WTF Stories of the Week - Page 147

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-07-2009, 02:36 PM

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

Alex · 05-07-2009, 02:48 PM

Are we sure this is a real story?

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

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

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

Tref · 05-07-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Are we sure this is a real story? Lincoln Park is a well populated suburb of Detroit (population over 40,000) so what sent my BS detector tingling ...

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

Alex · 05-07-2009, 02:51 PM

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

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

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

Alex · 05-07-2009, 04:50 PM

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

Tref · 05-10-2009, 11:07 AM

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

to read the story, click here

cirquelover · 05-10-2009, 11:18 AM

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

second class citizen · 05-10-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by cirquelover

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

This is in Texas. This explains everything.

JWBear · 05-10-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by second class citizen

This is in Texas. This explains everything.

It doesn't explain kevy.

second class citizen · 05-10-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

It doesn't explain kevy.

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

Or is that "swine flu"?

05-07-2009, 02:36 PM	#1
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05-07-2009, 02:48 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Are we sure this is a real story? A quick search is finding that this appears to have sourced to UK "humorous news" web site and hasn't been picked up by anything other than the blog Tref linked to. Lincoln Park is a well populated suburb of Detroit (population over 40,000) so what sent my BS detector tingling is that I find it hard to believe that they only have a single 911 operator who is also apparently manning the front desk at the police station. Not saying it is false, just that I'm finding it odd that the only published places I can find it are all blogs ultimately referencing the same questionable publication in UK.
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05-07-2009, 02:51 PM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Never mind, of course the very next link provides the clue. It originally happened and was reported last October so that's why it isn't coming up in any of my news searches. See now that it was a different police officer that arrested her because of the reports the 911 guy had put out. Still odd though that he's apparently their only operator. Mr. Stern must just be slow in reading his newspapers from Michigan suburbs.
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05-07-2009, 04:50 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Hey I admitted that just because my tingler was tingling didn't mean anything was necessarily tingleworthy.
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05-10-2009, 11:07 AM	#6
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cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Umm, Wow! That is crazy to charge the victim that much, or anything at all really. I'm just floored!
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