Archive for September, 2004

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

 

Lotion

‘It rubs the lotion on its skin
Or else it gets the hose again
It rubs the lotion on its skin
Or else it gets the hose again
(Yes it does Precious)’

Kinda catchy. 🙂

(8.8meg Flash video)

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XXL Bra Sparks Hunt for Heavy Crooks

`Police in the western German city of Aachen are searching for an obese couple who have been sneaking into an apartment building to use a woman’s private dryer.

The only evidence police found was an oversized XXL bra and a jumbo pair of men’s underpants left behind in the dryer. [..]’


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IP Relay Operators Message

`This one is hilarious. Supposedly, their is a service for deaf people where they can text message a phone operator and that phone operator then will communicate the message to the other line.’


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An Anime for Deep Thinkers

`With its heady dialog and intricately detailed 3-D animation, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is dense — the kind of film you can spread with a putty knife.’


Thieves rob bus full of policemen

`Forty-six Brazilian policemen travelling to a sports competition were caught with their guard down this week when four Brazilian thieves robbed the bus carrying them to the event. [..]

“The robbers took their cameras, cellular phones, wallets and even the sports uniforms and sneakers,” a police spokesman said.’


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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

 

Stresses destroy people’s ability to control and hamper time

`A human being is capable of changing and impeding time in an emergent situation, in a desperate attempt to stay alive. Nature provided incredible an ability to people, although one can use this ability once in a lifetime. [..] this so-called “time control organ” is always in action, the time of every individual changes, although only highly precise devices can register this change (an atomic clock or synchronized quartz resonators).’


Lawyer sets himself on fire

`Yesterday, a judge rejected his petition on technical grounds.

Angered over the decision, Mr Dhilon went to the court of another senior judge and shouted that he was killing himself because “I have not received justice,” said Usman Anwar, another police officer.

He said Mr Dhilon quickly poured gasoline over his body and set it on fire.’


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Grandmother dies from joke gift

`A grandmother in China died of shock after her 11-year-old grandson gave her a plastic severed head as a joke gift. [..]

She died from a stroke after opening the present, on which her grandson spent all of his pocketmoney.’


sunday bloody sunday

George W. Bush singing a U2 song, with mp3 and lyrics.


Man Climbs Into Lion Enclosure During Feeding Time

`A man climbed into a lions’ enclosure at an Australian zoo Tuesday, pulled out a yellow Bible and asked stunned onlookers whether they wanted him to pat the four animals during feeding time.’

with video (and sound): `Mate, they’re gonna kill ya..’


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Plan to Evict Bees Sets Home on Fire

`Firefighters had to be called after a plan to evict a swarm of bees went up in smoke. Residents used gasoline to start a fire in hopes of smoking out a hive of bees from under their home [..]’


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Suicide jumper thwarted … again

`For at least the 10th time in eight years, Francisco Solomon Sanchez of Duarte attempted a public suicide by threatening to jump from a freeway overpass, tying up traffic on two major freeways for hours, officials said Sunday. [..]

“He’s a previous jumper,” CHP Acting Sgt. Brandon Carter said. “He has two prosthetic legs from previous jumps.”‘


Man Exhumes and Eats Grandson’s Corpse

`Zambian police have arrested a man who exhumed, cooked and ate part of his grandson’s corpse, police said Monday.’


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Lost nuclear bomb possibly found

`The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958 following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86 fighter.

A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated Press report.’


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Medical Intern Injects Olive Oil Into Appendix Patient

`Instead of injecting an elderly patient with antibiotics, he shot her up with olive oil. The woman was in the hospital to get her appendix removed.

Officials at Steyr Hospital said vials of the medicine and oil had been left at the bedside and the intern picked up the wrong one. The olive oil was supposed to have been used for a massage.’


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Teen dies rappelling to apartment

`A teenager in a Manhattan housing development fell to his death yesterday morning when a rope he was using to rappel to his family’s fifth-floor apartment snapped [..]

Osano Dallas, 16, tied one end of a rope to a 3½-foot metal barrier on the roof of 434 W. 17th St. and the other end around his waist [..]’


Costello praises Ninja turtle

`Federal Treasurer Peter Costello today said a little boy dressed as a Ninja turtle who kicked him in Brisbane was “fantastic”. [..]

“He was fantastic, he shot across the room and he put me on my guard, and I sort of tried to cope with him,” Mr Costello said on radio B105.

