to fluoxetine, the animals were five times more likely to swim toward a bright region of water, the team discovered.

"This behavior makes them much more likely to be eaten by a predator, such as a fish or bird," said study co-author Alex Ford, a biologist at U.K.'s University of Portsmouth.

Fragony

07-17-2010, 07:57

This is why I refuse to interview goats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TugslL45aXk

beaten to it absolutely hilarious

Hosakawa Tito

07-17-2010, 10:31

CountArach

07-18-2010, 13:35

Baker sells cupcakes for manly men (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/18/Baker_Sells_Cupcakes_For_Manly_Men_486476.html)

A New York businessman is changing the image of the cupcake as a sweet treat for girls into a must for men.

Former lawyer David Arrick has come up with the Butch Bakery, making cupcakes especially designed and baked for men.

His ($A 4.75) creations do not come in standard vanilla and chocolate flavours.

'We have the beer, the beer run, which is a beer cupcake,' he said.

'We've got a salted caramel cupcake, it's the salt and the sweet. They go great together.

'We've got a great banana, peanut butter with crushed bacon, so if you think about it, it's kind of like the Elvis sandwich, you know, peanut butter, bacon, and banana, we've got a cupcake that has that.

'We've got a cupcake that has whisky. It tastes like a B-52.

'We've got a coffee flavoured, coffee-infused, which is with some Kahlua, so a nice coffee cupcake. That's a huge hit for us.'
And then to cap it off...

Ironically, most of the customers are women.

Lemur

07-18-2010, 14:27

Return of the Amish death buggy (http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/07/91-year-old_man_dies_after_bei.php)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/img_7915.jpg

John V. Rohrer, 91, died in a Decatur, Ill. hospital Wednesday after being run over by a horse-drawn cart driven by an Amish man last month.

Rohrer was stepping out of a restaurant June 28 in the town of Arthur in central Illinois when he was hit and knocked over by a horse, and the cart it was pulling ran him over. Arthur has a large Amish community.

Hosakawa Tito

07-18-2010, 23:36

All your cocoa belong to us (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7895242/Mystery-trader-buys-all-Europes-cocoa.html). Further proof the apocalypse is nigh.

Hosakawa Tito

07-19-2010, 14:02

You say tomayto, I say tomahto (http://legalpublication.blogspot.com/2007/09/jodee-berry-ex-waitress-sues-hooters.html)... Some people just can't take a joke.:laugh4:

CountArach

07-19-2010, 14:23

More sporting news of the weird!

Spain Defeated in World Swamp Soccer Championship (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/19/Match_in_mud_defeats_Spaniards_486977.html)

Spain may have taken home the World Cup, but they lost out on an equally prestigious title at the 2010 Swamp Soccer World Championships.

A total of 300 teams took part in the contest in a natural swamp outside the town of Hyrynsalmi in Finland.

The swamp area was converted into 22 playing fields with teams fighting for a trophy in seven different categories including, men's, women's and mixed.

The sport was conceived by Finnish cross-country skiers looking for a way to train during the snowless summer months.

Players fought extreme fatigue from waddling and crawling in mud and, in the end, it was a native team - Mestaruus - who were the star performers.
[...]
Swamp soccer tournaments are also held in Sweden, Iceland and the UK, with the annual event attracting teams from eight countries including Russia, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia and Spain.

Fragony

07-20-2010, 11:14

The Dutch governherd is not obsessed with traffic signs, I repeat ololtheyreallyare http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/epefietspad1.html

naut

07-20-2010, 17:04

All your cocoa belong to us (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7895242/Mystery-trader-buys-all-Europes-cocoa.html). Further proof the apocalypse is nigh.
Anthony Ward is an :daisy:, I hope his little scheme backfires and he ends up penniless.

Vladimir

07-20-2010, 17:07

Anthony Ward is an :daisy:, I hope his little scheme backfires and he ends up penniless.

I hope you know that this all depends on the quality of American chocolate to save us. I wouldn't bet on it.

I shouldn't say that; we've come a long way.

Rhyfelwyr

07-20-2010, 20:05

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10695037)

Myrddraal

07-20-2010, 22:59

This is why I refuse to interview goats.

At 1.24 I laughed so hard I choked. Oh my, I need a drink.

Mexican police arrest man hiding 18 monkeys under clothes at airport (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/20/mexico.monkey.smuggling/index.html?iref=NS1#fbid=9n5zfmj7KSh)

CountArach

07-21-2010, 07:07

World Santa Conference to Begin (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/21/World_Santa_conference_to_begin_487865.html)

The World Santa Claus Congress is set to begin in Copenhagen, with over 120 Santas attending.

The annual conference will involve issues concerning their trade, deciding the size of the official Santa spoons, chimney standardisations, and weight regulations for Santa Clauses.

But for many Santas, it's about meeting their global colleagues.

'Maybe because I'm crazy but primarily because I'm Santa. And it's a fun thing to meet other Santas from other countries,' English Santa Ian Thom said.

