Miscellaneous/Amusing News Items

[Faded Rose]

We often get miscellanous new items posted...Should we start a thread specifically for any odds and ends that are amusing, interesting, gross or whatever which are not necessarily going to promote discussion but may be of interest to members of the board? :upyours :downyours

[blueone]

My "Granny Grows A Horn" thread would have been ideal here. :lol

[Sydneyfan]

I've never heard the Australian accent described as a "lilt" before but anyhow....something else to blame Neighbours for:

The traditional refined English accent is in danger of disappearing, and the hit Australian TV soap Neighbours could be partly to blame.

Casting directors for a range of plays, TV shows and films in Britain are struggling to find actors who can speak proper English. The problem appears to stem from a drop in the number of young people brought up to speak with a clipped English accent known as received pronunciation (RP), The Times newspaper reported.

Known as "the accent of educated south-eastern England'' and famously used by BBC announcers, RP is gradually being replaced by the classless estuary English, which is based on non-regional and south-eastern English pronunciation and intonation.

And it seems parts of Australian accents could be filtering into the mix. TV producer Suzan Harrison said she had found casting children in British dramas difficult because many had picked up "an Antipodean lilt from watching Neighbours''.

[blueone]

But who the hell would want to sound like a posh tosser?

[Starlite]

But who the hell would want to sound like a posh tosser?

Not when you can like us, hey mate?

[blueone]

Correct, sheila!

[Starlite]

Fair dinkum!

[blueone]

Dingeu oite moi boibee!

[la twinkle]

But who the hell would want to sound like a posh tosser?Is that the James Blunt type of english accent?

[blueone]

Yup. :)

[la twinkle]

British accents rule, but that one... ewww!

[blueone]

Arrrh, dun't come the raw prawn, moayte. Shtroof, Oi've knocked around the Territry for twenny years. Reckun Oi know a thinger two.

[Faded Rose]

This amused me - cut from The Times:

Ladies, it's time to take care of your hair, and this time I'm not talking about the ones on your head. You may already be au fait with the streamline style of a Brazilian and the purifying properties of a Hollywood but now you can also indulge in a Mexican. No not a moustachioed beauty therapist wearing a protective poncho and playing Guantanamera while relieving you of any unwanted nether-region fuzz but the newest trend in bikini hair design: making sure your collor and cuffs match.

At Scin the organic boutique spa in Notting Hill you can "cover grey, change your look, and make sure that everything matches" with a new sensitive range of hair dyes designed specifically for our more private parts.

Are they serious?

[Sydneyfan]

Sometimes, the internet is scarier than it looks:

A US Navy technician who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the internet climbed into his car and drove 2100 km from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.

As he made his way toward Texas, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares posted photos online showing the welcome signs at several states' borders, as if to prove to his internet friends that he meant business.

When he finally arrived, Tavares burned the man's trailer down.

This week, Tavares, 27, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to arson and admitting he set the blaze.

"I didn't think anybody was stupid enough to try to kill anybody over an internet fight," said John G. Anderson, 59, who suffered smoke inhalation while trying to put out the 2005 blaze that caused $US50,000 in damage to his trailer and computer equipment.

"All I did was call him a nerd and he came to kill me."

The feud started when Anderson, who runs a haunted house near Waco, joined a picture-sharing website and posted his artwork and political views. After he blocked some people from his page because of insults and foul language, they retaliated by making obscene digitally altered pictures of him, he said.

Anderson, who went by the screen name "Johnny Darkness," traded barbs with Tavares, aka "PyroDice".

Investigators say Tavares boiled over when Anderson called him a nerd and posted a digitally altered photo making Tavares look like a skinny boy in pants too short for his legs, holding a gun and a laptop under a "Revenge of the Nerds" sign.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/darkness2_wideweb__470x3040.jpg

pictured left is the victim and right, the image he displayed on his website after the court verdict.

[Sydneyfan]

btw if you've ever wondered how you keep 1500 Philippino prisioners amused (and who hasn't?), this YouTube clip has the answers. The chick with male pattern baldness is the star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

[Starlite]

btw if you've ever wondered how you keep 1500 Philippino prisioners amused (and who hasn't?), this YouTube clip has the answers. The chick with male pattern baldness is the star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

Wow, the best-behaved prisoners ever! :lol
I see they've done an entire series:
TBaw8UdTTH8
WjMd2Vabcv8

[blueone]

None of those prisoners look particularly brutish...

[blueone]

Utilikilts!

http://www.yahoo.com/s/638268

Who wants some, eh?

[FrigidRoses]

Ha. Sounds like something Tim Taylor would wear on Tool Time.

[ishellmay]

Famous people and the names they check into hotels with:

When the Killers checked into the Hilton at Copenhagen Airport earlier this month they booked into Executive Kingsize Rooms under these names:
Gunner Lovejoy
Will Ryker
Jellyrole Morton
Bat Masterson

Elton John - Fanny Beaver Snatchclit
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson - Iffy Boatrace
Tom Cruise - Mr Bellacon
Kevin Costner - Tom Feral
Lenny Kravitz - Pepper La Bijou
Drew Barrymore - Anita Mentor
Benji of Good Charlotte - Michael Jackson
Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder - The Clearly Brothers, Ike and Seymour.
Cat Stevens in the 70s - Ivan Toby Allen (I vant to be alone)
Mischa Barton - Marianne Antoinette (at the Berkeley Hotel)

[blueone]

Famous people and the names they check into hotels with:

When the Killers checked into the Hilton at Copenhagen Airport earlier this month they booked into Executive Kingsize Rooms under these names:
Gunner Lovejoy
Will Ryker
Jellyrole Morton
Bat Masterson


Will Ryker! :lol

It's a Star Trek reference:

http://www.durfee.net/startrek/images/Riker1.jpg

[Starlite]

Utilikilts!

http://www.yahoo.com/s/638268

Who wants some, eh?

Cargo skirts! :lol
A tad pricey though.

[Quincy]

Was that guys name Vile Gas?

[blueone]

:lol Yes, yes it was.

[Faded Rose]

This doesn't really fit in here but it is (for me) an amusing news story - in the music section of the Times and I apologise if it's been posted elsewhere:

" Book now....Ryan Adams. Alt-country's most erratic practitioner is back on form, judging by his latest album Easy tiger. His tour - backed by Neal Casal's Cardinals - starts November 11 Millennium Centre Cardiff."

Neal Casal's Cardinals? There was me thinking they were Ryan Adams' Cardinals.

[blueone]

Yea, I think there was an Easy Tiger review that made the mistake of calling them Neal Casal's band too. I wonder where on Earth they come up with the idea?

[Faded Rose]

I don't know - I always think of Neal as unofficial leader of the other musicians but they are Ryan's band to me.

