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The "News of the Weird" Thread
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drjeff
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2011/10/27/am-drunk-topless-driver.cnn
It's worth watching through the few second ad at the start
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It's worth watching through the few second ad at the start
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UFO At NFL Game: TV Camera Captures Strange Object In Flight During Broadcast
*** As NBC's cameras returned from a commercial break and focused on the historic, triple-steepled St. Louis Cathedral in the city nicknamed the Big Easy, a couple of lit objects seemed to streak across the darkening sky -- and they've yet to be definitively identified. Viewed in real-time, it's hard to see much more than something flashing across the screen. But a frame-by-frame scrutiny of the video reveals a rod-shaped object topped with brightly lit dots. ***
Story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/ufo-nfl-game_n_1033966.html
*** As NBC's cameras returned from a commercial break and focused on the historic, triple-steepled St. Louis Cathedral in the city nicknamed the Big Easy, a couple of lit objects seemed to streak across the darkening sky -- and they've yet to be definitively identified. Viewed in real-time, it's hard to see much more than something flashing across the screen. But a frame-by-frame scrutiny of the video reveals a rod-shaped object topped with brightly lit dots. ***
Story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/ufo-nfl-game_n_1033966.html
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ABC News reports that Gay Penguin couple to be Separated at Zoo
Not that there is anything wrong with that :-o :-o
This might explain why this species is on the verge of extinction though...
Gay Penguins to be Separated at Toronto Zoo
The amorous connection between two inseparable male penguins will soon come to an end when the Toronto Zoo pairs them with females.
“The males will be put in with a specific female so they have the chance to get to know one another, and if they bond, that’s what we’re looking for,” Bill Rapley, the zoo’s executive director of conservation and wildlife, told ABCNews.com.
Buddy, 21, and Pedro, 10, lived in a zoo in Toledo, Ohio, before traveling to Canada to become part of the Toronto Zoo’s first African penguin exhibit in 18 years.
Zookeepers quickly observed courtship and mating behaviors that are typically exhibited only between males and females.
“When you put things in captivity, odd things happen,” Kevin McGowan of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., told ABCNews.com. “The way penguins work is they do get paired for a long time. Basically, the only other penguin they care about is their mate, so it’s important for them to find somebody who’s compatible, and if you don’t have a normal upbringing then it’s difficult to say how ‘normal’ they can be.”
Buddy and Pedro, who were both raised in captivity, pair together every night, “bray” at one another, groom each other, and never seem to tire of standing alongside each other, the Toronto Star reported.
But because the penguins have “top-notch genes,” zookeepers want them to breed with females to help populate the species, which is endangered.
According to the Toronto Zoo’s website, the African penguin population initially declined because their eggs had been overharvested, and many of their habitats had been disturbed. Today, oil pollution and a shrinking food supply exacerbated by commercial fishing are the major threats to their existence.
The zoo is now engaged in a species survival plan to help the species populate.
But just because Buddy and Pedro are placed with females doesn’t mean they will want to pair with them, which might pose a challenge to the zoo’s attempts at animal husbandry.
“They don’t necessarily do what you want them to do, and what can be kind of tricky is getting them to accept the mate you want them to have,” said McGowan.
Part of the reason penguins tend to be so picky about their mates, he said, is because rearing chicks is “one of the hardest working times of their lives,” McGowan said. “There’s an awful lot of feeding.
“You can imagine if you’re going to invest so much time and energy in a chick … you would be choosy [about your mate] in that situation,” he said. “And the penguins are relatively choosy.”
Buddy might have an easier time adapting than Pedro. Before Buddy arrived at the Toronto Zoo, he paired with a female for “quite a few years,” and they had eggs together, Tom Mason, Toronto Zoo curator of birds, told ABCNews.com. ”After she passed away, Buddy was put with Pedro at the other zoo [in Ohio] and now they’ve been put in here to specifically breed with females. We’re setting up colony of 12 – to maximize genetics and avoid inbreeding.”
But when the breeding season is over, all the birds will eventually return to the same enclosure, and “if Buddy and Pedro want to be together … they will be back together, ” said Mason.
Not that there is anything wrong with that :-o :-o
This might explain why this species is on the verge of extinction though...
Gay Penguins to be Separated at Toronto Zoo
The amorous connection between two inseparable male penguins will soon come to an end when the Toronto Zoo pairs them with females.
