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Moonliner

12-04-2009, 11:39 AM

You have to wait until 12/25 before you can express a desire that people be merry on 12/25?

Technically, Yes.

The season of Advent is the four weeks leading up to Dec. 25th*

The Christmas season begins at sundown on 24 December and ends at sundown on 5 January. AKA the 12 days of Christmas.

From a semantic point of view, I suppose you could say "I wish you a Marry Christmas" but just "Marry Christmas" is technically incorrect but generally socially acceptable.

* And yes, as most people know December 25th is not Christ's real birthday. I don't' think that's even know for sure. It was chosen primarily to co-op existing pagans celebrations.

Strangler Lewis

12-04-2009, 11:45 AM

The comments about people repeating "Merry Christmas" to get it said back to them remind me of movie scenes like the one in The Sound of Music where the local Nazi official repeats "Heil Hitler" until Christopher Plummer's music friend says it back to him.

Moonliner

12-04-2009, 11:48 AM

The list does suggest that there is a correlation between killing animals and having a proper take on Christmas.

Closer to nature closer to God I suppose.

Alex

12-04-2009, 11:57 AM

From a semantic point of view, I suppose you could say "I wish you a Marry Christmas" but just "Marry Christmas" is technically incorrect

I don't think I agree with you here, but I suppose it isn't a particularly life-vital point.

How about if I say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" on December 23. Am I wrong twice even though it is pretty clear I don't think today is both of those days?

Moonliner

12-04-2009, 12:32 PM

I don't think I agree with you here, but I suppose it isn't a particularly life-vital point.

How about if I say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" on December 23. Am I wrong twice even though it is pretty clear I don't think today is both of those days?

I suppose we could settle and just break one kneecap.

Oh and do keep in mind that this entire train of thought came up in relation to how irrational people deal with Christmas. Personally I just appreciate the sentiment when wished good will for pretty much any reason or time of year.

Chernabog

12-04-2009, 02:37 PM

alphabassettgrrl

12-04-2009, 02:47 PM

Umm, you're at a retail store. No sh*t they want you to think about purchasing gifts. If you're walking into an American Eagle store hoping for spiritual enlightenment, I really think you've missed the point.

Yep. Exactly. Merry Christmas could potentially discourage atheists, Jews, Hindus, etc from shopping. Happy Holidays is inclusive and welcoming, which could encourage more people to come shop. It's logic.

Personally I just appreciate the sentiment when wished good will for pretty much any reason or time of year.

I wish more people would think this way.

Hahahaha! Governor accidentally directs parents to phone sex line (http://news.aol.com/article/governor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to/801349?icid=main|main|dl1|link7|http%3A%2F%2Fnews. aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to%2F801349). Tee hee!

OOps!

Ghoulish Delight

12-04-2009, 02:49 PM

Yep. Exactly. Merry Christmas could potentially discourage atheists, Jews, Hindus, etc from shopping. Happy Holidays is inclusive and welcoming, which could encourage more people to come shop. It's logic. Which is exactly what they find offensive. How dare they acknowledge the existence and right to courtesy of people not like themselves! Satanists!

alphabassettgrrl

12-04-2009, 02:56 PM

Yeah, I know. I don't quite get it.

I guess if someone told me they were christian and I worked retail I might wish them a merry christmas.

Depends on my mood, I guess. Otherwise I'd remind them that christmas is included in the happy holidays.

And if I'm really feeling off, tell 'em I celebrate the solstice as a pagan.

Alex

12-04-2009, 03:12 PM

Yep. Exactly. Merry Christmas could potentially discourage atheists, Jews, Hindus, etc from shopping. Happy Holidays is inclusive and welcoming, which could encourage more people to come shop. It's logic.

Though an athiest/Jew/Hindu/etc being offended or not shopping somewhere because someone says "Merry Christmas" to them is just as silly as refusing to shop somewhere because they said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

Hahahaha! Governor accidentally directs parents to phone sex line (http://news.aol.com/article/governor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to/801349?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Clink7%7Chttp%3A%2F %2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to%2F801349). Tee hee!

It is a carved-into-the-very-fundamental-physical-properties-of-the-universe rule that misstating a phone number in a very public setting will always result in directing people to a phone sex number. Three times over the last three years at my current job I've been involved with emergency fixes to deal with incorrect phone numbers that reached production on web pages. Every single one of those wrong numbers (each different) was a phone sex number.

alphabassettgrrl

12-04-2009, 04:54 PM

Though an athiest/Jew/Hindu/etc being offended or not shopping somewhere because someone says "Merry Christmas" to them is just as silly as refusing to shop somewhere because they said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

Agreed. But it's also basic marketing- because someone might react this way, we have to do "X."

It is a carved-into-the-very-fundamental-physical-properties-of-the-universe rule that misstating a phone number in a very public setting will always result in directing people to a phone sex number. Three times over the last three years at my current job I've been involved with emergency fixes to deal with incorrect phone numbers that reached production on web pages. Every single one of those wrong numbers (each different) was a phone sex number.

Apparently there are a lot of phone sex lines.

Kevy Baby

12-04-2009, 05:06 PM

Disturbed Elf Threatens to Blow Up Santa (http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-elf-bomb,0,751877.story)
But he looks so normal

http://www.ktla.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2009-12/50862278-03122051.jpg

Hahahaha!That is really funny to read in conjunction with your current avatar :)

Governor accidentally directs parents to phone sex line (http://news.aol.com/article/governor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to/801349?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Clink7%7Chttp%3A%2F %2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to%2F801349).And it took two months for it to be noticed.

Or two months for it to be reported.

SzczerbiakManiac

12-04-2009, 05:34 PM

Hahahaha! Governor accidentally directs parents to phone sex line (http://news.aol.com/article/governor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to/801349?icid=main|main|dl1|link7|http%3A%2F%2Fnews. aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgovernor-charlie-crist-sends-callers-to%2F801349). Tee hee!The only thing that could have made that more awesome is if it had been a gay sex line. Because Charlie Crist directing people to gay sex=searingly funny irony!

lashbear

12-04-2009, 08:37 PM

If you're walking into an American Eagle store hoping for spiritual enlightenment, I really think you've missed the point.
Hehehehehehe.

Disneyphile

12-08-2009, 11:44 AM

This takes my screen name to a whole different level (http://pictureisunrelated.com/2009/12/08/a-pair-of-mickeys-the-adults-can-enjoy/). :eek:

(Note: Technically SFW, but could be highly embarrassing.)

lashbear

12-08-2009, 11:15 PM

Kevy Baby

12-09-2009, 08:47 AM

I don't recall seeing them in K-mart. :DYou're probably looking in the wrong departments

Disneyphile

12-09-2009, 04:56 PM

Strange Lights Over Norway (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html)

The first two photos totally look "enhanced" with an effect, but the only explanation I have for the others and the video is that it's most like a test missile that exploded. There are many more articles with photos and videos too.

Alex

12-09-2009, 05:51 PM

Phil Plait (www.badastronomer.com) gave his take on it (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/09/awesomely-bizarre-light-show-freaks-out-norway/) this morning. He agrees it is a rocket spiraling out of control.

lashbear

12-09-2009, 06:39 PM

Looking at the videos, you can see the effect being projected into the sky from the ground. There is a conical beam of light starting from a small point on the ground.

Disneyphile

12-09-2009, 07:04 PM

I wonder if this could also be an interesting contributing factor... (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209171152.htm)

lashbear

12-09-2009, 07:40 PM

it's all right until someone puts out an eye....

Ghoulish Delight

12-10-2009, 09:29 AM

Russia fesses up (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34362960/ns/technology_and_science-space/)

Moonliner

12-10-2009, 10:31 AM

So this happens the day before Obama is heading for Oslo?

Coincidence?

