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Kevy Baby 03-13-2008 04:13 PM

WTF Stories of the Week
 
Woman sits on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years

Girlfriend was physically stuck to the seat — her skin had grown around it
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NESS CITY, Kan. - Deputies said a woman in western Kansas sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years, and they're investigating whether she was mistreated.

Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said a man called his office last month to report that something was wrong with his girlfriend.
The Whole Story


I was almost tempted to not post this story because of the obvious mental illness the woman suffers from. But it was just so odd.

And then:

Answers elusive in case of body on ice

I'm not sure what part of the story to quote. Basically, they bust a guy who is a suspected drug dealer. Turns out he has been living in a $200 per night room for years. His druggie girlfriend at some point died - possibly a year ago - and he has kept her in a Rubbermaid container on dry ice, in his hotel room, presumably since her death.

It's a really weird story!

Morrigoon 03-13-2008 04:22 PM

The toilet thing is really sad, but I think it's unfair of them to charge the boyfriend for it. I mean, unless she was declared incompetent at some prior point in their relationship, and he was established as a guardian, I don't think it's really his burden to tell a grown adult what to do or force her to do it.

Kevy Baby 03-13-2008 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 198563)
The toilet thing is really sad, but I think it's unfair of them to charge the boyfriend for it. I mean, unless she was declared incompetent at some prior point in their relationship, and he was established as a guardian, I don't think it's really his burden to tell a grown adult what to do or force her to do it.

For the most part I agree. However, if a person is unable to make rational decisions for themselves and their life and/or health are in jeopardy, then the person does have a moral (if not legal) obligation to intervene.

Capt Jack 03-13-2008 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 198564)
For the most part I agree. However, if a person is unable to make rational decisions for themselves and their life and/or health are in jeopardy, then the person does have a moral (if not legal) obligation to intervene.

one would like to think so, yeah

sadly it doesnt always work out that way. it can take an awful lot to finally push a person from

"ok, you're a grownup...you can do what you want even though we both know its not good for you and eventually its gonna blow up in both our faces"

to

"F*** this! Youre getting help even if it kills us both"

at least shes getting help.
he likely needs just as much help in one form or another

blueerica 03-13-2008 04:43 PM

Updated link at the bottom of the story page.

Apparently, the sheriff thinks the boyfriend should be charged.

blueerica 03-13-2008 04:45 PM

And wouldn't you know it - updated again. Same stuff, though, except the sheriff's recommendation is a bit more formal sounding.

LSPoorEeyorick 03-21-2008 10:44 AM

A new one today: German woman goes in for knee surgery, accidentally given an artificial sphinctor instead. Paging Leo...

blueerica 03-21-2008 10:52 AM

Wow.

Kevy Baby 03-21-2008 10:57 AM

Wow indeed.

And in case you wanted all of the details on what exactly an artificial anus is (from Free Patents Online):
Spoiler:
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An artificial anus device consists of a device body and an excreta receptacle bag, and is fastened to the abdomen of a user with a belt. The device body is provided in its central portion with a through hole into which the excreta receptacle bag and an artificial anus are to be inserted, and on the portion thereof which is around the through hole with an abdomen pressure contacting portion of a predetermined thickness formed integrally therewith. The abdomen pressure contacting portion is provided in the outer circumferential surface of its base part with a recessed locking portion with which the excreta receptacle bag can be detachably engaged. The device body is provided in the portions thereof which are on the left and right sides of and symmetric with respect to the through hole and which are formed integrally with the abdomen pressure contacting portion with locking holes in which both end portions of the belt are locked. The excreta receptacle bag has a cylindrical bag body formed out of flexible rubber or synthetic resin and having at its open end a ring type locking portion to be engaged detachably with the recessed locking portion, and a closed end portion on the opposite side of the open end thereof, the film which constitutes the excreta receptacle bag covering the abdomen pressure contacting portion of and the inner surface of the through hole in the device body, the open end of this bag being engaged detachably with the recessed locking portion.

Capt Jack 03-21-2008 10:58 AM

ok, thats it. if anything goes wrong on me, leave it the 773H alone!
not even sure I trust my dentist at this point

Ghoulish Delight 03-21-2008 11:00 AM

Man, it must be pretty uncomfortable to have to kneel on the toilet seat to take a crap.

Chernabog 03-21-2008 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 198564)
For the most part I agree. However, if a person is unable to make rational decisions for themselves and their life and/or health are in jeopardy, then the person does have a moral (if not legal) obligation to intervene.

Moral, not legal. Generally speaking, there is no legal requirement to help another person in jeopardy. (or in wheel of fortune, for that matter)

Motorboat Cruiser 03-21-2008 11:51 AM

Yes, where is our resident sphincter specialist when we need him for informed commentary?

Gemini Cricket 03-21-2008 12:00 PM

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Abigail was injured when she sat on a pool drain, and its powerful suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract on June 29. She underwent transplant surgery in December at the Nebraska hospital to receive a new small bowel, liver and pancreas.
Source

WTF?!

Chernabog 03-21-2008 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser (Post 200253)
Yes, where is our resident sphincter specialist when we need him for informed commentary?

Who dat?

Kevy Baby 03-21-2008 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser (Post 200253)
Yes, where is our resident sphincter specialist when we need him for informed commentary?

He's having knee surgery

Gemini Cricket 03-21-2008 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 200263)
He's having knee surgery

Goodness, the man's falling apart. We need a replacement neo-con in these parts to taunt.
:D

Kevy Baby 03-24-2008 01:15 PM

Horse thwarts Hawaii hospital's visitation rules

Animal rides elevator to drop in on patient before security stops it
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LIHUE, Hawaii - A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.

The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode an elevator up to the third floor, where they were met and stopped by security personnel.
Wait a minute: you aren't allowed to take a horse into a people hospital?

The whole story

Alex 03-24-2008 01:37 PM

I like how the headlines misleadingly imply that the horse did this on its own.


HOw about this story. That's actually not the first I've heard of that happening through Craigslist.

Capt Jack 03-24-2008 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 200609)
Horse thwarts Hawaii hospital's visitation rules

Animal rides elevator to drop in on patient before security stops it
Wait a minute: you aren't allowed to take a horse into a people hospital?

The whole story


thats not even the best part.

check the last line of the story...I literally LOL'd

:snap:

Kevy Baby 03-24-2008 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 200616)
thats not even the best part.

check the last line of the story...I literally LOL'd

:snap:

I saw that. That was good.

BarTopDancer 03-24-2008 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser (Post 200253)
Yes, where is our resident sphincter specialist when we need him for informed commentary?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 200263)
He's having knee surgery

From spending to much time on his knees. MBC, I hope you're proud of yourself! :p

scaeagles 03-24-2008 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 200214)
A new one today: German woman goes in for knee surgery, accidentally given an artificial sphinctor instead. Paging Leo...

Someone really needs to PM me when something like comes up and I'm out of town. There were over 1600 posts when I got back and i didn't have the time to look at all of them.

All I can say is mine is still 100% natural. And it's not that one I had altered anyway.

And Chernabog, you really don't know who they are referring to? I thought everyone was well schooled about my sphincter (not that one) reconstruction.

RStar 03-24-2008 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 200670)
Someone really needs to PM me when something like comes up and I'm out of town. There were over 1600 posts when I got back and i didn't have the time to look at all of them.

All I can say is mine is still 100% natural. And it's not that one I had altered anyway.

And Chernabog, you really don't know who they are referring to? I thought everyone was well schooled about my sphincter (not that one) reconstruction.

Was that the sphincter lift, or the anal tuck? :D

BarTopDancer 03-24-2008 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 200670)
Someone really needs to PM me when something like comes up and I'm out of town. There were over 1600 posts when I got back and i didn't have the time to look at all of them.


Awww. Poor Leo. Maybe if you had gotten up off your knees, MBC would have let you check the board. :p


:evil: :evil: :evil:

scaeagles 03-24-2008 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RStar (Post 200673)
Was that the sphincter lift, or the anal tuck? :D

Imagine a short roller coaster with a lift, dive, and corkscrew, and that's what it looks like.

Not that sphincter.

scaeagles 03-24-2008 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 200675)
Awww. Poor Leo. Maybe if you had gotten up off your knees, MBC would have let you check the board.

MBC wasn't in Orlando last week. Sorry.

You're mean.:p

Kevy Baby 03-25-2008 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 200679)
You're mean.:p

Ah, the truth can hurt.

Chernabog 03-27-2008 05:23 PM

MOLESTED BY BIGFOOT

Oh yeah!! The first comment in the article itself made me giggle. (but the other comments to the article are funny too)

Kevy Baby 03-27-2008 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 201360)
MOLESTED BY BIGFOOT

Oh yeah!! The first comment in the article itself made me giggle. (but the other comments to the article are funny too)

I assume you mean this and not the first paragraph (as it was, well, not funny):
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The claim inspired some snickers from locals in Stafford County. "I think he's an idiot," one man said.

SzczerbiakManiac 04-02-2008 10:31 PM

This isn't a story, but it sure made me say, "What the fück!?!"
Spaghetti straps Aretha? Really?!? How were your shoulders not bleeding by the end of the night?

RStar 04-02-2008 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac (Post 202509)
This isn't a story, but it sure made me say, "What the fück!?!"
Spaghetti straps Aretha? Really?!? How were your shoulders not bleeding by the end of the night?

A picture says a thousand words........

Chernabog 04-03-2008 01:33 AM



OMG when I saw this I almost blew Knott's Berry Punch out my nose.

Capt Jack 04-03-2008 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RStar (Post 200673)
Was that the sphincter lift, or the anal tuck? :D

you kinda have to do one before doing the other, dont you?

:D

blueerica 04-03-2008 02:42 PM

Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say WTF, because it makes sense from a biological standpoint in this particular case, but the photos are pretty astounding...

Pregnant 'Man'

Moonliner 04-03-2008 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by blueerica (Post 202581)
Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say WTF, because it makes sense from a biological standpoint in this particular case, but the photos are pretty astounding...

Pregnant 'Man'

I saw a news bit on that today and I was wondering if it would get coverage on LoT. I really don't see what the big deal about a woman having a baby is. Biology does not care much for legal distinctions.

Chernabog 04-03-2008 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 202587)
I saw a news bit on that today and I was wondering if it would get coverage on LoT. I really don't see what the big deal about a woman having a baby is. Biology does not care much for legal distinctions.

Because it is a transgender MAN having the baby. People who are transgender often feel that there was a biological f**kup that is being corrected by making their bodies match their gender (or lack thereof... there's a lot more to it than a man wanting to be a woman and vice versa, as in, a lot of gray shades in between). For one thing, the FTM (female-to-male) involved in this has been taking testosterone for many years, I believe had the "top surgery" (double masectomy) -- socially and mentally (and hormonally) this person is male, with the chromosomes and nether regions as a female.

To say that this person is a woman with a mere LEGAL distinction of being male is incredibly trivializing and condescending.

I mean, I guess you could say that you don't see what the big deal of a person who was born with a vagina and uterus having a baby is, but it IS an odd case because of the social aspects of the whole thing.

Morrigoon 04-03-2008 04:38 PM

Yeah, but it's still a person with a functioning (and I'd like to point out, their OWN) uterus. It's not someone who never had a uterus of their own, or who had it removed. I mean, if this was someone who'd been born a man but had a uterus implanted in them, and it worked, THAT would be pretty freaking impressive.

Someone sporting a beard that happens to still have their original plumbing, not so much.

Ghoulish Delight 04-03-2008 04:41 PM

Yeah, it's the fact that the headline leads make it seem like some medical miracle.

Chernabog 04-03-2008 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 202595)
Yeah, it's the fact that the headline leads make it seem like some medical miracle.

It's a social oddity, not a medical miracle. The first line of the article makes clear that the pregnant person is a transman. It makes one think of how gender and sex are not one and the same (and, as a side note, the changeable nature of gender and/or genitals in relation to marriage, laws [some people would see this as two women who are legally married], the nature of family, etc. etc.) I'm not going to go into a whole dissertation (when I haven't had any coffee today lol).

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
Someone sporting a beard that happens to still have their original plumbing, not so much.

As someone who was roommates with a trans FTM when he started hormone therapy, that's again very trivializing and condescending. This person is a man, not a bearded lady. Again, it's the social aspect of all this in relation to gender, not any biological miracle aspect (which I agree, it isn't).

Moonliner 04-03-2008 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202593)
Because it is a transgender MAN having the baby. People who are transgender often feel that there was a biological f**kup that is being corrected by making their bodies match their gender (or lack thereof... there's a lot more to it than a man wanting to be a woman and vice versa, as in, a lot of gray shades in between). For one thing, the FTM (female-to-male) involved in this has been taking testosterone for many years, I believe had the "top surgery" (double masectomy) -- socially and mentally (and hormonally) this person is male, with the chromosomes and nether regions as a female.

To say that this person is a woman with a mere LEGAL distinction of being male is incredibly trivializing and condescending.

I mean, I guess you could say that you don't see what the big deal of a person who was born with a vagina and uterus having a baby is, but it IS an odd case because of the social aspects of the whole thing.

Nature also does not care about how one feels or their mental outlook. Nature is a cold hard bitch that eats baby seals and lets kittens starve.

So yeah, I don't see how a messed up individual having a baby makes national headlines. It happens everyday. If she can love and take care of the child then great for her but is it news? I still say no.

The news story I saw was all about "medical miracle" Man having babay. Which is not true and that's what I responding to not the individual in the story.

Chernabog 04-03-2008 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 202597)
So yeah, I don't see how a messed up individual having a baby makes national headlines. It happens everyday. If she can love and take care of the child then great for her but is it news? I still say no.

The news story I saw was all about "medical miracle" Man having babay. Which is not true and that's what I responding to not the individual in the story.

:mad:

You're not making any sense here whatosever.

First, you're responding to the "messed up individual" (ummmmmm how many trans people do YOU know, apparently zero). Which you were responding to before.

Then you say you're not responding to the individual, you're responding to the news headline. Which said nothing about a medical miracle. The person is indeed a transgender man who is pregnant.

Now what do nature and seals have to do with the price of dogfarts in China?

Kevy Baby 04-03-2008 05:04 PM

What do you call the surgery for a sex-change to go from a woman to a man?

Spoiler:
Adadictamy (say it out loud - several times if necessary)

Moonliner 04-03-2008 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202598)
:mad:

You're not making any sense here whatosever.

Yeah, I get that alot. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202598)
:mad:

First, you're responding to the "messed up individual" (ummmmmm how many trans people do YOU know, apparently zero).

Yes, messed up in a chemical/physical sense. If you deny that you are closing your eyes to the truth. On an emotional/social level I have no idea this individual might be another Jack the ripper, a Mother Teresa or anywhere in between I have no idea and it's not really relevant anyway.

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202598)

Then you say you're not responding to the individual, you're responding to the news headline. Which said nothing about a medical miracle. The person is indeed a transgender man who is pregnant.

I'm responding to A news story not the news story. "Medical Miracle" was the title of the story I'm talking about.

Alex 04-03-2008 05:29 PM

I had seen tons of headlines about this but never followed through. But not one headline I saw gave any indication that it wasn't a biological male person that was pregnant.

But I was able to guess it which is why I never followed through to read an actual article.

alphabassettgrrl 04-03-2008 05:34 PM

He was on Oprah today. I haven't watched it yet.

Gender is a fascinating subject with endless variations.

Chernabog 04-03-2008 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 202601)
Yeah, I get that alot. ;)

Me too, no worries. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner
Yes, messed up in a chemical/physical sense. If you deny that you are closing your eyes to the truth. On an emotional/social level I have no idea this individual might be another Jack the ripper, a Mother Teresa or anywhere in between I have no idea and it's not really relevant anyway.

