random stories/pictures

[Shell]

I love perusing the news photos every day and thought I'd post some of my favorites from today..

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A high-speed land and water vehicle drives on the River Thames Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003. The Aquada is designed to reach speeds of 100mph on land and over 30mph on water and can switch between the two surfaces at the switch of a button. Gibbs Technologies, who designed it, says that no other road-legal amphibian has managed to exceed 6mph on water. (AP Photo/ Stefan Rousseau, PA)


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Eight-week-old Snow Leopard cub Binu gets a wash from her mother, Yasmin, in her enclosure at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England, Tuesday, Sept 2, 2003. The Snow Leopards are part of the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme because the natural habitat of big cats in the mountains of central Asia, and Nepal are being destroyed. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Ison)


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Ill-tempered : FC Barcelona's Luis Enrique(L) is aggrassed by Sevilla's Javi Navarro(2nd-L) as teammate Pablo Alfaro(R) watches during their Spanish League soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. (AFP/Lluis Gene)


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Rosie O'Donnell (news), left, puckers up for a kiss with Boy George in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003. O'Donnell, producer of the upcoming Broadway musical 'Taboo,' held a news conference with George, the show's star, lyricist and composer, to talk about thier new show. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)

[Stormbringer]

(snow leopards)

Awwwww. :) The second picture reminds me of my most favorite National Geographic cover and issue in the small pile of the magazines my family and I have...it's about mountain lions, and the cover that features a mother and a cub looks just like that second picture.

Thanks for posting those pics, Shell. :)

[Jeff O Rocks]

Great pics Shell...I saw that car on the news last night..it costs $150,000!! It would be nice if you ever got caught in a flash flood...no worries...

Love the baby critter.........and ain't Boy George and Rosie something together?? :eek2: :D

[nccanes]

How 'bout this one?

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President Bush, along with first lady Laura Bush and members of the Waco Midway Little League Softball World Series championship team, react as Bush accidentally drops his dog, Barney, at TSTC Airfield in Waco, Texas. Bush quickly scooped up the dog, who was not injured.

[Jeff O Rocks]

Poor Barney..he should have bit his ass!! :laugh: Glad he wasn't hurt!

[Shell]

Today's...

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A squadron of U.S. made F16, right, and Taiwanese-made IDF, left, fly in formation as they drop flares during the 'Han Kuang 19' exercise, a combined live-fire drill in Lotung, 120 kilometers east of Taipei. The drill, the largest this year, is designed to test the combined services defenses capabilities and the performances of weaponry systems. The all-out defense forces are deployed to simulate China's People Liberation Army operational schemes of cross-Strait operations. Taiwan and China split aftera civil war in 1949 and China has threatened to use force if Taiwan declares independence. (AP Photo/Jerome Favre)

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The Hogwarts Express, the steam train used in the Harry Potter (news - web sites) films has been forced off the rails after vandals caused thousands of dollars worth of damage, the London Sun newspaper reported on September 4, 2003. The train, seen in a scene from 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' has been covered in graffiti which is estimated to cost up to $5,000 to remove. Photo by Warner Bros./Reuters REUTERS/Warner Bros.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency satellite image of Hurricane Fabian over the Atlantic Ocean, September 4, 2003. Bermudians battened down and cruise ships scrambled out to sea Thursday as Fabian headed toward the mid-Atlantic island with 120 mph (190 kph) winds. At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), the center of the hurricane was 415 miles (670 km) south of Bermuda at latitude 26.4 north and longitude 64.4 west, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) said. The storm was moving north-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) and the outer fringes were expected to reach the island by daybreak.

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A Malaysian baby elephant. Conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says it has discovered a smaller and tamer subspecies of "pygmy" elephant in the Malaysian state of Borneo(AFP/File)

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A surfer rides along the face of a five meter wave at Sydney's Long Reef beach, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003. Surfers woke to a massive southerly swell pounding Sydney beaches with only the most experienced surfers taking on the giant waves. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

[Jeff O Rocks]

I love the pics in here Shell..thank you......that pic of the jets is awesome..and I love that baby elephant!! How cute!! :D

[Caniac]

Okay, I thought Boy George was weird lookin' back in the day, but that picture...

WHOA

[nccanes]

:laugh:

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/offbeat/gallery/images/01.kpax.jpg
Bouncing baby bear
A 2-year-old male black bear falls from a tree and bounces off a trampoline after being tranquilized. The bear had been stuck in the tree for several hours in a Missoula, Montana, neighborhood. After the bear bounced off, he was taken away by wildlife workers.


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Going overboard
The dock collapses as too many Pillager High School seniors gathered on the platform at Ernie's on Gull Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota. No one was injured - the kids were on the dock to have their group senior pictures taken.

[Shell]

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Dangling : Soldiers with dogs from the Armed Special Forces descend by rope from a helicopter during an anti-terror drill in Jakarta. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

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Red panda bear cubs Ping and Pong peer from their enclosure at Eichberg zoo in Switzerland October 15, 2003. The zoo participates in an international breeding programme of pandas which are threatened by extinction. REUTERS/Daniel Ammann

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Early morning sun illuminates the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 20, 2003, before a dedication ceremony for the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale. It was designed by Frank Gehry.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Mark Hines of Kailua watches the sunrise with his son Ka'io Hines, 1, (cq) at Kailua Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, October 19, 2003 in Kailua on the island of Oahu. REUTERS/Lucy Pemoni

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Toyota Motor Corp's electric vehicle 'PM' is seen in this computer graphics image released for Tokyo Motor Show which will be held in Makuhari near Tokyo from October 25, 2003. The PM is a single-person vehicle that targets driver-vehicle unity and offers advanced vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Picture obtained October 20, 2003. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Toyota Motor/Handout

[nccanes]

LOL Shell, you're all over the map with those! The Disney concert thing looks like someone stepped on it and smushed it!

Gorgeous sunrise!

[Guyute]

that disney building is phenominal. I've been sick for two days, and when I saw it, I thought my vision was blurry. either that, or I took the wrong meds. :spin:

probably one of the nicest sunrise pics I've ever seen too. wow.

[moonstomper]

okay...now I know you all know the dangers of drugs but......


before drugs:

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/19/photos/F_tease.jpg


and after 3 solid years of drugs:

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/19/photos/F_1_tf19mlsa8.jpg


next to Micheal Jackson....that is the scariest human Ive ever seen :eek: :beatup:

[crazy4canes]

OMG that's scary. :eek2:

[moonstomper]

unemployed man pays to have his picture and the phrase "Hire Me" put on Metro buses

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2001772495.jpg

if that doesnt work.......

[moonstomper]

in a perfect world...no home would be without these....

http://images.harrietcarter.com/images/products/4283x.jpg

the toilet golf set (toilet sold seperatly)


http://images.harrietcarter.com/images/products/2311x.jpg

the haircut umbrella (dignity sold seperatly)

[moonstomper]

okay...two more and Im done...I just love silly things like these :D

the dog leash umbrella!
http://images.harrietcarter.com/images/products/3788x.jpg

no longer will mother nature dictate when you can and cannot walk your dog

the Beer Belt! (alcoholic not included)
http://images.harrietcarter.com/images/products/3523x.jpg

lets see, 6 on the belt, one in his hand, and it looks like he has one in the back of his shirt too!

[Caniac]

I wish they didn't remove the pics, I'd like to see some of the earlier ones again...

[nccanes]

the dog leash umbrella!


OMG - that's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! I don't even have a dog and I want one! :beatup:

[Stormbringer]

:laugh:

Somebody ought to send those in to Dave Barry for his 2003 Gift Guide, if they haven't been sent already. :beatup:

Here's his 1998, 1999, and 2002 Gift Guides... :D

http://www.wowcom.net/christmas98/day6/davegift/html/1.htm

http://www.davebarry.com/gg/giftguide/1999/docs/3.htm

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/special_packages/gift_guide/4502186.htm

[Shell]

wonder if that beer belt holds bottles, may be just what I need for the beer increase :p The doggy umbrella is hilarious!

(Notice no red socks, er sox?)
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A streaker runs across the field after the seventh inning in Game 5 of the World Series (news - web sites) in Miami October 23, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Four-hundred and fifty unclothed women prepare to be photographed by artist Spencer Tunick in New York's Grand Central Terminal as part of a human art installation early Sunday morning, Oct. 26, 2003. The women - all volunteers - arrived at Grand Central at about 3 a.m., stripped off their clothes, and composed their bodies into sculptural shapes and formations meant to imitate streets, buildings and cityscapes. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek)

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Ventura County firefighters look at a twister of flame from a wildfire, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, in Simi Valley, Calif. The fire has destroyed several homes and burned more than 45,000 acres. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

[Jeff O Rocks]

hmm..that streaker at the Sox game ......hmmm..wish I had been there.. :D ;)

that fire pic is really weird..that fire looks so wicked! :crazy:

[moonstomper]

cool pics shell...that fire one is amazing :evil:

[moonstomper]

Peanuts Anyone?

http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/7150/51125430500.jpg


Customs agents find 20K worth of cocaine hidden inside peanut packs, no arrests have been made, airline passengers and employees are being questioned. No passengers were given the packs

[Guyute]

lol. I can see it now. every "call attendent" light being light. every passenger on board saying "MORE PEANUTS PLEASE!!!".

[crazy4canes]

hmm..that streaker at the Sox game ......hmmm..wish I had been there.. :D ;)



I thought the same thing. :laugh:

Love that picture of the fire. Sometimes I think photographers have the greatest jobs.

[moonstomper]

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost at night? Okay, what if its been in a bucket for 15 years?

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This judge sentenced a litterer to scrape gum of his courtroom benches 15 years ago. Why he still has it, I dont know, but he seems very proud of it...oh yeah, he says it still smells like "Dentyne"

[Stormbringer]

Please excuse me while I go... :sick:

[crazy4canes]

OH....MY.....GOD :sick:

[RIO]

Idiot DJs in Raleigh make the news: AP wire, Connie Maben

Bicyclists Accuse DJs of Inciting Attacks -

CLEVELAND - Bicyclists are demanding that the nation's largest radio group be punished because disc jockeys at three stations made on-air comments they say encouraged drivers to throw bottles at bike riders or hit them with open car doors.



They say the morning show hosts at Clear Channel Communications stations in Cleveland, Houston and Raleigh, N.C., also suggested motorists blast horns at cyclists, and speed past them and slam on their brakes in front of them.


"DJs encouraging the masses to hurt people in any form is insipid, and should not go unpunished," said Edwin D. Reeves, 30, a cyclist and ceramic engineer in St. Louis.


Clear Channel, based in San Antonio, owns roughly 1,200 radio stations in the United States.


The company won't release transcripts or tapes of the broadcasts, but the three stations apologized on the air and Clear Channel donated $10,000 and air time to promote bicycle safety.


"We deeply regret that comments made by on-air personalities were misinterpreted. Clear Channel does not condone violence in any form and we are committed to working with the cycling community to improve cycling safety," chief executive John Hogan said in a statement.


Clear Channel, which said it was coincidental that similar comments came from three stations, said it told the stations to refer questions to corporate headquarters. It wouldn't say if the disc jockeys were disciplined.


The comments started June 30 on WMJI in Cleveland when one of the morning show personalities complained that a group of bicyclists had held him up in traffic near his home.


"The other guys started chiming in," said listener Don Barnett, service manager at Century Cycles in Medina. "Then it escalated. People started calling in."


Similar remarks came weeks later on WDCG-FM in Raleigh and KLOL-FM in Houston.


Lois Cowan, 42, who owns the Century Cycles shops in the Cleveland area, filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) asking it to fine the company or take away the licenses of the three stations.


"They shouldn't be advocating things that kill people," Cowan said.


She says she's received more than 5,000 e-mails from cyclists about the issue.


Dorothy Nance of Raleigh said she and her husband sold their Clear Channel stock after she heard the bicycle comments on WDCG on Sept. 22.


Nance said the announcers were "egging listeners on, by encouraging harm to cyclists." Suggestions included throwing soft drink bottles, she said.


Thomas F. Valone, owner of seven outdoor clothing and equipment stores in North Carolina, pulled "a few thousand dollars" worth of advertising from the Raleigh station because of the comments.


FCC (news - web sites) lawyers refuse to comment on specific complaints.



"We got a complaint about that and we are acting on that," FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell told the cyclists.


