Two new dictionary words in one sentence, that rarely happens, thanks sw.

Woman finds brand new grenade in backyard

What more can I say, but.... Gooood Morning.

I like this quote:

imagine that...
 

"Edmonton police spokeswoman Patrycia Chalupczynska"


Hi Pat. I'd like to buy a vowel.

Tell him what he's won ....

Police: GPS sucks, stop using it

Complete with pictures of crashes caused by people following their car GPS directions, even when it leads them astray. Like this:

http://www.gpsnuvi.com/blog/wp-conte...ps-train-1.jpg

Preacher Freezer!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/A...=1&oref=slogin

Damn, and he's such a good actor. I guess that was the role of his life! :rolleyes:

why would he have not disposed of the pieces at some point in the last three years? seriously stupid criminals.

Did he keep the fava beans and Chianti in the freezer next to her liver?

What a waste. The meat wouldn't be much good after three years.

Anthony Hopkins? You have to be kidding me?!? lol!

Who woulda thunk?

Greyhead bus lines

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories

I would demand a refund. :)

That sounds pretty damned gruesome. Horror movies are made of less.

Spikey

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2479...tal-spike.html

From the BBC:

Shit happens.

dunno if it's true, but we'll find out Friday
 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/is-...307063964.html

I'm sure someone is going to claim that this is their mother-in-law.

Actually, it sounds a lot like my cousin...

Including the "human-like teeth"?

Well that's the bit that makes me think it's probably couldn't be him.

I'm kinda hoping that during the press conference, a reporter holds up a missing person report......

They'll present DNA evidence? What, we know who Bigfoot's parents are? Are they assuming he isn't human and would not have human DNA (so we'll think he's an ape) or are they assuming he's human and will have human DNA (and we'll think he's just a big hairy human.)

I'll be watching this unfold over the weekend, you can count on that! But you know, isn't there a little part in every one of us that hopes Bigfoot (and Nessie) are real?

:lol:

I just hope that you and the rest of the Cellar cast are real.

We are frighteningly real. Emphasis on frighteningly.

An update on the Geogia Bigfoot article
 

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...l?page=3&cat=8

So basically, nothing is proven or disproven.

Date line Fla , as a tropical storm comes ashor , Dumb ass Kite surfer desides it 'll be fun to step out in the wind with his Kite ,
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb5_1219102524

He May be ok !!

Sorta reminds me of the kid that steped out into a 90 knot wind with a Parachute when I was stationed in ICELAND ,
I beleve the quote was " Hey YA"LL WATCH THIS !!!! "
He pulled the rip cord and was GONE !!!!
We surched for 3 days for him , never found so much as a shoe
But there WAS a Parachute missing and there was a teenager missing


I guess its the Big Guys way of thinning the heard of Idgets !!!

now that is hilarious zip. i wish that was caught on video.

RIP Wall Arch

Wot Shawnee sed. And Grrr! Snarl! <wave big hooky claws>

I'm not real.

I'm just a pigmentation of your imagination.

From the Star Tribune

A typo turns the annual stamp into a calling card for a phone-sex service.

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

The federal government says it has no choice but to reluctantly keep distributing to millions of waterfowl hunters a toll-free phone-sex-service number that features a breathy woman promising callers that they can "talk only to the girls who turn you on" for $1.99 per minute.

About 3.5 million federal "duck stamps," featuring artwork by a Plymouth artist, are affixed to a card that bears the misprinted number, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday.

All waterfowl hunters age 16 and older must buy and carry the current Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp, commonly known as the duck stamp. Sales of the stamp, which is produced by the U.S. Postal Service for Fish and Wildlife, raise about $25 million each year to fund wetland habitat acquisition for the national Wildlife Refuge System. The agency annually sells about 120,000 federal duck stamps in Minnesota. The stamp isn't valid for routine postage.

Rachel Levin, a Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman, called the misprint, which connects callers to a phone-sex service, "an unfortunate typographical error" that her agency "really regrets." She adds that the agency will keep selling the $15 stamps with the naughty number because reprinting the card would cost too much.

The correct number, 1-800-STAMP24 (1-800-782-6724), is for people wishing to order additional duck stamps. Levin said two digits of the phone number are transposed on the card that holds the self-adhesive version of the stamp. That incorrect number, 1-800-872-6724, translates to 1-800-TRAMP24. Callers to "Intimate Connections" are warned that they must be 18 years or older before proceeding.

