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xoxoxoBruce 09-16-2010 10:07 PM

Fined £60 & 3 points for blowing his nose
 
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A businessman has been fined £60 and had his driving licence endorsed for blowing his nose while stuck in a traffic jam.

Michael Mancini, a furniture restorer from Prestwick, Ayrshire, was given the fixed penalty and docked three penalty points after leaning over and pulling out a paper handkerchief to wipe his nose when stuck in Ayr High Street. Mancini said that his van was in neutral with its handbrake on, and that he was flabbergasted when he was signalled into a parking bay by an approaching policeman.

Matters became “a little bit surreal”, he said, when he wound down his window and was promptly charged by the stern-faced PC Stuart Gray, a man known locally as “Shiny Buttons” in recognition of his zealous attention to detail. “I honestly thought it was a joke,” said Mancini, 39, who was booked for failing to be in control of his vehicle.
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PC Gray earned notoriety for doling out a £50 fine to Stewart Smith, another Ayr man, who dropped a £10 note from his back pocket. Mr Smith was charged with littering.
No wonder they had to take everybody's guns away.:rolleyes:

link

classicman 09-17-2010 11:44 AM

Jersey City woman says boyfriend beat her with a cat
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A 49-year-old Hoboken man was arrested Tuesday after he beat his girlfriend with a cat and punched her in the back and back of her head, according to police reports.

Around noon, Hoboken police were dispatched to the 300 block of Marshall Dr., and a 20-year-old Jersey City woman was crying and told police that her boyfriend punched her a few times and hit her with a "feline cat," reports said. She said she had pain to her lower back and the back of her head, reports said.
Not sure what other kind of cat there is, but still...


From here

Lamplighter 09-17-2010 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 682964)
Jersey City woman says boyfriend beat her with a cat

Not sure what other kind of cat there is, but still...


From here

***-o'-nine-tails ?

Scriveyn 09-17-2010 12:10 PM

Priceless: room to swing a cat in your flat

classicman 09-17-2010 01:20 PM

The mental image you just gave me caused an lol in my office.

Scriveyn 09-17-2010 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Guardian
Pope's astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him

An alien – 'no matter how many tentacles it has' – could have a soul, says pope's astronomer.

link

They must be really desperate at the Vatican.

Spexxvet 09-17-2010 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Scriveyn (Post 683005)
They must be really desperate at the Vatican.

So desperate that they need aliens to molest.

Scriveyn 09-17-2010 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 683006)
So desperate that they need aliens to molest.

The more tentacles, the better!

xoxoxoBruce 09-17-2010 07:49 PM

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In Pretoria, the nation's administrative and de facto capital city, some are taking an odd and illegal step to compete with their follow downtrodden man: beggars are renting babies and using them as props in order to garner sympathy and, they hope, more (and larger) donations.

The baby-rental process is not, however, initiated by parents looking to make a buck. (Thankfully?) Rather, corrupt day care centers are behind the deed, loaning out the children to vagabonds -- unbeknownst to the parents.
Good grief. :rolleyes:

link

Happy Monkey 09-20-2010 01:38 PM

I suspect that 'vagabonds' is being used as a euphamism for 'hobos'.

Nirvana 09-20-2010 05:07 PM

Billboard spelling error creates embarrassment
 
SOUTH BEND — If you ever wondered how much difference just one letter can make when it comes to a message, ask the thousands of people who drove by a digital billboard near the intersection of Ironwood and State Road 23 between Thursday and Monday morning.

The ad urged people to go to the "southbendon.com" website for a look at the "15 best things about our pubic schools." That's right, the billboard said "pubic" instead of "public" schools. The letter "L" had been left out of the word public.

Lee MacMillan of South Bend said his wife spotted the error on Saturday while sitting in traffic.

"She got home and said, ‘I can't believe it said what I think it said,’" MacMillan recalls.

"So we were out driving around yesterday and sure enough, it had that typo in it. So we took a picture and the rest is history, as they say," MacMillan adds.

