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Husar
01-13-2008, 22:47
Yeah yeah yeah, look at the cute cephalopod, he's so adorable. Don't these people know what they are dealing with? Just wait til he jury rigs a .45 and an aqua lung (? air-o-gill?) out of bits of children's toys and shoots his way out to report back to his octosquid masters.
:laugh4:

Also nice picture Lemur. :2thumbsup:

Banquo's Ghost
01-14-2008, 12:43
Whilst this is clearly a sad case (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3182109.ece), with some disturbing implications for the British justice system, I can't get past the wonderful opportunity of having a mother-in-law whose name is actually Traute.


When police officers arrived at the home of Traute Maxfield, Weddell’s mother-in-law, in nearby Gustard Wood to break the news that he had killed himself, they found Mrs Maxfield’s body.

:lipsrsealed2:

InsaneApache
01-14-2008, 14:05
I can't get past the wonderful opportunity of having a mother-in-law whose name is actually Traute.

Sounds a little fishy to me. :embarassed:

Geoffrey S
01-14-2008, 17:44
The most amusing Photoshop I've seen in '08. Only one element in this picture from Georgia has been altered -- can you spot it? (It's like Where's Waldo for Half-Life 2 fans.)


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/hachike_bushyut_010.jpg
Nice. Saw this one too:
https://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4522/70773869no3.jpg

TB666
01-15-2008, 01:35
Man that source engine has really improved.:laugh4:


:tumbleweed:

seireikhaan
01-15-2008, 01:44
Whilst this is clearly a sad case (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3182109.ece), with some disturbing implications for the British justice system, I can't get past the wonderful opportunity of having a mother-in-law whose name is actually Traute.:lipsrsealed2:
Believe it or not, at my school, there's a family who's last name is actually Trout. The eldest son stated that his parents had apparently considered naming him "rainbow", to go along with his last name. Alas, they decided not.(coincidentally, "rainbow" would have been a very appropriate name for him, given his 'demeanor' if you know what I mean)

woad&fangs
01-15-2008, 01:51
In my town a person with the last name of Outhouse married a person with the last name of Krapp.

CountArach
01-15-2008, 04:51
Dinosaurs Had Teen Pregnancies: Study (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/15/2138840.htm?section=justin)

Dinosaurs reached sexual maturity long before they were fully grown, becoming pregnant in their early adolescence, a study has found.

Researchers have identified tell-tale signs of pregnancy in fossils from three young female dinosaurs, aged eight, 10 and 18.

Xiahou
01-17-2008, 07:05
Twins separated at birth meet and get married. Oops! (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17037920080111)

Twins separated at birth met and married

Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:50pm EST

LONDON - A couple discovered after they had married that they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords.

British peer David Alton recounted the story to parliament last month to support his argument that artificially conceived children should be told who their biological parents are.

Alton said he had heard the story of the separated twins from a High Court judge who had dealt with the case.

"This did not involve in vitro fertilization: It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents," said Alton, an independent member of the Lords. "They were never told that they were twins."

"They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they entered into and all the issues of their separation," he said.

"I suspect that it will be a matter of litigation in the future if we do not make information of this kind available to children who have been donor-conceived," he said.

Alton could not immediately be reached for comment and no further information was available about the twins or where they were from.

"I think it's a very tragic story for the people involved," said Pam Hodgkins, head of a group that helps adults affected by adoption.

"It is a lesson that we need to learn and apply to the situation of donor-conceived children," she told Sky News.

"Whilst ... nowadays it would be most unusual for siblings to be separated ... the risk of secrecy affecting the lives of people born as a result of egg and sperm donation is exactly the same as the risks that have affected adopted people in the past," she said.
That one's most likely fake (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240874,00.html). Good work on almost every major news outlet propagating it without a second thought, though. :2thumbsup:

Banquo's Ghost
01-17-2008, 08:08
That one's most likely fake (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240874,00.html). Good work on almost every major news outlet propagating it without a second thought, though. :2thumbsup:

Now that's the Weirdest News of the week. Xiahou reads the Guardian. :wink3:

sapi
01-17-2008, 10:19
Now that's the Weirdest News of the week. Xiahou reads the Guardian. :wink3:
:laugh4:

Fragony
01-18-2008, 14:47
ehhhhh :dizzy2:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508901&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

FactionHeir
01-19-2008, 16:04
Playboy plays club (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/playboy.jpan.ap/index.html)

Fragony
01-21-2008, 16:34
Jawohl herr Kohl. This is in the weird because it's germany.

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/news/politik/2008/01/21/kohl-helmut/interview,geo=3533340.html

And soz it's in german but the former President of Germany has lost his absolute undenying unquestionable faith in the undisputed blessings of the multicultural society(lest their be no doubt). Peculiar.

Vladimir
01-22-2008, 04:40
Buck Naked. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22765054/?GT1=10755)

FactionHeir
01-23-2008, 21:30
RIAA promotes Pirate Bay in their press conference (http://milesmccabe.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/riaa-site-hacks-links-to-piratebayorg-added/)

Geoffrey S
01-23-2008, 22:21
Goth banned from bus for 'walking' his fiancee on a leash (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7204543.stm)

Miss Maltby said she came up with the idea to wear a dog lead, and said previous boyfriends had called her a "wierdo" when she suggested it.

The couple said they "loved each other to pieces" and the use of the lead was a "sign of trust".

Mr Graves said: "She's very animal like, she's kind of like a pet, as well as a partner."

He said he "does everything" for his girlfriend, including laying out clothes for her, feeding her and cleaning their house.

He said: "You wouldn't expect your cat or dog to do the washing up or cleaning round the house."

sapi
01-24-2008, 13:23
RIAA promotes Pirate Bay in their press conference (http://milesmccabe.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/riaa-site-hacks-links-to-piratebayorg-added/)
Content looks ripped off TF, but still, :laugh4:

Fragony
01-24-2008, 13:28
Absolutily adorable!!!

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/foto/630e997a_UnknownCrusty.jpg

Husar
01-24-2008, 13:53
Awww, cuuuute!

Vladimir
01-24-2008, 14:49
Little muslim little muslim let me in!

Not by the hair of my chinni chin chin. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7204635.stm)

Fragony
01-24-2008, 14:58
I don't get it what's so bad about building a house with something other then sand and donkey-[beep] how could that be offensive.

England is so very very lost, but nothing playing the imperial march for Saudi King won't fix right no yes maybe hopefully?

Dhimmi's :thumbsdown:

Gregoshi
01-24-2008, 16:20
It's high time PETA stepped in to fight against this pig discrimination. The mud-slinging has to stop. I've got the perfect anti-"pig discrimination" campaign slogan: "Have you hogged a pig today?" Pigs of the world, unite!

Fragony
01-24-2008, 17:19
Way to go porkchops :laugh4:

Gregoshi
01-24-2008, 17:45
Thanks Fragony, now I'm hungry and not a porkchop in the house.

Fragony
01-24-2008, 17:46
Blame the pinko's

Louis VI the Fat
01-24-2008, 19:15
Absolutily adorable!!!

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/foto/630e997a_UnknownCrusty.jpgThat picture is called 'UnknownCrusty'. It isn't. That is a Megalograptus ohioensis (http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Eurypterida/Mixopteracea.html).

It looks fake. Rather, it looks real, but I have this nagging hunch that it is fake since our crusty friend has been extinct for 450 million years.

Don't ask me why I know this sort of stuff. :sweatdrop:

Lemur
01-24-2008, 19:35
It's from a show called called Chased by Sea Monsters (http://shopping.discovery.com/product-55221.html). The FX are really good, very high production values. I watched it with my little boy lemur, and he loved it.

Here's a BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3247691.stm) about the show, including this shot:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/1-1.jpg

Fragony
01-24-2008, 20:29
It's horrible. There is something about the mechanical nature of lower organisms it feeds

Vladimir
01-24-2008, 21:29
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19227412&BRD=1304&PAG=461&dept_id=180486&rfi=6.

Maybe the non believers are non-Hawkeye fans and the Great Satan is the fighting Illini. :indian_chief:

:juggle2:

Geoffrey S
01-24-2008, 22:34
That picture is called 'UnknownCrusty'. It isn't. That is a Megalograptus ohioensis (http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Eurypterida/Mixopteracea.html).

It looks fake. Rather, it looks real, but I have this nagging hunch that it is fake since our crusty friend has been extinct for 450 million years.

Don't ask me why I know this sort of stuff. :sweatdrop:
So, why do you know that sort of stuff...?

Fragony
01-25-2008, 15:53
Who cares as long as these things stay extinct.

Speaking of extinct, would be the best thing for some.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/conductor/pide/20000/euros/padres/joven/mato/elpepisoc/20080125elpepisoc_2/Tes

(spanish soz)

Anyways, a speeder roadkilled a 17 year old guy, and is now trying to make the family of the kid pay the reperations of his Audi A8, 20.000 euro of which 6.000 are because he had to rent a replacement. He is the real victim after all, he may have been driving too fast but the kid was wearing reflectors.

Something slow and painful for this hombre please?

Vladimir
01-25-2008, 18:53
Excuse me while I take a shower (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325465,00.html).

CountArach
01-27-2008, 02:06
Finally - Terrorism I can support (http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7771753)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police arrested and charged a teenager Tuesday night at Nashville International Airport.

...

Investigators said he planned to hijack the plane and order the pilots to divert the course from Nashville to Lafayette, La. The teenager wanted to crash the airliner into a Hannah Montana concert.
It is made even better by the last paragraph:

The suspect got the date wrong for the concert. It takes place Friday night instead of earlier this week.

Lemur
01-27-2008, 19:21
Swedish Gangster Uses Dwarfs to Steal (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/01/26/swedish_gangsters_use_dwarfs_to_steal/4700/)

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 26 -- Dwarfs have come to the aid of thieving Swedish gangsters by hiding in luggage compartments on travel buses.

The bite sized criminals have been found hiding in luggage storage spaces ransacking through personal items, which belong to unsuspecting bus riders, Sky News in Britain reported Thursday.

"It is very possible that a small person is being placed in a bag in order to search through the other bags. We are taking extra security measures and are thinking of installing video surveillance cameras," a Swebus spokeswoman said.

Officials said small kids have been put to the same use in similar theft scams and they have urged bus riders in Sweden not to keep valuable items in their stored luggage.

Gregoshi
01-27-2008, 20:19
Small-time criminals - is nothing beneath them? Bet they get a short sentence.

Marshal Murat
01-28-2008, 00:36
They'll probably be packaged away in the system, and they'll end up even more depressed.

