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monster 01-10-2011 10:36 PM

Srsly? Gimme the money or I'm leaving Thor here would so work....


Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 702236)
Man Accused Of Robbing Bank With Child

LEBANON, Ohio -- A Warren County man is in jail after police said he tried to rob a bank with a child.

http://www.whiotv.com/news/26310362/detail.html

Wait, I'm confused: did the bank have a child, or did he use the child to rob the bank? "This is a sick-up, give me all your money or I'll throw the child at you."

:lol:


TheMercenary 01-14-2011 06:59 AM

What? And no one took pictures?

Topless women shovel snow in Times Square.

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in...n-times-square

monster 01-14-2011 07:06 AM

Inmate Sues for Rat Bite on Penis

:eyebrow: he claims a rat came out of a hole in his mattress and bit him on the willy. Hmmmm

glatt 01-14-2011 07:41 AM

Glitch has PG County School System robocalling parents at 4:30AM to tell them that school is delayed because of the snow this week.

One pissed off parent returns the favor the next day, having a robocall center call the school board members and superintendant at home at 4:30 AM with his complaint.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

Quote:

"This is a Prince George's County School District parent, calling to thank you for the robocall yesterday at home at 4:30 in the morning. I decided to return the favor. While I know the school district wanted to ensure I drop my child off two hours late on a snow day, I already knew that before I went to bed. I hope this call demonstrates why a 4:30 a.m. call does more to annoy than to inform.''

It ended: "Quit robocalling parents at 4:30 in the morning or at least allow us to opt out of these intrusive calls."

jinx 01-14-2011 08:10 AM

I got my call at 6am even though my kids have never attended school in the district...

monster 01-14-2011 08:13 AM

That's nice. How the new online thing going, by the way, Jinx? I have been wondering.

glatt 01-14-2011 08:15 AM

We don't get calls. Have to listen to the radio, or look it up on their website. We used to have the option to get a text alert, but that didn't seem to work this last time. No text came.

monster 01-14-2011 08:20 AM

We got a robocall last time. we don't need or want it but can't opt out. I prefer the extra hour or two sleep then check the website. I was going to disconnect the phone before I fell asleep, but I forgot.

Given how easy it is to set these things up, shouldn't it be possible for parents who don't want to opt out completely to set their preferred time of call? Seeing as they do it as a rolling thing that takes an hour or so anyway? I'd opt for the 6:00-6:30 call but 5am does not make me a happy camper.

jinx 01-14-2011 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster (Post 705631)
That's nice. How the new online thing going, by the way, Jinx? I have been wondering.

Fantastic for Spencer, Ripley doesn't like it. She's gonna start at the school across the street for the next marking period. I hope she likes it.... I think she will.

monster 01-14-2011 08:24 AM

What grade is she?

monster 01-14-2011 08:25 AM

...and how do you like it? How does it compare to your previous home-schooling experience?

glatt 01-14-2011 08:25 AM

Like the next marking period that starts in a week? (At least ours does.)

plthijinx 01-14-2011 09:28 AM

I triple dog-dare ya!!
 
from Here

Quote:

WOODWARD, Okla. — In a scene straight from the movie "A Christmas Story," an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy got his tongue stuck to a metal pole after he licked it on a dare.
Officials say when rescue crews arrived Tuesday morning, the boy was standing on his tiptoes, trying to wriggle his frozen tongue free from a stop sign pole across the street from Woodward Middle School.
Paramedics were able to help the boy by pouring water on his tongue. Once free, the boy told officials he got stuck after his brother dared him to lick the pole.
The boy was taken to a Woodward hospital for treatment.
The scene was similar to one in "A Christmas Story," a 1983 movie adapted from Jean Shepard's memoir of a boy in the 1940s.

TheMercenary 01-16-2011 09:22 AM

peeing policewoman statue?

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

TheMercenary 01-16-2011 09:28 AM

Interesting, 72,000 sq ft house.

http://ccheadliner.com/news/article_...cc4c03286.html

xoxoxoBruce 01-16-2011 11:14 AM

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Garage space alone accounts for 4,000 square feet.
:joylove:

HungLikeJesus 01-16-2011 11:51 AM

There's a guy near me that built a 120-car garage (at his house). I don't know what that works out to in square feet.

Supposedly he has a Lamborghini from every year that they have been made, and two Bugatti Veyrons. I've seen one of them.

xoxoxoBruce 01-16-2011 11:56 AM

My "garbage man" has a 6 car, heated & airconditioned, garage for his personal cars. :rolleyes:

footfootfoot 01-16-2011 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 705970)
There's a guy near me that built a 120-car garage (at his house). I don't know what that works out to in square feet.