[blueone]

I think where it comes from is that Neal is a solo artist in his own right whilst none of the others are - therefore I think people presume they're his band.

[blueone]

Pierce Brosnan to Narrate Thomas the Tank Engine (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6906293.stm)

:lol

http://www.spectaculartoys.com/Thomas_The_Tank_Logo_eyes_move.gif

[Faded Rose]

I'll try not to get over excited.

[blueone]

The moving image I posted is the most interesting part.

[Sydneyfan]

Okay.

BEIJING (AFP) - One of the world's hairiest men Yu Zhenhuan, a rock singer who calls himself "King Kong," has launched a campaign to run in next year's Olympic torch relay, Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.

The hirsute Yu, from the northeastern province of Liaoning, says he is a perfect candidate.

"The Olympics belong to everyone -- those with abnormalities included," Yu was quoted as saying.

"First I am a celebrity, inside and outside of China and secondly, I think my experience in coping with a disfigurement ties in with the notion of Olympic spirit."

With hair covering 96 percent of his body, Yu is pipped in the Guiness Book of Records by two Mexican brothers dubbed the world's hairiest with 98 percent coverage.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/hairyman.jpg

[blueone]

Bloody hell. :eek:

I want to know where the non-hairy 4% is.

[Starlite]

Bloody hell. :eek:

I want to know where the non-hairy 4% is.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb73/starlite_jess/hairyman.jpg

[blueone]

That's 1% tops!

[Starlite]

Oh, I forgot. His lips add another 0.03%.

[blueone]

He's got a really big nose. :ok

[Starlite]

He's got a really big hairy nose. :ok

[blueone]

:lol Yes, yes he does.

[Sydneyfan]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/lamb_wideweb__470x3520.jpg


A six-day-old lamb at a veterinary clinic on New Zealand's South Island bleats like any other newborn sheep, but is rather different in other ways.

This lamb has seven legs, local media reported today.

Two of the extra legs hang uselessly behind the lamb's forelegs. The animal has three hind legs, one of them with two hoofs. It walks using its two forelegs and three hind legs, the Ashburton Guardian newspaper said.

The lamb was born last Friday on the farm of Dave and Di Callaghan.

Mr Callaghan said he was surprised to find the creature, born with a twin, walking round in the paddock with its mother and normal twin sibling.

"I have never seen anything like that," he said.

Veterinarian Steve Williams at the Canterbury Vets clinic in the rural town of Methven said he believed an error during embryo formation had resulted in the lamb being born polydactyl - with many legs - a condition that occurs once in several million sheep.

[blueone]

That's actually really cool.

But I don't how C always comes up with the best articles. :(

[Sydneyfan]

That's actually really cool.

But I don't how C always comes up with the best articles. :(

Hey, when Thomas the Tank Engine news break, you always have the scoop.:upyours

[Starlite]

.

Darn, you beat me to it again! I was just about to post that story.

[blueone]

I had a moving image too!

Does your lamb move? No, it does not. :P

[Sydneyfan]

I had a moving image too!

Does your lamb move? No, it does not. :P

It's got 7 legs. It can move like Carl Lewis, dooooooood.

[blueone]

No way, doooooood! Wanna talk about it?

[Sydneyfan]

No way, doooooood! Wanna talk about it?

:lol omgzzz, is that the time???



Bye.

[blueone]

FINGER

[hildegoat]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/lamb_wideweb__470x3520.jpg

Awww, he's cute.

[Sydneyfan]

He is cute. But also very dead by now. They were going to send him to the big lamb pasture in the sky.

[foggy]

He is cute. But also very dead by now. They were going to send him to the big lamb pasture in the sky.

:(

[Sydneyfan]

:(

They didn't have much choice, he had a deformed bowel poor thing..

[foggy]

They didn't have much choice, he had a deformed bowel poor thing..

Aw poor little guy. :(

[Layne]

just Can't Stop Myself
"Bishop" Anthony Owens, 35, of Duluth, Ga., out of prison less than two years following a bigamy sentence, was arrested in April on suspicion of agreeing to marry four more women. Owens said that maybe he "misunderstood" Mormon teachings. [WGCL-TV (Atlanta)-AP, 5-21-07]

Kylie Wilson, 28, was convicted in June in Brisbane, Australia, of stabbing her friend Daniel Blair because Blair literally would not stop masturbating in her home, where Wilson's 3-year-old daughter was present. According to Wilson, Blair started his adventure in the bathroom and moved to the bedroom, ignoring Wilson's pleas, until she grabbed a knife and stabbed him twice in the shoulder. Even then, the wounded Blair merely retreated to the garage, where he continued what a newspaper called his "marathon." [The Age (Melbourne), 6-20-07]


thats for all you Aussies...:P

much loveeee

[Sydneyfan]

He kept doing it in the ambulance on the way to hospital as well - they ended up tying his hands behind his back. He was off his nut on ice I think.

[Layne]

He kept doing it in the ambulance on the way to hospital as well - they ended up tying his hands behind his back. He was off his nut on ice I think.


can U feel the burn..haha

[Starlite]

A 94-year-old Australian great-great-grandmother who quit school at 12 is said to have become the world's oldest person to earn a university masters degree.
Medical Science Masters Degree graduate Phyllis Turner, from Australia's Adelaide University, began studying for her postgraduate degree at age 90 and received her award this week.
Turner left primary school at 12 to help her mother look after her siblings after her father left the family.
She returned to study almost 60 years later, enrolling at the prestigious Adelaide University to study anthropology at age 70, winning honours in 2002 before moving on to her masters.
Wow.
Oh, and she has 23 great-grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.

[blueone]

That begs the question - Why?

[Faded Rose]

It helps to pass the time? At 94 surely your options are limited.

[blueone]

At 94 I'd be relaxing, chillin', chillaxing.

[Layne]

At 94 I'd be relaxing, chillin', chillaxing.

94 I would be making a quilt..HA

now I have a certian feeling that old people are going to jump me...parniod?:covereyes

[Faded Rose]

94 I would be making a quilt..HA

now I have a certian feeling that old people are going to jump me...parniod?:covereyes

I thought only ladies made quilts.

[Layne]

I thought only ladies made quilts.


get out of here.....nooooo....yeah you're right

danm I was trying to stereo typical..and funny...and you totally busted my ballz....jee whizz

alright CORRECTION: if I was 94 i was sit in my rocking chair complaining 'bout the young society and their "evil" ways

that and watching the world pass by:banana

[Faded Rose]

alright CORRECTION: if I was 94 i was sit in my rocking chair complaining 'bout the young society and their "evil" ways



That's probably more like it - totally forgetting that we were that young society once.

