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I don't believe Du Mosch really wrestled a leopard. I think he's lion.
Originally Posted by English assassin:
I don't believe Du Mosch really wrestled a leopard. I think he's lion.
Well spotted. I don't believe Du Mosch really wrestled a leopard. I think he's lion.
Dog bites man? Not weird.
Man eats dog as art? Oh yes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6703423.stm
(Ha, and not a hot dog pun in sight)
And further research reveals that Mr McGowan is a rich vein of weirdness. Before he went all commercial on us with dog eating, his stunts included trying to wipe out his student debt by using his nose to roll a monkey nut across London, rolling across London to promote kindness to cleaners and walking backwards with a turkey on his head to fight obesity. (as you do)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3102458.stm
Sure, he could try to get a "job", but where's the fun in that?
Man eats dog as art? Oh yes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6703423.stm
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Performance artist Mark McGowan has eaten what he claims was a cooked corgi in a protest over the Royal Family's treatment of animals.
McGowan, who is a vegetarian, said he wanted his unusual meal to raise awareness about "the RSPCA's inability to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends".
I admire his dogged determination to bring Prince Philip to heel. In fact, I think it's the dog's. Performance artist Mark McGowan has eaten what he claims was a cooked corgi in a protest over the Royal Family's treatment of animals.
McGowan, who is a vegetarian, said he wanted his unusual meal to raise awareness about "the RSPCA's inability to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends".
(Ha, and not a hot dog pun in sight)
And further research reveals that Mr McGowan is a rich vein of weirdness. Before he went all commercial on us with dog eating, his stunts included trying to wipe out his student debt by using his nose to roll a monkey nut across London, rolling across London to promote kindness to cleaners and walking backwards with a turkey on his head to fight obesity. (as you do)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3102458.stm
Sure, he could try to get a "job", but where's the fun in that?
Originally Posted by English assassin:
>>>Stupid animal activist story goes here<<<
Pillock and hypocrite.>>>Stupid animal activist story goes here<<<
"I'm disgusted at the fact the Royal Family would dare shoot a fox for sport as they have done for centuries, so i'm going to eat a corgi to make a 'statement'. Also because i think it's a right larf, just so long as you don't point out the fact i'm a HUMONGOUS BLOODY HYPOCRITICAL ####!!!"
As an artist he should winalot of prizes for that! It does take the biscuit though. I wonder if he's got a pal he can bounce into the mix?
Originally Posted by English assassin:
Dog bites man? Not weird.
Man eats dog as art? Oh yes
I admire his dogged determination to bring Prince Philip to heel. In fact, I think it's the dog's.
I think he's barking up the wrong tree with that approach.Dog bites man? Not weird.
Man eats dog as art? Oh yes
I admire his dogged determination to bring Prince Philip to heel. In fact, I think it's the dog's.
My favorite fatwa: It's okay to be alone with a woman, so long as you suckle her teat.
Izzat Atiyaa had issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, offering his bold suggestion as a way around the prohibition in Islamic religious law against a woman working in private premises with a man who was not her close relative. Breastfeeding, he argued, would create a familial relationship under Islamic law.
Dr Atiyaa explained to the Egyptian newspaper al-Watani al-Yawm that: "A man and a woman who are alone together are not (necessarily) having sex but this possibility exists and breastfeeding provides a solution to this problem (by) transforming the bestial relationship between two people into a religious relationship based on (religious) duties."
In Islamic tradition, breastfeeding at infancy establishes a degree of familial relationship between nurse and child even if there is no biological relationship.
Dr Atiyaa argued in his fatwa that if an adult male was nursed by a female co-worker it would likewise establish a familial bond that would permit them to work side by side without raising suspicion of illicit sex.
Dr Atiyaa explained to the Egyptian newspaper al-Watani al-Yawm that: "A man and a woman who are alone together are not (necessarily) having sex but this possibility exists and breastfeeding provides a solution to this problem (by) transforming the bestial relationship between two people into a religious relationship based on (religious) duties."
In Islamic tradition, breastfeeding at infancy establishes a degree of familial relationship between nurse and child even if there is no biological relationship.
Dr Atiyaa argued in his fatwa that if an adult male was nursed by a female co-worker it would likewise establish a familial bond that would permit them to work side by side without raising suspicion of illicit sex.
Well, that's certainly interesting news Lemur.
It seems it has already been retracted though.
CR
It seems it has already been retracted though.
CR
Yeah, he milked the publicity for all it was worth though.
The teatchings of Islam, like most religions, is a little vague in spots.
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A man and a woman who are alone together are not (necessarily) having sex
Bloody wishy washy liberal.A man and a woman who are alone together are not (necessarily) having sex
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Firefighters in Greater Manchester are facing disciplinary action over claims they slept on a station floor instead of their new reclining chairs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/6707509.stmFirefighters in Greater Manchester are facing disciplinary action over claims they slept on a station floor instead of their new reclining chairs.
but this is the clincher...