“The males will be put in with a specific female so they have the chance to get to know one another, and if they bond, that’s what we’re looking for,” Bill Rapley, the zoo’s executive director of conservation and wildlife, told ABCNews.com.
Buddy, 21, and Pedro, 10, lived in a zoo in Toledo, Ohio, before traveling to Canada to become part of the Toronto Zoo’s first African penguin exhibit in 18 years.
Zookeepers quickly observed courtship and mating behaviors that are typically exhibited only between males and females.
“When you put things in captivity, odd things happen,” Kevin McGowan of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., told ABCNews.com. “The way penguins work is they do get paired for a long time. Basically, the only other penguin they care about is their mate, so it’s important for them to find somebody who’s compatible, and if you don’t have a normal upbringing then it’s difficult to say how ‘normal’ they can be.”
Buddy and Pedro, who were both raised in captivity, pair together every night, “bray” at one another, groom each other, and never seem to tire of standing alongside each other, the Toronto Star reported.
But because the penguins have “top-notch genes,” zookeepers want them to breed with females to help populate the species, which is endangered.
According to the Toronto Zoo’s website, the African penguin population initially declined because their eggs had been overharvested, and many of their habitats had been disturbed. Today, oil pollution and a shrinking food supply exacerbated by commercial fishing are the major threats to their existence.
The zoo is now engaged in a species survival plan to help the species populate.
But just because Buddy and Pedro are placed with females doesn’t mean they will want to pair with them, which might pose a challenge to the zoo’s attempts at animal husbandry.
“They don’t necessarily do what you want them to do, and what can be kind of tricky is getting them to accept the mate you want them to have,” said McGowan.
Part of the reason penguins tend to be so picky about their mates, he said, is because rearing chicks is “one of the hardest working times of their lives,” McGowan said. “There’s an awful lot of feeding.
“You can imagine if you’re going to invest so much time and energy in a chick … you would be choosy [about your mate] in that situation,” he said. “And the penguins are relatively choosy.”
Buddy might have an easier time adapting than Pedro. Before Buddy arrived at the Toronto Zoo, he paired with a female for “quite a few years,” and they had eggs together, Tom Mason, Toronto Zoo curator of birds, told ABCNews.com. ”After she passed away, Buddy was put with Pedro at the other zoo [in Ohio] and now they’ve been put in here to specifically breed with females. We’re setting up colony of 12 – to maximize genetics and avoid inbreeding.”
But when the breeding season is over, all the birds will eventually return to the same enclosure, and “if Buddy and Pedro want to be together … they will be back together, ” said Mason.
Only in Vermont:
Vt. man arrested, tractor runs into police cruiser
November 22, 2011
PEACHAM, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police have arrested an 86-year-old man on a charge that he illegally drove his tractor on a public highway with a suspended license and ran into a police cruiser.
Police said Jon Simon of West Danville was driving the tractor on Danville Peacham Road in Peacham, even though he was going against police orders. He ran into the cruiser that was parked on a nearby road at about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Simon was arrested on a charge of negligent operation.
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NEK woodchcuk
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spunky guy eh?
toferburl
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Normally I would think someone who does something like this should go to jail, but he's 86, so as long as no one was injured, I think he should pay a small fine and that should be all.
Obadias
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Confine him to finest and most posh nursing home in the state. He needs friends to be with everyday. Apparently nobody was watching him. Let him play cards and watch free cable on the state's dime.
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Daily stress is leading to a rise in the potential nightmare of 'sleep texting', expert claims
The stress of daily life has sparked a new phenomenon - sleep texting.
People with the rare condition send incoherent text messages while asleep to their friends and family - completely unaware that they are doing it. Sleep specialist Dr David Cunnington, of Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre in Australia, said patients had reported incidents of sleep texting - and he has advised people to leave their mobile phones outside the bedroom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...leep-texting-expert-claims.html#ixzz1fFK9D3Gz
So can two sleeping people text each other, and think it was just a dream?
The stress of daily life has sparked a new phenomenon - sleep texting.
People with the rare condition send incoherent text messages while asleep to their friends and family - completely unaware that they are doing it. Sleep specialist Dr David Cunnington, of Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre in Australia, said patients had reported incidents of sleep texting - and he has advised people to leave their mobile phones outside the bedroom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...leep-texting-expert-claims.html#ixzz1fFK9D3Gz
So can two sleeping people text each other, and think it was just a dream?
