DougRichards Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Dreaming, not nightmare? Must have been a slow news day in Warsaw. This story comes up every twelve months or so. It may have happened, but I really cannot imagine anyone admitting it, or telling the local press. See http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?t...ds&tid=9487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Weird airline news: WOWT: The FBI is looking into a bizarre and frightening incident aboard a commercial jet heading from Houston to Omaha last Friday involving an unstable passenger. It began with a middle-aged man leaving the plane's lavatory covered in his own feces. http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/36909299.html A 33-year-old Toronto man is in police custody after a bizarre security incident aboard a flight from Grenada. Five or six passengers tackled Adrian Worrell and tied him up with his own belt after he reportedly tried to force open an emergency door and threw a flight attendant to the floor on a Skyservice Airlines flight. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_30550.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingCanOpener Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Dumb, weird, same smell http://kotaku.com/5121855/dumb-lady-physic...it-cards-in-wii Dumb Lady Physically Puts Credit Cards In Wii By Brian Ashcraft, 2:00 AM on Thu Jan 1 2009, 65,236 views There are smart people, and there are dumb people. Here is the story of a dumb person, her credit cards and a Nintendo Wii. Over at game forum NeoGAF, member HUELEN10 told the following tale. We cannot vouch for the validity of it, but here goes: My neighbors which I don't really know to well to begin with, got their kids a Wii for Xmas. They got no games for it, but they did get a Classic Controller as well as an additional Nunchuck Combo and a carrying case. They asked me what games they recommended, and I decided to recommend them the Animal Crossing City Folk/Wii Speak bundle, Wario Land Shake It,Mario Kart Wii, and Super mario Galaxy. I also recommended them some VC games including Super mario World, and Sonic 2 8-bit. Anywho, the Mom asks me what VC is, and I told her. I told her that all she needed to do was put in her credit card when prompted on the Shop Channel, and get the amount of points she wanted. I also told her what WiiSpeak is, and how to connect her Wii to the internet via an ethernet connection. Anywho, I got a call today from the mom telling me that the Wii is not working. I asked what was wrong and you won't believe it......... SHE PHYSICALLY PUT 3 CREDIT CARDS INTO THE DISC SLOT. HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Also while putting the Wii Speak on top of her sensor bar, she apparently cracked it open. Just ugh. I told her she has to cancel her cards and call Nintendo for a 75USD repair, and now she expects ME to pay for this. Her husband is on my side of the issue, but she is steaming at me right now. Seriously, she put in 1, and thought that that one could not be accepted, so she kept putting them in and they will not come out. I might try to remove them tomorrow with her hubby while she is away on a business trip. There are pics, so that must mean it happened, no? We just checked the SUPER SAFE Japanese Wii manual, and there's nothing about not putting your credit cards in your Wii. Though, there is a warning about putting a four leaf clover in it. So don't go doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Don't drink and re-enact: Police kill student in German uniform Seattle police shot and killed an armed man dressed in a World War II-era Nazi uniform early Thursday morning in the University District. By Nick Perry and Emily HeffterSeattle Times staff reporters Seattle police shot and killed a University of Washington senior who was dressed in a World War II-era German uniform and who officers say was brandishing a long rifle with a bayonet early Thursday in his University District apartment. The student, identified by friends as Miles Allen Murphy, was well-known on campus as a smart, eccentric history buff who loved to participate in WWII re-enactments and would even show up to class, at times, dressed in a historic uniform. Friends said Murphy, 22, would entertain at parties by playing everything from old German folk songs to Britney Spears tunes on his accordion. Murphy was killed about 2 a.m. Thursday when police responded to neighbors' complaints that several men were shooting vintage, military-style rifles and shotguns into a dark alley near the 5200 block of 17th Avenue Northeast, police spokesman Jeff Kappel said. When police were called, Kappel said, neighbors pointed out an apartment in a large white house. When police knocked on the door, one of the suspects opened the door brandishing a long rifle with a large bayonet attached. Uniformed police officers warned the man several times to drop his weapon. He didn't, Kappel said, and he pointed it at one of the officers. Two officers shot him several times. He died at a hospital Thursday morning, Kappel said. [...] The man who lives in the apartment next door, Mark Kedziora, said that before Thursday night he hadn't seen his neighbor wearing a full German military uniform, but said the man wore a black mustache, combed-over hair and military boots. Kedziora said he saw his neighbor and two other men with guns standing in the alley at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. He