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Amusing or bizarre news items.
« on: September 14, 2006, 12:32:25 PM »
This is for things that are more or less one offs. Not likely to start a debate or anything, just, you know, woah.

Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat



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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2006, 01:22:38 PM »
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Quote from: Anumati on September 14, 2006, 12:32:25 PM
This is for things that are more or less one offs. Not likely to start a debate or anything, just, you know, woah.

Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat

Clearly the homosexual agenda is winning!
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2006, 09:25:25 PM »
Oh man, that's excellent.  Fuck stoning, public mockery is the way to go.
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2006, 04:46:23 PM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2006, 05:12:12 PM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2006, 11:52:07 AM »
Hey, peoples.  I need interesting quirky news stories from India for class.  I'm not so good with internet searches, plus I have little to no acess.  help?
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2006, 06:57:44 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5378098.stm

Cosplay as explained by the BBC! ^_^
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2006, 08:03:25 AM »
Jihad on the American Car Market - Free Swords for the kids!

Offensive?  - Yes.

Would I have gone on a Friday just to get a free sword? -  Hell yes!

I know....I should go find a handbasket to ride in now.....*giggle*
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2006, 11:01:30 AM »
Quote from: Beldaran on September 25, 2006, 06:57:44 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5378098.stm

Cosplay as explained by the BBC! ^_^

The article mentions bento boxes. Bento boxes are awesome.
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2006, 03:53:07 PM »
Quote from: Lorelei on September 25, 2006, 08:03:25 AM
Jihad on the American Car Market - Free Swords for the kids!

Offensive?  - Yes.

Would I have gone on a Friday just to get a free sword? -  Hell yes!

I know....I should go find a handbasket to ride in now.....*giggle*

Damn, I live here.

*wonders if he can go on Friday and find out how serious they are*
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2006, 02:59:21 PM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2006, 03:03:30 PM »
Quote from: Beldaran on September 25, 2006, 06:57:44 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5378098.stm

Cosplay as explained by the BBC! ^_^

FTA:

"To portray any sort of violence against humans and particularly authority figures, like policeman, is frowned open and shunned, he said."

So... Japanese games don't contain violence against humans, particularly authority figures?

Yeah.

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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2006, 11:58:54 PM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2006, 12:52:00 AM »
You Americans. Always thinking small when it comes to your Marijuana.

In Canada, we CHOP THIS SHIT DOWN LIKE LUMBER, MAN.

Only in Afghanistan do we do that. Man, you guys got BURGER KING? Aw, that sounds SO GOOD right now.
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2006, 01:14:03 AM »
"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action," Hiller said dryly.

One soldier told him later: "Sir, three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That damn marijuana'."


... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2006, 07:08:38 AM »
I'm amused. I wanna know what he did with the urinal. I bet he could get a fortune for it on eBay.

Man removes offensive urinals
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2006, 07:52:05 AM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2006, 05:56:09 PM »
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2006, 10:50:46 AM »
Why you should not get weightlifters drunk.

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By DEAN CALCOTT

A national title-winning weightlifter misguidedly used his talents to tip over a parked car, causing nearly $1800 damage.

Jonathon Selkirk, 22, who is a national title winner in the under-85kg class for weightlifting, admitted a charge of wilful damage.

The Christchurch District Court was told yesterday that while visiting Invercargill for a weightlifting contest on October 15, Selkirk, who was intoxicated along with three associates, helped pick a parked car and tip it on its side.

Panel damage was caused along one side and a window was smashed in the early-morning offence, reparation of $1704 being sought.

Only Selkirk and one other man were caught, the other receiving police diversion.

Judge David Holderness said his actions showed "very poor judgment".

"In future you had better keep your weightlifting activities to organised competition," he said.

Lawyer Simon Shamy said Selkirk was willing to pay all the reparation. He was studying for an engineering career, and a conviction could affect career prospects.

Selkirk was of otherwise good character and had prospects of national representation overseas in his sport.

The judge agreed to discharge Selkirk without conviction, but ordered $1704 reparation and $250 costs.

He said if the others involved had any decency they would reimburse Selkirk for their share of reparation.
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Re: Amusing or bizzarre news items.
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2006, 02:43:39 PM »
Hreh.

This one time, four guys were heckling Andre the Giant in a bar, and Andre reached the end of his temper. He chased them out of the bar, they locked themselves in their car, and Andre overturned it by himself. Andre was never punished because nobody believed the four guys claiming that a giant flipped their car while they were drunk.
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