News of the Weird

[Kadagar_AV]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...use-China.html

I ****ing love China at times, human rights aside.

How do you make a warning sign that easily signals: "warning, big ****ing house in the middle of the road".

[Kadagar_AV]

VARNING: Swedish
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article15833668.ab

If foxes could use iPhones, what would they say?

jlv I ø\a0ab 34348tu åaugjoi zølbmosdji jsøg ijio sjiw

Is the answer.

A fox picked up a iPhone and ran away with it. It answered a call (communication failed though), and sent the text message above to a friend. Of the owner, not the fox, silly.

The phone has not been found as of yet, but they have not given up the hope of finding it some day.

Personally, I hope he gets it back, with his high scores beaten.

[Tellos Athenaios]

How do you make a warning sign that easily signals: "warning, big ****ing house in the middle of the road".

How about a house in the middle of the road? Easily signals "warning: house in the middle of the road". People who do not notice something the size of a house in the middle of the road should definitely not be driving.

VARNING: Swedish
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article15833668.ab

If foxes could use iPhones, what would they say?

jlv I ø\a0ab 34348tu åaugjoi zølbmosdji jsøg ijio sjiw

Is the answer.

A fox picked up a iPhone and ran away with it. It answered a call (communication failed though), and sent the text message above to a friend. Of the owner, not the fox, silly.

The phone has not been found as of yet, but they have not given up the hope of finding it some day.

Personally, I hope he gets it back, with his high scores beaten.

That's not the weird thing here. The weird thing is the background "music" of that video.

[Kadagar_AV]

It's an app that supposedly attracts foxes... Sounds like a hare about to die... hadn't watched the video, but yeah, that was creepy...

[Tellos Athenaios]

It's an app that supposedly attracts foxes... Sounds like a hare about to die... hadn't watched the video, but yeah, that was creepy...

Well I'd thought the screams might be something like that. Where it gets really weird, though, is that someone left his music on so in the background you've got some tune playing, while you hear the last screams of a dying hare and all the while the reporter maintains a perfectly steady intonation as though entirely oblivious to it all.

... In other words, what are they smoking over there and more importantly: can they get us some?

[Fragony]

What was Kadagar doing in Kenia, that's what I want to know http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/11/p...er-seeing.html

[Gregoshi]

What was Kadagar doing in Kenia, that's what I want to know http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/11/p...er-seeing.html

You know what they say: when you go white, you flee in fright.

[Lemur]

Sounds like a white-boy version of the popobawa, if you ask me.

Popobawa attacks men, women and children, and may attack all of the members of a household, before passing on to another house in the neighbourhood. Its nocturnal attacks can comprise simple physical assault and/or poltergeist-like phenomena; but most feared is sexual assault and the sodomising of adult men and women. Victims are often urged to tell others that they have been assaulted, and are threatened with repeat visits by Popobawa if they do not. During Popobawa panics many people try to guard against attack by spending the night awake outside of their houses, often huddled around an open fire with other family members and neighbours.

[Vladimir]

Sounds like a white-boy version of the popobawa, if you ask me.

Popobawa attacks men, women and children, and may attack all of the members of a household, before passing on to another house in the neighbourhood. Its nocturnal attacks can comprise simple physical assault and/or poltergeist-like phenomena; but most feared is sexual assault and the sodomising of adult men and women. Victims are often urged to tell others that they have been assaulted, and are threatened with repeat visits by Popobawa if they do not. During Popobawa panics many people try to guard against attack by spending the night awake outside of their houses, often huddled around an open fire with other family members and neighbours.

What a better way to stay in the closet than claim an evil spirit sodomized you?

[Lemur]

Police raid home and seize Winnie the Pooh laptop from 9-year-old girl



[T]he Copyright Information And Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) in Finland cracked down on a 9-year-old suspected pirate and had the police seize her Winnie the Pooh laptop. Her crime was to download a song from Finnish pop star Chisu, and her father’s to refuse signing a non-disclosure agreement and pay €600 to settle the charges without prosecution.

TorrentFreak reports that the CIAPC had first contacted the Internet account holder during the spring, informing him that his account had been traced back to an incidence of online file-sharing, and asking for compensation in order to let the case go.

He decided to ignore the letter and this week things escalated as promised, with the police arriving at his doorstep and raiding his house looking for evidence -- his daughter’s notebook.

According to the father’s account, the girl tried to download a number of songs, and a Google search led her to The Pirate Bay. Supposedly the resulting downloads didn’t work so the following day they went to a store to buy music -- whether or not this last bit is true is beyond the point, however. In parting, the police had some advice for the father: “It would have been easier for all concerned if you had paid the compensation.”

[Vladimir]

British develop Cylons. No, wait, Skylon. Sorry.

Skylon spaceplane engine concept achieves key milestone

[gaelic cowboy]

British develop Cylons. No, wait, Skylon. Sorry.