Ghoulish Delight

12-10-2009, 10:32 AM

Yes.

Moonliner

12-10-2009, 10:35 AM

Yes.

I suppose, because the Russians (or us for that matter) would never think of using a military hardware "test" to show off a bit for a riva (http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_bomber_intercepted_as_Obama_visited_Canada _999.html)l.

Of course having the thing fail in such a headline grabbing way might not have been part of the plan.

Although I do hope the worlds fireworks manufactures are looking at this technique.

Ghoulish Delight

12-10-2009, 10:41 AM

Eh, all that says to me is that Russia's always got something going on somewhere, it just gets noticed when the President is coming to town.

Moonliner

12-10-2009, 10:53 AM

Again, perhaps.

But I do find it odd they were testing the Bulava a sub launched missile reported to "possess advanced defense capabilities making it nearly impervious to existing and future missile-defense systems".

While it's true some progress has been made (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6720153.stm), Russia is still generally pissed over the subject of missile-defense systems. So they just happened to test the Bulava a day before Obama was to arrive in the area. Ah, yeah. Sure.

The fact the missile apparently failed also leaves open the possibility they were rushed to get the test off.

Still it's just speculation.

Ghoulish Delight

12-10-2009, 11:00 AM

The fact the missile apparently failed also leaves open the possibility they were rushed to get the test off.

Still it's just speculation.7 of 13 tests have failed. This was hardly unprecedented, or indicative of a rush-job. It's business as usual.

Capt Jack

12-10-2009, 11:19 AM

7 of 13 tests have failed. This was hardly unprecedented, or indicative of a rush-job. It's business as usual.

but it looked really coooool!! :snap: :cool: :snap:

Kevy Baby

12-10-2009, 02:06 PM

but it looked really coooool!! :snap: :cool: :snap:And that's all that matters!

lashbear

12-10-2009, 04:26 PM

DL will be adding this to their holiday fireworks display for sure.

€uroMeinke

12-11-2009, 07:59 PM

Don't mess with Grandma (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8409246.stm)

Alex

12-11-2009, 08:02 PM

Unless, of course, your grandma is the other one. Then you could probably get the better of her.

cirquelover

12-12-2009, 09:31 AM

Wow, who knew what a 98 year old was capable of?! Then again I saw that a very elderly molester was due to be released and they still considered him a threat.

Ghoulish Delight

12-14-2009, 04:00 PM

Why mathematicians should not be allowed to order pizza (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427381.500-the-perfect-way-to-slice-a-pizza.html?full=true).

alphabassettgrrl

12-14-2009, 04:26 PM

I love math nerds!

SzczerbiakManiac

12-16-2009, 10:54 AM

Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKezrQJql-SEE5gJK95nosWmg8ogD9CKGII01)

Alex

12-16-2009, 11:20 AM

And some say that acupuncture is harmless quackery.

Ghoulish Delight

12-16-2009, 11:55 AM

Hmmmm

http://i.imgur.com/BYwAx.jpg

Alex

12-16-2009, 12:02 PM

So, what's suggested is that religion is a right hemisphere brain function?

And that god is a hand sticking out of your forehead?

(Actually, I've always found that to be a bit of a stretch but then I tend to downplay such things in art unless the artist has explicitly copped to it. And the guards in the Sistine Chapel were very strict about shushing people so I didn't get to ask my companions their thoughts at the time.)

Ghoulish Delight

12-16-2009, 12:12 PM

Michelangelo is known to have spent a lot of time doing dissections and studying anatomy.

Without word from him, I wouldn't try to guess at his intended meaning, but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility, and is probably even likely, that the resemblance is indeed intentional.

Alex

12-16-2009, 12:26 PM

Oh, I don't deny it's possibility at all. I just tend not to put too much into it because I don't personally have the skills to separate the wheat (which this connection may be) from the chaff (finding coded evidence in The Last Supper proving that Jesus was a woman).

But if intentional it is an interesting connection to have been made.

Kevy Baby

12-16-2009, 12:44 PM

Michelangelo was a hack

Moonliner

12-16-2009, 12:44 PM

In the Dan Brown school of thought, God is an internalization of Humans. 'Know you not that you be Gods" and all that. This would seem to fit with that concept.

Kevy Baby

12-16-2009, 12:47 PM

Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKezrQJql-SEE5gJK95nosWmg8ogD9CKGII01)Soltoski said he believes the needles were stuck into his body one by one because it would have been impossible for him to swallow them.

"We think it could have only been by penetration because we found needles in the lung, the left leg and in different parts of the thorax. It couldn't have been by ingestion," Soltoski said.
Maybe he was born with them?

Moonliner

12-16-2009, 12:49 PM

Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKezrQJql-SEE5gJK95nosWmg8ogD9CKGII01)

Such a pointless tragedy.

Ghoulish Delight

12-16-2009, 01:59 PM

In the Dan Brown school of thought, God is an internalization of Humans. 'Know you not that you be Gods" and all that. This would seem to fit with that concept.
Eh, that's too much guesswork. Without anything from Michelangelo on the subject to go by, I wouldn't even begin to pretend to know WHY he might have done that. It seems just as likely to me that he was making some grand philosophical point about religion as it does that he just felt that fitting the subjects into forms that mirror anatomy makes for aesthetically pleasing art. So the existence and nature of any particular message remains a total mystery. But, based on the known fact that he studied anatomy deeply and applied those studies to other works of art, I DO find it more likely than not that the resemblance to the brain is more than mere coincidence, whatever his reasons for doing so.

Disneyphile

12-18-2009, 12:24 AM

Small Boy Found Staggering Drunk and Wearing Stolen Dress (http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/tennessee-toddler-found-drunk-wearing-stolen-dress/19285857)

I wish that wasn't actually the truth...

Betty

12-18-2009, 09:27 AM

Small Boy Found Staggering Drunk and Wearing Stolen Dress (http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/tennessee-toddler-found-drunk-wearing-stolen-dress/19285857)

I wish that wasn't actually the truth...

No good can come of that.

Cadaverous Pallor

12-18-2009, 09:30 AM

Wasn't Michaelangelo around long before people realized exactly how important the brain was? Much more credence was given to other internal organs for the longest time...

Alex

12-18-2009, 09:56 AM

The first Greek to put forward the idea that the brain was the center of consciousness (as opposed to the heart) was in the 5th centruy BCE. It was controversial but the Greeks and Romans eventually pretty much settled on brain over heart.

I don't recall how much the Medieval period lost that knowledge but I imagine any intellectual familiar with classical thought and philosophy was aware of it.

Disneyphile

12-18-2009, 03:38 PM

McNuggetini (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/news/dpgo-McNuggetini-Mixes-Vodka-McNuggets-fc-20091218_5151609)

(We really need a barfing smiley.)

Ghoulish Delight

12-18-2009, 03:43 PM

Calling that a martini is like calling a McNugget chicken.

Gemini Cricket

12-18-2009, 03:49 PM

Kevy Baby

12-18-2009, 04:09 PM

(We really need a barfing smiley.)You can use the one I stole: http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/puke.gif

This is another one that comes in handy: http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bathroomsmiley.gif

JWBear

12-18-2009, 04:47 PM

McNuggetini (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/news/dpgo-McNuggetini-Mixes-Vodka-McNuggets-fc-20091218_5151609)

(We really need a barfing smiley.)

What a criminal waste of good vodka.

alphabassettgrrl

12-18-2009, 05:28 PM

Vodka, chocolate shake, barbecue sauce and a mcnugget? Yeah, won't be trying that any time soon.

Even separately... only the vodka and the shake get any chance. Then again, that part of it might be ok.

Disneyphile

12-18-2009, 07:03 PM

If it were a chocolate shake with vodka, with a couple fries for garnish, I'd totally go for that (no BBQ sauce though). For some reason, McD's fries taste really yummy dipped in their chocolate shakes. It's beyond wrong, but tastes so right.

