WTF Stories of the Week

[Moonliner]

Ouch. My heart goes out to this guys family (http://news.yahoo.com/ny-motorcyclist-helmet-protest-hits-head-dies-225710487.html).

NY motorcyclist in helmet protest hits head, dies

[Disneyphile]

Another Woman Goes "Bobbitt" (http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-wife-cuts-off-penis-garbage-disposal,0,2758761.story)

[Frikitiki]

That is just soooo nasty as she put it in the garbage disposal and turned it on?

[Moonliner]

That is just soooo nasty as she put it in the garbage disposal and turned it on?

I gotta say, that's not a turn on at all.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow. You wonder what drives a person to do that.

Guess she wanted to make sure they couldn't sew it back on...

[CoasterMatt]

Woman Died of Allergic Reaction to the Dog She Had Sex With. (http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-from-allergic-reaction-to-sex-with-dog-172620-Jul2011/)

I don't need to read another weird news story, ever.

[Kevy Baby]

Woman Died of Allergic Reaction to the Dog She Had Sex With. (http://www.thejournal.ie/woman-died-from-allergic-reaction-to-sex-with-dog-172620-Jul2011/)

I don't need to read another weird news story, ever.I'm not really sure clicking the link will change my reaction. And since I don't want to know any details, the link shall remain unclicked by me.

[CoasterMatt]

But, the fish lived!

[Capt Jack]

But, the fish lived!

...before turning the gun on himself. film at 11

[Moonliner]

...before turning the gun on himself. film at 11

Silly jack. Fish don't use guns. They beat their head against a rock.

http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fish_using_rock_as_tool.jpg

[cirquelover]

A woman at WDW punched her toddler because he wouldn't walk right; http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/123661/mom_loses_patience_punches_toddler?quick_picks=1&utm_medium=sem2&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=outbrain&utm_content=outbrain_feb_test

Thank goodness someone stepped in!

[Moonliner]

Here is one for the record books:

A blond woman driving a Bently, had a little accident (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019340/Hapless-blonde-crashes-250k-Bentley-FOUR-supercars.html?ito=feeds-newsxml). First side swiping a Mercedes before crashing into a Porsche, Ferrari and an Aston Martin.

Ouch.

[cirquelover]

I saw the pic of that and thought of LoT too. I think it's Nirvanaman that would probably cry over that pic.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Here is one for the record books:

A blond woman driving a Bently, had a little accident (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019340/Hapless-blonde-crashes-250k-Bentley-FOUR-supercars.html?ito=feeds-newsxml). First side swiping a Mercedes before crashing into a Porsche, Ferrari and an Aston Martin.

Ouch.I know this is the effing Daily Mail we're dealing with here, but is the color of her hair such an important detail? You'd never see a headline like that if it were a man. Sexism is so gross.

Making fun of British people is still cool though.
An Aston Martin Rapide worth £150,000 and an £80,000 Porsche 911 also came a cropper."Came a croppah, eh, govnah?" Those kooky redcoats.

[RStar]

I aggree! If it had been an elderly person (ageism really), or drunk driver, or underage driver that would be worth mentioning. But the fact that "Blond woman" was in the description indicates at least part of the reason why the accident happened. As if being a blond woman really does hold credibility for doing something really stupid. Which is, well, really stupid.

I'm not a woman, but I am a natural blond, as is my mom. And I represent that statement.

No, wait....I mean RESENT that statement. I just had a blond moment! ;)

[Not Afraid]

"An excitable middle aged woman with a tangle of red hair"......

[CoasterMatt]

I had just cued up "Violent Love" by Oingo Boingo when I read this story - Australian Woman Sues for Worker's Compensation After Sex Injury on Business Trip (http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/31/australian-woman-sues-for-workers-compensation-after-sex-injury-on-business-trip/#ixzz1TihjBsaZ)

:D

[cirquelover]

I don't understand why she would sue her employer. Why not sue the hotel for the light fixture coming off the wall?!

[Moonliner]

I don't understand why she would sue her employer. Why not sue the hotel for the light fixture coming off the wall?!

Off the top of my head, without reading the link, I'd guess the employer has deeper pockets than the hotel.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Man allegedly breaks into a house and straps a bomb to a girl's neck in Australia (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/australian-teenager-freed-bomb-ten-hours/story?id=14220990). Police freed her safely after 10 hours. They are being very vague about details until they investigate more.

[Betty]

I read that earlier and it was so odd. There was some speculation in comments that it was a viral thing for a new Saw movie or something... but I can't think the real police would be involved in something like that. A later report I read said they weren't confirming it was an explosive or that it was around her neck. ??? whatever that's supposed to mean.

[Ghoulish Delight]

They've determined that the bomb was an elaborate fake (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/04/madeleine-pulver-transfixed-for-10-hours-in-australia-collar-bomb-hoax.html) but legit-looking enough to take seriously.

[Disneyphile]

Cookie Monster Arrested! (http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-cookie-monster-080911,0,4984092.story)

[katiesue]

This (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/beverly-hills-police-blow-up-screenwriters-laptop-script.html) sucks. I hope he had a back up copy.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Always keep a backup. Especially if the info on your computer is valuable.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Video of a huge stage rigging collapsing at the Indiana state fair is a little a lot terrifying (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkdwrmzYXg&feature=player_embedded)

[Alex]

Terrible story. But I watched 5 minutes of CNN but had to turn it off not because of the images but because of the voices of apparently honest shock that people who weren't under the collapsed structure actually tried to help the people who were. Even *gasp* though they didn't know them.

I really can't stand how we're apparently supposed to react with surprise that in events like that people help each other.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Seriously.

[Moonliner]

Is BART shooting themselves in the foot (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/15/california.bart.protest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)? It sure seems that way from here.

-- The threat of spreading protests prompted transit officials in San Francisco to successively close and reopen several key downtown subway stations on Monday.

The situation was fluid, with officials trying to thwart demonstrators, closing and reopening the Civic Center and Montgomery stations, closing the Powell station, then at least partially reopening Powell to allow riders to disembark.

I'd be pretty pissed if I was trying to get home and they randomly closed my station.

Alex, you ride BART regularly don't you?