The implication you made before is that trans people are messed up, they aren't normal people, that they're mentally and socially lacking (i.e. not right in the head, etc.). If you say someone got "messed up" or are "messed up", that is pretty negative connotation. Maybe we're just arguing semantics here. Many trans people have happy, fulfulling, productive lives, and the only difference between you and I and them is that they were born with the wrong set of physical glands. To think about this stuff certainly screws with one's traditionally taught concepts of gender, sex, social norms, and the idea of what is "normal" to begin with.

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Originally Posted by Moonliner
I'm responding to A news story not the news story. "Medical Miracle" was the title of the story I'm talking about.

Well then whatever newsperson wrote that particular headline was a complete schmuck. ;)

Morrigoon 04-03-2008 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202596)
As someone who was roommates with a trans FTM when he started hormone therapy, that's again very trivializing and condescending. This person is a man, not a bearded lady. Again, it's the social aspect of all this in relation to gender, not any biological miracle aspect (which I agree, it isn't).

Cherny, you know I love my "trans" friends (okay, friend), and acknowledge trans people by whichever gender they feel suits them best, but I still refuse to act amazed that a man has a baby if that man still has his female plumbing intact.

And I didn't say a bearded lady. I said "someone sporting a beard that happens to still have their original plumbing." I believe I made that distinction.

alphabassettgrrl 04-03-2008 06:46 PM

Oprah actually did a decent job with the appearance. A couple odd looks toward the audience, like to say "isn't this weird" but on the whole, not so bad I guess.

Advocate has an article by Tom Beattie (there is a picture)http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52947.asp

My favorite quote: >>In a technical sense I see myself as my own surrogate, though my gender identity as male is constant.<<

A response, also on Advocate:
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid53091.asp
It's a supportive response.

BarTopDancer 04-03-2008 07:17 PM

Every headline I have read on this implies that a man, born a biological male was pregnant. What reality is a man, who was a woman, decided to keep his biological "plumbing" so he could have a child one day. The "plumbing" he was born with. The plumbing that was designed by nature to produce children. If a man, who was born a biological male was also born with ovaries and a uterus, the story would be *news* to me.

It saddens me that he is experiencing discrimination in receiving care because he changed his gender identity. But I don't think him being pregnant is any sort of medical miracle then any other couple who undergoes artificial insemination since at one time, he was a woman, with female organs, that he chose to keep when he became a man.

Few concerns though - what happens if they can't get to the hospital in time to have a C section? What will happen to the breast milk that develops?

Chernabog 04-03-2008 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 202625)
Few concerns though - what happens if they can't get to the hospital in time to have a C section? What will happen to the breast milk that develops?

I'm pretty sure the person in question didn't change anything "down there", so a vaginal birth isn't out of the question. And they DID have a double masectomy, so there is no tissue to produce milk, I don't think.

alphabassettgrrl 04-03-2008 08:11 PM

The trans community is upset mostly by Tomas going public. They could lose a lot of ground from the public's fear in response to the pregnancy. Child custody, rights to transition, control over their lives and their right to live as they feel they need to.

My friend wrote the Advocate response. I'm proud of ... well, I know Levi as "her" but he prefers "him".

BarTopDancer 04-03-2008 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 202631)
I'm pretty sure the person in question didn't change anything "down there", so a vaginal birth isn't out of the question. And they DID have a double masectomy, so there is no tissue to produce milk, I don't think.

If he didn't change anything "down there" then how can he legally be a man and legally married to a[nother] biological woman? I'm totally un-knowledgeable in this area.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 04-04-2008 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac (Post 202509)

What the F? Did she mistakenly open the freekin' Lost Ark?

I bet there are 6 or 7 hillside homes stuck under those puppies...

Cadaverous Pallor 04-04-2008 08:34 AM

The headline should have been "Transgender Person Pregnant."

It's hard to say "That person is a man" when that person actually has a uterus. This isn't a matter of being insensitive, it's a matter of fact. I'd say "That person identifies as a man".

However, it would seem to me that if you want to remain a viable mother then you want to be a woman. The idea that you can be both simultaneously just sounds like they don't really identify as anything and they want to play both sides. If that's the case, they shouldn't claim they identify as a man, they should claim that they identify as both, which is fine by me, really. It's none of my business whether he/she wants to be masculine, feminine, both, or asexual.

mousepod 04-04-2008 08:37 AM

With apologies to NA.

Morrigoon 04-07-2008 03:30 PM

Have you guys seen this yet? (video link)

Holy crap... a town of 1951 people, and they're removing over *400* children from this polygamy compound!

Here's the text story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23993440/ (talks more about the polygamy arrests than what a big deal it is to remove a quarter of the population of a town and take them into state custody - which the video link does)

Alex 04-07-2008 04:17 PM

Can anybody point to more information about the initial call to authorities? So far I've not seen much detail but it sounds like they don't know who the girl is.

While I don't really approve of this group (I'm all for polygamy, just not polygamy involving children as the marrying parties) but putting hundreds of children and detaining scores of adults based on an anonymous phone call seems a bit of a stretch. So I'm hoping I just haven't seen that information.

Morrigoon 04-07-2008 04:26 PM

Because it involves sexual abuse of a minor, they can't release the name of the girl. The impression I get though is that they don't know (or haven't revealed) if they've found her.

The women who left did so of their own accord (to whatever extent "voluntarily" is, when authorities are involved).

The impression I get is that some of the underage "kids" removed have kids of their own, also removed. So I'd say there is sufficient evidence there.

Strangler Lewis 04-07-2008 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 202657)
If he didn't change anything "down there" then how can he legally be a man and legally married to a[nother] biological woman? I'm totally un-knowledgeable in this area.

What is the law in California on defining men and women for marriage? Military service? Affirmative action? Is it based on chromosomes? Parts?

Alex 04-07-2008 04:58 PM

The second article you linked to said the authorities were uncertain whether the girl in question was among those removed, which suggested to me they didn't know for sure who she was. But those paragraphs have now been rewritten to say they don't know where she is, which is less suggestive of the idea that they don't know who she is.

I'm not at all questioning whether they should be detained and removed (I'm pretty sure that is the case). It just seemed questionable from the reporting I'd seen what the underlying justification to go in was.

I'll eventually see the details. Unless they're only shown on Nancy Grace. Then I'll just have to live in ignorance.

alphabassettgrrl 04-07-2008 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 202657)
If he didn't change anything "down there" then how can he legally be a man and legally married to a[nother] biological woman? I'm totally un-knowledgeable in this area.

Legal change of status required one of the three possible surgeries, and Thomas had his breasts removed. Genital surgery is not required (and often messes up more than it fixes).

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 202714)
The headline should have been "Transgender Person Pregnant."

I do agree there. Media sucks. A lot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 202714)
However, it would seem to me that if you want to remain a viable mother then you want to be a woman.

I think the issue was more of expediency than of wanting to be a mother. He wants to be a father. I think they would have difficulty adopting, so "being [his] own surrogate" is a sure way of ensuring parental rights in the future.

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis (Post 203254)
What is the law in California on defining men and women for marriage? Military service? Affirmative action? Is it based on chromosomes? Parts?

I think if we based gender status on chromosomes a lot of us would be very surprised. I'm not actually sure what the legal status is based on. I'm just glad I was born with the bits that match my sense of myself. Not everybody is so lucky.

Kevy Baby 04-08-2008 11:40 AM

Man with suicide victim's heart takes own life

He even married the donor's widow after the transplant 12 years ago

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor's widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The whole story.

Moonliner 04-08-2008 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 203515)

He even married the donor's widow after the transplant 12 years ago

Some women just have that effect on men.

Ghoulish Delight 04-08-2008 11:42 AM

Remind me not to marry her.

Kevy Baby 04-08-2008 11:42 AM

Was it her or the heart? I think they should have transplanted it into ANOTHER person just to see what happened.

Morrigoon 04-08-2008 12:57 PM

Can you imagine being the woman who had two husbands off themselves?

Capt Jack 04-08-2008 01:37 PM

would sorta make you wonder, wouldnt it?

wow.....that story sorta weirded me out

cirquelover 04-08-2008 03:01 PM

Wow, I feel for the poor widow though. Strange coincidence or something else. Que spooky music

JWBear 04-08-2008 03:58 PM

Was her name Debbie?

Mousey Girl 04-08-2008 04:17 PM

no, her name is Dawn.

Kevy Baby 04-08-2008 05:31 PM

duh

Kevy Baby 04-08-2008 06:09 PM

And the world gets another politician
 
Baby with 2 faces born in north India
Doctors say infant with rare condition is doing well

Quote:

SAINI SUNPURA, India - A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.
Whole story.

JWBear 04-08-2008 06:19 PM

:eek:

innerSpaceman 04-08-2008 06:44 PM

Well, then I'm glad she was born in India ... rather than say, oh, Sparta.

BarTopDancer 04-08-2008 07:33 PM

Did you see the other baby in that article?

I wonder why so many birth defects are happening in India.

wendybeth 04-08-2008 08:19 PM

While I'm fairly certain there are a lot of conditions such as pollution, poor diet and such could be the culprit, I suspect it's really a numbers game. The sheer volume of babies born in India each day has to be enormous, thus increasing the odds of oddities.

alphabassettgrrl 04-08-2008 09:01 PM

I wonder if both faces are functional. Do they have different personalities?

Morrigoon 04-08-2008 09:17 PM

Apparently both faces blink and drink

Alex 04-08-2008 09:24 PM

I was made curious. And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care. India has a population of 1.1 billion. They have an annual birth rate of 23 births per 1000 people. Resulting in 25.3 million babies born each year.

Here's the number for the top 20 countries. A baby born to a top 20 country has almost a 1/3 chance of being born in India. I suspect China also has a lot of interesting defects but the information infrastructure probably isn't as good at getting the word out.

India - 25.3 million babies born
China - 17.0 million
Nigeria - 5.9 million
Pakistan - 4.4 million
Indonesia - 4.3 million
United States - 4.2 million
Bangladesh - 3.9 million
Brazil - 3.6 million
Ethiopia - 2.9 million
Philippines - 2.3 million
Mexico - 2.1 million
Egypt - 1.8 million
Vietnam - 1.6 million
Russia - 1.5 million
Iran - 1.4 million
Turkey - 1.3 million
Japan - 1.1 million
Thailand - .92 million
France - .78 million
Germany - .67 million

cirquelover 04-08-2008 09:33 PM

Seriously, is that accurate?! They have 25.3 MILLION babies born each year!? I have to asume it is because, well it was Alex doing research but man alive that number astounds me!

Alex 04-08-2008 10:13 PM

Well, they have 1,100,000,000 people in the country so 25,000,000 babies isn't really such a huge number. As far as birth rate goes, India is about middle of the pack. What's remarkable is how low China's is (and the reasons for that are pretty obvious, I'm just always amazed at how successful their population controls have been).

Moonliner 04-09-2008 06:56 AM

While it may not have the panache of a two faced child, I was mildly amused by this quote regarding an advertisement that was pulled from our metro system here in Washington ahead of the Pope's visit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ad guy
What we didn't realize is that the bobblehead wasn't an accurate depiction of the Pontiff," says Farbstein."


Kevy Baby 04-09-2008 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 203701)
And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care.

  1. This is why I like you: to know that I am not the only person who does this kind of thing
  2. I DO care!
Quote:

Originally Posted by cirquelover (Post 203705)
Seriously, is that accurate?! They have 25.3 MILLION babies born each year!? I have to asume it is because, well it was Alex doing research but man alive that number astounds me!

One really can't judge it without looking at the corresponding death rates.

Alex 04-09-2008 10:32 AM

(I had this number last night but it seemed completely irrelevant)

Currently India has an annual population growth rate of 1.46% which is a gain of about 16 million people per year.

So, since 25.3 million are born, you can assume that at least 9 million or so die each year (though there are other means of population increase and decline birth and death should swamp them out).

India's 1-year infant mortality rate is 55/1000 live births. So that means of the 25.3 million born per year, 1.4 million die within a year. In other words, more babies die each year in India than are born in Turkey, Japan, Thailand, France, or Germany.

Morrigoon 04-09-2008 10:47 AM

Holy crap!

cirquelover 04-09-2008 06:21 PM

So this one makes me very angry: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24026486/?GT1=43001

Brief synopsis, he beats his kid with a video game controller, Mom hears it and does nothing until she realizes the child is unconcious!! WTF!! Now the child is dead and it's obvious to authorities that this wasn't the first beating.

Today my faith in humankind is at an all time low, not just because of this though.

Cadaverous Pallor 04-09-2008 07:38 PM

Child abuse is child abuse, no matter the instrument...and it's not new. I just hope it's rarer than I think it is.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 04-15-2008 08:34 PM

This is a real wtf?! Drink up!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351230,00.html

JWBear 04-15-2008 09:22 PM

"Mum" looks to be a bit of a drinker, too!

Moonliner 04-21-2008 11:25 AM

WTF?

I noticed a new icon on the CNN website today. Next to select articles it has a T-Shirt icon. So I clicked. Yup, you can now get T-shirts emblazoned with headlines from CNN. So hurry and get your:

"Waist food served up to hungry diners" T-shirt

Morrigoon 04-21-2008 01:47 PM

Hahah!

Moonliner 04-21-2008 03:51 PM

I can tell this is going to be no end of fun...

Weird fish leave sea, spawn on beach



Awww damn. I can't get a T-Shirt for:

Dad mistakes young son for prey, shoots

Kevy Baby 04-21-2008 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 205727)

Funny typo in your post.

Moonliner 04-24-2008 06:58 AM

And how could anyone resist the opportunity to wear this gem of a T-Shirt:

Boy charged with sharing nude cell pics

Kevy Baby 04-28-2008 06:17 PM

Police: Man confined daughter, sired her 7 kids
3 of her children ‘never saw sunlight,’ official says; outrage in Austria

Quote:

AMSTETTEN, Austria - A toy elephant sat atop the medicine cabinet. Stickers of a chubby butterfly and smiling octopus decorated a wall.

But the door to those rooms was sinister — a soundproof slab with a keyless, electronic lock requiring a secret code that hid what police called a windowless house of horrors.

In those cell-like rooms behind that door, investigators say retired electrician Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.

Three of the children "never saw sunlight" for years until they were freed this past weekend, they say.
The whole disgusting story.

alphabassettgrrl 04-28-2008 07:28 PM

I saw that. Dad locked her up when she was 11. Dang. She was "psychologically disturbed" and wouldn't talk until they reassured her she need have no contact with her father and that her kids would be cared for.

No kidding. Poor girl. Poor kids. Hopefully they can have lives after they get some therapy.

katiesue 04-28-2008 07:40 PM

She was 18 - her father made her write a note that she had run away. Then he and his wife, her mother, adoptoed or fostered three of the kids. The dad made her write notes that she was abandoning the kids. He told everyone she had joined a cult.

I don't get it. At what point does one think - hey my 18 year old is hot let me just build a prison in my basement and keep her there as my own pet??

innerSpaceman 04-28-2008 08:25 PM

perhaps at the same point this thread goes from What the Fu<K Stories to seriously disturbing stories.










Never.click.this.thread.again.

CoasterMatt 04-28-2008 08:44 PM

1 Attachment(s)
:evil:

Prudence 04-28-2008 09:08 PM

My WTF story of the week:

Someone moved one of my plants. As in it was planted in the ground, and now it's planted in the large planter with the rose from my mother-in-law. Someone came into my fenced-in back patio area, dug up one of my plants out of the ground and re-planted it in a pot that already had another plant in it.

WTF?!

innerSpaceman 04-28-2008 09:12 PM

Believe it or not, i've heard of people digging up other people's plants in a pot and re-planting them in the ground ... to steal the pots.


But the other way around? Gives new meaning to WTF alright.