Kevy Baby

12-18-2009, 07:07 PM

For some reason, McD's fries taste really yummy dipped in their chocolate shakes. It's beyond wrong, but tastes so right.I used to love Farrell's French Fries dipped in their hot fudge. It may work elsewhere, but I haven't had the gumption to try.

Alex

12-19-2009, 12:38 AM

Best french fry/desert combination is Wendy's fries dipped in a Frostie. Lani did not believe me, but she was an immediate convert.

Disneyphile

12-19-2009, 02:22 AM

Best french fry/desert combination is Wendy's fries dipped in a Frostie. Lani did not believe me, but she was an immediate convert.Oh, yeah! I forgot about that one. :snap:

Disneyphile

12-19-2009, 02:32 AM

Help Save the Environment By Cranking Off Before You Get off! (http://www.theearthangel.ie/index.html)

(NSFW)

SzczerbiakManiac

12-19-2009, 10:14 AM

That's actually pretty cool.

Not Afraid

12-20-2009, 12:25 PM

http://media.kissonline.com/non_secure/images/20091217/news/kiss_nutcrackers/large.jpg

Not a story, just a WTF.

Frikitiki

12-20-2009, 12:59 PM

KISS nut crackers! What every rock fan needs!!:cool:

SzczerbiakManiac

12-23-2009, 10:06 AM

One of the world's oddest jobs: applying bronzing to a bodybuilder's "bikini zone" with a paint roller (http://p3.focus.de/img/gen/O/n/HBOn2jrP_Pxgen_r_1300xA.JPG). Not entirely work safe

SzczerbiakManiac

01-04-2010, 04:18 PM

OutSports (http://www.outsports.com/newPictureThis/index.cfm) described this picture thusly, "Wrestlers compete in the traditional form of the sport in Jammu, Indian wearing only briefs and wrestling in a clay pit."

The guys in the photo below are not nude, but because of the pose and the fact they're scantily-clad, I'm spoilering it.

My questions is, wouldn't wrestling on rocks hurt like hell?
http://d2.stern.de/bilder/stern_5/sport/2009/52/Sportwoche_KW52/Sportwoche_KW52_1_maxsize_735_490.jpg

RStar

01-05-2010, 01:06 AM

Yes, but afterwards their skin is so nice and soft.

Ghoulish Delight

01-06-2010, 10:04 AM

British scientists can't find g-spot (http://dscriber.com/home/934-g-spot-tackled-by-cold-hard-science-found-lacking.html)

I know, too easy.

Alex

01-06-2010, 10:13 AM

Did you see the xkcd comic yesterday?

Ghoulish Delight

01-06-2010, 10:17 AM

Yeah, which made that even easier. I'm not above stealing material.

Kevy Baby

01-06-2010, 03:18 PM

The XKCD GD and Alex are referencing:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/g-spot.png

Not Afraid

01-06-2010, 10:10 PM

Hmmm, so that's what smoked salmon with caviar looks like.
http://www.foodandwine.com/images/sys/201001-r-smoked-salmon-carpaccio.jpg

Kevy Baby

01-06-2010, 11:11 PM

...smoked salmon with caviar...Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Disneyphile

01-14-2010, 05:56 PM

Lamb born with human face. (http://www.examiner.com/x-28317-Net-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m1d14-Sheep-gives-birth-to-lamb-with-human-face-photo)

:eek:

DreadPirateRoberts

01-14-2010, 11:13 PM

Lamb born with human face. (http://www.examiner.com/x-28317-Net-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m1d14-Sheep-gives-birth-to-lamb-with-human-face-photo)

:eek:

Does KB have some 'splainin' to do?

BarTopDancer

01-14-2010, 11:33 PM

I used to love Farrell's French Fries dipped in their hot fudge. It may work elsewhere, but I haven't had the gumption to try.

You can try that mix again!

Best french fry/desert combination is Wendy's fries dipped in a Frostie. Lani did not believe me, but she was an immediate convert.

I don't know how I missed this. Frosties and fries FTW!

lashbear

01-15-2010, 12:54 AM

For some reason, McD's fries taste really yummy dipped in their chocolate shakes. It's beyond wrong, but tastes so right.
I missed this too - my fave combo (which for the record, I haven't had for about 20 years...) was McD's fries dipped in the hot fudge from the sundae.

Hmmmm there's a McD's in Hornsby Westfield just up the road........

Kevy Baby

01-15-2010, 10:48 AM

You can try that mix again!The more I think about it, the less I want to find out.

When I went to Farrell's it was when I was in high school and the Marching Band always went after football games. My memories are romanticized versions of what took place 30 years ago - I doubt that today's experience would even come close and I think I would rather not spoil the memories.

Kevy Baby

01-15-2010, 07:36 PM

NASA finds cocaine in shuttle hangar

The Whole Story (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/01/15/nasa.shuttle.cocaine/)

Which I provide only so that I can follow up with (from Woot (http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=11039)):

My God, It's Full Of Booger Sugar: 15 Signs That NASA Had A Cocaine Problem
Suspicious number of recent Space Shuttle flights to Bolivia.
Mission Control keeps going to the toilet as a group.
Where do you think the nickname "Buzz" came from?
Space station radio transcripts include two straight hours of chatter about how beautiful everybody is, followed by three hours about how the Space Shuttle could totally kick Jupiter's ass.
Mars Rover solar panel covered with white smears and razor marks.
Planned lunar lander to be named after Fleetwood Mac's dealer.
CIA now much more involved in funding of NASA missions.
Last launch countdown: "10... 9... 8.. 7.. 6. 5. 4 3 21BLASTOFFOHMYGODTHATLOOKSSOAMAZING"
Astronauts keep ducking into the Space Station "real quick," staying for 3 days.
Constant giggling while bouncing around the "moon landing" movie set.
We should have known those tiny spoons weren't for freeze-dried ice cream.
You ever see how clean the inside of that Space Station is?
Crew members radioed Mission Control about being "40,000 miles high" before shuttle had actually launched.
Why else would you drive straight through from Texas to Florida wearing diapers?
C'mon. They're shooting MONKEYS INTO SPACE.

SzczerbiakManiac

01-19-2010, 11:59 AM

I lol'd just at the term "Booger Sugar" (I'd never heard it before)

Kevy Baby

01-20-2010, 07:12 PM

Okay, not really a 'story', but it seemed like as good of a place as any to put this:

Anybody want a $4,000.00 pair of sunglasses? (http://www.oakley.com/pd/6409/23698)

€uroMeinke

01-20-2010, 08:31 PM

Okay, not really a 'story', but it seemed like as good of a place as any to put this:

Anybody want a $4,000.00 pair of sunglasses? (http://www.oakley.com/pd/6409/23698)

I'll take them off your hands

alphabassettgrrl

01-20-2010, 08:40 PM

For that price, they'd better shoot laser beams or something.

Prudence

01-20-2010, 09:54 PM

The more expensive the sunglasses are, the faster the Rat loses them. Those would last about 90 minutes.

(cf. his Home Depot safety sunglasses, which stick around long enough to actually wear out.)

Kevy Baby

01-21-2010, 10:29 AM

I found that I prefer more expensive sunglasses as I DON'T lose them - I am too paranoid about losing an expensive item. The ones I have now I've had for several years and they are beyond worn out.

Alex

01-21-2010, 11:57 AM

I don't lose expensive sunglasses.

However, what I've learned is that I don't take any better care of expensive sunglasses than cheap sunglasses. Use of the case will not extend beyond the first week. To the extent that expensive sunglasses stand up to wear better that's ok. But they're all going to scratch when then end up in a pocket with my car keys.