Gregoshi
01-28-2008, 01:18
That would make them stow-aways.

Marshal Murat
01-28-2008, 01:23
Well, clearly, they should be assigned a buddy, so they can be 'carry-ons'

Gregoshi
01-28-2008, 04:32
Well, Marshal, certainly none of our puns on this topic need to be put in the overhead compartment. :laugh4:

Marshal Murat
01-28-2008, 04:39
Just remember to lock your seat in the full, upright position, and we should be fine.

Vladimir
01-28-2008, 21:24
New twist on an old story:

Undies (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325988,00.html)~;p

Caius
01-29-2008, 22:56
Old enough, but this should go to images of the Weird:

http://elgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/anti-war-protest-geek.jpg

Geeks against war. :shame:

Lemur
01-30-2008, 00:41
This is pretty freaky (http://angrybeaver-anythingispossible.blogspot.com/2008/01/random-early-morning-thoughts.html).


A father was sentenced to 4 years in jail after using a stun gun on his 18 month old toddler several times over a three week period. He wanted to make his son 'tough' for his career in cage fighting.The mother initially thought the toddler had a rash on his face.

Video. (http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/01/28/tan.or.toddler.stun.gun.katu)


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/E69EA3EB_34BC24B5.jpg

Lemur
01-30-2008, 04:13
A sure sign that the apocalypse is nigh: Cheeseburger in a can. (http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen)


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

Banquo's Ghost
01-30-2008, 12:46
Snakes on a plane (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/29/nudist_flights/).

Germans launch flights for nudists

Careful with that coffee, Klaus
By Lester Haines

A German company will later this year launch flights for nudists, aimed specifically at former East Germans who pine for the good old days under Communism when just about the only thing that wasn't illegal was getting your kit off.

The service will run from 5 July from Erfurt in southeast Germany to the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, with 50 unclothed passengers stumping €499 a pop to fly as nature intended.

Enrico Hess, founder of OssiUrlaub.de, told AFP: "In the former East Germany, naturist holidays were a much-loved way of spending the best weeks of the year. We want to make that freedom possible above the clouds too."

He added: "All the passengers will fly naked, but they are only allowed to undress once they are in the plane. But then they will be able to enjoy the hour-long flight in the way God intended."

In case you're wondering, the aircraft's crew will keep their clothes on. ®

Bootnote
Yes, we know what you're thinking: if the US's Department of Homeland Security gets wind of this the next time you take an internal flight between New York and San Francisco, you'll be leaving your apparel at the security desk. We challenge even the most ingenious member of al-Qaeda to conceal a box-cutter and binary liquid explosives when he's got nothing more than an in-flight safety leaflet to cover his modesty.

Vladimir
01-30-2008, 14:20
Saudi beauty contest (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=106180&d=28&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom).

Gregoshi
01-30-2008, 15:52
Germans launch flights for nudists


Thank you for flying Derriere Lines...

drone
01-30-2008, 16:00
Thank you for flying Derriere Lines...
"Where our seats are steam-cleaned after every flight!"

I would hope... :fainting:

Gregoshi
01-30-2008, 16:33
"Where our seats are steam-cleaned after every flight!"


:laugh4: Yes, one would hope.


"All the passengers will fly naked, but they are only allowed to undress once they are in the plane.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "take off", don't it?

KukriKhan
01-30-2008, 19:04
A sure sign that the apocalypse is nigh: Cheeseburger in a can. (http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen)

At 3.95 Euro's a can (@$8.00) it better be a triple quarter-pounder mit Kase.

Lemur
01-31-2008, 00:44
89 frozen ferrets (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_fe_st/odd_frozen_ferrets) found in Virginia home.

seireikhaan
01-31-2008, 03:12
Saudi beauty contest (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=106180&d=28&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom).
Hmm, now where's Caravel and Mithrandir when you need them...

Gregoshi
01-31-2008, 03:14
89 frozen ferrets found in Virginia home.

How cold was the house?

-89 ferretheit

That was awful even by my standards...:wall:

Gregoshi
01-31-2008, 03:16
Hmm, now where's Caravel and Mithrandir when you need them...
I was thinkin' the same thing kamikhaan. Bet they were at the funeral.

Vladimir
01-31-2008, 14:32
89 frozen ferrets (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_fe_st/odd_frozen_ferrets) found in Virginia home.

~:eek: The Lemur must avenge this injustice! :laugh4:

Andres
01-31-2008, 14:42
The Zombies are definitely coming...

Polish man unable to return from the dead! (http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_19074.aspx)


'Dead Man' Struggles In Vain To Prove He's Still Living...


Piotr Kucy is a man who's dead tired of trying to prove he's alive and well and living in the city of Polkowice (top left) in southwest Poland. His problems started when a body washed up on the shore of a local lake last August.

For reasons he can't explain, authorities identified the deceased as Kucy. But when he showed up a few days after his own funeral, family and friends soon realized everyone had gotten the wrong man. They seemed overjoyed to find out he was still among the living, but government officials weren't quite so happy.

Hopelessly mired in red tape, authorities have steadfastly and stubbornly refused to change the name on the death certificate or restore the resident to life. And that means since the summer, Kucy has been unable to get a job (dead men apparently aren't considered good employment risks and have no documentation) and can't collect any benefits or social insurance.

There is one positive from his battle with the bureaucrats, however. For the past six months, he hasn't had to pay a cent in taxes.

"We are nearly through January, and my documents still say I'm dead," he told a local newspaper. "It's a bit of a joke."

But not to local registry office officials, who had a comment of their own. "This citizen does not exist," one insists.

Kucy continues to be a man in limbo and until he gets it resolved, he's finding that being dead is killing him.

Vladimir
01-31-2008, 15:16
Crime spree! Dead men tell no tales and can't be charged with a crime.

Evil_Maniac From Mars
01-31-2008, 23:01
At 3.95 Euro's a can (@$8.00) it better be a triple quarter-pounder mit Kase.

Actually, it's about $5.85 a can.

Fragony
02-01-2008, 14:42
Guy with principles http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMwDe1ovbiILhtf3JKM2Ez79rGvA

Lemur
02-01-2008, 19:36
Is that hydrogen peroxide in your colon (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17931820080131), or are you just glad to see me?

Unhealthy enemas put tourists in hospital

Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:02pm EST

MOSCOW - Russians visiting a health resort received a rude shock when a nurse used hydrogen peroxide instead of water to give them enemas.

Itar-Tass news agency reported Thursday that 17 tourists in the Caucasus spa town of Yessentuki had to be treated in hospital after the mix-up.

Sources at the sanatorium said the mistake was explained by water and hydrogen peroxide looking the same. Hydrogen peroxide, which can be used to bleach hair, is used as a disinfectant but should not be ingested.

Gregoshi
02-01-2008, 23:19
Is that hydrogen peroxide in your colon (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17931820080131), or are you just glad to see me?

With enemas like that, who needs friends?

Lemur
02-02-2008, 05:42
British store sells special "Lolita" beds for pre-teens, doesn't see what the fuss is about. (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC16848020080201) Apparently nobody on staff reads books. Light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul, my Lolita ...

Shop pulls "Lolita" bed for young girls

Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:01pm EST

LONDON - A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens.

Woolworths said staff who administer the web site selling the beds were not aware of the connection.

In "Lolita," a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator becomes sexually involved with his 12-year-old stepdaughter -- but Woolworths staff had not heard of the classic novel or two subsequent films based on it.

Hence they saw nothing wrong with advertising the Lolita Midsleeper Combi, a whitewashed wooden bed with pull-out desk and cupboard intended for girls aged about six until a concerned mother raised the alarm on a parenting website.

"What seems to have happened is the staff who run the website had never heard of Lolita, and to be honest no one else here had either," a spokesman told British newspapers.

"We had to look it up on (online encyclopedia) Wikipedia. But we certainly know who she is now."

Woolworths said the product had now been dropped.

"Now this has been brought to our attention, the product has been removed from sale with immediate effect," the chain said.

"We will be talking to the supplier with regard to how the branding came about."

CountArach
02-02-2008, 06:04
British store sells special "Lolita" beds for pre-teens, doesn't see what the fuss is about. (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC16848020080201) Apparently nobody on staff reads books. Light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul, my Lolita ...

Shop pulls "Lolita" bed for young girls

Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:01pm EST

LONDON - A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens.

Woolworths said staff who administer the web site selling the beds were not aware of the connection.

In "Lolita," a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator becomes sexually involved with his 12-year-old stepdaughter -- but Woolworths staff had not heard of the classic novel or two subsequent films based on it.

Hence they saw nothing wrong with advertising the Lolita Midsleeper Combi, a whitewashed wooden bed with pull-out desk and cupboard intended for girls aged about six until a concerned mother raised the alarm on a parenting website.

"What seems to have happened is the staff who run the website had never heard of Lolita, and to be honest no one else here had either," a spokesman told British newspapers.

"We had to look it up on (online encyclopedia) Wikipedia. But we certainly know who she is now."

Woolworths said the product had now been dropped.

"Now this has been brought to our attention, the product has been removed from sale with immediate effect," the chain said.

"We will be talking to the supplier with regard to how the branding came about."
Sex sells, but this is ridiculous.

English assassin
02-02-2008, 14:09
Sources at the sanatorium said the mistake was explained by water and hydrogen peroxide looking the same.

Ah. The old "if its a colourless liquid it must be water" ploy, eh?

Lucky for the patients there wasn't a bottle of concentrated sulphuric acid to hand.

Lemur
02-02-2008, 19:16
Best. Correction. Ever. (http://www.regrettheerror.com/newspapers/sodomized-what)


In the Jan. 23 issue of Wednesday Journal, River Forest Village President Frank Paris is quoted saying, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parent. Those kinds of questions can’t be asked.” What Mr. Paris actually said was, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parrot.” Wednesday Journal regrets the error.

Fragony
02-03-2008, 11:14
Martian lolcrater

http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/happy_mars.jpg

KukriKhan
02-03-2008, 15:38
Best. Correction. Ever. (http://www.regrettheerror.com/newspapers/sodomized-what)


In the Jan. 23 issue of Wednesday Journal, River Forest Village President Frank Paris is quoted saying, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parent. Those kinds of questions can’t be asked.” What Mr. Paris actually said was, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parrot.” Wednesday Journal regrets the error.

Har, matey. You said we'd never speak of that again! Avast ye!

And he probably said "solemnize" or "Simonize" anyway.