MacMillan posted the picture he took on Facebook. He also emailed it to his neighbor, South Bend School Superintendent Jim Kapsa.

more

:eek:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps...W=290&MaxH=240

Crimson Ghost 09-21-2010 12:39 AM

Pubic schools...
Sex Education...
Teachers and students having sex...
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies!
Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness!
Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

Scriveyn 09-21-2010 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost (Post 683675)
Pubic schools...
(1) Sex Education...
(2) Teachers and students having sex...
(3) Fire and (4) brimstone coming down from the skies!
(5) Rivers and (6) seas boiling!
(7) Forty years of darkness!
(8) Earthquakes, (9) volcanoes...
(10) The dead rising from the grave!
(11) Human sacrifice, (12)dogs and cats living together... (13)mass hysteria!

CG, that's only thirteen, at best. What are the remaining two?

GunMaster357 09-21-2010 10:05 AM

(14) Cooking fetuses over a nice BBQ

Crimson Ghost 09-21-2010 07:15 PM

And the last and best thing about our pubic schools is -

Standardized tests.

That's right.

Without standardized tests, how would we know who our friends are, and who to exclude from the "inner circle" of jocks, preps, and cheerleaders?

Standardized tests make life so much better.

They worked in the past.

Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot...

Come on aboard for the big win.

(Went back and re-read that. I was headed to a real dark place in my head.)

Happy Monkey 09-21-2010 07:25 PM

I'm pretty sure that standardized tests play a negligable role in the makeup of cliques.

Crimson Ghost 09-21-2010 08:02 PM

You're probably right.

footfootfoot 09-21-2010 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 683995)
I'm pretty sure that standardized tests play a negligable role in the makeup of cliques.

That's right, we already know who the fellow travelers are as soon as we see what clothes they are wearing.

The standardized tests are only icing on the cake.;)

classicman 09-22-2010 10:36 PM

Woman Locked 5 Kids in Closet, 2 Died
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A Somali woman charged in the deaths of two of her children allegedly locked them and three siblings inside a small closet and left to visit a friend, returning about 10 hours later to find the boy and girl dead inside.

An Indianapolis police report released Tuesday said Edyan Farah, 28, told officers she "was not in her right mind" when she allegedly put her five children in an upstairs closet about 6 a.m. Sunday and placed a large bed in front of the door so they couldn't get out.

Police said the closet was about 6 feet long and 18 inches deep.

Farah found her 5-year-old daughter, Zuhur, and 3-year-old son, Zakariya, "stiff and unresponsive" when she returned home about 10 1/2 hours later and opened the closet, the report said. She told officers she then carried them downstairs, but did not call the emergency dispatcher or try to revive them, according to the report.
Link
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

GunMaster357 09-23-2010 07:22 AM

Minimum sentence:

Internment for life in the loony bin.

And, please, forget where you put the key.

Shawnee123 09-23-2010 07:34 AM

Hahahaha...I read that as "internet for life in the looney bin" and was wondering where I could sign up.

But yeah, sad story.

We need specific tests before procreation: are you schizophrenic? No kids for you. Do you have any skills besides spreading your legs? No? No kids for you. Do you think locking kids in closets is an appropriate punishment? Yes? No kids for you.

classicman 09-23-2010 07:43 AM

yup - how bout the same she did to her kids ...
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to be placed in a closet approximately 18 inches by 6 feet and a bed pushed up against it for a minimum of 10 hours. We think possibly a lot longer and probably not for the first time."

classicman 09-23-2010 07:45 AM

Wasn't it Einstein that would have never been born if we did that?

ETA - maybe it wasn't

Link to a few others though.

GunMaster357 09-23-2010 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 684383)
We need specific tests before procreation: are you schizophrenic? No kids for you. Do you have any skills besides spreading your legs? No? No kids for you. Do you think locking kids in closets is an appropriate punishment? Yes? No kids for you.

Nealy impossible to enforce unless you wish to live in a totalitarian society.

What we need is to enforce real punishment for this type of behavior.


This summer, in France, a man 'forgot' his baby in the backseat of his car for over 4 hours right under the sun.

Results : One dead baby (dehydration)
Sentence : 3 years in prison (suspended sentence)

And he is not the only one...

Now, you have people who are demanding that cars remind you that you have a young one back there.

Go buy a brain, you morons !

classicman 09-23-2010 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GunMaster357 (Post 684418)
What we need is to enforce real punishment for this type of behavior.