But I had a pair of expensive sunglasses for almost five years before they broke. Then in the two months following I went through (losing them) five pairs of convenience store sunglasses.

Ghoulish Delight

01-21-2010, 12:16 PM

I think I've finally found the magic combination for me. An intermediate-priced pair ($40) with a cloth pouch. I have had them for quite some time now, always keeping the pouch with me and have yet to lose or damage them. I think it helps that they fold up very flat and the thin pouch doesn't add any bulk, so I can comfortably slip them into my pocket when I'm not wearing them. It means I don't sit on them, drop them, leave them laying on a table.

Strangler Lewis

01-21-2010, 12:42 PM

There pretty much has to be nuclear testing going on in my neighborhood for me to even think about wearing a pair of sunglasses. I don't like the way they pinch my head, and I don't think it's a good look for most people on most days.

Alex

01-21-2010, 12:50 PM

I generally lose the cloth pouch on my way out of the sunglasses store.

And if I'm outside while the sun is up I'm probably wearing sunglasses. I would prefer not to but my eyes seems to be above-normal in terms of light sensitivity and otherwise I end up walking around with my eyes mostly closed.

Chernabog

01-21-2010, 02:04 PM

In the description tab, I totally read this:

This breakthrough innovation from the aerospace industry is blended with resins and assembled into structures more than 40 layers thick.

as this:

This breakthrough innovation from the aerospace industry is blended with raisins and assembled into structures more than 40 layers thick.

I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Kevy Baby

01-21-2010, 02:44 PM

It's amazing what they can with raisins these days.

Ghoulish Delight

01-21-2010, 06:21 PM

Alex

01-21-2010, 06:47 PM

It's been lifelong (I know you're kidding). We once had a neighbor that thought I was blind for a short while because whenever she saw me walking down the street it looked like my eyes were closed.

Frikitiki

01-26-2010, 10:07 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/jennifer-love-hewitt-beda_n_421751.html

personal body decorations taken to a new level...:eek:

Kevy Baby

01-26-2010, 10:23 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/jennifer-love-hewitt-beda_n_421751.html

personal body decorations taken to a new level...:eek:."It shined like a disco ball so I have a whole chapter in there on how women should vagazzle their vajayjays."

Chernabog

01-26-2010, 10:31 AM

I think my IQ lowered a few points from clicking on that link. Bad JLH.

Betty

01-26-2010, 10:37 AM

Moonliner

01-26-2010, 11:13 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/jennifer-love-hewitt-beda_n_421751.html

personal body decorations taken to a new level...:eek:

Huh. Crystals? Naw. If you're gonna do that for your guy add something useful like a USB port or better yet: Blue-tooth.

http://files.myopera.com/MyFriendJack/blog/bluetooth_logo.jpg

Everything is better with blue-tooth!

alphabassettgrrl

01-26-2010, 11:19 AM

Bedazzled????

Ewww?

I think I'm glad I don't know very much about the personal lives of the actors I like. I'll watch them on-screen and we'll all be happy.

Chernabog

01-26-2010, 11:21 AM

Will she be using "my pink button" too? I'm at work and I don't want to search for the link from here but feel free. (it's pink dye for your snooch)

Snooch - it's snatch and cooch together as Snooch.

Oh this reminds me of the 50th Anniversary day at Disneyland, when mousepod, Heather and I spent most of the day discussing anal bleaching.

Alex

01-26-2010, 12:40 PM

Will she be using "my pink button" too? I'm at work and I don't want to search for the link from here but feel free. (it's pink dye for your snooch)

The Consumerist blog ran a story from a reader who tried it out of curiosity. Apparently it didn't do much. And it burned.

Gn2Dlnd

01-26-2010, 01:20 PM

It tastes like burning!

Not Afraid

01-26-2010, 09:34 PM

vagazzle the vajayjay

I'm off to Facebook. ;)

Kevy Baby

01-28-2010, 04:31 PM

Misspelled Tattoos: Permanent And Hilarious (PHOTOS) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/misspelled-tattoos-perman_n_439993.html)

Gemini Cricket

01-28-2010, 04:38 PM

My cousin had a tattoo that read: Chachi's Tatoo.
Dumb for a couple of reasons.
:D

Alex

01-28-2010, 06:05 PM

Ghoulish Delight

01-28-2010, 06:08 PM

My sister has at least one kanji tattoo that is essentially just a label for the body part it is on. Lani was afraid to say out loud what it said because she found it hard to believe that is was what my sister had actually asked for (it was).
Reminds me of the people who pay for personalized license plates that are just the make or model of the car.

Moonliner

01-28-2010, 06:44 PM

My cousin had a tattoo that read: Chachi's Tatoo.
Dumb for a couple of reasons.
:D

Would one reason be that his name is in fact not Chachi?

Cuz that would be a good one.

Kevy Baby

01-28-2010, 08:31 PM

You couldn't find another $10 million in profit? Or adjust it somehow? Did no one think that posting this exact figure of profit might not be the best idea?

From this story (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-28/microsoft-s-profit-beats-estimates-after-release-of-windows-7.html) about Microsoft's profit:Second-quarter net income rose 60 percent to $6.66 billion, or 74 cents a share...

wolfy999

01-28-2010, 09:05 PM

:eek: :evil: :eek: :evil:

Deebs

01-31-2010, 12:22 PM

Rip Torn? (http://blog.allanellenberger.com/book-flm-news/rip-torn-arrested-on-bank-break-in/)

After reading this version (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2651999/men_in_black_actor_rip_torn_arrested.html?cat=2), maybe this belongs in the Sooooo.... thread, if it is even newsworthy at all. Where have I been?

Not Afraid

01-31-2010, 09:54 PM

Rip Torn is quite a character. At an Oscar party/fundraiser I coordinated at the House of Blues Hollywood about 6 or 7 years ago he a) crashed the party, b) decided to help himself to a front row (highest level sponsor) seat and c) refused to move when the guests arrived. When we told the sponsor couple that Rip Torn was in their seat, they said "Rip who?". Talk about humiliation.

Stan4dSteph

02-01-2010, 08:32 AM

He needs an intervention. What a train wreck.

Morrigoon

02-13-2010, 01:53 AM

Anybody want a credit card with a 79.9% interest rate? (http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108839/issuer-of-79.9-interest-rate-credit-card-defends-its-product?mod=bb-creditcards)

Frikitiki

02-13-2010, 02:55 AM

^and this is considered legal because they disclose the rate. WT Heck are they thinking?

Alex

02-13-2010, 07:56 AM

I wouldn't want one. But if I have bad credit and was trying to re-establish good credit I'd rather than this product existed than it didn't and I just couldn't get anything. Though I'd strongly recommend going with a secured credit card route first.

Tref

02-13-2010, 11:18 AM

Would one reason be that his name is in fact not Chachi?

Cuz that would be a good one.

Or that he misspelled tattoo?

Cuz that would be a better one.

Gemini Cricket

02-15-2010, 08:36 PM

Holy sh!t!
Camera catches accident on tape. A truck driver falls asleep in traffic.
Yikes! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpIKjKjB7UU&feature=player_embedded#)

wolfy999

02-15-2010, 09:35 PM

OMG!!!

Stan4dSteph

02-15-2010, 09:43 PM

That's crazy! Holy crap. I wonder how long it took him to wake up?

Ghoulish Delight

02-15-2010, 09:52 PM

And how long after he woke up it took to stop confusing the gas pedal for the brake.

Kevy Baby

02-15-2010, 10:57 PM

"The left (or right) side camera claps of condition"

I can't figure that out.

Chernabog

02-16-2010, 11:05 AM

Yes, there is a perfume that smells like a ladies' crotch. (http://www.queerty.com/vulva-is-a-new-product-for-straight-men-that-smells-like-teen-vagina-spirit-why-not-market-to-lesbians-20100216/) The link is an article which discusses why it isn't marketed to lesbians (from a gay man's perspective). You gotta watch the video. Totally creepy!!!! LMAO....