[Layne]

That's probably more like it - totally forgetting that we were that young society once.

i'm wondering....how does that happen...when you grow old..you always seem to be more religious...and go to church more...I mean my grand parents are protestant...and they think i'm the devil because I have sex before i'm married WTF saddo

maybe i'm just putting what I see from my own life...maybe all old people aren't religious..who knows?

[blueone]

It's just how they were brought up. Religion was forced on people a lot more when your grandparents were kids.

[FrigidRoses]

Damn straight. What's the point of living so long if you're not entitled to bitch and be senile?

[Layne]

It's just how they were brought up. Religion was forced on people a lot more when your grandparents were kids.


thats a perfect answer...can't respond to something like that

cheers to amigo :guitarsolo

[FrigidRoses]

Jihad The Musical!

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_01/JihadMusicalUPPA_468x410.jpg

International terrorism and the threat to Britain from Al-Qaeda would probably be deemed by most as unlikely subject matter for a musical.

After all, suicide bombing, mass bloodshed and fundamental Islam do not exactly lend themselves to singing and dancing.

But Jihad the Musical by the Silk Circle Production company has forged on regardless and is already being performed on stage at the Edinburgh Festival.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472928&in_page_id=1770

[blueone]

Ryan, I like how the weapons are all cartoony - nice touch.

http://www.splicedonline.com/04reviews/anchorman_.jpg
In other news, a lady gives birth to her 17th child. Here's a link, click on it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_fe_st/17_kids

[Starlite]

In other news, a lady gives birth to her 17th child. Here's a link, click on it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_fe_st/17_kids

OMG. What sane woman would want to go through labour 17 times?!
I found an old family portrait - back when there were only 14 kids. Identical outfits for the entire family!

http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/duggar2.jpg

[Sydneyfan]

OMG. What sane woman would want to go through labour 17 times?!
I found an old family portrait - back when there were only 14 kids. Identical outfits for the entire family!

http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/duggar2.jpg

Jesus. :lol

[foggy]

I found an old family portrait - back when there were only 14 kids. Identical outfits for the entire family!

http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/duggar2.jpg

:wtf That's disturbing. Not only do they dress alike, but all of their names start with J. Talk about homogenization.

[trappss1]

Actually heard that story on the radio. They quoted her as saying that she would like to have as many as 25 by the time she hits menopause!!! Crazy Lady needs to get some sense :slap ed into her!

[Starlite]

Not only do they dress alike, but all of their names start with J.

No way!! :lol

[Starlite]

Dad = Jim Bob
Mum = Michelle

kids = Joshua, Jana & John-David (twins), Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah & Jeremiah (twins), Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah & Jennifer.

Jedidiah? Poor kid saddo

[blueone]

Hai guyz. Here's a new photographic picture:

http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/lyre_byrd/duggars.jpg

All 17.

[Layne]

CAN U SAY MORMAN...did I even spell that correctly...I don't think so..but they do look like a bunch of mormans

[Sydneyfan]

Keeef has always seemed like a smart and pretty funny man to me...this book should have some great stories.

ROLLING Stones guitarist Keith Richards has signed a deal reportedly worth more than $US7 million ($8.2 million) to write his autobiography, tracing his trek from cherubic choirboy to rock'n'roll survivor.

The memoir will hit stores late 2010, said New York-based publisher Little, Brown and Co, which joined with Britain's Weidenfeld & Nicolson to secure worldwide English-language rights.

Media reports said a bidding war had pushed the price above $US7 million, a hefty sum given that music-based books are traditionally not big sellers. Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton reportedly received a $US5 million advance for his upcoming memoir.

Richards, 63, will collaborate on the book with James Fox, author of the 1982 murder mystery White Mischief.

The Stones' guitarist becomes only the second member of the venerable band to write his memoir, following former bassist Bill Wyman, who wrote Stone Alone in 1990. Singer Mick Jagger started to write an autobiography, but soon got bored and abandoned the idea.

Richards has never been shy about expressing his opinions, with Jagger often bearing the brunt of his acerbic wit.

The guitarist got himself into big trouble with his family earlier this year when he claimed he had snorted the ashes of his dead father.

[foggy]

Cherubic choirboy - hard to imagine. :lol Thanks for the article, C.

[foggy]

This bit also made me laugh:

"Singer Mick Jagger started to write an autobiography, but soon got bored and abandoned the idea."

Ha, now that I can imagine.

[Sydneyfan]

I know, I can't imagine Keith ever being innocent. In the words of Roy Slaven ( an Australian satirist/comedian):

When Keith wrote "I met a gin-soaked bar room queen in Memphis", I believed it, and I believe she did try to take him upstairs for a ride, but I don't expect him to remember much about it.

[foggy]

In the words of Roy Slaven ( an Australian satirist/comedian)When Keith wrote "I met a gin-soaked bar room queen in Memphis", I believed it, and I believe she did try to take him upstairs for a ride, but I don't expect him to remember much about it.

:lol

[Sydneyfan]

This bit also made me laugh:

"Singer Mick Jagger started to write an autobiography, but soon got bored and abandoned the idea."

Ha, now that I can imagine.

Ooh, I have a Mick Jagger story! A couple of years ago a journalist friend of mine was staying at a very expensive hotel in Hong Kong (for free of course :upyours ) and went up to the roof to check out the pool. There, in all his glory, was Mick Jagger wearing a tiny pair of swimmers, lounging on a deck chair with no fewer than three aspiring actress/model types hovering around him. My friend said he was skinny, wrinkly and to quote her, "wouldn't get laid if he were carpet" except for the fact that he is Mick Jagger.

[foggy]

Ooh, I have a Mick Jagger story! A couple of years ago a journalist friend of mine was staying at a very expensive hotel in Hong Kong (for free of course :upyours ) and went up to the roof to check out the pool. There, in all his glory, was Mick Jagger wearing a tiny pair of swimmers, lounging on a deck chair with no fewer than three aspiring actress/model types hovering around him. My friend said he was skinny, wrinkly and to quote her, "wouldn't get laid if he were carpet" except for the fact that he is Mick Jagger.

Is he very wrinkly now? I can't even recall the last time I saw him on TV. Tiny swimmers.. that is so Mick. :lol

[Sydneyfan]

Is he very wrinkly now? I can't even recall the last time I saw him on TV. Tiny swimmers.. that is so Mick. :lol

She was talking about his body. She said it was all wrinkly and that he was incredibly thin. He's probably had work done on his face I would imagine.

[Sydneyfan]

And in more must-know news.....


A Swedish heavy metal fan has had his musical preferences officially classified as a disability. The results of a psychological analysis enable the metal lover to supplement his income with state benefits.

Roger Tullgren, 42, from Hässleholm in southern Sweden has just started working part time as a dishwasher at a local restaurant.

Because heavy metal dominates so many aspects of his life, the Employment Service has agreed to pay part of Tullgren's salary. His new boss meanwhile has given him a special dispensation to play loud music at work.