[Alex]

I do. I was on it when they turned off the cell "towers" on Thursday. But fortunately my schedule is such that I'm not usually on during rush hour (I'm usually on the 6:00am train in and the 3:30pm train home) so I'll probably miss most of the fun while this works out.

And yes, BART is shooting themselves in the foot. But frankly that is an improvement and it is the least harmful shooting they've done recently. Usually it seems to be them shooting some unarmed person (though that is a topic of debate this time around). At least he wasn't restrained on the ground when they shot him.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Police caught the fvcker in the Australian fake neck bomb case using some excellent detective work (http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/16/7388277-sydney-to-kentucky-cracking-the-collar-bomb-case)

[Betty]

How do I even list how many kinds of fail this involves. (http://www.fark.com/cgi/go.pl?i=6487272&l=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/17/national/main20093533.shtml)

[alphabassettgrrl]

How do I even list how many kinds of fail this involves. (http://www.fark.com/cgi/go.pl?i=6487272&l=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/17/national/main20093533.shtml)

Wow. Just wrong.

[cirquelover]

Ummm wow, that's all I can say.

[katiesue]

Uh yea wow but why didn't they go to the police first? Get a rape kit? Why go through the school? Have the kid arrested.

[Capt Jack]

man in a gumby suit trys to rob store (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/07/man-gumby-suit-trys-rob-store/)

[JWBear]

man in a gumby suit trys to rob store (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/07/man-gumby-suit-trys-rob-store/)

Deja vu (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=351626&postcount=451)

[€uroMeinke]

Sigh, I remember when he was just a little green slab of clay...

[Alex]

More importantly, if he was relying on a minivan we can only assume that Pokey is dead.

[Betty]

Sigh, I remember when he was just a little green slab of clay...

You should see what Gumby can do today!

[CoasterMatt]

What a blockhead!
http://i.imgur.com/tU1Ym.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

Depends how quickly you can ditch the costume because nobody is looking at your height or your build or anything else but the costume. You get in, get the money, get out, strip out and now you're just another person.

[Capt Jack]

just 26 cents poorer

[Not Afraid]

50/50 chance I'll wake up to one of these songs" "Gumby Theme Song" or Queen "Don't Stop Me Now".

[JWBear]

I've had "Don't Stop Me Now" going through my head for the last couple of days.

I stopped for gas this morning, and they were playing Lovin' Spoonfull's "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind". Now that is stuck in my brain.

[Alex]

Child abuse isn't so much a WTF (as in odd, definitely as a deed), but there are three abusive acts mentioned in the first paragraph of this story (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TODDLER_GLUED_TO_WALL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-09-11-19-29). I have to say, gluing her hands to a wall seems the least noteworthy of them.

[Ghoulish Delight]

A different side of humanity than this thread tends to feature (and a good reminder that, given the opportunity, most people will attempt to do the right thing in extreme situations):

Crowd of bystanders lift a burning car to rescue trapped motorcyclist (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44499884/ns/today-today_people/#.Tm-IqtTJFlc)

[Ghoulish Delight]

My brain hurts (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/10255815907/guy-accused-being-part-anonymous-banned-court-using-his-real-name-online.shtml)

A guy accused of being Anonymous, but who used his real name online, can now no longer use his real name... because he may have been a part of Anonymous.

[Kevy Baby]

A different side of humanity than this thread tends to feature (and a good reminder that, given the opportunity, most people will attempt to do the right thing in extreme situations):

Crowd of bystanders lift a burning car to rescue trapped motorcyclist (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44499884/ns/today-today_people/#.Tm-IqtTJFlc)

My brain hurts (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/10255815907/guy-accused-being-part-anonymous-banned-court-using-his-real-name-online.shtml)Oh fine: lift my spirits then immediately crush them!

[Capt Jack]

man in a gumby suit trys to rob store (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/07/man-gumby-suit-trys-rob-store/)

follow up

Gumby turns himself in (http://www.10news.com/news/29173363/detail.html)

[Moonliner]

follow up

Gumby turns himself in (http://www.10news.com/news/29173363/detail.html)

I would expect no less of Gumby.

[Moonliner]

Anyone remember the White House Crashing, Reality show staring Michaele Salahi?

CNN is reporting that her husband thinks she's been kidnapped. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/09/14/missing.dc.housewife/index.html)

If it's true it could be the perfect crime. Who would ever believe it?

[Ghoulish Delight]

A different side of humanity than this thread tends to feature (and a good reminder that, given the opportunity, most people will attempt to do the right thing in extreme situations):

Crowd of bystanders lift a burning car to rescue trapped motorcyclist (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44499884/ns/today-today_people/#.Tm-IqtTJFlc)

A bit of a followup. The rider who was rescued has a news conference, saying what you'd expect him to say about his rescuers and experience.

However, the REAL story is where the new conference took place, as indicated by the background audio ~31 seconds in to the video clip here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44537027/ns/us_news-life/#.TnJGgdQmxlc). Man, his injuries must have been bad if that's where they had to take him.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

He's on the Enterprise?

[Moonliner]

Man, his injuries must have been bad if that's where they had to take him.

Where can I get that ring tone?

[Kevy Baby]

Okay, I listened three times and could not hear - what's the background noise?

[JWBear]

Okay, I listened three times and could not hear - what's the background noise?

Same here. ???

[Ghoulish Delight]

Doh' they changed the video clip that my link goes to.

Try this (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44537420#44537420), ~31 seconds, with volume up.

[Not Afraid]

What is that sound?

[Moonliner]

The Star Trek red alert

[JWBear]

Doh' they changed the video clip that my link goes to.

Try this (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44537420#44537420), ~31 seconds, with volume up.

I still can't hear anything in the background.

[Ghoulish Delight]

That I can't help with.

[Kevy Baby]

I heard it - now I don't feel snubbed

[Ghoulish Delight]

Terrible story. But I watched 5 minutes of CNN but had to turn it off not because of the images but because of the voices of apparently honest shock that people who weren't under the collapsed structure actually tried to help the people who were. Even *gasp* though they didn't know them.

I really can't stand how we're apparently supposed to react with surprise that in events like that people help each other.
I was reminded of this post, which was in regards to the stage collapse in Indiana a little while back, while watching coverage of this weekend's air show crash.