€uroMeinke

02-16-2010, 08:35 PM

Ah, Tom Ford's other project

RStar

02-17-2010, 10:51 AM

Holy sh!t!
Camera catches accident on tape. A truck driver falls asleep in traffic.
Yikes! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpIKjKjB7UU&feature=player_embedded#)

Darn, it's been pulled. I missed it. :(

Moonliner

02-18-2010, 08:39 PM

It's unclear why the plane continued to Miami after the body fell out

What else do you really need to know about that story (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/02/18/florida.stowaway.plane/index.html?hpt=T2)?

Prudence

02-18-2010, 09:30 PM

Here is my WTF story for the week:

Adults get ear infections? And they hurt like hell? WTF??????!!!!!???????

katiesue

02-18-2010, 10:16 PM

Here is my WTF story for the week:

Adults get ear infections? And they hurt like hell? WTF??????!!!!!???????

Yes they do - I've had one. I thought I might die. Hope it gets better soon.

wendybeth

02-18-2010, 10:39 PM

I've had ear infections all my life- I'm practically immune to all commonly prescribed antibiotics because of that. They suck.

Gemini Cricket

02-24-2010, 02:54 PM

Holy crap!
Killer Whale Kills Trainer at Sea World Orlando (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/whale-kills-trainer-sea-worlds-shamu-stadium/story?id=9932526)

One witness, park visitor Victoria Biniak, told WFTV that the trainer was just introduced the whale during a live public show at the stadium.
Soon after, Biniak said, the whale came up from the water and grabbed the woman.
"He was thrashing her around pretty good. It was violent,'" Biniak said.

Gemini Cricket

02-24-2010, 03:56 PM

Here's an interesting tidbit related to this story...

March 03, 2007

After a second day of discussions with SeaWorld officials, Cal/OSHA on Friday agreed to withdraw a report that predicted that a trainer at the park will someday be killed by a killer whale.The agency agreed to rewrite it's investigators' report to stick to only the facts of a Nov. 29 incident in which a whale dragged a trainer to the bottom of the pool at Shamu Stadium several times before he escaped.
Source (http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/03/local/me-orca3)

CoasterMatt

02-24-2010, 07:09 PM

Imagine that, a creature called a "KILLER WHALE", actually kills somebody. Or in this particular orca's case, a couple somebodys.

Betty

02-24-2010, 08:24 PM

I wonder how much it sucks to be a whale in captivity there. On the one hand, you're living life never leaving your house and the entertainment rarely changes. On the other hand, they seem to feed them often. I imagine they are pretty bored though.

€uroMeinke

02-24-2010, 08:35 PM

Free Tilly!

CoasterMatt

02-24-2010, 09:31 PM

Dine With Shamu - TO THE EXTREME!!!

€uroMeinke

02-24-2010, 09:35 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/jennifer-love-hewitt-beda_n_421751.html

personal body decorations taken to a new level...:eek:

Just a follow-up on this:

http://www.theluxuryspot.com/2010/02/23/i-got-vajazzled-and-had-a-camera-crew/

Kevy Baby

02-24-2010, 09:44 PM

Just a follow-up on this:

http://www.theluxuryspot.com/2010/02/23/i-got-vajazzled-and-had-a-camera-crew/Loved this line (with extra for context):I left the spa feeling like a new woman. I had a little spring in my step and couldn’t help but think that I would actually do this on a semi-regular basis if I had a man in my life. Why not? Until then, I can keep the solo party going around my disco ball of a crotch.

When I saw the pictures, I could help but feel pain just thinking about the friction scars

Gn2Dlnd

02-24-2010, 10:37 PM

I loved this comment: vajazzling is NOT safe. i don’t want to eat or inhale crystals, thanx. (this is the same reason i don’t like earrings.) NO ONE WANTS TO CHOKE ON THE ‘BABY IN THE KING CAKE’, if ya know what i mean.

Bwaha!

Betty

02-25-2010, 02:11 PM

I was listening to Mark and Brian the other day on the radio discussing the cover art to Hotel California. Being a long time Eagles fan, I wanted to look it up and see the buildings in other photos but forgot until just now.

One of the first image searches led me to this page: http://www.itwillpass.com/facts-Hotel-California-Eagles-first-Satanic-Church.shtml

Not only do they claim that the photo is of the first satanic church, they also have a link loving on the No Greater Joy ministries and lot's of other really odd ball stuff. did you know that we haven't had any judges in 100 or so years? Or a US Treasury? That we have a one world government and the revolutionary war was a fraud?

Wacky fun for all!

Kevy Baby

02-25-2010, 03:48 PM

One of the first image searches led me to this page: http://www.itwillpass.com/facts-Hotel-California-Eagles-first-Satanic-Church.shtmlDisclaimer: The above interpretation of the hotel, song and ties with Satanism, maybe merely circumstantial.Really?

JWBear

02-25-2010, 05:05 PM

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a satanic church?! Who knew!

BarTopDancer

02-25-2010, 07:09 PM

Yesterday Toyota recalled a few bazillion cars (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_floor_mats) (including the Mrs. Moonie Mobile) because in rare cases the floor mats could come loose and cause the accelerator pedal to stick.

Here is audio of the 911 call (http://www.morganhilltimes.com/video/259699-911-call-of-crash-that-spurred-toyota-recall) that sparked the recall.

Does anyone but me see a problem with that call?

Toyota Defense might rescue Jailed Minnesota man.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_fatal_crash)
I think it's the same guy but the link in the original story is dead now.

The original discussion in this thread starts here (http://loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=301284&highlight=toyota#post301284).

Moonliner

02-25-2010, 07:25 PM

Toyota Defense might rescue Jailed Minnesota man.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_fatal_crash)
the link in the original story is dead now.

So is the guy in the original story.

wolfy999

03-02-2010, 11:09 AM

This is just "ew (http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/retailers-caught-selling-used-lingerie/658a4v9)"!

Kevy Baby

03-02-2010, 11:46 AM

This is just "ew (http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/retailers-caught-selling-used-lingerie/658a4v9)"!Well, allegedly, one can purchase used panties on the streets of Japan. Or at least could at some point.

SzczerbiakManiac

03-04-2010, 10:14 AM

Swedish bus driver reported for kicking gay man off bus (http://www.thelocal.se/25294/20100302/)

Just looking at the title, this seems like a pretty "normal" occurrence. Not an acceptable thing mind you, but not wholly unexpected. But two things in that article made my head tilt like a confused dog: Gay guy gets on bus wearing sagging pants, thus his underwear is somewhat exposed. Bus driver refuses to continue the route and says, "...you best leave the bus as I could get turned on." Huh?!?
Later on, the gay guy's mother is complaining to the bus company (go mom!). As reparation, they offer her movie tickets and a potted plant. WTF!?! :eek:

Kevy Baby

03-04-2010, 10:17 AM

As reparation, they offer her movie tickets and a potted plant. WTF!?! :eek:That is just horrible; the correct reparation should have been theatre tickets and a Prada handbag

SacTown Chronic

03-04-2010, 12:28 PM

"Do you think it is fun that I can see your panties?" I give this gay slur two snaps up.

As reperation, I offer SM two bus tickets to Bakersfield.

SzczerbiakManiac

03-04-2010, 12:57 PM

SacTown, I think you're confusing "reparation" with "punishment". ;)

And where's my houseplant, dammit!

blueerica

03-04-2010, 01:12 PM

Kevy Baby

03-04-2010, 01:25 PM

Utah Can't Afford Twelfth Grade But It Can Afford to Send a Whole Lot of Innocent Women to Jail (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-rubysachs/utah-cant-afford-twelfth_b_477981.html)

Yep - you read that right.But can't someone think of the children?!?