looked outside when he heard a loud bang, thinking the guns were fake. But when he watched the men reload, he realized the guns were real and said to his friend, "That guy's an idiot." One of the men was wearing an olive uniform and a military helmet, Kedziora said, and his neighbor was wearing a Nazi military uniform. "I didn't know he had the whole get-up," he said. A third man was wearing street clothes. It wasn't clear if either of the other two men live at the apartment. Kedziora said he heard confusion outside and could hear police warning the man to drop his weapon. A few minutes later, they watched out the window as the wounded neighbor was taken away and SWAT teams searched the neighborhood. Police searching the apartment after the incident found the large collection of German military regalia and a lot of alcohol, Kappel said. [...] http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati...ooting02m0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Steele Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 City hit by 'legal to pee' prankMan in front of 'urination sign' in NottinghamThe council said anyone taking the advice of the signs could be prosecuted People should ignore signs telling them that it is legal to urinate in certain public places in Nottingham, the city council said. The signs, which were put up by pranksters in and around Nottingham, are designed to look official. They feature a toilet sign and include the words: "Public Urination Permitted After 7.30pm". Nottingham City Council is now urging the public to ignore the notices as it sets about removing them. 'Cleaned daily' The prank also featured a laminated note, headed with the logo of Nottingham City Council, which said the scheme was aimed at reducing the mess faced by residents outside their homes. A spokeswoman for the authority said: "It is an offence to urinate in public and these signs have been put up illegally, for whatever reason. "We would urge people to ignore them, otherwise they could find themselves inadvertently facing a prosecution. "We are taking the signs down as quickly as possible and if anyone spots one of the illegal signs we ask them to please contact the city council so they can be removed." The notice reads: "In an attempt to reduce late night public nuisance, during the holiday period, Nottingham City Council has designated several public urination areas across the city. "This urination area will be cleaned daily between the hours of 5am and 6am." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Sex shop sickoRoger Dickson Wednesday, January 7, 2009 © The Cairns Post A PERVERT has twice broken into a Cairns adult shop and had sex with blow-up dolls before abandoning the vinyl vixens in a nearby lane. However, police are on his tail, because the thief left his DNA on a doll and possible fingerprints on its face along with three other inflatable dolls and lubricants. Business owners believe the same culprit is responsible for break-ins and till thefts at the Sapphire Bar on Lake St and three break-ins at the Laneway Adult Shop off Spence St in the past several days. His method of entry is to smash through walls and squeeze through tight holes. The owner of the adult shop, who wished to be named only as Vogue, said that in a first unreported break-in at his recently opened shop, the doll-snatcher had stolen five dolls and had sex with one of them. “He has been taking the dolls out the back and blowing them up and using the dolls and leaving them in the alley,” he said. “It is totally bizarre. “It is a real concern that someone like that is out on the street.” Vogue said a sex toy also went missing in the second break-in and that the offender had a liking for the doll model named "Jungle Jane", which had been taken on both occasions. He said he was dumbfounded that the burglar also had the "weird" habit of cleaning up the mess he had made after entering the building. Not content with his first two midnight liaisons, the burglar again smashed through a wall in the roof area of the shop on either Monday night or early yesterday morning but was scared off by a newly installed alarm system. Vogue and David Sharman, the owner of the Sapphire Bar on Lake St that has a rear entry in the same lane as the adult shop, both believe they have been targeted by the same thief. Both men said fleeting video images showed the burglar as being a tall, skinny Caucasian. Mr Sharman said of the break-ins and two thefts of money from the till, as well an attempted break-in on Sunday night, the most brazen was in the early hours of yesterday morning. "The burglar smashed a hole near the top of the roof line," he said. "He then clambered 15m down a sheer wall. "He (only) took the surveillance recorders - we found them in the bin." While praising police for their quick response to the alleged crimes, Mr Sharman said he was becoming increasingly frustrated that they were not being solved. "I have had a gutful. This pushes up costs," he said. "Crime is killing our business. "Not enough is being done to prevent early morning crime in the CBD." Cairns Police District crime prevention co-ordinator, Acting Sgt Cary Coolican, said the reported offences were being investigated. It is understood at this stage of investigations the alleged offences are not being linked. Acting Sgt Coolican said in the case of the adult shop, scientific officers had taken DNA samples, fingerprints and pictures. "We are certainly asking anybody with any information to come forward and contact Cairns police on 4030 7000 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000," she said. Photos at: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/01/0...local-news.