"I have been trying for ten years to get this classified as a handicap," Tullgren told The Local.

"I spoke to three psychologists and they finally agreed that I needed this to avoid being discriminated against."

Roger Tullgren first developed an interest in heavy metal when his older brother came home with a Black Sabbath album in 1971.

Since then little else has mattered for the 42-year-old, who has long black hair, a collection of tattoos and wears skull and crossbones jewelry.

The ageing rocker claims to have attended almost three hundred shows last year, often skipping work in the process.

Eventually his last employer tired of his absences and Tullgren was left jobless and reliant on welfare handouts.

But his sessions with the occupational psychologists led to a solution of sorts: Tullgren signed a piece of paper on which his heavy metal lifestyle was classified as a disability, an assessment that entitles him to a wage supplement from the job centre.

"I signed a form saying: 'Roger feels compelled to show his heavy metal style*. This puts him in a difficult situation on the labour market. Therefore he needs extra financial help'. So now I can turn up at a job interview dressed in my normal clothes and just hand the interviewers this piece of paper," he said.


*:lol

[blueone]

And suddenly every Heavy Metal fan moves to Sweden...

[Sydneyfan]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/manowar-1.jpg



:guitarsolo

[blueone]

Someone ought to tell that man that there's a sock on his arm that's attracted to his left nipple.

[Sydneyfan]

Someone ought to tell that man that there's a sock on his arm that's attracted to his left nipple.

It looks more like he's done something unspeakable to a ferret.

[blueone]

Breast feeding?!

[Sydneyfan]

Breast feeding?!

Nice how he manages to keep it natural while still being an awesome heavy metal rock god.

[blueone]

:lol

To Heavy Metal what Bruce Springsteen is for everything else?

[Sydneyfan]

:lol

To Heavy Metal what Bruce Springsteen is for everything else?

Not many people know this, but Bruce once breast fed an entire Cambodian orphanage while playing a 35 minute Blinded by the Light jam with the Big Man. True story.

[blueone]

That's why Bruce has his own religion. He's a god.

[FrigidRoses]

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/forecast/forheat_ind_600x405.jpg

Heat index of 116 today. It hasn't been this hot in a long time.

[Quincy]

Warm here too.

I'm asleep almost all the time now.

[ewok.online]

HEAT WAAAAAVE.
86 in minnesota?
for this long consistantly?
this shit is nuts.
now if only i wore shorts...

[FrigidRoses]

I wish it was 86 degrees.

[Faded Rose]

Warm here too.

I'm asleep almost all the time now.

Q I think you need a new banner "dormouse" or "sloth". Sleeps and eats.

Its 87-90 where I am and I'm being pretty slothful although I manage to rouse myself at gin and tonic time.

[Starlite]

Fair dinkum! Aussie lingo sparks security scare

Strewth. Crikey. Bloody hell. An Australian woman has reportedly sparked a security scare aboard a US flight after her use of a common Australian phrase was apparently misinterpreted as an act of aggression.
Sophie Reynolds, 41, from Queanbeyan, was flying aboard SkyWest Airlines from Atlanta to Pittsburgh this week when she asked a flight attendant if she could have a pack of pretzels instead of crackers.
"[The flight attendant] said they didn't have any [pretzels], and I said, 'Fair dinkum,' out of frustration," Reynolds was quoted as saying in the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Before she knew it a second flight attendant asked her for her passport and copied down her name.
Then, when the flight landed, three uniformed officers greeted her.
"They said, 'You swore at the hostess and there are federal rules against that,"' Reynolds said. "And I said, 'I did not swear at the hostess, I just said 'fair dinkum."'
A spokeswoman for the airline said it was not simply a matter of misunderstanding the language.
"We witnessed aggressive behaviour throughout the flight," she said.
Reynolds was not charged and allowed to go on her way, she said.

:lol

[Sydneyfan]

:lol Lucky for the hostess they hadn't run out of beer as well.

[blueone]

What does fair dinkum mean?

[Quincy]

Q I think you need a new banner "dormouse" or "sloth". Sleeps and eats.

Its 87-90 where I am and I'm being pretty slothful although I manage to rouse myself at gin and tonic time.

Useless kind of covers a lot

What does fair dinkum mean?


Fair enough, i think.

[Sydneyfan]

What does fair dinkum mean?

It sort of depends on the context. If I said someone was a "fair dinkum bloke" it would mean I thought he was honest, genuine and fair.

But if it's said in the context of frustration, the meaning is more like "are you serious?".

[Quincy]

that'll learn me, obviously neighbours isn't enough to get the hang of this

[blueone]

Lion Kisses Rescuer

http://www.dafun.de/Loewe_liebt_Menschen_2821

:wtf

And a big, fat "Awwww!" :)

[Faded Rose]

This is part of a quote from today's Daily Mail :

The perfectly preserved penis of a 12,000 year old walrus, found in a frozen Siberian lake, is to be offered for sale on August 26 at I M Chait's auction house in Beverley Hills. It is described as "the largest mammal member ever found...."

What sort of person buys a preserved penis - large or otherwise? I mean - do you have it on show in your sitting room or what? It will be interesting how much it is actually sold for :\

[blueone]

:lol

I want to know how the Walrus parted ways with his penis.

[FrigidRoses]

I didn't think of that. Good point. :)

[Faded Rose]

May be the penis was the only bit left after the rest of the walrus had disintegrated....Maybe penises are more resistant to decay than the rest of the body...

[blueone]

May be the penis was the only bit left after the rest of the walrus had disintegrated....Maybe penises are more resistant to decay than the rest of the body...

We need our penis expert, C, to confirm if this is true or not. :pimp

[Sydneyfan]

We need our penis expert, C, to confirm if this is true or not. :pimp

Sparky says:

:sparky

[blueone]

You know the plural so you're obviously some sort of expert.

[Sydneyfan]

The Chinese believe that consuming the dangly bits of some animals (like bears, tigers etc) is an aphrodesiac. So maybe the walrus fell prey to an unhappy Chinese caveman.

[blueone]

They were turned on by animal willies? :wtf

[Sydneyfan]

They were turned on by animal willies? :wtf

ha, not exactly. They cut them off, dried them, ground them up into powder and then put the powder into a drink. Some still do in fact.

[blueone]

:lol Can't find an article but I was just watching the local news and, apparently, a crazed farmer drove a tractor through my village last night and, gasp, took out several fences. :lol

[Sydneyfan]

:lol Can't find an article but I was just watching the local news and, apparently, a crazed farmer drove a tractor through my village last night and, gasp, took out several fences. :lol

If they were electric fences it would be even more exciting. :lol

[blueone]

That would have made national news, you can bet on that. :lol

[Faded Rose]

:lol Can't find an article but I was just watching the local news and, apparently, a crazed farmer drove a tractor through my village last night and, gasp, took out several fences. :lol

Your village is obviously a hotbed of rebellion.