JWBear 04-28-2008 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 207064)
:evil:

That was seriously disturbing. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Mousey Girl 04-28-2008 10:55 PM

Pru, keep your eye on it. They may have repotted it to make it easier to cart off at a later date.

wendybeth 04-28-2008 11:27 PM

Before we get Pru all unsettled, let us remember that she resides in the Seattle area. It's highly likely that some Master Gardener/Greenpeace officer/Starbucks barista just happened to notice that the plant might be happier in the pot and kindly adjusted it's environment accordingly.

Morrigoon 04-28-2008 11:47 PM

A friend of mine had all her rosebushes stolen from her front yard one night (in Arleta) a year or two ago. Someone literally came by and pulled them all out of the ground and took off with them.

Prudence 04-29-2008 07:56 AM

I don't think carting it off is an option. First - the plant moved isn't that exciting. Second, the pot it's now residing in is ginormous and not likely to be carted anywhere. I suspect WB is closer to reality, sadly.

Moonliner 04-29-2008 08:26 AM

Have you ruled out sleep gardening?

Check your night cloths for dirt stains....

Kevy Baby 04-29-2008 08:45 AM

Matt: you promised to not post that picture of me.

Moonliner 04-29-2008 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 207033)
[b]Police: Man confined daughter, sired her 7 kids

Every time I see one of these stories (they are far to common) I wonder what other girls are currently trapped in a dungeon somewhere and when/if they will be rescued. How many are out there, how many will never be found.

Morrigoon 04-29-2008 09:58 AM

Stupid men... I say we jail you all for our own good.

=P

Kevy Baby 04-29-2008 10:12 AM

Whereas all women are super intelligent :p




Morrigoon 04-29-2008 10:19 AM

T'were a joke, dearie. Bit of performance art... I was channeling the government :)

JWBear 04-29-2008 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 207160)
Stupid men... I say we jail you all for our own good.

=P

Goonie... Can us gay boys stay out of jail? We have absolutely no desire to lock young girls away and force them to have our children. Ain't gonna happen. <eww>

Morrigoon 04-29-2008 11:34 AM

Yes of course dear. Who else is going to fulfill the role of jailer and "head interrogator" ;)

Morrigoon 04-29-2008 11:45 AM

Haha... looks like some groups are taking PETA to task for not doing enough for animals: http://www.newsweek.com/id/134549?GT1=43002

Capt Jack 04-29-2008 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 207160)
Stupid men... I say we jail you all for our own good.

=P

you'll never take me alive
:argghh:

innerSpaceman 04-29-2008 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 207188)
Goonie... Can us gay boys stay out of jail? We have absolutely no desire to lock young girls away and force them to have our children. Ain't gonna happen. <eww>

Yes, but I have a young boy locked away in a dungeon ... and despite the fact that he can't really have my children, I keep breeding him anyway. :evil:


Lock me up for the sake of all the young boys who will otherwise be locked up.


Gay Boys ain't safe.

Kevy Baby 04-29-2008 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 207173)
T'were a joke, dearie. Bit of performance art... I was channeling the government :)

I knew - I was playing along wit ya!

I shoulda added a smilie or something.

blueerica 04-29-2008 12:23 PM

I'd say I was surprised, but maybe I'm not. It still gets filed under WTF.

Kevy Baby 04-29-2008 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueerica (Post 207218)
I'd say I was surprised, but maybe I'm not. It still gets filed under WTF.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Posted Story
Police said that he did not call for help, but a witness dialed 999, the British equivalent of 911.

When the police arrived they found the victim a short distance away and took him to a hospital, from where he has since been discharged.

And I'll bet the dude was pissed that he lost his place in line.

Moonliner 04-29-2008 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 207160)
Stupid men... I say we jail you all for our own good.

OK, I'd be willing to exlpore the whole domination thing.... :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 207188)
Goonie... Can us gay boys stay out of jail? We have absolutely no desire to lock young girls away and force them to have our children. Ain't gonna happen. <eww>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 207206)
Yes of course dear. Who else is going to fulfill the role of jailer and "head interrogator" ;)

Oh ****! Never mind. :eek:

JWBear 04-29-2008 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 207213)
Yes, but I have a young boy locked away in a dungeon ... and despite the fact that he can't really have my children, I keep breeding him anyway. :evil:


Lock me up for the sake of all the young boys who will otherwise be locked up.


Gay Boys ain't safe.

I'm going to assume you are kidding. (But with you, one never knows....) :eek:

Kevy Baby 04-30-2008 03:31 PM

Some more information is coming in on the daughter imprisonment story:

Quote:

AMSTETTEN, Austria (AFP) — Austrian police said Wednesday the man who held his daughter prisoner for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had no accomplices and planned his crime too meticulously to have been caught any earlier.

When she became pregnant from the abuse, he began to expand the purpose-built dungeon from initially one room to three, measuring 60 square metres (646 square feet) in all.
Quote:

No one was aware of the existence of the underground prison, not even fire inspectors who routinely checked a heating boiler in the cellar in 1999.

"You have to go through five different rooms to get to the room where the door to the dungeon was," investigator Polzer said. "And in order to get to that door, you had to first partially dismantle some bookshelves."

The door itself, about one metre high (three feet) and 60 centimetres (1.9 feet) wide, was reinforced with concrete and had an electronic lock that could only be opened with a remote control.

The bunker itself was equipped with a refrigerator, a freezer and a washing machine which would have enabled Elisabeth and her children to live "for several weeks" without need for new supplies from Fritzl.
Which made me wonder: what would have happened if he had died without releasing them?

And how was he able to construct and outfit the rooms (including appliances!) without anyone knowing?

JWBear 04-30-2008 05:04 PM

Man finds skeleton in newly trimmed tree

Quote:

How no one smelled the horror that authorities say may have been up in Glenn Parker's overgrown tree for a year is a mystery, but the partially mummified body made itself known last week.

Capt Jack 04-30-2008 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 207506)
how was he able to construct and outfit the rooms (including appliances!) without anyone knowing?

646 square feet over 24 years + a few appliances coming back n forth probably wouldnt really attract a lot of attention. sure wouldnt around here

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 207530)

yeah, I think that definitely qualifies for this thread :eek:

SzczerbiakManiac 05-01-2008 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 207033)

I have no words to describe my horror and disgust at that "man". And I wonder if those affected by him will ever be able to lead a mentally healthy life.

Chernabog 05-07-2008 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMDB
Sex Scandal May Interfere With Sale Of Weather Channel
The Weather Channel, which reportedly is seeking to sell itself for around $5 billion, is attempting to keep secret an arbitration ruling in favor of a former anchorwoman who sued the channel and her former male co-anchor charging sexual harassment, the Smoking Gun website reported today (Wednesday). Hillary Andrews had accused the channel of firing her after the arbitrator's findings were issued on January 31. TSG said that Andrews's predecessor had also been forced out of her job after she, too complained about the behavior of co-anchor Bob Stokes. In her lawsuit, Andrews said that she had initially been reluctant to complain about Stokes for fear of committing "career suicide," and that after she reported his behavior to the channel's officials, she was reassigned to the overnight shift.

Ok so this story just struck me as funny -- there's a sex scandal with... THE WEATHER CHANNEL!?!?! WTF?

Ghoulish Delight 05-07-2008 01:22 PM

Ooh, the weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful...

Ghoulish Delight 05-07-2008 05:14 PM

Update on the sicko with his daughter in the basement: I should be applauded for not killing them all! Piece...of...work.

Kevy Baby 05-07-2008 07:38 PM

Wow. Just, wow.

SzczerbiakManiac 05-08-2008 12:27 PM

No death could be slow enough nor painful enough for that sub-human piece of shït.

Capt Jack 05-08-2008 12:29 PM

I would be willing to try.

SzczerbiakManiac 05-08-2008 12:32 PM

visible mojo to Capt Jack!

Gn2Dlnd 05-08-2008 09:55 PM

Great tits cope well with warming )

Of course, the effects of cold have been more widely acknowledged. }

JWBear 05-08-2008 10:19 PM

Hey guys, here's a picture of a great tit!

Spoiler:

Capt Jack 05-08-2008 10:36 PM

eh, Ive seen better
:p

Gn2Dlnd 05-12-2008 12:50 PM

Bill O'Reily (did I spell his name right? Do I care to look it up?) in a "speaks to character" moment.

Be sure to read the comments, especially the one by VirusWithShoes.

JWBear 05-12-2008 02:03 PM

Bill O'Reilly is an @sshole with a short temper. This is news?

Gn2Dlnd 05-12-2008 02:07 PM

No, but the video did inspire me to say WTF?

And, that's not a short temper, that's a mental disorder.

Kevy Baby 05-14-2008 04:13 PM

And the Father of the Year Award goes to...
 
Man fined for buckling in beer, leaving kid loose
Police 'shocked and appalled' after Australian leaves 5-year-old on car floor


Quote:

DARWIN, Australia - An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said Tuesday.
The whole story.

Moonliner 05-15-2008 08:20 AM

I'm sure this one will end up here, so I might as well go ahead and post it myself.....




Ahh, Ewwww...

Kevy Baby 05-15-2008 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 211008)
I'm sure this one will end up here, so I might as well go ahead and post it myself.....




Ahh, Ewwww...

I heard about that this morning on the radio. They actually did a story on this on either House or Grey's Anatomy this season.

Cadaverous Pallor 05-15-2008 11:11 AM

Yeech. Why do they have to tell the world about this? :rolleyes: TMI.

Strangler Lewis 05-15-2008 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 210839)
Man fined for buckling in beer, leaving kid loose
Police 'shocked and appalled' after Australian leaves 5-year-old on car floor


The whole story.

Sounds like a typical American beer commercial with a small print disclaimer at the bottom.

Alex 05-15-2008 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 211057)
I heard about that this morning on the radio. They actually did a story on this on either House or Grey's Anatomy this season.

If it was House then I think the issue in question was chimerism which is a somewhat different thing (and within a year House, CSI, and Crossing Jordan all did shows where chimerism was the gimmick so I assume something happened to make it news in the 12 months prior to that).

In reading about this stories type of thing (fetus in fetu) on Wikipedia just now I was surprised to see it is as common at 1 in 500,000 briths. Remember that list of number of babies born in various countries each year? Well, that means this happens in India about 50 times a year. Neat.

Also at the Wikipedia page you can find reference to a 7 year old Kazakhstan boy referred to a doctor when something appeared to be moving in his stomach.

Gn2Dlnd 05-17-2008 12:14 PM

Excellent comic take on what was happening off camera with Billow.

Ghoulish Delight 05-20-2008 10:57 AM

I'm am at a loss for words.

So. Very. Wrong.

Capt Jack 05-20-2008 11:03 AM

Im gonna go with "not my style"

Moonliner 05-20-2008 11:20 AM

Meh, they are just trying to make a living. They don't need to be the butt of our jokes. I see no need to probe any deeper into this issue. Sure it's a bit asinine but I say we just put this one behind us, pack this fudge product into the commode of our collective conscience and flush it.

Morrigoon 05-20-2008 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 211945)
Meh, they are just trying to make a living. They don't need to be the butt of our jokes. I see no need to probe any deeper into this issue. Sure it's a bit asinine but I say we just put this one behind us, pack this fudge product into the commode of our collective conscience and flush it.

:snap:

Not Afraid 05-20-2008 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 211945)
Meh, they are just trying to make a living. They don't need to be the butt of our jokes. I see no need to probe any deeper into this issue. Sure it's a bit asinine but I say we just put this one behind us, pack this fudge product into the commode of our collective conscience and flush it.

I wasn't going to click until I read your post - then suddenly I HAD to.:eek:

Asshole. ;)

JWBear 05-20-2008 12:21 PM

There's a joke about anal retentive in there somewhere, but I just can't come up with it...

Gn2Dlnd 05-20-2008 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 211945)
Meh, they are just trying to make a living. They don't need to be the butt of our jokes. I see no need to probe any deeper into this issue. Sure it's a bit asinine but I say we just put this one behind us, pack this fudge product into the commode of our collective conscience and flush it.

Rimshot!

JWBear 05-20-2008 01:42 PM

Woman dancing on bar sets customer on fire in Miami-Dade

Quote:

The woman, described as in her 20s, was at Drake's Bar in Kendall when she agreed to help out with a display involving liquor and fire...
Ah yes, liquor and fire... Always a promise of mayhem to come.

Ghoulish Delight 05-20-2008 04:25 PM

Gary Kasparov interrupted by flying penis

Moonliner 05-20-2008 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 212085)

Like that hasn't happened to all of us at one point or another....

Strangler Lewis 05-20-2008 04:36 PM

Fischer forfeited his first match to Spassky over this. And everyone thought he was crazy.

Cadaverous Pallor 05-20-2008 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 211932)
I'm am at a loss for words.

So. Very. Wrong.

NSFW :p

Kevy Baby 05-20-2008 05:46 PM

Florida Woman Sues to Collect on 147-Year-Old Promissory Note - With Interest

Quote:

The great-granddaughter of a Civil War-era storekeeper in Tampa, Fla. is suing the city for a 147-year-old unpaid promissory note. With interest, the note is now worth over $22 million.
Source

Another story with more on the legal ramifications.

Kevy Baby 05-20-2008 07:02 PM

Photographer speared through leg by javelin
Man, 33, not seriously hurt, takes picture of own injury at high school meet


Quote:

PROVO, Utah - A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships — and was speared through the leg by a javelin.
Whole story with photo (WARNING: photo might be a bit much for the squeamish)



ETA: Glad to see the coach's heart was in the right place:
Quote:

“One of the first things that came to my mind was, ’Good thing we brought a second javelin,”’ Miles’ coach, Richard Vance, said Monday.

Ghoulish Delight 05-20-2008 10:27 PM

I love that he took his own picture. Gotta love shock. They always say that if you're crying, it's a good sign 'cause you're not in shock so the injuries not all that bad.

Moonliner 05-21-2008 12:34 PM

Here is a good example of why judges need discretion on the bench....

Teen nabbed for Naked Myspace pictures.

Lately there have been a spade of articles about kids using cell phone cameras to take naked photos of themselves and then getting threatened with child-porn charges after someone else finds the photos. A gross overreaction

However this kid when asked by authorities to remove the photos of his ex-girlfriend relied: "**** that, I am keeping them up". Idiot.

Capt Jack 05-21-2008 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 212309)
However this kid when asked by authorities to remove the photos of his ex-girlfriend relied: "**** that, I am keeping them up". Idiot.

yeah, hes real brassy right now. a night or two in the hole for contempt should cure him, folowed by a civil suit from the xgf.

yeah....youre bada$$.......but not for long.

Kevy Baby 05-21-2008 01:07 PM

Stupid people amuse me.

Moonliner 05-21-2008 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 212311)
Stupid people amuse me.

Then you must be one happy son of a bitch, Stupid people are everywhere....

LSPoorEeyorick 05-23-2008 02:26 PM

Noid attacks Domino's Pizza. No, really.

LSPoorEeyorick 05-23-2008 02:46 PM

I'm pretty open-minded about people and preference, but when I read this story, all I could think was that I felt terrible for the gay couples who now would have to contend with a really-for-real example for the people who say "if we let them marry, pretty soon somebody's going to want to marry a goat, or a car."

Ghoulish Delight 05-23-2008 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 212830)
I'm pretty open-minded about people and preference, but when I read this story, all I could think was that I felt terrible for the gay couples who now would have to contend with a really-for-real example for the people who say "if we let them marry, pretty soon somebody's going to want to marry a goat, or a car."

Err, you sure his name isn't Mark McKinney? [NSFW]*






* UYWAJSSIWCGRA**







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LSPoorEeyorick 05-23-2008 03:10 PM

TYVMIW!

And, mein got!

Most amusing. And prescient.