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) UFO enthusiasts are claiming damage to a Lincolnshire wind farm turbine was caused by a mystery aircraft. The turbine at Conisholme lost one 66ft (20m) blade and another was badly damaged in the early hours of Sunday. County councillor for the area Robert Palmer said he had seen a "round, white light that seemed to be hovering". Ecotricity, which owns the site, said while investigations continued they were not ruling anything out - but the extent of damage was "unique". The turbine is one of 20 at the Conisholme site, which has been only been fully operational since April 2008. The broken blade has been recovered and is being examined. Local ufologists said they had received many reports of activity in the area and had teams searching for clues. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/7817378.stm An Australian woman appears in court charged with murdering her husband by setting fire to his penis over alleged infidelity. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/worl...fic/7812875.stm MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CBS) ― http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/strange.ligh...o.2.901376.html Strange lights were seen hovering over Morris County in New Jersey on Jan. 5, 2009. Was it a UFO or is there an explanation for it? Strange, red, blinking lights could be seen across Morris County on Monday night, and officials thought they had figured out what caused them. Now, they're not so sure. Between 8:30 and 9 p.m., the Hurley family in Whippany captured images of a bizarre object in the sky and contacted WCBSTV.com. "It was unsettling for sure," said Cindy Hurley. "It was something you've never seen before, and a very strange pattern." Edited January 8, 2009 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 They can cover distances spanning star systems but can't avoid a wind turbine in England? Maybe one alien bet the other alien he couldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected. The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0901...smic-noise.html They... are .... coming.... Edited January 9, 2009 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 http://wbns10tv.com/live/content/local/sto...ng.html?sid=102 MARION, Ohio — A man was arrested Thursday on charges of attempted murder after police said he stabbed his father in the neck.*After searching the home, officers found Layne's son, Jeffery Lane, in another room covered in blood. According to police, Jeffery Lane, 47, said he stabbed his father because he was the devil, police said. Note: this is exactly the sort of individual who fails to fill out his 2404s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Donnelly Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 So are you saying he failed to write up an equipment inspection and maintenance form on the knife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) So are you saying he failed to write up an equipment inspection and maintenance form on the knife? Not at all, my little sunflower of strangeness. Emperical data highlights the indicators that Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel will rapidly graduate from equipment neglect to getting stabby over the voices rattlin' around in his head. To wit - http://208.84.116.223/forums/index.php?s=&...st&p=634274 And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W'swhere they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army aftercommitting your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty uglylooking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Fatherrapers! Father rapers sitting right there on the bench next to me! Edited January 9, 2009 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/world/2009...09/7975546.html HOUSTON — A Texas death row convict with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004.Their hearts also had been ripped out. The Eskimos consider it a delicacy, you know ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 The bitter cold also was blamed for at least one death Tuesday. A 51-year-old man died of exposure in northern Wisconsin after wandering from his home in Hayward when the temperature was 16 below. Deputies said the man's family reported he was prone to sleepwalking. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SNO...&SECTION=US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 This just in -CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police have recovered a mysterious consignment of parts of human skulls packed in bags in southeast Nepal near the border with India, police said on Wednesday.http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...=22&sp=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 This just in -CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police have recovered a mysterious consignment of parts of human skulls packed in bags in southeast Nepal near the border with India, police said on Wednesday.http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...