have you looked at some of the rest of those?

thats almost forgiveable compared to more than a few shown there. Im praying a good portion of the rest of them are actually pen and ink and no human is such a moron, or so deep in self loathing that they would prefer to do that to themselves (as opposed to actually ending their life outright).

You apparently haven't gotten to the blue lady. Go back further. Or don't, if you value your eyesight.

All right, which one of you is TURD BURG'LR?




Blue Lady forgot her hands.....somehow, they're the most hideous part.

See, excessive marijuana use does nothing to impair one's judgment

After filming a movie about zombies you'd think he'd know that smashing the zombie's camera and pushing him in the face is not proper defense. They'll just keep following you...which apparently this zombie did.

Quoting from the article, emphasis mine:
:eek:

Come.

On.

I take that statement as flipping the bird to anyone who thinks he did anything wrong.

I'm amused.

perhaps he's preparing an insanity defense?

Anytime I freak out at anybody, I'm just gonna say I thought they were a zombie.

UAE Royal Family Member caught torturing on tape.

(warning: violent video)

When Susan and I were first dating, we were strolling around Balboa Island and talking. IN a playful moment, I dipped her over the edge. Unfortunately, I dipped just a little too far, but not so far as to go over the edge, into the water - we just lost balance. We literally spent about 10 minutes struggling to get our balance and back up on terra firma.

Nice publicity move. He must have points.

The Worm Within - OMG! http://www.fray.com/drugs/worm/

Eeewww, that was gross!

Eeewww, that was awesome!

But no pictures? Now that would be gross, but also awesome!

I can laugh at this because the dog was okay
 

Gone with the wind: Chihuahua blown away
Report: Six-pound puppy found a mile away from where gust sent her flying
Doggone story.

WalMart employee steals from company, tries to sell the stolen goods to his fellow employees
What a fücking moron!

yeah, I think that pretty well says it :rolleyes:

Let's see if you can guess where This Story goes wrong....

Take your Kids to work day

A Prison Officer

His Taser.

best.quote.ever

What a maroon.

I guess they don't want an entire department to replace, but in the article I read about this it was stated that all of the parents gave their permission for him to taser their children. So why was only the one guy fired?

When I was a kid getting tasered would have been the coolest school day ever.

I just assumed you had. It certainly would explain a lot.

It is never too late!

Actually, in the right environment I would probably be pretty willing to volunteer just to experience it once.

Come to Coachella next year and get naked

I've been to Burning Man twice. Coachella just seems like a minor immitation with better known musicians.

Perhaps, but also a greater likelihood of being tassered as well - at least if you get naked anyway.

This was in Tallahassee. This explains everything.

I heard this story on the Howard Stern show this morning ... 911 operator hangs up on a young girl whose father is having a seizure after she uses a swear word. Young girl runs to the police station for help and is arrested by the same operator for ... uh, swearing?

To read the story, click here

And she only started swearing because it took her 3 tries to get through to 911, AND she wasn't even swearing at the officer initially, she was just muttering under her breath about how long it was taking to conncet when the douchebag finally picked up.

I am totally stunned. What the flying fück was he thinking?!?

Are we sure this is a real story?

A quick search is finding that this appears to have sourced to UK "humorous news" web site and hasn't been picked up by anything other than the blog Tref linked to.

Lincoln Park is a well populated suburb of Detroit (population over 40,000) so what sent my BS detector tingling is that I find it hard to believe that they only have a single 911 operator who is also apparently manning the front desk at the police station.

Not saying it is false, just that I'm finding it odd that the only published places I can find it are all blogs ultimately referencing the same questionable publication in UK.

Never mind, of course the very next link provides the clue. It originally happened and was reported last October so that's why it isn't coming up in any of my news searches.

See now that it was a different police officer that arrested her because of the reports the 911 guy had put out. Still odd though that he's apparently their only operator.

Mr. Stern must just be slow in reading his newspapers from Michigan suburbs.

Sounds like that tingling may have been coming from someplace else.

Hey I admitted that just because my tingler was tingling didn't mean anything was necessarily tingleworthy.

Another reason Texas should secede?
 

Texas hospitals charging sexual assault victims for rape detection kits
"As if coming forth with an allegation of sexual assault wasn't demeaning enough in many parts of North America, Texas has quietly decided to allow hospitals to charge a fee as high as $1800 to victims for the rape kits used to prove an attack ..."


to read the story, click here

Umm, Wow! That is crazy to charge the victim that much, or anything at all really. I'm just floored!

Well, considering how many women claim rape to cover up for their being sluts, I think the charge is warranted.

Excuse you?

Okay, I thought that the post was ridiculously over the top enough to be obvious that I was not serious. My apologies if anyone was offended.


Yes, I know that some idiots believe this inane mentality, but I am not one of them.

This is in Texas. This explains everything.

It doesn't explain kevy.

Perhaps his avatar holds a clue, as in, "when pigs fly".

Or is that "swine flu"? :rolleyes:

When I first read it I thought of saying "You are joking, right?" but then realized that you definitely were not serious. That said, even though I knew you were not serious, thank you for apologizing.

Kevy, sorry to not have read this sooner, but I found it quite funny.

Plus, if you were this way, I'd never consider you a friend, and I think I'd have figured that out over the last several years.

Toilet snake attack: The Urban Legend comes true

Does that mean sometimes a snakes mouth is clean? Are snakes known to gargle with Listerine?

I've been bitten by snakes many times (my own and wild ones). I don't know if their mouths were clean but they were clean enough that nothing bad ever happened.

I guess that's why you should always look in the toilet before you sit down, yikes!

I just got off the phone with a dr. (as in doctor, as in dUuUuUrRr) She was having trouble logging into our portal. I asked her what error message she got, her reply:

Authtification failed

That's not a typo. This doctor actually said "authentiFIcation"...! :eek:

So - she's got her indentification and her authentication making a baby?

Oh

My

Gawd!!!

What the hell led up to this?!?
(quasi-work safe, so "hiding" it)
Check out the rest of that site, it's pretty funny. I especially enjoyed The Dribbler!

