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`A wild turkey who lived life in the fast lane near this eastern Iowa town has died doing what he did best — chasing cars.

The turkey, called Chuck by some and Jake by others, showed up more than a year ago and starting harassing drivers by standing in the road with his feathers ruffled. [..]

[Some woman] said Chuck apparently didn’t want to bite the hand that fed him. He’d stand aside for farm tractors.’

`I am 23 years old, I am in a wheelchair. Alot of the time I can’t use a public bathroom.; If the space and the bar are on the right side. I can’t lift my control, and slide my butt over. Plus there is no easy place to put my control.; So most of the time I have to lay a towel across my lap and aim as best as possible. When I am at work all day or at a bar for awhile I use the towel alot. I hate carrying around a pee soaked towel all day. I sometimes throw it away. I am working on this site so people can donate money for my towels. I will also get a p.o. box soon.’

`The navy’s newest $500 million warship was driven backwards on to Christmas Island after crew error caused computers to take control of the frigate.

A series of errors prompted the computer system to over-ride manual commands and the ship’s company had to stand by and watch as HMAS Ballarat backed on to the rocky shoreline.’

Well, atleast we’ve got some good submarines. Can’t run them aground if they don’t work in the first place. :)

Bad news for everyone.

Except Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD. And governments keen on censorship.

`Anti-hydrogen production under laser control has been achieved in an experiment conducted at the CERN lab in Geneva. Cold anti-hydrogen (Hbar) atoms are the antimatter counterparts of hydrogen atoms. Previously antihydrogen was formed when positrons cooled antiprotons within the carefully designed electric and magnetic fields of a nested Penning trap. That the anti-atoms had formed at all was verified, but they’re not yet cold enough to be held in place.’

People reveal their secrets by writing them on a postcard and sending them here..

`When I was young I drilled a hole in my closet wall and peed in it because I was mad at my parents. The closet smelled for years. I blamed our cat.’

`So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course! Follow along as we explore new depths of geekery… [..]

So, here we have our iPod Shuffles, all the top of the line 1Gb models. I’m sure that normal folks would probably take these home, install iTunes 4.7.1 from the CD in the box, and happily start putting music on the little things, but I had other plans for them…’

A bunch of images are displayed, you have to guess what Google search term they came from.

`Romanian firefighters managed to put out a fire in an apartment by throwing snowballs through the window.

They used snowballs because they could not got their fire engines close enough to the building in Sibiu.’

`A caller dialled 999 to ask Gwent Police if it was safe to put a chicken in the oven overnight.

It was one of many petty queries that has led to an increase of 33% in emergency calls in three years.

Senior officers are now urging people to think carefully before dialling 999 and to use alternative numbers if it is not urgent.’

`Death is no obstacle to feeling the long arm of the Recording Industry Ass. of America.

Lawyers representing several record companies have filed suit against an 83 year-old woman who died in December, claiming that she made more than 700 songs available on the internet. [..]

Gertrude Walton, who lived in Beckley, West Virginia hated computers, too, her daughter adds. An RIAA spokesperson said that it would try and dismiss the case.

However the RIAA’s embarrassment doesn’t end there. Chianumba said that she had sent a copy of her mother’s death certificate to record company lawyers in response to an initial warning letter, over a week before the suit was filed.’

`A catholic bishop has caused controversy in Brazil by parading with a samba school at the Sao Paulo carnival. [..]

He told Agora newspaper: “I really liked to parade. It was wonderful. I have been a bishop for 40 years and have always been among the people.” [..]

Like its counterpart at Rio de Janeiro, the Sao Paulo Carnival features semi-naked women and mock orgies.’

`Rugged Randy is soft, lovable and has disproportionately large genitalia.

He is pretty much the greatest plush toy ever created, and one of a kind. He is one of the few dolls ever manufactured to escape the toy factory before being processed in the de-genitalizing machine. De-genitalizing is a final cleansing stage used in doll production to streamline all crotch regions of children’s dolls, helping parents everywhere avoid tough sex and gender based questioning.’

`Okay, I like Star Wars as much as the next person who was a child during the late 70’s/early 80’s, but there are some people who are just a little *too* into it. These people go to conventions. They dress up. Some better than others. I of course choose to share with you the latter group. These are all pictures from a Star Wars convention from a site my co-worker decided would be a good idea to share with me. Now, I share with you.’

`Lake Jackson woman is accused of hiding nearly two dozen children in a closet while being investigated for running an unlicensed daycare. [..]