Crazed Rabbit
02-04-2008, 06:32
This is news? I thought everyone...oh, wait:

Police: Crack Found in Man's Buttocks (http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=83EFAED598A88B5C90430ABF3A807BEA?contentId=5657259&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1)

CR

Gregoshi
02-04-2008, 07:00
Lynch was charged with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine
Interesting distribution system...

And he was also charged with obstructing justice. Justice wasn't the only thing he was obstructing...

Fragony
02-05-2008, 11:47
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,532660,00.html

kewl a railgun, now a lightninggun and war is just as fun as quake

Vladimir
02-05-2008, 14:16
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,532660,00.html

kewl a railgun, now a lightninggun and war is just as fun as quake

Damn, for a second there I was reading in German!!! :2thumbsup:

For us barbarians: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3346975&C=america

Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-05-2008, 22:40
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,532660,00.html

kewl a railgun, now a lightninggun and war is just as fun as quake
I saw that, wasn't it back in January?

Vladimir
02-06-2008, 14:06
Back in January? :inquisitive:

It's Feb 6th here.

InsaneApache
02-06-2008, 15:03
Back in January? :inquisitive:

It's Feb 6th here.

Hehe...... the wonder of t'interwebs.

I imagine he meant he saw it back in January. :beam:

Conqueror
02-06-2008, 16:24
Film 'reveals' Putin's love life (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7230404.stm)

The film, called A Kiss - Off the Record, is due to come out on Valentine's Day, but only on DVD.

Its fictional hero is a German-speaking St Petersburg Russian with a secretive job who marries a stewardess, has two daughters and rises to the presidency.

Fragony
02-06-2008, 18:13
Dutchies only,

http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/lesmateriaalvoormoslimtokkie.jpg

Uit het nieuwe lespakket uit, uiteraard, Amsterdam

Vladimir
02-06-2008, 19:00
Aww look, little Fragony and his family. :grin:

Fragony
02-06-2008, 19:19
Aww look, little Fragony and his family. :grin:

NooooO, I am from an upperclass family and had a protected childhood, that is what common sense told me at least. And he was right. They never used protection.

Vladimir
02-06-2008, 19:34
Hello, I have become a Muslim.

What have you done?!

Betrayer!!!

Get 'em pa!



As you can see, I'm no Dutchman.

Peasant Phill
02-07-2008, 10:04
But it isn't that far off, it reads:

Hi, I'm Adir, a muslim

What do you have against us?

Trouble maker

Get'm dad.



For all translation work please contact the following number at a rate of 10€/min. 0032 056 66 60 80

Fragony
02-07-2008, 11:04
the 10000000000000th useless offensive of scared people against 'Triumph des Wilders'

http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/1190591.html#comments

Fragony
02-07-2008, 12:41
http://www.boycotbeijing.org/?q=node/7

Boycot Beijing!!! Made in China :beam:

Fragony
02-07-2008, 16:56
Surprisingly this comes from england, that odd thing that once was

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7232661.stm

Lemur
02-07-2008, 20:31
If possible, could you post about Holland v. Islam elsewhere? This is News of the Weird. If it does not involve an exploding penguin, an electrocuted penis, a sex dwarf or freakish sea foam, it doesn't belong in here. You've got the whole Backroom in which to shout about Sharia; let us have this quiet preserve for weirdness.

Speaking of which ...

Drunk threatened city with TV remote (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0735247320080207)

CANBERRA - A drunken man's threat to blow up half a city with his television remote control forced Australian police to declare a state of emergency at a luxury golf resort, a local court heard Thursday.

Crazed Rabbit
02-07-2008, 21:26
A fantastic new surgical procedure:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23165572-5006007,00.html

Key quote:

Men who change their minds about having children would then simply point the remote handset at their testicles and press a button to open up the valve.

Ah, the innovations of science.

CR

Gregoshi
02-07-2008, 21:33
CANBERRA - A drunken man's threat to blow up half a city with his television remote control forced Australian police to declare a state of emergency at a luxury golf resort, a local court heard Thursday.
...the police were much relieved when they located Mr. Fryatt's "bomb" and found its timer was flashing "12:01"...

Gregoshi
02-07-2008, 21:36
Men who change their minds about having children would then simply point the remote handset at their testicles and press a button to open up the valve.
Not to be confused with the remote that can blow up half a city...

Lemur
02-07-2008, 21:41
Space roaches (http://en.rian.ru/science/20080117/97179313.html) are stronger, faster, tougher, destined to rule the Earth.

Cosmic cockroaches faster developers, Russian scientists say

VORONEZH, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Cockroaches conceived in space onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite have developed faster and become hardier than 'terrestrial' ones, a research supervisor said on Thursday.

The research team has been monitoring the cockroaches since they were born in October. The scientists established that their limbs and bodies grew faster.

"What is more, we have found out that the creatures... run faster than ordinary cockroaches, and are much more energetic and resilient," Dmitry Atyakshin said.

Cockroaches, as well as other types of insects, can give birth several times after one impregnation, and the cockroaches that conceived during the bio-satellite's September 14-26 flight have since given birth to their second and third batches of offspring.

"The second and third batches did not show these peculiarities of growth and physiology," the scientist noted.

'Ordinary' cockroaches are already known for their extraordinary resilience. Some species can last almost an hour without oxygen or a month without food, and are able to withstand high doses of radiation.

The September 14-26 flight was part of an ongoing experiment into the effects of space flight by the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP). The creatures were sealed in special containers, and a video camera filmed them during the flight.

Gregoshi
02-07-2008, 21:45
Space roaches (http://en.rian.ru/science/20080117/97179313.html) are stronger, faster, tougher, destined to rule the Earth.
You are right Lemur. I just know one of these space roaches will escape into terrestial roachdom and then we're doomed.

Lemur
02-07-2008, 21:54
Toe-licking robber (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_TOE_LICKING_THIEF?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) given probation.


According to a criminal complaint, Davis approached the woman around 1 a.m. on Sept. 9 as she was leaving work and forced her to put her phone and purse inside a bag. Then he told her, "Now I'm going to suck your feet."

CountArach
02-08-2008, 01:43
Toe-licking robber (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_TOE_LICKING_THIEF?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) given probation.


According to a criminal complaint, Davis approached the woman around 1 a.m. on Sept. 9 as she was leaving work and forced her to put her phone and purse inside a bag. Then he told her, "Now I'm going to suck your feet."
*Sigh*

I guess I'll say the obvious one...:

"What type of toe was he sucking?"

Fragony
02-08-2008, 12:55
http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/WPPgr.jpg

winner of the world press photo. Very ehhhhh what really?

Conqueror
02-08-2008, 16:57
Viagra renders fighter pilots a potent force (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3330873.ece)


Israeli fighter pilots may soon be receiving Viagra-style pills to help them to perform better at greater heights, according to a study by military officials released yesterday.

While the potential use of antiimpotence pills may make pilots’ enemies in the Middle East crack a joke or two at their expense, military researchers believe the ingredients that allow improved blood flow for men suffering from sexual problems may help flyers operating at very high altitudes.

Gregoshi
02-08-2008, 20:43
Viagra renders fighter pilots a potent force (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3330873.ece)

Up, up and away...

Vladimir
02-09-2008, 12:44
Every girl's crazy about a sharp dressed (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_fe_st/flirtatious_thieves;_ylt=AkU_rFYIbP4U4GJOnX6_fuQDW7oF) man.


One man was hurt after possibly being beaten with a high-heeled shoe, police said. Another lost his wallet while in his car with his pants around his ankles.

Viking
02-09-2008, 14:59
Toe-licking robber (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_TOE_LICKING_THIEF?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) given probation.


According to a criminal complaint, Davis approached the woman around 1 a.m. on Sept. 9 as she was leaving work and forced her to put her phone and purse inside a bag. Then he told her, "Now I'm going to suck your feet."

That gotta suck. :whip:

Fragony
02-09-2008, 16:23
That's low

Gregoshi
02-09-2008, 18:21
That gotta suck. :whip:
Toetally.

TB666
02-09-2008, 19:13
Viagra renders fighter pilots a potent force (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3330873.ece)
Well they are up against some stiff competition.
Might be hard to handle the joystick but I'm sure they will manage.

Viking
02-09-2008, 19:16
I already knew where the word joy stick came from, thank you very much. ~D

Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-10-2008, 06:32
As long as they can ease off on the throttle when necessary, I'm sure it will help.

ShadesPanther
02-10-2008, 16:30
It should help them deal with the thrust from the fuselage

Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-10-2008, 17:17
It's always tough to extend flaps or landing gear at top speed - what if the pilot needs to make an emergency landing, perhaps due to lack of fuel?

Gregoshi
02-11-2008, 02:11
What I want to know: are their flights limited to four hours or less without seeking medical help?

Fragony
02-11-2008, 13:57
Till death do us apart rather abruptly, 1 hour after saying I do. Man that is sad. Bride dies on wedding, 36 year old. :no:

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/buitenland/2008/02/bruid_overlijdt_uur_na_huwelij.html

(dutch link soz)

Gregoshi
02-11-2008, 19:54
Here's an english version of which Fragony posted: Bride dies during wedding (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_re_us/wedding_death). What a depressingly sad story.

Crazed Rabbit
02-12-2008, 00:13
Kentucky and Ohio speak of raids into each other's territory and armed border guards:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/us/11land.html

Surely, no cause is more important.

CR

Marshal Murat
02-12-2008, 00:43
I'm all sedimental about this piece of Americana. Like Rock 'n Roll.

Lemur
02-12-2008, 00:58
The danger of relying on Windows for your big-screen display in Las Vegas:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/lv-night.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/lv-day.jpg

Gregoshi
02-12-2008, 15:27
I'm all sedimental about this piece of Americana. Like Rock 'n Roll.
Ohio does have the Rock 'n Roll Museum - the obvious home for the rock.



The danger of relying on Windows for your big-screen display in Las Vegas:

Alas! Apparently what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.

Fragony
02-12-2008, 15:37
New York New York, Times square now that is a biggie

http://www.techgadgetforums.com/files/windows_error_1.jpg

Caius
02-12-2008, 15:47
Hitting the computer is good, but insulting Bill Gates is cheaper.

drone
02-12-2008, 17:15
Kentucky and Ohio speak of raids into each other's territory and armed border guards:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/us/11land.html

Surely, no cause is more important.

CR
Pfffft! I see your little rock dispute, and raise you a border war!
http://www.wsmv.com/politics/15275906/detail.html
Lawmakers in Georgia said a survey that was done in the early 1800s marked its border wrong.

