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Post by earthangel on Aug 9, 2003 9:56:23 GMT -5
and we thought it was bad to get a "case of crabs"   LOL...Tdallas made a funny. But that whole ant situaton was just stupid, stupid, stupid! Poor girl |
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Post by Lynnie on Aug 12, 2003 8:33:44 GMT -5
Check this one out... :laughing: So sad...
Oddly Enough - Reuters
Mobile Phone Gives Beggar Away
Mon Aug 11,10:11 AM ET
SANAA (Reuters) - A man begging at a mosque in Yemen was exposed as not being so destitute as he pretended when his mobile started ringing inopportunely on Friday.
The Yemeni news agency Saba said the embarrassed man beat a quick retreat after worshippers heard his phone ring inside his bag.
There are only about five telephones, both land-lines and mobiles, for every 100 people in Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries.
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Post by tdallasw on Aug 13, 2003 9:36:10 GMT -5
This is just too pathetic. Fire-breathing trick sends Charlotte man to hospital  Associated Press A man who calls himself a professional fire-breather was hospitalized after his face caught fire during a demonstration, police said. Walter McKinney, 43, suffered burns to his face and throat after he tried to demonstrate his technique to three people at his home at about 9 p.m. Monday, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and witness reports. Witnesses recalled McKinney saying the mishap was not his first and probably would not be his last. McKinney was in serious condition Wednesday at the burn center at UNC Hospitals, administrative house supervisor Lula Daniel said. McKinney said he had entertained at birthday parties and the like for decades, according to neighbor Angel Satterfield, 23. He showed Satterfield, Steven Poston, 24, and another neighbor pictures that night of himself blowing fire while they hung out on the porch of his mobile home, they said Tuesday evening. Then, said witnesses and police, he poured lighter fluid into his mouth, set fire to a stick and attempted to demonstrate his feat. Police said McKinney had been drinking. One man, who declined to give his name, said he helped put out the fire with a can of beer, the only thing close at hand. McKinney could be charged with violating a city ordinance against carelessness with fire or felony malicious use of incendiary device or material, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police detective Keith Caviness, who investigated the incident. A decision could come after McKinney is released from the hospital. "You can't just walk around the city playing with fire," Caviness said. |
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Post by Lynnie on Aug 13, 2003 12:02:28 GMT -5
I would have LOVED to be down there when this came on the news, Tdallas!!
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Post by Aba21 on Aug 13, 2003 12:12:44 GMT -5
ONLY IN AMERICA! ;D
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Post by tdallasw on Aug 13, 2003 14:33:01 GMT -5
This has been a good day for "Stupid People News"BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man of Polish origin lost his driving license after failing an alcohol test but his dog passed with flying colors, police in the western city of Koblenz said on Wednesday. Police said the 47-year-old man failed to perform any of the required actions, only to be upstaged by his West Highland white terrier who executed all of the commands given perfectly, including a 360 degree turn as his master staggered and fell. At the conclusion of the uneven contest, the supervising doctor announced, "Man: fail; dog: pass." Maybe the dog should have been driving
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Post by earthangel on Aug 13, 2003 16:42:29 GMT -5
Check this one out... So sad... Oddly Enough - Reuters Mobile Phone Gives Beggar Away Mon Aug 11,10:11 AM ET SANAA (Reuters) - A man begging at a mosque in Yemen was exposed as not being so destitute as he pretended when his mobile started ringing inopportunely on Friday. The Yemeni news agency Saba said the embarrassed man beat a quick retreat after worshippers heard his phone ring inside his bag. There are only about five telephones, both land-lines and mobiles, for every 100 people in Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries. See...I knew from the start cell phones would be nothing but trouble! (J/K)  |
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Post by tdallasw on Aug 19, 2003 0:50:48 GMT -5
This is a strange story... but it was a dangerous stunt that could have been very tragic.
Man Shoots Six at His Surprise Party
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian accidentally shot and wounded six of his friends at a surprise party to celebrate his 40th birthday, police said on Sunday.
The man found out about the party in a forest cabin in south Norway beforehand and hid behind trees nearby with a shotgun as about 30 guests turned up on Saturday night, hoping to turn the surprise on his friends. He blasted off one round in the air, meaning it as a joke to shock the partygoers. But when he came out from his hiding place, he tripped and the gun went off again, badly hurting one woman in the legs and slightly injuring five others.