“My inspector asked her if she was hiding children and the provider admitted to having them hidden,” said Virginia Hancock with a day care licensing agency. “There were 23 children in a closet.”‘

`MYTH #1: “Men can pee standing up”

Fact: The reality is men can NOT pee standing up without getting as much as a stray drop on the seat or the outside surface of the toilet. Fragmentation of the urine stream causes particles of urine to dissipate. The larger the distance urine has to travel, the bigger the dissipation radius gets. [..]

MYTH #2: “It’s a victimless crime.”

Fact: Peeing standing up destroys families. Who cleans the bathrooms in your house? Your mother? Your wife? Even if you clean up after yourself, what happens when you are a guest at someone’s home, over at your friend’s house, visiting the inlaws, or using a public bathroom? Why should someone else have to suffer for your unwillingness to sit down?’

I thought 2.5 gigapixels was cool, but 4 gigapixels is even better.

There’s a nice picture of Half Dome in which you can see two climbers from 2.5 miles away.

`A former American guard at the Nuremberg trials has come forward to say he believes he provided the poison that Nazi Hermann Goering used to commit suicide hours before his scheduled execution for war crimes, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Herbert Lee Stivers, now 78, was a 19-year-old army private when he took notes and a capsule hidden inside a fountain pen to Goering at the request of two men who said the notorious Nazi general was a very sick man who needed medicine, the newspaper said. [..]

“I felt very bad after his suicide. I had a funny feeling; I didn’t think there was any way he could have hidden it on his body,” Stivers said.’

`The Great John is substantially more robust than a standard toilet. Standard designs are not meant to withstand a big person.

For STABILITY, we designed a super wide base. To insure STURDINESS, we also added reinforcements into the base. Our toilets are tested to 2000 lb. To eliminate the problem of the SEAT SLIDING, we provide “Anti-Side” fins for safety. This also prevents pinching.

Finally, GJ has added a second SET OF ANCHORS at the front sides of the base to increase protection against movement of the unit from the floor.’

`A North Carolina man is selling a brick that appears to feature the face of Jesus, according to Local 6 News report. [..]

Ditto Dalcher said he was sitting in his home and noticed the face above his fireplace. [..]

Dalcher noticed how much money people were making off of the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich and Jesus in a skillet and decided to share what he found, according to the report.

The bids on eBay were at $500 early Monday.’

`This proposed expedition would like to conduct some scientific observations in the Arctic that is hoped will resolve once and for all whether the hollow earth theory has any validity. The indigenous Eskimos believe there is a hole in the Arctic Ocean. Observations of several Arctic explorers of mirages of land in the Arctic indicate that the most plausible location for a north polar opening that leads into the interior of the earth is located at 84.4 N Latitude, 141 E Longitude. To check out this theory, a group of hollow earth believers and scientists would like to charter a Russian Nuclear Icebreaker into the Arctic sea.’

These people seem quite serious. Also have a look at the Location and Size of the Polar Openings.

`Jack Osbourne is giving up fame to be a fireman. The 19-year-old says he is fed-up with being a celebrity, after starring in hit TV series The Osbournes, and is now desperate to lead a ‘normal’ life.

Inspired by the brave heroes of 9/11, the former drug addict plans to enrol in a course with the New York firefighters. The single-and-searching teenager also quipped the uniform could get him a girlfriend.’

He’ll go from being a famous tubby loser to a firefighting tubby loser. Good stuff.

`US scientists are quietly starting work on a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be more rugged and reliable than warheads in the existing arsenal.

About nine million dollars have been allocated so far for weapons designers at the three US nuclear weapons laboratories, the New York Times reported Monday, citing government officials and experts.

The initiative is expected to grow and could produce finished designs in five to 10 years.’

`Smoking marijuana can affect blood flow in the brain so much that it takes over a month to return to normal. And for heavy smokers, the effects could last much longer, a new study suggests. [..]

People who smoked cannabis had higher blood flow through their brains than non-users. Yet there was also greater resistance to the blood flow, suggesting that cannabis changes the blood vessels in the brain in a way which hinders oxygen in reaching the tissue effectively. In an attempt to compensate, extra blood is sent to that part of the brain, increasing resistance but probably failing to get enough oxygen through the vessels, Cadet suggests.’

An amusing song about train drivers..

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see it here »

High resolution images of snow flakes.

`A Welsh rugby fan has reportedly cut off his own testicles to celebrate Wales beating England at rugby.

Geoff Huish, 26, was so convinced England would win Saturday’s match he told fellow drinkers at a social club, “If Wales win I’ll cut my balls off”, the Daily Mirror reported today.

Friends at the club in Caerphilly, south Wales, thought he was joking.

But after the game Huish went home, severed his testicles with a knife, and walked 200 metres back to the bar with the testicles to show the shocked drinkers what he had done.’