Believe it, or not! Weird news and other Oddities

[cattwoman98111]

Damn, Red Hammer.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.-Sacha Guitry

[Tiggrscorpio]

Mine was a blue screwdriver!

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"The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal." The Massachusetts Supreme Court upholding its ruling in favor of gay marriage

[Tempest Duer]

Blue's pretty common... must have something to do with the website. or not.

Willow: Hey Buff. One more thing. Buffy: Yeah? Willow: I’m gay. Buffy: Okay, Will. Xander owes me ten bucks.

~Remember to Breathe by Yellow Crayon

[justin]

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This had me cracking up when I read it. Did she actually think a cashier in Walmart could make the change? $1 million bill

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Mybe she'd just seen the film The Million Pound Note and had been hoping to copy it

Postel's Prescription: Be generous in what you accept, rigorous in what you emit.

[Diebrock]

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Man treated after attempting to nail himself to cross

Associated Press



HARTLAND — A Hartland man was treated at a Pittsfield hospital after he nailed himself to a cross. The 23-year-old man apparently was trying to commit suicide Thursday evening in his living room, the Bangor Daily News reported.



Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong said Monday that no charges will be filed. "There is no crime here," he said.



Police said the man appeared delusional and told them he had been "seeing pictures of God on the computer." He told them he had not seen the hit movie "The Passion of the Christ," which depicts the Crucifixion of Jesus.



Lt. Pierre Boucher said the man took two pieces of wood, nailed them together in the form of a cross and placed them on the floor. He attached a suicide sign to the wood and then proceeded to nail one of his hands to the makeshift cross using a 14-penny nail and a hammer.



"When he realized that he was unable to nail his other hand to the board, he called 911," Boucher said.



It was unclear whether the man was seeking assistance for his injury or help in nailing down his other hand.



Hartland Fire Department members responded, said Boucher, and cut off the wood while it was still attached to the man's hand. The wood and the victim were taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital, where the nail was removed.



Boucher said he did not know whether the man received further treatment.



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Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

I've kissed her best friend. I've reached into her best friend's pocket and fished around for keys. And I gave her best friend my number. I must be doing something totally, totally wrong... - TBSOL by Dreams

[urnofosiris]

I guess he could not foresee that particular practical problem.

[xita]

Garfield, for some reason I am not surprised he couldn't forsee that problem since this is the kind of person who would be driven to do this because he saw some movie.

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"No more twat. No more twat for me. Twat gets me into trouble!" - Crack Whore Jenny, The L Word

[urnofosiris]

He said he had not seen that particular movie, which (assuming that is true) is probably a good thing because whereas completely nailing yourself to a cross is a practical impossibility, flaying yourself isn't.

[xita]

Virgin's "Kisses" urinals get public kiss-off

       



NEW YORK (AFP) - Citing public concern, Virgin Atlantic has scrapped plans to install urinals -- in the shape of a woman's lips waiting to be kissed -- in the airline's clubhouse at New York's John F. JFK airport.

       



"Everyone at Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns about the design of the "Kisses" urinals," the airline said in a statement Friday.



"We can assure everyone who complained to us that no offence was ever intended," it said.



The urinal was designed by Netherlands-based company Bathroom Mania, which markets the product as: "Kisses, the sexy urinal, makes a daily event a blushing experience! This is one target men will never miss."



The design is of a woman's mouth with bright red lips, opened as if waiting to be kissed.



Photographs of the urinals were published in the New York press earlier this week and drew a lot of negative public feedback, with complaints that they were overly-suggestive and tasteless.



In Friday's statement, Virgin said they were intended as a "fun and quirky" alternative to the traditional all-white models.



"The urinals themselves were the idea of a female designer and we were therefore surprised by the reaction," the airline said. "However, Virgin Atlantic always aims to listen to our passengers and the general public and as a result we will not install the urinals."



Virgin's swanky clubhouse at JFK airport is for passengers flying its new upper-class suite service.



www.bathroom-mania.com/ur...isses.html

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"No more twat. No more twat for me. Twat gets me into trouble!" - Crack Whore Jenny, The L Word

[urnofosiris]

My first response was yuck, like pissing into a woman's mouth is cool. To each his own on that, but looking at the pic I must say they look funny and I bet it would help guys piss into the thing and not all around it. However, I think the peeing over the edge is more a problem with toilets than it is with urinals (I am having horrible flashback about London's public restrooms). Now if only they could come up with a brilliant toilet that would prevent people from pissing and shitting all over the place that would be great.

[Triscuit7]

Holley, I'm sad to say that Philadelphia is the host of a competitive eating event the "Wing Bowl". This year it was won by Sonya Thomas. She ate way more than 134 wings. If you want, you can view the video at this URL www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/special_packages/wingbow/ It's very scary stuff. You have been warned.



Ciao, Melissa

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Do something totally irrational and let the enemy think himself to death. (Pyanfar Chanur)

Edited by: Triscuit7 at: 3/21/04 6:08 pm

[maudmac]

Damn. I don't think Sonya Thomas is human. 134 chicken wings in 12 minutes? 9 pounds of jambalaya in 10 minutes? She is such a tiny little thing, seriously, where does it go?



