News of the Weird

[Husar]

They are everywhere, they live... THEY LIVE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIKHUZAsUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I1U-J-k7vk

Undeniable proof that it's true.

[Lemur]

Philly elects first Whig in 157 years



Robert Bucholz, who Rhawnhurst voters chose as Judge of Election for the 5th Division in the 56th Ward, became the first Whig elected in Philadelphia in 157 years. He beat out Democratic candidate Loretta Probasco, who received 24 votes to Bucholz's 36. [...]

First founded in America in 1833, the Whig Party promoted consensus and compromise over partisan politics. Though the party counted among its ranks many prominent figures, including four U.S. presidents, it was virtually disbanded by 1856 after the issue of slavery exposed deep fissures within its membership.

But the movement was revived about five years ago after a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans began meeting in response to what they saw as the divisive nature of the county's partisan political system. They went on to found the Modern Whig Party, which Time Magazine in 2010 named one of America's "Top Ten Alternative Political Movements." The party now has a Washington, D.C. headquarters and counts 25,000 to 30,000 members across the nation, according to statistics from The Modern Whig Party of America's website.

"A basic tenet of the party is pragmatism," Bucholz said. "They believe that politics is all about compromise instead of getting everything you want and giving up nothing. The recent gridlock in Washington could not have happened under Modern Whigs."

Bucholz hasn't encountered many Modern Whigs in Philadelphia.

[Lemur]

Woman Wears Hamburger as Sandal After Sex in Waffle House Parking Lot



Scandal struck Loganville, Georgia this week when a woman caught having sex in a Waffle House parking lot attempted to wear a hamburger like a sandal.

Early Sunday morning, at about 1:30 a.m., a Loganville police officer spotted a couple having sex in the back of a Dodge pickup truck. The officer interrupted the two and ordered them to get dressed. The man complied, but the woman did not, at least not at first. [...]

While the man immediately put his pants on and complied, the woman simply sat in the passenger's seat. The officer had to tell her numerous times to put her clothes on, the report says. But when the female finally got dressed, she attempted to put a cheeseburger on her foot as if it were a sandal.

Though they were having trouble speaking clearly, the suspects became "very loud" and "argumentative" when ordered to take a breathalyzer test, which both failed in spectacular fashion.

[Lemur]

[AntiDamascus]

What is his attraction? Is he actually good at his job?

[Gregoshi]

Erectile dysfunction?

[Lemur]

California bill would mandate porn stars wear protective eyewear like goggles during filming



First it was mandatory condoms. Now lawmakers want to make porn stars don more gear to keep them safe from infection from bodily fluids. If an updated draft of Bill AB 640 goes into effect eye protection would be required during filming sex scenes, according to the proposed legislation. [...]

This latest proposal comes exactly one year after condoms were mandated during filming of vaginal and anal sex scenes in Los Angeles County to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

[Beskar]

I think it was more unintended, but I thought that them wearing the headgear and gloves made the sex scene more kinky.

[Ronin]

What is his attraction? Is he actually good at his job?

his campaign slogan is :
I smoke rocks but I do **** (expletive deleted, fecal matter)

[Lemur]

How Waffle House Became A Disaster Indicator For FEMA



For shelter and supplies after a devastating storm, communities turn to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). But for a clear sense of how bad things are, FEMA turns to Waffle House. Nearly a decade ago, Florida’s emergency management chief, W. Craig Fugate, noticed that when information was scarce after a disaster, the status of a 24-hour Waffle House restaurant often indicated whether an area had electricity, gas, and passable roads. So he created a three-color rating: green (fully open), yellow (limited menu), and red (closed). Then he brought it with him to his current post as FEMA’s administrator. [...]

So what makes Waffle Houses so telling? For one, the chain has 500 similar locations throughout hurricane zones on the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard as well as hundreds more across the flood- and tornado-prone Midwest. More important, Waffle House is a leader in disaster preparedness. It maintains its own fleet of portable generators, operates a mobile command center to assist in disaster recovery, and trains employees in crisis management to ensure that it can resume operations as quickly as possible—often within hours. And since 2012, it reports all this information directly to FEMA via email.

The Waffle House Index is by no means a scientific indicator (a 2011 tornado destroyed or damaged one third of Joplin, Missouri, yet the area’s two Waffle Houses remained open), but its accuracy continues to improve.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Now if they could only brew coffee that didn't seem to be removing your stomach lining as you drink it.....