In most cases we don't punish anymore - we try to rehabilitate

GunMaster357 09-23-2010 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 684426)
In most cases we don't punish anymore - we try to rehabilitate

No rehabilitation, because all these people hear is that they are non responsible.

What is needed is a strong deterrent.

classicman 09-23-2010 09:56 AM

I thought punishment had been proven not to be a deterrent.

GunMaster357 09-23-2010 10:08 AM

Once, I heard a judge give his personnal opinion on the matter of punishment. His solution was quite radical:

1st infraction/crime/whatever : free
2nd time : you're dead

And yes, punishment is not a deterrent when you have psychologists trying to rehabilitate prisoners by telling them, it's not your fault, it's the society. And then try to free them before the did their time.

classicman 09-23-2010 10:19 AM

Love that Judge - we need more of them.

Nothing is anyone's fault. Didn't you get the memo?

GunMaster357 09-23-2010 05:48 PM

I got that memo, I also got the one saying that when a guy is try to rob me I have to bend over and hand him the KY jelly...

All these ended up in the dumpster along with the last thief...

classicman 09-23-2010 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GunMaster357 (Post 684546)
All these ended up in the dumpster along with the last hobo...

FTFY :neutral:

spudcon 09-25-2010 10:06 PM

Gunmaster, we need you here in America!

GunMaster357 09-26-2010 10:13 AM

I'm just trying to get on with my live as peacefully as possible.

When I say that the last thief ended up in the dumpster it's not a figure of style...

The last one tried to rob me of my phone outside a restaurant and ended up at the hospital with a broken nose due to the nice headbutt I served him.

Unfortunately for me, I had to run him down and the headbutting happened in front of policemen (I didn't see them). So I spend my night at the police station with policemen telling that I shouldn't do that, that I was dangerous, just because I recovered my property. They even told me that in the near future I may have problems because that guy would probably round up some friends to rough me up.

That's France for you.




Let the children come to me... They have a need to learn some lessons...

Undertoad 09-26-2010 03:08 PM

You really should be more considerate of thieves, GM. Apparently you were supposed to give him a gentle handshake and wish him well?

GunMaster357 09-27-2010 10:59 AM

So it seems.

I gave him a shake (but no hand and no booty) and I washed him away ;)

xoxoxoBruce 09-28-2010 10:31 PM

Pink Cat
 
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The owner of a bright-pink cat which mystified onlookers when it hurtled over a garden wall last week has admitted that she dyed the animal to match her hair.
The cat was taken to the RSPCA by a concerned man after it flew into his back garden in Swindon, Wilts. Officers suspected that yobs had dyed it pink before throwing it over the wooden fence. But now the animal has been claimed by its owner, 22-year-old Natasha Gregory, who has revealed that she dyed it herself using food colouring to match her own pink hair.
There's a picture of the woman and the cat here, no it's not Sundae. :haha:

classicman 09-28-2010 11:08 PM

here's another

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8839/44el.jpg

ZenGum 09-29-2010 08:11 AM

Some drunk dude is still trying to decide whether to tell his mates ...

GunMaster357 09-30-2010 03:03 PM

Isn't it the correct color for pussy?

GunMaster357 10-02-2010 02:07 PM

Penis amputee
 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910996/

Guys, be very careful or no more bedroom fun.

Gravdigr 10-03-2010 01:23 AM

I'd kill myself.

GunMaster357 10-03-2010 07:32 AM

I dare that he may qualify for a darwin award :

As for as I know, he didn't reproduce himself and taking double dose of a medication is stupidity.

Not as spectacular as using a lighter to check if your gas tank is empty, but effective nonetheless.

footfootfoot 10-03-2010 09:32 AM

Oh yeah, agreed. Who the fuck doesn't read the warnings on the meds before they start popping them like mints? I mean, besides Keith Moon.

classicman 10-03-2010 12:50 PM

I think there may be a question of metal stability with this particular individual as well. That may have complicated the situation.

HungLikeJesus 10-03-2010 01:34 PM

You mean like low iron?

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GunMaster357 (Post 685071)
I'm just trying to get on with my live as peacefully as possible.