"Seven people were taken to hospital in Fredrikstad including the man who shot. He wasn't physically hurt but in deep shock," a police spokesman said.
The party was canceled.
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Post by Elvis84 on Aug 21, 2003 10:34:11 GMT -5
David Blaine plans major stunt for London
David Blaine is to spend six weeks without food in a clear-plexi glass box by the River Thames.
The magician will be suspended from a crane in the box, just seven feet deep, seven feet long and three feet wide.
He'll have no food, no communication and no distractions of any kind. He will be tube-fed water and have a waste tube to urinate.
Last year Blaine stood on a 100ft high pole in New York for 35 hours and in another stunt encased himself in six tons of ice for three days.
But this is the first time he's ever attempted a major stunt outside of the US. He said: "My next performance will demonstrate these ideas through the most extreme exercise in isolation and physical deprivation ever attempted. There will be no trickery and no means of escape."
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Post by Ivory Fair on Aug 21, 2003 10:39:16 GMT -5
That man WEIRDS me out! He's always pulling snakes out of his tummy or something. :hairraiser:
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Post by Elvis84 on Aug 23, 2003 14:19:31 GMT -5
Loch Ness monster doesn't exist
That's the conclusion of the British Broadcasting Corp., which says a research team that trawled the lake came up with no signs of the famous Nessie.
The team used 600 separate sonar beams and satellite navigation technology to sweep the entire loch, but found no trace of a monster or any other large creature, the BBC reported this week.
Over the centuries, reported sightings of a big beast in the gray waters of the lake have led many people to believe it holds some huge creature although a series of searches has found no evidence of one.
Some enthusiasts have even speculated Nessie might be a descendant of a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that died out with the dinosaurs.
The BBC researchers said they looked at the habits of modern marine reptiles, such as crocodiles and leatherback turtles, to try to work out how a plesiosaur might behave.
"We went from shoreline to shoreline, top to bottom on this one. We have covered everything in this loch and we saw no signs of any large living animal in the loch," said Ian Florence, one of the specialists who carried out the survey for the BBC.
The BBC team said the only explanation for the persistence of the monster myth -- and its periodic "sightings" -- is that people see what they want to see.
To test this, the researchers hid a fence post beneath the surface of the loch and raised it in view of bus full of tourists.
Interviewed afterward, most said they had observed a square object, but when asked to sketch what they saw, several drew monster-shaped heads, the BBC said in a program broadcast Sunday.
There have been reports of sightings of a "monster" in the loch since the time of St. Columba in the 6th century.
Many who have reported sightings have described a beast similar to a plesiosaur, but experts say the most recent fossil of one dates from 65 million years ago. Loch Ness is only 10,000 years old.
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 16, 2003 14:23:01 GMT -5
This beats any other stupid news for the day.... Two Stage Chainsaw Accident in Insurance ScamBERLIN (Reuters) - A German court convicted two men of staging a chainsaw accident in which one of them cut off the other's thumb and forefinger to claim 40,000 euros ($44,780) in insurance money, authorities said on Friday. "One man held onto a cutting board and the other sawed his fingers off," presiding judge Juergen Treu said at the court in the southern town of Wuerzburg. The 58-year-old landscape gardener then threw away the fingers and claimed money from two different insurers. Police later uncovered the ruse after receiving an anonymous tip-off. "One of the men had been blabbing about it," Treu said. The court gave the eight-fingered gardener a probationary sentence of one-and-a-half-years, while his chainsaw-wielding accomplice, a 28-year-old trucker, received a jail sentence of the same length because of a previous criminal record. |
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Post by tdallasw on Sept 16, 2003 22:57:56 GMT -5
I can't believe no one else but me thought this was absolutely RIDICULOUS. Is this considered normal in your world?  |
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Post by Ivory Fair on Sept 17, 2003 0:10:14 GMT -5
No, that's pretty out there TD. |
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Post by Elvis84 on Oct 2, 2003 10:50:14 GMT -5
This is kinda strange:
Started fire to avoid sex with wife
A man who tried to set fire to his home to avoid having sex with his wife was jailed for two years.
Svetin Gulisija, 26, from Seget in Croatia admitted to starting a fire in woods just behind his house because he was too tired for sex with his wife.
The pair had to be evacuated as firefighters tried to bring the blaze under control.
The damage was later estimated to be around £15,000.
- September 13, 2003
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