WHY DOES BOB STILL HAVE A JOB!!!!?????

[puckin_A]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031024/i/r1317033497.jpg

no one even said anything about this guy looking alot like O'Neill!! :)

[crazy4canes]

no one even said anything about this guy looking alot like O'Neill!! :)

I wasn't really looking at his face. :beatup:

[Jeff O Rocks]

no one even said anything about this guy looking alot like O'Neill!! :)

I wasn't really looking at his face. :beatup:


I did look at his face briefly..and he does look a little like Jeffy! :D

**puts down binoculars before boss walks in** :D

[moonstomper]

holy crap! :eek2:

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I54801-2003Nov17L

A frickin pitchfork! Through the windshield!? amazing......

heres the link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54188-2003Nov17.html

[Shell]

some cuteness on a cloudy day....

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031208/i/r1648531303.jpg
Two baby tiger cubs explore their habitat and get ready for a stroll, at the Amersfoort Zoo in the Netherlands, December 8, 2003. The two white tiger cubs, Trixi and Maxi, named after Dutch Queen Beatrix and Princess Maxima, took their first stroll into their habitat on Monday after their birth on October 11, 2003. REUTERS/Michael Kooren

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An eight-week-old Siberian Tiger shows his teeth during a media presentation at Nuremberg Zoo, southern Germany, Tuesday Dec. 9, 2003. Three tigers of the rare species were born Oct. 7, 2003 at the zoo, though one of them died soon afterwards. But male cubs Jenki and Gawan grow up well and were shown to the public for the first time Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Boxler)

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A monkey named Arong wears a Santa Claus outfit while waving a bell in front of a donation box in Seoul December 9, 2003. Arong is one of two monkeys the Salvation Army is using to entice donations during a charity campaign to help orphans and other needy people. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

[Jeff O Rocks]

The tiger cubs are darling........that monkey is a hoot!! :D

[Shell]

monkey? That's Guyute! ;)

[Stormbringer]

monkey? That's Guyute! ;)

:laugh:

Awwww...(does her best Elmyra) I love aminals. :D

[Jeff O Rocks]

monkey? That's Guyute! ;)

Damn..sorry for the mistake...I cleaned my screen and my glasses and now I see his face........very clearly!! :laugh: :laugh: :p

[RIO]

Guy looks so smug with his bell and little kingly cape. I think he's gotten much too comfortable with the idea of being the bell-ringer monkey. He needs to do some hard time handing out tracts or serving biscuits at a soup kitchen. I told you he'd get full of himself with that cape.

[caniac369]

After getting laid off yesterday I didn't think ANYTHING could be worse.

Several of you know of my saga with my now alcholic-bipolar-pathological liar of an ex-roommate that I finally got rid of 1.5 months ago. UPDATE: she came to get the rest of her stuff tonight and was supposed to pay me for remaining bills. I ended up having to call the police when her new boyfriend assaulted me on the stairs in my house and almost knocked me down when I asked them to leave (I didn't want them removing stuff b/c I was afraid they were going to purposefully damage my walls after I had words with her mother about the money). After I calmly informed them, in front of two police officers that I would be going to small claims court against my ex-roommate and considering assault charges on her boyfriend, her mom paid me half of what she owed and I'm calling it even on the monatary end of things. I'm not the kind of person to go and sue people and "file charges", but I was made to feel unsafe in my own home and felt like I was being invaded. I'm now fearful that this guy is going to come around my house again. Ugh!! When will this all end??

[Romney]

I ran into problems this spring because my husband and I wanted to be a nice guy(s) and not press charges against a 16 year old who slashed a tire on a rental car we have. (Sidenote: The young slasher didn't notice my husband who was resting his eyes in the car while listening to the end of a favorite song)

Very long story short: Had it not been for my husband's friend, a State Trooper who took care of this matter personally for us, we would have had no recourse but to sue the parents of the boy. The night of the incident they promised to cover the charge of the tire.

We found out the hard way (almost) that you need to CYA. It's not being selfish. It's being cautious. You're safety and well-being are vital!

I hope everything works out for you, in all of the areas of your life.

[Jeff O Rocks]

Erin I am so sorry this happened to you anytime..let alone after yesterday..I don't blame you for filing something..if he assaulted you, I know you worry he might be spiteful and return and do something to you, your home or your car.. you need to protect yourself...take care!

[Shell]

A female white Bengal tiger, named Betty, stands with her cubs in a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, January 6, 2004. The tiger gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

ain't they the cutest??

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http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031208/s/r1648531303.jpg

[Guyute]

huh. somehow I missed all the dec 10th stuff. sorry Erin, hope that nightmare is all behind you by now.

and where'd the pics of me ringin my bell come from? :p

:picks mites:

and wow. a full litter of white bengals. how awesome.

[chandongirl]

Shell, I love the white tigers! They have always been my favorite.


I want to paint my himalayan Moet (he's white) with tiger stripes with some kool aid dye that I am mixing up. I've been wanting to do this to him for Halloween the last 2 years! He's be sooooo cute~

[Stormbringer]

Awwww...white tigers are so cool and beautiful. Thanks for posting those pics, Shell. :)

[moonstomper]

hmm. this sounds like a case of obtaining food with intent to defraud

BLUFFTON -- A 36-year old Ridgeland man was arrested Saturday night after he entered a home in Bluffton and ate the resident's fried chicken, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office report.
The incident occurred at 11:36 p.m. The resident was in bed when he heard noises in the kitchen. He found a man he didn't know fixing chicken and called the Sheriff's Office, according to the report.

When officers approached the home, they noticed the intruder through the kitchen window. The man was eating several pieces of fried chicken later estimated at $10. A deputy and a Bluffton police officer took the man into custody at gunpoint, according to the report.

The Ridgeland man told officers he and several others had been drinking alcohol just minutes before and indicated that he knew the resident of the home. When asked if he knew the resident's name, the Ridgeland man said, "Oh well, you got me," according to the report.

He was arrested, charged with trespassing and petit larceny, and taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center. On Monday afternoon, he posted a $1,087.50 bond for the petit larceny charge and $465 bond on the trespassing charge.


:D

The man was eating several pieces of fried chicken later estimated at $10

Ill give whoever wrote that a double laugh :D :D

[Jeff O Rocks]

I saw white tiger cubs at Busch Gardens in Tampa in the "Baby Nursery"...they were gorgeous.. and once at a wildlife show in Myrtle Beach, I had a picture taken with a tiger cub.. very cool.. I actually got to hold him but it was brief.. you could have a pic taken with the mom but in between pics, they were feeding her raw meat to keep her happy..so I declined.. :crazy:

**checks stompy's whereabouts (and his wayward yellow friend) when the above crime was committed** ;)

[moonstomper]

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I57584-2004Jan05L

yes folks, those are toilet lids, and I know what youre thing "Why do I always find this stuff right after Christmas?!"

pretty funny article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57327-2004Jan5.html

[jhardman]

My favorite picture of all time - or at least, that I received via the Internet...

A Once in a Lifetime Photo of a forest fire in Bitterroot Forest/Montana

This awsome picture was taken in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana on August 6, 2000 by a fire behavior analyst from Fairbanks, Alaska by the name of John McColgan with a Digital camera. Since he was working while he took the picture, he cannot sell or profit from it so he should at least be recognized as the photographer of this once in a lifetime shot. (verified true by snopes.com)

I'll post the link so the picture doesn't eventually get cut here.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/deerfire.asp

[moonstomper]

"deerfire" huh

and all this time Smokies been concentrating on us humans

awesome pic

[Shell]

I've seen that before and it is absolutely amazing, eerie, and frightening.

(incidentally, my pictures disappear over time because the grand majority come from Yahoo news stories and they get deleted after a while. A Snopes pic prolly won't disappear)

[Stormbringer]

(imitates Kramer from Seinfeld: Whoa...that's...a lot of toliet lids!)

Dude...that man should submit his lid collection to the Guinness Book of World Records. :eek2: :crazy: I wonder if he has this one:

http://www.livingbeyondreality.com/PageMill_Resources/toiletseat.jpg

Ok, yeah it's a toilet lid cover...but if he has a lot of lids, he more than likely has a lot of covers for those lids too. :D

Awesome pic and find you have there, JHardman...thanks for sharing it. :)

[Shell]

If I had that toilet seat, I'd have to have some cute, witty needlepoint hanging up advising people to pee on the toilet ;)

[moonstomper]

If I had that toilet seat, I'd have to have some cute, witty needlepoint hanging up advising people to pee on the toilet ;)

did I read that wrong?

[jhardman]

If I had that toilet seat, I'd have to have some cute, witty needlepoint hanging up advising people to pee on the toilet ;)

As long as you had a Maple Leafs toilet rug below to catch the splash, that would be some great advice. :-)

[Jeff O Rocks]

Amazing pic of the fire... It is scary and intriguing at the same time..hope the critters were ok..

and if I had that toilet lid, I would pee on it instead of in the toilet.. not to mention "other things".. :beatup: :laugh:

[SouthernCaniac]

Forget the maple leaf rug to catch any wayward urine, how bout just wrapping Tie Domi himself around the can? I mean, I DO refer to him as an *sswipe, don't you???

[Jeff O Rocks]

Forget the maple leaf rug to catch any wayward urine, how bout just wrapping Tie Domi himself around the can? I mean, I DO refer to him as an *sswipe, don't you???

An ugly asswipe at that!! :D

[puckin_A]

speaking of urine........

I have a sign in my guest bathroom that says:

"My aim is to keep this bathroom clean, Your aim would help"

[Guyute]

speaking of amusing bathroom signs....

we used to stay at a cabin in the Poconos on ski trips ("Pete's A Hut". lol), and they didn't want the well overused, since the place was always rented... so the sign said:

If it's yellow let it mellow.
If it's brown flush it down.

lol. I've actually seen that sign in several bathrooms in my life. for some reason, they always seem to be in ski cabins? haha.

one of my faves though. :)

[caniac369]

Someone put this up in the office bathroom a year or so back:

If you sprinkle when you tinkle,
please be sweet and wipe the seat.

Yes, it was in the WOMEN's bathroom. :crazy:

[caniac24]

Hey Stormbringer....what's your website address again? :spin:

[Stormbringer]

Ask and ye shall receive... :)

http://www.missfantastic.com/stormbringer/

[caniac369]

Hey Stormbringer....what's your website address again? :spin:

Try this:

http://www.missfantastic.com/stormbringer/canes/

[caniac24]

Sorry for the multiple posts....my system is screwed up today! It must be excited that it's Friday!

[tommy]

Thought this was interesting, but I can't confirm its truthfulness.

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools

and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.

What saved his life this time? Penicillin.

The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name?

Sir Winston Churchill.

[Shell]

Cool story, but false.. and here is way too much detail as to why/how ;)
There are several similar versions to the story..

The facts of none of these versions jibe with what we know of these people's lives. No Churchill biography we've found mentions young Winston's chance encounter with a Fleming, father or son. Alexander Fleming was born in a remote, rural part of Scotland and lived on an 800-acre farm that was a mile from the nearest house -- not the sort of place where a vacationing Winston would have been likely to wander, or to be discovered by anyone if he had. As well, Winston was seven years older than Alexander, so young Alexander would probably have been too small to physically rescue the older and larger Winston from drowning.

But we don't have to speculate about those matters to disprove the tale. Alexander Fleming did not leave the farm to rush off to medical school to become the doctor he had supposedly always longed to be. In fact, young Alec (as he was then known) departed for London when he was 14, where his older brother Tom had studied medicine and opened a practice. Alec attended the Polytechnic School in Regent Street; after graduating, he entered the business world at the urging of his brother, worked as a clerk for a shipping firm for a few years, then joined a Scottish regiment when the Boer War broke out. It was not until after all of this that Alec decided to try his hand at medical school, and even then it was the encouragement of his older brother that was the deciding factor, not a lifelong yearning on Alec's part to become a doctor. Additionally, Alec's medical school education was financed with a £250 inheritance from a recently-deceased uncle, not an endowment from a grateful Randolph Churchill.