Supposedly he has a Lamborghini from every year that they have been made, and two Bugatti Veyrons. I've seen one of them.

what does he do for a living?

TheMercenary 01-16-2011 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 705972)
My "garbage man" has a 6 car, heated & airconditioned, garage for his personal cars. :rolleyes:

Mafia?

xoxoxoBruce 01-16-2011 01:16 PM

Hey hey, capitalism, free enterprise man, and anybody that says otherwise gets their legs busted.

HungLikeJesus 01-16-2011 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 705979)
what does he do for a living?

I think he was born into the right family.

Edit: Richard Berry - grandson of Loren M. Berry, the pioneer of the Yellow Pages.

Edit^2: Here are some pictures: http://aussieexotics.com/forum/lambo...ion-440.0.html

Lamplighter 01-16-2011 01:53 PM

From Merc link above...

Quote:

Joe Huff also verified that the structure is being built as a personal residence and identified himself as the “project manager.” However, available information online and in public records indicate Steven Huff is involved in technological engineering.

The property’s deed says the Steven T. Huff Family, LCC is located in Leesburg, Va. Available online records of political campaign contributions show a Steven T. Huff of Leesburg to be an engineer and chief technology officer of Overwatch Systems, Ltd. According to the Overwatch website, the company “delivers multi-source intelligence (multi-INT), geospatial analysis and custom intelligence solutions to the Department of Defense, national agencies and civilian organizations. ... More than 25,000 analysts in the U.S. Department of Defense and the larger intelligence community utilize Overwatch solutions.”
A sign at the entrance

Your
tax dollars
at work


We have one of these too...a plastic surgeon in/near a small town of (20K) in southern Oregon.
We think his Office Manager found the address for Medicare.

wolf 01-16-2011 02:05 PM

On the flagpole thing ... I thought Mythbusters did that and said it was busted. If so, the news story on the previous page calls all of their results into question.

Not that i didn't question their results prior to seeing this. I know they are wrong about the airplane on a treadmill. I just know it.

EDIT: Oops. Nevermind. Flagpole/tongue is confirmed. I stand by my statement on airplane on a treadmill.

footfootfoot 01-16-2011 02:12 PM

I've had wet hands stick to aluminum storm doors in the winter and before I had seen that movie, when I was very young, I burned my tongue on some hot soup or tea or cocoa or something and I grabbed an ice cube tray thinking the cold ice cube tray would relieve the pain... That was painful.

Lamplighter 01-16-2011 02:35 PM

NY Tiimes
Melting in Andes Reveals Remains and Wreckage
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: January 15, 2011
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<snip>
The discovery of Mr. Pabón’s partially preserved remains was one of a growing number
of finds pulled from the world’s glaciers and snow fields in recent years
as warmer temperatures cause the ice and snow to melt, exposing their long-held secrets.

The bodies that have emerged were mummified naturally, with extreme cold and dry air
performing the work that resins and oils did for ancient Egyptians and other cultures.
Up and down the spine of the Andes, long plagued by airplane crashes and climbing mishaps,
the discoveries are helping to solve decades-old mysteries.
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“It looks like the warming trend seen in many regions is continuing,” said Gerald Holdsworth,
a glaciologist at the Arctic Institute of North America in Calgary, Alberta.
“There are still some large snowbanks left in promising places, and many glaciers
of all different shapes, orientations and sizes, so the finds could go on for a long time yet.”

Some discoveries are personal, allowing families closure
after years of mourning loved ones who appeared to have vanished.
Others have added alluring clues into the history of human migration, diet, health and ethnic origins,
said María Victoria Monsalve, a pathologist at the University of British Columbia who studies ice mummies.

She said some of the most valuable discoveries in recent years include three Inca child mummies
found on the summit of Mount Llullaillaco in northern Argentina and a 550-year-old iceman
discovered by sheep hunters in northern British Columbia.
Quote:

Younger mummies can also add to the historical record. In 2004, three well-preserved soldiers
were found in a scene of high-altitude fighting from World War I in the Italian Alps.

TheMercenary 01-16-2011 02:42 PM

Very cool.

Clodfobble 01-16-2011 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot
I've had wet hands stick to aluminum storm doors in the winter and before I had seen that movie, when I was very young, I burned my tongue on some hot soup or tea or cocoa or something and I grabbed an ice cube tray thinking the cold ice cube tray would relieve the pain... That was painful.