Skylon spaceplane engine concept achieves key milestone

The Irish already invented Cylons way back in 1985 my good man

Cylon Controls Ltd. is a multi-million euro [2] Building Management System company based in Dublin, Ireland with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, and China.[1] Cylon was founded in 1985 by Sean Giblin, a University College Dublin graduate and has now become the largest privately owned manufacturer of building control systems in Europe.[2] The company provides smart energy control systems for buildings and has been used in industrial, commercial, educational and medical facilities.
Cylon's early customers included University College Dublin and Dunnes Stores, and they now supply systems internationally to projects in the Middle East, the United States and Africa.[1] The company are responsible for the creation of Uniput technology which was specifically designed for HVAC application. The UnitronUC32 solution provides a wide choice of integration options including BACnet, Modbus, KNX, M-Bus and OPC.[3]

[Lemur]

Proving Lemur's Law*: AFA expert explains not using oil hurt's God's feelings



Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the conservative fundamentalist American Family Association [said] that not using God’s fossil fuels would be like “crushing” someone’s feelings by rejecting their birthday present. [...]

Fischer likened the situation to a birthday present he was given at the age of six.

“I opened up a birthday present that I didn’t like, and I said it right out, ‘Oh, I don’t like those,’” the radio host recalled. “And it just crushed—and the person that gave me gift was there. You know, I just kind of blurted it out, ‘I don’t like those.’ And it just crushed that person. It was enormously insensitive of me to do that.”

“And you think, that’s kind of how we’re treating God when he’s given us these gifts of abundant and inexpensive and effective fuel sources,” Fischer added. “And we don’t thank him for it and we don’t use it.”

“You know, God has buried those treasures there because he loves to see us find them.”



* Any organization with "family" in its name can safely be treated as psychotic until proven otherwise.

[Fragony]

That's hilarious you have so much more fun over there

[Kralizec]

“And you think, that’s kind of how we’re treating God when he’s given us these gifts of abundant and inexpensive and effective fuel sources,” Fischer added. “And we don’t thank him for it and we don’t use it.”

Bless us, oh Father, and this gasoline from your bounty, for which we give our thanks. Amen.

*starts engine*

[drone]

Bless us, oh Father, and this gasoline from your bounty, for which we give our thanks. Amen.

*starts engine*

[InsaneApache]

A farting dentist who stank out his surgery with his evil-smelling flatulence has been struck off.

Matthew Walton, 35, found it hilarious to blow off next to colleagues when they were trying to eat their lunch, the General Dental Council heard.

Staff were so disgusted by Walton's behaviour in the surgery they had to walk out.

He also offended patients by demanding to see their cash before starting work and saying the word ''bollocks'' as he belched.

The dentist claimed he could not help his 'inadvertent' outbreaks of wind - but admitted a colleague once had to get an air freshener out to mask the smell of his trumping.

Dental nurse Carol Stokes told the hearing how she begged the dentist to stop saying: 'It was annoying. I didn't like the smell around the practice and it made us feel sick.

'I just asked him to stop doing it basically.'

But she told the hearing: 'He found it funny - if I spoke to him about it he laughed and did it more.'

Fellow nurse Nicola Groom told how Walton liked to belch loudly too - and showed 'no respect' for elderly and disabled patients.

He was found guilty of a catalogue of inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour, including belching and farting in front of patients and flicking 'v signs' behind their backs.

Panel chairman Valerie Paterson said: 'The many aspects of your behaviour towards staff at the practice made it difficult for them to work as a team with you, and this was contrary to the interests of your patients.'

The committee also found that Walton's manner was 'abrupt' and patients had a justified perception of the dentist as 'rude and uncaring'.

Walton had denied many of the charges alleged to have taken place at the Green End practice in Green End, Whitchurch, Shropshire between August 2006 and December 2007.

He apologised for his 'inadvertent' blowing off admitted he had walked behind the dentist's chair to flip 'v signs' at patients he disliked.

The dentist claimed that his 'juvenile' behaviour was caused by frustration at work.

The GDC ruled that Walton was frequently 'abrupt and rude' towards patients while working at the surgery.

The dentist treated patients from poorer backgrounds with disrespect and demanded some show him their money before he would start treatment.

He would also say 'f***ing hell' and 'f***'s sake' while struggling with difficult extraction, and made rude comments about patients' ethnic origin, disabilities or employment status..

Walton was found to have behaved inappropriately towards several individual patients, including telling a nervous teenager undergoing a tooth extraction: 'You will sit and let me do it'.

He told another patient attending an emergency appointment in December 2006 that he had bad breath, commenting it was 'unfair' for his partner, and treated him a 'humiliating manner'.

The committee had also found Walton was 'routinely rude and sarcastic' towards his dental nurses, and repeatedly exposed Miss Groom to radiation by failing to warn her that he was about to take x rays while she was in the room.

Ms Paterson noted that dental nurse Ms Groom had frequently left the room for long periods because she could
not cope with his trouser wind.