If you define a child holding an adult sized item as "quasi-work safe" then I believe it's clearly evident that I do not understand the meaning of the word "quasi"

Very poor show.

Well it's not a real thingy, so....

Dude, I don't know about your workplace, but you shouldn't see that at work. :)

You mean I shouldn't wear that to work on Monday?

I haven't had the pleasure of doing any child porn cases, so I can't say I'm up on all the nuances of real vs. simulated and, to the extent there's a difference, titillate vs. good for a laugh, but there might be something to be said for removing that from this site.

I hadnt noticed that particular aspect of the fuzzy suit picture.

Woman Dies After Pleasuring Herself With A Jackhammer - definitely NSFW

PCP, fun for the whole family

This story is horrifying.

As soon as I saw the headline, I closed the window. Really don't need to read about it.

The horrifying part isn't what the father currently did:
He actually was allowed to have custody of a child after that. :mad: What is wrong with our legal system???

I didn't read the story, but I assume it was a different kid.

While felons lose the right to vote and can't own firearms, and while parental rights can be terminated, we don't say to serial abusers of women and children--or Mickey Rooney and Liz Taylor--that they are banned from forming personal or parental relationships. Fundamental rights, probably, slippery slope and so on.

Actually it might be better to just sacrifice the current kid he has and write it off as a lost cause rather than taking them away so that he moves on to serially ruining children.

Sure, that one might whine but then we should just mock it for its selfishness.

This is life in Bakersfield. CPS follows up on people like me, but yet let kids live with people like him, without a backwards glance. In all honesty Bakersfield is very racist. If that man was white the kid would have been taken away. I know how harsh that sounds, but that is the way it is.

I shouldn't see that, period! ;)

CPS is now being investigated. So far it has been revealed that 3 years ago the father was under suspicion of child abuse/endangerment and was still allowed to maintain custody. Everyone seemed to know the father had a history of drug abuse, but no one did anything about it.

The boy's uncle is trying to get pemanent custody of the boy. Nothing has been said about the mother.

I saw this story 3 days ago on Boing Boing, I haven't been able to shake it since. Horrifying in every direction.

Boy sets new record for most snails stuck to his face. Yes. His FACE! (we really need a grossed out smiley) :eek:

They must be REALLY bored in Utah

That is a fine example one of the few record breaking feats that will never get one laid. Robert Earl Hughes and the guy with the longest fingernails laugh at this guy.

Carbon Neutral Expedition

A team of adventurous Brits came up with the bright idea to be the first to ever cross Greenland while remaining completely carbon neutral, starting with a carbon neutral solar powered sail boat.

So how'd it go? Ummm, the sailboat capsized, knocking out their solar power cells and leaving them adrift. But no worries they were rescued. By and oil tanker.

Said one of the crew, "The team are now safely and ironically aboard the oil tanker Overseas Yellowstone."
:D

Someone just listened to last week's Wait Wait didn't someone? (Just a guess on my part.)

I listened a few days ago, but something else reminded me and I was near my laptop.

I don't know if I'd categorize this as WTF or more of a "That's Messed Up!" story,

Would-be suicide jumper pushed off bridge

From the book No Regrets: The Best, Worst, & Most #$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever.

If you wanna see 20 horrible tattoos - check this out - of course, NSFW

Does #6 belong to Flippyshark?

Thanks, CM! These are EXCELLENT examples of what should be done to taggers who vandalize buildings with graffiti.

I like your thinking!

Hmm, kinda hot and offensive to fundies... I like love it!

I sense a new avatar for JWB...

Um... No.

Why not?? Let's see:

• 2 bearded guys
• They're shirtless
• They have big pecs & good bodies
• They're snogging

sounds right up your alley. ;) :p

Magic bike pants to stop school girls from getting sexually assualted by their classmates. :rolleyes:

Sometimes the truth is funny:

Yes.
Yes.
Um... No. They're distorted and malformed.
Yes.

I seriously wonder sometimes what mankind would do if it were TRULY enlightened as a whole...but I dont suppose its ever really going to be an issue, is it?

:(

It sounds like this guy got pissed off by all the traffic the jumper was causing, so he took care of it! :eek:

Passer-by pushes suicidal man off bridge

If you scroll just 16 posts up, you will see:

Different source, but same story

16 posts you say?

Maybe not 100% germane to this thread, but I thought this was a pretty amusing "WTF" story. It's a transcript of a Zappos chat session.

for lack of a better place for it

Real Life Superheros?

hate to say it but........I kind of like it. :cool:
I think theyre asking for a rude awakening in many cases, but still.

I like it too.

From the article:
I disagree with that (but I'm not cop, so what do I know). If my wife/sister/daughter/complete stranger is being raped I'd rather have someone step in and put a stop to it than just be an eye witness. Criminals would be more scared to commit crime if they thought there was someone who would put the beatdown on them. Like airplane passengers vs terrorists, law abiding citizens outnumber violent criminals and we can take them down.

On the other hand, who watches the Watchmen? Also, it could escalate into an arms race between criminals and heroes. Would there have been a Joker if there wasn't a Batman? Violence begets violence and all that.

It's a moral dilemma, but I side with the heroes. At least their hearts are in the right place.

I like it. People looking after people. If they are genuinely one of the "good guys" anyway.

Now the question is - if you were a superhero - what would your name be?

all the more reason not to outlaw arms for the law abiding, eh?

They did an article on this last year in....Rolling Stone, I think.

Found it.

I think most of these guys need a therapist, even if I kinda wish they turned out to be truly badass crime fighters.

Okay, they story itself isn't all that big of a deal (well; other than winning a gazillion dollars in the lottery), but I love the name of his NEIGHBOR.

Rancher Wins $232 Million in Lottery
Whole story.

But my favorite part of the article:
Yeah, it's juvenile to laugh at that, but I needed it today.

Makes me sad, cos I imagine how happy 232 people would be to win $1 million each instead.

I guess now we'll find out just how many cans of Skoal one man can buy...