They had a quote from a family member of one of the victims who died. He was there with his son and his son's friends, all of whom survived. The family members said, "I think that he probably sheltered his son. And that's the kind of guy he was." Really, THAT kind of guy? Wow, what a remarkably unique trait that guy must have had, to instinctively protect his children! Let us all laud him as the singularly amazing human being he was for doing something that no one else in the world would ever do, protect their child from danger!

I, like Alex, am rather sick of the fiction that the instinct to help others is somehow NOT the norm and miraculous when it happens.

[Strangler Lewis]

Oh, I don't know. Being a coastal liberal, if I had been at that air show, I would have expected the FAA to protect my children.

[Disneyphile]

Best Headline Ever. (http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/gordon-ramsays-dwarf-porn-double-percy-foster-dies-in-badger-den/story-e6frg30c-1226137039122)

[Ghoulish Delight]

"Badger-Gassing Program" is the name of my experimental electronica side project.

[CoasterMatt]

Badger badger badger badger MIDGET! MIDGET!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow. I had to read the article- that was just too odd.

There's a market for midget look-alikes? I guess I can see it.

[Betty]

Um... what was he going in a badger den??? Did he go in willingly or did the badgers overpower him and drag him in there?

[Prudence]

This is the correct place for discussing the latest Disney "land" announcement, right?

[Snowflake]

This is the correct place for discussing the latest Disney "land" announcement, right?

What would that be, Pru?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh my fvck, why (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-disney-james-cameron-237754)

[Snowflake]

Oh.

Ick.

[Moonliner]

Interesting.

So the plan is to build Pandora as new land for Animal Kingdom, in place of the never materialized beastly kingdom. I guess that makes some sense. Fantasy critters were always part of the plan for AK.

I'm not a great fan of Avatar, but I'm not a great Harry Potter fan either and that turned out nicely at Universal.

If Disney is looking to pull people back from Universal and builds something worthy to do it with then I'm all for it.

And if our resident Selachimorpha gets a bite of the action so much the better.

So if/when it comes to DLR, where do they put it?

[CoasterMatt]

Well, it takes place in 2154...

[€uroMeinke]

Guess I'm going to have to see that film then. I wonder if I can stream it to my phone

[Moonliner]

Well, it takes place in 2154...

So what do you rip out for it? Everything? How big do you have to be to qualify for "A new land"?

[Ghoulish Delight]

They should just make it an overlay of Bugs Land

[Alex]

Sounds better to me (though I've only read second hand responses) than Cars Land (though obviously less Disney connected, but that wasn't an issue for the Star Wars and Indy stuff).

[Strangler Lewis]

Shouldn't they make HurtLockerLand since it won the Oscar?

[Gn2Dlnd]

So, is this "Hollywood Reporter" sort of like an "Onion" for showbiz news? Really the only way I can make this make sense.

[CoasterMatt]

This was originally going to be announced at D23- but the deal wasn't fully nailed down...

[Moonliner]

Shouldn't they make HurtLockerLand since it won the Oscar?

That would certainly be a blast, and it even ties in with the all pirates all the time (http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/10/technology/bittorrent_lawsuits/index.htm) theme.

[JWBear]

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I can't see Pandora squeezed down into a theme park. Not sure I'd want to visit. Do you ride the horses? How do they pretend to have the psychic connection? Cuz, I've ridden horses, no need for Disney there.

Magic trees? With, what, bubble floaties?

[Alex]

I don't know, if James Cameron is allowed to impose his will one has to think a pretty awesome ride could result. Though it might take a decade.

[katiesue]

Is Nic Cage a vampire (http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/09/20/civil-war-era-photo-eerily-resembles-nicolas-cage-sparks-vampire-rumors/?test=faces)? This guy thinks so.

[Frikitiki]

Before they put in anything from Avatar, they need to fix the yeti over on Everest. On top of that, what will the main attraction be a 3D or 4D attraction?

[Gn2Dlnd]

In today's breaking new: BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15032614), "Irish coroner rules man dies of spontaneous combustion," aaaand CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/living/crisis-apparitions/index.html?hpt=hp_c2), "Loved ones bid farewell from beyond the grave as 'crisis apparitions.'" All we're missing is a Nessie or Bigfoot in a UFO sighting. Maybe Fox will cover that.

Truly wtf.

What Fox (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/gn2dlnd/muldersimpsons.jpg) might look like covering that

[Alex]

You do wonder sometimes if people put any thought into what they're doing.

http://www.ketv.com/news/29367988/detail.html#ixzz1ZkMO7sse

Though the argument could be made that the rosary has been a symbol of gang affiliation for a very long time.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Though the argument could be made that the rosary has been a symbol of gang affiliation for a very long time.Heh.

"I'm wearing a cross necklace, a cross T-shirt and a cross bracelet," she said. "I'm thinking of how Jesus died on the cross and how he gave up all his sins for us."Um, so you really need this extra thingy why?

[€uroMeinke]

She must be extra sinful

[Betty]

Without al those reminders there's no telling what she might do!

and/or if your faith is so weak that you need constant reminders, maybe you should reeavaluate.

and/or schools need to focus on teaching our children and improving the quality of their education instead of measuring the length of shorts to the end of their middle finger when hanging loosely at their side. *except for cheerleaders obviously whose official uniform and other spirit day wear do not meet these standards.

Yeah. It's still a sore spot.

[Betty]

Also - I love how they've heard it's related to gangs in OTHER states. There is no evidence of it anywhere near them but that doesn't seem to matter.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yeah, seeing them trip over themselves to pass anti-gang rules makes their whole town feel safer, I'm sure. :rolleyes:

[Strangler Lewis]

It doesn't take much to establish a pattern of criminal activity to make a bunch of thugs who hang around together into a criminal street gang. Given that rape is one of the enumerated crimes that maeks a gang a gang, there's a decent argument that the Catholic church, or at least its clergy, is a criminal street gang.

[Moonliner]

Teens getting hammered off vodka soaked gummy bears. (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2586325)


WASHINGTON -- Leave it to teenagers to take something as wholesome as gummy bears and turn it into booze-soaked mischief.

Using online tutorials, some teens are soaking the candy in vodka for several days and eating it to get a buzz.


The WTF factor here is not so much that kids are eating drunken gummies, it's more the fact they need an online tutorial on how to soak gummy bears in vodka for several days.

[Betty]

I have heard the opposite - you use candy seperated by color to flavor vodka. I think it was skittles though.

