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Friday, January 14, 2005

Cops Use Taser to Subdue Nude Jogger

`Arkansas’ naked jogger has been zapped. For months, officers have been getting reports about a man making late-night runs in the buff. On Monday, police said they think they got their mystery jogger.

Fate Patterson, 39, of West Memphis, was arrested after he ran past a police car and failed to stop when he was ordered to do so by officers. Police chased him and were able to rein him in by using a Taser.’


Innovative Motivations

`Freud said that showing off your titties on a webcam is the best way to prevent a large amount of musty-smelling body odor.

[..]

Generally, a messy bowel movement is the result of trying to hide your horrific sexual acts.’

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Clean Your Screen For Free

Get your monitor cleaned over the internet for free. :)


Pair arrested after telling lawyer jokes

`”How do you tell when a lawyer is lying?” Harvey Kash, 69, of Bethpage, said to Carl Lanzisera, 65, of Huntington, as the queue wound into the court. “His lips are moving,” they said in unison, completing one of what may be thousands of standard lawyer jokes. [..]

But while that rib and several others on barristers got some giggles from the crowd, the attorney standing in line about five people ahead wasn’t laughing.’

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Teacher suspended over reported anti-Arab remark

`A middle school teacher has been suspended with pay while officials investigate a report he told his students that Bedouin Arabs used the Quran as toilet paper.

The teacher is on the faculty of Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb of 100,000. About 30,000 Dearborn residents are Arab-American.’

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Amazon Reviews Written by The Answer `bob’ (USA)

`Combat Extreme Flying Cow Dog Toy

I bought this toy for my dog Rambo. I thought it sounded like a good rugged toy for my rugged dog. But little did I know that the people at Amazon werent kidding about the “Combat” part of the toy. Rambo took at quick liking to this toy and in only a few days he had mastered the combative art of this “toy”. Within the week he had conquered the living room and a few day after that he expanded his reign into the kitchen.’


Red meat newly linked to colorectal cancer

`Those who ate the equivalent of a hamburger a day were about 30 percent to 40 percent more likely to develop cancer of the colon or rectum than those who ate less than half that amount.

Long-term consumption of high amounts of processed meat such as hot dogs increased the risk of colon cancer by 50 percent.’


Janet Jackson reportedly wears a penis around her neck

`The diamond-encrusted black “family jewel” – which, when pulled, is said to ‘get excited’ is said to be the singer’s favourite piece of jewellery.’

[shrug]


Angry Dad Radio Competition

`To win an Eminem competition people had to ring up someone they know and make them “Just Lose it” then they could ring the person back and tell them it was a joke. This is a girl ringing her dad who is a crazy Canterbury farmer.’


Moms Sharing Breast Milk Online Causing Concerns

`Mothers looking to buy or sell breast milk are now turning to the Internet as an alternative and that’s causing some concerns for a local milk bank. [..]

The practice of women sharing breast milk is nothing really new. It’s been going on for centuries — dating back to the era of wet nurses. What is new is a phenomenon in which women, often perfect strangers, exchange breast milk through the Internet, in mommy chatrooms, and even through mainstream sites like Craig’s List and eBay.’


Hiccup 101

(12meg quicktime)

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

Official: U.S. calls off search for Iraqi WMDs

`U.S. inspectors have ended their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in recent weeks, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN.

The United States is taking steps to determine how it received erroneous intelligence that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was developing and stockpiling nuclear, chemical and biological weapons [..]

At the same time [a spokesman said] President Bush stands by the decision to invade Iraq.’

At the same time I stand by my decision that Bush is an idiot.


Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Dream holiday turns to nightmare

`A German professor who went on a dream holiday to Costa Rica woke up in an airport departure lounge to find his leg had been amputated.

The professor said he had gone to see a doctor at a hospital in San Jose because his left foot was swollen. [..]

“When I got to the hospital they put me on a bed and I heard the word amputate. I tried to protest, but before I knew it they had given me drugs to black me out, and when I woke up I was at the departure lounge.’


Dr Who Cut Short

`Filming of the new series of Doctor Who has been hit by a shortage of dwarf actors.

Producers needed them to play little blue aliens in the new BBC sci-fi drama, reports the Mirror.

But most midget actors have already been snapped up for the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie or to play Gringotts Bank staff in the new Harry Potter film.’

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Server Farm

Some guy’s server farm. I want one. :)


Biggest Blue Screen

`When I’m visiting New York, I tend to walk with my head down and take little notice of the giant screens flashing around me, but today, I noticed a sign in the distance that was unmistakeable: I was standing before the largest “blue screen of death” that I had ever seen at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Ave. While most people experience the soul-crushing blue screen in the solitude of their homes or offices, I took part in a truly mass blue screen experience [..]’