The little boy whose father attacked him has regained sight in the injured eye. A local charity has set up a trust fund in his name.

My mom and I say the same thing!

How awesome is that! Excellent news!

Just think how happy 232 million destitute people in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh would be to win $1 each!

Just imagine how happy 148,013.933725 people would be to win $1,567.42 each instead.

Talk about Auto-Eroticism !!

You must spread some mojo around... etc...

Lashbear - too funny!

ROFLMAO.... thanks for the link!

The best one is the last one! Georgia was invaded! :D

Not only can't they get married, they can't be a family either. Although with 3 kids, I'm not sure what else they would be called. I assume they don't give the discount to divorced parents who bring their kids. They can't be a family either.

It's not coming up.

Well of course: you're gay! They don't want homosexuals infecting their site.



FWIW, it opened okay for me. The whole story:

If they don't request evidence from every group getting the family rate that the two adults are legally married and that children are genetically related to one of them, then it seems to me that they (the pool) haven't much of a defense.

If they do, do that then on with their assholery.

Clearly, Chad doesn't know what a "Brokeback Mountain" relationship entails... or does he!?!

Well, Chad IS a Wide Receiver

With a good end zone dance.

If your erection lasts more than 50 hours consult your cell block captain.

That seems counterproductive to the anti-psychotic goal.

Woman who missed Air France 447 flight dies in car accident.

Are we sure this isn't a promotional stunt for the new Final Destination?

Liar liar, pants on fire.

I love that the writer of this story created an atypical lede just to make that joke. Bravo.

I was amused by this line in the article:
Seriously: what possible difference would it make what color the lighter was?

Obviously they are being persecuted by our corporate overlords for demonstrating against the evil that Walmart does to indigenous culture and our planet. Our free speech rights are being suppressed!

Free the Panama Beach 2!!!

(That was, of course, totaly tongue-in-cheek.)

Perhaps Mark is actually trying to do them a favour. By doing this, the case gets media attention and the stupidity of the whole "you're not a family" thing gets in peoples mind. It could help folks reasses their opinion on family... maybe?

I saw the video on the news. Even with a happy ending (cute puppy!), it was still sad :(

Remember To Close Your Sunroof When Masturbating - NSFW, obviously - hilarious comments, though.

privacy FAIL, lol

She's so full of it. 1. They put a transfer on you when you get a tattoo or sketch it out on your skin. 2. It would be obvious he was working all over her face. 3. No one falls asleep when getting their face tattooed.

Fave comment: "He sure pulled off quickly" :D

The winner for most obvious headline/lead paragraph puns of the year is:

String of tampon machine thefts hits MSU

Booooooo.

I love a little humor in the daily rags. In fact I'd say it's bloody brilliant.

Put a cork in it.

I don't cotton to that kind of bathroom humor. Period.

Hey! You menstruated on my lunch!


Damn, I suck at pun threads.

Also, GD, you're the first person since my first wife I've heard refer to them as corks.

A friend in need is a friend in deed.

I always thought of it as a cotton injection...

Or as the Landover Baptist Church refers to them, Satan's Little Cotton Fingers

That's it, I'm pulling the plug on this conversation. We're just cycling through infertile material now. And it's really cramping this thread. If some infrequent, monthly visitor to the board were to see this, they'd think we're all pretty unsanitary. I'm spotting some folks who just want to pad their post count.







Help! Stop me!!!!

oh, if i were only still a moderator .... well, ya know, as soon as i stopped laughing.

OK let's give up the whole pun notion. What shall we do instead? We could go Swimming, or Sailing, or Horseriding....



(if you don't get it, ask aand I'll explain... Not sure about Aussie Vs US ad content..)

It sounds like someone has herpes....

Heck, even the story itself got one in:

Or erectile disfunction.

Betty called it. She lied.

This story is awesome in every way.

1) New Zea land has an annual national nude day.

2) They celebrate by, among other things, holding a nude rugby match (okay, that might not be so awesome. Sounds downright dangerous)

3) This year it was interrupted by a streaker....an offensively fully clothed streaker that is! :D

story(may be considered NSFW for non sexual nudity in the form of male bums)

I think its safe to say the world called that one.

But, but, but, aren't there children in this New Zea Land? Will no one think of them!

After looking at the tattoo artist, I think I will defer breakfast for a little while.

Best FARK headline in a while:

Um, lie or not, if THAT's the guy you have doing your tattoo ... you deserve to end up ANY way you end up. It doesn't matter if you end up with a second head sticking out of your elbow ... NEVER let a "man" who looks like that do ANY body alterations on you! Jeebus!!!

Natually, that made me click.

I was highly amused to learn the country which doubles for Middle Earth in the famous film series actually has a town called "Dunedin." Hahahaha! Inside Geek Joke.

And for my third consecutive WTF post, I present this new WTF-were-they-thinking advert from Burger King.

Why some of the best tattoo artists in the world look something like that. Though, while it isn't a look that I'd go for, if he's happy with it I think he looks pretty good. And so does she, though obviously she's not mature enough to have been making the decision to get them.

The more important lesson is, if you aren't going to stand up to disapproving relatives, don't get any tattoo let alone a facial one.

Yes ... a neck tattoo would have been much more prudent in her case.

OK, this is just freaky...

Click on this link (totally SFW). There is no blue in the image. Really. The "blue" you see is really green.

Hehehehe.

Aw, Kevy. Awwwww!

Perception fail!

It looks like the origional link is dead, here is a second one to it.

brains are stupid

Rick-Roll?! That's SOOOO 6 months ago! :rolleyes:

I think Kevy needs to put on that frilly pageant frock and make his own rick rolling video. I even volunteer to shoot and edit it! :evil:

I love the author's first statement:
"Who the hell is in charge of Burger King's advertising? Al Goldstein?" literal LOL

But I'll tell you, if it was a guy on the receiving end of that sandwich, I'd be hailing BK as awesome and eat there daily for at least a week. :evil:

While we're on the subject of illusions, the first one here is pretty nifty.