Yes indeedy - see here: http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/

[Not Afraid]

We always used Jolly Ranchers.

[Moonliner]

I suppose you could you Tequila as well, but them you would need gummy worms.

[JWBear]

I suppose you could you Tequila as well, but them you would need gummy worms.

Sounds like you've had some of that tequila already! ;)

[katiesue]

Woman sues because of misleading movie trailer. here (http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/10/11/drive-trailer-lawsuit/?hpt=hp_bn11)

[Capt Jack]

Seeking Major Tom - Wm Shatner (http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Major-Tom-William-Shatner/dp/B005HMUPYW)

previewing it on iTunes.....
words cannot express my.....WTF-ness

[Kevy Baby]

Seeking Major Tom - Wm Shatner (http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Major-Tom-William-Shatner/dp/B005HMUPYW)

previewing it on iTunes.....
words cannot express my.....WTF-nessHave you seen/heard his renditions of Rocket Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE) or Mr Tambourine Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc)?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I find most of Shatner's stuff uninteresting at best. But his version of Common People is awesome.

[Capt Jack]

uninteresting would be ok with me. these are one of those things you sort of screw your face into contortions like you just ate something foul.

frankly, terrible is a better word than uninteresting (IMO)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Like I said, uninteresting at best.

[Ghoulish Delight]

OH MY FVCK.

I should not have read this story, and I sure as hell should NOT have watched the video. I do not understand why I did.

There are apparently some severely fvcked up people in China (http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/17/8368104-tot-2-run-over-twice-and-no-one-helps) (seriously, if you're a parent especially, be smarter than me. Don't click).

[Kevy Baby]

I like this post: "here's a link, but don't follow it."

I am going to heed your advice and not click.

[CoasterMatt]

Even I won't click it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Read the story, didn't click the link. Point I found most interesting is the assumption that if you help someone, it's because you caused their injury in the first place, that nobody would just help someone in trouble. That's kind of messed up.

[Kevy Baby]

Out of curiosity, I clicked. Read the headline, closed the window and erased it from my memory.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Even if something is awful, I generally still need to see it. A bit.

[RStar]

I'm having a particularly bad day, so I don't think I need to click it, or consume it's awfullness at this juncture....

[Moonliner]

US forces are massing on the Pakistan border (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8834040/US-forces-massing-on-Afghanistan-Pakistan-border.html) in eastern Afghanistan amid reports of an imminent drone missile offensive against fighters from the feared Haqqani Network

The scale of the American build-up, including helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and hundreds of American and Afghan troops, caused panic in north Waziristan where tribal militias who feared they could be targeted gathered in the capital Miranshah to coordinate their response.

Call me crazy, but if a group I belonged to was being targeted by bomb laden drones, I don't think I would attend a gathering of leaders. I'd skype that one in.

[Kevy Baby]

Definitely not the story I was expecting from the headline:

Lacson wants all-out war vs MILF (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/236096/nation/lacson-wants-all-out-war-vs-milf)

[Betty]

MILF War sounds like a porno title.

[Capt Jack]

or some new reality show

[Kevy Baby]

Seriously? There is a rock called Cummingtonite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite)?!?

Lead me to this list of Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names (http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm)

[Moonliner]

Reports out today say Kim Kardashian is filing for divorce (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2055751/Kim-Kardashian-Kris-Humphries-divorce.html) from her husband of 72-days.

Dammit! I had 5 months in the office pool. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic.

[Frikitiki]

Reports out today say Kim Kardashian is filing for divorce (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2055751/Kim-Kardashian-Kris-Humphries-divorce.html) from her husband of 72-days.

Dammit! I had 5 months in the office pool. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic.

I'm surprised that she made it that long. Although, she had a marriage more days than Stitch's Supersonic Celebration was on the Magic Kingdom's entertainment guide.

[3894]

Reports out today say Kim Kardashian is filing for divorce (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2055751/Kim-Kardashian-Kris-Humphries-divorce.html) from her husband of 72-days.

Dammit! I had 5 months in the office pool. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic.


Rewrite! What if the Kim Kardashian - Kris Humphries marriage is real but the divorce angle is faux?

Because other peoples’ happiness is capital b-o-r-i-n-g boring! to watch, the Kardashians stage a separation but the divorce is called off at the last minute. Television magic.

Tell me where my logic is faulty.

[Moonliner]

Tell me where my logic is faulty.

Simple. If this is a ploy, and they are manipulating the press/public and they don't get a divorce anytime soon I still lose the pool.

[Alex]

Well, at least I now know I can stop beating myself up. Because I thought she was married to Reggie Bush, and I kind of hated myself for knowing that.

[Ghoulish Delight]

:( There's been a fire at the Magic Castle. Kitchen and dining room "extensively damaged."

[Alex]

Don't worry. In magic, fire never actually burns anything. It was just there to distract you from what was really happening.

[Prudence]

Amish on Amish violence: when will it end?! (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/amish-beard-cutting-attacks-uncover-suspected-cult/?hpt=hp_c1)

[Moonliner]

Amish on Amish violence: when will it end?! (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/amish-beard-cutting-attacks-uncover-suspected-cult/?hpt=hp_c1)

Quaker on Quaker.

[Alex]

Amish on Amish violence: when will it end?! (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/amish-beard-cutting-attacks-uncover-suspected-cult/?hpt=hp_c1)

When a sturdy Mennonite moves into town.

[3894]

Amish on Amish violence: when will it end?! (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/amish-beard-cutting-attacks-uncover-suspected-cult/?hpt=hp_c1)

Ishkabibble. Don't let those straw hats bamboozle you. They're a wily people.

[CoasterMatt]

THIS (http://news.yahoo.com/record-photo-sold-auction-set-nyc-182745446.html) picture sold for $4.3 million! It looks like the kind of crap I'd delete before even importing to Lightroom...

[Alex]

Well, if it helps he has sold three prints of this for more than $7 million total:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/99_cent_II%2C_diptychon_-_Photo_courtesy_of_Sotheby%27s.jpg

It's hard for me to say what I think of a 12 foot by 7 foot photograph from looking at it on a computer screen and a few inches big.

