Weird Universe Archive
January 2010
January 17, 2010
Sledding Bobbies
British police officers were seen sledding on their riot shields while on duty one snowy day. Then some sourpuss ratted them out and they were cautioned to be on their best behavior in the future. Let he (or she) who has never surfed the net at work cast the first stone!
http://www.newslite.tv/index.html
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 17, 2010 -
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January 16, 2010
Everything Happens to Me
Here's a real oddity: a song narrated by an unredeemable total loser, wimp and schlub--and he's Frank Sinatra! Could Beck and Radiohead have gotten their inspiration from this?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 16, 2010 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music, 1940s
Electronic Bilboard Gone Wild!
An Electronic bilboard near downtown Moscow offered something a little more attention grabbing than the usual ads today. A 2 minute porn clip was shown. According to 3 Stars, the owner of the screen. the clip was hacked into the system. That'll wake you up during your commute!http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100115/koddities/eu_odd_russia_porn_in_the_city
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 16, 2010 -
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January 14, 2010
Cougars ‘n Cubs
Actually I'm referring to older woman/younger man couples. Rich Gosse of Gosse's Society of Single Professionals is hosting a cub convention on January 30 in Millbrea, California. Cubs is, of course, a reference to the young men typically between 21 and 40 who enjoy these relationships. Last year Gosse hosted a cougar convention in Palo Alto which drew 1000 conventioneers to a venue meant for 400. While Gosse hopes to host another large group. he doesn't think the cub convention will be quite as big. The women present will be asked to vote for 'World's Cutest Cub' from the amongst the male participants. The winner will receive a tickets for a Bahamas or Mexican Riviera International Cougar Cruise and a copy of the DVD "Spread" in which Ashton Kutcher basically plays himself.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/weird/Cub-Convention-Learn-How-to-Pick-Up-Your-Very-Own-Cougar-81134752.html
The Cougar Cruise prize won't be taking place on Carnival Cruise Lines. After hosting one such event Carnival has declined a request to book another. Carnival denies any problems on the first cougar cruise, but state they've decided the theme doesn't fit their family friendly image. Norwegian and Royal Caribbean Lines have no such qualms about hosting the theme according to event planners.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2010772439_webcougarcruises12.html
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 14, 2010 -
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The Worst Work Related Injury EVER!
While filming the movie G.I. Joe actor Channing Tatum received a scalding injury to his penis. At the link he talks about his ride to the hospital and how the injury happened. OUCH!!http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/channing-tatum-burned-skin-off-his-penis-3329830
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 14, 2010 -
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Exotic Pet Safety
Okay, so here's the thing, if you are going to have a snake as a pet it probably shouldn't be a poisonous one. But, if you just have to have a venomous pet snake then you probably shouldn't handle it while drinking. More importantly, if you have a venomous pet snake and if you handle it while drinking then you really should not put it's head in your mouth. Oh well, some people never listen!Guy Puts rattlesnake in mouth and gets bitten - Watch more Funny Videos
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 14, 2010 -
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January 13, 2010
Why Vandalism?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 13, 2010 -
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Category: Juvenile Delinquency, Documentaries, 1950s
January 12, 2010
Reality Based Toy
Because airport security is such a positive experience children are clamoring for toys to play make-believe security checkpoint with playmobile offers us the Playmobile Security Checkpoint. The best part about the Amazon order page is the customer feedback. It's tongue in cheek and very funny.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002CYTL2/ref=nosim/nationalreviewon
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 12, 2010 -
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Sarah and the Demons
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 12, 2010 -
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Category: Politics, Strange Candidates, Religion, Fictional Monsters
January 11, 2010
Mummy Search
Fulcrum TV in Great Britan is advertising for a terminally ill volunteer to be mummified upon death. This will be done for a documentary on Egyptian mummification techniques. Afterwards the mummified body would be kept for 2 to 3 years to see if the mummification process was sucessful. During that time the remains would be exhibited in a museum. After that a funeral would be provided by the TV people. In the preceeding months they wish to interview the person and allow the viewers to get to know him or her. Other documentaries about death processes have been aired in the past. An autopsy was televised as well as an assisted suicide. It should make for interesting, if gruesome, TV.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242225/Channel-4-advertising-terminally-ill-person-volunteer-mummified-TV-show.html
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 11, 2010 -
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