"Oh, there's a name, actually..." Heh heh.

innerSpaceman 05-23-2008 03:14 PM

Ok, that video did not help me find out just how it is you have sex with a car.

Moonliner 05-24-2008 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 212837)
Ok, that video did not help me find out just how it is you have sex with a car.

Let's just say it's exhausting. And possibly very hot.

Morrigoon 05-28-2008 12:37 PM

I've heard of gender-identity issues, but limb-identity?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/138932

(People who want to amputate perfectly healthy limbs)

Alex 05-28-2008 01:18 PM

It raises interesting questions. If wanting to chop off your hand because it just feels wrong and you know you aren't supposed ot have it is a disorder to be treated, what is the differential between that and knowing that it was a mistake you were born a man and therefore removing and reorganizing your genitalia.

The ever challenging question of when deviation from the mean is acceptable variation instead of malfunction.

Kevy Baby 05-28-2008 01:38 PM

They actually dealt with this on Grey's Anatomy. The guy came into the hospital to have his foot removed because it wasn't his. Staff said no, so he ended up chopping it off himself with a chainsaw. In the hospital. Funny stuff.

Kevy Baby 05-28-2008 04:35 PM

Bizarre Cat Health Hazard: Urinating on Electrical Sockets
Pet Death and House Fires Possible


Okay, it is a serious article and all, but I found the headline/idea rather bizarre

CoasterMatt 05-28-2008 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 213599)
Bizarre Cat Health Hazard: Urinating on Electrical Sockets
Pet Death and House Fires Possible


Okay, it is a serious article and all, but I found the headline/idea rather bizarre

This instantly made me think of this - "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence"

Moonliner 05-28-2008 07:28 PM

Purported UFO video to be shown Friday

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoonyToon
A video that purportedly shows a living, breathing space alien will be shown to the news media Friday in Denver.

While this will certainly turn out to be unconvincing, it made me wonder. In today's CGI on the cheap world, what would it take (video wise) to convince you of alien visitors to earth?

innerSpaceman 05-28-2008 08:05 PM

Yeah, it would be impossible to convince me on video.


And that's from someone who doesn't have a particularly difficult time believing in space aliens.

Alex 05-28-2008 08:58 PM

People I otherwise respect and trust not to be playing practical jokes telling me they examined the situation and believe it to be real.

I have no problem believing in aliens. I just think it is almost infinitesimally unlikely they have visited earth. But I could easily be wrong.

Capt Jack 05-28-2008 09:46 PM

yeah, that pretty much says it


JWBear 05-29-2008 03:47 PM

Man uses gun for backscratcher, shoots himself

He needs to try harder if he wants to win the Darwin Award!

Ghoulish Delight 05-29-2008 03:52 PM

I'm too lazy to look them up right now, but within the last few weeks there have been 2 stories of police officers shooting themselves during gun safety training.

Kevy Baby 05-29-2008 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 213851)
I'm too lazy to look them up right now, but within the last few weeks there have been 2 stories of police officers shooting themselves during gun safety training.

Since I am looking to kill a few minutes:

From May 5th (Riverdale, UT)
From May 15th (Littleton, CO)

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 05-30-2008 02:25 PM

http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/16435158/detail.html

Report: Clay Aiken Impregnates Producer, 50

Mother Of Child Reportedly Artificially Inseminated


'nuff said!

katiesue 05-30-2008 02:29 PM

That's just creepy.

Capt Jack 05-30-2008 02:37 PM

geez, if he wants a beard that bad, just grow one

Ghoulish Delight 05-30-2008 02:50 PM

Woman hides in man's closet.....for a year!

SzczerbiakManiac 05-30-2008 03:19 PM

Obviously, that man wasn't Clay Aiken--his closet is too full.

SzczerbiakManiac 06-04-2008 10:10 AM

Woman Calls Police To Free Her From Her Locked Car

That headline should have read, "Woman Calls Fire Department To Dislodge Her Head From Her Ass"

Ghoulish Delight 06-04-2008 10:17 AM

We had to call AAA once when my friend, in such a hurry to get out of his car to make fun of me for leaving my lights on, locked his keys in his car. With the engine running. And the car in gear (emergency brake on).

When the locksmith arrived, we asked him if it was the dumbest call he'd ever been on. He decided that the lady who locked her keys in the car with the window rolled down got that prize.

JWBear 06-04-2008 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac (Post 215225)
Woman Calls Police To Free Her From Her Locked Car

That headline should have read, "Woman Calls Fire Department To Dislodge Her Head From Her Ass"

$100 says she's blonde.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 06-07-2008 09:14 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/...kydiving_death

And there were lots of pictures...

CoasterMatt 06-07-2008 10:09 PM

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080606/D914RJPO0.html

Pa. crews rescue nude man stuck in portable potty

Quote:

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty. Authorities say the 31-year-old man used his cell phone to call 911 on Sunday from inside a portable toilet.

Police say the man had been drinking and had taken off his clothes. Somehow, he immersed himself in the holding tank.

Tref 06-07-2008 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 216025)

Pa. crews rescue nude man stuck in portable potty

WTF

Mousey Girl 06-08-2008 02:52 AM

ummm...immersed himself in the holding tank??? ewwwww!!!

Kevy Baby 06-11-2008 04:56 PM

What a headache: Man survives nail in skull
Retiree ‘still good friends' with man who accidentally shot him with nail gun

Quote:

A Kansas retiree still suffers from some minor headaches but otherwise is fine after a friend accidentally fired a 2 1/2-inch nail into his head during a home fix-it job on Friday.
Whole story.

I've seen stories like this before, but it is still weird.



X-Ray image spoilered for the squeamish
Spoiler:


Kevy Baby 06-11-2008 05:22 PM

Sex-in-church couple repent — and are forgiven
Italians caught in confessional box during Mass make peace with bishop

Quote:

ROME - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop.
Whole story.

Chernabog 06-11-2008 05:37 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0wYXXv2uoY WTF?

Kevy Baby 06-11-2008 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 216883)

And people find this funny? I am speechless.

Cadaverous Pallor 06-11-2008 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 216884)
And people find this funny? I am speechless.

Agreed.

Disneyphile 06-11-2008 07:30 PM

I especially don't find it funny after my seat belt debacle from this morning.

Alex 06-11-2008 07:53 PM

Can you just continuously confess during the sex ("...since my last confession I have engaged in public sex...since my last confession I have engaged in public sex...since my last...") or do you have to wait until you're done and then just confess once?

€uroMeinke 06-11-2008 07:55 PM

And would it be a sin if they were married - I don't recall a though shalt not have sex in a confessional commandment

SzczerbiakManiac 06-12-2008 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 216883)

Wow, what a cünt of a mother! Her son is writhing in pain, about to fall out, and she's laughing at him!?!

alphabassettgrrl 06-12-2008 11:54 AM

Yeah, that just looks like it hurts. I have a coworker who's a fat-kid and he screams random things on roller coasters, and makes me laugh until I cry, but I know he's not actually afraid so that's different.

It took me a bit to realize the woman was laughing at the kid and his screams of "this hurts" and "I'm stuck". The straps look completely inadequate; I'm surprised the woman stayed put.

SzczerbiakManiac 06-12-2008 12:18 PM

To me, he looked like he was choking on it.

I can get the laughing at the screams on a roller coaster. My derisive comment towards her was because of her reaction after she looked at him and saw the position he was in.

alphabassettgrrl 06-12-2008 04:19 PM

You're right- she did look at him, realize something is actually wrong, and continue laughing. Not cool.

Alex 06-16-2008 04:36 PM

Once again Home Depot glues a man to a toilet seat.

Now, I feel kind of bad for the guy. But I have difficulty imagining how you could sit in glue and not notice immediately.

Kevy Baby 06-18-2008 10:22 AM

This should be filed in the "Lawyers with Chutzpah" thread
 
German woman claims phobia of official letters
Court rejects mother's appeal of decision to halt child support benefits
Quote:

BERLIN - A German court has ruled against a woman who claimed a phobia of official letters in her appeal against authorities' decision to cut off child support benefits.
The Whole Story

BarTopDancer 06-19-2008 12:42 PM

Canadian Court Overturns Father's grounding of 12 y/o Girl

Story here

Quote:

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.
ADVERTISEMENT

The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.

Prudence 06-19-2008 12:50 PM

Russian spa opens monument to the enema.

Kevy Baby 06-19-2008 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 219173)
Canadian Court Overturns Father's grounding of 12 y/o Girl

Story here

Okay... no

I see in reading the story that there is an ongoing custody battle (people should NOT use the children as pawns in a divorce!), but even so, this case should not have gone to court. It is not up to the courts to subvert parental authority (I am talking about grounding or taking away privileges: obviously I am not about to condone child abuse).

cirquelover 06-19-2008 01:13 PM

I'm sorry but if I ground my son for going on the internet and posting inappropriate pictures than he is grounded. The court can say what they want but I'm not letting my child endanger himself. I understand this is an unusual case with a 10 year custody batle but since when can the courts tell me what is appropriate for my child. If I'm abusing my child that is one thing and I should be punished but I won't let my child inadvertantly allow himself to be abused by the internet at such a young age!

Ghoulish Delight 06-19-2008 01:20 PM

I'm guessing there's more to this than the story reports. For instance, with a 10 year custody battle, perhaps the father simply is not considered a guardian and does not have the right to inflict punishment. Also, it says "refused to allow her to go on a school trip." Does that mean the trip already happened? If so, what exactly is the point of "overturning" the grounding if the damage has already been done? Is this a gambit by the mother to gain an edge in the custody battle?

I'm taking this story with a whole lot of salt grains.

SzczerbiakManiac 06-19-2008 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prudence (Post 219177)

Quoting from that article, "An enema is almost a symbol of our region." Really?!? You should put that on your tourist literature!

And that monument really ought to be a fountain!

Kevy Baby 06-19-2008 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prudence (Post 219177)

EneMan should have been at the unveiling


Kevy Baby 06-19-2008 05:07 PM

Eye-catching thong gives rise to lawsuit
Woman claims eye was damaged by piece from Victoria’s Secret underwear

Quote:

“I was putting on my underwear from Victoria’s Secret, and the metal popped into my eye,” Patterson told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Thursday from Los Angeles.
Uh, honey: you supposed to put the underwear on your WAIST, not your HEAD.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patterson's Lawyer
“Victoria’s Secret does have its angels, but as we say, the devil is in the details”

Whole Story

JWBear 06-19-2008 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 219254)
EneMan should have been at the unveiling


Oh man... My job doesn't look so bad now. :eek:

Disneyphile 06-19-2008 06:00 PM

Oh, fling... fling a thong...
Make it stretchy...
So it doesn't pull up wrong...
Don't worry that it might rub against the crack of your big rear...
Just fling... fling a thong...

BarTopDancer 06-19-2008 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 219258)
Eye-catching thong gives rise to lawsuit
Woman claims eye was damaged by piece from Victoria’s Secret underwear

Uh, honey: you supposed to put the underwear on your WAIST, not your HEAD.



Whole Story

The woman and her lawyer were on the Today shoesw this morning. I forget who was interviewing them but she asked two great questions. One was what they had to say to those watching who are rolling their eyes at the lawsuit and the other was how much money did they want.

Lawyer attempted to skirt both questions and gave answers that resulted in more eye rolling. The woman kept saying she was in "excruciating pain". It was completely eyeroll worthy. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

LSPoorEeyorick 06-20-2008 10:56 AM

This one comes to us from Time Magazine. Apparently, several girls in Gloucester, MA made a pact to become pregnant. (All of them under 17.)

LSPoorEeyorick 06-20-2008 10:58 AM

And this one is old news. REALLY old news.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smithsonian
After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination.


BarTopDancer 06-20-2008 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 219370)
This one comes to us from Time Magazine. Apparently, several girls in Gloucester, MA made a pact to become pregnant. (All of them under 17.)

Heard about that on the news. They want to raise the babies together and think it's the coolest thing in the world. :(

I can see how the media makes it look "cool". The "baby bump" seems to be the latest accessory to have.

I almost hope Jamie Lynn speaks out about how hard it is to be a teen mom, what she is missing and how it changed her life.

Alex 06-20-2008 11:11 AM

I don't think it is necessarily the media that makes it look cool.

A friend in high school got pregnant when she was 17. Her friends all thought it was the most fabulous thing in the world. Even with my sister telling them how much pregnancy wasn't fun and how tired she was and all that. But she had a cute little toy that loved her unconditionally and provided a purpose and her parents didn't kick her out so she still had a support network and blah blah blah.

She was an inspiration, not a cautionary tale. And soon several of her friends were also pregnant. I swear, the attitude before the reality was more like having a tomagochi than a responsibility.

Kevy Baby 06-20-2008 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 219372)
And this one is old news. REALLY old news.
Quote:

Originally Posted by [B
Smithsonian[/b]] After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination.


What was amusing is that the flicker site gives the date of the photo as 1900 yet right in the description (quoted by LSPE above) it says that Parcel Service wasn't introduced until 1913. Ummm...

LSPoorEeyorick 06-20-2008 08:11 PM

They just uploaded a bazillion Smithsonian photos to flickr. I'm pretty sure a lot of their dates are "circa." But you can't honestly think a date listing is funnier than the picture of the baby in the mailbag? Little is funnier than a baby in a mailbag.

Capt Jack 06-23-2008 09:46 AM

not really a 'story' but definitely falls into the WTF category


JWBear 06-23-2008 09:59 AM

:eek:

mousepod 06-23-2008 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 219896)
not really a 'story' but definitely falls into the WTF category

This must be a fake. But I'm laughing out loud (at work).

Moonliner 06-30-2008 12:19 PM

Welcome to Maryland.

1. A police office is run over and killed by a perp.
2. Said perp is arrested and placed in solitary confinement.

Can you guess what happens next?

Quote:

Originally Posted by News Accounts....

19-year-old man suspected of killing a Prince George's County police officer is found unconscious in his cell, taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

Authorities at the jail say they have no idea why or how White would be found unconscious in his maximum security cell

Authorities do not suspect foul play.

The Maryland Medical Examiner has ruled the death a homicide.


scaeagles 07-10-2008 08:05 AM

"Black hole" is now a racist term.

Quote:

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.


Capt Jack 07-10-2008 08:31 AM

<sigh>

I really hate this effin' planet sometimes. truly

scaeagles 07-10-2008 08:35 AM

I'm reminded of another story where a county treasurer used the word "niggardly", which means stingy, in a some meeting and was forced to resign because it sounded too much like the N word and people didn't know the meaning.

Gemini Cricket 07-10-2008 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 224068)
I'm reminded of another story where a county treasurer used the word "niggardly", which means stingy, in a some meeting and was forced to resign because it sounded too much like the N word and people didn't know the meaning.

From Wiki:
Quote:

"Niggardly" (noun: "niggard") is an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", related to the Norwegian verb nigle. It is cognate with "niggling", meaning "petty" or "unimportant", as in "the niggling details".
Interesting. I don't think I've ever even heard of that word before.

Gemini Cricket 07-10-2008 09:05 AM

What the F?!
 
Quote:

AFA Calls for McDonald’s Boycott
The American Family Association has called for a boycott of McDonald’s due to the fast-food chain’s affiliation with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
Tim Wildmon, president of the faith-based organization, told The Washington Post, “We're saying that there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's going to fight against the values they believe in.”
McDonald’s is newest on the list of businesses and corporations targeted by the AFA. According to the Post, the organization boycotted the Walt Disney Company for its “embrace of the homosexual lifestyle” and Target department stores for using the word “holiday” instead of “Christmas” in its advertising.
"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told the Post. "That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment." (The Advocate)

So they're boycotting McDonalds and Disney and Ford... Sheesh, what a bunch of rabid dinglecheeses. I say we all don Mickey Mouse t-shirts, get into our F-150's and hit our nearest drive-thrus for Big Macs. After 11am, that is (10:30am in some places).
:D

Kevy Baby 07-10-2008 09:15 AM

And on a lighter note:

He took a seat at Rose Bowl — 39,250 times
Calif. man sets 48-hour world record but vows to sit in all chairs at stadium

Quote:

PASADENA, Calif. - Jim Purol took a seat at the Rose Bowl, and then another, and then another, until he broke a world record.