And I didn't know there even was an International Federation of Competitive Eating.

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I have no professional training. I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all.

[maudmac]

Wow, Mel, I had no idea something like Wing Bowl existed. Obviously, it's a big affair, too. Wow. I think I am scared. And Sonya Thomas frightens me. So little in the middle of all these giant men and she out-eats them all? Damn.

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I have no professional training. I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all.

[xita]

She's known as the black widow dude. That's scary, she shouldn't out eat them but she does.. wow.

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"No more twat. No more twat for me. Twat gets me into trouble!" - Crack Whore Jenny, The L Word

[urnofosiris]

Ok I haven't clue how it works, except that it works. That is so freaky.



Edit: Oh d'oh serves me right for doing that when I am sleep deprived. I figured it out now. Man, don't I feel like an



Ok I did figure it out after all, I get it really. Funny, I miscalulated when I thought I had figured it out and then it seemed like I was wrong, but I really really get it now. Funny stuff.

Edited by: DrG at: 3/22/04 3:16 pm

[skittles]

ok... all the answers (final numbers) will be multiples of nine and they keep changing the symbol for those numbers.



ex: 88 .... 8+8=16 .. 88-16= 72



ex: 64 .... 6+4=10 .. 64-10= 54



ex: 27 ..... 2+7=9 .. 27-9= 18



all final answers are divisible by nine & all nine multiples have the same sign... but different each time you play...



but it is really cool...

skittles



"I'll tell you how the sun rose, --A ribbon at a time." Emily Dickinson

Edited by: skittles at: 3/22/04 3:27 pm

[michellesflute]

ok, so this took me a while to figure out how it works

I was like but then it hit me, lol.



Try it, it's really fascinating!



www.dslextreme.com/users/...sychic.swf

Anya: "So, I've been reading a lot about the good old 'us of A', embracing the extraordinarily precious ideology that's helped to shape and define it."

Willow: "Democracy?" Anya: "Capitalism."

[Gatito Grande]

I was originally gonna list this on the Crappy Feelings thread, but then I decided that this is more just funny than crappy:



Several months ago, I listed myself on Yahoo personals. I've got a couple of hits from completely wrong women ("What is it about 'Single Non-Smoking College Graduate under 50' that you do not understand?" ), but today my joy is complete:



This couple www.imageshack.us/my.php?...e=f2d2.jpg has solicited me for a 3-way!



GG Childrens, not if you wuz the last . . . Out



Well, if she ditched her husband, and quit smoking: maybe.

[maudmac]

The Stupidest Kitchen Tool Ever



Of course, I want one!

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dreams of the drifters die hard, y'all   /   bodies dance through the dark to submission
fast feet and saturday night leave you nowhere to stand   /   but nobody here is leaving

[mollyig]

Now that is quite bizarre!

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"Love is just like breathing when it's true" Indigo Girls

[michellesflute]

"That's right, it turns an ordinary frankfurter into this ..."







Thank god I just live NEAR Frankfurt, but I know quite a few frankurter (my mom's one of them, hehe) wonder how they would look like!



Well, one more stupid thing the world just waited for!

Anya: "So, I've been reading a lot about the good old 'us of A', embracing the extraordinarily precious ideology that's helped to shape and define it."

Willow: "Democracy?" Anya: "Capitalism."

[Warduke]

I read this over at Yahoo...

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Sicilian Blazes Put Science to the Test



By Shasta Darlington



CANNETO DI CARONIA, Sicily (Reuters) - The gate at the entrance to this tiny Sicilian village has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery fires.



A series of spontaneous fires started in mid-January in the town of Canneto di Caronia in about 20 houses. After a brief respite last month, the almost daily fires have flared up again -- even though electricity to the village was cut off.



An endless flow of scientists, engineers, police and even a few self-styled "ghostbusters" have descended on the town searching for clues to the recent spontaneous combustion of everything from fuse boxes to microwave ovens to a car.



The blazes, originally blamed on the devil, have not hurt anyone.



"We're working in the dark. We don't have a single lead so far," said Pedro Spinnato, mayor of the trio of Caronia towns.



"Every time some new scientist comes to town, they arrive thinking the whole thing has been invented or that they're going to solve the mystery in two minutes. They've all been wrong."





ELECTRICIANS AND EXORCISTS



The 39 inhabitants of the town halfway between Palermo and Messina were evacuated after the regional government declared a state of emergency in Canneto, which occupies a single street nestled between a railway line and the sea.



But after weeks of sleeping in a nearby hotel and houses rented for them by the government, they're getting desperate.



"I've seen an air conditioner burst into flames and burn down in 30 seconds. These are not normal events, but I think we're going to have to start looking for a different kind of help," said Antonio Pezzino, whose house was first hit.



From the start, Gabriele Amorth, one of the Catholic Church's exorcists, suspected the devil was at work.



"I've seen things like this before," he told Il Messaggero daily. "Demons occupy a house and appear in electrical goods," he said, urging the parish priest to take action.



The local priest, Don Antonio Cipriani, decided together with residents to let scientists have a first go at the fires.