Georgia lawmakers said the border is supposed to be the 35th parallel, but an 1818 survey put it just about a mile south of there, and they said they want a new survey.

“I think 190 years of uncertainty needs to come to an end. I'm not seeking to move the border, I simply want to have the border accurately surveyed and correctly marked,” said Georgia state Rep. David Shafer.

It's no secret that Georgia has had some water woes, and if the border is moved, it will annex a portion of the Tennessee River.

“The Tennessee River clearly flows south of the 35th parallel and through Georgia,” Shafer said.

Gregoshi
02-12-2008, 18:48
“My first thought was maybe we can settle this over a game of college football, but that would be unfair to the citizens of Georgia,” he said.
Ouch!! :laugh4:

drone
02-12-2008, 19:18
“My first thought was maybe we can settle this over a game of college football, but that would be unfair to the citizens of Georgia,” he said.
Ouch!! :laugh4:
Down there, "Them's fightin' words!". I expect the Georgia militia is being mustered as we post. ~D

Gregoshi
02-12-2008, 20:32
Down there, "Them's fightin' words!". I expect the Georgia militia is being mustered as we post. ~D
They'll have to play ketchup with the Volunteer militia...in Frankfurt, Tennessee.

<...add numerous other puns involving military, hot dogs and condiments like "roll call", relish, "a salt", pepper, blah blah blah...>

CountArach
02-12-2008, 22:07
The danger of relying on Windows for your big-screen display in Las Vegas:
I see I wasn't the only one to catch a virus...

InsaneApache
02-13-2008, 03:31
Oh noes; a disaster looms!


According to the IAS, restrictions on lower-skilled workers from outside the EU are causing a labour shortage so severe it could cause "irreparable damage" to the curry industry.

It argues that attempts to get eastern Europeans to work in curry restaurants have failed because they do not have the "cultural sensitivity" required.

:laugh4:

Polish curry anyone? :laugh4:


But government officials said they had no plans to review the curry arrangements.

:sweatdrop:

Another reason to despise the EU. :whip: :clown:

woad&fangs
02-13-2008, 03:56
Voters Told That Their Pens Used Invisible Ink (http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/779528,CST-NWS-magic06.article)
O Chicago, every time I turn around you're taking corruption and election shenanigans to a new level.

Viking
02-13-2008, 10:53
Have Sex While You Sleep (http://www.livescience.com/health/070602_sleep_oddities.html)



If you think it’s impossible to have sex while you sleep, think again, according to a new study.

There are at least 11 different sex-related sleep disorders, collectively referred to as “sexsomnia” or “sleepsex,” that affect people who are otherwise psychologically healthy—causing them to unknowingly engage in various sexual activities during the night.

Fragony
02-13-2008, 14:14
ZAP!

http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/strrrrrrike.jpg

Gregoshi
02-13-2008, 15:11
Have Sex While You Sleep (http://www.livescience.com/health/070602_sleep_oddities.html)
It would be even more efficient if you could smoke your cigarette and sleep while having sex.

Nice pic Fragony!

Lemur
02-13-2008, 17:20
Outer space has a smell (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp6/spacechronicles4.html). No, really.


I had the pleasure of operating the airlock for two of my crewmates while they went on several space walks. Each time, when I repressed the airlock, opened the hatch and welcomed two tired workers inside, a peculiar odor tickled my olfactory senses. At first I couldn't quite place it. It must have come from the air ducts that re-pressed the compartment. Then I noticed that this smell was on their suit, helmet, gloves, and tools. It was more pronounced on fabrics than on metal or plastic surfaces. It is hard to describe this smell; it is definitely not the olfactory equivalent to describing the palette sensations of some new food as "tastes like chicken." The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation. It reminded me of my college summers where I labored for many hours with an arc welding torch repairing heavy equipment for a small logging outfit. It reminded me of pleasant sweet smelling welding fumes. That is the smell of space.

Lemur
02-14-2008, 06:02
Global warming has killed the Loch Ness Monster (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/02/13/veteran-loch-ness-monster-hunter-gives-up-86908-20317853/). Rest in peace, Nessie.


Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and [Robert] Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming. He still wants to check almost 100 contacts on the floor of the loch, believing one may be the monster's remains.

Gregoshi
02-14-2008, 06:22
Global warming has killed the Loch Ness Monster (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/02/13/veteran-loch-ness-monster-hunter-gives-up-86908-20317853/). Rest in peace, Nessie.


It seems outer space ain't the only thing with a smell...

Lemur
02-14-2008, 06:39
From the Dept. of Unfortunate Names:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/2258732689_6378eed150.jpg

Crazed Rabbit
02-14-2008, 07:26
Have you ever wanted to go swimming, but you thought the fashions of the 20th century were too risque? Then this site (http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-3.html) is for you!

Huzzah!

CR

Peasant Phill
02-14-2008, 08:43
A good example that you should think before you act (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325285,00.html).
I sure wish I could've seen the look on her face when she realized she had no cause.

Gregoshi
02-14-2008, 12:38
Have you ever wanted to go swimming, but you thought the fashions of the 20th century were too risque? Then this site (http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-3.html) is for you!

You can still see their ankles...hubba hubba! :eyebrows:

Regarding "Think before you act", prison photographers are really good at their craft. It's amazing how they make everyone they snap look like a criminal.

Morning Wood: We're up while you're still cutting the wood.

Lemur
02-14-2008, 20:34
Have you ever wanted to go swimming, but you thought the fashions of the 20th century were too risque? Then this site (http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-3.html) is for you!
Why do they only have outfits for women? I want a full family range of ancient bathing costumes, thank you very much. When the Lemur family goes to the beach, I want it to look like this:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/4-20.jpg

In other news, activist judges are at it again, freeing the sex toys in Texas (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SEX_TOYS_BAN?SITE=CATOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT).


"I think it's wonderful, but it does seem to me that since Texas was one of three states in the country - along with Mississippi and Alabama - that continued to outlaw the sale of sex toys and vibrators, that it was probably past time," Harvey said Wednesday.

Alabama is in the 11th Circuit. But now it's unlikely that the law in Mississippi, which also is in the 5th Circuit, will be prosecuted, some legal experts said.

Virginia's law barring obscene items is a bit different from other state laws and does not appear to apply to sex toy sales, said Harvey, whose company distributes nationwide.

I'm happy for all of those Texan vibrators.

Whacker
02-14-2008, 21:39
http://thismight.be/offensive/uploads/2008/02/14/image/vibrating%20undies%20makes%20shopper%20faint.jpg

It's entirely SFW.

It's actually an article, just a screenshot of it. The end had me in stitches; "We like to think shopping with us is exciting enough already."

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

Viking
02-14-2008, 22:00
http://thismight.be/offensive/uploads/2008/02/14/image/vibrating%20undies%20makes%20shopper%20faint.jpg

It's entirely SFW.

It's actually an article, just a screenshot of it. The end had me in stitches; "We like to think shopping with us is exciting enough already."

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:


Awesome. ~D

Lemur
02-14-2008, 22:15
Whacker, your link, she is broken. But a little Googling found the image, and you're right, it's a peach:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/buzzing-undies.jpg

TB666
02-15-2008, 12:20
I'll have what she is having

The_Mark
02-15-2008, 13:39
I'll have what she is having
Vibrating imitation leather knickers?

I wonder if they do codpiece models of 'em.

ShadesPanther
02-15-2008, 15:18
Diagnosis by Handshake? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7246419.stm)


How we all wish we had GPs like him.

Lemur
02-15-2008, 16:40
Woman orders $150,000 clone dog. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/cloned_dog_order/)

US woman orders $150k cloned pitbull terrier

'Particularly attached' to dead original

Korean cloning outfit RNL Bio has taken its first order for a cloned dog - a copy of a deceased pitbull terrier called Booger whose Californian owner was so attached to her mutt she's willing to stump $150,000 for the privilege.

The canine doppelganger will be produced by a team from Seoul National University using tissue taken from Booger's ear before his demise 18 months ago, and subsequently stored by a US biotech company. The scientists are headed by Professor Lee Byeong-chun, who previously worked under the disgraced Hwang Woo-suk.

Although Hwang was turfed out on his ear for falsifying data on human cell cloning, among other offences, the team did manage to produce the world's first cloned dog, an Afghan hound named Snuppy, back in 2005.

The team uses the somatic nuclear cell transfer method to brew up its clones, which are delivered by surrogate mothers. Although the technique has a high failure rate, the company's marketing director, Cho Seong-ryul, reckons "out of every four surrogate mother dogs produces puppies".

He added that the cost of a cloned four-legged-friend "may come down to less than $50,000 as cloning is becoming an industry".

And in case you're wondering what would possess someone to stump $150k for a copy of her pet, Booger's owner Bernann McKunney is rather splendidly described as having been "particularly attached to the dog, after it saved her life when another dog attacked her and bit off her arm."

Crazed Rabbit
02-15-2008, 17:26
Why do they only have outfits for women? I want a full family range of ancient bathing costumes, thank you very much. When the Lemur family goes to the beach, I want it to look like this:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/4-20.jpg


That is scandalous, good sir! You can clearly see the general shape of the woman's body! Modesty requires women to be shapeless blobs.

CR

TB666
02-15-2008, 19:07
Vibrating imitation leather knickers?

I wonder if they do codpiece models of 'em.
Well would make life more entertaining :2thumbsup:
Maybe something for those israeli pilots that was mentioned earlier

Caius
02-15-2008, 19:28
I dont wanna play with this dog... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4177882.stm)


Fighter teaches dog to kick-box



Owner Russ Williams has trained the 15-month-old black Russian terrier in the art of kick-boxing.

Mr Williams, from Caerwys in north Wales, is a former world champion in the martial art. "If there was a British Thai boxing championship for dogs then Ringo would win paws-down every time," he said. "There are a few humans he could beat as well."

Russian black terriers, also known as Russkiy Tchiorny terriers, were specially bred in the former USSR and originally used by the authorities for riot control

And obviously, the USSR had to be part of everything. Now, dogs??

ShadesPanther
02-16-2008, 02:06
I dont wanna play with this dog... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4177882.stm)


Fighter teaches dog to kick-box


And obviously, the USSR had to be part of everything. Now, dogs??


In Soviet Russia, Dog kicks you!

Lemur
02-16-2008, 04:37
Don't like the people you're drinking with? Hit 'em with bear spray (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080215/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bear_spray_assault).