And then there's this. This is NOT an animated gif, it is a static image.

ok, the non-linked one was pretty cool, so I decided to properly link it.

Enjoy. Oh, take some drugs first.

Oops. Link fixed in my post now.

I love those optical illusions and was actually going to use some on a billboard we were considering. Ended up going a different direction with it though I still like the idea of a giant optical illusion on the side of the freeway.

You might want to post this in the texting while driving thread...

TeeTee, back when that movie Meteor came out, they plastered the loooong side of a building right abutting the 405 Freeway thru West L.A. with one of the first of those building-size graphic overlays. Hardly anyone had seen one before.

It was an overlay of a HUGE meteor hole through the entire building, knocking out like 14 floors, with a fantastic painting of exactly what it looks like going south on the 405 facing the soutbound lanes, and a different painting of the northern view for the northbound lanes.


Um, one multi-car pile-up later, and that advert was down within the week. I don't think anyone was killed, but WTF were they thinking to mess like that with drivers on the San Diego Freeway?



:cool: I loved that building for a week though. It was beyond rad.

I worked about a quarter mile away from that building and saw it every day. Yes, it was amazingly realistic for a static image.

I don't think this story meshes well with the typical (semi-negative) spirit of this thread, but I'm gonna post it here anyway.

Wow, that really is a unique story.

I have never heard of anything like that before. Thanks for sharing the link, I'll have to watch 20/20 I guess.

Oh, it definitely qualifies for WTF.

Which is why I put it here. It's just that many of the stories posted here are in the nature of What The Fück Was He/She/They Thinking. The aforementioned story is not in that vein, thus the small "disclaimer".

Was that a pun? ;)

If you're going to run your car into a woman talking to your boyfriend, make sure she's actually flirting with him and not just exchanging insurance information after a fender bender

http://omaha.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/706269894

Manslaughter? Um, isn't that second-degree murder if you intend to kill someone, unnecessary jealous rage or no?

Stare at picture for 20 seconds. Look at blank wall and watch how the monkeys are now a picture of Darwin.

No, but now I kinda wish I had thought of it. :p

It seems her intent was to scare her boyfriend, not to hit him, nor to hit the woman. She failed.

I just see a fetal-like blob.

I can see it, but if it didn't tell me who it was supposed to be I don't know that I would have recognized it (and yes, I'd generally recognize Darwin).

13 year old reviews an original Sony Walkman

:D

Hilarious and spot on. I have to give the 13 year old snaps for his writing snaps, as well.

I still have a walkman thanks to Katie Sue for copying some tapes to CD, someday.

I loved my portable cassette players. I had a "Sports" Walkmen (in glorious yellow) and a Toshiba that *recorded*!

I actually used my recording walkman not too long ago to record some stuff at the Park for the Disneyland 50 CDs. It occurs to me that with all the progress to digital, there's really nothing affordable in the way of portable recording devices.


I suppose nowadays my best bet would be to use either my camera or phone to record video, just for the audio.

My camera has a feature to record audio only actually.

Not true. But they're not geared toward the general public. I have the Zoom H2, which is easily obtainable for <$150.

Drool. Where do I get one?

Amazon?

Auidolines.com

Buy.com

etc...

Sweet. Now all I have to come up with are some projects to use it for.

That shouldn't be too hard.


Thanks for the handy links, Moonie!

Search Froogle for digital audio recorders. You'll find plenty of models from decent in the < $90 category to very good for < $150.

Grab the insulin injector and try to hold down your lunch. I present to you... the Hello Kitty House! :eek:

I think we should convert all prison cells into that motif.

But, then again, that would probably be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

<Retch>

I dunno... I kinda like it !

Aye, there be squirrls ahead! :argghh:

Parts of it are quite nice. Parts of it are overload.

What, having squirrel tits? Which parts aren't overload?

A man unsuccessfully sues Burning Man organizers for failing to prevent him from getting too close to a giant bonfire:

http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/0...rning-man.html

I think I was reacting to the wrong link there... wasn't there a discussion on a hideous Hello Kitty house going on? I could swear we had a discussion on that... maybe I was reacting to comments on the video. Weird. Sorry about that ;)

edit: Ah... the hello kitty discussion was on the previous page, that's what I was talking about

Thank goodness! If he had won, It would have been a bitch trying to afix warning labels to fire.

CNN has a long report about the funeral arrangements and will of Michael Jackson. I found the last two paragraphs to be particularly amusing. :evil:

Interesting. Now, if she could just tell us who the father of his children is, because after seeing the photos it certainly was not Michael Jackson.

"OUCH" doesn't even come close!!!
 

This is definitely cringe worthy! :eek:

well, since you put that there...

here ( not....REALLY NSFW, but...makes 'references' to...you know, NSFW stuff)

My nephew did that with tree stumps and it landed him in the hospital for awhile with a ruptured spleen! Ouch is right!

That said, I'm pretty amazed that they haven't yet been sued out of existence. From Lani's two years as a Ranger at Burning Man it was amazing to hear the stupid stuff people did.

I'm surprised nobody has managed to stick some responsibility on BM to avoid some of the worst of it.

I'm getting sick and tired of hearing all of this whining about some stupid car companies or whiny minorities in China or whatnot. Let's get our priorities straight, there's a real crisis that's being all but ignored people!!!

Nooooooooooooo!!!!! Time to stock up and start selling 'em on Ebay. I'll make a mint! ;)

An excellent plan to beef up your finances.

Sooooo meaty!

/the soup

"food-like product"

Trading on tragedy. You disgust me.

Mint Slim-Jims? Eww.

Try these, instead. :)

Aaah, OST is short for "Ostrich". Got it.

For a minute, I was wondering why anyone would eat a barbecue-flavor original soundtrack.

You're only upset because I'm "investing" in large meat packages and then rationing them to the highest bidders. Viva la capitalism!

What if they were lamb Slim-Jims?

No, he said eww but I think he meant EWE as in sheep Slim Jims.

Granny wants to collect from paramedics who had the nerve to save her life.