The Anaheim man set a Guinness World Record on Wednesday for "Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours" by sitting in 39,250 seats.

He began the task Monday morning, and he's still going, hoping to rest his tush in each of the stadium's 92,542 seats by sometime this week.

The 56-year-old, who already holds several other world records, says he has dreamed of tackling the Rose Bowl seats for 20 years — ever since he sat in all 107,501 chairs at the University of Michigan's football stadium.

The feat has taken a toll on his body and his cleanliness, as soot on the seats rubbed off on his clothes. He says he loves the Rose Bowl but calls the place "filthy."
That is the whole story this time, but here is the link none-the-less.

It's good to have goals in life.

Ghoulish Delight 07-10-2008 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 224075)

It's good to have goals in life.

In American football they're called "end zones".

Capt Jack 07-10-2008 09:51 AM

Quote:

"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told the Post.
can I at least still hate their food?

JWBear 07-10-2008 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 224068)
I'm reminded of another story where a county treasurer used the word "niggardly", which means stingy, in a some meeting and was forced to resign because it sounded too much like the N word and people didn't know the meaning.

And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys. :rolleyes:

CoasterMatt 07-10-2008 10:26 AM

Sorry to go back a couple stories - but WTF is with everybody saying that the video of the screaming fat kid is on a rollercoaster? It's a slingshot ride - a ride that can terrify even a freak like me - what a mean mom.

alphabassettgrrl 07-10-2008 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224069)
From Wiki: niggardly
Interesting. I don't think I've ever even heard of that word before.

I've heard it. Not in common use, but I knew what it meant. I didn't know it was Norwegian! That's cool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224073)
I say we all don Mickey Mouse t-shirts, get into our F-150's and hit our nearest drive-thrus for Big Macs. After 11am, that is (10:30am in some places).

It's every American's duty!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 224089)
And it reminds me of a story I heard about a man who almost got fired for using the sentance, "We need to take pedantic approach in our training." in a memo. Some dinglecheese manager thought it meant molesting little boys. :rolleyes:

Ah, yes, ignorance in action. ::sigh:: Got to wonder about the people who are so quick to be offended over something they don't actually know the meaning of.

Gemini Cricket 07-10-2008 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 224087)
can I at least still hate their food?

Yes.

Snowflake 07-10-2008 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224073)
So they're boycotting McDonalds and Disney and Ford... Sheesh, what a bunch of rabid dinglecheeses. I say we all don Mickey Mouse t-shirts, get into our F-150's and hit our nearest drive-thrus for Big Macs. After 11am, that is (10:30am in some places).
:D

Quote:

"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told the Post. "That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment."
You know, for this, I would go off my "diet" and partake of a McDonald's something. Give Bill Whitman a shiny gold star!

LSPoorEeyorick 07-10-2008 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Wildmon, re: McD's
We're saying that there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's going to fight against the values they believe in.

This dude has it backwards. Their dollars are being put into an organization that's going to fight FOR the values they DON'T believe in. Gays are not fighting against anybody's rights or values, they are fighting for their own to be respected and accepted.

Gemini Cricket 07-10-2008 03:44 PM

Well, I had McDonalds for lunch and I feel like ralphing!
:D

scaeagles 07-10-2008 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick (Post 224196)
Gays are not fighting against anybody's rights or values, they are fighting for their own to be respected and accepted.

No one has a right to be respected or accepted. It is common decency to do so, but they are not rights to be expected.

I realize many people will be angry over that, but I believe it's true.

Ghoulish Delight 07-10-2008 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 224207)
No one has a right to be respected or accepted. It is common decency to do so, but they are not rights to be expected.

Everyone has a right to be treated equally by the law. That is a form of respect and acceptance.

LSPoorEeyorick 07-10-2008 04:25 PM

I didn't say they were fighting to be personally accepted by the world at large. The fight is for their legal rights to be accepted by the government, which I personally think is not only possible, but within our generation's grasp.

scaeagles 07-10-2008 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 224208)
Everyone has a right to be treated equally by the law. That is a form of respect and acceptance.

That I certainly agree with.

Kevy Baby 07-10-2008 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 224208)
Everyone has a right to be treated equally by the law.

Except the Methodists. F*** them!

Capt Jack 07-10-2008 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224198)
Well, I had McDonalds for lunch and I feel like ralphing!
:D

shoulda stuck with loving their stance, but hating their food.

*shudders at the thought of gagging down a Pig Mac*

JWBear 07-10-2008 05:20 PM

Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

Quote:

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Capt Jack 07-10-2008 08:46 PM

1 Attachment(s)
a .44 mag? no way. .44 is not going to 'glance' off someones keys.
engine block? maybe.
concrete wall? maybe.

keys? uh...no.

Ghoulish Delight 07-10-2008 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 224247)
a .44 mag? no way. .44 is not going to 'glance' off someones keys.
engine block? maybe.
concrete wall? maybe.

keys? uh...no.

Note - it went through a kneecap first. Might have slowed it down some.

Capt Jack 07-10-2008 09:00 PM

44 will go straight through most armored vests. its not going to notice a kneecap very much

Kevy Baby 07-11-2008 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 224249)
44 will go straight through most armored vests. its not going to notice a kneecap very much

Maybe he had a carbon fiber kneecap?

JWBear 07-11-2008 10:13 AM

Or he was bionic!

CoasterMatt 07-14-2008 03:34 PM

Man Self Decapitates!

Full story here.

Chainsaws shouldn't be used as beard trimmers.

Capt Jack 07-14-2008 03:55 PM

perhaps its just my suspicious nature, but my first thought.........he knew that once the place was leveled, "something" would be discovered...and linked to him? perhaps even something pertaining to said chainsaw? hmmmmmmm


oh, and personally, if Im gonna off myself......a chainsaw, while dramatic and all that rot, isnt really a method on my preferred list.

Gemini Cricket 07-14-2008 04:09 PM

How the hell do you cut your own head off with a chainsaw?!
Wouldn't you stop halfway through the neck because you're already dead?

Alex 07-14-2008 04:18 PM

It's all in the arm speed.

Though I can think of several gravity methods that would get the trick done.

Gemini Cricket 07-14-2008 04:23 PM

Ew!

LashStoat 07-14-2008 04:28 PM

This is a true story…

Stoat: "Hi, I'd like to speak to Janet"
Telephonist: "Janet's on holidays"
Stoat: "Oh...Ok, can I speak to someone else in her department?"
Telephonist: "Well, let me see, hmmm…Nicole”
Stoat: “Yes, Ok, I’ll speak to Nicole”
Telephonist: “I’ll put you on hold…”

[heavy metal din rattles my fillings for 5 minutes]

Not Nicole: “Hi, this is the Communications Department”
Stoat: “Hi Nicole, I need some legal advice”
Not Nicole: “This is not Nicole, it’s Julie”
Stoat: “Sorry Julie, I was told that I’d be speaking to Nicole”
Julie: “Nicole doesn’t work here any more”
Stoat: “Well I actually wanted to speak to Janet, but she’s on holidays”
Julie: “No she’s not – she’s in today”
Stoat: “Oh good – may I speak with her?”
Julie: “Sorry, Janet’s on another call right now”
Stoat: “Well, I can hold until she’s available”
Julie: “I’ll put you on hold…”

[heavy metal din rattles my fillings for 5 minutes]

Not Julie: “How can I help you?”
Stoat: “Hi Julie?...I was waiting for Janet”
Not Julie: “This not Julie, this is Christina…Julie has gone to lunch”
Stoat: “Christina, may I please speak to Janet?”
Christina: “Janet is on holidays”
Stoat: “But Julie told me that Janet was on another call”
Christina: “Look..can someone else help you? Nicole is available”
Stoat: “But Julie told me that Nicole doesn’t work there anymore”
Christina: “I’ll put you on hold…”

[heavy metal din rattles my fillings for 10 minutes]

Stoat: “Hi Christina?...what’s the deal with Nicole?”
Not Christina: “This is not Christina, this is Trudy”
Stoat: “Sorry Trudy, I was after Janet”
Trudy: “Janet’s knocked off for the day”
Stoat: “Well when should I call back?”
Trudy: “Janet will be on holidays for two weeks…
Stoat: [silence]

Trudy: "Can someone else help you?”
Stoat: “God might have – but I think he has forsaken me – click”

LashStoat 07-14-2008 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224871)
How the hell do you cut your own head off with a chainsaw?!
Wouldn't you stop halfway through the neck because you're already dead?

Dear GC,

Bear and I watched a DVD called "Hostel" by Qentin Tarrantino. I spent most of the movie peering through my fingers or watching the reflection upside-down in the glass-topped coffee table.

If you require instruction on "incredibly gruesome things to do to yourself and others with a chainsaw" then rent this sucker. Oh...and I reckon MythBusters could easily demonstrate that an individual could top 'emselves quite easily...after all, we are talking about a couple of feet of totally exposed fast moving metal teeth.

Chainsaws scare the pants of me...

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Alex 07-14-2008 04:47 PM

Minor point of clarification. Hostel is an Eli Roth film. I suspect a Tarantino version would have more artistic value and not be just torture porn (and I use that in the cinematic rather than actual pornography sense to avoid the long conversation that happened last time I said torture porn).

LashStoat 07-14-2008 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 224881)
Minor point of clarification. Hostel is an Eli Roth film. I suspect a Tarantino version would have more artistic value and not be just torture porn (and I use that in the cinematic rather than actual pornography sense to avoid the long conversation that happened last time I said torture porn).

Dear Alex,

Maybe there are different versions out there...I could have sworn I saw Qentin's name on the screen. I will say this though: apart from the gratuitous gore, the plot actually held together quite well (better than most body parts anyway) and actually led to a reasonable resolution, which I quite liked.

Hugs,

The Stoat.

mousepod 07-14-2008 05:19 PM

Tarantino was an "Executive Producer" on Hostel, and the film was a "Quentin Tarantino presents..." feature.

So I understand why Stoat would think it was a QT flick.

LashStoat 07-14-2008 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mousepod (Post 224888)
Tarantino was an "Executive Producer" on Hostel, and the film was a "Quentin Tarantino presents..." feature.

So I understand why Stoat would think it was a QT flick.

Dear Mousepod,

Thanks for clearing that up...which is exactly what the stage hands would have been doing for days..weeks..months after !!!

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Kevy Baby 07-14-2008 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 224873)
It's all in the arm speed.

Though I can think of several gravity methods that would get the trick done.

I am occasionally disturbed by the amount of thought you put into these kind of things.

€uroMeinke 07-14-2008 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 224859)
Man Self Decapitates!

Full story here.

Chainsaws shouldn't be used as beard trimmers.

Guess I know what I'll be getting for Xmas

LashStoat 07-14-2008 06:42 PM

Well, as this IS the WTF thread, this comment won't be out of place:

They say that Mr Phyall was "vulnerable". This is the same guy that had a fully operational chainsaw in a unit. I'm glad that I didn't try to sell him Girl Guide cookies or Nutrimetics.

It listed the possible cause of death of Mr Phyall as ‘complete transaction of the neck’.

Naahhh...that couldn't have possibly been the cause. Had they said "complete transaction of the bank" I'd have cause for concern, 'cos my bank never gets it right.

An ambulance service spokesman said: ‘We were called to an address in Bishopstoke to reports to a “concerns for welfare.”

Well, when the caller said "Mr Phyall had lost his marbles" they weren't whistling Dixie (and neither, it seems, was he). On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate this an 11 in terms of "concerns for welfare".

I'll be heading off now...

Kevy Baby 07-14-2008 06:57 PM

Lashstoat

Don't go losing your mind over this story. It just isn't where we want this thread to head.

Cadaverous Pallor 07-14-2008 07:15 PM

Hmm, would a thread asking for everyone's "Overly Dramatic Suicide Ideas" be too wrong?

Kevy Baby 07-14-2008 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224920)
Hmm, would a thread asking for everyone's "Overly Dramatic Suicide Ideas" be too wrong?

Hmmm...

Alex 07-14-2008 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 224896)
I am occasionally disturbed by the amount of thought you put into these kind of things.

Like I've said in the past, while I've never come remotely close to committing suicide, I do think about it several times a day. My own death fascinates me. I can't see a high cliff without wondering what it would be to fall off it. A anthill without wondering how it would be to be eaten by army ants. A copse of trees in a twilight park without considering a violent mugging that leaves me mortally wounded but with enough life left to wander somewhere and die dramatically in the arms of a friend.

I find it really odd to think that there are people who don't think about such things all of the time. I think about good things too.

Maybe I just think too much and too fast.

JWBear 07-14-2008 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 224930)
...Maybe I just think too much and too fast.

Yeah... hat would be my vote. :rolleyes:

CoasterMatt 07-14-2008 09:00 PM

I always thought it would be odd to dive into a big vat of chocolate at Hersheypark and drown/burn in divinity.

alphabassettgrrl 07-14-2008 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 224930)
Like I've said in the past, while I've never come remotely close to committing suicide, I do think about it several times a day. My own death fascinates me. I can't see a high cliff without wondering what it would be to fall off it. A anthill without wondering how it would be to be eaten by army ants. A copse of trees in a twilight park without considering a violent mugging that leaves me mortally wounded but with enough life left to wander somewhere and die dramatically in the arms of a friend.

I think about those things sometimes, too. Not a lot, but sometimes.

Not Afraid 07-14-2008 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224920)
Hmm, would a thread asking for everyone's "Overly Dramatic Suicide Ideas" be too wrong?

Well, we just got to experience the aftermath of someone's apparent suicide (or, perhaps it was a murder). The guy died (or chose to die) on the eve of a heat wave few days later his neighbors just couldn't figure out where that smell was coming from. They figured it out - or the police did. We stepped into the elevator soon after they had brought the body down. It was not comforting finding out why the elevator smelled.

Moonliner 07-15-2008 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224920)
Hmm, would a thread asking for everyone's "Overly Dramatic Suicide Ideas" be too wrong?

Humm, I don't know. However I'm fairly sure I would have a lot of company. Were I depressed enough to end it all, I'd take all of the SOB's that helped make me that way along for the ride.

I guess it's a good thing I'm a happy guy.

Mousey Girl 07-15-2008 07:13 AM

After seeing (and feeling) what happens to the people left behind, I have noticed my suicidal thoughts have diminished.

Capt Jack 07-15-2008 08:03 AM

agreed

Cadaverous Pallor 07-15-2008 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 224930)
I find it really odd to think that there are people who don't think about such things all of the time. I think about good things too.

I have similar thoughts, every single day. Bike riding in traffic can do this to me more than anything. Just one swerve, by me or by the cars, and it's all over - or I'm at least horribly crippled. I'm never truly tempted, of course.

An Orange City Council member was killed in a head on collision a couple years back. Lady was drunk and crossed the meridian. She was barely injured. He was in his 30's with a daughter in kindergarten, a local guy who'd worked hard for his community. The entire city mourned. Luck. Bad, bad luck.

I'm a happy person too. :) Even so, (or perhaps, because) these thoughts are around all the time, reminding me how lucky I am, every single day.

Kevy Baby 07-15-2008 11:30 AM

Woman has 140-pound tumor removed
Oregon mom was told for years she had to lose weight, but she couldn’t
Quote:

REDMOND, Ore. - Throughout her life, Linda Rittenbach has struggled with her weight.