[Faded Rose]

This was in readers letters commenting on A level results:

"I have just heard on the radio an interview with an A level candidate. His curious mix of subjects was religious studies, chemistry and politics.

Should we be worried?"

[ehats222]

Hey I found a great website at www.tobeyoung.org -- any england supporter get one of these and fill the stadium with these novelties next time!!!!!!!!

[Quincy]

.

[FrigidRoses]

Alberto Gonzales Resigns!!!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/24/us/24gonzales-2-600.jpg

He won't be missed. :guitarsolo :guitarsolo :guitarsolo

[Sydneyfan]

This looks like fun....


A Japanese game maker is withdrawing arm-wrestling machines from arcades after three players broke their arms.

The game allowed players to choose a strength level from 10 characters, ranging from a maid to a professional wrestler, and face off with an artificial arm on the other side of the table.

A 25-year-old South Korean man broke his right arm while playing the game in Osaka, while a 19-year-old Frenchman and 24-year-old Japanese man also suffered arm fractures, the company said.

Atlus, a Tokyo-based arcade game maker, said it would remove the 155 of the machines, which were put into service just a month ago.

"We had done careful simulations on the possibility of injuries before putting it on sale, but unexpected accidents can happen with game machines when people are too excited or fail to follow instructions," a company spokeswoman said.

"But I'm afraid some foreign nationals couldn't understand the instructions well as it was written only in Japanese."

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/armwrestling_narrowweb__300x5010.jpg

[Starlite]

Oh what fun!
Even if the instructions were written in Engrish, foreign nationals still would not understand :lol

[Faded Rose]

Only in Japan I imagine.

[blueone]

That machine looks scary...

[blueone]

The iron bars really don't help.

"Steal the arm, not the monitor!!"

[Sydneyfan]

Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.

Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the massive mosquito trap is a big attraction for some visitors, while others won't go anywhere near it.

"At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland," said Donna Garde, superintendent of the park about 45 miles east of Dallas. "Now it's filled with so many mosquitoes that it's turned a little brown. There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs."

Spider experts say the web may have been constructed by social cobweb spiders, which work together, or could be the result of a mass dispersal in which the arachnids spin webs to spread out from one another.

"I've been hearing from entomologists from Ohio, Kansas, British Columbia - all over the place," said Mike Quinn, an invertebrate biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department who first posted photos online.

Herbert A. "Joe" Pase, a Texas Forest Service entomologist, said the massive web is very unusual.

"From what I'm hearing it could be a once-in-a-lifetime event," he said.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/spiderweb_wideweb__470x3070.jpg

Yikes.

[FrigidRoses]

I read about that and it freaked me out. I hate spiders!

[Sydneyfan]

I know it's made by thousands of little spiders...but in my imagination, that web is made by one, gigantic, incredibly ugly super-spider. :\

[blueone]

in my imagination, that web is made by one, gigantic, incredibly ugly super-spider. :\

That type of stuff happens on a daily basis in Australia, doesn't it?

[Sydneyfan]

That type of stuff happens on a daily basis in Australia, doesn't it?

That photo is actually taken in my backyard. I'm the guy on the left.

[blueone]

Hai C. Nice shortz.

[Sydneyfan]

Hai C. Nice shortz.

Envy my hotness. :lol

[Starlite]

I know it's made by thousands of little spiders...but in my imagination, that web is made by one, gigantic, incredibly ugly super-spider. :\

Whoa, before I read the article, I thought it was spun by one humongous spider *shudders*

[Faded Rose]

I saw that on TV. Even the thought of that many tiny spiders gives me goosebumps.

Isn't it true that Australia has more poisonous spiders and snakes than any other country in the world (well according to Bill Bryson that's the case).

[Sydneyfan]

I saw that on TV. Even the thought of that many tiny spiders gives me goosebumps.

Isn't it true that Australia has more poisonous spiders and snakes than any other country in the world (well according to Bill Bryson that's the case).

I think that's true, yep. I think we do pretty well on the "fish that can kill you" charts as well.

[Faded Rose]

I think that's true, yep. I think we do pretty well on the "fish that can kill you" charts as well.

And to think you want more Brits to come and work over there - not very enticing is it. Come on over - we have more things to kill you than you ever dreamed about.

[Sydneyfan]

And to think you want more Brits to come and work over there - not very enticing is it. Come on over - we have more things to kill you than you ever dreamed about.

:lol
The truth is that most of those dangerous critters are even more scared of people than we are of them. And a lot of the really deadly ones aren't commonly found in urban areas anyhow. Very few people die from snake and spider bites in Australia.

[FrigidRoses]

Do you have Panthers in Oz?

[Sydneyfan]

Do you have Panthers in Oz?

No, no panthers. In fact, no big cats at all.

[FrigidRoses]

No, no panthers. In fact, no big cats at all.

:upyours
I hate big cats.

[Sydneyfan]

:upyours
I hate big cats.

I suspect all the snakes killed them.

[Starlite]

No, no panthers.

According to urban legend, one has been sighted west of Sydney.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/27/bigcat_wideweb__430x252.jpg

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Hunt-for-the-black-panther/2005/02/26/1109180165887.html

In fact, no big cats at all.
The damn feral cats - they're pretty big ;).

[FrigidRoses]

:lol

It's like a Big Foot picture or something.

[Starlite]

Digital smiley turns 25 today

Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes - a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis - as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44am on September 19, 1982, during a discussion about the limits of online humour and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly.

"I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-)," wrote Fahlman. "Read it sideways."


:-)

Message boards back in '82? It couldn't have been very active. I mean, how even knew about the internet back then?

[ishellmay]

The day the laughter might perhaps probably die in New Zealand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4118034a20455.html

[Sydneyfan]

This bit made me laugh....

And then horror of horrors, last night on Prime Television (journalist) Barry Soper, by inference and innuendo and assertion, said that I was asleep during question time and I say it's an outright lie."

Peters had just briefly shut his eyes because among "all the clamour and the noise you can hear better if you close your eyes".

He says he wouldn't mind television satire if it was any good - but it's rotten. "I'm just saying (to journalists), `Change your profession if you want to be a comedian'."

Soper says he was "taking the piss". "What I said was, `I can't say he was asleep because that would be denigrating him'. What I said was, `he was examining the inside of his eyelids', and that's not meant to be funny because then I would be in breach as well.

"The problem with Winston is he's got such a thin skin that he finds it very difficult to take jokes against himself." Soper also believes Peters was asleep.

I hope the Kiwi journos fight this one, its actually pretty outragous.