Wait... they are protecting the unborn children.

No, wait... they don't want to protect the 12th grade children

AAAAAaaaaaaiiiiyyyaaaaahhhhhhhh...

Mousey Girl

03-04-2010, 02:08 PM

I give this gay slur two snaps up.

As reperation, I offer SM two bus tickets to Bakersfield.

He could come visit me!!!!

BarTopDancer

03-04-2010, 02:11 PM

F this state.

F'in UT!

But can't someone think of the children?!?

Wait... they are protecting the unborn children.

No, wait... they don't want to protect the 12th grade children

AAAAAaaaaaaiiiiyyyaaaaahhhhhhhh...

The right to life ends at birth.

blueerica

03-04-2010, 02:29 PM

I didn't attach it, but I think what bugs me is how vague the law reads and how much it could cost. It was all over the news that they were thinking of cutting out 12th grade, and then this - it could cost the taxpayers to investigate and prosecute a woman that - for example - fell down the stairs on accident, already had to suffer the trauma of losing her child and now has to suffer an investigation, if there's any suspicion. Then we all have to pay for her incarceration if she's found guilty. Lovely.

Kevy Baby

03-04-2010, 02:31 PM

The right to life ends at birth.Does it get reinstated at death?

lashbear

03-04-2010, 05:04 PM

Well, allegedly, one can purchase used panties on the streets of Japan. Or at least could at some point.

Kore Desu !! :D

http://letterstoadyingdream.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/japanese-panty-machines.jpg?w=424&h=550

Not Afraid

03-05-2010, 12:59 AM

Frozen Dead Guy Days start Friday

After 20 years, Nederland's celebration of its coolest resident is still kicking with this weekend's Frozen Dead Guy Days.
The body of Norwegian Bredo Morstol arrived in November 1989, as his grandson hoped to open a cryonics facility in Nederland. The lab never happened, but "Granpa Bredo," a.k.a. the Frozen Dead Guy, has been on ice ever since.
Each March the town of 1,400 has welcomed tens of thousands to celebrate with funky festivities.
A downtown beer tent opens at 3 p.m. Friday, to limber up the crowd before opening ceremonies downtown at 7 p.m., followed by the Space Oddity Blue Ball, "all aliens and other space travelers welcome," the Nederland Chamber of Commerce advised.
Saturday includes a Granpa look-a-like contest at 10 a.m., a parade of hearses at noon, a polar plunge at 1 p.m. and coffin races at 2 p.m., along with live music and other festivities.
Sunday includes "family fun" events and a Rocky Mountain oyster-eating contest at 3 p.m.
For more information visit http://www.nederlandchamber.org/events_fdgd-home.html

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14515043#ixzz0hHr5jPfN

blueerica

03-05-2010, 08:41 AM

Wow!

However, it does sound like fun.

SacTown Chronic

03-05-2010, 09:21 AM

Do they use the frozen grandpa to keep the beer cold?

RStar

03-05-2010, 10:36 AM

Hey, fun for the whole family!
Sunday includes "family fun" events and a Rocky Mountain oyster-eating contest at 3 p.m.
Just don't tell the kids:

Rocky Mountains oysters - also known as prairie oysters, Montana tendergroins, cowboy caviar, swinging beef, and calf fires - are true Western delicacies.

What are Rocky Mountain oysters? They are that part of the bull that is removed in his youth so that he may thereby be more tractable, grow meatier, and behave less masculine. When the calves are branded, the testicles are cut off and thrown in a bucket of water. They are then peeled, washed, rolled in flour and pepper, and fried in a pan. They are considered to be quite a delicacy. Like other organ meats, testicles may be cooked in a variety of ways – deep-fried whole, cut into broad, thin slices, or marinated. At roundups in the old West, cowboys and ranch hands tossed the meat on a hot iron stove.
Quote from here (http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/RockyMtnOyster.htm)

JWBear

03-05-2010, 11:17 AM

Mousey Girl

03-05-2010, 12:21 PM

I used to hide in my room during the castration day. I also learned real fast, not to open any containers in the barn refrigerator.

CoasterMatt

03-05-2010, 03:34 PM

S. Korean Child Starves As Parents Raise Virtual Daughter...
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8551122.stm)
A South Korean couple who were addicted to the internet let their three-month-old baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online, police said.

The pair fed their own premature baby just once a day in between 12-hour stretches at an internet cafe, the official Yonhap news agency reported.

Police officer Chung Jin-won told Yonhap they "lost their will to live a normal life" after losing their jobs.

He said they "indulged themselves online" to escape from reality.

The 41-year-old father and his 25-year-old wife were arrested in the city of Suweon, south of Seoul, earlier this week, five months after they reported the death of their baby.

An autopsy showed her death was caused by a long period of malnutrition.

The couple had become obsessed with nurturing a virtual girl called Anima in the popular role-playing game Prius Online, police said on Friday.

The game enables players to interact with Anima and as they do so, help her to recover her lost memory and develop emotions.

:mad:

RStar

03-06-2010, 12:16 AM

Darwin awards, anyone?

Cadaverous Pallor

03-06-2010, 12:40 AM

It's official - I can't read about neglected, abused, and dying babies anymore.

It's just too sad for me to bear. :(

RStar

03-06-2010, 11:24 AM

It's official - I can't read about neglected, abused, and dying babies anymore.

It's just too sad for me to bear. :(

Things like that are bad to hear, but ten-fold worse when you have one of your own, as you have no doubt found. It's so completely unimaginable! Welcome to the wonderful world of maternity!

While I was young, my mom had to walk out of The Excorsist because it was too frightening for her to see an inocent young girl doing those things.

Betty

03-06-2010, 01:06 PM

I used to make fun (good natured fun) of my Mom for crying at all sorts of things. A phone commercial stands out in my mind.

Now I'm just like that. There's an OnStar radio ad that has a daughter in a crash and they call her mother and sheesh, even typing it out here starts to choke me up a bit. It's ridiculous sometimes I tells ya.

Ghoulish Delight

03-11-2010, 09:16 AM

Suddenly the "W" in "WTF" stand for "when"

ijustmadelove.com (http://ijustmadelove.com/)

Kevy Baby

03-11-2010, 12:57 PM

Suddenly the "W" in "WTF" stand for "when"

ijustmadelove.com (http://ijustmadelove.com/)There's only options for one or two people :(

Moonliner

03-11-2010, 01:04 PM

There's only options for one or two people :(

Not only that but the car, boat, tree and couch can't be used as part of the coupling either.

Kevy Baby

03-11-2010, 01:31 PM

Not only that but the car, boat, tree and couch can't be used as part of the coupling either.Are there are no sheep!

Moonliner

03-11-2010, 01:57 PM

Are there are no sheep!

Plus based on that map, Disneyland is in fact not the happiest place on earth.

Kevy Baby

03-11-2010, 03:06 PM

Plus based on that map, Disneyland is in fact not the happiest place on earth.We haven't made our contributions yet :evil:

Not Afraid

03-11-2010, 04:01 PM

I LOVE this story!!!!

Midnight Knitter Wanted (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124560111&ft=1&f=3)

Prudence

03-14-2010, 04:57 PM

Austrailian censor board demands large-breasted porn-stars. (http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/australian-censor-bo.html)

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 08:46 AM

I was watching that story unfold last week with the Prius that was accelerating out of control and the cops had to help talk the driver to a stop, and I got to thinking, if you own a Toyota and have ever felt the urge to just floor it...now's your chance! Not it's looking more and more like that Prius drive had the same thought.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/runaway-toyotas-questions-raised-drivers-account-san-diego/story?id=10098535

Moonliner

03-15-2010, 08:49 AM

Move over Octomom, there's a new mom in town that makes you look down right respectable....