Nor is the other end of this tale true. Winston Churchill did come down with a sore throat and a high fever while in Tunis (on the way home from his December 1943 meeting with Roosevelt and Stalin in Tehran), and the diagnosis of the medical team called in from Cairo by his personal physician (Charles Wilson, later Lord Moran) was pneumonia. According to Wilson's biography, Churchill was treated with sulphonamide (an antimicrobial, but one unrelated to penicillin) and digitalis (for his heart) and sent to bed to rest. By the time a specialist, Professor John Scadding, was flown in from London, Churchill was already well on his way to recovery. In short, Alexander Fleming was neither present nor consulted when Churchill was diagnosed with pneumonia, nor was penicillin used to treat the British prime minister.

This latest bit of netsam aside, Alexander Fleming's life has already been the subject of considerable mythologizing. His discovery of penicillin was not the instant boon to medicine that we now assume it was. In fact, Fleming himself did not realize the significance of his findings -- thinking he had developed a mere antiseptic that was too slow-acting and too difficult to produce in large quantities, Fleming failed to test his penicillin thoroughly, wrote a tepidly-received paper about it, and moved on to other work. There ended his real involvement with the "greatest medical advance of the 20th (or any other) century." In 1935, two specialists -- Howard Florey, head of Oxford's William Dunn School of Pathology, and Ernst Chain, a Cambridge biochemistry PhD -- took up where Fleming's paper left off and spent several years at the arduous laboratory work of refining and testing pencillin to produce the world's first effective antibiotic. Fleming visited the two men at the Dunn School after they published their first paper on penicillin in 1940 (by which time Chain thought Fleming was dead) and didn't reappear on the scene until after penicillin had proved itself invaluable during World War II. The press lauded the newly-emerged Fleming as the lone genius responsible for the miracle of penicillin, and he was awarded numerous honors, including a knighthood and the 1945 Nobel Prize for medicine. (The Nobel Prize committee, at least, was on the ball and named Florey and Chain as co-recipients of the honor.)

By the way, after Fleming visited the Dunn School in 1940, he disappeared for another two years. His next contact with Florey was to request some penicillin for a friend of his who was suffering from meningitis. The "discoverer of penicillin" had to wait patiently for Florey to supply it to him -- along with instructions for administering it.

[moonstomper]

oh man, this so funny!

Advice from Clark County Sheriff Gene A. Kelly: Don't remove your shirt and volunteer to be smacked with a pie. At least not in public.

If you do, chances are you won't get a gift certificate.

Outside O'Charley's on North Bechtle Avenue last Thursday, restaurant staff members witnessed three shirtless guys winging pies at each other, manager Robyn LaJeunesse said.

The pie-spattered trio said an O'Charley's manager named Mike promised them freebies — if they took their shirts off and threw pie.

"We don't even have a manager named Mike," LaJeunesse said. "I felt really bad for them."

Pieman apparently has moved north.

A Riverside man admitted to Beavercreek police last year that, "as a joke," he hit people with pies, telling them they'd get prizes from WHKO-FM, K99.1.

Cox Radio, which owns the country station, got complaints from listeners who threw pies, or got splatted, at Lowe's in Fairborn, Best Buy in Beavercreek and Kroger stores in Dayton, Kettering and Harrison Twp.

Cox Radio sued David A. Brown, 35, in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, claiming fraud.

"He'd go up to people and say, 'How would you like to win a $100 gift certificate? Take off your shirt and let me throw a pie in your face,' " Kelly explained, adding that Brown would then ask for their addresses. "And they'd do it."

Oh, and for additional gift certificates, Brown would have the people throw a pie in his face, too, Kelly said.

Then he'd go to his car, supposedly for the "prize," and drive off.

Brown agreed Dec. 23 he would no longer claim he was with Cox Radio.

The agreement is silent about pies.

Cox Radio notified Kelly about Brown after station officials heard about the pie toss at O'Charley's.

No one has been charged, but Kelly said throwing pies in a public parking lot might be a crime.

"Disorderly conduct is a broad charge," the sheriff said.


food....and fraud? Im there!

[Shell]

LOL Stompy.. Can always count on you for fraudulent food!!

Reminds me of this one:
Burger King customers told: 'You are too fat to have a Whopper'

Police believe teenage pranksters are hacking into the wireless frequency of a US Burger King drive-through speaker to tell potential customers they are too fat for fast food.

Policeman Gerry Scherlink said the pranksters told one customer who had just placed an order: "You don't need a couple of Whoppers. You are too fat. Pull ahead."

The offenders are reportedly tapping into the wireless frequency at the restaurant in Troy, Michigan. Police believe the culprits are watching and broadcasting from close range.

Officer Scherlinck said the men are telling customers who order a Coca-Cola that, "We don't have Coke." And when the customer asks what they do have, the hacker would say: "We don't have anything. Pull ahead."

But what has managers concerned is the profanity the hackers are using, according to police.

A drive-through customer has told police if he had children with him in the car and someone used profanity, he would have been upset.

Burger King franchise owner Tony Versace issued the following statement in response to the incidents: "We apologise to our customers who've been insulted by the use of this drive-through speaker."

Management at the fast-food restaurant are reportedly trying to change the radio frequency used for the speakers, reports Local 4.

[tommy]

I'm bored. Here is a picture of a blue-footed boobie.

http://www.mymegaweb.com/amy/at_web/images/blue%20footed%20boobie.jpg

[Lady J]

What a shocking and gratutious display of boobies Tommy. I am appalled.

[tommy]

Jesus, Joseph and Mary in Tinseltown! An 11-year-old mother!?!?

11-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth in Ukraine


KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's youngest ever mother on record, an 11-year-old girl, has given birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 3.8 kilograms (8.4 pounds), a newspaper reported Thursday.

Surgeons at hospital No. 5 in the eastern city of Kharkiv delivered the infant by Caesarean section on Tuesday, the Fakty daily said, citing the unidentified mother's doctor, Valentyn Gryshchenko.

Both mother and son are in good health, but will remain in the hospital under observation for a week.

The family of the sixth-grader refused to stop the pregnancy and ``put everything in the hands of fate,'' Gryshchenko was quoted as saying.

The boy is expected to live at home with his mother and grandmother.

The newborn's alleged father is a 26-year-old neighbor who fled fearing criminal charges when he learned of the girl's pregnancy, Fakty said. If convicted of having sexual relations with a minor, the father faces a maximum prison sentence of three years.

[moonstomper]

The newborn's alleged father is a 26-year-old neighbor who fled fearing criminal charges when he learned of the girl's pregnancy, Fakty said. If convicted of having sexual relations with a minor, the father faces a maximum prison sentence of three years.

3 years!? Maximum!?

that is truly gutwrenching

[nccanes]

If you sprinkle when you tinkle,
please be sweet and wipe the seat.

Yes, it was in the WOMEN's bathroom. :crazy:

Well you know that women "hover" in public bathrooms sometimes. ;)

Sorry I'm so late to this thread.

My old neighbors had a swimming pool and their sign said:

We don't swim in you bathtub
Please don't pee on our pool


(and that's a horrible "record" to achive - 11 years old. Poor girl.)

[Stormbringer]

(and that's a horrible "record" to achive - 11 years old. Poor girl.)

Seriously... :eek2: :crazy:

[Canesluver]

My old neighbors had a swimming pool and their sign said:

We don't swim in you bathtub
Please don't pee on our pool

I saw something similar, once:

Welcome to our OOL
Notice the 'P' is missing.
We'd like to keep it that way.

[Stormbringer]

I saw something similar, once:

Welcome to our OOL
Notice the 'P' is missing.
We'd like to keep it that way.

Was this what you saw?

http://www.signslanguage.com/Pool.gif

[moonstomper]

http://www.lodinews.com/news_photos_04/birds_sample_040127.jpg
what a cute little birdie, right?

wrong...its made out of horse turds

read about if you want

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2004/01/27/news/01_birds_040127.txt[/url]

[moonstomper]

http://www.lodinews.com/news_photos_04/birds_sample_040127.jpg
what a cute little birdie, right?

wrong...its made out of horse turds

read about if you want

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2004/01/27/news/01_birds_040127.txt[/url]

[Jeff O Rocks]

stompy that made me LOL literally.. thank you..and pewwwwwww... :D

[Jeff O Rocks]

stompy that made me LOL literally.. thank you..and pewwwwwww... :D

[jhardman]

Figures....oh, lord...stuck in Lodi again....

Those crazy Californians. What will they think of next....

[jhardman]

Figures....oh, lord...stuck in Lodi again....

Those crazy Californians. What will they think of next....

[puckin_A]

hey!! I resemble that comment!!!

signed,

California transplant.................we take recycling to another level :p

[puckin_A]

hey!! I resemble that comment!!!

signed,

California transplant.................we take recycling to another level :p

[Jeff O Rocks]

That story about the 11 year old girl is so disturbing... if that was here, that 26 year old would be put away for quite some time.. :roll:

[Jeff O Rocks]

That story about the 11 year old girl is so disturbing... if that was here, that 26 year old would be put away for quite some time.. :roll:

[Mookie]

You have to give the 11 year-old girl credit. At least she waited long enough to start her family so that by the time her son is ready for kindergarten, she'll have her drivers licence and can drive him to school. :crazy:

[Mookie]

You have to give the 11 year-old girl credit. At least she waited long enough to start her family so that by the time her son is ready for kindergarten, she'll have her drivers licence and can drive him to school. :crazy:

[moonstomper]

Girls Birthday cake stolen!!! When will people learn...

When Angel Brown finally blew out the candles on her SpongeBob SquarePants cake on Saturday, her wish was probably that no one would ever steal her birthday cake again.

The 10-year-old from Enfield was celebrating her birthday with her parents and six friends at the McDonald's on Nantucket Avenue in Dartmouth when two teenagers nabbed the cake, complete with 10 candles.

"Somebody stole my cake," the birthday girl said when asked what happened at her party.

"I was mad. I was crying, too."

Angel's mother said she didn't even see it happen.

"The manager came up to me and said, 'Did you bring that cake in? Because they just took it,'" Sherry Brown said from her home after the party.

Ms. Brown said she'd seen the pair of teens sitting near the table where she had left the cake while ordering the children's meals. She said her husband was with the kids in the McDonald's playroom.

"They were eating," she said of the two teens, both boys. "I couldn't even describe what they looked like."

By the time Ms. Brown realized what had happened, she said, the birthday cake bandits were already outside and across the parking lot.

"Two women tried to stop them, but they didn't catch them," she said.

She added that she and her husband ran outside as well, but to no avail. "My daughter was just in hysterics," Ms. Brown said.

If it hadn't been for a Good Samaritan driving a van, she said, the birthday party would have been ruined.

The man, with his own youngster in tow, drove after the teens and caught them in an alley behind the fast food restaurant's drive-through.

"We came around the corner and there was this man holding our cake," Ms. Brown said happily. "We just want to say thank you, we definitely appreciate it. He really made our birthday."

Ms. Brown said the man came and went so quickly that she only caught his first name.

"Mark was all we got," she said, adding that she wished she could have done more to thank him.

"We just really want him to know that he gave her a happy birthday."



http://www.halifaxherald.com/2004/01/25/bigthumbs/1070.jpg

Ummm, you go ahead...I'll take the next one

[moonstomper]

Girls Birthday cake stolen!!! When will people learn...

When Angel Brown finally blew out the candles on her SpongeBob SquarePants cake on Saturday, her wish was probably that no one would ever steal her birthday cake again.

The 10-year-old from Enfield was celebrating her birthday with her parents and six friends at the McDonald's on Nantucket Avenue in Dartmouth when two teenagers nabbed the cake, complete with 10 candles.

"Somebody stole my cake," the birthday girl said when asked what happened at her party.

"I was mad. I was crying, too."

Angel's mother said she didn't even see it happen.

"The manager came up to me and said, 'Did you bring that cake in? Because they just took it,'" Sherry Brown said from her home after the party.

Ms. Brown said she'd seen the pair of teens sitting near the table where she had left the cake while ordering the children's meals. She said her husband was with the kids in the McDonald's playroom.

"They were eating," she said of the two teens, both boys. "I couldn't even describe what they looked like."

By the time Ms. Brown realized what had happened, she said, the birthday cake bandits were already outside and across the parking lot.

"Two women tried to stop them, but they didn't catch them," she said.

She added that she and her husband ran outside as well, but to no avail. "My daughter was just in hysterics," Ms. Brown said.

If it hadn't been for a Good Samaritan driving a van, she said, the birthday party would have been ruined.

The man, with his own youngster in tow, drove after the teens and caught them in an alley behind the fast food restaurant's drive-through.

