The "News of the Weird" Thread

[ctenidae]

http://jalopnik.com/cars/fine,-be-t...ter-racking-up-almost-10k-in-fines-292101.php

A man with priorities that out of whack does not deserve such a fine automobile.

 

[drjeff]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/bear.death.reut/index.html

Bears eat man at beer festival Story Highlights
A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in bear cage

Naked body was found in enclosure at Belgrade Zoo

Zookeepers believe man was drunk or drugged
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BELGRADE, Serbia (Reuters) -- A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival.

The man was found naked, with his clothes lying intact inside the cage. Two adult bears, Masha and Misha, had dragged the body to their feeding corner and reacted angrily when keepers tried to recover it.

"There's a good chance he was drunk or drugged. Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage," zoo director Vuk Bojovic told Reuters.

Local media reported that police found several mobile phones inside the cage, as well as bricks, stones and beer cans

:beer: :beer:

 

[ctenidae]

Local media reported that police found several mobile phones inside the cage, as well as bricks, stones and beer cans

Not the bear's first Serbian Surprise, I guess.

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1385565.html?ic

Wait... what?
Anarchists, planning meeting...does not compute.

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII

Not news, but certainly weird. Scary, really. Depressing, sure.
Good thing she's cute.

 

[hammer]

http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20070928/46fc7c40_3ca6_1552620070928-858557169

Weird and tragic...

 

[ctenidae]

Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year

That doesn't really strike me as "extremely rare"

 

[ctenidae]

http://thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071120/OSH/311200069/1987

Marc?

 

[thetrailboss]

This guy uses electric eels to light his Christmas tree. :blink:

The best line of the article: ""If we could gather all electric eels from all around the world, we would be able to light up an unimaginably giant Christmas tree," Minawa told Reuters Television." That's deep.

 

[ctenidae]

"I would love to have an eel like this at home. This is very nature-friendly," said visitor Harumi Yayoi.

Yes, keeping wild animals captive is absolutely nature friendly.
And then you can eat them.

How big would an unimaginably large Christmas tree be, anyway? I just can't imagine it.

 

[Greg]

http://www.700wlw.com/pages/localNews.html?feed=119585&article=4324072

 

[severine]

Nobody tipped that cow, eh?

 

[ctenidae]

I hope she gets to wear the outfit in prison.
That would be udderly hilarious.

 

[drjeff]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/cutout.dissection.ap/index.html

 

[hardline]

So what you're sayin is... if I want to kill someone, don't do it in Texas...

actually from what i understand. if you tell someone not to come on your property and they do you have every right to shoot them. that was what i was told by freind that owns a ranch.

 

[RootDKJ]

Lazy dog walker earns Great North Bum title
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...y-dog-walker-earns-Great-North-Bum-title.html

 

[RootDKJ]

I realize this could be considered as a political post, but that's not my intention. Regardless of my political views this is hysterical (and would be if the names were reversed also).

Baby named Sarah McCain Palin
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66550&catid=2
A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.
Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put that name on the documents for the girl's birth certificate, ignoring the name Ava Grace, which he and his wife had picked earlier.
"I don't think she believes me yet," he told the Kingsport Times-News for a story to be published Tuesday. "It's going to take some more convincing."
Ciptak, a blood bank employee for the American Red Cross, said he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to "to get the word out" about the campaign.
"I took one for the cause," he said. "I can't give a lot of financial support for the (McCain/Palin) campaign. I do have a sign up in my yard, but I can do very little."

 

[RootDKJ]

Here's another bunch of rocket scientists

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/13/police-say-driver-offered-marijuana-pay-fast-food/

 

[RootDKJ]

Comcast Airs Porn During Super Bowl

Yup...you missed it, unless you were watching in Tucson AZ.:-o

http://www.multichannel.com/article/173444-Comcast_Airs_Porn_During_Super_Bowl.php



I love the internet

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yup...you missed it, unless you were watching in Tucson AZ.:-o

http://www.multichannel.com/article/173444-Comcast_Airs_Porn_During_Super_Bowl.php



I love the internet

that is hardly porn