[Not Afraid]

I think it is pretty impressive that photography is now selling for a LOT more money that it has ever sold for. The marginalization of photography is perhaps coming to a close. I think all fine art photographers should be extremely happy!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

A quick image search later and I love Andreas Gursky! Spoilered for big pics.

http://www.americansuburbx.com/wp-content/gallery/andreas-gursky/supermercado_variedad.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_soOYpIA9AMM/TQ0KbkSZ5SI/AAAAAAAAD4M/ILMP1VUso-M/s1600/1812_gursky.jpg

http://c4gallery.com/artist/database/andreas-gursky/gursky-paris-montparnasse-large-print.jpg

http://transform-mag.com/system/pictures/pictures/5797/large/ZCS_08_Andreas_Gursky_Architecture_010.jpg

I can't say I like the super expensive one the best but I can say I'm really impressed with composition that ends up looking like it can't possibly be a slice of three dimensional reality.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Well this was informative (http://www.vice.com/read/what-makes-a-fart)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow.

[RStar]

Well this was informative (http://www.vice.com/read/what-makes-a-fart)

TMI dude, TMI.

But funny & informitive TMI.

[Moonliner]

There exists such as thing as a killer under water ice tornados.

They are called Brinicles. (http://gizmodo.com/5862229/this-unreal-slow+motion-ice-tornado-kills-everything-it-touches?autoplay)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Dang, from your description I was hoping for a moving tornado of ice shards, tearing fish to shreds in its path.

But that was still damn cool. I swear, I can't get enough of echinoderm time lapse recordings.

[lashbear]

:( There's been a fire at the Magic Castle. Kitchen and dining room "extensively damaged."Don't worry. In magic, fire never actually burns anything. It was just there to distract you from what was really happening.
I missed this post.

VAM !!

[Morrigoon]

From the department of OH HELL NO!... article suggests that employers might start requesting your FB login and password. (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/could-employers-begin-asking-facebook-passwords-applications-175240701.html)

My take on this: it's illegal to ask me during an application process about my family or marital status. Since that information would be accessible from the private profile of my FB account, it is inappropriate if not completely illegal to request this.

[Alex]

My view is that I would put this on the application and then never hire anybody who answered it because obviously they can't be trusted with network security.

[katiesue]

I've heard of, although I haven't interviewed for 12 years now so I've never experienced it, potential employers asking interviewees to show them their facebook page.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Depending on how badly I want the job, I'd either say no, or I might say, "You can see what's visible to the public on my Facebook page." Beyond that, none of their damned business.

[Strangler Lewis]

The old lawyer's saying is never say anything to anyone you would not want to see repeated in court. Your Facebook page is just what you choose to expose to the world about yourself. If your prospective employer would be free to interview everyone you ever spoke to in order to ask them what stupid or potentially unprofessional thing you did, why shouldn't it get to go beyond your handpicked references to a reliable source like a Facebook page. Whether it's legal or appropriate for companies to make decisions based on how employees conduct their private lives is, of course, a separate question from wanting a reasonably accurate source of information.

[Alex]

There is another case recently of a court requiring a plaintiff to hand over their Facebook credentials to the defendent as part of discovery.

From the employer perspective I don't know that I see a big issue with it legally other than I would simply refuse to work for a company that required it, just as I'd refuse to work for a company that insisted on taking a tour of my house.

The discovery one I find interesting in that it presumably grants access to much more than just the information that is on point in the case, as well as functional abilities completely unrelated to discovery. I'm not sure why "defense counsel is required to hand over transcripts, with timestamps of all posts and comments made during period X" isn't sufficient.

[JWBear]

In which case, I would immediately have myself reported to Facebook for violating their TOS so that they could shut down my account.

[Moonliner]

There is another case recently of a court requiring a plaintiff to hand over their Facebook credentials to the defendent as part of discovery.


Was this the domestic case where husband and wife both and to hand over their FB passwords to each other or did I miss something else?

[Alex]

Car accident case (http://volokh.com/2011/12/01/judge-orders-plaintiff-to-give-defendant-her-facebook-password-so-defendant-can-access-plaintiffs-account-as-part-of-discovery/). Defendant looking for evidence that plaintiff was exaggerating injuries.

[Morrigoon]

In which case, I would immediately have myself reported to Facebook for violating their TOS so that they could shut down my account.

You must spread some mojo around before....

[Kevy Baby]

This story makes me think of a scene from Indiana Jones

Texas Model Has 'Long Road to Recovery' After Walking Into Plane Propeller (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/12/06/texas-model-has-long-road-to-recovery-after-walking-into-plane-propeller/#ixzz1fq16W9hb)

[alphabassettgrrl]

That can't be good....

[Moonliner]

That can't be good....

It depends on how you spin it.

[katiesue]

I got an email from Maddie's school principal. Apparently gummy bears (http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/How-Teens-Smuggle-Booze-Under-Your-Nose/-/1719418/4199180/-/ptjeiy/-/index.html) are the new way to sneak vodka into school. It actually amazed me how much the gummies soaked up. I wouldn't think it would absorb so much.

If they put them behind the counter and I have to go through a whole ordeal to get gummy bears I'm going to be annoyed.

[Morrigoon]

This was worthy of an email home? Lemme guess... gummy bears are now banned from school?

[Alex]

This is news to them? We were eating candy and fruit that had been soaked in alcohol 20 years ago and I am guessing that my parents were doing so too.

[katiesue]

Apparently they are having quite an alcohol problem this year. By October they'd had 6 arrests which is more than last year combined. Maddie seems to think it's mostly Freshman. We get some sort of email about every two weeks this year - I think we got one last year all year.

I was just impressed how much vodka one can get into a gummy bear.

[Moonliner]

Hummmm...

Headliner did ask to stop by the store to pick up a bag of gummy bears today.

Nah.

[Kevy Baby]

I was just impressed how much vodka one can get into a gummy bear.Well, when you use one of these (http://giantgummybears.com/)...

[Morrigoon]

Uh huh... and we believe the BEAR was the item on that page you found most interesting (http://giantgummybears.com/worms.aspx), do we?

[Betty]

Uh huh... and we believe the BEAR was the item on that page you found most interesting (http://giantgummybears.com/worms.aspx), do we?

Forget birthday cakes, what little girl wouldn’t love a gummy worm at her party?

..

[lashbear]

Uh huh... and we believe the BEAR was the item on that page you found most interesting (http://giantgummybears.com/worms.aspx), do we?