"We came around the corner and there was this man holding our cake," Ms. Brown said happily. "We just want to say thank you, we definitely appreciate it. He really made our birthday."

Ms. Brown said the man came and went so quickly that she only caught his first name.

"Mark was all we got," she said, adding that she wished she could have done more to thank him.

"We just really want him to know that he gave her a happy birthday."



http://www.halifaxherald.com/2004/01/25/bigthumbs/1070.jpg

Ummm, you go ahead...I'll take the next one

[Stormbringer]

The things some people will do these days for "fun"... :mad:

That reminds me of a hilarious story I once heard about a group of three or four teenagers who stole a paper bag from the backseat of a woman's parked car. It turns out the paper bag contained a present from the woman's poodle...you just can't imagine what was uttered by the teens when they opened the bag. :laugh: :smoke:

[Stormbringer]

The things some people will do these days for "fun"... :mad:

That reminds me of a hilarious story I once heard about a group of three or four teenagers who stole a paper bag from the backseat of a woman's parked car. It turns out the paper bag contained a present from the woman's poodle...you just can't imagine what was uttered by the teens when they opened the bag. :laugh: :smoke:

[moonstomper]

http://kron.static.worldnow.com/images/1628773_BG1.jpg

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

[moonstomper]

http://kron.static.worldnow.com/images/1628773_BG1.jpg

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

[Jeff O Rocks]

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

WTF?? What can she gain by doing this??? :roll:

and I hope those buttholes that took that cake got the trots from eating it.. there should be some justice! ;)

[Jeff O Rocks]

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

WTF?? What can she gain by doing this??? :roll:

and I hope those buttholes that took that cake got the trots from eating it.. there should be some justice! ;)

[Shell]

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

WTF?? What can she gain by doing this??? :roll:

Money of course, she has a habit of posing as a young abused child to get money from people :mad:
(as an aside, I would have serious reservations about attending a church with Jim Jones as the pastor lol)

Kansas Woman Posed As 13-Year-Old Boy
33-Year-Old Allegedly Tried To Enroll In Middle School
UPDATED: 6:28 PM EST February 3, 2004

GALENA, Kan. -- Authorities in Galena are investigating a case in which a 33-year-old woman posing as a 13-year-old boy sought help from a church and tried to enroll in a middle school.

Jim Jones, pastor of the Galena Assembly of God, said the person he now knows to be a woman showed up at his church in October, claiming to be Chris Gomez, a 13-year-old boy who had been the victim of child abuse.

Jones said that after a series of inconsistencies, he confronted the person claiming to be a boy last week and that she told him she was actually a 33-year-old woman with three children.

The case was referred to JoAnna Derfelt, the Cherokee County prosecutor, who asked the sheriff's department to investigate. She said Monday that until the investigation is complete she would not comment on it or identify the person being investigated.

Jones said he knew the woman as Birdie Jo Hoaks. A woman of that name attracted attention in Salt Lake City in 1995 when she called Utah social services officials and told them she had been left at a bus stop by her stepmother and father. The woman provided a birth certificate for Michael Ross, who would celebrate his 13th birthday several days later, on Christmas. The story triggered an outpouring of sympathy, and two trust accounts were set up.

But after the story was revealed as a hoax, the money was refunded. Reports of similar hoaxes by a Birdie Jo Hoaks came in from a number of other states, including Montana, Vermont, Alaska, California, Kansas, Texas, Idaho, New York, New Jersey, Maine, South Dakota, West Virginia, Arizona and Wisconsin.

In the Salt Lake City case, Hoaks was sentenced to 18 months in jail for theft of services and making a false statement, both misdemeanors. She was also ordered to make restitution of $580.

A judge later ordered her release to a woman's shelter after a psychiatric evaluation concluded she was not a danger to herself or others.

Jones said the woman he knows as Hoaks was at his church on Sunday and that he speaks to her almost daily. He said she is about 5 feet tall and 140 pounds and was very convincing in portraying a teenage boy who claimed to have been sleeping in a bus belonging to his church.

Jones said he had often invited her to his home after services for lunch with his family, and that he purchased clothing and food for her. He said an optometrist belong to the church gave her an eye exam and free glasses, and another church member cut her hair for free.

Jones said the woman told him she had been home-schooled and never attended public school, so at his urging and with his help she tried to enroll in the Galena School District early last month.

"I know she met with a special education teacher to be evaluated," he said. "But I don't think she ever was allowed in with the general school population."

School Superintendent Ray Dykens said the woman had no identification but had a Social Security number. He said that when the number checked out, the district agreed to allow her to meet with a special-education teacher for testing.

He said the woman, posing as a boy, met with the teacher for about three hours a day for four days.

Dykens said the woman, who never was allowed to attend classes with other students, stopped showing up at the school.

"We weren't about to put him in with the school population until we knew who he, or she, was," he said.

Jones said many things that Hoaks told him were suspect. For instance, he said she kept changing her story about her living arrangements. He said that after she told him she was actually a woman, he informed the school district, and Galena police were also notified.

Jones said the woman is living in an apartment with her toddler son, her twin sister, her mother and stepfather.

"I have been in the home, and I can tell you her son is healthy and well-cared for," he said.

He said he had difficulty understanding her motive. He said she apparently had access to money and on Sunday paid him back money he had given her to purchase clothing. He also said she apparently had a place to stay the entire time she was posing as a 13-year-old boy.

[Shell]

Okay, this is a mug shot of a 33 year old woman who had been trying to enroll in school as a 13 year old boy! She has three kids

WTF?? What can she gain by doing this??? :roll:

Money of course, she has a habit of posing as a young abused child to get money from people :mad:
(as an aside, I would have serious reservations about attending a church with Jim Jones as the pastor lol)

Kansas Woman Posed As 13-Year-Old Boy
33-Year-Old Allegedly Tried To Enroll In Middle School
UPDATED: 6:28 PM EST February 3, 2004

GALENA, Kan. -- Authorities in Galena are investigating a case in which a 33-year-old woman posing as a 13-year-old boy sought help from a church and tried to enroll in a middle school.

Jim Jones, pastor of the Galena Assembly of God, said the person he now knows to be a woman showed up at his church in October, claiming to be Chris Gomez, a 13-year-old boy who had been the victim of child abuse.

Jones said that after a series of inconsistencies, he confronted the person claiming to be a boy last week and that she told him she was actually a 33-year-old woman with three children.

The case was referred to JoAnna Derfelt, the Cherokee County prosecutor, who asked the sheriff's department to investigate. She said Monday that until the investigation is complete she would not comment on it or identify the person being investigated.

Jones said he knew the woman as Birdie Jo Hoaks. A woman of that name attracted attention in Salt Lake City in 1995 when she called Utah social services officials and told them she had been left at a bus stop by her stepmother and father. The woman provided a birth certificate for Michael Ross, who would celebrate his 13th birthday several days later, on Christmas. The story triggered an outpouring of sympathy, and two trust accounts were set up.

But after the story was revealed as a hoax, the money was refunded. Reports of similar hoaxes by a Birdie Jo Hoaks came in from a number of other states, including Montana, Vermont, Alaska, California, Kansas, Texas, Idaho, New York, New Jersey, Maine, South Dakota, West Virginia, Arizona and Wisconsin.

In the Salt Lake City case, Hoaks was sentenced to 18 months in jail for theft of services and making a false statement, both misdemeanors. She was also ordered to make restitution of $580.

A judge later ordered her release to a woman's shelter after a psychiatric evaluation concluded she was not a danger to herself or others.

Jones said the woman he knows as Hoaks was at his church on Sunday and that he speaks to her almost daily. He said she is about 5 feet tall and 140 pounds and was very convincing in portraying a teenage boy who claimed to have been sleeping in a bus belonging to his church.

Jones said he had often invited her to his home after services for lunch with his family, and that he purchased clothing and food for her. He said an optometrist belong to the church gave her an eye exam and free glasses, and another church member cut her hair for free.

Jones said the woman told him she had been home-schooled and never attended public school, so at his urging and with his help she tried to enroll in the Galena School District early last month.

"I know she met with a special education teacher to be evaluated," he said. "But I don't think she ever was allowed in with the general school population."

School Superintendent Ray Dykens said the woman had no identification but had a Social Security number. He said that when the number checked out, the district agreed to allow her to meet with a special-education teacher for testing.

He said the woman, posing as a boy, met with the teacher for about three hours a day for four days.

Dykens said the woman, who never was allowed to attend classes with other students, stopped showing up at the school.

"We weren't about to put him in with the school population until we knew who he, or she, was," he said.

Jones said many things that Hoaks told him were suspect. For instance, he said she kept changing her story about her living arrangements. He said that after she told him she was actually a woman, he informed the school district, and Galena police were also notified.

Jones said the woman is living in an apartment with her toddler son, her twin sister, her mother and stepfather.

"I have been in the home, and I can tell you her son is healthy and well-cared for," he said.

He said he had difficulty understanding her motive. He said she apparently had access to money and on Sunday paid him back money he had given her to purchase clothing. He also said she apparently had a place to stay the entire time she was posing as a 13-year-old boy.

[rons#1fan]

I think the news failed to report that the two "teenagers" that took the Spongebob cake were booked as Patrick Starfish and Squidward. A slimey snails trail lead to their demise.

[rons#1fan]

I think the news failed to report that the two "teenagers" that took the Spongebob cake were booked as Patrick Starfish and Squidward. A slimey snails trail lead to their demise.

[Shell]

embarrassed much?

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040209/i/r3991863008.jpg
A model for designer Oscar de la Renta takes a tumble onto the runway during the presentation of the Oscar de la Renta Fall/Winter 2004 Collection in New York, February 9, 2004. Many of America's top designers are showing their 2004 collections throughout the week in New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar

[nccanes]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040213/lthumb.tok10302131652.japan__cat_tok103.jpg
A cat joins its owner reading a book at a Tokyo cafe Friday, Feb. 13. 2004. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

[moonstomper]

that cat looks pissed off, it bugs me too when people read over my shoulder :evil:

[Stormbringer]

that cat looks pissed off, it bugs me too when people read over my shoulder :evil:

:laugh:

[moonstomper]

LMAO, Ive always wanted this to happen

At this weekend's Indiana Pacers-Washington Wizards game, a woman's reaction to a man's marriage proposal stuns an expectant crowd.

The apparent proposal came at the end of a halftime contest on the Wizards home court Saturday night.

The woman was blindfolded, sent out on the court, and told if she could find a local bank's mascot, she would win free Wizards tickets.

As the crowd yelled "hot" and "cold," the woman roamed the court for about 10 seconds.

Then, as she found and touched the bank mascot, she was told she won the contest.

However, the public address announcer said there was a surprise.

The man appeared from the bank mascot's costume, grabbed a microphone and then got down on one knee.

As he began to speak to the woman, she paused and grabbed her face in shock.

Then, as the crowd expected the man to pop question, the woman turned away from the man, and sprinted full speed across the basketball court.

After running up a tunnel, she was stopped by a security guard.

There was no indication on the broadcast whether the proposal was legitimate or not.

But the stunt surprised the groaning crowd as a message saying, "She said No!" appeared on the arena's scoreboard.


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[Jeff O Rocks]

A friend of mine sent me this email.. not sure if it is true or not.. if it IS, how freaky and horrible..

THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.??...
check out these actual cases:

Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section
of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased
male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his
back, flippers, and face mask. A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records
provided positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine
how a fully-clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at
the site of the forest fire. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air.

[jhardman]

A friend of mine sent me this email.. not sure if it is true or not.. if it IS, how freaky and horrible..

THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.??...
check out these actual cases:

Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section
of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased
male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his
back, flippers, and face mask. A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records
provided positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine
how a fully-clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at
the site of the forest fire. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air.

This one is an urban legend. However, it is one of the more interesting hoaxes/urban legends. Go visit snopes.com and search on it to get the full scoop. pretty interesting. Besides, everytime I go there, I surf for another 15 minutes....

[Stormbringer]

I'll make searching a little easier: :)

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/scuba.htm

[Shell]

Throwing a cig butt out the window or on the ground is one of my biggest pet peeves in the world (and I'm a smoker).. we should impose a fine like this.. sure it would stop many people quick!

Police to Kick More Butt -- of Smokers
2 hours, 19 minutes ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ultra-tidy Singapore is upping the ante in its battle to stub out litterbug smokers.

