WTF Stories of the Week

[blueerica]

Utah Can't Afford Twelfth Grade But It Can Afford to Send a Whole Lot of Innocent Women to Jail

Yep - you read that right.

F this state.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Utah Can't Afford Twelfth Grade But It Can Afford to Send a Whole Lot of Innocent Women to Jail

Yep - you read that right.

But can't someone think of the children?!?

Wait... they are protecting the unborn children.

No, wait... they don't want to protect the 12th grade children

AAAAAaaaaaaiiiiyyyaaaaahhhhhhhh...

[SzczerbiakManiac]

SacTown, I think you're confusing "reparation" with "punishment".

And where's my houseplant, dammit!

[blueerica]

I didn't attach it, but I think what bugs me is how vague the law reads and how much it could cost. It was all over the news that they were thinking of cutting out 12th grade, and then this - it could cost the taxpayers to investigate and prosecute a woman that - for example - fell down the stairs on accident, already had to suffer the trauma of losing her child and now has to suffer an investigation, if there's any suspicion. Then we all have to pay for her incarceration if she's found guilty. Lovely.

[Not Afraid]

Frozen Dead Guy Days start Friday

After 20 years, Nederland's celebration of its coolest resident is still kicking with this weekend's Frozen Dead Guy Days.
The body of Norwegian Bredo Morstol arrived in November 1989, as his grandson hoped to open a cryonics facility in Nederland. The lab never happened, but "Granpa Bredo," a.k.a. the Frozen Dead Guy, has been on ice ever since.
Each March the town of 1,400 has welcomed tens of thousands to celebrate with funky festivities.
A downtown beer tent opens at 3 p.m. Friday, to limber up the crowd before opening ceremonies downtown at 7 p.m., followed by the Space Oddity Blue Ball, "all aliens and other space travelers welcome," the Nederland Chamber of Commerce advised.
Saturday includes a Granpa look-a-like contest at 10 a.m., a parade of hearses at noon, a polar plunge at 1 p.m. and coffin races at 2 p.m., along with live music and other festivities.
Sunday includes "family fun" events and a Rocky Mountain oyster-eating contest at 3 p.m.
For more information visit http://www.nederlandchamber.org/events_fdgd-home.html

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14...#ixzz0hHr5jPfN

[blueerica]

Wow!

However, it does sound like fun.

[SacTown Chronic]

Do they use the frozen grandpa to keep the beer cold?

[RStar]

Hey, fun for the whole family!

Sunday includes "family fun" events and a Rocky Mountain oyster-eating contest at 3 p.m.

Just don't tell the kids:

Rocky Mountains oysters - also known as prairie oysters, Montana tendergroins, cowboy caviar, swinging beef, and calf fires - are true Western delicacies.

What are Rocky Mountain oysters? They are that part of the bull that is removed in his youth so that he may thereby be more tractable, grow meatier, and behave less masculine. When the calves are branded, the testicles are cut off and thrown in a bucket of water. They are then peeled, washed, rolled in flour and pepper, and fried in a pan. They are considered to be quite a delicacy. Like other organ meats, testicles may be cooked in a variety of ways – deep-fried whole, cut into broad, thin slices, or marinated. At roundups in the old West, cowboys and ranch hands tossed the meat on a hot iron stove.

Quote from here

[JWBear]

<shudder>

[Mousey Girl]

I used to hide in my room during the castration day. I also learned real fast, not to open any containers in the barn refrigerator.