It's Ribbed !

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ewww, ewww, ewww, ewww (http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/135671328.html).

Eww.

[Alex]

I understand how the students could be fooled. But who did the parents think they were kissing at a high school assembly?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I understand how the students could be fooled. But who did the parents think they were kissing at a high school assembly?
Did you watch the video? The parents weren't blindfolded. They were apparently in on it. Which just makes it that much more eeew.

[Alex]

Oh, no I didn't watch the video.

Ok, yeah, that is odd. I'm not necessarily bothered by the prank (I wouldn't do it, but it is not remotely the most inappropriate pranks I've seen shrugged off as me being humorless) but can't imagine nobody seeing the potential negative reaction.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Look, Alex, it's okay to admit that you want to make out with your mom, we won't judge you.

Just don't swear while you do.

[Alex]

I'll admit it this far, while I have no interest in anybody closely related to me, I also apparently lack an instinctive disgust at the thought of incest and if other people want to do it (or anything that approaches that line), I don't care so long as everybody involved in consenting.

Which is obviously an issue in this case.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yeah, what kind of parent kisses their kid that way? Didn't watch the video, but read the text. One mom had her son on the floor? Another put his hand on her butt?

Really? Nasty. Not the kind of love I want from my parent, I can tell you. Even when I had a crush on my dad as a teen, that wouldn't be right.

[Ghoulish Delight]

If you're looking for a last minute gift for someone that owns a Kindle, you're in luck! (http://www.amazon.com/Day-Finger-Robert-Pattinson-ebook/dp/B005DLKXOY)

[Kevy Baby]

Man killed by train can be sued over bystander's injuries (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-train-death-lawsuit-20111229,0,1119897.story)Reporting from Chicago— Calling it a "tragically bizarre" case, an Illinois appeals court has ruled that a man killed by a train while crossing the tracks at a Chicago Metra station can be held responsible after part of his body struck and injured a bystander.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow. That probate's going to be even worse than usual.

[Morrigoon]

We've reached an all-new low as a society. Just saw the ad for this tonight (thought apparently it's been running for the last month, but I finally noticed it):
Justice Coin (https://www.justicecoin.com/)

[Ghoulish Delight]

WTF PayPal (http://www.regretsy.com/2012/01/03/from-the-mailbag-27/)?!!?!?!

[katiesue]

I had paypal issues as well. I set up an account for my class reunion and accidentally hit the "nonprofit" button. Realizing it wasn't a non-profit I tried to switch it back. No can do, then they locked the account because it wasn't a verified non-profit. Yes I know I hit the wrong button can you just change it back? No you have to verify to us that you are not a non-profit.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Weird. Got a text tonight from an unknown 323 number.

"Hey friend just wanted to make sure you kno I'm having a Birthday party at my house this Saturday nite, Jan. 7th. [address redacted]. Starts at 930 PM goes til late".

I googled the address, it's a nice looking home in Los Feliz and comes back as the official address for some guy's seemingly legit private architectural design company.

Odd.

[Kevy Baby]

I think you should go

[BarTopDancer]

I think you should bring the LoT crew. And bacon.

[blueerica]

Hmmm...

[Moonliner]

Unless you suspect some type of phishing scam, it's probably just a wrong number. Why not text back and let them know so this dude does not miss his friends party?

[Ghoulish Delight]

The "Hey friend" has me a little suspicious.

[Betty]

The "Hey friend" has me a little suspicious.

Don't go. They will steal your kidney or something. :eek: ;)

[lashbear]

Don't go. They will steal your kidney or something. :eek: ;)

Visible Betty Mojo !!!!!! :snap: :snap: :snap: :snap: :snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Holy fvck I'm in the midst of the most infuriating online chat with Time Warner regarding pricing.

To set it up, they have 6 tiers of internet service, priced per month. On the selection page where the tiers are listed with prices, they lowest two tiers explicitly say "For 12 Months", while the other 4 do not. I could not tell from anything on the page what that meant. Did the lower ones have a contract and the others did not? Were the others not guaranteed for a year? What?

So I got on chat. Here is what happened:


Mack>Thank you for contacting Time Warner Cable Ecommerce Online Ordering Service, my name is Mack. How can I help you today?

Greg_>Hi. I had a question about monthly pricing for internet service. I notice that for Turbo and higher, the prices do not say "for 12 months". Does that indicate that for those tiers, the prices listed are not promotional?

Mack>I'm glad that you contact us today, I'd be more than happy to assist you with your concern about our promotional pricing.

Mack>All our packages are priced for only 12 months it's because it is not a contract for some lock in period.

Greg_>So if i understand you correctly, if i get standard Broadband or Lite, it's a 12 month contract at that price. But if I get Turbo or higher, the price is still only good for 12 months, but I wouldn't be under contract

Mack>It's a 12 month promo price and after a year, the price may change but it will still depend if there will be increse for the next year's offer.

Greg_>I'm still a little confused by your answer. Is there a difference between the terms of standard Broadband vs. Turbo

Mack>Sorry for the confusion Greg, What I mean is, We have no contract or lock in period, and Yes the difference between Standard and Turbo is their speed 10mbps for Standard then 15 for Turbo.

Greg_>But in terms of the period of promotional pricing, there is no difference?

Mack>Yes.

Mack)>Meaning the price after 12 moths is still the same.

[Up to this point, I can see how the questions might have been a little vague. But the next question SHOULD have gotten the answer I need]

Greg_>My question is, why do some service levels say "For 12 months" while others do not?

Mack>with the one that says its for 12 months, there will be a possibility for the price to change.

Greg_>So if I get one that doesn't say, "For 12 months", the price won't change?

Mack>Yes.

Greg_>Okay, that answers my question.

Greg_>actually, I'd like to ask one more clarifying question, just to be 100% sure I understand

Mack>Sure.

Greg_>If I get Turbo with PowerBoost, for how long am I guaranteed to pay $39.99/month?

[No response for 6 minutes]

Mack>I apologize for the delay.

Mack>It will be a promotional price and after 12 months there is a possiblity to change the price.

Greg_>okay, that brings me back to my previous question. What is the DIFFERENCE between the ones that say "For 12 months" and the ones that don't?