In its latest social campaign to keep the streets of the wealthy and tightly controlled city-state sparkling clean, police are stopping smokers who litter and giving them tin boxes for their cigarette butts, and a S$200 ($120) fine.

"Smokers who persist in littering might think twice if they have something to put the butts in," the Straits Times newspaper said.

Also under the drive, students from 50 primary schools will form roving "anti-littering squads" this year to purge primary education institutions of litter, the newspaper reported.

In an obsessive bid to keep its green and spacious boulevards clean, Singapore has tried out a number of techniques -- from forcing litterbugs to attend 15-minute lectures on the harm to the environment to issuing heavy handed corrective work orders.

A law passed in 1993 requires those caught to perform up to three hours of public service or face fines up to S$5,000 or even two months in jail.

Signs warning of fines for spitting, smoking in indoor public places or not flushing toilets are commonplace. On average 245 litterbugs are caught a month, the Straits Times said.

[nccanes]

http://biphome.spray.se/peruno/pic-cat.jpg

[moonstomper]

quick! someone think of a funny caption so the cat will do a spit take!

[Jeff O Rocks]

"This is the last time I go to Disney World and try to eat a Mouse"...

I know..lame.. :D :p

[jhardman]

In other news, here is a picture of Morris the Cat yacking up his 9-Lives after listening to the Todd Bertuzzi "apology" regarding his hit on Steve Moore.

[Stormbringer]

:laugh:

[RIO]

quick! someone think of a funny caption so the cat will do a spit take!

That was the cat's meow, Stompy. *gag*!! I punned!! ACK!! :sick:

[CaniacKikiBB13]

Just when I thought people couldn't get any stupider...
COVINGTON, Georgia (AP) -- A Georgia woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart was arrested, and police later found two more of the bills in her purse.

The U.S. Treasury does not make $1 million bills, but similar-looking currency is sold in some souvenir shops. The fake bill featured a picture of the Statue of Liberty, police said.

"It looks real, but of course there's nothing real about this," said Stacey Cotton, police chief in Covington, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta. "People do crazy things all the time."

A store clerk immediately noticed the bill was fake when 35-year-old Alice Regina Pike handed it to her on Friday, Cotton said.

Pike then tried to use two gift cards worth only $2.32 to buy the merchandise, but when that did not work she again asked to cash the $1 million bill, Cotton said. The store then called police.

Pike was jailed on forgery charges. A woman who answered the phone at the jail said she did not know if Pike has a lawyer.


This one's a little disgusting...
ADVANCE, N.C. -- State law requires restaurant workers to keep their hands clean. Two employees of a Wendy's in Davie County took it a little further.
Health officials said the two workers were photographed bathing in a dishwashing sink at the fast-food restaurant in Advance. The sink has cleaning jets and is normally used to wash pots, pans and other cookware.
Davie County Health Department Director Barry Bass said photographs of two men in swimsuits taking turns bathing in the large, bubble-filled sink prompted an investigation. Bass said while he's never seen anything like it, the act didn't pose a health hazard.
Health officials said the restaurant manager assured them that the sink had been sanitized.
The pictures turned up at a CVS pharmacy. A photo technician alerted authorities.
So far, no comment from Wendy's.

[moonstomper]

This looks like a job for.....Polyp Man!

http://www.olneydailymail.com/content/articles/2004/03/18/news/news01.jpg

American Cancer Society's "Polyp Man" mascot stopped at Richland Memorial Hospital Wednesday to drum up awareness for colon cancer and encourage early detection. Stacie Hughes, left, and Maxine Harmon, right, employees at RMH met with Eileen Eichelkraut, aka "Polyp Man."

[Mookie]

Polyp-man. Hmmph, I knew it was a bad idea when Roy Orbison was dating the Orange Kool-aid pitcher. Here's their love child.

btw, I'd like to make a motion that, from here on out, any photos with Nurse Maxine Harmon be posted solely in the Guys Only thread. heeheeee!! :spin:

[guinevere]

You just can't look away can you. Not sure what the deal is with the little green hat - gangrenous polypman?

[Jeff O Rocks]

Polyp-man. Hmmph, I knew it was a bad idea when Roy Orbison was dating the Orange Kool-aid pitcher. Here's their love child.

btw, I'd like to make a motion that, from here on out, any photos with Nurse Maxine Harmon be posted solely in the Guys Only thread. heeheeee!! :spin:

You know Mook....looking at Stacie she looks like she could be an adult Emily.. don't you think? :D

on to Polyp man... "someone cuts me out of my nice comfortable home in that colon and then they take pictures of me....no privacy I tell you"

[Shell]

The streaker strikes again...

Streaker Interrupts Skating Championships
Sat Mar 27, 3:16 PM ET Add Sports - AP to My Yahoo!

DORTMUND, Germany - A streaker bypassed security at the world championships, skated onto the ice and put on a tutu as defending champion Michelle Kwan (news - web sites) was about to perform in Saturday's final.

"I knew he was a streaker," Kwan said. "As he reached into his clothing, I thought he might have a gun. There are no metal detectors."

Her coach and others shouted for her to get off the ice, but Kwan said she didn't hear them.

The man was identified as Ron Bensimhon, 30, of Montreal. He apparently slipped on skates while seated in the arena, then bolted onto the ice. Once in front of the crowd, he removed some of his clothes and donned a tutu. Painted on his chest was the name of a Web site.

Kwan eventually left the ice, looking upset.

First one, then five employees wearing street shoes walked toward Bensimhon gingerly and eased him from the rink.

"It's crazy after 11 world championships," Kwan said. "I had to get off the ice, refocus, listen to the music and listen to myself.

"Usually I don't think about security until something like this occurs. Something could have gone really wrong. Who knows who was behind it? What he was thinking? It was crazy but thank God he wasn't that crazy."

Kwan smiled and applauded along with most of the audience when he was finally captured.

After the event, organizers said Bensimhon was almost immediately released because his infraction was only disorderly conduct and not an offense meriting arrest.

Kwan retook the ice and skated an impressive routine. She accomplished all her planned moves with the exception of the final triple lutz, which she doubled. She finished third, gaining her ninth world championship medals in the last nine years.

No streakers have previously gained access to a major figure skating championships, but a few political protesters over the years have broken onto the ice attracted by the publicity of live TV.

At the 1982 European championships in Lyon, France, Polish activists went out onto the ice during the men's event to publicize the Solidarity movement.

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[tommy]

i had a funny anecdote and i wasnt sure where to post it...

figured this was close enough...

anywho, an english teacher at my school the other day was telling us about Count Chocula the cereal:

"Count Chocula was the most ridiculous cereal... it was just sugar and chocolate, and it wasn't even real chocolate, it was that nasty fake chocolate. It would probably be healthier to mainline crack." lol :D

Anyone remember count chocula? he said it was an old-scholl cereal...

[CANESFREAKinDET]

i had a funny anecdote and i wasnt sure where to post it...

figured this was close enough...

anywho, an english teacher at my school the other day was telling us about Count Chocula the cereal:

"Count Chocula was the most ridiculous cereal... it was just sugar and chocolate, and it wasn't even real chocolate, it was that nasty fake chocolate. It would probably be healthier to mainline crack." lol :D

Anyone remember count chocula? he said it was an old-scholl cereal...

LOL definitely....my family still buys that all the time! lol. What other ones are there....um...Boo Berry and GAH there's one more *thinking* Franken something maybe lol. I've always liked Boo Berry but never the others...maybe the other name will come to me. :beatup:

I have a personal story too it was so funny.

I was working the other night, and my boss is Indian, and she's really shy, never has made a nasty joke or anything, hardly speaks out of turn unless she agrees with something. But she's the sweetest, coolest lady ever (She's the one who game me the Santa joke on the joke-riddle page, surprisingly, and she told it after what happened that I'm about to tell you.) :beatup:

So this couple comes in and stuff and we helped them get their stuff and the guy's like "My order is really weird right? I bet no one has ordered this to eat before. I'm pregnant". And he all starts chuckling. SO I'm just kind of there like "haaa..." like omg what are you supposed to say. And my coworker's standing there and she starts laughing, and even though she knew like I did that he was joking she was like "Oh really, how far along are you?" and the guy just stuttered... so she looks at his girlfriend, who says "Don't look at me!" and shes laughing. So my coworker just BUSTS out with "Oh, so it's not yours?" I cracked UP harder than I ever have at work I think. The couple were cracking up too, they had to leave. Haha :evil:

Just thought I'd be "random" like the thread and share that...It was just too much...she caught on to American culture too easily...I shouldn't have recommended watching Maury. :beatup: :smoke: :D

[moonstomper]

Count Chocula was the best. The only Vampire ever with buck teeth. Was he supposed to be scary? I got a box a couple years ago that had a "Spooky Halloween" CD enclosed, OMG it was the coolest thing ever

funny story Freak :)

heres an interesting blurb about two old ladies being banned from a mall over a spat about free samples of a chicken sandwhich

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/8302270.htm

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

:eek: Was another sample that hard to part with?! But even more concerning...was it worth it? Oh the world we live in today. Can't even give little old ladies another finger sandwich.

[tommy]

From the google web search:

Tip: Save time by hitting the return key instead of clicking on "search"

Is the extra 0.0082 seconds REALLY going to make that much of a difference? lol :p

And in the N and O, they had this little snippet where someone asked why keypads don't have an @ symbol -- since it is used so much, and the response was pretty much "When hitting shift and then 2 becomes something that requires too much effort, you know we're all in for it..." hehe

[moonstomper]

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"We all have a need to decorate Mother Nature because it belongs to all us," Danish artist Marco Evaristti said Thursday. "This is my iceberg; it belongs to me."

Marco Evaristti, who was born in Chile, drew widespread attention -- and disdain -- when he displayed 10 working blenders filled with goldfish in a Danish gallery in 2000.

He invited guests to turn the devices on and someone did, grinding up a pair of goldfish.

The gallery director was tried on charges of animal cruelty, but acquitted

[lvscolencanes]

That is horrible!!! Dude need to be over here in the hospital beside my office!!

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Marco Evaristti, who was born in Chile, drew widespread attention -- and disdain -- when he displayed 10 working blenders filled with goldfish in a Danish gallery in 2000.
He invited guests to turn the devices on and someone did, grinding up a pair of goldfish.
The gallery director was tried on charges of animal cruelty, but acquitted

That is so gross and wrong. What is with people?

[moonstomper]

I didnt know exactly where to put this, and please dont anyone ask why I was looking at Bazooka Joe stuff in the first place...but I thought these were some of the most bizzare comics Ive ever seen


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[moonstomper]

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A construction worker had six nails driven into his head in an accident with a high-powered nail gun, but doctors said Wednesday they expect him to make a full recovery.

Three nails penetrated Isidro Mejia's brain, and one entered his spine below the base of his skull. Doctors said the nails barely missed his brain stem and spinal cord, preventing paralysis or death.

He made his first public appearance Wednesday since the April 19 accident that left him with 3 1/2-inch nails embedded in his face, neck and skull.

He told reporters in Spanish from his wheelchair that he does not remember much about the accident, but is grateful to be alive.

"He says that he's very happy to be alive," said Dr. Rafael Quinonez, a neurosurgeon who removed the nails at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. "And he told me this morning that he thought he was going to die. He was happy when he opened his eyes, and he saw that he's still with us."

Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.

"They're extremely powerful," Newlands said. "They've got to drive through three-quarter-inch plywood."

Quinonez said Mejia told authorities he remembered a "shock" to the back of his neck and little else before passing out.

"We did not have too much hope that he would survive, but we did it and he survived," Quinonez said, calling the recovery "close to a miracle."

Mejia is walking with minimal assistance and speaks somewhat slowly because his brain's speech center was affected, but his progress has been "remarkable," Quinonez said. With rehabilitation therapy, he should fully recover, he said.

"He is basically normal," Quinonez said.

Five nails were removed the same day and the sixth, in Mejia's face, was removed April 23 after swelling went down, the hospital said.

Authorities cleared the co-worker of any wrongdoing.

[moonstomper]

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A construction worker had six nails driven into his head in an accident with a high-powered nail gun, but doctors said Wednesday they expect him to make a full recovery.

Three nails penetrated Isidro Mejia's brain, and one entered his spine below the base of his skull. Doctors said the nails barely missed his brain stem and spinal cord, preventing paralysis or death.