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'roid rage?
That's what they are saying.
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8 Ferraris, Lamborghini, 3 Benzes in million-dollar car crash
Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini were involved in a 14-vehicle pileup on a Japanese freeway Sunday that could easily cost more than $1 million, the Daily Yomiuri reports. Most of the luxury cars were traveling in a convoy to a gathering of sports car enthusiasts in nearby Hiroshima, the Associated Press reports. The AP says the damage could easily top $1 million in a country where even a used Ferrari can fetch $100,000. The Japanese media put the bill as high as $3.8 million, AFP reports. ***
Link: http://content.usatoday.com/communi...11/12/8-ferraris-lamborghin-car-crash-japan/1
Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini were involved in a 14-vehicle pileup on a Japanese freeway Sunday that could easily cost more than $1 million, the Daily Yomiuri reports. Most of the luxury cars were traveling in a convoy to a gathering of sports car enthusiasts in nearby Hiroshima, the Associated Press reports. The AP says the damage could easily top $1 million in a country where even a used Ferrari can fetch $100,000. The Japanese media put the bill as high as $3.8 million, AFP reports. ***
Link: http://content.usatoday.com/communi...11/12/8-ferraris-lamborghin-car-crash-japan/1
Not sure if this belongs in the "News of the Weird" thread or the "WTF" thread..
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/201...n-man-charged-with-making-a-fake--ar-1765473/
If you're going to go through the trouble and risk of counterfeiting money why would you make a bill that never existed? Not to mention that the store surely wouldn't have change for that much... Me thinks this guy wasn't running on all cylinders...
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/201...n-man-charged-with-making-a-fake--ar-1765473/
If you're going to go through the trouble and risk of counterfeiting money why would you make a bill that never existed? Not to mention that the store surely wouldn't have change for that much... Me thinks this guy wasn't running on all cylinders...
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It definitely qualifies for both, a rare feat.
Attention Walmart shoppers- million dollar bills will no longer be accepted!
Bigfoot can rest easy now knowing that his First Amendment rights have been vindicated by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
http://www.wcax.com/story/16515551/nh-court-upholds-bigfoots-free-speech-rights
http://www.wcax.com/story/16515551/nh-court-upholds-bigfoots-free-speech-rights
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It's reassuring to know that officials are keeping our parks safe from guys in monkey suits.
ctenidae
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If it's a crime to wear a monkey suit in a state park, then only criminals will wear monkey suits in state parks.
They take things seriously in NH State Parks.
Seriously??
New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged women might be offended
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highs...ecause-middle-aged-women-might-161402778.html
New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged women might be offended
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highs...ecause-middle-aged-women-might-161402778.html
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To say that the board's reaction to having a school play as the Cougars was a bit over the top is certainly an understatement, particularly when one considers the fact that BYU and a host of other high schools in Utah use the Cougar as their mascot. By pulling the right to pick their own mascot away, the school board turned what appeared to be a nice nod toward student self determination into a first overbearing act of a new administration that doesn't even exist yet.
P.C. gone wild.
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Swedish government recognises file-sharing religion
Church of Kopimism insists "copying is a sacrament".
The Swedish government has officially recognised a fledgling religion that worships the act of file-sharing. ***
Story: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-05-swedish-government-recognises-file-sharing-religion
Church of Kopimism insists "copying is a sacrament".
The Swedish government has officially recognised a fledgling religion that worships the act of file-sharing. ***
Story: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-05-swedish-government-recognises-file-sharing-religion
ctenidae
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Is it really possible to be a religion without some sort of articles of faith? I mean, Pastafarianism, sure, but copy/paste? Tomato paste I'm down with. Eating paste, not so much.
If CTRL-C and CTRL-V are sacred symbols, where does that leave CTRL-X? Since it's not making a copy of information, just moving it from place to place, is it evil? Or just not very useful? Is it the Joseph of Jesus, Mary,and Joseph? Sure, old Joe was a nice guy, and he had a capable burro, but once he got Mary into the barn, his work was done. He didn't even have naythign o do with Jesus being in the picture, really- no act of creation there.
Wow, CTRL-X really is like Joseph...
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