Man squirts bear spray at bar

KODIAK, Alaska - A man faces assault charges after allegedly spraying bar patrons twice with bear spray. Kodiak police charged Daniel Pement after the incidents Saturday and Sunday at the B&B Bar.

Police said Pement was escorted from the bar on Saturday, but returned 15 minutes later and allegedly sprayed customers. Police talked to him later and took the bear spray, but were called away on a more urgent matter.

On Sunday, police were called to the bar again after Pement allegedly sprayed patrons with another can of bear spray.

Police found Pement walking down the street and charged him with six counts of misdemeanor assault.

English assassin
02-16-2008, 18:43
A man faces assault charges after allegedly spraying bar patrons twice with bear spray.

I bet that made them grizzly.

Viking
02-16-2008, 20:08
Gorillas Caught in Very Human Act (http://www.livescience.com/animals/080213-gorilla-mating.html)



https://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9907/080213gorillasex02kj4.jpg

Gorillas have been caught on camera for the first time performing face-to-face intercourse.

Humans and bonobos were the only primates thought to mate in this manner. And while researchers have observed wild gorillas engaged in such an act, it had never been photographed.


:clown:

TB666
02-16-2008, 23:50
I guess someone gave them a copy of the Kama Sutra for christmas.

Viking
02-17-2008, 22:23
In Romance, Looks Matters Most to the Beautiful (http://www.livescience.com/health/080214-beauty-bias.html)


In the world of romance, we seek out partners who are just as "hot" or "not hot" as we are.

A new study supports the idea that super models flock together while individuals lacking the perfect face and body also stick together.

"Beautiful people marry beautiful people and less beautiful people marry less beautiful people," said Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management.

Well I've only fallen in love with hot females anyway, so. ~D




Guys, however, are less concerned with their own looks when deciding whom to date, the findings suggest. So while a man might have no qualms about going after someone much better looking than he is, a woman will tend more to choose partners with compatible looks.

So if an ugly female is after you, you really are ugly too. ~;)

Lemur
02-17-2008, 22:32
Okay, I can understand the stuffed leopard, but sneakers (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/02/17/president_bush_decorates_leaders_feet/7510/)? I guess if that's what he really wanted ...


U.S. President George Bush presented Tanzania's president with a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's basketball sneakers Sunday in Dar Es Salaam.

In a reciprocal gesture, President Jakaya Kikwete presented a stuffed leopard and lion, a Zebra skin and a wood carving to the American president, CNN reported.

Fragony
02-18-2008, 08:56
I guess someone gave them a copy of the Kama Sutra for christmas.

seems like it, they also aren't too shy for the missionary-position, pretty odd for primates

http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/uniekbebeel.jpg

Andres
02-18-2008, 12:37
Avoid Cardiff if you want to buy chocolates...

Shop-owners sold chocolate cake sprinkled with human faeces (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=513621&in_page_id=1770)


Two shop-owners were today fined for selling chocolate cake - which had been sprinkled with human faeces.

A horrified customer ate the foul-smelling gateaux but noticed that it didn't taste or smell "quite right" and handed the cake to public health scientists.

The analysts soon established that the sweet treat was covered in faeces and legal proceedings against the shop owners were started.

Shop owners Saeed Hasmi, 25, and Jan Yadgari, 23, were fined £1,500 for selling food unfit for human consumption.

The pair - who ran the Italiano Pizzeria in Roath, Cardiff - admitted the charge but did not say how the chocolate cake was contaminated.

The takeaway is a favourite with late-night revellers and students living around the takeaway close to Cardiff University.

A spokeswoman for the public health department in Cardiff City Council said: "The person who bought the cake realised it didn't taste or smell quite right so they reported it to us.

"Subsequent examination by the public analyst and national public health service laboratories confirmed the presence of faecal matter.

"There were bits of it all over the top of the cake.

"We cannot say for definite what kind of faecal matter it is, although it is very likely it was human. It would have to go through a DNA test for us to know for absolutely sure."

Hasmi and Yadgari at first denied the charge but pleaded guilty at Cardiff magistrates court before the trial.

Hasmi, of Roath, Cardiff, and Yadgari, of Adamsdown, Cardiff, were each fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £200 costs.

After the case Hasmi said: "It was not our fault but I don't want to talk about it.

"I'm not working in the food industry anymore. I want to do something else.

"We are sorry for the people who ate it," he said.

The case has taken 18 months to come to court and the pair have both left the Pizzeria.

Shams Mehrabi, who took over the Italiano Pizzeria in March, condemned the actions of the two men. He now has hygiene certificates on the wall and said: "I have the highest standards.

"This is a completely different business now. We have a lot of happy customers - we won't be selling chocolate cake."

Viking
02-18-2008, 14:26
"This is a completely different business now. We have a lot of happy customers - we won't be selling chocolate cake."


:clown:

Peasant Phill
02-19-2008, 09:38
I don't have a article about it but a kebab shop (or hw you call it) not far from where I live was closed a year ago after the health inspection discovered sperm on the pitta/kebab/d&#252;rum. I bet they didn't have to use much salt.

Gregoshi
02-19-2008, 14:33
I bet they didn't have to use much salt.
But they should have had use for saltpeter.

Lemur
02-20-2008, 00:51
This is ... just weird. I'm not sure how to describe it. Puppet show on human growth hormone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc), perhaps?

Gregoshi
02-20-2008, 03:32
I see a young woman being manipulated by a group of men. How typical.

~D

Vladimir
02-20-2008, 04:25
This is ... just weird. I'm not sure how to describe it. Puppet show on human growth hormone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc), perhaps?

HAH! Nice.

Andres
02-20-2008, 14:19
Meet Pricasso, the penis painter (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=68580&in_page_id=2)


Artist Tim Patch - also known as 'Pricasso' - creates his portraits in an interesting way. He paints with his penis.

Seen here at the Sexpo Fair in Midrand, South Africa, Australian-based Patch - who labels himself 'The World's Greatest Penile Artist' - paints his portraits onto smoothed-back canvas, so as to avoid abrasions to his penis.

Pricasso's most famous portrait is probably his interpretation of Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

He first discovered that he could paint with his penis when he started getting his penis out at parties, and painting with it.

Gregoshi
02-20-2008, 15:24
Meet Pricasso, the penis painter (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=68580&in_page_id=2)
Different strokes for different folks.

TB666
02-20-2008, 15:33
So is it a tiny brush or a big one ??
Or maybe the size of the brush doesn't matter, it's how you use it ?? :hide:

Vladimir
02-20-2008, 17:27
So in this case being accused of painting with a broad brush is a good thing? :stupido2:

Papewaio
02-20-2008, 22:19
Pricasso Part Deux (http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/tired-and-sore-but-a-handy-likeness/2008/02/19/1203190823056.html)


As Friday's deadline looms for entries in this year's Archibald Prize, portraits are piling up in their hundreds on the packing room floor at the Art Gallery of NSW.

A very serious Brendan Nelson on canvas glares at Kerry O'Brien's likeness across the room. Works from Archibald veterans, including Rodney Pople and Paul Jackson, share floor space with the paintings of unknown amateurs.

The most unusual entry so far comes from Tim Patch, who calls himself Pricasso, after his pants-down, no-brushes-required painting method.

To create his nude self-portrait, Patch dipped his penis in paint and applied it to the canvas. He first entered the prize last year with a painting of the plastic surgeon Dr Joseph Georghy, but failed to impress the judges with his technique.

"It's not like a running race where there's a clear winner," Patch said at the gallery yesterday after delivering his work. "It's just people's perception of what's good and what's not. I can usually get a pretty good likeness, but I guess I am breaking the boundaries a bit."

Patch spruiks his wares at Sexpo festivals around the world, creating 20-minute masterpieces on paper. He discovered his talent two years ago at a New Year's Eve party, and with this year's Archibald entry, learnt to suffer for his art.

"Painting on canvas for hours on end is not very kind to your skin. It's pretty tiring and it gets really sore … I use antiseptic, but I had to use my bum to paint in the background, because you have to have the occasional break," he said

The link has the picture in all its umm glory (no actual picture of the 'brush' is included).

Gregoshi
02-20-2008, 22:47
"Painting on canvas for hours on end is not very kind to your skin. It's pretty tiring and it gets really sore..."
His art starts as a Pricasso but ends up a Moanet.


"...I had to use my bum to paint in the background..."
Butt of course, what would be more appropriate?


"It's pretty tiring and it gets really sore..."
He should try sculpting...

ShadesPanther
02-21-2008, 01:05
He first discovered that he could paint with his penis when he started getting his penis out at parties, and painting with it.

As you do.

The_Mark
02-21-2008, 12:02
Meet Pricasso, the penis painter (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=68580&in_page_id=2)
Looking at the image, it seems that he has to use his hands as a guidance device.

Amateur.

Gregoshi
02-21-2008, 12:24
Looking at the image, it seems that he has to use his hands as a guidance device.

Amateur.
Says "El Marko"...

Samurai Waki
02-21-2008, 12:34
whats so unusual about this? apparently my penis has often been described as being a master of artful design. :2thumbsup:

Gregoshi
02-21-2008, 14:48
whats so unusual about this? apparently my penis has often been described as being a master of artful design. :2thumbsup:
Everyone is an art critic.


Sorry Wakizashi, I couldn't resist. ~:pat:

The_Mark
02-21-2008, 15:02
Says "El Marko"...
Well, I certainly aspire to make my mark without hands.

Samurai Waki
02-21-2008, 16:14
Everyone is an art critic.


Sorry Wakizashi, I couldn't resist. ~:pat:



:laugh4: but none can deny my verility

Fragony
02-25-2008, 09:00
The 'absolutily rediculous burger'

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/hamburger34.jpg

Americans..... can't feed them can't kill then :beam:


Lol, the girlies think they were harrases by the flight crew because of their looks.

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/raar/2008/02/ze_waren_jaloers_op_onze_looks.html

That is what we call loverboy-material here.

Fragony
02-25-2008, 14:54
Muhahahaha you couldn't make this up

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2741933.html

:laugh4:







GAH! That creep, that greasy little ferret that genetic atrocity may rats feast on his eyes may his penis fall off may all his sons be camals.

Sean Penn is dating my girl Petra Nemcova. The one on the left. How could she do that to me.

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/Zusjegr.jpg

Fragony
02-26-2008, 08:39
So why do we like woman tennis? Indeed that's why, is nothing sacred??

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23275662-2862,00.html

And it happens to be a great ops to post this hilarious commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rjikEj0ASY

Gregoshi
02-26-2008, 14:51
So why do we like woman tennis? Indeed that's why, is nothing sacred??