An 88 year old had a stroke while on the phone with a friend. The friend hung up and called 911. Medics showed up, found the door locked, so they broke a window to get in. Now she's filing a claim for <$1000 to repair the door and scratches on a piano that was under the window they broke. :rolleyes:

Linky no worky

Weird, it got all out of whack, not sure what happened. Link fixed now.

Or these

Uncle Oinker's... lol!

Geesh. That granny should have asked for community help to fix her window rather than raising a stink about it to the city, in addition to the light scratches on her piano. If she was really that destitute, people would have chipped in to replace the window - even a glass company would have donated it for the publicity.

For going this route, she should have to pay it herself and be thankful she's still alive.

Man dies in vat of chocolate; http://wcbstv.com/local/chocolate.de...2.1080129.html

Augustus, save some room for later!



Too soon?

Not at all ... I thought of that as soon as I read the post, before clicking on the story.

The question remains, what does he know and when did he know it?

Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner

Wow. The video is funny too.

I didn't realize that afterbirth was so...solid. I thought it was more like jelly.

I think I've posted this before, an oldie but a goodie.

Finally. Someone IS thinking about the children.

so much for lunch.
man, did I ever pick the wrong time to click on this thread

A Mass of Squid Wash Up on San Diego Beach After Quake
text
video

How very interesting. I think they washed up because of the earthquake, in my completely uninformed opinion

I think the squid washed up in spite of the earthquake. Certainly an earthquake would have thawed my plans to visit San Diego.

Poor big squid. :(

How is it that if you steal $1,000 worth if lobster you get four years in prison; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31909704...me_and_courts/

But if you steal $400 million you get 20 years; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31899936...me_and_courts/

It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me!

If I punch you in the nose twice should I go to jail for twice as long as if I punch you in the face just once? Or is a significant portion of the punishment covered simply by the face that I punched someone in the face?

That said, there isn't enough information in the first article to know if there were other factors in the sentence (for example, was this his 14th burglary conviction?).

Ok, a little different than the link text implied ... as least to me.


The man did not get into it with a Road Rage dude, there was no confrontation. The driver merely (um, not merely but well) mowed him down with his car and hit 14 other people and several other vehicles. The guy was killed, but pushed his son out of the way of the oncoming RageVehicle.

Terrible, yes. But a lot less horrible than I thought ... I guess I pictured some Raged Out Maniac threatening to kill them all and the guy jumped in front of a bullet or something.


I like my imagination version better.


Poor kid, though. 6 fvcking years old, and sees that, and now has no dad. Fvcked.Up.World.

Maybe the squid were washed up before they hit the beach. They were bored with life, over the hill...maybe they weren't producing as much ink, didn't think they really had a purpose? Should of had Oprah give them a pep talk....

All I can think about the squid story is how aweful the "rescuers" must have smelled like after handling the squids.

all I can think about is how large and yum the calimari steaks would have been from a slew of 40lb squiddies

You've heard of the phrase "like a hot dog down a hallway"? Well - there you go.

Is that a phrase you're very familiar with?

I read Fark - so I've seen the reference a few times...

It's probably too late, but I ran across this today....

Zoom brings stereo audio to Q3 pocket camcorder ~$250.00

Not for sensitive viewers
This is why you should not perform your own plastic surgery.
The White lady's F-up is fairly bad, but the Korean woman's is horrifying.

huh - I see you edited it - but the url still doesn't work for me.

So she bought some lube and injected it and thought that would work - and it didn't. Color me shocked.

OMG, no kidding

This is only a little more horrifying than actual elective plastic surgery....in fact, if you throw in the cost involved and the fact that people who can't afford it go bankrupt getting procedures done, it becomes an even more level playing field.

Yeah, given a lineup with her and people who are happy with their botox disfigurements, I might be hard pressed to spot the "botched" job.

The lady who injected cooking oil into her face isn't just "addicted to plastic surgery," there's something very very wrong with her. Sad.

Among the "new" things I spotted on the Venice Boardwalk Saturday (hadn't been there in years), among the 17 medical marijuana shops, was this little gem: "Botox on the Beach."


I decided to pass it up. ;)


BUT, despite the "horrors" alluded to above, I'm seriously considering some cosmetic surgery to get rid of my doubling, inevitably tripling chin. No point naturally looking 10 years younger when this bothersome feature gives the truth away. :D

Is this "doggy sex doll" going to fool any canine?

Silly billboards that don't belong next to each other

:D

<reaches for tissue to wipe eyes>

That was so touching - and yes - I'm all teary eyed now too. The lil doggie made a nest with everything he could find that belonged to his family. Totally made me choke up.

WTF, Ryan?!

Source

Seriously! How far gone do you have to be?

Umm yeah, he doesn't even recognize his own daughter! Let alone you say you just lost the love of your life and your hitting on some woman right after you put the casket in the hearse, wow!

Mother Finds Her 7 Month Old Kid for Sale on Craigslist
 

WTF was she searching for exactly?

OMG, I saw this and thought exactly the same thing. I mean, he's just helped put Farrah's casket in the hearse and, AND...???????? :eek: Color me totally creeped out, no wonder the entire family is a mess.

I guess the girl who emailed her was looking for babies to buy on Craigslist. Then she discovered that she recognized the baby and didn't want to buy the baby of someone she knew. Apparently, the girl was actually Angelina Jolie.

Buy.com, Orbitz, and others are selling your credit card numbers.
 

It's long, but please read the full article over on cNet called Buy.com, Orbitz linked to controversial marketers.
Who the fück interprets "We reserve the right to use or disclose your personally identifiable information for business reasons in whatever manner desired." as "We can give your credit card info to whomever we want."?

What next? A breastfeeding doll? Yep. Just put on the halter top and your baby doll can breastfeed.

It may not be a story, but it is a "WTF?"....

Link

I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight...

I think all babies should be covered in grout. ;)

For a second, I thought you were replying to CP and GD's thread. And I was terrified.

I'm afraid they're going to read my comment and not allow me anywhere near the baby.

Why; is crazy cat lady catching?