[another 6 minute pause]

Mac>If you are getting Road Runner Broadband Turbo Plus it's priced for 12 months meaning price may change after, and you will be notified about it.

Greg_>And if I'm getting standard Broadband or Lite?

[4 minutes]

Mack>They have two different speed which is 10mbps forstandard then 782kbps for lite.

[oh yeah, THAT right there was the moment I just about lost it]

Greg_>I'm not asking about speed. I'm asking about PRICING and what the "For 12 months" means!

Greg_>What is the DIFFERENCE between the service levels that say "For 12 months" and the ones that don't?

Greg_>As far as I can tell, for any of them, the price is good fo 12 months, then after 12 months the price may change. Correct?

Mack>That is correct.

Greg_>then WHY do some of them say "For 12 months" and some do not?

[4 minutes]

Mack>This is because our packages are not locked in for just 12 months or so. They are all without a contract that you can either keep or continue regardless the price may or may not change.

Greg_>that makes no sense

I then asked whether disconnecting and reconnecting would get me a different person to chat with. To which "Mack" replied that if I disconnect my service I'd have to pay fees to reconnect it. And when I explained that I meant disconnect from chat and wanted to know if there was someone else there I could talk to instead of him, he said, "If you disconnect from chat, you'll have to log back in."

Spectacular. Absolutely spectacular.

I'm currently 2nd in queue for a new chat, let's see if anyone can answer a question with a straight forward fvcking answer.

[katiesue]

Is it possible what he's trying to say is that the two listed as "for 12 months" are an actual contract in which you as the consumer would have to pay a fee to drop the service before the end of the 12 months but there will be no price increase. And in the rest Time Warner is guaranteeing no price increase for 12 months but since it's not a contract you as the consumer could drop the service at any time without penalty?

[Ghoulish Delight]

No, that much was clear, none of them are contracted.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay, finally got a straight answer (though not without a little bit more confusion first).

The ones that say "For 12 months", the rate is locked in for 12 months. The others, the rate can change at any time.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Which, btw, completely contradicts what Mack said when I explicitly asked that question.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow. I can see why you're confused. Were confused. How's a person supposed to know which one to pick?

[Morrigoon]

Is "Mac" an Eliza program?

[lashbear]

Morri: I almost lost a mouthful at that. But actually it could be.... When I worked for an ISP, we had a livechat client that suggested responses based on the customers question and all we had to do was click "Send" if we wanted to - otherwise we could write our own responses.

Sounds like someone was clicking send a little too often without reading the conversation....

[cirquelover]

Gary and I laughed because we have done the round and round before. I swear they get you more confused than when you started. I usually let him handle those, he's more concise and isn't easily frustrated with stupid people!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sounds like someone was clicking send a little too often without reading the conversation....
Only if someone decided to write the canned responses as if they were coming from a non-native English speaker.

[Betty]

Even when you do get some answer at the end of all that, do you really trust the information?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Not 100%, but at least the answer I think I finally got actually makes sense, so I'll stick with it.

In the end, it doesn't really matter. I'm not a new customer, I was just looking at what they are offering the new customers so I can use it as a point of reference when I call to renegotiate our service.

[Kevy Baby]

One thought: you may not be able to get the "deals" by threatening to cancel service, but may have to actually go through the motions of canceling service. I can't remember what service it was (though I think it was the LA Times), they wouldn't give me the offer I I wanted, so I said let's cancel. They went through all the motions and cancelled and then transferred me to someone else to confirm the cancellation. It was with this person that I finally got the deal I wanted.

[JWBear]

Who (with the possible exception of a sex club... Or maybe Kevy) would want to buy this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MR3IVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=boingboing06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005MR3IVO)?

Even more disturbing? "Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed" this (http://www.amazon.com/Accoutrements-12027-Horse-Head-Mask/dp/B003G4IM4S/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_1), and this (http://www.amazon.com/Cloverdale-Fresh-Whole-Rabbit/dp/B00012182G/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_4) :eek:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Lube in a 55 gallon drum? Wow.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Someone in Passion's marketing organization earned their paycheck this week.

[Alex]

It looks like the best price you can get for lube in more household sized bottles is about $1.90 an ounce. This is $0.21 an ounce. Invite a few friends over with an ewer needing filling (as they kids say these days) and you've come (as the kids say these days) out quite ahead. Fiduciarily speaking.

[€uroMeinke]

What a swell party it is

[SzczerbiakManiac]

My first reaction was that it was a veterinary supply item, but then I realized it wouldn't be called "Passion" if that was the case.

Lube will eventually go rancid. So even if I was boinking every night, I would not buy that much at the same time.

[lashbear]

Who (with the possible exception of a sex club... Or maybe Kevy) would want to buy this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MR3IVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=boingboing06-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005MR3IVO)?

For some weird reason, I can see the guys from Mythbusters ordering this....

[Kevy Baby]

Even more disturbing? "Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed" this (http://www.amazon.com/Accoutrements-12027-Horse-Head-Mask/dp/B003G4IM4S/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_1), and this (http://www.amazon.com/Cloverdale-Fresh-Whole-Rabbit/dp/B00012182G/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_4) :eek:This (http://www.amazon.com/3B-Scientific-W43014-Testicle-Self/dp/B005OSVZN4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_5) was my favorite

[JWBear]

Why Kevy! Who knew you liked to feel-up testicles!

[alphabassettgrrl]

This (http://www.amazon.com/3B-Scientific-W43014-Testicle-Self/dp/B005OSVZN4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_5) was my favorite

I was almost afraid to click, but I had to see. And then I wondered about the people who commented, but at least they have a sense of humor. :)

[Moonliner]

This (http://www.amazon.com/3B-Scientific-W43014-Testicle-Self/dp/B005OSVZN4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_5) was my favorite

And you can save if you buy them used.

[Kevy Baby]

And you can save if you buy them used.I prefer 'em used and not washed.

[Betty]

Must...not...click....