I had a serious ice-crunching habit back in the day, to the point that I would just fill a cup with ice and eat it several times a day. When the glass was full, I would stick my tongue in and retrieve an ice cube by letting it stick, just like you can do with popcorn.

TheMercenary 01-16-2011 06:57 PM

Ice eating can be a sign of anemia....

Clodfobble 01-16-2011 11:15 PM

I've heard that--been routinely tested as an adult, but never as a kid. My mother used to put me to bed with a cup of ice, every night from the age of about 3. (This was my demand, not her idea of a comfort item.)

Trilby 01-17-2011 06:07 AM

Ice eating can be a sign of sexual frustration...or so my sophomore high school friend told me. ;)

BrianR 01-20-2011 07:49 PM

*stops crunching on the ice cube and calls the wife*

GunMaster357 01-24-2011 08:29 AM

Why frustration ? You can have wonderful sexual foreplay with an ice cube....

Spexxvet 01-25-2011 10:46 AM

Packers fan fired for wearing Green Bay tie to work


http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011...n-job-chicago/

Shawnee123 01-25-2011 10:48 AM

Well duh, green is an ugly tie color. Only thing worse would be yellow.

BrianR 01-25-2011 09:57 PM

Cora died.

Shawnee123 01-26-2011 08:01 AM

Where's the beef? It sure ain't in this here taco!

Taco Bell sued over beef that's only 35% beef.

Quote:

Attorney Dee Miles said the meat mixture contained just 35 percent beef, with the remaining 65 percent containing water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch.
Anti-dusting agent? 'Beef' is sitting around collecting dust? WTF?

So they can't call it beef. They just need a new name, like fauxburger or phony baloney.

HungLikeJesus 01-26-2011 01:29 PM

I need some of that anti-dusting agent for my house.

Shawnee123 01-26-2011 01:31 PM

I read that as 'horse.'

Remember when someone said something about a dirty house and someone thought it was horse and posted a pic of a dusty horse then someone said they cleaned their house and a pic of a spankin' clean horse popped up? 'Member that? That was funny.

Clodfobble 01-26-2011 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Anti-dusting agent? 'Beef' is sitting around collecting dust? WTF?

Nah, it's all that other stuff they add that causes dust to come off the mixture. "Anti-dusting agent" is a slightly nicer way of saying "glue."

Lamplighter 01-28-2011 07:57 PM

This makes me proud to be a resident of PDX. :cool:

No more 'service snakes' on TriMet. But what about guide horses? Saddle up, Portland
Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 8:22 PM *** Updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 7:53 AM
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian

Quote:

The days when uncaged cats, monkeys, snakes and chickens can ride TriMet buses and trains
as "service animals" (it happens more than you might think) are numbered.
But guide horses? Well, those will be good to go under new conduct rules
Oregon's largest transit agency is expected to approve next week.

Yep. You read that right. Guide horses.

TriMet says it's just following the lead of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
which will narrow the definition of service animals in March to dogs
and miniature horses trained to be guides
for people who are blind or deaf.
Quote:

John Dineen, spokesman for the Northwest Americans with Disabilities Act Center in Seattle, said the list has strayed into the realm of the far-fetched, which isn't good for the law's image.

Dineen brought up the 2009 case of a southwest Washington resident
who walked into a restaurant with his pet boa constrictor.
The man claimed he needed the snake because it alerted him to pending seizures by giving him a hug.
Keep Portland weird

BrianR 01-29-2011 11:03 PM

Suicide bomber killed by SMS message

An unexpected and unwanted text message from a wireless company prematurely exploded a would-be suicide bomber’s vest bomb in Russia New Year’s Eve, inadvertently thwarting a planned attack on revelers in Moscow, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The would-be suicide bomber was planning to detonate a suicide belt bomb near Red Square, a plan that was foiled when her wireless carrier sent her an SMS while she was still at a safe house, setting off the bomb and killing her. The message reportedly wished her a Happy New Years, according to the report, which sourced the info from security forces in Russia. Cell phones are often used as makeshift detonators by terrorist and insurgent groups.

If true, the SMS might be the only time that a wireless carrier’s SMS message has ever been useful.

The authorities suspect the female bomber was part of the same Jihadist group that is suspected of hitting Moscow’s airport on Monday with a suicide bomb attack that killed 35.

Via The Telegraph

Glinda 01-30-2011 11:00 PM

Live by the sword.....

Gravdigr 01-31-2011 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianR (Post 708036)
Cora died.