Didn't ABC recently air a documentary about efforts to prevent that (note: haven't seen your video link since I can't from work)?

It's an Onion story, so I think you've successfully guessed the tone.

Squeaky Fromme is getting paroled?

I thought she already had been but that was Sara Jane Moore.

I hate stupid headlines:

Hurricane Felicia strengthens, heads toward Hawaii


Ohh nooo!!!!

Then you read the article. The storm is several thousand miles from the Islands, It will weaken over the next few days and at best cause some rain when it does eventually make it there. Seesch.

That's not 100% true. As of last night it was about 1600 miles away. They aren't sure yet when and where it will land and what strength. Hopefully they will get some people moving to make sure their storm supplies are up to date.

15+1 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

And I'm going to add this one to the list. It's Andrew Delaware and Nathan Doidge, Synchronized Swimming medal winners from the recent World Outgames in Copenhagen.

JumpSnap, the ropeless jump rope!

am I alone in thinking "thats just effing stupid"?

Nope, you're not alone.

Though I would love to see the tech applied to a real jump rope.

The Pasha Bulker pic blew me away. So awesome.

lol!
:D

Omg, see all 154 Customer Reviews?!?!?


The 1st 2 were great, but I can't go on!

gots ta git me one o' those

Don't forget to check out the user-supplied images.

Great find NA!

try this shirt: http://www.threadless.com/submission...board_Cat_Moon

Wanna know what's funny? My Mom brought that exact same shirt home from a vacation trip to Wyoming or Montana or something, a few years ago, for my son. I just put it in the "clothes too small" bag for the goodwill yesterday. It looks almost brand new. (Sorry Mom, guess he didn't where it too much.)

Is no one else wondering why Lisa was searching for tacky t-shirts on Amazon...

I suspect it may be the theme for NYE 2011...

The Wolf shirt reviews are awesome...

This annoys me to no end. Bus drivers refuses to drive her bus because of an ad on it. The ad is one of those atheist ads that says "Don't believe in God? You're not alone."

My - how offensive that is! :rolleyes:

Her husband says: "To me, it's kind of wrong to deny a person of their job because they have a belief,"

And yet he can't see that Atheists might feel the same way?

It's public transportation. She's a government employee. As the article states, it's like saying she won't work with someone of another religious faith.

I'm so sick of this. Just get over yourself and do your effin' job.

I don't know how I feel about this. I mean, how would you feel if instead she were refusing because the bus said, "Jesus is the Word"?

Facebook being sued for being Facebook

This is going to get thrown out faster than you can say "You have a new gift request".


I love how nonchantly the article scoffs at one of the plantiffs.

I'd fire her. I'd fire her if she refused to drive the bus because she disapproved of Gap's textile sourcing. Like I'd fire her if she refused to drive because of the bus ads common here in San Francisco telling us how wonderful and benign Islam is. Like I'd fire her if she refused because the bus was sporting a Yes on 8 ad or a No on 8 ad.

I'd support her if the ad said "by driving this bus, the driver is endorsing this and any product or message it conveys." Otherwise, she can go advocate on her own time and now she'll have plenty of it.

I might admire her for her willingness to stand up for her beliefs, but I'd admire her while showing her to the door.

Agreed. I just can't help but think that if I were asked in a job to carry around a sign that say something I wholeheartedly disagree with I'd refuse so I sympathize with her in that way. But then, I wouldn't argue if they then refused to continue employ me. Also, I wouldn't be likely to take a job where I'd have to carry any sort of sign anyway so I suppose the point is moot.

She's not carrying a sign, she's driving a bus. The bus has passengers who she may not agree with, it has the name of the transportation authority on it - which she may not agree with, and it has a revolving slew of advertisements on it that help pay for her job.

Get over yourself you righteous bitch and get to work.

How about if she refused to drive because of an ad about Muslims? Or about Jerry Springer?

She agreed to drive a bus. She's refusing to drive the bus because she's offended that there are atheists that might want to hang out together?

Last time I checked, I do my job and deal with everyone. I don't care what religion they are. If I fail to do my job, I don't get paid and don't have a job. My personal beliefs don't really come into it.

submitted to quotes...cuz its fvking awesome
:snap:

Like I said, I agree that she would be rightfully disciplined/fired for it, but I don't blame her for not wanting to do it. But again, that's why I wouldn't take a job that requires me to operate a moving advertisement.

There's a difference between working with people with differing beliefs and operating a moving advertisement for something you don't believe in. I don't think she has any shred of a case for not being fired if she's refusing to do the job. All I'm saying is I understand why she would refuse. I too would refuse if the bus carried a message that I found hateful. I disagree with her that the message is hateful, but then she'd disagree with me about what I find hateful.

All the bus ad said was that there are atheists. It said nothing regarding the relative merits of any religions (or lack of religion).

Heh, I missed the question mark until just now. That does change the message slightly.

Again, I'm not saying it's an intelligent principled stance or one that I agree with, but I understand the desire to take a principled stance.

Have we started doing LoT t-shirts yet?

This has brought to mind a case from a few years back that had a muddier line, in my opinion.

In that case, it wasn't that the bus had an objectionable advertisement on it but rather than as each passenger boarded the bus the driver was expected to hand them an advertisement. If I recall correctly it was a fast food advertisement and she objected to them being given to children.

I was more torn on that one since she was made into a more active participant in presenting the advertisement, and such is not a traditional part of being a bus driver. That said, she remains a government employee and so shouldn't be refusing to disseminate messages based on content (so I'd have been more sympathetic if she'd refused to distribute any advertising).

Why does no one tell me when I paste the wrong link? Try that again

What do cross-dressers put on their toast?

Not a news story but I'm amused by this craig's list employment ad. Someone is using words they don't quite understand.

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/ofc/1342761091.html

Corporal Administrator Associate (inland empire )


Front office and reception experience necessary. Remarkable customer service skills a an advantage


Location: inland empire
Compensation: $13.25 each hour 9-4
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Black leather "uniform" supplied?

