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Monday, August 30, 2004

Lesson learned, big-time

Professor writes “Fuck God” on blackboard to demonstrate the power of symbols. Student files harassment complaint.

Same Professor earlier `harassed’ same student by discussing homosexuality in a sociology class.


Motorcyclist vs. Squirrel

`[..] this was no ordinary squirrel. This was not even an ordinary pissed-off squirrel.

This was an evil attack squirrel of death!

Now picture a large man on a huge black and chrome cruiser, dressed in jeans, a slightly squirrel torn t-shirt, and only one leather glove roaring at maybe 70mph and rapidly accelerating down a quiet residential street on one wheel and with a demonic squirrel on his back. The man and the squirrel are both screaming bloody murder.’


Hurricane Victim Seethes at ‘Token’ $1.69 FEMA Check

`Seeking the government’s help, the Punta Gorda resident — after being put on hold for 2 1/2 hours — got through to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and told his tale: a damaged roof, shattered windows and no electricity.

About a week later, a check from the U.S. Treasury came in the mail. [..]

The check’s value: $1.69.’


Car hits polling booth in Bangkok

`11 people, including an official manning a polling booth in Lard Prao district in Bangkok, are injured early Sunday after a brand new car accidentally slammed and damaged the booth.’


Sunday, August 29, 2004

Surgeon sucks out own fat

`Calling himself the biggest fat sucker in Texas, an Austin plastic surgeon performed liposuction on himself in full view of television and newspaper cameras to promote the potential use of stem cells that can be harvested in such an operation.’


Saturday, August 28, 2004

Some Guy Doing A Backflip

1.3 meg Quicktime.


New super strain of coca plant stuns anti-drug officials

`DRUG traffickers have created a new strain of coca plant that yields up to four times more cocaine than existing plants [..]

Experts estimate that the drugs traffickers spent £60 million to develop the new plant, using strains from Peru and crossbreeding them with potent Colombian varieties, as well as engaging in genetic engineering.

The resulting plant has also been bred to resist the gliphosate chemicals developed in the US that are sprayed on drugs crops across Colombia.’


Friday, August 27, 2004

Walking Home Drunk

Flash game.


Iraqi police round up journalists at gunpoint

`”You people are not under arrest,” Najaf police chief Ghaleb al-Jezari told them.

“You are brought here because I want to tell you that you never publish the truth. I speak the truth, but you never broadcast what we are.” [..]

“You have kidnapped us at gunpoint,” said one reporter.’


KWOON.com ComicCon video

`I am cobra commander, supreme commander of all cobra forces.’

16 meg Quicktime.


sexbox

`So one day I stumble into my flatmates room as hes forgot to turn his alarm off, now I’m a very curious person so when i see a box in the corner i wonder whats in it.’


Toronto cops kill hostage-taker

`”Literally, you could see his brain fly all over the place,” said one man who watched the sniper’s bullet find its mark.

“Like you see (such things) in a movie and you’re all cool. It’s not cool. It’s not cool at all.”‘


Concerns Mount over Major Web Strike

`[Meanwhile..] the nation of Sri Lanka has been without telecommunications altogether after a fishing boat on Sunday snagged the undersea cable that connects Internet services and phone communications to the island country. According to reports, the repairs will take most of the week to complete.’


Rugby player ‘not disabled enough’

`A quadriplegic rugby player with no feet and only two fingers has been told he is not disabled enough to represent Britain in the Paralympics.’


Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Britney wanted lesbian sex

`Porn star Jenna Jameson has reportedly claimed that pop diva Britney Spears asked for lesbian sex from her.’


Doing a Lynndie

`The image has shocked, sickened and outraged people. But more importantly, it has captured the imagination of young men and women up and down the country who don’t give much of a shit about anything. The result is a new craze called “doing a Lynndie”.’


Re: Unauthorized Use of DreamWorks SKG Properties

`As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. [..]

It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.’


Man on Quest for Knife-Proof Body Bleeds to Death

`A Tanzanian who went to a witch doctor in search of the power to resist bullets and knife attacks died when ritual cuts made on his body proved fatal.’


Blast Destroys Camera, Flash Card Survives

`A news photographer’s camera was destroyed during the recent demolition of a Mississippi River bridge, but the camera’s Compact Flash card survived to tell the story.’

with pictures.


Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Men’sSOM

I can’t read Japanese, but the pictures speak for themselves.


How 8 pixels cost Microsoft millions

`Microsoft has also managed to upset women and entire countries. A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between “not specified,” “male” or “bitch,” because of an unfortunate error in translation.’


Young Talent Time again

`YOUNG Talent Time, the show that helped catapult Kylie and Dannii Minogue to stardom, is to make a return to television.’

I met Johnny Young once. That’s how cool I am. :)


Trepanation

`Diary Entry: 04-12-00

Well, it’s now been 23 days since the trepanning. I still feel very rejuvenated.

Diary Entry: 04-19-00

I have come to the frustrating conclusion that the trepanation has had no lasting effect. I mean, the effects were subtle the whole time anyway and they appear to have worn off.’


Rafting Tournament on Sex Dolls in North Russia

`The Bubble Baba Challenge tournament will take place in Russia for the second time. Anyone over 16, and of either sex, is allowed to take part in the competition.’


Jaws in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies.

`I used to hate the water.’

Flash animation.


Herbal Fiberblend Excellent Colonic Cleanser

`One man wrote he passed two gallons of black, green, and yellow rope as hard as a rock and he lost 30 pounds in the stomach area. Another lady wrote Herbal Fiberblend caused her to pass polyps, two pulsating masses, and a gallon of black fecal matter with worms.’


North Korea likens Bush to Hitler

`”This clearly proves that the DPRK [North Korea] was right when it commented that he is a political imbecile bereft of even elementary morality…..

“Bush is a tyrant that puts Hitler into the shade and his group of such tyrants is a typical gang of political gangsters,” he said.’


Dog stops Columbia carjacking

`The 3-year-old Rottweiler-Doberman pinscher mix named Diablo bit the suspect after he opened the passenger door of a car stopped at a stoplight and grabbed the driver by the neck.

The dog lost its four bottom teeth in the incident [..]’


Eight Dogs Died From Cancer

‘Fourteen search and rescue dogs who dug through the rubble of the World Trade Center have since died.

Eight of the dogs died from cancer. [..]

And the lead author of the study said the surviving dogs will need to be monitored for the rest of their lives. [..] if they begin to have health problems, there is a good chance that people who worked to clear the site could have problems as well.’

more here.


Skydiver survives 11,500ft plunge

`Powerlines broke her fall and may have saved her life. She survived with a hairline fracture to her pelvis.’