Walton was also found to have difficulty empathising with patients, who had a justified perception of the dentist as 'rude and uncaring', she said, though she accepted that Walton had not always intended to be offensive..

The dentist had accepted making clinical failures in the preparation of crowns for eight patients.

Ms Paterson said Walton had only practised as a dentist for a single day since he left the Green End practice, and had shown limited insight into his failures.

She said: 'Taking into account all the circumstances, the committee is unable to find sufficient reason for concluding that, if your registration were to be suspended, your circumstances would be significantly different in 12 months' time.

'For these reasons the committee had concluded the suspension of your registration would serve no useful purpose and is therefore inappropriate.'

The dentist was also handed an interim ban until the striking off order takes force 'for the protection of the public and in the public interest'.

http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/surreal/?id=59

He should change his name to Le Petomane.

[Peasant Phill]

Unicorn lair 'discovered' in North Korea

[Tellos Athenaios]

I was wondering how long it would take...

[Fisherking]

propaganda masked as Science.

[Lemur]

That's no moon



WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.

Those who sign here petition the United States government to secure funding and resources, and begin construction on a Death Star by 2016.

By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.

Created: Nov 14, 2012
Issues: Defense, Job Creation, Science and Space Policy

[InsaneApache]

Old news mate, old news.

[Lemur]

Well then, as long as I'm bringing up old news, I have no idea how I missed this gem in 2010:

Iran Bans Mullets



In an effort to rid the country of "decadent Western haircuts," the Iranian government has unveiled a new list of state-sanctioned hairdos . Unfortunately for some, mullets, ponytails and eyebrow plucking didn't make the list. This is the first time an approved hair catalogue was issued since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Here's How Implementation Will Work, writes Roshanak Taghavi at the Christian Science Monitor: "Proposed hair styles will vary by region and once they are formally approved, Iran's culture ministry will post pictures of acceptable haircuts at men's salons and barbershops throughout the country, according to domestic media reports... Until now, only women faced public warnings, jail, and even beatings for unIslamic attire."

What If You Break the Rules? "First time violators will receive an unflattering short-back-and-sides cut. But serial offenders face stiff fines. And barber shops catering to western styles, can be shut down," writes Aliyah Shahid at The New York Daily News. "The plan is being implemented together with the University of Tehran and the local association of barbers 'in order to avoid inappropriate hairstyles and encourage an Islamic culture.'"

[Major Robert Dump]

what a tragedy. even more proof that sharia law knows neither how to take care of business up front, or to party in the back

[drone]

I want the Coen brothers to do the movie.

Grisly Justin Bieber Murder Plot Foiled, Police Say

Dana Martin, 45, an inmate at the Southern New Mexico Corrections Facility, is accused of masterminding the plan, which called for castrating Bieber and his bodyguard in New York, and two unnamed victims in Vermont, before strangling them, according to a New Mexico State Police affidavit.

Martin, who was sentenced to 978 years in jail for rape and murder in 2000, had an image of Bieber tattooed on his leg and plotted to kill him after his attempts to contact the 18-year-old pop star failed, according to the affidavit, which also alleged that he orchestrated the plot to achieve notoriety.

[Lemur]

Old news mate, old news.

With an important update—as of today, there are enough signatures. So now the Obama administration must build a Death Star, or face the wrath of Geek America.

[Major Robert Dump]

I want the Coen brothers to do the movie.

Grisly Justin Bieber Murder Plot Foiled, Police Say

I hardly think castration was necessary.

This is one more reason to hate cops. That story should have been put in the Police Abuses thread

[Crazed Rabbit]

I give you Florida:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-4...ned-in-florida

CR

[Ronin]

Court rules that woman injured during sex in business trip is eligible for compensation from her employer.

a fact that was overlooked in this whole thing, and caused the confusion, is that the lady in question is a cowgirl.

[Kralizec]

Court rules that woman injured during sex in business trip is eligible for compensation from her employer.

a fact that was overlooked in this whole thing, and caused the confusion, is that the lady in question is a cowgirl.

Funny, but I think the Dutch legal system takes the cake.

The Aussie women got compensation, apparently, because she was on a work trip. A Dutch worker who can't work because of a temporary medical condition will still get his pay from the employer even if the cause of the illness or disability lies entirely in the person's private life. Wether this the law is good or bad is debatable, but I digress.

There is an exception in the law that an employer won't have to pay his worker if he/she is sick deliberately or through negligence. A couple of years ago there was a case before our Supreme Court of a female employee who had her breasts augmented and was unfit for work for many weeks. The employer refused to pay her wages, saying her predicament is entirely voluntarily, but the SC disagreed. "Deliberate" in this context, according to the SC, means consciously wanting to be sick/unfit for work, and with cosmetic surgery it's an unwanted side effect.

Same goes for men who get a vascectomy, a case like that happened at my workplace not too long ago.