I'm wondering if it is some sort of data collection scam. If you search the phrase "Corporal Administrator Associate" you'll find it has been posted to job boards all around the country.

Frozen, chocolate dipped bananas would be WAY more tempting if they had ice cream in the middle.

If that became popular, how long before somebody did something stupid to his dick with it?

About 27 minutes

So... let's say that bus had a "Yes on 8" ad... how would you feel driving that around all day?

And I'm not saying that to be snarky, I'm actually curious as to how you'd respond to being asked to do that.

Not that your question was directed at me, but I did mention that specific example in my response above. I'd still fire her (or whatever disciplinary action is union-istically allowed, which would probably be only deprivation of sprinkles on the contract mandated birthday cupcake).

And, if it is a municipal or other government agency operated transit system, as much as I find Yes on 8 disgusting they should post the signs if the space is purchased.

It's funny, I guess I'd have to ask myself "What has the stronger pull, the money coming in or my disgust for a portion of what I do."

Also, before making a stink, I would ask if I could use another bus first.

It's an ad on the bus I drive - it doesn't mean I personally belive it or endorse it. I wouldn't think of it any differently than if the ad were on the side of my business office or a billboard on the roof. And they change them fairly often, a couple of weeks/months and my bus says something different.

Addendum: It seems to be a municipal/government-operated transit system, so yes, they should post the signs if the space is purchased... as was mandated by ACLU, etc, to DART in the story.

I'd be torn on the question of finding another bus if I could. Sure, as a one time thing it wouldn't be a big deal but in a system with hundreds or thousands of drivers it wouldn't be a great precedent to start shuffling schedules and assignments based on what ad is on the bus.

I'd do the job I was paid to do and work a bit harder on the No on 8 campaign on my time off.

I worked for the City of Irvine for 10 years. During that time, we had 3 very different mayors that had their own political agendas. As a COI employee, I had to follow their direction and that of the City Manager because it was my job. That included censoring artwork - a practice I am incredibly opposed to on a personal level. But, that was the nature of my job as an employee.

Now, what I did OFF the clock, was my own choice (however, I DID have to be careful about what sort of public political activities I was involved in.)

What gets me is the passengers who purportedly refused to board the bus because of the ad. :rolleyes:

Because, uh-huh, the sign painted on the side transforms it into a hellbound vehicle with stops at Hades, Brimstone Beach, and Lucifer Lake Estates. Or, ya know, by being seen through the windows above the advert means, of course, they endorse the message advertised. Well, d'uh, why didn't I think of that???


What puzzles me even more is how the rightfully FIRED driver is going to take the bedeviled bus, now that she won't be able to afford to drive.

If you already believe in an invisible man floating in the clouds, is it really that much more to believe in diabolic buses?

True...

Speaking of pets (just came from pootrap thread):

Who will take care of your pet after the Rapture?

:D :evil: :snap:

I like the fine print that says

Of course, if the web site owners are Raptured, how would you make a claim against them? They must be worried about their own ability to Rapture.

And apparently Rapture as a noun has been Raptured already.

^^^^^^^^^ WANT.

Hey, I was just out there last month! Very different place without all the people (though even in early July we ran into a few art cars).

Thanks for the earworm...

I'm loving the fuschia poncho on the guy in the background.

Amazing that she's alive and relatively "well" after all this time. I read this morning that she was kept in some contraption in the backyard consisting of several sheds and tents hidden by bushes and trees. Electrcity through an extension cord. Plumping was very rudimentry.

I can't imagine how she and her family must all be feeling at this moment. And what must her children be thinking?

At least they were raised in an environment with social and verbal interaction. I can't remember the title now, but a few years back read a very interesting story about a girl (can't remember if she was kidnapped or just abused) locked in a room for the first 8 years or so of her life with no verbal interaction and only the slightest human interaction.

It was an interesting scientific case in what it showed about language acquisition in humans past a certain age (what it showed was not good, essentially it doesn't happen).

What always amazes me about stories like this one is how two similarly depraved people find each other. I have difficulty imagining how I'd say to my wife "honey, I'd like to have a threesome." It must be supremely awkward to say "honey, I'm going to steal a little girl and keep her in the backyward. Cool?"

And I'm loving the 2 all the way to the right ---------->

Yikes! I lived in Antioch a few years ago.

There are so many varieties of food at the fair. Stuff on a stick... stuff fried that you'd never think of frying up... like deep fried butter for example.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Link doesn't show an article....but deep fried butter....yuck!

Fried Twinkies, Snickers, bacon, okay. But I draw the line at deep fried butter. That's just nuts!

Anything deep fried with batter on it is "deep fried butter plus other stuff".

I had deep fried Oreos last summer and loved them but like Cookie Monster says "they are a sometimes food!"

I don't think I am understanding your comment CP.

I'm okay with butter being AN ingredient in a deep-fried treat. I'm drawing the line at butter being (essentially) the ONLY ingredient.

I had deep fried nutter butters at the fair this summer. Don't need to have them again (same with Oreos, which are the only other "deep fried abomination" I've had).

Not sure why it doens't work for you - I just clicked it an it works for me.

Anywho - here's a list of fair food mentioend in the article

• Deep Fried Butter could push the grease-o-meter to a new high. "100 percent pure butter is whipped 'til light and fluffy, then specially sweetened with a choice of several flavors." It is then surrounded by a "special dough" and quick-fried.

• Twisted Yam on a Stick consists of "a delicious, towering, spiral-cut sweet potato on a 13-inch skewer." After being plunked in the fryer, it is then "gently rolled in butter" and dusted with sugar and cinnamon.

• Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches & Cream does not appear to have any butter in the recipe, but other ingredients include "a delicious batter of cinnamon, ginger, coconut, graham cracker crumbs, eggs and milk." It is then (natch) deep-fried and served on a plate, drizzled with raspberry sauce, sprinkled with streusel and topped with whipped cream. Wait — there is vanilla buttercream icing provided on the side.

• Texas Fried Pecan Pie sounds pretty conventional (except for the fried part, of course). It is served with caramel sauce "then topped with whipping cream and chopped, candied pecans."