[blueone]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004360349,00.html

PUKE

[FrigidRoses]

:eek:

Gross.

[ferris wheel junkie]

ew. i didn't want to know that.

[Faded Rose]

That is the grossest thing I have ever read in my life. I thought I was pretty liberal but that's just....words fail me.

[ewok.online]

some things just ain't right.

[Sydneyfan]

Mother of the Year. :\

[blueone]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=66504&in_page_id=34

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[ewok.online]

BAHAHAHA!
what are the chances of that, man?
fucking hilarious.

[FrigidRoses]

Now that is awesome.

[blueone]

Righteously awesome.

[ferris wheel junkie]

they divorced because each accused the other of cheating?

on eachother with eachother? omg.

i think they should have spilt up and started dating eachother again.

[blueone]

they divorced because each accused the other of cheating?

on eachother with eachother? omg.

:lol It just sounds so weird, doesn't it?

[ferris wheel junkie]

see, i think that shows that they are just meant to be.

but... omg. how the hell did they manage that??

what's the bet that they try speed dating or something after the divorce and end up with eachother again?

[ewok.online]

what's the bet that they try speed dating or something after the divorce and end up with eachother again?

:lol :upyours

[Faded Rose]

The sad thing is they were obviously perfectly suited if only they'd talked to each other in the first place.

[clewis]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-09-25T153422Z_01_KLR202572_RTRUKOC_0_US-MALAYSIA-PENIS.xml

:eek:

[FrigidRoses]

:nuts

[burgerqueen]

what the hell was he doing in bed with his ex-wife?

[ewok.online]

what the hell was he doing in bed with his ex-wife?

they didnt really say "ex".
that makes it a little more interesting.

[Sydneyfan]

Yep, polygamy is allowed ( or at least tolerated) amongst Muslims in Malaysia.

[burgerqueen]

ah, yes. I didn't even think of that.
In that case, the guy is still a jack ass for thinking it would be a good idea to say something like that. Granted, she sounds a little nutty for going that far.

[burgerqueen]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20995289/wid/11915773?GT1=10412

[blueone]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-09-25T153422Z_01_KLR202572_RTRUKOC_0_US-MALAYSIA-PENIS.xml

:eek:

The part that sounds most painful was the putting on of the trousers and then the driving of a motorcycle! :lol

[FrigidRoses]

O'Reilly Amazed That Blacks & Whites Are The Same :)

During the September 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, discussing his recent trip to have dinner with Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's, a famous restaurant in Harlem, Bill O'Reilly reported that he "had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful," adding: "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O'Reilly asserted: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." O'Reilly also stated: "I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210007

"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea." :lol

[Sydneyfan]

O'Reilly Amazed That Blacks & Whites Are The Same :)

During the September 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, discussing his recent trip to have dinner with Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's, a famous restaurant in Harlem, Bill O'Reilly reported that he "had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful," adding: "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O'Reilly asserted: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." O'Reilly also stated: "I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210007

"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea." :lol


Was he being serious? :wtf He sounds like a real charmer.

[FrigidRoses]

Yah he was being serious. Now he's blaming the negative reaction on the....Liberal Media. :lol

[Sydneyfan]

Yah he was being serious. Now he's blaming the negative reaction on the....Liberal Media. :lol

Of course. I'm sure his racism and apparently small IQ played no part in any of it. :P

[Faded Rose]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00213/goldin_213198a.jpg

Innocent picture or paedophile's wet dream?

[ferris wheel junkie]

ummm... wtf?

[ewok.online]

:wtf

[Faded Rose]

ummm... wtf?

There were articles in the newspapers last week about this picture which is by a photographer called Nan Goldin. This picture is apparently in Elton John's private collection. Questions were being asked to whether it was innocent childhood picture or something more sinister. I think there is a whole exhibition of such pictures in Gateshead or some other outpost.

I wasn't just being gross.

[ferris wheel junkie]

no, i didn't think it was you being gross :lol

it's the weird photo... i really don't know what to make of it. it freaks me out. i work with kids and it does look innocent, but the fact that it's a photo and it's supposedly "art" and it's part of a "collection" is weird. maybe not kiddie porn, but um.. not good somehow.

[FrigidRoses]

What exactly is going on in that picture?

[ferris wheel junkie]

there's a kid in knickers and a see through skirt thing, and another kid lying under her playing with the see through material on his/her face.

they both seem to have drawing on their tummies...

wtf?

[Sydneyfan]

There were articles in the newspapers last week about this picture which is by a photographer called Nan Goldin. This picture is apparently in Elton John's private collection. Questions were being asked to whether it was innocent childhood picture or something more sinister. I think there is a whole exhibition of such pictures in Gateshead or some other outpost.

I wasn't just being gross.

Yeah, I read about that Rose. That's the first photo I've seen though. Hmm, to me, the kids in the picture are obviously just innocently playing. But I'm not sure why a middle aged man (or anyone else for that matter) would want a collection of shots like that. Like ferris said, there is something not quite right about having photos like that.

[FrigidRoses]

Yah somethings is a little off about that photo. Is it really porn though? If you wanted more "hardcore" material I'm sure you could find it. :\

[Sydneyfan]

Yah somethings is a little off about that photo. Is it really porn though? If you wanted more "hardcore" material I'm sure you could find it. :\

It's not porn, no. But a lot of schools in Sydney have banned video cameras from swimming and sports carnivals. Because, sick as it sounds, peds were going around filming little kids in their swimmers or shorts. I guess the point is, some people don't necessarily need explicit material to get off.

[ferris wheel junkie]

Yah somethings is a little off about that photo. Is it really porn though? If you wanted more "hardcore" material I'm sure you could find it. :\

yes, but then when you get caught with it you can't say that it's innocent.

plus, who knows if the innocence of it is part of the turn on.

ok, i just grossed myself out thinking about that so... ick... JACK

[Faded Rose]

It's the sort of pic you might (and I say that with reservations) take of your own kids larking around - but you wouldn't put it in an exhibition or sell it to anyone.

[Sydneyfan]

It's the sort of pic you might (and I say that with reservations) take of your own kids larking around - but you wouldn't put it in an exhibition or sell it to anyone.

Yep, I would agree. It's a context thing. It's fine for parent to have a photo like that, but not a stranger. Perhaps the photographer is trying to make some point about the fine line between innocence and sexuality..who knows. But she is wading into some murky waters I think.

[ferris wheel junkie]

It's the sort of pic you might (and I say that with reservations) take of your own kids larking around - but you wouldn't put it in an exhibition or sell it to anyone.

exactly.

[ferris wheel junkie]

Yep, I would agree. It's a context thing. It's fine for parent to have a photo like that, but not a stranger. Perhaps the photographer is trying to make some point about the fine line between innocence and sexuality..who knows. But she is wading into some murky waters I think.

yes. and fucking with people's conceptions of where that line is. sometimes art should make you feel weird. this does, but i don't know... when it involves old men looking at kids... no thanks. too far.