When I say that the last thief ended up in the dumpster it's not a figure of style...

The last one tried to rob me of my phone outside a restaurant and ended up at the hospital with a broken nose due to the nice headbutt I served him.

Unfortunately for me, I had to run him down and the headbutting happened in front of policemen (I didn't see them). So I spend my night at the police station with policemen telling that I shouldn't do that, that I was dangerous, just because I recovered my property. They even told me that in the near future I may have problems because that guy would probably round up some friends to rough me up.

That's France for you.




Let the children come to me... They have a need to learn some lessons...

:lol: great story. Oh, and well done...

TheMercenary 10-05-2010 02:23 PM

Sad and weird.

Family Suing NYC After Teen’s Brain Found In ME’s Office

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It was in January of 2005 when their son, Jesse, a 17-year-old student at Port Richmond High School, a passenger in a car, was killed in an accident. After an autopsy, the body was released to the family for burial.

But imagine the family’s shock two months later when they learned that a high school field trip to the morgue, involving some of their son’s own friends, noticed Jesse’s brain in a jar.

“Friends who were there saw the brain in a jar, displayed with his name labeled on it,” Andre said.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/...in-mes-office/

classicman 10-05-2010 02:49 PM

I'm not so much surprised at the fact that they had the brain as I am that the name was on the jar. Thats the WTF???

footfootfoot 10-05-2010 06:48 PM


GunMaster357 10-06-2010 02:44 AM

Is that a think tank during a brain storm ?

footfootfoot 10-06-2010 08:34 AM

heh heh heh

Shawnee123 10-07-2010 11:48 AM

Rep Larry Brown, NC, calls gays "queers" and "fruitloops."

:lol2:

What a dumbass. Shouldn't there be a requirement for public office: you MUST live in this century? And gee, he's a pasty fat old republican. Quelle surprise. :rolleyes:

classicman 10-07-2010 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 687098)
Rep Larry Brown, NC, calls gays "queers" and "fruitloops."

Quote:

"Rep. Brown needs to apologize, but we haven't received any contact from him, not a word..."
No he needs not to represent anymore...
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What a dumbass. And gee, he's a pasty fat old republican.
Thats it - Now you're ineligible for office.
Disrespecting all the fat dumbasses out there. What were you thinnin'?


ETA - (Why is this in the weird news? Seems all too common lately)

Shawnee123 10-07-2010 12:09 PM

I didn't know where else to put it.

Yeah, it was tongue-in-cheek, but some people do live up to stereotype (how do you think they come about in the first place?)

I mean I live up to MY stereotype quite well! ;)

Happy Monkey 10-07-2010 12:13 PM

Is there a "sad news that's not really weird", like the "funny pictures that aren't really WTF"? Or maybe a "WTF is wrong with us that this isn't weird news?"

Shawnee123 10-07-2010 12:13 PM

How about "News That Would Make You Puke Were It Not All Too Common"?

classicman 10-07-2010 12:37 PM

Ohhhh start THAT thread. I got a couple saved links all ready to go...
(no I really don't)

TheMercenary 10-11-2010 08:07 AM

Ok, this is generally not safe for work in content, but there is no nudity or anything explicit, other than the subject.

I hope none of you played Lacrosse at Duke. This chick got around.

http://jezebel.com/5652114/college-g...-viral-gallery

Shawnee123 10-11-2010 08:13 AM

I saw a piece on the Morning Show on Saturday about this: a small debate on whether it's OK to turn the tables and women bragging about sexual conquests.

I don't think it's OK. The story is she sent it to a few friends and VOILA, it went viral. Very bad judgment on her part. I mean, if she hadn't named names and posted pictures it wouldn't be as bad, but still not something I find funny or even clever.

She is supposedly very sorry it got out like it did, but no matter, it did. And women bragging about sexual conquests does not constitute the "equality" that some purport it does.

Very sad.

TheMercenary 10-11-2010 08:47 AM

I noted on at least one pic that they did not blur the number on the side of one of the Lacrosse players helmets. I am sure no one will ever be able to figure out who that guy was. :rolleyes:

I am not so much against what she did with the exception of what you said about posting pics and personally identifiable information, that is where she screwed up big time.


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