Good God what a waste.:headshake

HungLikeJesus 01-31-2011 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 708992)
Good God what a waste.:headshake

Oh, was there a picture? I must have missed that.

Gravdigr 01-31-2011 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 709007)
Oh, was there a picture? I must have missed that.

Google image search. Pretty racy, but prolly SFW. She'll be the too-hot blonde with bodacious taytays.

Gravdigr 02-03-2011 02:59 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Somebody do the legwork on this, and, please, tell me this is complete bullshit...

glatt 02-03-2011 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 709421)
Somebody do the legwork on this, and, please, tell me this is complete bullshit...

It's complete bullshit.

Onion article.

Gravdigr 02-03-2011 03:43 PM

Oh, thank God! Bears are big and mean and scary enough, without a 27 inch cock and a taste for man-ass.

GunMaster357 02-04-2011 02:52 PM

The bear may get whinny about the poo...

Gravdigr 02-04-2011 03:15 PM

Hah! I see what you did there.

classicman 02-14-2011 01:02 PM

West Palm Beach man dead for 16-20 minutes, lives to tell about it
Quote:

Charles Morgan was taking a smoke break from his evening shift at a West Palm Beach car dealership when he dropped dead of a massive heart attack. He was 52.

More than two months later, Morgan has no recollection of any of it. Not his boss' CPR efforts, or the crowd that milled around in horror, or the paramedics who brought him back to life with advanced emergency equipment most fire departments have yet to acquire.

The real stunner, even to the men who saved him: He suffered no brain damage or other ill effects, even though his heart had stopped beating for 16 to 20 minutes.

"I'm a lucky man," said the grandfather of two.

Anyone who hears his story would agree. But luck played only one role in the resurrection of Charles Morgan. The car salesman's renewed lease on life is also a credit to quick-thinking co-workers, well-trained paramedics and, especially, an effective combination of cutting-edge lifesaving equipment that made all the difference that December day.

The American Heart Association estimates that fewer than 8 percent of those who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive, and the vast majority of them are left with some level of debilitating brain damage.

Morgan is not the first to beat those ugly odds, though he joins a rare fraternity of symptom-free survivors.
Link

Bullitt 02-14-2011 02:59 PM

The equipment given partial credit in saving his life is pretty damn nice. Those automated chest compression machines are pretty rare. I've played with a Glidescope before and they're really nice with that camera on the end. Helps a boatload in seeing down the throat compared to the usually pretty dim light on a laryngoscope. Would have been interesting to hear what kind of heart monitor they have. The newest models are badass, like Lifepak 12 and 15's. They can wirelessly send heart rhythms to the receiving hospital in real time, so the physician can give additional instructions/recommendations while treating the patient and en route.

GunMaster357 02-15-2011 04:06 AM

Headbutted by dildo

Gravdigr 02-15-2011 09:53 AM

'Super pack' of 400 wolves terrorise remote Russian town after killing 30 horses in just four days.

:eek:

Spexxvet 02-15-2011 11:47 AM

Lady Gaga sports bizarre flesh-coloured facial horns


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...82_468x708.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ial-horns.html

TheMercenary 02-15-2011 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357 (Post 711448)

:lol:

plthijinx 02-15-2011 03:23 PM

Quote:

O.J. Simpson was beaten unconscious in a savage prison yard attack, according to a report in the National Enquirer.

The assault was so brutal and debilitating that the disgraced NFL great is now afraid to leave his cell.
hahahaha! from here

Nirvana 02-18-2011 11:34 AM

Woman Dies at Desk, Found the Next Day
 
LINK

Pretty Scary! :eek:

Quote:

A 51-year-old Los Angeles County worker died at her desk last Friday, and was not found there until the next afternoon, when a Saturday security guard was making the weekend rounds.

Rebecca Wells, who was employed by the L.A. County Department of Internal Services in the risk management division, was last seen alive by co-workers on Friday at about 9AM. "She was always working," commented one co-worker. The exact time of her death has not been determined.

Representatives from the L.A. County Coroner's office are still trying to determine the cause of her death, but so far, it is still a mystery. No foul play is suspected, however -- Wells is believed to have died of natural causes. Downy police are still investigating as well.

Wells, a compliance auditor and USC graduate, had become a grandmother just a week ago. She was well liked and respected by her colleagues, who described her as "nothing short of enthusiastic."

Notice they say she was well liked? Obviously not really :rolleyes:

footfootfoot 02-18-2011 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plthijinx (Post 711591)
hahahaha! from here

God, he is such a douche. hahahaha is right.


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