[SzczerbiakManiac]

meh, it's not that bad
it's odd, but not freakishly bizarre

[Ghoulish Delight]

How to synthesize Sudafed from crystal meth (http://heterodoxy.cc/meowdocs/pseudo/pseudosynth.pdf)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Unless most smart phone cameras come with high-powered telephoto lenses, this seems like a stupid idea (http://wtfqrcodes.com/post/18551054478/look-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-the) to me.
http://tomkingaerial.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/airplane-towing-qr-code.jpg

[Alex]

That doesn't actually seem any stupider than many of the places I see QR codes used in ads where getting a camera to recognize them is essentially impossible.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The little fella may have just been "playing possum", but I still think it's a funny pic.
http://chzdailywhat.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/ef7ff5e6-d558-4375-9a0b-1188c41dfd63.jpg
In a followup (http://twitter.com/#!/Hoppy_Jnr/status/176284334284742659/photo/1), she said the possum was taken to a vet and is okay.

[Alex]

Is that a possum? Are there any possum species that have hairy tails?

[Alex]

Trying to answer my own question lead me to this wonderful site (http://www.arkive.org/lemuroid-ringtail-possum/hemibelideus-lemuroides/image-G86140.html).

[Kevy Baby]

Is that a possum? Are there any possum species that have hairy tails?

Trying to answer my own question lead me to this wonderful site (http://www.arkive.org/lemuroid-ringtail-possum/hemibelideus-lemuroides/image-G86140.html).

So what we the answer?

[Alex]

Yes, there were a couple on the site, but none that looked like this one.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum

Today I learned:

Opossums are from the Western Hemisphere, and Possums are from Australia/New Guinea.

The More You Know!

[lashbear]

Our possums have hairy tails...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think it's complete bullsh*t that Australian possums are marsupials. If their versions of our placentals are marsupial, then their version of our marsupials should be placental by gum!

[lashbear]

Possum Envy. It's a sign of the times...

[Not Afraid]

Is it weird that I already knew all about possums/opossums?

[JWBear]

Knowing you? Not really.

[Kevy Baby]

Opossums are from the Western Hemisphere, and Possums are from Australia/New Guinea.And iPossums are from Apple Computer

[Kevy Baby]

1 dead after fire in meth lab inside nursing home (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/05/1-dead-after-fire-in-meth-lab-inside-nursing-home/#ixzz1oJg0qCdi)

[lashbear]

And iPossums are from Apple Computer

VKBM !!!!! :snap:


..Stoat suggests that Epossums are available from Amazon Kindle Store.

[cirquelover]

1 dead after fire in meth lab inside nursing home (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/05/1-dead-after-fire-in-meth-lab-inside-nursing-home/#ixzz1oJg0qCdi)

Is it wrong that in my mind I'm picturing great grandpa in his room making Meth for a little extra zip in his step?!

In all seriousness though, I'm sure it was the caretaker and I hope they charge him with everything they can. I'm sure the chemicals alone that these people were exposed to were detrimental enough to their health let alone the fire and loss of life.

I'm sure it was a great cover, no one would expect that in a nursing home and it's not like the old people would suspect or know what's going on.

[Gn2Dlnd]

And impossums are the ones that just can't be.

[Betty]

And impossums are the ones that just can't be.

Impossumable! :D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

"placental by gum"

[lashbear]

"placental by gum"

I hear this read in a breathy female voiceover while a short clip of aforesaid placental filmed in heavy vaseline style (AKA Ball-O-Scope) plays on the screen.

[Moonliner]

WTF?

Apple shares dropped 9% today (http://www.cnbc.com/id/46835129). With something like 20,000,000 shares outstanding that represents a loss of over a billion dollars. A billion dollars.

And why did this happen?


A single trade of 100 shares at a price of $542.80 hit the tape at 10:57 coming from the BATS Exchange. The previous trade seconds earlier was at a price of $598.26.

“It looks like a fat finger mistake,” said Joe Terranova, chief market strategist for Virtus Investment Partners.


A trade of 100 shares cost a billion dollar loss. How the F' could that happen? Stocks are nuts. Sure the stock recovered in fairly short order but still what a mess.

[Alex]

$1 billion dollars was not lost. Unless if I sold you one of my shares for $1 that means Apple is only worth $20 million.

Except for that one trade (and possibly a few automatic trades afterward before the issue was resolved), nobody lost any money.

[Moonliner]

$1 billion dollars was not lost. Unless if I sold you one of my shares for $1 that means Apple is only worth $20 million.

Except for that one trade (and possibly a few automatic trades afterward before the issue was resolved), nobody lost any money.

Given today's nanosecond automated trades and how big the drop was, I'd be willing to bet more than "a few" trades were made. Which equates to real money from someones account.

Apple was not hurt, but think of the poor institutional traders.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Maybe this is how the robots will destroy us. Not with laser guns, but with institutionalized drone logic.

Those robo traders have already caused havoc in the past and nothing was done about it. Such a ticking time bomb. Stupid humans.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Except in this case it appears to be human error (someone punched in the wrong number). Would have been better off if a robot were doing it.

[Alex]

And just as with nanosecond trading the circuit breakers can be that fast as well. The initial trade triggered the single stock breaker and trading was suspected for only 5 minutes.

It is being reported that only a couple hundred shares were traded at the depressed prices and NASDAQ has reversed those.

[Ghoulish Delight]

James Cameron tweeted today from the Mariana Trench.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cool!!!

[cirquelover]

Can you tweet from under water though?

[Ghoulish Delight]

So it would seem (though I'm kinda assuming he had someone on the surface through whom he was relaying the tweet).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Except in this case it appears to be human error (someone punched in the wrong number). Would have been better off if a robot were doing it.If a minor typo can cause fortunes to fail then it's still a case of being at the mercy of bad systems.

And just as with nanosecond trading the circuit breakers can be that fast as well. The initial trade triggered the single stock breaker and trading was suspected for only 5 minutes.

It is being reported that only a couple hundred shares were traded at the depressed prices and NASDAQ has reversed those.Thanks for the info - I didn't know they were on top of it like this.

[lashbear]

There's a restaurant called Wan-Q (http://www.oldlarestaurants.com/wan-q/)??

[Kevy Baby]

There's a restaurant called Wan-Q (http://www.oldlarestaurants.com/wan-q/)??

Was - it be closed now.

Am I missing something though?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Was - it be closed now.

Am I missing something though?Wan-Q? I hardly know you!

[Alex]

What Kevy is missing is that the hyphen makes it look like the Q is anally penetrating the Wan.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Was - it be closed now.

Am I missing something though?

Not really, it was a bit of a reach...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Headline for the ages:

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