=22&sp=true A premature Philadelphia Eagles fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 A premature Philadelphia Eagles fan. Not an Eagles fan unless he flips the birdie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) A premature Philadelphia Eagles fan. Don't hate. HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) -- In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Indiana boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. Hammond police say the unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in the Chicago suburb were around 10 degrees at the time. By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off the frozen pole.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD...EMPLATE=DEFAULT Edited January 16, 2009 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Man Found Burned in Apartment With No Sign of Fire function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1390194000&en=faddb7e79bd1fbad&ei=5124';} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/20/us/AP-ODD-Bizarre-Burning.html'); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent('Man Found Burned in Apartment With No Sign of Fire'); } function getShareDescription() { return encodeURIComponent('KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators are baffled as to how a man suffered second- and third-degree burns inside his apartment -- even though the only sign of a fire was a candle in the bathroom. Knoxville Fire Department crews found the 56-year-old victim inside his apartment bathroom Monday afternoon with third-degree burns to his face and second-degree burns to his hands.'); } function getShareKeywords() { return encodeURIComponent(''); } function getShareSection() { return encodeURIComponent('us'); } function getShareSectionDisplay() { return encodeURIComponent('US'); } function getShareSubSection() { return encodeURIComponent(''); } function getShareByline() { return encodeURIComponent('By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS'); } function getSharePubdate() { return encodeURIComponent('January 20, 2009'); } By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 20, 2009 Filed at 1:45 p.m. ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators are baffled as to how a man suffered second- and third-degree burns inside his apartment -- even though the only sign of a fire was a candle in the bathroom. Knoxville Fire Department crews found the 56-year-old victim inside his apartment bathroom Monday afternoon with third-degree burns to his face and second-degree burns to his hands. Officials say they knocked on the door of the unit at Cagle Terrace Apartments, and went inside when they heard someone moaning. The man, who was not identified, was later taken to a burn center for treatment. Fire officials say their investigation is ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/200...-LIFE-901180316 CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?Last November, Paradigm Research Group of Bethesda, Md., launched "The Million Fax on Washington" campaign, urging Americans to fax, e-mail or send letters to the Washington Transition Headquarters of President-elect Barack Obama, calling on him to end the Truth Embargo regarding extraterrestrial/UFO presence and to release any information to the American people that would not jeopardize national security. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=99451294Morning Edition, January 16, 2009 · A debt collection firm in Lithuania has hired the country's most famous self-styled witch to track down deadbeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) Former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own 'clinically depressed' pet dog. The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog - which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...e.html?ITO=1490 Compare and contrast - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key broke his right arm at the weekend after falling down some steps, but he did not see the doctor until after he had shaken hands with more than 100 burly rugby players.http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...=22&sp=true Edited January 22, 2009 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Ras Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own 'clinically depressed' pet dog. The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog - which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...e.html?ITO=1490 It's..it's..like..almost too perfect. --Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Donnelly Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own 'clinically depressed' pet dog. The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog - which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants.So I'm guessing the dog didn't accept his surrender before he started "mauling" the honorable Chirac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toysoldier Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 So I'm guessing the dog didn't accept his surrender before he started "mauling" the honorable Chirac? He probably bought the dog from Paris Hilton: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Newspaper claims suspect transformed into a goat Jan 23 03:38 PM US/Eastern LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him. The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended. The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal. Police in the state couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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