[Sydneyfan]

I don't know what to think about this one....


A South Carolina man who stored his severed leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with a North Carolina man who found it.

John Wood's leg was amputated near the knee after a 2004 airplane crash. He asked doctors to give it to him so he could be buried as a whole man when he died.

The limb, which Wood had kept in the smoker in a storage facility after he lost his home, was bought by Shannon Whisnant last Tuesday in an auction held by the storage company because Wood had missed his monthly payments.

Whisnant initially gave it to police, who subsequently turned it over to a funeral home when it became clear it was not the result of foul play.

But Whisnant, who put a sign on the empty smoker charging adults $US3 ($3.40) and children $US1 for a look, now wants it back.

"He's making a freak show out of it," Wood told The Charlotte Observer.

"He wants to put money in his pocket with this thing."

Whisnant, who was unsuccessful in his bid to get the leg from the funeral home, consulted a lawyer and decided his best move was to persuade Wood to share custody and profits.

"It's a strange incident and Halloween's just around the corner," Whisnant said. "The price will be going up if I get [a stake in] the leg."

Wood, who is heading to Maiden to pick up his leg, said the two men can meet, but he is not interested in using the leg to make money.

"I just think it's despicable," he said. "I don't mind having the 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not looking to really profit off this thing."

[FrigidRoses]

Only someone from South Carolina would store their leg in a BBQ smoker. :lol

[Sydneyfan]

Only someone from South Carolina would store their leg in a BBQ smoker. :lol

I know, it's nuts. And then charging people to see the leg.....:lol

[FrigidRoses]

I know, it's nuts. And then charging people to see the leg.....:lol

I'll be in North Carolina Saturday morning. I should find this place and take some pictures for TBY. :upyours

[hildegoat]

Yes, I'd like to see some photos of this leg. TBY News!

[Sydneyfan]

:lol That would be so excellent.

[Starlite]

I'll be in North Carolina Saturday morning. I should find this place and take some pictures for TBY. :upyours

Yes, please! :upyours :lol

[FrigidRoses]

Wait I'm confused...Is the leg in SC or NC?

Shit, I just checked it out and the leg is not currently on display. But they're talking about opening, would you say "exhibit", sometime in the near future. When they do I'll make a trip. :upyours

I'm 4REALZ.

[Sydneyfan]

Wait I'm confused...Is the leg in SC or NC?

Shit, I just checked it out and the leg is not currently on display. But they're talking about opening, would you say "exhibit", sometime in the near future. When they do I'll make a trip. :upyours

I'm 4REALZ.

:lol If this ever happens, I predict it will the greatest thread in TBY history.

[FrigidRoses]

I hope they allow photography. :confused

But seriously, what the hell is wrong with these people.

[Sydneyfan]

I hope they allow photography. :confused

But seriously, what the hell is wrong with these people.

More importantly,who has a BBQ smoker in their backyard? Or do people often have those in Carolina?

I assume it's like a smokehouse? Or am I wrong....

[FrigidRoses]

An updated story.

Shannon Whisnant sees movie deals, book contracts, a museum and just plain ol' bragging rights.

That is, if he can convince John Wood to share his leg.

It's been more than a week since Whisnant bought a barbecue smoker at a Maiden storage facility auction and opened it to find Wood's leg -- the foot, ankle and most of the calf -- wrapped in screen wire, setting off a flurry of media attention that has circled the globe.

It's been a rocky road since the men first starting talking about ownership of the leg last week, and their first in-person meeting Wednesday didn't do much to smooth it out.

The two seemed to have conflicting ideas and opinions about the leg and never agreed on how to proceed.

But Whisnant said that in their telephone conversations, Wood has been open to sharing the appendage. Whisnant hopes the publicity will turn into more than a few bucks, he said, and wants talk with television and movie executives and maybe set up some sort of viewing room.

If he is able to convince Wood to share custody of the leg, Whisnant said, he would charge a viewing of a $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for kids and nothing for amputees.

"It'd be a great for tourism," he said. "Maiden could use some fresh money. We've got nothin' but old money around here, and we could use a little extra cash flow."

But Maiden Mayor Bob Smyre said he isn't so sure the legend of the leg-found-in-a-smoker is a lasting one.

"He couldn't pay me a dollar to go see that leg," Smyre said. "Is it going to turn into an international tourist attraction? I don't think so."

[Sydneyfan]

If he is able to convince Wood to share custody of the leg, Whisnant said, he would charge a viewing of a $10 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for kids and nothing for amputees.

:lol :lol

[FrigidRoses]

http://jmjsales.freeservers.com/bbqthumb012.jpg

BBQ is something of a religion in South Carolina. Mustard and Vinegar based only though, none of that ketchup crap. And I wouldn't say it's common to have a smoker, but it's not at all surprising. :lol

[FrigidRoses]

"It'd be a great for tourism," he said. "Maiden could use some fresh money. We've got nothin' but old money around here, and we could use a little extra cash flow."

:lol :lol :lol

Man I gotta check out this town. It must be something extra horrible if this could be a tourist attraction.

[Sydneyfan]

http://jmjsales.freeservers.com/bbqthumb012.jpg

BBQ is something of a religion in South Carolina. Mustard and Vinegar based only though, none of that ketchup crap. And I wouldn't say it's common to have a smoker, but it's not at all surprising. :lol

God, that thing is like a Weber on steroids. :lol We love to BBQ here too, but I guess we're not so much into the smoking thang.

[clewis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7026454.stm

Fucking dammit, W.

[hildegoat]

He's really screwing over the Republicans now. But still -- an extra 60 cents on a pack of smokes? Your cigs are dangerously cheap as it is, so I'm sure that wouldn't have been a huge deal.

[FrigidRoses]

W said he would veto all along. Pretty sad.

Does anyone know of a site that gives you the average cig. price of every country? I'm curious.

[ewok.online]

my Marlboro Reds are $4.13 a pack, and that's too much.
i remember when they were like, $2.73.

[FrigidRoses]

Marlboro's go for 3.20 down here. Still pretty cheap. Not against a cigarette tax, but eventually they're going to have to find another way to raise some money. It's the politicians answer to everything.

[ewok.online]

yeah.
we're getting taxed like fucking nuts here for smokes.

[hildegoat]

Erik -- I think it's around $12 for a pack of smokes here.

[FrigidRoses]

yeah.
we're getting taxed like fucking nuts here for smokes.

:lol It could be much worse man. 4 bucks is nothing.

[Blindtiger]

Erik -- I think it's around $12 for a pack of smokes here.

