News of the Weird

[ShadesPanther]

Excuse me, but that guy has serious mental problems. How could you possibly live with a corpse for 2 years?!!!

With Air Fresheners and lots of them.

[ShadesPanther]

Stop kicking Allah!

[Gregoshi]

Stop kicking Allah!

Okay, how, exactly, does one get rid of the offending footballs without further insulting Islam?

[ShadesPanther]

Okay, how, exactly, does one get rid of the offending footballs without further insulting Islam?

Well if you remove Saudi Arabia's flag they will complain that it isn't included.
Or if you remove the offending writing from the flag they will complain about changing the flag.

[Gregoshi]

The US military needs to mullah over these ideas before they make a similiar mistake in the future.

[Husar]

Okay, how, exactly, does one get rid of the offending footballs without further insulting Islam?

I was wondering that as well, if you just destroy them that would be offending again, wouldn't it?

Maybe just put them into a rack somewhere and keep them there for eternity. Or give them to Saudi Arabia and let them handle it. What do they do with old flags there anyway?

[Papewaio]

Stop kicking Allah!

First class idiots. This happened before several years ago and made headline news when a small relative unknown company did a similar thing by putting the Saudi flag on its packaging. I'm not sure if any Americans would know of this company so maybe it is excusable...

McDonald's put Saudi Flag on Burger Wrapper.

[Gregoshi]

Pape, I gather the Big Mecca and Egg McMuslim weren't big sellers.

The McDonalds article does address how the footballs can be disposed of: with dignity. I wonder what that entails? Here in the US, our old flags are supposed to be burned in a certain way - a service provided by the Boy Scouts.

[Fragony]

lol? You sure like your flags. But for weird, we all know google-earth blocks certain strategical sites, now what is with the one IN SPACE

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthrea.../Number/981421

[Gregoshi]

"I see nothing. NOTHING!" - Sgt Schultz, Hogan's Heros

[InsaneApache]

Very dark for the weird thread but weird nonetheless.

"I saw three people with my own eyes. When they got very sick and people could not look after them, they buried them," she told reporters.

She described how one person called out "mama, mama" as the soil was being shovelled over their head.

Villagers told her that such action was common, she said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/6965412.stm

[Lemur]

Australia takes iPhone away from Apple, gives it to Microsoft.

[Andres]

World Championship Cellular phone throwing

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Cellular phone throwing turns artistic
Distance event winner hurls handset 98 yards, just short of record

SAVONLINNA, Finland - Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.

Taco Cohen of the Netherlands, who was celebrating his 19th birthday, used acrobatics and juggling in his performance which was judged on aesthetics and artistic impression.

He told Reuters his performance reflected his training in a youth circus. "Juggling I have done for many years with balls. (But) these are irregular shapes and weights, it is difficult."

Finnish domination in the distance event continued when Tommi Huotari took gold with a throw of 89.62 meters (294 feet), a few short of the world record.

"I have never thrown a phone before but have been participating in potato-throwing ... surprisingly, a potato flies further," said the 38-year-old engineer.

"I am sure everyone would like to throw their phone away every once in a while."

Event organizer Christine Lund said the contest reflected people's love-hate relationship with the mobile phone.

"This contest speaks to people the world over as mobile phones are a blessing and a curse ... phones have become a part of the modern man, and sometimes many of us would like to remove that part."

Originally a local event in this small town close to the Russian border, the contest drew contestants from Canada, Austria and the United States.

"I am sure everyone would like to throw their phone away every once in a while."

So true. I think I'll participate in the next edition...

[Gregoshi]

Cellular phone throwing turns artistic
Distance event winner hurls handset 98 yards...

...just 3 meters short of his cell phone's range.

Mine does drive me crazy at times. Makes me wish I had a padded cell.

[Lemur]

It's not as sexy as throwing cell phones, but it has a certain charm of its own:

Peat bog race takes place in Wales

LLANWRTYD WELLS, Wales, Aug. 27-- One of the most bizarre yearly competitions has taken place in the Waen Rhydd Peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, the smallest town in Britain.

Entrants raced to complete two lengths of a 60-yard trench while wearing snorkels and flippers, The Daily Mail reported Monday.

The competition has taken place ever year since 1985 on August Bank Holiday Monday and some people even dress up.

This year, 11-year-old Ellie Jones dressed up as octopus for the race, and another entrant braved the peat in a Borat costume.

Proceeds from the bizarre sporting event go to a local charity.

[Papewaio]

Australian University offers MBA in Arms Dealing

COST blowouts and technical troubles in some of Australia's most controversial defence purchases have prompted a university course for those who aspire to manage the multi-billion-dollar deals.

The Queensland University of Technology will next year offer an executive masters of business administration in complex project management,

Apparently you can do a double major in Arms Dealing and Oil Pipeline Design.

[InsaneApache]

This year, 11-year-old Ellie Jones dressed up as octopus for the race,

A fifth columnist no doubt.

[ShadesPanther]

If you are a drug dealer, Prepare to be Tarred and Feathered.