“You get bigger and bigger and bigger,” said Rittenbach, who has two grown children. “And then you go to your doctor and they tell you, ‘You need to lose weight — you’re fat!’”

Rittenbach had tried every diet, every workout, but the pounds wouldn’t go away. Doctors suggested weight loss surgery.

“But something in my head just said, ‘No, don’t do that,’” Rittenbach said last week.

It wasn’t until Rittenbach went to a different doctor this spring for flu-like symptoms that she found out what was really wrong.

Doctors told her a 140-pound cancerous tumor — a rare kind of liposcarcoma — was growing near her stomach. They said it had likely been growing for 15 to 20 years.
Full story

JWBear 07-15-2008 12:19 PM

Something very similar happened to a friend of mine. She had complained to her doctor (she had Cigna) for several years about problems she had. The doctor just kept telling her to lose weight. She switched her insurance to Kaiser and told her new doctor about her problems. The new doctor immediately ordered tests. They found a 10 lbs tumor in her abdomen. They removed it, and she’s fine now. If she hadn’t switched to Kaiser she could be dead by now.

SzczerbiakManiac 07-15-2008 01:39 PM

Two old ladies sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering homeless men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-15-2008 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224920)
Hmm, would a thread asking for everyone's "Overly Dramatic Suicide Ideas" be too wrong?

I always thought it would be a laugh to climb the Matterhorn and leap off it onto Sleeping Beauty's Castle, impailing myself on the gold spire.

BarTopDancer 07-15-2008 02:32 PM

I heard about that when they were caught. I'm WTFing what they were thinking.

Kevy Baby 07-15-2008 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 225114)
I always thought it would be a laugh to climb the Matterhorn and leap off it onto Sleeping Beauty's Castle, impaling myself on the gold spire.

That would be one helluva leap!

Alex 07-15-2008 02:43 PM

Boy do we live in an amazing world where that can be precisely determined in less than a minute from thinking of it.

Jumping from the top of the Matterhorn onto the nearest castle spire is 276 horizontal feet.

Gemini Cricket 07-15-2008 02:50 PM

Maybe if Bornieo was launched somehow... like with a cannon...

alphabassettgrrl 07-15-2008 02:54 PM

Move Tink's wire a little bit, and let go at the right moment.

Kevy Baby 07-15-2008 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 225128)
Maybe if Bornieo was launched somehow... like with a cannon...

But the launch can't kill him - that needs to occur when he hits the spire.

And it needs to be a fairly vertical impact on the tip of the spire so that he will be successfully impaled. So, the flight path would need to be a fairly (vertically) steep parabola.

Tom 07-15-2008 03:08 PM

Perhaps a cleverly placed series of trampolines could be employed?

JWBear 07-15-2008 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom (Post 225137)
Perhaps a cleverly placed series of trampolines could be employed?

That might work....

innerSpaceman 07-15-2008 03:25 PM

How hard would it be to simply slide down the Tink wire with your bare hands, such that they were cut clean thru by the time you are directly over a Castle spire?

Disneyphile 07-15-2008 03:32 PM

I notice this has rapidly become the "Kill Bornieo" thread.

Poor Bornieo.



Now, we just need to make sure to take out some life insurance on him. ;)

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-15-2008 03:48 PM

You guys take the fun out of everthing with your damn mathamatics...

Disneyphile 07-15-2008 03:49 PM

We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

Gemini Cricket 07-15-2008 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225145)
I notice this has rapidly become the "Kill Bornieo" thread.

Poor Bornieo.



Now, we just need to make sure to take out some life insurance on him. ;)

Bornieo knows that this is all fun and games. We would never try to kill him... again.
:D

Disneyphile 07-15-2008 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 225158)
We would never try to kill him... again.
:D

Yeah, considering the last plans got all screwed up thanks to someone (not mentioning any names.....coughGeminiCricketcough...) forgetting the rubber banding, thus making us rig the giant slingshot with my bra, only to have it misfire and land somewhere across the Pacific. That was an embarrassing day.

Kevy Baby 07-15-2008 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225149)
We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

It would be just like Bornieo to ruin my fun!

Kevy Baby 07-15-2008 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225167)
Yeah, considering the last plans got all screwed up thanks to someone (not mentioning any names.....coughGeminiCricketcough...) forgetting the rubber banding, thus making us rig the giant slingshot with my bra, only to have it misfire and land somewhere across the Pacific. That was an embarrassing day.

Yes, but usage of your bra did allow for a larger projectile.

Alex 07-15-2008 05:08 PM

[Several meetings interrupted this post; wouldn't surprise me if math went astray at some point]

Just a warped point of view, but mathematics (or one if its applied offspring) is, for me, frequently what puts the fun in.


So.

The Matterhorn is 147 feet tall or 44.8 meters. The castle at it's tallest is 77 feet (23.5 meters). Let's say that the short spire near the Matterhorn is half that or 11.5 meters).

It will take 2.6 seconds to fall those 33.3 meters. To travel 276 lateral feet (84.1 meters) in that time you'd have to jump out with a speed (ignoring wind resistance) of 72 miles per hour.

Gemini Cricket 07-15-2008 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 225177)
[Several meetings interrupted this post; wouldn't surprise me if math went astray at some point]

Just a warped point of view, but mathematics (or one if its applied offspring) is, for me, frequently what puts the fun in.


So.

The Matterhorn is 147 feet tall or 44.8 meters. The castle at it's tallest is 77 feet. Let's say that the short spire near the Matterhorn is half that or 11.5 meters).

Jumping straight out from the top of the Matterhorn (to maximize lateral velocity) it will take 2.6 seconds to fall those 33.3 meters. To travel 276 feet (84.1 meters) in that time you'd have to jump out with a speed (ignoring wind resistance) of 72 miles per hour.

My brain hurts.

JWBear 07-15-2008 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 225127)
Boy do we live in an amazing world where that can be precisely determined in less than a minute from thinking of it.

Jumping from the top of the Matterhorn onto the nearest castle spire is 276 horizontal feet.

This site is really cool! I just discovered that my work is precisely due east of my house.

CoasterMatt 07-15-2008 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 225149)
We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

Yeah, he could end up bouncing around on people in the hub, like one of those New Year's Eve beach balls. :)

JWBear 07-15-2008 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 225194)
Yeah, he could end up bouncing around on people in the hub, like one of those New Year's Eve beach balls. :)

That could be a new attraction!

CoasterMatt 07-15-2008 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 225248)
That could be a new attraction!

They could make a mint selling ponchos, talk about a SOAK ZONE! :eek:

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-15-2008 10:24 PM

We will have to test Alex's theory on the 17th then!!

Anyone wanna place bets?

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 07-15-2008 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 225250)
They could make a mint selling ponchos, talk about a SOAK ZONE! :eek:

Especially if I have Zocalo beforehand.

JWBear 07-15-2008 11:20 PM

Unfortunately though, it would be an attraction that would drive people out of the park in disgust (kinda like Light Magic).

Disneyphile 07-15-2008 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 225255)
We will have to test Alex's theory on the 17th then!!

I'd volunteer my replacement bra for the launching mechanism, but it'd launch you onto Tokyo DL's castle instead. So, we'll have to donate Kevy Baby's jock strap to the cause.

On second thought, that'd launch you to Hong Kong DL's castle, so scratch that.

We need something with much less pull.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 225265)
Unfortunately though, it would be an attraction that would drive people out of the park in disgust (kinda like Light Magic).

I'm not so sure that even this would break the City Hall complaint record achieved by Light Magic. ;)

JWBear 07-16-2008 12:59 PM

Trailer vs Canopy :eek:

Ghoulish Delight 07-16-2008 01:07 PM

Geebus. Story says the driver and his kid made it out. Freaking lucky, the corner looked like it tore through the driver's side.

Not nearly as dramatic, a couple years ago I saw an SUV drive into a parking garage. They either forgot that they had one of those roof rack mounted camping containers on or didn't realize how tall that made their car. They whacked the hell out of the hanging bar with the max clearance sign, knocking it off its chain and ultimately wedged themselves in pretty good against the ceiling of the garage. Pretty amusing to watch.

Gemini Cricket 07-16-2008 01:09 PM

Good thing they were safe. It looked like he would have been thrashed had he remained in his seat.

Which reminds me. I'm glad this video had some explanation of the aftermath of the event. I hate it when I see a clip and don't know whether or not the person was hurt, killed etc.

Kevy Baby 07-16-2008 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 225420)

Because no-one was hurt, I am able to say: too frickin' funny!!!

JWBear 07-16-2008 01:40 PM

What amazed me was how flimsily constructed the canopy was.

Betty 07-17-2008 06:58 PM

Breast Milk Jewelry - and - what's that odd mention of eating placenta's??? :eek:

JWBear 07-17-2008 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Betty (Post 225732)
...what's that odd mention of eating placenta's??? :eek:

Here

DreadPirateRoberts 07-17-2008 11:25 PM

Not for the weak of stomach:
Spoiler:

JWBear 07-18-2008 03:22 PM

Parachutist lands on band

Quote:

Two tubas were destroyed, said Mike Keating, assistant chief of the post's Fire Department. MacDonald said a trumpet was also damaged.
Oh, the horror!

JWBear 07-18-2008 03:26 PM

Two skydiving related stories today!

NY man loses prosthetic leg while skydiving

Quote:

Listemann says he's sure "it will show up eventually."

Kevy Baby 07-21-2008 06:15 PM

And another one today

Estonian skydiver killed by rotating propeller
Investigation under way after woman dies in accident on runway


Quote:

TALLINN, Estonia - Authorities say a skydiver was killed when she walked into a spinning aircraft propeller at an airfield in Estonia.

The incident happened as a group of skydivers were boarding the turboprop plane in the western town of Rapla.

Kulli Kivioja of the regional prosecutor's office said the 29-year-old victim died instantly after she was hit by one of the twin-engine aircraft's propellers. Kivioja said Saturday's incident is under investigation.

Parachuting club Skydive Estonia says the woman was an experienced skydiver who had made 224 jumps.
That is the whole story. If you don't believe me, you can go here. No pictures though.



ETA: Although I did find this picture:
Spoiler:

JWBear 07-21-2008 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 226285)
And another one today

Estonian skydiver killed by rotating propeller
Investigation under way after woman dies in accident on runway


That is the whole story. If you don't believe me, you can go here. No pictures though.



ETA: Although I did find this picture:
Spoiler:

I don't think I'd want to see the pictures! :eek:

Moonliner 07-21-2008 07:19 PM

UFOs blamed for nuke missile failures. <-- On Larry King

Video Link

Kevy Baby 07-21-2008 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 226296)
I don't think I'd want to see the pictures! :eek:

Ya gotta look: I promise you won't be grossed out.

JWBear 07-21-2008 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 226307)
Ya gotta look: I promise you won't be grossed out.

No, not the one you spoilerized. I saw that. I don't want to see pictures of the aftermath of the propeller accident! :eek:

Kevy Baby 07-22-2008 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 226324)
No, not the one you spoilerized. I saw that. I don't want to see pictures of the aftermath of the propeller accident! :eek:

Assuming that we've all seen Raiders of the Lost Arc, we can probably all get enough imagery on that.

Betty 07-22-2008 08:35 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2443562/Dying-eight-year-old-'marries'-his-school-sweetheart.html

So sad.

Kevy Baby 07-22-2008 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 226363)
Assuming that we've all seen Raiders of the Lost Arc, we can probably all get enough imagery on that.

Did I really spell Ark that way? WTF?!?

Kevy Baby 07-22-2008 09:41 AM

Horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE post below: read at your own risk

Spoiler:
I wonder if they had time to consummate?

JWBear 07-22-2008 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 226363)
Assuming that we've all seen Raiders of the Lost Arc, we can probably all get enough imagery on that.

I seriously doubt the event would be as “clean” as what was portrayed in RotLA… Not to mention they did not show the remains afterwards.

CoasterMatt 07-22-2008 12:41 PM

Spoiler:
I've seen what happens when a plane crash victim is ejected from the craft and blown through a steel garage door - I'm sure the propeller thing was similar, but more soupy than chunky.

Spoilered for the squeamish and those about to eat.

Ghoulish Delight 07-22-2008 08:00 PM

With apologies to our resident Wiccans...

Hahahahahahahahahah!!!

[emphasis mine]
Quote:

EBANON, Ind. - A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a cemetery in central Indiana.
Link

JWBear 07-24-2008 05:05 PM

117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home

Lisa, this woman is not a roll model!

Mousey Girl 07-24-2008 06:40 PM

I just don't understand the concept of animal hording (says the lady with 6 rats).

Kevy Baby 07-24-2008 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousey Girl (Post 227083)
I just don't understand the concept of animal hording (says the lady with 6 rats).

[pop psychology] It fulfills a need for companionship. The line of acceptability (of how many animals) is lost on the lonely person. One cat made me feel good. Two cats makes me feel better and the trend continues. [/pop psychology]

cirquelover 07-24-2008 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 227072)
117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home

Lisa, this woman is not a roll model!

Last night Gary says "Well at least she has us beat!" I peaked over his shoulder and had to laugh, yes thank god she has us beat!! Although I can't afford the 16 at the moment but luckily the babes are big enough to find homes. Which will cut the population in half, then we can try to trap the one to get her fixed and Gary has made friends with the other so we can grab her too!

I can't imagine trying to feed them all. Also why not just fix them. We always end up with some new mother cat or litter at our front door every year but all our cats are fixed, as they should be! The first year that we had two litters dropped off we had to have the feral cat coalition help us out with catching some but they were all caught fixed and given shots. It's not cheap having 9 cats fixed even with their help!

Disneyphile 07-25-2008 11:08 PM

Man Voids Warranty By Shooting Lawnmower

JWBear 07-25-2008 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 227375)

Bill and I are both laughing hysterically. Thanks DP!

Deebs 07-26-2008 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 227375)

Wow, is that guy single? What a catch. And he's cuuuuuute!

I don't know if I'd like south side Milwaukee though.

CoasterMatt 07-26-2008 11:44 AM

Starving Bears Eat Russian Guards

Morrigoon 07-29-2008 02:33 PM

The L on his forehead couldn't be any more obvious if he'd painted it on with his joker makeup

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/2...734282000.html

Kevy Baby 07-29-2008 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 228111)
The L on his forehead couldn't be any more obvious if he'd painted it on with his joker makeup

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/2...734282000.html

Maybe if he had dressed like the Jack Nicholson Joker it might have worked.

Deebs 07-30-2008 08:22 AM

Oh, yes, they call her the streak...
 
A medical check? Huh.

CoasterMatt 07-31-2008 07:43 AM

Man decapitates passenger aboard Greyhound bus in Manitoba

scaeagles 07-31-2008 08:08 AM

Wow. That's freaky. Guess he left the driving to them so he'd have his hands free.

scaeagles 07-31-2008 08:13 AM

Woman falls asleep on a ferry in Italy, wakes up covered from head to toe with ticks.

Ick.

Kevy Baby 07-31-2008 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 228757)

That is one story I am just not going to click on. I will just ignore that post and pretend things like this never happen.

Gemini Cricket 07-31-2008 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 228799)
That i one story I am just not going to click on. I will just ignore that post and pretend things like this never happen.

Same here. Ew!

scaeagles 07-31-2008 10:19 AM

Want me to post the picture that someone snapped with their cell phone?

OK, I'm kidding. No picture.

Kevy Baby 07-31-2008 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 228813)
Want me to post the picture that someone snapped with their cell phone?

I would be required to kill you. Nothing personal.

Kevy Baby 07-31-2008 05:17 PM

'Fat Princess' game stirs up heavy debate
Feminists argue the concept is hostile, others say 'lighten up'


Quote:

Sony rolled out "LittleBigPlanet," "God of War 3" and "Resistance 2" at its E3 press conference. And what is everyone talking about? A cartoony game from a no-name studio about a fat princess.