Levin doubted that the digits were purposely transposed. "As far as we know," she said, "it was just an error."

The stamps were produced by Ashton Potter Ltd. of Williamsville, N.Y. Messages left with Ashton Potter's executives were not returned.

"Thank you for calling...would you like a duck, or a fuck?"

So is it a typo or a misprint?

A typo would probably be the fault of the agency and a misprint would be the fault of the printer. If it's the fault of the printer, then it should be fixed for free. The agency is saying it will cost money to fix it, so that tells me it's the agency's fault. So why even mention the printer's name or use the word "misprint?" The story should clearly state that the agency gave out the wrong phone number and not even mention the printer or the word "print."

Why do I even care? It's the last sentence that tries to sound all ominous that the printer refused to comment. Like that makes them guilty or something.

We're conditioned to assume that a news story is a compact summary of the relevant material, which has been scoured over by an editor to remove superfluous verbage; therefore we assume that any sentences contained are actually pertinent to the story.

One of my least favorite tricks of the journalistic trade is to include a total non sequitur in the story, and let the assumed reason for including the sentence create a connection that doesn't exist, or can't be demonstrated directly.

This one is very popular: "couldn't be reached for comment" equals "GUILTY AS HELL."

SG, that is funny as hell. Thanks for the story. I am passing it around.

Flint:

Since the reader creates that connection only in his own head, how much of the responsibility for the unsupported conclusion does he bear?

The reader bears full responsibility.

However "The Media" (cue ominous music) has a standard vocabulary of assumption-producing statements, which they have "trained" the public to interpret in a certain way. It plays better on TV, where "tone" and facial expression can inform you "how" to hear a sentence.

From The Simpsons:
Careful readers like glatt are savvy enough to recognize these pitfalls, but, I assure you, they don't end up in new stories on accident.

So the Constant Reader assumes all responsibility for the conclusions drawn from an article, despite your assertion that these misleading statements are not put in the stories by accident.

There's still a disconnect, for me, in your statements.

Perhaps these "assumption producing statements" wind up in stories by habit.

Or so the Germans would have you believe.

Let me say this plainly: they put bullshit into news stories designed to INTENTIONALLY MISLEAD you.

That being said, it is YOUR FAULT if you fall for said bullshit.

There's no disconnect in that.

I tell a lie, you believe it and it's your fault?

Is there no... reciprocal responsibility on my part to *tell* the truth?

Okay, I understand what you're saying.

We're talking about being a careful reader and looking for "spin" in a new story. That's good advice. I advocate that. Yes, it's your fault if you are a sloppy reader. Life isn't a passive activity.

I remind you that they aren't technically telling a lie, just throwing a vague suggestion out there and hoping that you're a sponge that absorbs anything, without assessing it's toxicity.

if you know that a source regularly lies yet you choose not to apply a very critical view of all new information they give you, then yes - you are to blame for being fooled.

This really made me laugh.
I keep reading it and snorting.

From here
Louis Galvan at the Fresno Bee reports:

That is some funny shiznit.

supervisor: "how'd you get that bruise on your head phil?"

Phil: "I don't want to talk about it."

Super:"And what's that smell? have you been cooking?"

Phil: "I don't want to talk about it."
Super: "Did you hear about that weird burglary last night?"

Phil: "Shut the hell up, I don't want to talk about it!"

snopes says this one is false, but it makes me laugh anyway.

[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:"Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early one Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-gigging trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out.

A replacement fuse was not available, but Wallis noticed that the 22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released.

'Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off, or we might both be dead,' stated Wallis.

'I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened,' said the investigating officer.

On being notified of the wreck, Lavinia Poole asked how many frogs the boys had caught and whether anyone had gotten them from the truck!

Hey Mythbusters did that one early on:

dar, I first heard that one from Lewis Black.
Don't care if it's real or not, it's funny as hell.

From here:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unle...homeowner.html

They lol-ed atop the wall...

Headlight circuits don't have fuses, but yes, it's a great story.:D

speaking of headlights....

PETA urges Ben and Jerry's to use breast milk instead of cow milk.

I urge PETA to quit acting like dumb asses. :)

I urge PETA to dissolve itself.

I vote for implode. ;)

THat works too - better in fact!