He made his first public appearance Wednesday since the April 19 accident that left him with 3 1/2-inch nails embedded in his face, neck and skull.

He told reporters in Spanish from his wheelchair that he does not remember much about the accident, but is grateful to be alive.

"He says that he's very happy to be alive," said Dr. Rafael Quinonez, a neurosurgeon who removed the nails at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. "And he told me this morning that he thought he was going to die. He was happy when he opened his eyes, and he saw that he's still with us."

Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.

"They're extremely powerful," Newlands said. "They've got to drive through three-quarter-inch plywood."

Quinonez said Mejia told authorities he remembered a "shock" to the back of his neck and little else before passing out.

"We did not have too much hope that he would survive, but we did it and he survived," Quinonez said, calling the recovery "close to a miracle."

Mejia is walking with minimal assistance and speaks somewhat slowly because his brain's speech center was affected, but his progress has been "remarkable," Quinonez said. With rehabilitation therapy, he should fully recover, he said.

"He is basically normal," Quinonez said.

Five nails were removed the same day and the sixth, in Mejia's face, was removed April 23 after swelling went down, the hospital said.

Authorities cleared the co-worker of any wrongdoing.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

:eek2: I bet this dude wishes he'd have bought a lottery ticket that same day. Clearly, the luckiest day of his life.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

:eek2: I bet this dude wishes he'd have bought a lottery ticket that same day. Clearly, the luckiest day of his life.

[Mona]

ouch..that makes me hurt.. and true SHC, he was very lucky.. **cringes**

[Mona]

ouch..that makes me hurt.. and true SHC, he was very lucky.. **cringes**

[tommy]

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[tommy]

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

[caniac369]

I heard a story similar to this a few years back. I guy fell into his buddy at a construction site. The buddy was holding one of those air guns. When it discharged, the nail went into the other guys chest, straight into his heart. It was a close call, but I think he lived.

[caniac369]

I heard a story similar to this a few years back. I guy fell into his buddy at a construction site. The buddy was holding one of those air guns. When it discharged, the nail went into the other guys chest, straight into his heart. It was a close call, but I think he lived.

[JiVe]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

[JiVe]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

I just saw that story on the news. The X-ray is incredible. He's blessed to have lived through it. :eek:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

I just saw that story on the news. The X-ray is incredible. He's blessed to have lived through it. :eek:

[talkingcanes]

offered without further comment..........

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:49 p.m. ET May 03, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas - Partygoers apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of nude sunbathers crowded on one side of a floating barge, prompting the ship to capsize and dump all 60 people into Lake Travis.

Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday after the rented double-decker barge sank near Hippie Hollow, a lakeside park and the only public nude beach in Texas.

The accident occurred during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted at the clothing-optional area by the Austin Tavern Guild, a gay and lesbian bar association.

Witnesses said that all of the people aboard the barge moved to one side as it neared Hippie Hollow, creating uneven distribution and making it tilt. It sank in 50-foot-deep water.

Krista Umscheid, a spokeswoman for the Lower Colorado River Authority, said that although everyone aboard was accounted for, Travis County sheriff’s divers were checking compartments of the sunken pontoon boat as a precaution

[talkingcanes]

offered without further comment..........

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:49 p.m. ET May 03, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas - Partygoers apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of nude sunbathers crowded on one side of a floating barge, prompting the ship to capsize and dump all 60 people into Lake Travis.

Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday after the rented double-decker barge sank near Hippie Hollow, a lakeside park and the only public nude beach in Texas.

The accident occurred during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted at the clothing-optional area by the Austin Tavern Guild, a gay and lesbian bar association.

Witnesses said that all of the people aboard the barge moved to one side as it neared Hippie Hollow, creating uneven distribution and making it tilt. It sank in 50-foot-deep water.

Krista Umscheid, a spokeswoman for the Lower Colorado River Authority, said that although everyone aboard was accounted for, Travis County sheriff’s divers were checking compartments of the sunken pontoon boat as a precaution

[Canesluver]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

Have you ever seen/heard one of those nail guns? They can rapid fire just like a automatic rifle. The thing was probably bouncing all over the place, so it'd be really easy to get hit from a wide variety of angles.

[Canesluver]

Wow! :eek2:
Mejia, 39, was atop an unfinished home when he fell from the roof onto a co-worker who was using the nail gun, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Newlands said.

The two men tried to grab each other to keep from falling, but both tumbled to the ground. At some point, the nail gun discharged and drove the nails into Mejia's head.
How is it possible for that guy to get SIX nails into his HEAD with two of them being in different angles than the others (unless that X-ray is fake...)?! And the guy lived to tell the tale!

Have you ever seen/heard one of those nail guns? They can rapid fire just like a automatic rifle. The thing was probably bouncing all over the place, so it'd be really easy to get hit from a wide variety of angles.

[JiVe]

Have you ever seen/heard one of those nail guns? They can rapid fire just like a automatic rifle. The thing was probably bouncing all over the place, so it'd be really easy to get hit from a wide variety of angles.
I think we just found Saddams hidden WMD's :beatup:

On serious note, I just talked about this thing with my friend who actually uses regularly one of those guns and he said you need to pull the trigger pretty hard to "shoot" a nail (one nail, that is, so not a rapid fire weapon) and it would be rather difficult to shoot accidentally six nails into some guys head. Of course there must be many different kinds of nailguns and this guy happened to own a very dangerous one... I wonder if some of the nails missed... But that's not as important as the fact the guy is alright.

Oh, and I just found out (from the same friend) that you must have a license to use a nailgun in Finland. I didn't ask if there was some sort of tests or something to get one. This may mean that I won' t get to create re-enactment of this accident... :roll:

[JiVe]

Have you ever seen/heard one of those nail guns? They can rapid fire just like a automatic rifle. The thing was probably bouncing all over the place, so it'd be really easy to get hit from a wide variety of angles.
I think we just found Saddams hidden WMD's :beatup:

On serious note, I just talked about this thing with my friend who actually uses regularly one of those guns and he said you need to pull the trigger pretty hard to "shoot" a nail (one nail, that is, so not a rapid fire weapon) and it would be rather difficult to shoot accidentally six nails into some guys head. Of course there must be many different kinds of nailguns and this guy happened to own a very dangerous one... I wonder if some of the nails missed... But that's not as important as the fact the guy is alright.

Oh, and I just found out (from the same friend) that you must have a license to use a nailgun in Finland. I didn't ask if there was some sort of tests or something to get one. This may mean that I won' t get to create re-enactment of this accident... :roll:

[moonstomper]

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified objects in the skies over southern Campeche state, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

A videotape made widely available to the news media on Tuesday shows the bright objects, some sharp points of light and others like large headlights, moving rapidly in what appears to be a late-evening sky.

The lights were filmed on March 5 by pilots using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet as it conducted routine anti-drug trafficking vigilance in Campeche. Only three of the objects showed up on the plane's radar.

"Was I afraid? Yes. A little afraid because we were facing something that had never happened before," said radar operator Lt. German Marin in a taped interview made public Tuesday.

"I couldn't say what it was ... but I think they're completely real," added Lt. Mario Adrian Vazquez, the infrared equipment operator. Vazquez insisted that there was no way to alter the recorded images.

The plane's captain, Maj. Magdaleno Castanon, said the military jets chased the lights "and I believe they could feel we were pursuing them."

When the jets stopped following the objects, they disappeared, he said.

A Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the videotape was filmed by members of the Mexican Air Force. The spokesman declined to comment further and spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

The video was first aired on national television Monday night then again at a news conference Tuesday by Jaime Maussan, a Mexican investigator who has dedicated the past 10 years to studying UFOs.

"This is historic news," Maussan told reporters. "Hundreds of videos (of UFOs) exist, but none had the backing of the armed forces of any country. ... The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."

Maussan said Secretary of Defense Gen. Ricardo Vega Garcia gave him the video on April 22.

[moonstomper]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WORLD/americas/05/11/mexico.ufos.ap/story.ufos.ap.jpg

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified objects in the skies over southern Campeche state, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

A videotape made widely available to the news media on Tuesday shows the bright objects, some sharp points of light and others like large headlights, moving rapidly in what appears to be a late-evening sky.

The lights were filmed on March 5 by pilots using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet as it conducted routine anti-drug trafficking vigilance in Campeche. Only three of the objects showed up on the plane's radar.

"Was I afraid? Yes. A little afraid because we were facing something that had never happened before," said radar operator Lt. German Marin in a taped interview made public Tuesday.

"I couldn't say what it was ... but I think they're completely real," added Lt. Mario Adrian Vazquez, the infrared equipment operator. Vazquez insisted that there was no way to alter the recorded images.

The plane's captain, Maj. Magdaleno Castanon, said the military jets chased the lights "and I believe they could feel we were pursuing them."

When the jets stopped following the objects, they disappeared, he said.

A Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the videotape was filmed by members of the Mexican Air Force. The spokesman declined to comment further and spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

The video was first aired on national television Monday night then again at a news conference Tuesday by Jaime Maussan, a Mexican investigator who has dedicated the past 10 years to studying UFOs.

"This is historic news," Maussan told reporters. "Hundreds of videos (of UFOs) exist, but none had the backing of the armed forces of any country. ... The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."

Maussan said Secretary of Defense Gen. Ricardo Vega Garcia gave him the video on April 22.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."



Yeah, OK. LMAO.

His actual point is probably correct though. That's freaky. :crazy:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."



Yeah, OK. LMAO.

His actual point is probably correct though. That's freaky. :crazy:

[Mona]

I have always believed in UFOs... we would be silly to think that of all the planets, Earth is the only one with life... of course if I saw one of those "little green men with the big, black void eyes" I would run like hell..... lmao :eek2:

[Mona]

I have always believed in UFOs... we would be silly to think that of all the planets, Earth is the only one with life... of course if I saw one of those "little green men with the big, black void eyes" I would run like hell..... lmao :eek2:

[Alicia]

The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."



Yeah, OK. LMAO.

My thoughts exactly...

[Alicia]

The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds."



Yeah, OK. LMAO.

My thoughts exactly...

[moonstomper]

sounds like this cranky-pants got up on the wrong side of the bed

Can you hear me now? Jason Perala's message got through loud and clear to employees at a Fargo Verizon Wireless store Wednesday.

The Fargo construction worker said he planned only to scream at the employees at the store in West Acres mall.

"Then I just lost it," he said in a phone interview a few hours later, from inside the Cass County Jail.

"I just started grabbing computers and phones and throwing them," he said. "I just destroyed the place."

Unreliable phones and poor service were eating away at Perala for months, he said.

"I'm always sending money across that counter," he said. "I'm tired of doing things their way."

Perala's rampage began just after the cellular phone store in West Acres shopping mall opened at 10 a.m., police said.

A phone hurled across the store struck an employee in the shoulder before he and other workers dashed into an office, locked the door and called police, Fargo Police Sgt. Kevin Volrath said.

Perala tried to open the office door, then turned his attention back to the store's merchandise, Volrath said.

The rampage drew a crowd while some area businesses lowered their steel security gates, said Samantha Guthmiller, who works at a kiosk just outside Verizon Wireless.

Perala took off his shirt and continued to throw merchandise and displays throughout the store, she said.

A phone thrown from the store landed near her feet, she said.

"I couldn't really make out what he was ranting and raving about," she said. "The whole thing made me a little nervous."

Guthmiller said the ruckus lasted about 10 minutes before police arrived.

Officers drew their taser guns and ordered Perala to the floor. He complied and was arrested without incident, Volrath said.

Store employees closed the store for the day and spent the afternoon cleaning up. They declined to comment.

Store manager Paul Terveen referred questions to the company's Chicago office.

Perala didn't walk into the store to settle a problem, said company spokesman David Clevenger from Chicago. The store came under attack as soon as he walked in, Clevenger said.

The employee hit by a phone was not seriously injured, he said.

Perala said he put on a pair of safety glasses before entering the store because he thought employees could have pepper spray.

"I was just going to scream at them, but that doesn't get anywhere," he said. "I didn't know what was going to happen but I knew something was going to happen."

Perala said he didn't intend to hit an employee and regretted that he had.

Volrath said the store received more than $2,000 in damages.

Four patrol officers responded to an employee's call for help. They arrested Perala on charges of criminal mischief, a Class C felony and misdemeanor simple assault.