The three-day event includes public Christmas cake baking, storytelling, the annual santa footbath in the sea, as well as the traditional parade and bicycle ride through the city.

For the first time in it's 53-year history, Moldavia will be represented.

At least six Santas from Japan will be attending, as well as Santas from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Gregoshi

07-21-2010, 07:19

World Santa Conference to Begin (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/21/World_Santa_conference_to_begin_487865.html)
Wait...Santa can go around the world delivering presents to all the good boys and girls in one night, but it take three days to decide Santa spoon sizes, chimney sizes and Santa sizes (hope these latter two are compatible)?

Fragony

07-21-2010, 07:40

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10695037)

I GOT EVIDENCE http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1048431/b3cfa6fb/vliegende_ezel.html

and a strong desire to crack skull

CountArach

07-21-2010, 09:16

Wait...Santa can go around the world delivering presents to all the good boys and girls in one night, but it take three days to decide Santa spoon sizes, chimney sizes and Santa sizes (hope these latter two are compatible)?
Red tape, what are you going to do? And they haven't even completed union negotiations with the Elves yet.

Hosakawa Tito

07-21-2010, 10:27

Wait...Santa can go around the world delivering presents to all the good boys and girls in one night, but it take three days to decide Santa spoon sizes, chimney sizes and Santa sizes (hope these latter two are compatible)?

Red tape, what are you going to do? And they haven't even completed union negotiations with the Elves yet.

Not to mention waiting on the bail bondsman & lawyers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FATqIub9318&feature=player_embedded

Gregoshi

07-21-2010, 13:47

Red tape, what are you going to do? And they haven't even completed union negotiations with the Elves yet.
:laugh4: The red tape would be appropriate I suppose.

Ronin

07-21-2010, 17:52

It seems that now the whales are in league with the octosquids!!!

Whale jumps out of the water, crashes into small sailing boat (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323)

Fragony

07-21-2010, 19:55

YAY first one in

http://www.bestmugshotever.com/mugshot.php?id=3332

"She doesn't seem to enjoy it as much when we have sex. Maybe it's because I haven't been as energetic lately and that's why she's not enjoying it"

Gregoshi

07-21-2010, 23:23

"She doesn't seem to enjoy it as much when we have sex. Maybe it's because I haven't been as energetic lately and that's why she's not enjoying it"
There is that...and he's old enough to be her grandpaw.

InsaneApache

07-22-2010, 01:35

I'll raise you one dogger and see you with a transvestite dog rapist! :laugh4:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7902348/Transvestite-had-sex-with-a-dog-at-English-Heritage-castle.html

:balloon2:

CountArach

07-22-2010, 05:29

Goose-stepping causing knee injuries (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/22/Goose-stepping_causing_knee_injuries_488539.html)

naut

07-22-2010, 09:51

Thai Ladyboys try out cricket - in high heels, mini-skirts and bikini tops (http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/835619-thai-ladyboys-try-out-cricket-in-high-heels-mini-skirts-and-bikini-tops)

https://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5690/article12796322095260a8.jpg

A performing act of Thai ladyboys have decided to take up cricket - after watching the game in their dressing room while on tour in England.

The 'maidens', who sport some fine legs and make up the Lady Boys of Bangkok, have been bowled over by the sport - taking googlies, yorkers, and full tosses in their stride.

While their attire of brightly-coloured, tasselled mini-dresses and silver high heels may not be entirely appropriate, the band members have certainly taken to it straight away.

And the cabaret performers were invited to try their hand at the sport, which is largely unheard of in their native Thailand, at Cheshire cricket club while they are in Manchester for a show.

Angkoorat Rawangnam, 29, said: “We got hooked on watching this strange game of cricket on the TV.

"We had no idea about all the different names for the types of balls and reasons that the batsmen are out.

“But the great thing is that it goes on for days, so we can follow the scoring okay as the runs mount up.”

Bandmate Akkarapol Khon Kaen, also 29, added: “We asked if we could have a go at the cricket and some nice people said they would teach us how to play.

“I thought it was a bit like baseball but I found out that I was wrong.

“I had no idea the ball is so hard - it's really dangerous.

“You would not find me at this position they call silly-mid-off - right by the batsman."

aimlesswanderer

07-22-2010, 10:24

Husar

07-22-2010, 11:17

Sad thing is on the picture they actually look good and I had almost fallen in love when I read they're ladyboys... :help:

naut

07-23-2010, 01:39

Man, 55, fights for life after being trampled by cows in Gloucestershire (http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/TRAMPLED/article-2441500-detail/article.html)

A HOLIDAY maker was left fighting for his life after being trampled by cows.

The man had been walking his dog along a footpath in a field on Branches Farm, Awre, and was discovered lying in the grass with serious head injuries.

The 55-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent was on holiday with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law and had been staying at the Priory Cottages less than a mile away from where he was found.

