WTF Stories of the Week - Page 150

JWBear · 04-12-2009, 10:08 PM

Scotland's #1 Male Barbie I think my eyeballs melted a little... WTF???

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-13-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

Scotland's #1 Male Barbie I think my eyeballs melted a little... WTF???

Says the lad, "There's no such thing as too much makeup." Uh honey... yes there is!

Morrigoon · 04-13-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Colorado state officials, under the greedy thumbs of the powerful beef lobby, reject a license plate advocating tofu.

Heh....

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As a vegan, she won't consume or wear anything that comes from an animal. "But it's not just about food. It is a philosophy of life. It means you have compassion for animals; it means that you don't want to see them performing or research done on them or them being eaten."

But.... she'll drive a car fueled by the decomposed bodies of dead dinosaurs :P

SacTown Chronic · 04-13-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

Polish Politician Questions Zoo Over "Gay" Elephant

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Ninio, prefers the company of other males,

Marge: He prefers the company of men.

Homer: Who doesn't?

Alex · 04-13-2009, 12:19 PM

To be fair to her (and others who run into that comment), the percentage of non-zooplankton animals contributing to oil creation is probably not that much worse than the relative amount of bugs killed in producing a head of lettuce.

The ultimate source of crude oil (and natural gas) is almost entirely from algae and zooplankton. And only the most devoted vegans make any effort to avoid consumption of currently-living-zooplankton so million years-dead zooplankton really isn't a concern.

So in that sense, using petroleum based products is probably not any more hypocritical than a standard vegan diet.

Coal is more likely to contain "dinosaurs" but it it still overwhelmingly sourced from plants.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-13-2009, 04:25 PM

Wow, neat. Snopes got snoped...and came out clean.

Snopes ran this story about a State Farm insurance agent who attached an anti-Obama sign to his business sign. According to Snopes, State Farm contacted him and asked him to remove the sign as they have a no-endorsement policy.

A couple months ago an email began to circulate claiming that State Farm did NOT pressure the agent to take it down and that Snopes had not contact either the agent or anyone at State Farm to check their facts. Furthermore, they claimed that Snoes is run by a married couple of highly political Democrats that have gone out of their way to hide their identity.

Well, FactCheck.org took up the case. What did they find? A) Contacting State Farm confirmed precisely what Snopes reported, that State Farm insisted the agent remove the sign due to conflict with their non-endorsement policy. B) While Snopes admits to not having called the agent, they said they emailed him and got no response. C) Far from being a very liberal Democrats, the David Mikkelson is a registered independent, formerly registered as a Republican, and his wife Barbara is a Canadian citizen, not allowed to take part in US politics. D) They have made no attempt to hide their identity, with articles being found as far back as 1995 linking Snopes and the Mikkelsons.

The full FactCheck debunking, including the circulated email, is here

Strangler Lewis · 04-13-2009, 04:37 PM

Oh, sure. "FactCheck." As if.

Morrigoon · 04-17-2009, 02:16 PM

Dunno why Fej hasn't posted this here yet, but dude, he found a doozy: LOLTATZ. It's like Cake Wrecks for tattoos.

DEFINITELY NSFW! (Or anyone else for that matter, in the case of one photo...)

alphabassettgrrl · 04-17-2009, 02:51 PM

LolTatz???? I have to go look. I'm sure it'll be painful.

SzczerbiakManiac · 04-17-2009, 03:14 PM

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LOLTATZ.

DEFINITELY NSFW! (Or anyone else for that matter, in the case of one photo...)

I'm assuming the one photo is this. Please tell me that was photoshopped!

Because if not, that's just.. I mean, come on... really? You paid someone to permanently put that on you in an obvious-to-everyone spot?

04-12-2009, 10:08 PM	#1491
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04-13-2009, 12:19 PM	#1495
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	To be fair to her (and others who run into that comment), the percentage of non-zooplankton animals contributing to oil creation is probably not that much worse than the relative amount of bugs killed in producing a head of lettuce. The ultimate source of crude oil (and natural gas) is almost entirely from algae and zooplankton. And only the most devoted vegans make any effort to avoid consumption of currently-living-zooplankton so million years-dead zooplankton really isn't a concern. So in that sense, using petroleum based products is probably not any more hypocritical than a standard vegan diet. Coal is more likely to contain "dinosaurs" but it it still overwhelmingly sourced from plants.
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04-13-2009, 04:25 PM	#1496
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Wow, neat. Snopes got snoped...and came out clean. Snopes ran this story about a State Farm insurance agent who attached an anti-Obama sign to his business sign. According to Snopes, State Farm contacted him and asked him to remove the sign as they have a no-endorsement policy. A couple months ago an email began to circulate claiming that State Farm did NOT pressure the agent to take it down and that Snopes had not contact either the agent or anyone at State Farm to check their facts. Furthermore, they claimed that Snoes is run by a married couple of highly political Democrats that have gone out of their way to hide their identity. Well, FactCheck.org took up the case. What did they find? A) Contacting State Farm confirmed precisely what Snopes reported, that State Farm insisted the agent remove the sign due to conflict with their non-endorsement policy. B) While Snopes admits to not having called the agent, they said they emailed him and got no response. C) Far from being a very liberal Democrats, the David Mikkelson is a registered independent, formerly registered as a Republican, and his wife Barbara is a Canadian citizen, not allowed to take part in US politics. D) They have made no attempt to hide their identity, with articles being found as far back as 1995 linking Snopes and the Mikkelsons. The full FactCheck debunking, including the circulated email, is here __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-13-2009, 04:37 PM	#1497
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04-17-2009, 02:16 PM	#1498
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Dunno why Fej hasn't posted this here yet, but dude, he found a doozy: LOLTATZ. It's like Cake Wrecks for tattoos. DEFINITELY NSFW! (Or anyone else for that matter, in the case of one photo...) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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04-17-2009, 02:51 PM	#1499
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	LolTatz???? I have to go look. I'm sure it'll be painful. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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