"I started and I just couldn't stop," Perala said. "I kind of regret that I did it, but I hope my message got across."

Readers can reach Forum reporter Jeff Zent at (701) 241-5526


:crazy: :eek:

[moonstomper]

sounds like this cranky-pants got up on the wrong side of the bed

Can you hear me now? Jason Perala's message got through loud and clear to employees at a Fargo Verizon Wireless store Wednesday.

The Fargo construction worker said he planned only to scream at the employees at the store in West Acres mall.

"Then I just lost it," he said in a phone interview a few hours later, from inside the Cass County Jail.

"I just started grabbing computers and phones and throwing them," he said. "I just destroyed the place."

Unreliable phones and poor service were eating away at Perala for months, he said.

"I'm always sending money across that counter," he said. "I'm tired of doing things their way."

Perala's rampage began just after the cellular phone store in West Acres shopping mall opened at 10 a.m., police said.

A phone hurled across the store struck an employee in the shoulder before he and other workers dashed into an office, locked the door and called police, Fargo Police Sgt. Kevin Volrath said.

Perala tried to open the office door, then turned his attention back to the store's merchandise, Volrath said.

The rampage drew a crowd while some area businesses lowered their steel security gates, said Samantha Guthmiller, who works at a kiosk just outside Verizon Wireless.

Perala took off his shirt and continued to throw merchandise and displays throughout the store, she said.

A phone thrown from the store landed near her feet, she said.

"I couldn't really make out what he was ranting and raving about," she said. "The whole thing made me a little nervous."

Guthmiller said the ruckus lasted about 10 minutes before police arrived.

Officers drew their taser guns and ordered Perala to the floor. He complied and was arrested without incident, Volrath said.

Store employees closed the store for the day and spent the afternoon cleaning up. They declined to comment.

Store manager Paul Terveen referred questions to the company's Chicago office.

Perala didn't walk into the store to settle a problem, said company spokesman David Clevenger from Chicago. The store came under attack as soon as he walked in, Clevenger said.

The employee hit by a phone was not seriously injured, he said.

Perala said he put on a pair of safety glasses before entering the store because he thought employees could have pepper spray.

"I was just going to scream at them, but that doesn't get anywhere," he said. "I didn't know what was going to happen but I knew something was going to happen."

Perala said he didn't intend to hit an employee and regretted that he had.

Volrath said the store received more than $2,000 in damages.

Four patrol officers responded to an employee's call for help. They arrested Perala on charges of criminal mischief, a Class C felony and misdemeanor simple assault.

"I started and I just couldn't stop," Perala said. "I kind of regret that I did it, but I hope my message got across."

Readers can reach Forum reporter Jeff Zent at (701) 241-5526


:crazy: :eek:

[nccanes]

Crazy story Stompy!

I loved this one.

By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It looks like J-1 is in love. After meeting the very fetching and slightly younger Aurora, he changed color and his eight arms became intertwined with hers. Then, the two retreated to a secluded corner to get to know each other better.

We're talking about giant Pacific octopuses here.

Aquarists at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward introduced the two Tuesday, and evidently they hit it off: Spermatophores were seen hanging from J-1's siphon.

"We really were not sure he had it in him," SeaLife Center aquarium curator Richard Hocking said Wednesday.

Love almost passed J-1 by. At 5 years of age and 52 pounds, he's reaching the end of the line for his species, the largest octopus in the world. J-1 is in a period of decline that occurs before an octopus dies. His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots.

"He's not as strong as he used to be," said aquarist Deanna Trobaugh.

With so little time left, J-1, who was collected on a beach near Seldovia in 1999 when he was about the size of a quarter, wasn't going to let the sweet Aurora slip through his eight arms.

Aurora sank to the bottom when aquarium staff put her into J-1's 3,600-gallon exhibit tank and promptly made the first move, reaching out to touch J-1 before retreating to her corner. But J-1 was soon in hot pursuit.

"They both were gripping the back wall of the tank. He just about covered her completely," Hocking said.

The two remained intertwined for about eight hours. It's possible that during that time he passed his sperm packet to her, Hocking said. When they separated, J-1 flashed some colors, turning almost white and then dark red.

"It looks like instinct took over during that encounter and they did what they were supposed to do," Hocking said.

If Aurora did accept J-1's spermatophores, she will produce 60,000 to 100,000 eggs. If with many, many children, Aurora — who was about the size of a grapefruit when she was found in 2002 living inside an old tire in front of the SeaLife Center — will stop eating while she tends her eggs. She will then weaken and die — a fate that J-1 also seems soon to meet.

"The goal for this was to let him lead a full life," Hocking said.



http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2004/05/13/inside-octupus.jpg
Two giant Pacific octopuses mate Tuesday at Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska.

[nccanes]

Crazy story Stompy!

I loved this one.

By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It looks like J-1 is in love. After meeting the very fetching and slightly younger Aurora, he changed color and his eight arms became intertwined with hers. Then, the two retreated to a secluded corner to get to know each other better.

We're talking about giant Pacific octopuses here.

Aquarists at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward introduced the two Tuesday, and evidently they hit it off: Spermatophores were seen hanging from J-1's siphon.

"We really were not sure he had it in him," SeaLife Center aquarium curator Richard Hocking said Wednesday.

Love almost passed J-1 by. At 5 years of age and 52 pounds, he's reaching the end of the line for his species, the largest octopus in the world. J-1 is in a period of decline that occurs before an octopus dies. His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots.

"He's not as strong as he used to be," said aquarist Deanna Trobaugh.

With so little time left, J-1, who was collected on a beach near Seldovia in 1999 when he was about the size of a quarter, wasn't going to let the sweet Aurora slip through his eight arms.

Aurora sank to the bottom when aquarium staff put her into J-1's 3,600-gallon exhibit tank and promptly made the first move, reaching out to touch J-1 before retreating to her corner. But J-1 was soon in hot pursuit.

"They both were gripping the back wall of the tank. He just about covered her completely," Hocking said.

The two remained intertwined for about eight hours. It's possible that during that time he passed his sperm packet to her, Hocking said. When they separated, J-1 flashed some colors, turning almost white and then dark red.

"It looks like instinct took over during that encounter and they did what they were supposed to do," Hocking said.

If Aurora did accept J-1's spermatophores, she will produce 60,000 to 100,000 eggs. If with many, many children, Aurora — who was about the size of a grapefruit when she was found in 2002 living inside an old tire in front of the SeaLife Center — will stop eating while she tends her eggs. She will then weaken and die — a fate that J-1 also seems soon to meet.

"The goal for this was to let him lead a full life," Hocking said.



http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2004/05/13/inside-octupus.jpg
Two giant Pacific octopuses mate Tuesday at Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska.

[moonstomper]

thats cool, but isnt the correct term octopi?

[moonstomper]

thats cool, but isnt the correct term octopi?

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

It is octopi. But that doesn't matter here. The fact is I wake up and find octopi mating. While this doesn't mean much to you, I have an intense fear of them. Why, I don't know. I just do. :crazy:
Now that I've shared that with you, I have to go find something happy. ;)

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

It is octopi. But that doesn't matter here. The fact is I wake up and find octopi mating. While this doesn't mean much to you, I have an intense fear of them. Why, I don't know. I just do. :crazy:
Now that I've shared that with you, I have to go find something happy. ;)

[RIO]

J-1 must be Canadian. Breeding even while dying. ;) :evil: :D


No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process? I dunno, I'm not about to fling myself weeping into the ocean over an octopus that weighs more than a cat chow bag, but it still made me sad.

[RIO]

J-1 must be Canadian. Breeding even while dying. ;) :evil: :D


No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process? I dunno, I'm not about to fling myself weeping into the ocean over an octopus that weighs more than a cat chow bag, but it still made me sad.

[moonstomper]

too bad about your phobia, octopi are truely amazing creatures. So intelligent, and to an extent, beautiful



http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/logbook/images/sep7-octopus-lores.jpg

[moonstomper]

too bad about your phobia, octopi are truely amazing creatures. So intelligent, and to an extent, beautiful



http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/logbook/images/sep7-octopus-lores.jpg

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Not not nice. :sick:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Not not nice. :sick:

[nccanes]

No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process?

It is kind a sad.

But the thing that struck me was how fortunate J-1 is. I bet a lot of old men at the end of their lives, skin eroding and divoted suckers, would enjoy having a fetching, slightly younger women delivered to them so they could entwine them for 8 hours. :smoke:

[nccanes]

No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process?

It is kind a sad.

But the thing that struck me was how fortunate J-1 is. I bet a lot of old men at the end of their lives, skin eroding and divoted suckers, would enjoy having a fetching, slightly younger women delivered to them so they could entwine them for 8 hours. :smoke:

[moonstomper]

No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process?

It is kind a sad.

But the thing that struck me was how fortunate J-1 is. I bet a lot of old men at the end of their lives, skin eroding and divoted suckers, would enjoy having a fetching, slightly younger women delivered to them so they could entwine them for 8 hours. :smoke:

didnt some old man take out an ad for just that? promising his fortune to the young lady whos "with" him when he dies?

[moonstomper]

No seriously, anyone else think it a little sad that Aurora hatches her brood and dies in the process?

It is kind a sad.

But the thing that struck me was how fortunate J-1 is. I bet a lot of old men at the end of their lives, skin eroding and divoted suckers, would enjoy having a fetching, slightly younger women delivered to them so they could entwine them for 8 hours. :smoke:

didnt some old man take out an ad for just that? promising his fortune to the young lady whos "with" him when he dies?

[RIO]

OOOOO!!! Gettin' X-rated in here!! X-rated in a very warped Wild Kingdom kind of way... :crazy: *hears Hungry Like The Wolf again*

lol :D

[RIO]

OOOOO!!! Gettin' X-rated in here!! X-rated in a very warped Wild Kingdom kind of way... :crazy: *hears Hungry Like The Wolf again*

lol :D

[RIO]

didnt some old man take out an ad for just that? promising his fortune to the young lady whos "with" him when he dies?


Dude!! I saw something like that in the Indepedent!! It was in the personals section (always good for a leg-slapping laugh if you've never read them... freaky and creative in the Independent) and the guy was saying something exactly like that! I thought "Heh. Wonder who's going to answer THAT one?" Probably twenty more people than the guy who used all role-playing slang to come onto a chick he passed in the cereal aisle at the Whole Foods.

[RIO]

didnt some old man take out an ad for just that? promising his fortune to the young lady whos "with" him when he dies?


Dude!! I saw something like that in the Indepedent!! It was in the personals section (always good for a leg-slapping laugh if you've never read them... freaky and creative in the Independent) and the guy was saying something exactly like that! I thought "Heh. Wonder who's going to answer THAT one?" Probably twenty more people than the guy who used all role-playing slang to come onto a chick he passed in the cereal aisle at the Whole Foods.

[RIO]

SHOP BUNNY BOBBY GETS ALL THE CREDIT

by CRAIG WALKER, Evening Express, north scotland

16:00 - 12 May 2004

A friendly rabbit is wowing customers of a North-east pet shop - by helping them with their shopping.

After shop owner Myra Stewart swipes a credit card she hands it to Bobby The Bunny to "check".

The rabbit takes it in his mouth and, after making sure all the details are correct, he tosses it back to the customer.

Mrs Stewart, who runs Pets Paradise in Ellon, said: "He really is a very intelligent rabbit.

"One day I just told him to make sure the card was okay and he took it straight out of my hand.

"Ever since then he's always done it.

"And the customers love it. They all think Bobby's great.

"But I have to hand back the receipt myself. He likes the paper a bit too much and would end up eating it."

Mrs Stewart took on the six-year-old rabbit after he was abandoned by his owners and left on the streets of Ellon to die.

Only six months old, he was found wandering around by police, who took him in before passing him on to the local pet shop.

Ever since he has taken pride of place on the counter of Mrs Stewart's pet shop, with a local joiner even building a house for him to stay in.

As well as his credit card antics, Bobby has raised thousands of pounds for local charities since moving into the shop.

Whenever a customer comes in he rattles a collecting tin lid for cash.

And if he thinks they haven't donated enough money, he throws it back at them.

So far, Bobby has raised more than £5,000.

And his playful personality has made him a popular figure around Ellon.

Mrs Stewart added: "He is something of a tourist attraction.

"People come into the shop just to see how Bobby's doing."