Woman aims to become world's fattest (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1027360/woman-aims-to-become-worlds-fattest)

Donna Simpson, from New Jersey, weighs 273kg but told the Daily Mail newspaper she had her heart set on reaching her goal weight of 1000lb (450kg) in two years.

The 42-year-old already holds the title of the world's fattest mother after giving birth to her daughter in 2007 when she weighed 241kg.

"I'd love to be 1000lb ... it might be hard though, running after my daughter keeps my weight down," Ms Simpson told the Daily Mail.

To me this is just so outrageous on so many levels that my BS detector is nagging me.

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 09:03 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, World's Largest Rice Krispie Treat (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3707903&id=36570547689). Total weight - 10470 lbs.

Moonliner

03-15-2010, 09:09 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, World's Largest Rice Krispie Treat (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3707903&id=36570547689). Total weight - 10470 lbs.

I guess that fits in with my prior post......

Frikitiki

03-15-2010, 09:42 AM

Under Obama care, who would end up paying for the complications during child birth?

Cadaverous Pallor

03-15-2010, 10:08 AM

Under Obama care, who would end up paying for the complications during child birth?Without medical coverage, who would end up paying for a part-time worker's regular child birth?

SacTown Chronic

03-15-2010, 10:41 AM

Under Obama care, who would end up paying for the complications during child birth?Whitey?

Moonliner

03-15-2010, 11:01 AM

Under Obama care, who would end up paying for the complications during child birth?

According to the article (and assuming you are referencing my post) Ms. Simpson is a self employed small business owner. So I would assume she would pay premiums under the plan and be covered the same as any other small business owner.

RStar

03-15-2010, 08:17 PM

Without medical coverage, who would end up paying for the delivery of a 10470 lb Rice Crispy Treat?

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 08:20 PM

There are actually only 10420lbs of rice crispy treat. The last 450lbs are from the 150 3lbs Plush Puff marshmallows on top.

katiesue

03-15-2010, 10:03 PM

That reminds me I got some Lemon Merangue Plush Puffs last weekend and there are a few left - yum!

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 10:10 PM

If you haven't had the pleasure, for a limited time they're selling Sydney's Cinnamon in the normal retail pack size (instead of the bulk 2lbs.). They are my FAVORITE and there's nothing better in a cup of hot chocolate.

Kevy Baby

03-15-2010, 10:11 PM

I have never had a Plush Puff - I assume it is more than a regular marshmallow?

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 10:12 PM

You didn't get any during Swank Camp in King's Canyon?

Ghoulish Delight

03-15-2010, 10:16 PM

And yes, they are no mere marshmallow.

Gn2Dlnd

03-16-2010, 04:22 AM

What? There are no more marshmallows!!??

CoasterMatt

03-16-2010, 05:52 AM

Aussie Shoplifter Caught with Beef Tongue Down His Pants (http://www.myfoxla.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-aussie-shoplifter-caught-with-beef-tongue-down-his-pants-fc-20100316_6601020?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

This headline is just too awesome, to simply be WTF...

Kevy Baby

03-16-2010, 08:09 AM

You didn't get any during Swank Camp in King's Canyon?Yes, I did.

But I didn't get any of the Plush Puffs

Ghoulish Delight

03-16-2010, 08:17 AM

zzzzzing!

SzczerbiakManiac

03-16-2010, 12:36 PM

One of those rare way cool WTF news items:
Blind soldier uses tongue device to "see" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/15/blind-soldier-tongue-sight)

Kevy Baby

03-16-2010, 12:39 PM

One of those rare way cool WTF news items:
Blind soldier uses tongue device to "see" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/15/blind-soldier-tongue-sight)Okay, that is cool.

Though it does open up some possibilities of naughty pick ups...

Ghoulish Delight

03-16-2010, 03:15 PM

Man, what a tragic way to go (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/03/16/general-us-plane-kills-beachgoer_7440993.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews)

Alex

03-16-2010, 03:20 PM

I'm particularly amused by that story. Back in high school we once had some assignment wherein I commented that it "being run over by an airplane while walking down the street" would be a cool way to die (this is very much a true story).

Turns out I was right and this guy stole my thunder.

However, a note on PR:

"I've got a lot of issues going on right now," Smith said. "I've got a plane that's all torn up. And I've got a young man that I killed."

When your statements contains that last sentence, it should probably at least precede the other sentence. Ideally the other sentence would be left out altogether.

Kevy Baby

03-16-2010, 04:33 PM

Man, what a tragic way to go (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/03/16/general-us-plane-kills-beachgoer_7440993.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews) Yeah, but if I was going to be taken unexpectedly and tragically at 38 (too late!), I would really appreciate not having even a moment's horror of my impending doom. I would rather be happy then gone, without an "oh sh ¡t, I'm about to die" moment.

CoasterMatt

03-18-2010, 06:08 AM

Betty

03-18-2010, 08:43 AM

Kentucky Chef Puts Baby In Oven (http://www.myfoxla.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-report-kentucky-cook-larry-long-puts-baby-in-oven-fc-20100318_6633554?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) - Don't worry, the baby's fine.

Pot doesn't do that. I don't even think alcohol does that... although I'm not a big drinker. Did the guy have some mental health issues in the past?

Ghoulish Delight

03-18-2010, 08:52 AM

Pot doesn't do that. I don't even think alcohol does that... although I'm not a big drinker. Did the guy have some mental health issues in the past?
He's claiming the pot was laced...and for once I might believe the guy. Like you said, pot and booze don't really explain that behavior.

On an entirely different note, "erectile dysfunction" is perfectly okay to say on tv, but "vagina" or even "down there" is verboten (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/mar/16/tampon-vagina-kotex-advertising)

SzczerbiakManiac

03-18-2010, 09:20 AM

Kentucky Chef Puts Baby In Oven (http://www.myfoxla.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-report-kentucky-cook-larry-long-puts-baby-in-oven-fc-20100318_6633554?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)I will give him a teeny tiny bit of credit for calling both 911 and a mental health line himself rather than trying to hide his crimes. But yes, he and his wife have no business raising children.

Ghoulish Delight

03-18-2010, 09:25 AM

On an entirely different note, "erectile dysfunction" is perfectly okay to say on tv, but "vagina" or even "down there" is verboten (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/mar/16/tampon-vagina-kotex-advertising)
Maybe they'd have had better luck with the Oprah-approved "vajayjay"

Kevy Baby

03-18-2010, 09:42 AM

How about:
"The magic spot"
"That thing we aren't allowed to mention"
"The place that stinks"

RStar

03-18-2010, 10:58 AM

How odd. I heard penis plenty of times, I think Two & a Half Men for instance (but I may be mistaken). I think it's time to resurect the sexual revolution again!

Alex

03-18-2010, 11:04 AM

Well at least that ad that was full of not-so-subtle visual examples of the shapes into which one might shave one's pubic hair made it through.

Maybe they should have said "I'm riding a horse" which is completely not sexual (though maybe not the best tagline for a tampon).

SzczerbiakManiac

03-18-2010, 11:08 AM

"The place that stinks"You can't say "El Segundo"?

Betty

03-18-2010, 02:02 PM

Everyone knows it's now called a "snootch". (that's snatch and cooch combined.)

My friend refers to it as a "gina"... which is funny because I get spam that talks about Federal GINA updates. (some sort of HR thing ?)