:wtf I heard they were higher in other countries, but $12 a pack! I guess I've been in NC too long!!

[hildegoat]

When I still smoked (quit about 3 years ago), I was paying $10 and I know the prices have gone up.

[FrigidRoses]

$10 a pack would encourage me to quit very quickly.

[ewok.online]

$12?!?!
fuck.
maybe i don't have it so bad.
i'll stop bitching now. :D

[clewis]

The $7.75 for American Spirits in NYC was a large part of my quitting last year (For the record, I'm crazy cheap). But fucking $12?! That's insane.

[Sydneyfan]

I haven't smoked for seven years, but I think cigs are around $10-$12 a pack here as well. And the vast majority of that is government tax.

[Sydneyfan]

Did someone poison the drinking water of these people with stupid pills? I find it very hard to believe this was just a random hoax phone call, but even harder to believe people acted this way with a security camera monitoring them. The video is longish, but pretty amazing.

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. - A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant posing as a police officer.

Louise Ogborn, 21, had sued McDonald's Corp., claiming the fast-food giant failed to warn her and other employees about the caller who had struck other U.S. McDonald's and fast-food restaurants.

Ogborn had been seeking $200 million. McDonald's Corp. attorneys argued the company was not responsible and contended the company was being sued because of its deep pockets.

Ogborn accused the company of negligence leading up to the events in April 2004, when she was detained for 3 1/2 hours.

In the lawsuit, she said someone called the restaurant in Mount Washington impersonating a police officer and gave a description of a young, female employee, accusing her of stealing from a customer. The caller instructed an employee to strip-search the woman, according to testimony.

Ogborn was forced to undress, endure a strip search and to perform sexual acts, the lawsuit said. The events were captured on surveillance video, which was shown to jurors during the trial.

A former assistant manager, Donna Summers, was placed on probation for a misdemeanor conviction in relation to the incident. Her former fiance, Walter Nix Jr., is serving five years in prison for sexually abusing Ogborn during the 3 1/2-hour search.

A Florida man, David Stewart, was charged with making the hoax phone call but acquitted last summer. Police have said the calls stopped after Stewart's arrest.

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[blueone]

That Donna woman is possibly the most stupid person ever. :eek:

[Sydneyfan]

That Donna woman is possibly the most stupid person ever. :eek:

Agreed. And I can't decide whether her boyfriend was just a creepy opportunist or part of some weird conspiracy. The whole incident is totally bizarre.

[blueone]

Yea, it does seem a little set up.

[Sydneyfan]

Yea, it does seem a little set up.

Apparently the guy the police believed made the phone call also made numerous other calls to McDonalds in that area. But that still doesn't mean Donna's boyfriend wasn't in on it somehow. It just seems a little convenient that he was there at the right time and that he responded to the situation the way he did.

[Sydneyfan]

Because this thread has been lacking in breaking catfish news....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/catfish1.jpg

omg, what is this?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/catfish2.jpg

It's a catfish who liked sport.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/cindydowling/catfish3.jpg

Saved by a kindly stranger. Who had catfish for dinner.

[Quincy]

that looks disgusting

[Sydneyfan]

that looks disgusting

It's eyes are sort of bulging out. It's not a happy fishie.

[Quincy]

i don't like fish at all, they're all weird and horrible looking

[FrigidRoses]

Some people down south catch catfish with their bare hands just for fun! :lol

http://www.catfishgrabblers.com/07-09-04%20001.jpg

[Quincy]

but why? it must feel horrible

[Sydneyfan]

Some people down south catch catfish with their bare hands just for fun! :lol

http://www.catfishgrabblers.com/07-09-04%20001.jpg

Are they any good to eat? Being so big, I imagine they might be fairly muddy tasting.

[FrigidRoses]

but why? it must feel horrible

I have no idea. I know they bite and you can get stuck and cut with their barbs. I think it's most popular in Tennessee & Alabama.

Oh look, it has a theme song.

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[FrigidRoses]

Are they any good to eat? Being so big, I imagine they might be fairly muddy tasting.

I like catfish. Again, it's another big southern food. I know the ones we eat are farm raised and probably a different species than the one in the pictures. You'll find it breaded with cornmeal and fried down here. :)

[clewis]

http://www.marsh-tackle.co.uk/images/catfish1.jpg

:jawdrop Holy fuck.

[Starlite]

http://www.marsh-tackle.co.uk/images/catfish1.jpg

:jawdrop Holy fuck.

:eek: That's scary

[Sydneyfan]

omfg. Biggest fish I've ever seen.

[hildegoat]

You'll find it breaded with cornmeal and fried down here.

Just like everything else? :P

[FrigidRoses]

Just like everything else? :P

:lol Southern food is delicious, even if we do fry everything that moves.

Have you ever heard of deep fried Coke? It's been at a few state fairs and is pretty delicious. ;)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/278654824_f7a3e95b4e.jpg?v=0

[ewok.online]

Have you ever heard of deep fried Coke? It's been at a few state fairs and is pretty delicious. ;)


deep... fried... coke?
i must have it.

[clewis]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/06/tn.sexy.pamphlets.wate

:lol

[Starlite]

:lol Southern food is delicious, even if we do fry everything that moves.

Have you ever heard of deep fried Coke? It's been at a few state fairs and is pretty delicious. ;)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/278654824_f7a3e95b4e.jpg?v=0

Thus, proving that you can deep fry absolutely anything :lol
Woould it be dangerous to attempt it at home? I'm envisioning the kitchen burning down...

[blueone]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/06/tn.sexy.pamphlets.wate

:lol

:wtf

[burgerqueen]

http://www.marsh-tackle.co.uk/images/catfish1.jpg

:jawdrop Holy fuck.

jesus, how is that even possible? slightly creepy.

[Sydneyfan]

What would gossip magazines do without the little Cruiser?

It's official: Tom Cruise is as mad as a cut snake. Forget global warming and the looming disintegration of democracy, the most pressing issue of the day in Cruiseland is the threat of invasion by … aliens.

According to several mags this week, Cruise is building an "$11 million luxury underground bunker" at his property in Colorado so his family can survive an "alien invasion".

"It's a self-contained underground shelter with high-tech air purifying system," Woman's Day reports. Other essential alien fighting features include a helipad and swimming pool.

Turns out that Tom is petrified of some alien guy called Xenu, who, according to the teachings of Scientology, is a bit of a bastard (or "intergalactic warlord" in Scientology speak) with a serious bone to pick with Earth because um, he's just, err … really cranky with us or something.

"Tom is tired of his beliefs being portrayed as nutty," says the mag. "As far as he's concerned, his ideas are totally reasonable and he's sick of having to justify them to non-believers."

Rightio. Better start digging under the garage then and stocking up on water bottles and tins of tomato soup.

[ewok.online]

:lol