“He wasn’t in the mood for kissing – Ninja turtles are very tough, karate-type people.”‘


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Man in wheelchair attacks Good Samaritan

`A 34-year-old man in a wheelchair was arrested Tuesday after attacking and attempting to rob a man who had tried to help him, police said.

[..] a strange detail was that the man who was attacked had also spent years in a wheelchair before being fitted with prosthetic legs.

“They were total strangers. It’s a bizarre case,” [a policeman] said.’


The Virtual Window Project

`What if only your imagination limited what you could see outside your windows? Flat panel technology is quickly becoming bigger, better, and more affordable, which will allow for all sorts of fun ways to transport your domicile to wherever tickles your fancy. This is my modest attempt to view something more interesting than my neighbors.’


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F-word can be okay at work

`Using the f-word among your colleagues may not necessarily be offensive, can even be considered polite and helps to reinforce team morale [,,]

In the appropriate context, swearing was not offensive and demonstrated the fact that language was constantly evolving, she said.’

Saying “cunt” all day long at work no doubt has an even greater benefit. 🙂


Tuesday, September 14, 2004

 

Worldometers

Various realtime stats for a bunch of things.


U.S. Exports DMCA Down Under

`Australia appears ready to adopt U.S-style copyright laws, courtesy of a Free Trade Agreement deal negotiated between the two countries. [..]

Under the new laws, copyright owners will be able to subpoena user information from ISPs in infringement cases. The use of modified consumer electronics, such DVD players that allow consumers to play multi-zone movies, will be outlawed. And copyrights will be extended by another 20 years.’


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Lawsuit claims ignition interlocks not safe

`The suit was filed by a two-time drunken driving convict who passed out and crashed his car while blowing into an ignition interlock, a small machine that measures alcohol on the breath and won’t allow a car to start if the driver has been drinking. [..]

Jason Reali, 29, of Telford, claims in his suit that he had to blow into the machine so hard to make it work that it often left him dizzy.

A heavy smoker, Reali said he blew so hard during one test that he fell unconscious and crashed into a tree, severely injuring his hand. He was sober at the time.’


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Kidnapped Man Returns Home Safely

`When news of Pearson’s disappearance hit the airwaves, one of his captors got scared and took off, leaving Pearson with the other kidnapper.

“He said ‘Man, when you all were praying, I had smoked some crack and you all touched me, ’cause I see what kind of life you are living. I’m going to work with you. I’m going to get you out of here,'” Pearson said.’


Monday, September 13, 2004

 

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Sunday, September 12, 2004

 

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`The Evolution of a Volvo Racing Car’

The article about all the things they pulled out of the car to make it lighter is kinda cool.


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N.Korea Blast Unlikely to Have Been Nuclear

‘A huge explosion rocked North Korea three days ago but U.S. and South Korean officials said on Sunday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons test despite a report the blast produced a mushroom cloud.

[..] in Washington, U.S. officials said there was no definitive explanation yet, although Thursday’s blast did not appear to be nuclear.’

more here:

‘North Korea is believed to be developing nuclear weapons. International experts would likely have been able to detect a test if one had occurred several days ago.

“We understand that a mushroom-shaped cloud about 3.5 to 4 kilometers (2.1 to 2.5 miles) in diameter was monitored during the explosion,” the source in Seoul told Yonhap.’

followup to Report: Mushroom Cloud Seen After N.Korea Explosion and Reports May Indicate N.Korea Nuclear Test.


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Man May Try To Reduce Ivan’s Strength

`A South Florida businessman says he’s going to try to reduce the strength of Hurricane Ivan by flying a Boeing 747 into the edge of the hurricane and dumping thousands of pounds of an absorbent material into the storm. [..]

Cordani is chief operating officer of Dyn-O-Mat, a company that sells environmental absorbent products such as mats for mechanics. He believes his product, SK 1,000, would cause a shearing action and a 15 degree cooling of the storm.’

Dyn-O-Mat homepage here.


Dog Who Bit Off Man’s Penis Might Have Been Provoked

‘A police report concerning the dog that apparently bit off a man’s genitals says that the man may have been using force against the animal.

Rudolfo Ramirez, 25, might have been trying to forcibly open the pit bull’s mouth. [..]

“As soon as he hit the dog, the dog yelped and the guy got up,” Chacon remembers. “He was still alive but his inner thighs, genitalia, and lower stomach was all ripped away.”

Chacon said Ramirez didn’t say a word and ran away as police approached, but he was caught at a nearby park.’

followup to Dog Bites Off Man’s Genitals.


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Knight Rider (2005)

A new Knight Rider movie is being planned, starring David Hasselhoff.