[Crazed Rabbit]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2...1elOa.54MP.g--

China Launches Web Patrols:

Beijing police launch Web patrols

BEIJING - Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
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Starting Sept. 1, the cartoon alerts will appear every half hour on 13 of China's top portals, including Sohu and Sina, and by the end of the year will appear on all Web sites registered with Beijing servers, the Beijing Public Security Ministry said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/...a_web_police_1

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[HoreTore]

Maybe just put them into a rack somewhere and keep them there for eternity. Or give them to Saudi Arabia and let them handle it. What do they do with old flags there anyway?

Isn't it standard practice to take the flags apart string from string and then burn the strings in separate piles(by colour)?
At least that's how we do it(in theory) here...

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Isn't it standard practice to take the flags apart string from string and then burn the strings in separate piles(by colour)?
At least that's how we do it(in theory) here...

I don't see why we don't just throw them on a pile of burning brush and be done with it. Geez it's just a flag....

Oh if I eventually have to burn our Norwegian and German flags due to them getting old and ratty will I be in trouble if I just toss them on a camp fire?

[Gregoshi]

China Launches Web Patrols:

The Dragnet...dot dot dooooooot, dot dot dot dot coooooom....

[ShadesPanther]

I don't see why we don't just throw them on a pile of burning brush and be done with it. Geez it's just a flag....

Oh if I eventually have to burn our Norwegian and German flags due to them getting old and ratty will I be in trouble if I just toss them on a camp fire?

Well most Europeans don't care, to us it's just a bit of cloth to show what area we are from. But for some reason Americans do seem to be osessed with their flag.

So you'd probably be alright with it.

[Andres]

Penis museum in manhunt.

The world's only penis museum has appealed for a human specimen.

Curator Sigurdur Hjartarson opened the museum in 1974 in Husavik, Iceland, and has collected 195 penises from various animals.

His collection includes penises from hamsters, horses and whales.

But now he is appealing again for a human organ.

He said people from the UK, Germany and the US had contacted him offering their penises in the past but that none of the offers had ever been serious.

Any volunteers ?

[Andres]

Wife's handy solution

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Wife's handy solution

A Chinese wife has cut her husband's right hand off because of his internet addiction.

Jiang Ming of Chengdu city promised his wife, He Ling, that he would not go on the internet anymore and would spend more time at home to take care of their newborn son.

But after a short time he started to sneak into nearby internet cafes again to have video chats with girls.

"I was on the internet, and suddenly felt a numbness in my right hand. The arrow on the screen stopped moving," says Jiang Ming.

"Then I found that my right hand was on the mouse pad, and blood was shooting out."

In court, the husband pleaded with the judge to release his wife, since he was to blame for breaking his promise.

The court has adjourned and will announce its verdict on another date, reports Chongqing Evening News.

"The arrow on the screen stopped moving," says Jiang Ming.

[Lemur]

Walrus penis fetches $8,000 at auction

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 28 -- A 12,000-year-old fossilized walrus penis measuring 4 1/2 feet in length was the most talked-about item at a Beverly Hills, Calif., auction.

The walrus penis, thought to be the largest specimen on record, was purchased by oddity-museum chain Ripley's for $8,000 at I.M. Chait auction house, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

"I was prepared to spend at least twice, probably three times that amount," said Edward Meyer, vice president of exhibits and archives for Ripley's Believe It or Not!

"This one is considerably bigger than anything we've seen before. When it comes to fossils, size matters," Meyer said.

He said the purchase will now be taken to an Orlando, Fla., warehouse for a detailed examination before it goes on display at one of the company's 30 museums.

"We're very pleased that it's going to Ripley's so that the public can have an opportunity to see it," auctioneer Josh Chait said. "There's a limited clientele for a piece like that. Not everyone's going to want to put it on their mantel."

[InsaneApache]

Well I didn't know about this....

SOUTHAMPTON A small iron key that could have saved the Titanic from disaster is expected to fetch up to £70,000 when it is sold at auction in Devizes next month.

The key, which opened the locker containing the lookout’s binoculars, was left behind when the liner set off on her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. The lives of 1,522 passengers and crew were lost when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic. When asked what difference the binoculars might have made, Fred Fleet, a lookout who survived the disaster, said: “Enough to get out of the way.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2343776.ece

As Spock would say, fascinating.

[InsaneApache]

I'm not too sure if it's weird. It is remarkable though.

“To start with it was like watching a chick learn to fly, except that he is this huge 3ft-tall creature. Because he had had little experience of flying he was a bit ungainly at first and it took him some time to learn to soar. But he got there and you could tell he just loved it; suddenly he was 500ft in the air, soaring above the sea and looking so majestic, the way it should be.”

Sampson gradually learnt to approach the microlight, and then to fly alongside it. “When we are up there in the clouds I talk to him and he calls back and circles around me; it is an awesome and exhilarating experience,” Mr Marshall said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2337240.ece

That must be some buzz.

[Peasant Phill]

I would've said something about the 'key that could've saved the Titanic' but someone already said it as a comment on the article:

Was there really only one lookout and only one pair of binoculars on board such a big liner? One imagines that if they really were the only pair somebody might just have forced the lock on the cupboard.

This appears to be just a story designed to boost the sales

[Husar]

Cappuccino Coast

It was as if someone had poured tons of coffee and milk into the ocean, then switched on a giant blender.


Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney were transformed into the Cappuccino Coast.

Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of nature at Yamba in New South Wales.

If you ask me, this looks like an excellent opportunity for octosquid agents to sneak onto the beach unseen.