Why? Well, it isn’t the cartoony art style (although it is kind of cute). And it’s not the unique twist it takes on the old capture-the-flag game mechanic. No, what’s got everyone talking about “Fat Princess,” the forthcoming PlayStation Network game from Seattle’s Dark Star Industries is that the core objective involves stealing a princess and stuffing her with cake until she’s too fat to move.
The whole story.

Kevy Baby 07-31-2008 05:25 PM

Horror on Canadian bus as seat mate beheaded
40-year-old arrested after grisly slaying aboard Manitoba-bound Greyhound

Quote:

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A traveler aboard a Greyhound bus repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated his seat mate, pausing during the savage attack in central Canada to display the head to passengers who had fled in horror, witnesses said Thursday.
The whole story.

CoasterMatt 07-31-2008 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 228921)
Horror on Canadian bus as seat mate beheaded
40-year-old arrested after grisly slaying aboard Manitoba-bound Greyhound

The whole story.

This story seems AWFULLY familiar...

Kevy Baby 07-31-2008 05:46 PM

Oops... I didn't look far enough back. Sorry :(

CoasterMatt 07-31-2008 05:54 PM

I guess he was REALLY fussy about the guy next to him wearing headphones.

CoasterMatt 07-31-2008 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 228921)
Horror on Canadian bus as seat mate beheaded
40-year-old arrested after grisly slaying aboard Manitoba-bound Greyhound

The whole story.

The psycho on the bus goes stab, stab, stab... :evil:

CoasterMatt 07-31-2008 08:52 PM

Driver abuses himself and speed limit, court told
A TERRITORY man filmed himself speeding at 150km/h while masturbating at the wheel of his drug-laden car, a court heard.

Morrigoon 07-31-2008 08:54 PM

Pfffft. Overachiever.

Ghoulish Delight 07-31-2008 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 228960)
The psycho on the bus goes stab, stab, stab... :evil:



Geez, and I thought my unposted post* was tasteless!

Bravo. :snap: :cheers: :decap:






*I didn't know € had a conference in Canada

wolfy999 08-01-2008 12:01 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americ...bus/index.html

Thank goodness I don't use public transportation...could be deadly!

LashStoat 08-01-2008 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 228964)
Driver abuses himself and speed limit, court told
A TERRITORY man filmed himself speeding at 150km/h while masturbating at the wheel of his drug-laden car, a court heard.

Dear Matt,

1. Where is the TERRITORY? ...I hope it's like a big desert or someplace you can only hit cactii (that's plural for cactus, which is what you'd be if you hit anything harder or larger)?

2. Did he mistake his dick for the gear shift - if so, I agree with Morrigoon re over-achievement.

3. If he had one hand on the "stick" and the other on a camera, how in God's name was he steering the fvcking car?

Love and hugs,

The Stoat.

Moonliner 08-01-2008 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 228923)
This story seems AWFULLY familiar...

Big shocker here, authorities have arrested the guy.

It should make for an interesting opeing conversation with his cell mate...


"Hey welcome to the joint, what are you in for buddy."

I stabbed and decapitated the person sleeping next to me. So which bunk is yours?

Ahhh, ummmm. :eek:

alphabassettgrrl 08-01-2008 10:02 PM

I forwarded the Greyhound story to my friend who took the bus to Santa Barbara with me a couple weeks ago.

Kevy Baby 08-01-2008 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfy999 (Post 228997)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americ...bus/index.html

Thank goodness I don't use public transportation...could be deadly!

What is it with this story in this thread?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 228753)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 228921)
Horror on Canadian bus as seat mate beheaded
40-year-old arrested after grisly slaying aboard Manitoba-bound Greyhound

The whole story.


alphabassettgrrl 08-02-2008 08:55 PM

I like decapitation. If you decapitate someone, you really meant it. That's impressive.

Disneyphile 08-02-2008 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl (Post 229449)
I like decapitation. If you decapitate someone, you really meant it. That's impressive.

:decap:

RStar 08-02-2008 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl (Post 229449)
I like decapitation. If you decapitate someone, you really meant it. That's impressive.

:D
:decap: + Decapitation= :decap: :eek:

Moonliner 08-04-2008 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 228921)
Horror on Canadian bus as seat mate beheaded
40-year-old arrested after grisly slaying aboard Manitoba-bound Greyhound

The whole story.

Here's a story that just keeps on giving. According to local reports, After decapitating his seat mate the man did not leave the bus. Nope. He sat there until police arrived cutting off various bits of the fellow and eating them.

scaeagles 08-04-2008 11:36 AM

Tastes like chicken.

Morrigoon 08-04-2008 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LashStoat (Post 228999)
Dear Matt,

1. Where is the TERRITORY? ...I hope it's like a big desert or someplace you can only hit cactii (that's plural for cactus, which is what you'd be if you hit anything harder or larger)?

2. Did he mistake his dick for the gear shift - if so, I agree with Morrigoon re over-achievement.

3. If he had one hand on the "stick" and the other on a camera, how in God's name was he steering the fvcking car?

Love and hugs,

The Stoat.

With his knees, of course :D

Capt Jack 08-04-2008 12:38 PM

ok, simply posted here, as "wtf" is what I thought when I found it.

was cruising ebay, reviewing links someone had sent to me. as I did, the term "grandpa goth" popped into my head....

so...I went to search ebay for it, you know...just cuz...and mistakenly popped it into my google search bar.......

look where it led me

grandpa goth?


friggin' google really scares me sometimes :eek:

Moonliner 08-04-2008 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 229684)


Good name for a rock band.

RStar 08-04-2008 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 229692)
Good name for a rock band.

Like the Rolling Stones? :D

JWBear 08-04-2008 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 229684)

I thought he was talking about Mortimer Goth...

Kevy Baby 08-04-2008 01:33 PM

There is something about be-headings in the air:

Man beheads girlfriend on Santorini island
Greek carried teacher's severed head around tourist destination, police say

Quote:

ATHENS - A 31-year-old Greek beheaded his girlfriend and carried her head around the popular tourist island of Santorini before he was arrested, police said on Sunday.

The man, who police said had psychological problems, injured a police officer and two women while trying to escape arrest after killing the 25-year-old teacher in Greece's most picturesque island.
The whole story.

Good thing they threw in the bit about him having psychological problems as otherwise, we might not have known that detail and be left to wonder why might have have possessed the man.

Kevy Baby 08-04-2008 03:38 PM

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At lunch, I was reading the comics in the LA Times and saw this Bizarro. I thought it fit in with the derail above

scaeagles 08-04-2008 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 229715)
Good thing they threw in the bit about him having psychological problems as otherwise, we might not have known that detail and be left to wonder why might have have possessed the man.


Well, there is the whole "justifiable beheadings" crowd who may have assumed she did something to deverve it.

scaeagles 08-04-2008 04:09 PM

Now this is some serious global warming.

A hot spot in Ventura county reached 800 degrees fahrenheit.

Alex 08-04-2008 04:14 PM

Well, it is significant earth warming, not sure about the global part. I barely felt it here. Though maybe that explains why Las Vegas was so hot this weekend.

But otherwise, nifty story.

Cadaverous Pallor 08-04-2008 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 229715)
There is something about be-headings in the air:

Man beheads girlfriend on Santorini island
Greek carried teacher's severed head around tourist destination, police say

The whole story.

Good thing they threw in the bit about him having psychological problems as otherwise, we might not have known that detail and be left to wonder why might have have possessed the man.

No big deal - he was Greek, right?


CoasterMatt 08-04-2008 09:18 PM

Honey, Look!
Businessman cut off his own head in bizarre suicide
Quote:

Aug 2 2008

A WEALTHY businessman committed suicide by tying a steel rope to a fence, wrapping it round his neck then speeding off in his car.

The car containing the decapitated body of Tadeusz Szewczek sped off down the street as his head bounced towards his home where his horrified wife was watching.

JWBear 08-04-2008 09:55 PM

Is it just me, or is Matt's new avatar squeeing out anyone else?

Ghoulish Delight 08-04-2008 11:09 PM

Okay, I was joking earlier....but has anyone else noticed €'s lack of activity recently? That can not be coincidence. Chris, have you been using The Secret instead of posting on LoT?

Kevy Baby 08-05-2008 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 229882)
Chris, have you been using The Secret instead of posting on LoT?

No, I think he is still a Speed Stick man.

Not Afraid 08-05-2008 09:07 AM

Scientists in South Korea say they have successfully completed the world's first commercial cloning of a pet dog.

Quote:

Chief executive Ra Jeong-Chan told AFP news agency that RNL Bio could clone up to 300 dogs next year for wealthy pet lovers.
He added: "For my next project, I will consider cloning camels for rich people in the Middle East."

Capt Jack 08-05-2008 09:09 AM

I cannot put into words how much this genuinely disgusts me

Alex 08-05-2008 09:15 AM

I have no problem with cloning, I just don't see the appeal in this form.

There is an amazing story on an old episode of This American Life about a guy in Texas who had this prized giant bull that starred in movies and was the featured attraction at children's birthday parties. When it died, he agreed to participate in a Texas A&M (I think) experiment to clone him. The resulting bull had a completely different personality.

Capt Jack 08-05-2008 09:22 AM

its not the cloning that disgusts me. thats science.

$50k would help a sh!tload of the overabundance of animals already on the planet, rather than funding new ways to create even more for delusional elitests

(the above is personal opinion only and was not meant to incite anger amongst the clones in our midst)

Alex 08-05-2008 09:29 AM

Oh, I agree that the money could be better spent but that is almost always the case. If you have $50k extra floating around there are far better ways to spend it than on any form of animal care.

I guess that I'd say the money thing disgusts me the same way most $40k cars disgust me. Sure, they're neat but how do priorities get so skewed that anybody buys them?

Morrigoon 08-05-2008 09:44 AM

Now, I see this as using rich people's money/desires as a means of advancing the science. Rather than created unwanted creatures purely for academic reasons who will then be summarily destroyed, they get to create wanted, desirable animals, whose characteristics are well-known, and invite easy comparison to their originals, who will likely live out their lives as valued, wanted creatures. Meanwhile, scientists working on them get their research funded so they can perfect methods and move closer toward real-world medical applications that can advance the cause of mankind.

What's so disgusting about that?

Kevy Baby 08-05-2008 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 229928)
I guess that I'd say the money thing disgusts me the same way most $40k cars disgust me. Sure, they're neat but how do priorities get so skewed that anybody buys them?

Because I like them.

JWBear 08-05-2008 09:53 AM

$40k for a car isn't really that much these days...

Alex 08-05-2008 10:01 AM

To me it is and if I wanted to I could afford cars that cost twice that.

But my point was that everybody has different priorities on what is acceptable spending, particularly when it comes to luxuries such as automobile features and pet owning. Pretty much all money not spent on bare necessities of staying alive could be spent better by somebody else's priorities.

Kevy Baby 08-05-2008 11:38 AM

Couple told mid-flight they'd left child behind
Israelis remember duty-free and luggage, but forget 3-year-old at airport

Quote:

JERUSALEM - An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free purchases and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday

The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost.
The whole wheat story.

Alex 08-05-2008 11:43 AM

I assume the child then stayed home and thwarted the machinations of a burglary team.

Kevy Baby 08-05-2008 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 229965)
I assume the child then stayed home and thwarted the machinations of a burglary team.

Yes, that was mentioned in the story.

CoasterMatt 08-05-2008 06:35 PM

My sick mind thought the dog cloning in Korea was intended for the food supply...

scaeagles 08-05-2008 06:38 PM

If it were in China I'd figure they were just bulking up the food supply, but they were told to take dog off the menu during the Olympics.

Ghoulish Delight 08-05-2008 10:40 PM

Oh no! Leo's trip to Magic Mountain seems to have somehow merged him into the CoasterMatt/Kevy mind meld!

SzczerbiakManiac 08-06-2008 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 229871)
Is it just me, or is Matt's new avatar squeeing out anyone else?

No, it's not just you.

JWBear 08-06-2008 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac (Post 230293)
No, it's not just you.

Thank you.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 08-06-2008 02:09 PM

Police: Man With Chicken In Pants Arrested At Palm Springs Store

Officer Noticed Unusual Buldge In Man's Pants

Quote:

It surprised the officer when Yates lifted up his shirt and removed a 3 1/2-pound package of Foster Farms chicken breasts from the front of his pants," he said.
http://www.knbc.com/news/17112032/de...=headlineclick


Anyone seen Kevy today?

Kevy Baby 08-06-2008 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 230331)
Anyone seen Kevy today?

I'm not the one with the alarming package.

In my case, I might get confused with the leg of a game hen (Cajun Style), but that's about it.

BarTopDancer 08-06-2008 03:51 PM

Woman Locked Out Mom, kidnapped 5 kids
Quote:

Authorities issued an Amber Alert Wednesday after a woman disappeared with five children she had taken in when they were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

SNIP

But then something changed, she said. On July 13, the children's mother called Precinct 4 Constables "to report an acquaintance of hers was being reluctant to let her see her own children," said Capt. Paul Staton.

Waters said Tavey apparently locked Alphonse out of the house and then took off with the kids.

"Basically, she took in the family, including the mom, and then when it came time for her to give the kids back to their mom she refused and she left the area," she said. "Nobody knows where she is right now. That's why we're doing the Amber Alert. That's the last resort."

alphabassettgrrl 08-06-2008 06:11 PM

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/06/no-headline---nxxfcmorningreport07/

Dude pets mountain lion cubs, gets scratched by mama. When asked why he would do it? "Because I'm a Leo, I'm a lion, too." Reporter points out the cat could have killed him. "I didn't even think about it."

Moron.

But- KITTY!! Good kitty.

Kevy Baby 08-06-2008 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl (Post 230415)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/06/no-headline---nxxfcmorningreport07/

If I use this as the URL, I get a story about a murder in Casitas Springs.

Made a quick look but couldn't find a corresponding story.

alphabassettgrrl 08-06-2008 09:52 PM

Oops- my brain's a little off today.

http://cbs2.com/local/Puma.Cougar.Mo....2.789739.html
http://cbs2.com/local/Mountain.Lion.....2.789291.html

That's the cougar story. The top one says he might be lying.

Moonliner 08-07-2008 03:31 AM

I tell ya, It's the story that just won't quit......

Not only did the passenger decapitate his seatmate....
Not only did he then eat parts of said seatmate....

Now comes word that Grayhound had a big splashy advertising campaign all set to kick off for the fall. The theme? "How come you never hear about bus rage?" <-- True story, you can't make this stuff up.

alphabassettgrrl 08-07-2008 09:45 AM

Kevy, the murder story was just outside of my city here; pertinent, as I spent my morning guarding police tape from it, just not the one I meant to post here. It's just sad, not so much a WTF.

scaeagles 08-10-2008 12:33 PM

This is more like "cool" than "WTF", but I thought I'd post it here -

Scientists develop material than can bend light around objects.

Kevy Baby 08-10-2008 03:33 PM

Oh, I thought it was going to be a story about mirrors

alphabassettgrrl 08-10-2008 10:13 PM

Cool!

scaeagles 08-11-2008 08:24 PM

Giant inflatable dog turd floats away from museum, downing power lines.

Perhaps I'm somewhat....conservative in my arts tastes, but a giant inflatable dog turd doesn't sound much like art to me. Sounds like a college prank.

Oh - and it crashed into a children's home.

Why do I find this so funny?

CoasterMatt 08-11-2008 08:58 PM

The comments for this one might not be safe for work- the loud laughter after reading the story might not be safe for work, either.

Man Almost Loses Penis Humping Steel Bench

Almost forgot, includes excellent pictures to point and laugh at...

scaeagles 08-11-2008 09:00 PM

OK, I thought the giant floating dog turd sounded like a college prank....this sounds like fraternity hazing for sure.