Kevy Baby

03-18-2010, 02:29 PM

Hell... let's just be offensive and use the C-word

(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cunny)

Which lead me to some funny euphemisms (very unsafe for work) - lets see how many of these get caught in the filter:

**** (cünt)
vagina
pussy
**** (twăt)
snatch
quim
gash
cooch
slit
muff
beaver
box
cooze
bearded clam
****hole (fudge)
poontang
hole
cooter
vertical smile
peach
bearded taco
cockpit
honey pot
crack meat
wallet
cum dumpster
fly catcher
snapper
love canal
stench trench
lobster pot
lotus
nookie
bear trap
coochie
poon
love box
tuna
fish taco
yoni
fish
front bum
tampon socket
gates of heaven
finger hut
wishing well
garage
donut
sheath
tunnel

RStar

03-18-2010, 05:08 PM

Only three got caught by the filter. Not bad.....

I wonder how many of George Carlins "Seven words you can't say on TV" can be said on TV now (if any at all).....

RStar

03-18-2010, 05:11 PM

You can't say "El Segundo"?

I thought that was Chino. No, wait, that was "Hot and Stinky"...

cirquelover

03-18-2010, 07:25 PM

This made my jaw drop," Retired General links Gays in Army with Genocide":http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35937654/ns/us_news-military/

I did like this quote though,
"The Dutch military, as you point out, were peacekeepers and not peace-enforcers. I agree with that," said Levin. "But what the heck that has to do with the issue before us is what mystifies me."

It mystified me too!

€uroMeinke

03-18-2010, 08:27 PM

CoasterMatt

03-23-2010, 08:08 PM

Rectum?!? It damn near killed him!! (http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100322-206018.html)

JWBear

03-23-2010, 08:13 PM

Is that really an traditional suicide method?!

Morrigoon

03-23-2010, 10:08 PM

I don't understand... does he have to leave it there till his bowels back up or what?

CoasterMatt

03-24-2010, 06:02 AM

Maybe he made a big mistake trying an ancient recipe for stuffed zucchini?

Cadaverous Pallor

03-24-2010, 09:59 AM

"Ohhhh, I see what happened. It's 'jam a sword in your heart', not 'jam a zucchini in your butt'. Oops."

Kevy Baby

03-24-2010, 11:03 AM

What...

How...

Why...

:sigh:

Moonliner

03-24-2010, 01:24 PM

Let this be a lesson to anyone that still buys into that "Vegetables are good for you" propaganda.

Betty

03-24-2010, 01:43 PM

Let this be a lesson to anyone that still buys into that "Vegetables are good for you" propaganda.

It's true! They always cause trouble in the end. :p :rolleyes:

JWBear

03-24-2010, 02:39 PM

<wince>

RStar

03-24-2010, 06:49 PM

I don't understand... does he have to leave it there till his bowels back up or what?

[Maxwell Smart voice] "Oh, the old banana in the tailpipe trick!"[/Maxwell Smart voice]

SacTown Chronic

03-25-2010, 12:20 PM

Suicide, huh? That's the best excuse for shoving fruit up your ass I've ever heard.

"Dad, how could you?"

"Uh, I was despondent?"

Gemini Cricket

03-25-2010, 12:25 PM

Zucchini Suicide sounds like an opening band for Green Day or something...

Not Afraid

03-25-2010, 08:17 PM

Zucchini Suicide sounds like an opening band for Green Day or something...

Maybe THAT'S what I should name my jewelry website!

Ghoulish Delight

03-26-2010, 09:23 AM

Normally the only reason a nanny makes the news is for being caught on tape abusing a child.

This is a much better reason (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36049625/ns/today-today_people/)

Kevy Baby

03-26-2010, 09:28 AM

Cool! It is always nice to read such good news

alphabassettgrrl

03-26-2010, 10:22 AM

I like good news!

Morrigoon

03-26-2010, 11:02 AM

And the suck part is, she pays the price not only physically but economically. No health insurance. Skin grafts can't be cheap.

Betty

03-26-2010, 11:52 AM

And the suck part is, she pays the price not only physically but economically. No health insurance. Skin grafts can't be cheap.

If only there was a solution to that! ;)

Morrigoon

03-26-2010, 12:00 PM

Not in time for her

JWBear

03-26-2010, 12:44 PM

John McCain on Guys With iPhones?! (http://www.towleroad.com/2010/03/photo-john-mccain-makes-an-appearance-on-guys-with-iphones.html) WTF?!

(Link is mostly SFW.)

SzczerbiakManiac

03-30-2010, 08:53 PM

Probably more germane to the YouTube thread since this isn't a "story", but what the fück is up with this ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq8xuVnB-Pk)? What is it advertising? Why to the furries "change" at the 22 second mark?

€uroMeinke

03-30-2010, 09:11 PM

Ghoulish Delight

04-01-2010, 03:30 PM

Ambidextrous pitcher vs. switch hitter (http://thedugoutdoctors.com/2010/03/yankees-ambidextrous-pitcher/)

Betty

04-01-2010, 03:45 PM

A girl violates the prom dress code because her dress is too short (http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23025672/detail.html)and shows too much cleavage.

Not unheard of right? They don't get into their senior prom and that's that?

How about they get paddled as punishment? Or get suspended for 3 days... and oddly enough 17 out of 18 chose to be paddled. High school seniors! (Alabama)

The prom dress is a bit on the short side and does show cleavage - but paddling the students because they broke the dress code? Really?

And it strikes me as odd that the article headline is about the girl that was suspended and not at all about the paddlings which I find more suprising.

Kevy Baby

04-01-2010, 03:51 PM

Ambidextrous pitcher vs. switch hitter (http://thedugoutdoctors.com/2010/03/yankees-ambidextrous-pitcher/)I wonder if this story is up there with Sidd Finch?

Kevy Baby

04-01-2010, 03:55 PM

A girl violates the prom dress code because her dress is too short (http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23025672/detail.html)and shows too much cleavage.That dress showed too much? When's the barn raising?
How about they get paddled as punishment? Or get suspended for 3 days... and oddly enough 17 out of 18 chose to be paddled. High school seniors! (Alabama)I would have ASKED for the paddling, regardless of what I was wearing

But that's me...

Alex

04-01-2010, 03:56 PM

Ambidextrous pitcher vs. switch hitter (http://thedugoutdoctors.com/2010/03/yankees-ambidextrous-pitcher/)

The videos are blocked so I can't see if it is already on the page. But if not, search YouTube for more of him and you can find an amusing video from an early minor league game a couple years ago when nobody really knew what to do and so he and the switch-hitter just kept switching sides.

Ghoulish Delight

04-01-2010, 03:59 PM

I wonder if this story is up there with Sidd Finch?
Nope, it's real. I remember seeing an ad for the "E 60" piece a while ago.

I looked up rules on switch hitting. The only rule is that once you're in the batter's box and the pitcher is on the rubber, you can't change sides of the plate for that pitch.

Ghoulish Delight

04-01-2010, 04:00 PM

The videos are blocked so I can't see if it is already on the page. But if not, search YouTube for more of him and you can find an amusing video from an early minor league game a couple years ago when nobody really knew what to do and so he and the switch-hitter just kept switching sides.
Yep, that's the video that's on there.

Moonliner

04-01-2010, 09:14 PM

Under cover of darkness, in the dead of night a small band of Somali pirates attack a ship west of the Seychelles.

Perhaps it would have been better had they waited for a bit of light.

The Ship was a Navy frigate. The USS Nicholas.

Doh! (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/01/navy.pirates/index.html?hpt=T2)

Scratch one pirate boat and it's mother ship as well.

Kevy Baby

04-02-2010, 10:26 AM

The story made me laugh

Some of the comments below the story made me want to cry. I really should stop reading comments from blithering idiots on blogs.

Morrigoon

04-09-2010, 05:08 PM

Adoption has a "no returns" policy. (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/04/09/us.russian.adoption.return/?hpt=T2) Okay, not really, but what was this woman thinking just putting the kid on a plane back to Russia without contacting the agency?

Cadaverous Pallor

04-09-2010, 05:49 PM