• Country Fried Pork Chips could be your main course, with seasoned, thin-sliced pork loin "surrounded by a tasty corn meal batter and deep-fried." You can get ketchup with it, but why not go whole hog and pour on the cream gravy?

• Sweet Jalapeno Corn Dog Shrimp sounds almost too simple: "Shrimp on a stick is coated with a sweet and spicy corn meal batter, then deep-fried to a golden brown and served with a spicy glaze." This could actually have some nutritional value.

• Fried Peanut Butter Cup Macaroon is about what you'd expect from the description. It is, of course, "dusted with powdered sugar" after the oil drains. And you probably wouldn't want to get it without the available scoop of Blue Bell ice cream, would you?

If I ate that kind of crap I'd have diarrhea for days.

The thought makes me ill. Blech.

Me too. Just the thought of eating whipped butter on its own makes me queasy, let alone the fried part.

I guess deep fried lard would be worse.

When you eat onion rings, you are eating a bunch of batter with some onion in it. The onion may be marginally good for you, but the overwhelming amount of calories, fat, cholesterol, etc makes this a treat for sure. In other words, "deep fried butter with some onion in it."

I absolutely adore onion rings and can scarcely ever turn them down. But I'm honest about what I'm eating.

If you eat something like deep fried butter and feel bad, you could eat a piece of vegetable and pretend that was inside of it...but again, I wouldn't say it offsets enough anyway.

There is a reason "batter" and "butter" have only one letter difference ;)

2 things:

1) Take the amount of butter/oil/fat in the batter...then ADD a stick of butter. That's what you're eating.

2) There's a difference between having some fat/oil/butter integrated into a batter vs. a stick of whipped butter wrapped in batter. If you don't consider that a difference, I don't really understand where you're coming from.

To put it another way, I eat lots of things that contain a Tblsp of butter as an ingerdient. That doesn't mean I'd take a tablespoon, scoop out some butter from a tub, and eat it. Let alone wrap a stick of butter in something that contains a Tblsp of butter and eat that.

I'm totally craving onion rings now. Thanks CP...

I'd try the sweet potato one and maybe the shrimp too.

OK, Burger King onion rings for dinner tonight. Thanks, CP !!

It didn't say how much butter is involved. It also mentioned that it's surrounded by dough. I don't know what the percentages are, but I'm assuming it would be similar to a jelly donut. Sweet, whipped butter isn't much different from custard.

If we're talking about the subjective gross factor, I've stuck a pinky in sweet whipped butter and had a lick. I can't say I'd eat it with a spoon. It all depends on percentages and flavoring.

Regarding health concepts - you really couldn't make a case that it's any worse than any other deep fried thing.

I would eat deep fried butter. Can't say whether I'd like it, but I'd sure give it a try.

I know someone, and now I can't remember who, that just eats sticks of butter right out of the fridge. So some people might like it, but it does sound kinda gross.

I just thought of something really wacky the fairs should try next year: take some regular potatoes and cut them into long thin strips (maybe a 1/4" square and as long as the potato). Leave them naked (don't batter them) and just put them in a the deep fryer. Cook until golden brown, drain and lightly salt. Serve them with a dipping sauce made from tomato concentrate, corn syrup (or other sugar), vinegar, salt, herb extracts (including celery), spice and garlic powder.

Now THAT would be really wacky!

So like... frenched (the cut) potatoes... fried? Frenched and fried potatoes? Novel.

If you could involve a stick of some sort, you'd have a winner.

ewww..

that'll never fly. :eek:
where do people come up with this sh!t?

Of course you can get french fries at the fair. But to compensate for their relative boringness, they come in 5 lb quantities at minimum.

That literally made me queasy. Probably because my brother used to do that as a kid. He also used to eat mayo with a spoon. Thank gawd he lost that habit years ago.

I wonder if anyone has ever rammed a stick up a whole potato, dunked it in boiling oil, then served it whole?

I stopped reading at that point and contemplated quietly to myself.


I need to STFU or I'm going to be on everyone's Ignore List soon....

Obama want to address school kids at school via tv or dvd. Some parents are outraged and this attempt at indoctination.

They'll keep their kids out of school. :rolleyes:

The address is says it will be about education and encouraging students to achieve their short and long term education goals.

8th Grade.

President George Bush gave a speech about the evils of drugs that every class in my school was interrupted to watch.

How dare the President address the people!

My post up there has so many typos perhaps I need to go back to school.

Okay - here's a story that you just can't make up.

Fire chief is shot in back, by cop, in court, over traffic ticket!

It would seem there's a bit of corruption going on:

The judge retired. City hall is locked up. The mayor has an unmarked police car in her driveway. Police car and fire truck were repossessed. WTF is going on in that town!?

One word: Arkansas

World Gravy Wrestling Championships

More Pix

Video

Kid Shoots Himself In The Penis :eek:

Oh, how I wish this would happen more often.

We all have our dreams.

This is not so much of a WTF story but a WALG* story.

Source

*What A Lucky Guy

It would have been a classic story if after kissing Nadal he ran off and stabbed Monica Seles.

Scientists have now levitated mice using magnetic fields.

Best quote:

Ya think?

It would have been a classic story if after levitating the mouse had run off and stabbed Monica Seles.

Hee hee. The guy's name is Aorta. You could say he's all heart. All heart for Alex's gal pal, Monica Seles.
:D

That would have been a classic joke if after telling you had run off and stabbed Monica Seles.

I posted this in the wrong thread:

Our Headline "DUH" of the day:

Story here.

The US Coast Guard just ran a training drill.

On 9/11.

In the Potomac River.

Next to the pentagon.

Where the President Of The United States was visiting.

Using live ammo.

:rolleyes:


To the best of my knowledge, Monica Seles was not involved.

Now, that makes sense.....;)

BRILLIANT!



Or...



Hey, life must go on, right?

I'm guessing Bloomberg is behind it and it's retaliation for the Air Force One Statue of Liberty flyby.