His dog, an Airedale Terrier, was still by his side and wouldn't leave him when paramedics and police arrived at the scene.

[...]

"The caller said a man had been hit by a cow or herd of cows as he was walking his dog through a field," he said.

"We sent a rapid response paramedic backed up by a regular ambulance who then requested the air ambulance.

"The man was then airlifted to Frenchay with serious head injuries."

CountArach

07-23-2010, 09:18

Sad thing is on the picture they actually look good and I had almost fallen in love when I read they're ladyboys... :help:
You had better not ever go to Thailand...

Hosakawa Tito

07-23-2010, 10:43

Cow Wash (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1296609/The-cow-wash-How-automatic-brushing-machine-improve-milk-production.html). A clean cow is a happy cow! :jumping:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/hoppy84/cowwash.jpg

Hosakawa Tito

07-23-2010, 10:54

Vladimir

07-23-2010, 14:44

Soccer bots learn to fall gracefully (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Robots-Learn-How-To-Fall-Down-112114.shtml). Next up, rolling around in mock agony.:laugh4:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/hoppy84/Robots-Learn-How-To-Fall-Down-2.jpg

:laugh4:

I would say that the advertisement on the page isn't entirely apropos:

https://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1348/imgady.jpg (https://img443.imageshack.us/i/imgady.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (https://imageshack.us)

Gregoshi

07-23-2010, 16:06

I would say that the advertisement on the page isn't entirely apropos:
Yeah, I mean, where's the soccer ball?

Hosakawa Tito

07-24-2010, 22:58

Bear Warning (http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read.php?id=18025680&ps=1018&cat=&cps=0&lang=en&src=email).

The bear also left what Story called "a present" on the driver's seat.
There's gotta be a lesson in there somewhere.:inquisitive:

Gregoshi

07-24-2010, 23:30

There's gotta be a lesson in there somewhere.:inquisitive:
Something to do with the question regarding bears "leaving presents" in the woods?

CountArach

07-25-2010, 10:59

Our sea-borne foes have a new way of desensitising us to their presence (http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/07/24/World_Cup_octopus_in_new_movie_489495.html):

The octopus that shot to fame with its incredibly accurate predictions of World Cup match results is to set to become a legend of the silver screen.

Filming of the black comedy, The Murder of Paul the Octopus, has already finished in South Africa and post-production work is well under way.

Producers the China Film Group Corporation and Beijing Filmblog Media Company have set their sights on an August release.

Paul, who has gone into retirement, was not available to star in the movie so the director used a body double.
[...]
Paul, who comes from England but now resides in a German zoo, has acquired iconic status in China where football and gambling are national obsessions.

The Shanghai World Expo has issued a special Paul stamp while online shopping giant Taobao.com now sells a whole range of octopus-themed merchandise from toys to T-shirts.

Wang Shu, a Taobao vendor, said 'Since Paul became extremely popular among soccer fans as well as some stylish young people.

'I have sold more than 50 octopus-shaped tissue boxes a day, each priced at eight yuan (A$ 1.31).

'Many other products printed with octopus patterns have also proved be a craze, for example tablecloths, tableware and cushions.'

Lemur

07-26-2010, 13:39

Bear Warning (http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read.php?id=18025680&ps=1018&cat=&cps=0&lang=en&src=email).
Video of car and owner. (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c4_1280027009) "That's my car. I think I need a new one."

Hosakawa Tito

07-26-2010, 14:45

Video of car and owner. (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c4_1280027009) "That's my car. I think I need a new one."
That'll teach ya not to lock your doors and secure those peanut butter sandwiches.

Hosakawa Tito

07-26-2010, 14:48

Brilliance, in 5 words or less (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/98941309.html). Campaign season on the boil.:laugh4:

Hosakawa Tito

07-26-2010, 15:17

Beer Bomb (http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100723/bc_beer_bomb_100723/20100723?hub=BritishColumbiaHome). And the sewer rats rejoiced.

drone

07-26-2010, 17:09

Beer Bomb (http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100723/bc_beer_bomb_100723/20100723?hub=BritishColumbiaHome). And the sewer rats rejoiced.

Epic beer foul. The head brewer will be paying that penalty for months. :barrel:

Lemur

07-26-2010, 19:46

55% alcohol, and it comes packaged in its own dead squirrel or stoat (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article.php?id=341) (I want this beer SO BAD)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/brewdog_taxidermy211_534.jpg

The End of History: The name derives from the famous work of philosopher Francis Fukuyama, this is to beer what democracy is to history. [...]

This blond Belgian ale is infused with nettles from the Scottish Highlands and Fresh juniper berries. Only 12 bottles have been made and each comes with its own certificate and is presented in a stuffed stoat or grey squirrel. The striking packaging was created by a very talented taxidermist and all the animals used were road kill. This release is a limited run of 11 bottles, 7 stoats and 4 grey squirrels. Each ones comes with its own certificate of authenticity.

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Now with video:

http://vimeo.com/13537656