Implosion World

Videos of buildings blowing up.


Nano-propellers sent for a spin

`Metallic rods about 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair have been turned into tiny “propellers” by a Canadian research team. [..]

Their motion is driven by addition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to the solution in which they are contained.

A reaction at the free ends liberates gas bubbles to provide thrust, turning the rods at a near constant speed.’

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Stun Gun

‘Alright, this guy is nuts excuse the pun. He takes a stun gun and shocks what I got to think are the two most senstive parts of the body.’

Then he kinda twitches. :)

(900kB Windows media)

see it here »


Something..?

I just want to know why. Or maybe I don’t.

Not safe for work, although I’m going to go and show everyone at my work tomorrow and see if they know what’s going on. :)


Human Virus Scanner

`During our research for “Don’t Cross the Memes” we encountered several potent memetic viruses. Six months later we have perfected a simple yet effective human virus detector. Scan yourself, or scan your friends.’

There’s a 60% chance I’m infected with Pokemon. :)

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30mm Gattling Test Fire

`This is a pretty cool clip. Its a 30mm Gattling test fire against a brick wall. It would of been cool to see the damage the gun did in the end but amazing how fast these get fired off.’

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Airport’s porn blunder raises temperatures

`Passengers at an Indian airport were shocked when a hardcore porn movie was played on television screens for 20 minutes.

It happened at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi international airport at midnight when the airport was at its busiest.

Passengers were shocked by the sex scenes accompanied by moans and groans which echoed around the terminal.’

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Families forced to drink effluent

`Hundres of western Sydney residents have unknowingly been drinking unhygienic recycled water. [..]

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information show there have been at least four incidents of cross-connection since 2001.

In the most recent incident – in August – 82 homes in four streets in Glenwood were cross-connected, allegedly after a plumbing mistake in a house under construction.’


Bulletproof Fat Man

`Chilean doctors say a 266 pound man who was shot in the stomach was saved by his rolls of fat.

They say the bullet lodged in the man’s fat and did not damage any vital organs. A thinner person would have been killed immediately.

A hospital spokesperson in Santiago says the man’s thick layer of fat acted in the same way as a bulletproof vest, taking the impact of the shot.’


Springfield principal files police brutality lawsuit

`A school principal who says he was beaten by at least four city police officers while having a diabetic attack is suing the officers, accusing them of dragging him through his car window and calling him a drug user before getting him medical help. [..]

The lawsuit says Greer pulled his BMW into a convenience store parking lot on Nov. 4 when he started feeling disoriented, a symptom of the onset of a diabetic attack. A store clerk called the police after noticing Greer’s car had been parked for awhile.

When the police arrived, they broke the car windows and pulled Greer out through the shattered passenger’s side window, even though his car doors were unlocked [..]

“The officers have denied they used excessive force and maintain that they gave appropriate medical assistance to Mr. Greer,” said [the policemen’s lawyer].’

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Ex rips off man’s testicle

‘A woman today admitted ripping off her ex-boyfriend’s testicle with her bare hands after he refused to have sex with her. [..]

In a statement read out by judge Charles James, Mr Jones continued: “I was left standing in my underpants. She was still lying on the floor.

“Suddenly she grabbed my genitals and pulled hard. That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain.”

Referring to his friend Danny McDonagh [..] Mr Jones said: “I believe Danny walked out shortly afterwards. He came into the kitchen and said to me, ‘That’s yours’, and I saw that he was holding one of my testicles in his hand.”‘


Man pleads guilty to prosthesis theft

`A former Hampshire Regional High School substitute teacher yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing a student’s prosthetic arm. [..]

Assistant District Attorney Michael A. Cahillane said that in October 2003 a 13-year-old girl brought a prosthetic arm to Hampshire Regional while Bridges was a substitute teacher. After Bridges’ January 2004 arrest on weapons charges, police searched his car and home and seized weapons. Soon after that, his fiancee brought other items to Southampton police, including the prosthetic arm, Cahillane said.’

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Getting Ready To Sue The Red Cross

`Australian anti-piracy operatives are seeking a freeze on funds donated to the International Red Cross by a Vanuatu-based trust fund run by Sharman Networks – maker of Kazaa P2P software.. Michael Speck of Australia’s Music Industry Piracy Investigations said: “We’re preparing our approach to the International Red Cross. I believe this whole thing will come as a complete surprise to them, and we’re only approaching them to stop them disposing of any funds.” Speck expressed his hope that the Red Cross would co-operate, adding: “It would be incredibly disappointing if we had to sue them.”‘

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Planet Beyond Solar System Has Been Photographed

`Astronomers are highly confident that they’ve taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system.

Make that two photographs.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms with a high degree of confidence a picture made previously by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and reported by SPACE.com in September.’