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The service bought more than 300 of the chairs last year after chiefs decided to remove beds from dormitories across the region.
But firefighters were not allowed to sit or lie on the devices before reading a four-page health and safety manual.
The service bought more than 300 of the chairs last year after chiefs decided to remove beds from dormitories across the region.
But firefighters were not allowed to sit or lie on the devices before reading a four-page health and safety manual.
The country's gone potty.
In the event of the chair collapsing on itself, dial 911 and ask for the fire department.
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The service bought more than 300 of the chairs last year after chiefs decided to remove beds from dormitories across the region.
But firefighters were not allowed to sit or lie on the devices before reading a four-page health and safety manual.
If I was a firefighter, no way would I take that lying down.The service bought more than 300 of the chairs last year after chiefs decided to remove beds from dormitories across the region.
But firefighters were not allowed to sit or lie on the devices before reading a four-page health and safety manual.
I'm reclined to agree.
Well, the chief reason for not using the chairs would be that, being firefighters, hose going to want to get into a hotseat? 
Originally Posted by InsaneApache:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/6707509.stm
but this is the clincher...
The country's gone potty.
Recliner chair injury, something many of us weekend warriors can relate to...being able to claim it on workman's compensation as a work related injury...priceless.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/6707509.stm
but this is the clincher...
The country's gone potty.
Something in the air.
Recreational??? No, no, it's scientific research... yeah, that's it, scientific research...stop bogarting that bong and cut me another line
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The concentration of drugs was heaviest in the air around Rome's Sapienza university, though the National Research Council's Dr. Angelo Cecinato warned against drawing conclusions about students' recreational habits.
The concentration of drugs was heaviest in the air around Rome's Sapienza university, though the National Research Council's Dr. Angelo Cecinato warned against drawing conclusions about students' recreational habits.
Recreational??? No, no, it's scientific research... yeah, that's it, scientific research...stop bogarting that bong and cut me another lineOriginally Posted by Hosakawa Tito:
Chili sauce to die for... or go to jail for. Must be good.
And here I thought only journalists protected their sauces.Chili sauce to die for... or go to jail for. Must be good.
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost:
And here I thought only journalists protected their sauces.
That was delightfully awful. And here I thought only journalists protected their sauces.
I've been thinking (always leads to trouble, that), and I'e realised we have been missing a trick. This thread is news of the weird, but where does it say that the weird has to be in the news?
Accordingly, just because I can, I give you, the British Lawnmower museum: http://www.lawnmowerworld.co.uk/
THRILL to lawnmower racing (did you know Striling Moss won the British Grand Prix for lawnmowers in 1975 and 1976? Nor did I) GASP at Hilda Ogden's lawnmower, and other Lawnmowers of the Rich and Famous. LUST after the lovely Nora.
This is the stuff that makes Britain great.
Accordingly, just because I can, I give you, the British Lawnmower museum: http://www.lawnmowerworld.co.uk/
THRILL to lawnmower racing (did you know Striling Moss won the British Grand Prix for lawnmowers in 1975 and 1976? Nor did I) GASP at Hilda Ogden's lawnmower, and other Lawnmowers of the Rich and Famous. LUST after the lovely Nora.
This is the stuff that makes Britain great.
Ok that's weird, why on earth would Hilda Ogden own a lawnmower? She's only got a paved yard and a ginnel at the back.
I've just had a thought! You don't suppose it was Stanley who drowned in his bucket a page or so back?
I've just had a thought! You don't suppose it was Stanley who drowned in his bucket a page or so back?
Sorry, but it has to be said: I checked the link, and aside from Nora the tour guide, that lawnmower museum is about as exciting as watching grass grow.
You know, that museum has something sad, almost for-lawn about it.
I wonder how many of these lawnmowers were hand-meadowns?
Originally Posted by Gregoshi:
Sorry, but it has to be said: I checked the link, and aside from Nora the tour guide, that lawnmower museum is about as exciting as watching grass grow.
Oooh, cutting.Sorry, but it has to be said: I checked the link, and aside from Nora the tour guide, that lawnmower museum is about as exciting as watching grass grow.
I know what you mean. Nudge nudge, 
Say no mow.
Cue the music (sing to the tune I Fought the Law):
Mowin' grass in the hot sun
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I needed some gas, 'cause I had none
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
Say no mow.Cue the music (sing to the tune I Fought the Law):
Mowin' grass in the hot sun
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I needed some gas, 'cause I had none
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
I fought the lawn and the lawn won
Must be nice to have all of those mowers -- at root, I guess I'm green with envy. But it's growing on me.
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