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23275662-2862,00.html


Nothing is sadder than a disgruntled tennis player. ~:(

Lemur
02-28-2008, 01:05
Subtle Butt anti-stink "gas neutralizers." (http://www.garmentguard.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=8) For those times when you just have to break wind, but don't want people to, um, smell it. They also sell disposable underarm shields ...

Gregoshi
02-28-2008, 04:16
Subtle Butt anti-stink "gas neutralizers." (http://www.garmentguard.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=8) For those times when you just have to break wind, but don't want people to, um, smell it. They also sell disposable underarm shields ...
Sure, great for the SBDs, but there is no muffler. If I'm worried about others smelling the breakage-of-wind, I'm also probably worried about them hearing it too. 'Tis a flawed product.

InsaneApache
02-28-2008, 10:32
Subtle Butt anti-stink "gas neutralizers." (http://www.garmentguard.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=8) For those times when you just have to break wind, but don't want people to, um, smell it. They also sell disposable underarm shields ...

Where's the fun in that? I love 'popping' one off when the grandkids come over, they try to run off but I'm too fast for them and usually catch a couple to filter the stink with their lungs!

Much more satisfying. :laugh4:

Viking
02-28-2008, 15:21
And it happens to be a great ops to post this hilarious commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rjikEj0ASY


Nice one. :laugh4:

Viking
02-28-2008, 15:44
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23292201-5006003,00.html



A YOUNG boy is close to being more bird than human because he was never spoken to while living in a virtual aviary, according to reports from Russia.


“When you start talking to him, he chirps,” Volskaya said.

Volskaya also said when the boy becomes frustrated by being unable to communicate with authorities using bird-talk, he waves his arms as if they were wings.

Fragony
02-29-2008, 15:47
Lady's and gentlemen, we got him.

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/Neusgroot.jpg

The world's biggest nose, what a wopper!

Lemur
02-29-2008, 17:17
That's just nasty, Fragony. Ewww!

Now, who's up for an electronic tattoo (http://www.physorg.com/news122819670.html) powered by blood?


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


The basis of the 2x4-inch "Digital Tattoo Interface" is a Bluetooth device made of thin, flexible silicon and silicone. It´s inserted through a small incision as a tightly rolled tube, and then it unfurls beneath the skin to align between skin and muscle. Through the same incision, two small tubes on the device are attached to an artery and a vein to allow the blood to flow to a coin-sized blood fuel cell that converts glucose and oxygen to electricity. After blood flows in from the artery to the fuel cell, it flows out again through the vein. [...]

The tattoo display communicates wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices - both in the outside world and within the same body. Although the device is always on (as long as your blood´s flowing), the display can be turned off and on by pushing a small dot on the skin. When the phone rings, for example, an individual turns the display on, and "the tattoo comes to life as a digital video of the caller," Mielke explains. When the call ends, the tattoo disappears.

KukriKhan
02-29-2008, 17:38
That really gets under my skin.

In b4 Greg :beam:

Fragony
02-29-2008, 17:43
LOL what happened to true idealism, why does my generation has to do with unwashed types that only whine for our sins?

Anyways, hippie that wants to walk to Ghandi's birthplace strands in Callais.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7270401.stm

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

spmetla
02-29-2008, 19:21
Female G spot 'can be detected'
The mysterious G spot - supposedly a route to female sexual satisfaction - can be located with ultrasound, claim Italian scientists.

This is not the G spot (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7254523.stm)

Fragony
02-29-2008, 19:27
This is not the G spot (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7254523.stm)

G-spot is a hoax just like the female orgasism I have yet to see one.

InsaneApache
02-29-2008, 19:46
G-spot is a hoax just like the female orgasism I have yet to see one.

I don't know what to say. :sweatdrop:

I've seen loads (that's a bunch in american) under me. :sweatdrop: :yes: :beam: :2thumbsup: :egypt:

Fragony
02-29-2008, 19:49
Really? You must know how to take things seriously then :beam:

InsaneApache
02-29-2008, 19:51
I always take women seriously, only a fool would not. :help:

Fragony
02-29-2008, 19:56
Hmmm making jokes like that aren't always smart there goes my credits :wall:

CountArach
02-29-2008, 22:36
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23292201-5006003,00.html
He gets all the birds.

Viking
03-01-2008, 11:51
NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force Acting on Space Probes (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080229-spacecraft-anomaly.html)



Mysteriously, five spacecraft that flew past the Earth have each displayed unexpected anomalies in their motions.

These newfound enigmas join the so-called "Pioneer anomaly" as hints that unexplained forces may appear to act on spacecraft.

A decade ago, after rigorous analyses, anomalies were seen with the identical Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft as they hurtled out of the solar system. Both seemed to experience a tiny but unexplained constant acceleration toward the sun.

ShadesPanther
03-01-2008, 17:58
Both seemed to experience a tiny but unexplained constant acceleration toward the sun.

The octo-Squids are building tractor beams to lead us to our doom!

English assassin
03-02-2008, 12:58
Although not really weird, opportunities to post a story from the Ledbury Reporter are few and fair between, and not to be passed over lightly. And the story does involve beer, and blondes with no underwear (allegedly), so it deals with the important things in life.

http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2079616.0.is_she_or_isnt_she.php?s=s


A COMPLAINTS PANEL that considered if the famous Dorothy Goodbody stout label is "sexually suggestive" or not, has given its opinion as to whether the young woman on the front is wearing knickers.

The label is a figurehead of the Wye Valley Brewery, of Stoke Lacy.

Alcohol Concern, which made the formal complaint, had few doubts.

The complaint reads: "The drawing of a young woman, whose dress is pulled back to reveal her thighs, whilst also hinting at a lack of undergarments, is sexually suggestive."

Its just as well Alcohol Concern doesn't have any serious alcohol related issues to worry about, eh, otherwise it wouldn't have time to speculate on a cartoon lady's undercrackers.

(Edit: the link is safe for work, unless you work at Alcohol concern, that is)

Gregoshi
03-02-2008, 19:56
Its just as well Alcohol Concern doesn't have any serious alcohol related issues to worry about, eh, otherwise it wouldn't have time to speculate on a cartoon lady's undercrackers.

Yeah, she's a piece of art - it is not like she can drop her drawers.

Evil_Maniac From Mars
03-03-2008, 00:06
How do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course. (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/motivational-ma.html)

spmetla
03-03-2008, 04:41
At least he gets to actually say "work is killing me" and not be topped by his buddies.

Gregoshi
03-03-2008, 05:44
How do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course. (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/motivational-ma.html)
He'll have a hard time firing his waterlogged employees.

Fragony
03-03-2008, 13:35
Well this just sucks. A polish constructionworker was fired because he was having sex with a vaccuum-cleaner, he insisted that this is perfectly normal in Poland and I believe him. But this is not acceptable over here.

Gregoshi
03-03-2008, 17:05
Well Fragony, any upright relationship can't exist in a vacuum.

Fragony
03-03-2008, 17:16
But Watt does drive a man to try it?

Conqueror
03-03-2008, 17:26
He really wanted to be sucked clean.

Gregoshi
03-03-2008, 17:30
But Watt does drive a man to try it?


A longing for attachments, but the fact that such relationships are back and forth affairs can't be swept under the rug.

Fragony
03-03-2008, 17:33
A longing for attachments, but the fact that such relationships are back and forth affairs can't be swept under the rug.

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

If we were a gang you would be the kingpun :beam:

Gregoshi
03-03-2008, 18:24
...kingpun

:laugh4: I like. And it would be appropriate, as many Orgahs, I'm sure, would consider my puns a crime.

Lemur
03-04-2008, 17:31
Okay, smart guy, then where should I insert my screwdrivers?


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

Lemur
03-04-2008, 17:44
Sometimes you just want to get away from it all, and not be forced to act all fancy with them upscale folks ...


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

drone
03-04-2008, 17:59
Okay, smart guy, then where should I insert my screwdrivers?


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/screwdriver_kit.jpg
Well, I thought everybody knew penises were Torx. :shrug:

Fragony
03-05-2008, 04:03
Not really weird in a weird way more awesome sort of what are the odds of that and also awesome

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524069&in_page_id=1770

Fragony
03-05-2008, 12:45
Clearly a case of epic proportions, Japanense bikibibabe was cleared from all charges. She was on trial for vandalism, supposedly she had kicked a hole in a door and crawled through it, but she couldn't have done it her boobs are too big.

Here are the puppies in question;

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/Cupmaatgr002.jpg

110 cm, baby

Gregoshi
03-05-2008, 14:56
Okay, smart guy, then where should I insert my screwdrivers?
Somebody is taking the term "getting screwed" a little too literally.

Andres
03-05-2008, 16:59
Anger management homework used as weapon. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334208,00.html)



Man On Way to Anger Management Class Arrested for Assault


ST. PAUL — A man on his way to anger management class became angry and struck a woman, authorities said.

Justin John Boudin, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to fifth-degree assault in Ramsey County District Court and can expect to face a sentence for time served in jail, at least 120 days, and probation when he is sentenced May 5, the county attorney's office said.

According to a criminal complaint, Boudin was waiting at a bus stop on Aug. 29 when he accosted a 59-year-old woman and others.

"Why don't you show me some respect?" he allegedly yelled at the woman.

When she took out a cell phone to call police, he hit her in the face, according to the complaint. When a 63-year-old man tried to stop Boudin, Boudin hit him with a blue folder — which fell on the ground — and fled.

Police tracked him down through the folder, which included Boudin's anger management homework and his name, the complaint said.

Banquo's Ghost
03-05-2008, 20:02
Malaysian woman jailed for worshipping teapot (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/05/teapot_cult/).

As the man notes, you only get one chance in a lifetime to write that headline. :laugh4:

I say let her stew.

A Malaysian woman has been jailed for two years for hooking up with the "teapot worshipping" Sky Kingdom cult, contrary to Sharia law which prohibits born Muslims converting to other religions.

Former teacher Kamariah Ali, 57, was cuffed in 2005 when the powers that be clamped down on the cult and demolished its two-storey sacred teapot symbolising the "purity of water" and "love pouring from heaven".

While Malaysia has constitutional guarantees of freedom of worship, apostasy is off the menu for the Muslim population. Mrs Ali previously served 20 months in 1992 for the offence, and Sharia High Court judge Mohammed Abdullah had no hesitation handing down further time.

He said he'd "considered aspects of public interest and the sentiments of Muslims in the country", and told the defendant: "The court is not convinced that the accused has repented and is willing to abandon any teachings contrary to Islam. I pray God will open the doors of your heart, Kamariah."