"If you have an erection lasting more than four hours, seek immediate medical attention."

CoasterMatt 08-11-2008 09:05 PM

At least his name wasn't "Wang" :)

(Thanks, Bornieo)

Morrigoon 08-11-2008 09:06 PM

Matt: those are some pretty small holes in that bench there. No wonder he was lonely ;)

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 08-11-2008 09:13 PM

Somewhere in China "My name is Xiang and I'm a bench-f**ker."

Pirate Bill 08-12-2008 12:44 PM

I wonder how long it took the rescue team to stop laughing and help him.

I'm sure the vibration caused by cutting the bench free didn't help much either.

Capt Jack 08-12-2008 01:41 PM

Quote:

Doctors stated that if he had been stuck for even an hour longer, they would have had to remove his penis.
in this particular case, it might be a good idea anyway. he obviously hasnt a clue about the care and feeding of said pee-pee

SzczerbiakManiac 08-12-2008 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 231813)

VMJ CoasterMatt, I am just about peeing my pants over that one! :D :rolleyes: :D

alphabassettgrrl 08-12-2008 03:56 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL164524920080616

Old news but I hadn't seen it until now. Guy kidnaps his ex and makes her do his dishes and his ironing. He was mad at her for leaving him.

Disneyphile 08-13-2008 02:36 PM

Sometimes, People Should Be Neutered Too

Kevy Baby 08-13-2008 03:28 PM

DP's story lead me to an even more amazing story
 
Spelling Bee Finalist Eliminated on the Word “Girlfriend”

Quote:

Christopher Heck, a finalist at last week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, was eliminated when he was unable to spell the word “girlfriend.” Bee champion David Tidmarsh then clinched the title by successfully spelling “autochthonous,” a word meaning “indigenous.”
The whole story

I was amused by the mother who said: “Last year in the Illinois state competition he was knocked out when he failed to spell ‘popularity’ correctly,” she said. “It was a word he had no concept of or experience with.”

As opposed to the person who won the contest with a word he uses every day: "autochthonous"

Alex 08-13-2008 03:34 PM

I see Sports Pickle still hasn't solved The Onion problem of funny headlines, lame articles.

alphabassettgrrl 08-13-2008 04:05 PM

Last time I was up at Basset Rescue the lady told us some horror stories about situations from which they'ver rescued animals. One volunteer out on a rescue called her in a panic, the conditions were so horrific, wondering if there was anything she could or should do. Answer- you can't help the people. Grab the dogs and take them where they'll be safe.

lashbear 08-13-2008 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 231813)
The comments for this one might not be safe for work- the loud laughter after reading the story might not be safe for work, either.

Man Almost Loses Penis Humping Steel Bench

Almost forgot, includes excellent pictures to point and laugh at...

can only give visible mojo at the moment so... :snap: :snap: :snap:

BWAH HAH HAH HAAAH ! He should have bought a Fleshlight...

Morrigoon 08-13-2008 06:17 PM

Haha... woman's selling evidence of her husband's infidelity on eBay: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...P4651220080813

CoasterMatt 08-13-2008 06:28 PM

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!! (Olympic Style) - Horrible video here

(Hungarian Weightlifter dislocates elbow during attempt - not for the squeamish)

Morrigoon 08-13-2008 07:05 PM

Aaaaaugh! They had to show it, and keep showing it from different angles? The first shot wasn't so bad, but....

Disneyphile 08-13-2008 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 232469)
Haha... woman's selling evidence of her husband's infidelity on eBay: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...P4651220080813

Here's the actual listing.

The member questions are hysterical!

scaeagles 08-13-2008 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt (Post 232472)
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!! (Olympic Style) - Horrible video here

(Hungarian Weightlifter dislocates elbow during attempt - not for the squeamish)



I posted that link in the Olympics thread. It was Theismanesque to say the least.

Crazybirdman 08-18-2008 04:18 PM

uhn WTF?



Kevy Baby 08-18-2008 05:30 PM

One thing I never quite understood about body mods is whether the person has considered the life-long ramifications. In particular, I am thinking about the readily visible mods (such as the one above).

By no means am I against body mods: I even have one (minor) one myself. But it is hidden and not in a place that an employer would see it. People who do excessive facial mods (particularly the very permanent ones - pierces can be removed and often will heal with no long-term affects other than a possible scar) I believe will live to regret the mods. I could be wrong, but that is my $0.02.

CoasterMatt 08-18-2008 06:45 PM

Please Don't Stroke The Crocodiles

Quote:

A drunk was ripped to pieces by crocodiles in front of horrified tourists.

Eight crocs tore at the man at wildlife park, the Lake Carpintero sanctuary near Tampico, Mexico, The Sun reported.

The man was dragged into the water by one of the crocs after he leaned over a rail to stroke it.

The others then tore him to pieces in the attack. He was not able to be identified.
If it happened in front of "horrified tourists", then surely, somebody got the whole thing on video.

JWBear 08-18-2008 10:05 PM

Oooo... That had to sting....

Capt Jack 08-18-2008 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazybirdman (Post 233523)

eh, I could think of and have seen worse things done.

but yes, I think she will live to regret it

Kevy Baby 08-18-2008 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 233582)
eh, I could think of and have seen worse things done.

Oh absolutely. <-- Absolutely positively not safe for work in any way, shape or form

alphabassettgrrl 08-18-2008 11:45 PM

Ok, so it's not a publicly visible mod but ye gods, WHY????

scaeagles 08-19-2008 08:12 AM

Man comes home from vacation, surprises those mourning his death.

A man went on vacation and didn't tell anyone. His name - Michael O'Neill. When no one could find him, they grew worried.

Quote:

The situation grew even worse last week when his friends saw a death notice in a local newspaper. By an incredible coincidence, another Michael O'Neill from Middlesbrough had died — and both have brothers named Kevin and Terry.

I don't know if this is sad or funny.

Capt Jack 08-19-2008 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 233585)
Link<-- Absolutely positively not safe for work in any way, shape or form

aparrently my work agrees :eek:

Quote:

Obscene/Tasteless

dunt
wanna
know


Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 233617)
Man comes home from vacation, surprises those mourning his death.

A man went on vacation and didn't tell anyone. His name - Michael O'Neill. When no one could find him, they grew worried.



I don't know if this is sad or funny.

eh, hes alive and they all look like boobs so Im going with teh funnay

JWBear 08-19-2008 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 233585)
Oh absolutely. <-- Absolutely positively not safe for work in any way, shape or form

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Betty 08-19-2008 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 233585)
Oh absolutely. <-- Absolutely positively not safe for work in any way, shape or form

OMFG! Wow. I had no idea. I mean I knew I guess - but Wow. Just wow.:eek:

lashbear 08-19-2008 07:30 PM

Now we know what Kevy's (minor) body mod looks like !

...that was you, wasn't it ?

Sohrshah 08-19-2008 07:33 PM

WHY? Wherefore? Ect.!

Morrigoon 08-19-2008 07:35 PM

I know better than to click on a Kevy NSFW thread. So why did I click anyway? Eeeek!

Sohrshah 08-19-2008 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 233834)
I know better than to click on a Kevy NSFW thread. So why did I click anyway? Eeeek!

We click because We CAN'T HELP IT. He has this power, see...

JWBear 08-19-2008 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sohrshah (Post 233836)
We click because We CAN'T HELP IT. He has this power, see...

The Secret?

Kevy Baby 08-19-2008 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 233838)
The Secret?

My power is a deodorant that is strong enough for a man but made for a woman?

Alex 08-19-2008 08:08 PM

Split dicks are so 1995.

Kevy Baby 08-19-2008 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 233843)
Split dicks are so 1995.

What's the hot body mod for 2008?

lashbear 08-19-2008 08:33 PM

Split infinitives ?

Sohrshah 08-19-2008 08:41 PM

Um, speaking of grossly inappropriate in all the ways you aren't expecting (but not nearly as mental-floss inducing as Kevy's last):

http://idea-sandbox.com/blog/2008/07...king-thinking/

CoasterMatt 08-19-2008 08:43 PM

Windsurfer Decides To Ignore The Warnings - and gets Smacked down by Mother Nature

Glorious, professionally captured video - here

scaeagles 08-19-2008 08:48 PM

I saw that wind surfing guy. I have an idea - LET GO!

Capt Jack 08-19-2008 10:09 PM

did you ever notice how some things are just MEANT for slow-mo?

Alex 08-19-2008 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 233862)
I saw that wind surfing guy. I have an idea - LET GO!

Unlike with windsurfing, for kitesurfing you wear a harness around your pelvis that is attached to the kite so letting go isn't easy.

scaeagles 08-20-2008 04:33 AM

Ah. I thought that guy had an extraordinary grip.

Kevy Baby 08-20-2008 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 233886)
Ah. I thought that guy had an extraordinary grip.

The kitesurfer or the guy in my linked picture?

scaeagles 08-20-2008 10:39 AM

Well, in your picture, a two handed grip would definitely be required, as with the kite surfing.

Morrigoon 08-20-2008 10:57 AM

2-handed grip would be required for some of the other things linked here as well...

LashStoat 08-20-2008 11:55 AM

Speaking of grips...

LashBear's mum once walked into a hardware store and asked for:

"A grip of Tarzan's tube" instead of the glue named "Tarzan's Grip" that comes in a tube.

Ghoulish Delight 08-20-2008 12:06 PM

Wow, I didn't know MickeyLumbo was LashBear's mum.

scaeagles 08-22-2008 07:49 AM

Sex with Prostitute wasn't fun, it was work.

Where do we sign up for this job????

Quote:

"If you are asking if I had an orgasm, yes. It was a job, sir," Breiner said. "I didn't have pleasure doing this. I was paid to do it."

Kevy Baby 08-22-2008 09:21 AM

Work, work, work.

Capt Jack 08-22-2008 09:41 AM

technically, if HE was being paid to do HER, doesnt that make him a prostitute as well?

Kevy Baby 08-22-2008 10:38 AM

Face transplants could one day be routine
Follow-ups on two landmark surgeries find patients blinking, smiling

Quote:

LONDON - Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine.

Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and more work is still needed.
The whole story.

I can think of a few naked women I would like to transplant my face under.

Sohrshah 08-22-2008 12:43 PM

It's good to be the...cop


Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 234410)
Work, work, work.


SzczerbiakManiac 08-25-2008 11:08 AM

Numero Uno Moron
 
Idiot Olympian KICKS the Ref!
But he didn't like the ref's call, so it's okay, right....? :rolleyes:

Prudence 08-25-2008 11:21 AM

Italian priest organizes beauty contest for nuns

Quote:

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

Ghoulish Delight 08-25-2008 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac (Post 234995)
Idiot Olympian KICKS the Ref!
But he didn't like the ref's call, so it's okay, right....? :rolleyes:

Heh, just posted that in the Olympics thread. With video.

Betty 08-25-2008 03:38 PM

Punished for being too good?
 
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news....d=635049&rfi=6

Quote:

The fighting started this week when Coach Wilfred Vidro refused a directive by league officials to replace 9-year-old pitcher Jericho Scott, whose pitching they say is so hard, fast and accurate that it might frighten or discourage other players

...

Coach Vidro and the Scotts claim the real reason league authorities want Jericho on a team other than Vidro’s Wilpower Fitness is because they have a vested interested in another team that is second in the standings and can’t get to number one past Jericho’s winning arm.

They said that team is sponsored by Carlito’s barber shop and that league president Reynaldo Reyes owns it. Noble said Reyes does have a chair at the barber shop temporarily while his own beauty shop is restored after a fire.


Moonliner 08-25-2008 05:46 PM

Nine year old forced to quit pitching. He is too good.

Stan4dSteph 08-27-2008 06:27 AM

Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks

Quote:

By the time the neighbor heard Bonny's plaintive miaowing from behind the tiles on August 8, the cat's weight had dropped from 13 pounds to 4 pounds.
Poor kitty! :(

Cadaverous Pallor 08-27-2008 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph (Post 235370)

Quote:

"I'm a strong believer, I think she must have had a guardian angel.
Actually, I'd disagree. Or at least, I'd hope that my guardian angel wouldn't let me be walled up for 7 weeks.

How is this even possible, btw? There must have been a water leak...

alphabassettgrrl 08-27-2008 03:32 PM

Sad for trapped kitty. Happy for rescued kitty!

Bornieo: Fully Loaded 08-27-2008 05:23 PM

Link to "15 Images You Won't Believe Are not Photoshopped"

http://www.cracked.com/article_16556...toshopped.html

alphabassettgrrl 08-27-2008 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 235581)
Link to "15 Images You Won't Believe Are not Photoshopped"

http://www.cracked.com/article_16556...toshopped.html


Cool!

CoasterMatt 08-27-2008 10:50 PM

Jealous Man Beheaded Lover With Kangaroo Knife

Quote of the story - he apparently told his ex-wife
Quote:

"It would have been terrible if she (had) jumped around like a chook with its head cut off"
Terrible, indeed.

Stan4dSteph 08-28-2008 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 235581)
Link to "15 Images You Won't Believe Are not Photoshopped"

http://www.cracked.com/article_16556...toshopped.html

Those coconut crabs are freaky!

Cadaverous Pallor 08-28-2008 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph (Post 235659)
Those coconut crabs are freaky!

When I look at that photo I'm screaming inside. GET IT AWAY!!!!

Love the Inversion House though.

Ghoulish Delight 08-28-2008 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 235682)
When I look at that photo I'm screaming inside. GET IT AWAY!!!!

I'm screaming too. "Get a TUB of clarified butter!!!!!"

alphabassettgrrl 08-28-2008 09:56 AM

Not sure I could eat a crab that size. I did like the inversion house! And the commentary on the Dubai golf course! :) I can't imagine playing tennis on that high a platform.

Morrigoon 08-28-2008 11:01 AM

Oh good lord! AGAIN with this woman?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24537885/

Conceiving kids with her has got to be like throwing a hotdog down a hallway at this point!

Disneyphile 08-28-2008 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 235729)
Oh good lord! AGAIN with this woman?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24537885/

Conceiving kids with her has got to be like throwing a hotdog down a hallway at this point!

Good grief!

Hell with the hotdog - it'd be like tossing a toothpick into a subway tunnel.

Her cooch has gotta look like a 5,000-gallon hefty bag, flapping in the wind. :eek:

scaeagles 08-28-2008 02:04 PM

Does giving birth even hurt at that point?

SzczerbiakManiac 08-28-2008 02:17 PM

Was anyone else reminded of this scene from "Meaning of Life"? (NSfNA)

Capt Jack 08-28-2008 02:18 PM

sorry. at a certain point it crosses from 'wanting a big family' to 'a serious mental illness'


I think she has now crossed that point.......at least 12 times

Disneyphile 08-28-2008 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 235767)
sorry. at a certain point it crosses from 'wanting a big family' to 'a serious mental illness'

Seriously. Why couldn't she just be happy with a doll collection or something?

Ghoulish Delight 08-28-2008 02:49 PM

She must REALLY hate swallowing.

Alex 08-28-2008 03:01 PM

Or she does and her insides are misconnected.

alphabassettgrrl 08-28-2008 04:24 PM

That's a lotta kids.

Betty 08-28-2008 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles (Post 235763)
Does giving birth even hurt at that point?

Can she even tell?

Maybe things start echoing again and that how she knows? Well - that and there's a new baby of course.

Alex 08-28-2008 05:44 PM

Seriously though, so long as they can take care of them I don't really care.

Morrigoon 08-28-2008 07:51 PM

Does any child deserve only 1/18 of their parents' attention? How about 1/18 of their parents' available attention?

Sohrshah 08-28-2008 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 235772)
She must REALLY hate swallowing.

Snarfs her milk all over her keyboard in a valiant bit of irony.


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