After a brief visit to Canneto di Caronia, the head of the Committee for the Control of Paranormal Claims has ruled out demons or poltergeists -- at least for the time being.



"The fact that the phenomenon occurs only when there are people present makes it hard to believe that it is a natural, or even supernatural phenomenon," the committee's Massimo Polidoro said. "But we don't exclude further investigation if things aren't eventually explained."





UNSOLVED MYSTERY



Nobody can say the experts aren't trying. Canneto looks increasingly like a set for the TV hit "The X-Files."



Two fire trucks and a police jeep sit at the entrance of Canneto on alert for the next blaze while a van with a large, rotating antennae on top measures the radio waves.



A host of three-legged instruments to monitor geomagnetic, meteorological, electromagnetic and electrostatic indicators sit in apartments and next to lemon trees in the gardens. Colored markings on the street indicate the presence of volcano experts.



Police ruled out a possible prankster or pyromaniac after they saw wires burst into flames.



The hypotheses now range from a build-up of electrical energy caused by grounding wires running off the railway to a rare "natural phenomenon" in which surges of electricity rise from the earth's core.



The fires have even consumed unplugged lamps and an entire apartment. Black scorch marks still scar the apartment walls.



Italy's big utility, Enel, cut off electricity to the town and hooked it up to a generator -- but that caught fire as well.



More recently cellular phones and cars have also been acting up, with lock and alarm systems being set off without any apparent reason.





SACRIFICIAL GOAT?



The evacuated families of Canneto di Caronia who gather almost every night in the three-star hotel perched above their abandoned village are giving up hope.



"I just want to go home," said Rosi Cioffo, a shopkeeper and mother of two. "I don't know what's causing it and I don't care anymore -- even if it's the devil."



Her 9-year-old daughter, who is frightened every time a TV or bathroom fan switches on, may not agree.



Spinnato, the mayor, sounds just as desperate.



"Someone wrote to us saying the solution was to sacrifice a black goat and collect its blood. At some point, that's going to start looking like a good idea."

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Firefox: One Browser To Rule Them All.

[urnofosiris]

Oh I saw a report about that Italian village a few months or so ago. Fascinating stuff, I wish I could see it for myself.



I just got an email from a friend. She sent a video of a dog (a sort of bulldog I think) using a skateboard. Such an odd sight I tell you, the dog is really good at it, going fast and he can even steer. I don't know where the video came from, if any of out dog loving kitties are interested, drop me a line and I can mail it to you. It is a little over 1Mb and it's a WMV file.

[maudmac]

That's Tyson, the Skateboarding Bulldog!



Check it out, Tyson loves kittens.

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you've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down   /   there's a whole lot of rhythm goin' 'round
ow, we want the funk   /   give up the funk   /   ow, we need the funk   /   we gotta have that funk

[Willowlicious]

OMG! He's so cute! I love bulldogs. The only thing stopping me from getting one is that I'd probably have to buy one from a breeder, since you rarely see them at shelters. The thought of paying $1500 (and up) for a pure bullie makes me feel guilty because there are so many dogs that need to be adopted. I have four adopted cats and I finally shelled out $100 (very cheap) for a pure Siamese kitten two years ago. I felt guilty enough about that, so I think that's the extent of my pure bred purchases.



So, I guess I'll just have to enjoy pictures of Tyson.



Amy

[urnofosiris]

Thanks Holley, yeah that is him. He is adorable and a great skater.

[Arwen]

It would be fascinating to go and see the 'possessed' village for myself, i wonder if anything has come of it yet? Maybe we should send in W/T.

[Tempest Duer]

Dude... cute dog. And I don't even really like dogs, but that is seriously cool. Especially with the cats.

Saying that up is down will not make up, down.



~Gene Burns

[mollyig]

From yahoo



A teenage mother is to give up her baby for adoption on a reality TV show.Five couples desperate to adopt will be seen competing for the child on the programme, hosted by Barbara Walters.Viewers will see the 16-year-old mother interview prospective mums and dads on the show which goes out on Friday on the ABC News programme 20/20.



Each couple will be seen trying to convince the mother, known only as Jessica, that they would make ideal parents.



John Stossel will host the show with Walters, herself an adoptive mother.



He said: "Barbara will bring you what might be called the ultimate reality show.



"As you watch, a pregnant teenager will decide which of the five couples gets her baby."



The TV channel was inundated with complaints after commercials promoting the show, called Be My Baby, were aired earlier in the week.



A toned down version of the trailer that presents the programme as less of a reality show and more of a documentary was put out instead.



Jennifer Marando, director of an Ohio adoption agency which participated in the programme, said she was dismayed by the tone of the commercials.



She said: "We chose to participate in order to educate people on open adoption.



"But it's not an education piece at this point. It's an entertainment piece made into a reality show theme."

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"Love is just like breathing when it's true" Indigo Girls

[urnofosiris]

Oh let that be a joke, a bad one. What adults want to show of themselves and go through on reality shows is their business, but to use a baby in such a way is mindboggling. This isn´t a documentary, this is sensationalism at it worst.