Ali's lawyer, Sa'adiah Din, protested to reporters: "This has to stop. They can't be sending her again and again to prison for this. She informed the court that she is not a Muslim. She doesn't come under Sharia court anymore."

An appeal hearing will tomorrow "consider [Ali's] plea for a lighter sentence and to defer the date of her sentencing", the Malaysia Star notes. &#174;

And the IT angle?
Who cares? You get one chance in your career to write the Malaysian teapot-worship headline, and by the Lord Harry and Saint George this hack wasn't going to let it pass.

Vladimir
03-05-2008, 21:21
Hey, I'm starting to like this Sharia law thing. Any chance they'll adopt it in England? :juggle2:

Caius
03-06-2008, 01:08
Clearly a case of epic proportions, Japanense bikibibabe was cleared from all charges. She was on trial for vandalism, supposedly she had kicked a hole in a door and crawled through it, but she couldn't have done it her boobs are too big.

Here are the puppies in question;

http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/images/Cupmaatgr002.jpg

110 cm, baby
That happens when you are too Big in Japan.

Gregoshi
03-06-2008, 03:40
Malaysian woman jailed for worshipping teapot (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/05/teapot_cult/).

She was spouting her religious tealeafs no doubt.

Marshal Murat
03-06-2008, 04:25
I thought Russell's Teapot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot) wasn't a real religion!

Lemur
03-06-2008, 05:01
Do you dare to cross the catapult of poo (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/03/05/shopkeep_erects_poo-filled_catapult/7508/)?


Shopkeep erects poo-filled catapult

Published: March 5, 2008 at 5:47 PM

WEST BRIDGFORD, England, March 5 (UPI) -- A British shopkeeper, frustrated by repeated break-ins, said he has installed a catapult full of chicken droppings to deter burglars.

Joe Weston-Webb, proprietor of Grumpy Joe's Flooring in Nottinghamshire County in England's East Midlands, said he installed the 30-foot catapult and a cannon that fires railroad ties after security fencing, motion-sensor lights and CCTV cameras failed to put an end to repeated nighttime burglaries, The Times of London reported Wednesday.

"Warning: These premises are protected by smart-poo and railway sleeper projectiles," a sign posted on the premises reads.

"I have an exploding coffin too. The intruder would have to climb into the box in order to be blown out of it and I don't expect anyone would be stupid enough to do that, but I'm working on it."

Weston-Webb said he has a theory about the identity of the culprits.

"We are pretty certain it was a rival company, but I can't prove it," he said.

Fragony
03-06-2008, 05:10
owwww neverind mistake

Lemur
03-06-2008, 05:23
So who's up for getting paid to contract malaria (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/05/ap/strange/main3912635.shtml)? Seattle, eh? Maybe Crazed Rabbit could use some scratch ...


Group Seeks Volunteers To Get Malaria

Seattle Institute To Pay Volunteers To Be Bitten By Mosquitoes Inflected With Malaria

The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria. Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is testing which vaccines work fastest.

The head of the program, Dr. Patrick Duffy, says volunteers will spend several nights under medical supervision in a hotel.

All of the human trials will be reviewed for safety by the Food and Drug Administration.

Crazed Rabbit
03-06-2008, 05:37
:inquisitive:

It'd be a heck of a spring break story, that's for sure.

CR

Fragony
03-06-2008, 16:12
Found another case that has the potency to lead to fierce debate, and it would be a shame to just let it hang there. now what is up with this. An Italian man wants to compensated, 170.000 euro to be exact. No, not because he is Italian, it may not be the rising star of europe but it's a nice country. No, he wants to be compensated because the constant nagging of his wife made him impotent. Poor guy.

Fragony
03-06-2008, 17:53
LOL you just got to respect that, youngest married couple ever, Saudi Arabia, 12 and 11. And cousins but that's familiar.

Lemur
03-07-2008, 05:48
Uh-oh, looks like the fate of Texan dildos may be wobbly (http://www.slate.com/id/2185623/entry/2185627/nav/tap3/).


On Feb. 13, sex-toy retailers in Texas rejoiced when a federal appeals court ruled—just in time for Valentine's Day—that a Texas prohibition against the sale of dildos and [imitation vaginas] violated the 14th Amendment. [...]

Last week, state Attorney General Greg Abbott petitioned the appellate court to reconsider the matter en banc (see exerpts below and on the following three pages). Abbott wrote that, if permitted to stand, the court's decision may "invite … challenges to previously-uncontroversial criminal prohibitions" on sexual practices such as "consensual adult incest or bigamy"

I guess the AG is hammering hard on the slippery slope.

English assassin
03-07-2008, 11:02
The statute makes an exception for instances in which the purchase meets a "medical, psychiatric, judicial, legislative, or law enforcement" need.

They have a judicial need for dildos in Texas?

Is that so they can hand out stiff sentences?

(Ithenkyew)

InsaneApache
03-07-2008, 11:25
A row has broken out over the fate of a rare six-legged octopus pulling in the crowds at Blackpool Sea Life centre.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7280980.stm

They just don't get it, do they? :sweatdrop:

English assassin
03-07-2008, 12:08
They certainly don't. I am not sure what part six limbed octopuses play in the octosquids' plans for global domination but it can't be good.


"He had a whole hermit crab yesterday."

What abou the crab's rights, eh?

Vladimir
03-07-2008, 14:09
Not news, but still funny:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/the_trouble_with_russia.html

Each year a group of KGB Commissars would get together for a weekend of bear hunting. A helicopter would fly them to a clearing deep in the forest, leave them with their guns and camping gear, then pick them up two days later.

Now the hunting weekend has ended, and the Commissars are waiting in the clearing with their equipment and with the carcasses of three bears. The helicopter swoops in and lands, the pilot steps out and takes one look at the waiting cargo.

"Comrade Commissars," the pilot says. "I'm sorry, but I cannot take all three bears on board. The helicopter can carry only two. Please decide which one you wish to leave behind."

Two Commissars grab the pilot's arms, while a third slaps the pilot hard across his face and says, "Captain, this is precisely what you told us last year. As you no doubt will remember, that led to an unpleasant afternoon of beatings and threats against your family if you didn't take all three bears on board. In the end, you did as we ordered. Surely it won't be necessary to repeat all that again?"

The pilot nods glumly, then gets busy loading everything on board and they take off.

Ten minutes later the helicopter crashes. One of the Commissars is killed, and another has two broken legs. A third Commissar crawls out from the wreckage and drags himself over to the dazed pilot, who is lying on the ground nearby. The Commissar slaps the pilot across his face, sits him up and asks, "Captain, where are we?"

The pilot looks around and says, "Same place we crashed last year."

Vladimir
03-07-2008, 14:51
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7280980.stm

They just don't get it, do they? :sweatdrop:

Yes fools, let him go so he can be eaten, by me!

Gregoshi
03-07-2008, 15:26
A row has broken out over the fate of a rare six-legged octopus pulling in the crowds at Blackpool Sea Life centre.
That would be a hexapus. Oh no! What next? the pentapus? Quadrapus? Tripus? Bipus? Or the dreaded one-legged unipus. Bred this one step further and you have the Cyclopsian Unipus, aka the one-eyed, one-legged, giant purple people eater! :scared: Who knew the song was prophetic?

Fragony
03-07-2008, 15:52
Awesome, a white orca how did he survive. Magnificant creatures.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_whiteorca.html

Viking
03-07-2008, 19:53
Norwegian government: Games are culture

http://www1.vg.no/spill/artikkel.php?artid=512170
my trans.:


With the new governmental report, Norway has a unique stance in the world regarding computer games, the Norwegian minister of culture says.

During the presentation of the new report, Trond Giske, the minister of culture, revealed a unique investment in computer games. The report is a part of the government's plan to include computer games as a part of culture in the same way that TV, theatre, sports and similar is.

Vladimir
03-07-2008, 20:18
Wow, we're cultured. :laugh4: :2thumbsup: :medievalcheers:

CountArach
03-08-2008, 09:27
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/150087-Romania-Police-blame-ghosts-for-damage

Romania - Police Blame Ghosts for Damage


Romanian cops have closed a vandalism investigation that left local houses in ruins by concluding ghosts were to blame.

Families living in Lilieci reported windows broken, bicycles flying through the air, objects moving on tables and candles blown out when there is no wind.

When they complained they were being hounded by evil spirits to police they were laughed at.

But after officers saw the evidence with their own eyes they filed a report saying that ghosts were to blame.

Mircea Hadimbu, 68, who says his house has now been completely wrecked, said: "The windows started to break one by one. I saw two bicycles moving through the air on their own."

His sister Melentina Bocancea, 78, who lives nearby, added: "There were cups flying around the house and candles I lit were blown out as soon as I put a match to them even though there was not a breath of wind in the house."

A police spokesman said: "There were bottles and things flying around. I did not know what to dodge first. We can find nothing to suggest it was anything other than what the people claim."

A priest has been called in to perform exorcisms of houses in the town in the hope that the attacks will finally stop.

They haven't got a ghost of a chance of catching him.

CountArach
03-08-2008, 09:35
And for the double feature:
Cemetary Full? It's okay, just don't die (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0552076620080305)


BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.

In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish."

It added: "Offenders will be severely punished."

The mayor said he was forced to take drastic action after an administrative court in the nearby town of Pau ruled in January that the acquisition of adjoining private land to extend the cemetery would not be justified.

Lalanne, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Wednesday and is standing for election to a seventh term in this month's local elections, said he was sorry that there had not been a positive outcome to the dilemma.

"It may be a laughing matter for some, but not for me," he said.

Best part: Offenders will be punished!

Banquo's Ghost
03-08-2008, 10:35
Best part: Offenders will be punished!

I guess it's a capital offence then.

ShadesPanther
03-08-2008, 16:06
Vietnam declare war on Hamsters! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7283299.stm)

Vietnam has banned the sale and possession of hamsters, whose popularity has been soaring.

The Ministry of Agriculture says anyone caught with a hamster will be fined up to 30m dong ($1,900) - almost double the average annual wage in Vietnam.

The authorities say the creatures are a potential source of disease.

Officials have also expressed concern that the animals are imported from China and Thailand without proper licensing or controls.

In a tropical Asian country like Vietnam, hamsters are not a traditional pet of choice.

That role has normally been held by various types of fish.

But a combination of factors including growing incomes and the Chinese Year of the Rat have made the beady-eyed rodents highly desirable.