[Lemur]

Depressed Robot Commits Suicide



Firemen were called to a house fire that broke out after a mechanical cleaning gadget somehow switched itself on and destroyed itself by moving onto a kitchen hotplate.

Local media in Austria have referred to the incident as 'robot suicide' and even suggested it was fed up with the constant cleaning it had to do.

Fireman Helmut Kniewasser was one of those called to tackle the blaze at Hinterstoder in Kirchdorf, Austria.

He said: 'The home-owner had put the small robot on the work surface to clean up some spilled cereal. Once the robot had done its job it was switched off but left on the kitchen sideboard.

'The 44-year-old house owner, together with his wife and son, then left the house and were not home when the robot set off.

'Somehow it seems to have reactivated itself and made its way along the work surface where it pushed a cooking pot out of the way and basically that was the end of it. [...]

'I don't know about the allegations of a robot suicide but the homeowner is insistent that the device was switched off - it's a mystery how it came to be activated and ended up making its way to the hotplate.'

[Gregoshi]

Depressed Robot Commits Suicide

This is why Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are so important. The third law would have prevented this disaster:

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

[AntiDamascus]

It must have watched the crappy Will Smith version of that

[Husar]

Never heard about singing whales and birds?

[rajpoot]

I'm certain they must be able to discern a few different melodies like it is noted in the article but I doubt they'll be playing anything from Chopin anytime soon.

In other news, (I don't know if any one posted this earlier, I have been unable to follow the forum since a few weeks), the government here has gone totally nuts and decided to dig up an archeological site when a seer had a dream that 1000 tonnes of ancient gold lay buried there.
Link
Ignoring the fact that this is a waste of tax money when there could have been a million other ways to use it, the very fact that they went with a sadhu's dream is beyond ridiculous.
There were sane people who wrote about how stupid this was. And there were insane people who lay claim to the treasure before it was found.
This is truly a new low.

[Husar]

Some nice ladies convened to show off their national costumes. Most of them look really good, I recommend to look at each one for a second or two to see the national references. A few are a bit weird though, Netherlands is missing the Gouda and looks a bit empty. Germany is just weird, I can only assume the box is to remind the world of Tiger tanks as our heritage... Belgium has a really positive self-image apparently...
Oh and there is a grand finale as well but don't hurry there!

http://themetapicture.com/parade-of-national-costumes/

Btw: Great Britain is one of the best IMO!

[Kadagar_AV]

Some nice ladies convened to show off their national costumes. Most of them look really good, I recommend to look at each one for a second or two to see the national references. A few are a bit weird though, Netherlands is missing the Gouda and looks a bit empty. Germany is just weird, I can only assume the box is to remind the world of Tiger tanks as our heritage... Belgium has a really positive self-image apparently...
Oh and there is a grand finale as well but don't hurry there!

http://themetapicture.com/parade-of-national-costumes/

Btw: Great Britain is one of the best IMO!

Germany look like horror film meet nightmare..

USA is... I'm actually flabbergasted. Cant stop staring at it!!

[Gregoshi]

USA is... I'm actually flabbergasted.

I'm embarrassed.

[Hooahguy]

Germany look like horror film meet nightmare..

USA is... I'm actually flabbergasted. Cant stop staring at it!!

Germany's costume is nowhere near as bad as the US costume. I mean come on, there are so many better choices for a culturally meaningful costume besides Transformers. Like the Statue of Liberty. Or the Golden Gate Bridge. Or the Empire State Building. Or McDonalds.

But they went with Transformers, and once again, we're the laughingstock of the world.

And lets not forget the crazy-eyes that Optimus Prime has.

[Kadagar_AV]

... nor the crab hands...

I don't even want to think about the amount of cocaine that must have gone into its creation...

[SwordsMaster]

Such a shame. German girls look so nice in dirndls, why do this?

[Husar]

Such a shame. German girls look so nice in dirndls, why do this?

Might be a message. Like I said the form around her hips reminds me of a Tiger tank and then there may be two rings to rule them all...

All the other pure gold is just an "in your face" for the other Eurozone countries.

[Husar]

So, uh... on one hand this is awesome. On the other hand, its from Fox News. Who needs nuclear apocalypse for giant mutated creatures?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/05...than-hogzilla/

That's a very pixelated picture. Why do all the people who photograph something "exciting" have digital cameras from the 90ies?
Or does that just make the photoshopping less/more obvious?