He's even got his own fan base with letters being sent from as far away as Orkney and Leicester.

"People hear about him from relatives living locally.

"Whenever they visit the town they always say they had to come and see the famous rabbit," added Mrs Stewart.

"He loves the attention. Bobby is such a friendly rabbit and is always happy to entertain."

[RIO]

SHOP BUNNY BOBBY GETS ALL THE CREDIT

by CRAIG WALKER, Evening Express, north scotland

16:00 - 12 May 2004

A friendly rabbit is wowing customers of a North-east pet shop - by helping them with their shopping.

After shop owner Myra Stewart swipes a credit card she hands it to Bobby The Bunny to "check".

The rabbit takes it in his mouth and, after making sure all the details are correct, he tosses it back to the customer.

Mrs Stewart, who runs Pets Paradise in Ellon, said: "He really is a very intelligent rabbit.

"One day I just told him to make sure the card was okay and he took it straight out of my hand.

"Ever since then he's always done it.

"And the customers love it. They all think Bobby's great.

"But I have to hand back the receipt myself. He likes the paper a bit too much and would end up eating it."

Mrs Stewart took on the six-year-old rabbit after he was abandoned by his owners and left on the streets of Ellon to die.

Only six months old, he was found wandering around by police, who took him in before passing him on to the local pet shop.

Ever since he has taken pride of place on the counter of Mrs Stewart's pet shop, with a local joiner even building a house for him to stay in.

As well as his credit card antics, Bobby has raised thousands of pounds for local charities since moving into the shop.

Whenever a customer comes in he rattles a collecting tin lid for cash.

And if he thinks they haven't donated enough money, he throws it back at them.

So far, Bobby has raised more than £5,000.

And his playful personality has made him a popular figure around Ellon.

Mrs Stewart added: "He is something of a tourist attraction.

"People come into the shop just to see how Bobby's doing."

He's even got his own fan base with letters being sent from as far away as Orkney and Leicester.

"People hear about him from relatives living locally.

"Whenever they visit the town they always say they had to come and see the famous rabbit," added Mrs Stewart.

"He loves the attention. Bobby is such a friendly rabbit and is always happy to entertain."

[moonstomper]

awesome story Rio, what about this lucky guy!? and lucky turtle!?

http://mas.scripps.com/TCP/2004/05/12/13STURTLENB_e.jpg

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Ralph Glaister was shell-shocked when a flying turtle crashed through his windshield Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 95.

"There was a loud crash. When I looked up, there was glass all over me and a turtle sitting beside me in my van," the 45-year-old Deerfield Beach resident said. "It seemed like it happened in slow motion."

Luckily, both Glaister and the cooter box turtle were not seriously injured. The turtle suffered minor cuts to its tail and back legs, but the shell was not damaged.

Glaister walked away without a scratch.

Glaister was more worried about getting immediate help for the 1-foot-long turtle than fixing his windshield after the crash.

"It is amazing (the turtle) wasn't injured," he said. "He came flying through the windshield at 70 miles per hour. Not many things can live going through a windshield like that."

He was driving to visit his girlfriend, Vero Beach resident Tracy MacLean, about 5 p.m. when the incident happened.

Glaister was heading north on I-95 just south of Indrio Road in St. Lucie County when he noticed the turtle attempting to cross the interstate.

"I saw the turtle crossing the road when it was slightly clipped by the truck in front of me, which sent it flying into the air and through my windshield," he said.

"You couldn't have planned it better. He hit the glass on the passenger side, busted that out and landed next to me."

Instead of stopping and risking more time waiting for help, Glaister took the stowaway to MacLean's house and contacted the Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

An Indian River County Animal Control officer and sheriff's deputy checked the turtle for injuries.

"I have heard about a lot of four-legged animals going through windshields, but never, ever, a turtle," said Detective Joe Flescher, sheriff's office spokesman.

Glaister plans on releasing the turtle into a pond near MacLean's house, he said.

"I watched it happen and I am still amazed and surprised," he said. "How am I going to explain this story?"

[moonstomper]

awesome story Rio, what about this lucky guy!? and lucky turtle!?

http://mas.scripps.com/TCP/2004/05/12/13STURTLENB_e.jpg

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Ralph Glaister was shell-shocked when a flying turtle crashed through his windshield Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 95.

"There was a loud crash. When I looked up, there was glass all over me and a turtle sitting beside me in my van," the 45-year-old Deerfield Beach resident said. "It seemed like it happened in slow motion."

Luckily, both Glaister and the cooter box turtle were not seriously injured. The turtle suffered minor cuts to its tail and back legs, but the shell was not damaged.

Glaister walked away without a scratch.

Glaister was more worried about getting immediate help for the 1-foot-long turtle than fixing his windshield after the crash.

"It is amazing (the turtle) wasn't injured," he said. "He came flying through the windshield at 70 miles per hour. Not many things can live going through a windshield like that."

He was driving to visit his girlfriend, Vero Beach resident Tracy MacLean, about 5 p.m. when the incident happened.

Glaister was heading north on I-95 just south of Indrio Road in St. Lucie County when he noticed the turtle attempting to cross the interstate.

"I saw the turtle crossing the road when it was slightly clipped by the truck in front of me, which sent it flying into the air and through my windshield," he said.

"You couldn't have planned it better. He hit the glass on the passenger side, busted that out and landed next to me."

Instead of stopping and risking more time waiting for help, Glaister took the stowaway to MacLean's house and contacted the Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

An Indian River County Animal Control officer and sheriff's deputy checked the turtle for injuries.

"I have heard about a lot of four-legged animals going through windshields, but never, ever, a turtle," said Detective Joe Flescher, sheriff's office spokesman.

Glaister plans on releasing the turtle into a pond near MacLean's house, he said.

"I watched it happen and I am still amazed and surprised," he said. "How am I going to explain this story?"

[Mona]

That is amazing that turtle survived... their shells are tougher than I thought.. and lucky for both of them that the turtle didn't come in in front of the driver and hit him in the head.. that would have been disaster..

[Mona]

That is amazing that turtle survived... their shells are tougher than I thought.. and lucky for both of them that the turtle didn't come in in front of the driver and hit him in the head.. that would have been disaster..

[Shell]

I have found the pefect dog to date your av Guin

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20041002/capt.bej11010020834.china_dog_festival_bej110.jpg

[Shell]

I have found the pefect dog to date your av Guin

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20041002/capt.bej11010020834.china_dog_festival_bej110.jpg

[Guyute]

I bet that's one mean-ass poodle. "beyotch, I'm a GUY. what in holy hell are you doing?"

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

[Guyute]

I bet that's one mean-ass poodle. "beyotch, I'm a GUY. what in holy hell are you doing?"

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

[Alicia]

I bet that's one mean-ass poodle. "beyotch, I'm a GUY. what in holy hell are you doing?"

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

:lol: :laugh:

[Alicia]

I bet that's one mean-ass poodle. "beyotch, I'm a GUY. what in holy hell are you doing?"

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

:lol: :laugh:

[talkingcanes]

USA Gymnastics Irate Over Abercrombie & Fitch T-Shirt
President Wants T-Shirt Off the Market, Boycott of Stores

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 7) -- Abercrombie & Fitch's latest T-shirt is getting poor marks from USA Gymnastics.

USA Gymnastics president Bob Colarossi is asking the clothing retailer to stop selling a T-shirt that has the slogan "L is for Loser" next to a picture of a gymnast on the still rings. The sport's governing body also asked members to boycott the store until the T-shirt is pulled.

"No individual, regardless of race, gender, age, intelligence or athletic ability, can or should be deemed a loser," Colarossi wrote in a letter to Michael Jeffries, chief executive officer of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"Athletics as a whole, and gymnastics in particular, provides a great foundation in physical fitness and offers skills for a lifetime," Colarossi wrote. "... USA Gymnastics feels that A&F has promoted this latest product in hopes of generating public outcry, attention, and media exposure for their brand."

Abercrombie & Fitch did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment from The Associated Press on Thursday.

This isn't the first time Abercrombie & Fitch's T-shirts have caused a stir. West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise sent two letters to Jeffries earlier this year to protest T-shirts making fun of his state.

In 2002, the company removed T-shirts from stores after Asian-Americans complained about depictions of two slant-eyed men in conical hats and the slogan "Wong Brothers Laundry Service -- Two Wongs Can Make it White."

[talkingcanes]

USA Gymnastics Irate Over Abercrombie & Fitch T-Shirt
President Wants T-Shirt Off the Market, Boycott of Stores

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 7) -- Abercrombie & Fitch's latest T-shirt is getting poor marks from USA Gymnastics.

USA Gymnastics president Bob Colarossi is asking the clothing retailer to stop selling a T-shirt that has the slogan "L is for Loser" next to a picture of a gymnast on the still rings. The sport's governing body also asked members to boycott the store until the T-shirt is pulled.

"No individual, regardless of race, gender, age, intelligence or athletic ability, can or should be deemed a loser," Colarossi wrote in a letter to Michael Jeffries, chief executive officer of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"Athletics as a whole, and gymnastics in particular, provides a great foundation in physical fitness and offers skills for a lifetime," Colarossi wrote. "... USA Gymnastics feels that A&F has promoted this latest product in hopes of generating public outcry, attention, and media exposure for their brand."

Abercrombie & Fitch did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment from The Associated Press on Thursday.

This isn't the first time Abercrombie & Fitch's T-shirts have caused a stir. West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise sent two letters to Jeffries earlier this year to protest T-shirts making fun of his state.

In 2002, the company removed T-shirts from stores after Asian-Americans complained about depictions of two slant-eyed men in conical hats and the slogan "Wong Brothers Laundry Service -- Two Wongs Can Make it White."

[Mona]

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

Dang.. :crazy: :eek: :eek2:

**keeps French Canadian comments to myself** :evil:

[Mona]

I've never heard the term 'hung like a poodle'... but... uhm... eh, nm. :)

Dang.. :crazy: :eek: :eek2:

**keeps French Canadian comments to myself** :evil:

[Guyute]

awwww... poor jacko is upset. hehe
(haven't seen the video, nor heard the song yet. I'll be looking for it now)

Jackson Seeks Ban on Eminem's New Video

17 minutes ago Entertainment - AP Music

NEW YORK - Michael Jackson (news) is reportedly angered by the way he is portrayed in rapper Eminem (news - web sites)'s recently released video "Just Lose It." The pop singer is said to be so upset that he has asked networks to remove the video from their rotations.

"Michael Jackson is very angry. He feels that Eminem has crossed the line," Jackson representative Ramone Bain told the Daily News in Tuesday editions. "Michael is calling on all networks to pull the video."

In the video, Eminem appears dressed mockingly as Jackson with a group of boys in the background, jumping. Then he sings the lyric in reference to Jackson's child molestation allegations: "Come here little kiddie, on my lap. Guess who's back with a brand new rap..."

Later in the video Eminem also ridicules plastic surgery done on Jackson's nose, and an accident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

So far, Black Entertainment Television has agreed to pull the video, and was expected on Tuesday to announce that it is removing the video.

"Michael feels the video is disrespectful and offensive...it's one thing to spoof someone, it's another to be completely insensitive and disrespectful," said Bain.

[Guyute]

awwww... poor jacko is upset. hehe
(haven't seen the video, nor heard the song yet. I'll be looking for it now)

Jackson Seeks Ban on Eminem's New Video

17 minutes ago Entertainment - AP Music

NEW YORK - Michael Jackson (news) is reportedly angered by the way he is portrayed in rapper Eminem (news - web sites)'s recently released video "Just Lose It." The pop singer is said to be so upset that he has asked networks to remove the video from their rotations.

"Michael Jackson is very angry. He feels that Eminem has crossed the line," Jackson representative Ramone Bain told the Daily News in Tuesday editions. "Michael is calling on all networks to pull the video."

In the video, Eminem appears dressed mockingly as Jackson with a group of boys in the background, jumping. Then he sings the lyric in reference to Jackson's child molestation allegations: "Come here little kiddie, on my lap. Guess who's back with a brand new rap..."

Later in the video Eminem also ridicules plastic surgery done on Jackson's nose, and an accident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

So far, Black Entertainment Television has agreed to pull the video, and was expected on Tuesday to announce that it is removing the video.

"Michael feels the video is disrespectful and offensive...it's one thing to spoof someone, it's another to be completely insensitive and disrespectful," said Bain.