They have been trading for $10 to $20 each and are reported to be a hit with the young population of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, spawning a whole sub-culture of hamster forums and hamster clubs.

But the authorities are concerned.

Traded illegally over the Chinese or Thai borders, the hamsters are unlicensed and unchecked.

The Ministry of Agriculture has highlighted the risk of disease.

The animals are just one of many imports that escape adequate scrutiny or epidemiological control in Vietnam.

A recent survey alarmingly showed that most anti-malaria drugs - in Vietnam and other countries of the region - were fakes traced back to China.

And reports abound of other counterfeit or dangerous items sold for human consumption - including rather startling internet rumours of a trade in fake chicken's eggs.


If you ride on the roof of a train in Indonesia prepare to be spray painted! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7266624.stm)

Rush-hour trains in Jakarta are sometimes so packed that people are forced to hang in the open doorways - clinging to life by their fingertips.

Another option is to get up on the roof and crouch below the black electric pylons until you reach your stop.

But starting this month, guards are patrolling the stations, armed with canisters of coloured liquid.

Their aim is to spray-paint anyone riding on top of the trains, to get some discipline back into the railways.

It's not actually paint they are using - it's food colouring, mixed with water.

But nevertheless, it is pretty nasty stuff.

Spray them all over

In the back office at Manggarai station, the team preparing the mixture told me it made victims' eyes water and their skin itch.


It's much safer on the roof because inside everyone's pushing each other and you can't hold on to anything
Jakarta train passenger

I asked them if they aimed for any specific part of their targets. "No," was the answer, "we spray them all over."

It is not pleasant, but this new scheme is something of a last resort for Jakarta's railways.

Twenty-three people were killed in the capital last year - either from electrocution or by falling off the top of the train.

Large warning signs have not worked; neither have the regular security checks.

But after just two weeks of the new scheme, the problem at Manggarai station has been all but wiped out - and that has made team-leader Yulianto very happy.

"I was sick of all those passengers who would start acting up, and shoot their mouths off, and throw things at us" he said. "One time, someone threw a bottle at an officer and cut his face."

No room in the cabin

Commuters try to board packed train in Jakarta
Commuters often have to squeeze into packed rush-hour trains

But it is not just trouble-makers and fare dodgers who ride on top of the trains.

One of those caught earlier this month was Yanto.

He is a construction worker, and if he is just a couple of minutes late for his early morning shift, he - and his family - lose half a day's pay.

He told me he had climbed on top of the trains because there was no room in the cabin.

"I think it's much safer for us to be up there rather than inside," he explained, "because everyone's pushing each other down there and you can't hold on to anything".

Hefty fine

Yanto now has to get a letter from his local government office saying he will not do it again. If he does, he could face a hefty fine, or even a three-month jail term.

Sign in Jakarta railway station warning passengers not to go on roof of train
Warning signs have not stopped passengers riding on the roofs

Tough conditions, but most commuters fully support the scheme.

"People get electrocuted all the time," one man told me as he clung to the doorway of his train. "It's a good idea," another man said.

So it seems the Jakarta railways have found their solution.

But would it work elsewhere? In the UK for example?

Yulianto thought about this question, and then smiled: "From what I know, passengers in the UK are all very orderly and disciplined.

"They don't need to have this kind of programme there; this only applies to Indonesia."

Gregoshi
03-08-2008, 17:31
Best part: Offenders will be punished!
Who knew immortality was simply a matter of passing an ordinance? Or course, there are always those who feel obligated to break the law.

"The only thing for certain is taxes" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Viking
03-08-2008, 23:25
Why playing computer games is manly (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080204140115.htm)



Allan Reiss, MD, and his colleagues have a pretty good idea why your husband or boyfriend can't put down the Halo 3. In a first-of-its-kind imaging study, the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play.

....

The findings indicate, the researchers said, that successfully acquiring territory in a computer game format is more rewarding for men than for women. And Reiss, for one, isn't surprised. "I think it's fair to say that males tend to be more intrinsically territorial," he said. "It doesn't take a genius to figure out who historically are the conquerors and tyrants of our species-they're the males."

Lemur
03-09-2008, 01:00
Finnish parliament (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/03/08/finnish_adults_may_get_love_leave/2106/) to vote on a mandated "love leave."


"It is not a sex leave, but in a much wider sense gives people a chance to maintain their relationships," the parliamentary official said.

The politicians are also set to discuss new ways to teach children how to "be human" through the country's schools to avoid problems in the future, the newspaper said.

Gregoshi
03-09-2008, 07:41
Finnish parliament (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/03/08/finnish_adults_may_get_love_leave/2106/) to vote on a mandated "love leave."


"It is not a sex leave, but in a much wider sense gives people a chance to maintain their relationships," the parliamentary official said.

For those who think their love life might be Finnished.

Vladimir
03-09-2008, 23:08
Finnish parliament (http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/03/08/finnish_adults_may_get_love_leave/2106/) to vote on a mandated "love leave."


"It is not a sex leave, but in a much wider sense gives people a chance to maintain their relationships," the parliamentary official said.

The politicians are also set to discuss new ways to teach children how to "be human" through the country's schools to avoid problems in the future, the newspaper said.

Well that's wonderful, following up a sentence on "sex leave" with one on teaching children.

Lemur
03-11-2008, 04:34
Fifty people looking into the sun for an image of the Virgin Mary go blind (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1152984). Surely if the mother of Jesus Christ were to appear, she'd do it someplace a little less dangerous to the retina?

50 people looking for solar image of Mary lose sight

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 08:55 IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary.

Though alarmed health authorities have installed a signboard to counter the rumour that a solar image of Virgin Mary appeared to the believers, curious onlookers, including foreign travellers, have been thronging the venue of the ‘miracle’.

St Joseph’s ENT and Eye Hospital in Kanjirappally alone has recorded 48 cases of vision loss due to photochemical burns on the retina. “All our patients have similar history and symptoms. The damage is to the macula, the most sensitive part of retina. They have developed photochemical, not thermal, burns after continuously gazing at the sun,” Dr Annamma James Isaac, the hospital’s ophthalmologist, said.

The hospital has been receiving patients with these abnormal symptoms since Friday. When the doctors found a pattern in the case sheets, they reported it to the district medical officer.

The health department has now put up a signboard at the hotelier’s house near Erumeli, where the divine image is said to have appeared, warning people against exposing their eyes to sunlight.

Even the churches in the vicinity disowned the miracle during Sunday mass after health officers and doctors approached the clergy. The house in question has been the centre of local rumours for a few months. The hotelier, who has since moved to another house, had claimed that statues of Mother Mary in his house have been crying honey and bleeding oil and perfumes.

Though people have been flocking to the “blessed land” - hastily christened Rosa Mystica Mountain - for long, the mad rush for the image in the sky began a week ago.

There are quite a few people still seeking the miracle, despite the experiences of their unfortunate predecessors and strict health warnings against gazing at the sun with the naked eye.

“The patients show varying degrees of severity. They are mostly girls in 12-26 age group. Our youngest patient is 12 and the oldest 60. Most of them were looking at the sun between 2 and 4 pm, when UV1 and UV2 rays are harshest,” Dr James Isaac said. He added that they could identify the problem as solar retinopathy because they were aware of the local sensation.

“Most patients may hopefully improve their vision. But there may be long-term effects on the retina,” he added.

Gregoshi
03-11-2008, 05:42
Fifty people looking into the sun for an image of the Virgin Mary go blind (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1152984).

Hrumph! Sol seekers...


Surely if the mother of Jesus Christ were to appear, she'd do it someplace a little less dangerous to the retina?

She obviously wanted to appear with her sun.

Fragony
03-11-2008, 09:51
A foul! A foul most foul! Priest gets a red card in the clericus cup :beam:

drone
03-11-2008, 15:44
That sounds to me like a practical joke Bart Simpson would pull. :laugh4:

"Look up there, it's the Virgin Mary! She healed my ricketts! *bolts*

Lemur
03-12-2008, 03:03
I'm glad to see someone having fun with the snow (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080310.wmacgregor10/BNStory/Front/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail) this winter:


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

Nope, that ain't no Photoshop job.


Guertin's driveway snowbank stood higher than two very tall men Friday morning before the latest blast hit in the Wicked Winter of 2008. By yesterday afternoon, the growing bank had passed the second storey of his home in this Ottawa suburb and was threatening the chimney. [...]

He began in November with a normal shovel, lifting the snow and packing it down, then carefully squaring it off, just as he has done for years in the backyard to create snow banks around his rink every bit as upright and resilient as arena boards.

He then switched to a shovel with a longer handle, and then longer still. He built a special adapter for his snowblower so that, on a calm day, it would spray straight up like a fountain and curl just so that the snow would land on the brow of the growing hill and he could then pat it down with the longer shovel.

Around December, he had to bring in a two-step stool, then a four-step one, then a stepladder. In February, he had to borrow a full extension ladder and, today, even that is not quite high enough as he heads up and then has to crawl to get out onto the top for the packing down.

Fragony
03-12-2008, 08:54
Got to love a playfull mind



Dolphins are cool.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gd1AJMmldYiTtyFHmMzp1vIPdppgD8VBPTPG0

Gregoshi
03-12-2008, 14:58
Dolphins are cool.

Yes, dolphins are cool. :2thumbsup:

(he says, deftly avoiding making a lame porpoise/purpose pun)

Lemur
03-12-2008, 16:04
Don't you just hate it when your deer urine pranks (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_deer_urine_prank.html?source=mypi) go bad?


Deer urine prank makes students ill

CHURCH HILL, Tenn. -- Investigators are searching for whomever poured deer urine into an air conditioning unit at a school in eastern Tennessee. About a dozen students became ill after the prank at Volunteer High School in Church Hill.

Firefighters were sent to the school Monday after the odor became overpowering in one classroom, and paramedics treated students who complained of headache and nausea.

Church Hill Police Chief Mark Johnson says the stunt could result in a vandalism charge.

Deer urine is sold by the bottle to be used to attract the animals for hunting.

Ronin
03-12-2008, 19:39
The MacBook Air is a device, but it's not a "Device." (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/03/07/how-a-macbook-air-baffled-airport-security/)

you wants the latest useless little playthings that I guess you pay this kind of price from time to time...


I still remember a security guard in ben gurion airport last year looking at my PSP console like it was some sort of strange device.:laugh4:

Fragony
03-12-2008, 20:10
Yes, dolphins are cool. :2thumbsup:

(he says, deftly avoiding making a lame porpoise/purpose pun)

No need to water down your ability