[Lemur]

Son of Hogzilla is not without controversy

According to various news reports, on 3 May 2007 near Delta, Alabama, 11-year-old Jamison Stone used a pistol to shoot and kill a wild hog weighing a staggering 1,051 pounds and measuring an incredible 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail—measurements which, if documented, would make the creature considerably larger than Hogzilla. Since then, much debate has raged about whether the photographs of the monster pig were genuine, whether the creature was really as big as claimed, and whether the animal was truly feral rather than a domesticated hog that had been raised as a pet and had only recently been released into a hunting preserve (where Jamison shot it).

At the MonsterPig web site set up to publicize Jamison's feat, the boy's father now says:

The news media used [the pig] for headlines for a week, claiming its size was a hoax. On the evening of May 31, I was contacted by Bran Strickland of the Anniston Star and he told me that he had good news and bad news. He said that the good news is your claims about the pig's massive size have been verified. The bad news is that he came from a hog breeder and that the pig had been sold from the breeder to the preserve for the purpose of hunting. Early on the morning of June 1, I went to the computer and read Bran's article which portrayed the pig as a family pet. The pig that Jamison killed did not act like a family pet. It was a very aggressive animal. I was upset at first to read this report but after going through a week of being told what we killed did not exist by the network media, I decided to get to the bottom of this myself. I got my whole family up at 6:00 a.m. and traveled to Heflin, AL to meet with the Blissitts to give Phil Blissitt, whom I have never met or talked to before, the opportunity to explain to Jamison why he had sold a pig that was described as being so gentle and sweet to a hunting preserve in order for someone to come and kill it.

[Gregoshi]

Son of Hogzilla is not without controversy

Take one part hogwash and one part "in a pig's eye" and mix thoroughly until the resulting swill has an uneven consistency. Pour liberally over all parties involved in this story.

[Lemur]

New 'Christian Swingers' Dating Site Offers Faithful Couples Chance to 'Hookup'



A new dating website called CHRISTIANSwingers is sending ripples throughout the Christian community for offering "faithful couples" the opportunity to "hookup" with each other. One mental health professional warns the practice will lead to nothing but "pain."

The oxymoronic website brazenly declares that it was "designed to cater to the needs of those like you: devout Christian couples who still want to have an active love life and share it with another, in good faith!"

Before it details its mission, however, the website attempts to make a connection with visitors by justifying the lifestyle.

"For Christian Swingers things are not easy – often other religious people judge you, out of ignorance or envy, telling you that your lifestyle and love practices are wrong," begins the opening paragraph of the pitch.

"But the Bible teaches us 'Judge not lest ye be judged' and there's that verse about the first stone… but if you're keen on keeping your privacy, well – yours, and don't want your friends, coworkers, other PTA members or just about anyone else to know that you don't have a problem with faith and enjoying free love with other couples, this site can help you!" it boasts.

"Skip the swingers' club and meetings where you can be seen and avoid bad reputation – your personal life is something shared between you and our partner; other couples willing to join you are probably having the same problems. Visiting this site might change your life for the better," it adds.

[AntiDamascus]

It's a typo. It's supposed to be Christians Wingers. About devout airline staff..... or something.

[Montmorency]

Emergency Contraception Has No Effect On BBW

The European manufacturer of an emergency contraceptive pill identical to Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, will warn women that the drug is completely ineffective for women who weigh more than 176 pounds and begins to lose effectiveness in women who weigh more than 165 pounds. HRA Pharma, the French manufacturer of the European drug, Norlevo, is changing its packaging information to reflect the weight limits. European pharmaceutical regulators approved the change on November 10, but it has not been previously reported.

This development has implications for American women. Some of the most popular emergency contraceptive pills sold over the counter in the United States—including the one-pill drugs Plan B One-Step, Next Choice One Dose, and My Way, and a number of generic two-pill emergency contraceptives—have a dosage and chemical makeup identical to the European drug. Weight data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that, at 166 pounds, the average American woman is too heavy to use these pills effectively.

[Fragony]

LOL, sometimes a scam is pure art. A few Romanians received 500.000 euro's from the EU, whatsitcalled for 1800 cows. Thing is, there are only virtual cows in farmville. They refuse to pay it back because they never said it were real cows.