cycle 081020
He was 82, living out of a motel room when he died. Unlike the cat ladies, he hadn't been hoarding animals. What he had been hoarding, though, was dollar bills. $263,000, cold cash. Chicago Tribune
For the first time ever, maybe, an American Common Nighthawk made an appearance in Britain (probably blown off course by heavy winds as it migrated toward South America). On the other hand, shortly after making landfall, it was run over by a car. Daily Mail
An Australian man complained that "wild dogs" ate his car, doing major fender damage . . again. Northern Territory News
People Different From Us: A judge dropped the charges against the wife, who had shot her husband in the leg, because (the judge was convinced) the husband had begged her to. Associated Press via Yahoo
She was driving around with 85 marijuana plants in the back seat, yet she hadn't checked whether her state car inspection sticker was up-to-date. (It wasn't.) The Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
The Sun has located Britain's worst driver: Age 48, father of two, serial driver-test failure, banned from the roads 58 times, jailed at least 30, 115 offenses. The Sun
"This is a first. We've never had to put out an alert before on willy spread, chocolate-flavoured or otherwise." (That's a spokesman for the European commission's Food Safety Authority announcing that there's too much melamine in a certain Chinese-import lotion designed to enhance oral sex.) Daily Mail
Professor Music's Weird Link o' the Day
You probably thought, whenever you encountered an enterprise called "the Acme company," that here is a business operator with utterly no imagination. But check out the "original" Illustrated Catalog of ACME Products. An awesome assortment!
Today's Newsrangers: Rodney Meyer, Candy Clouston, Dave Stout, Guillermo Reynoso
For the first time ever, maybe, an American Common Nighthawk made an appearance in Britain (probably blown off course by heavy winds as it migrated toward South America). On the other hand, shortly after making landfall, it was run over by a car. Daily Mail
An Australian man complained that "wild dogs" ate his car, doing major fender damage . . again. Northern Territory News
People Different From Us: A judge dropped the charges against the wife, who had shot her husband in the leg, because (the judge was convinced) the husband had begged her to. Associated Press via Yahoo
She was driving around with 85 marijuana plants in the back seat, yet she hadn't checked whether her state car inspection sticker was up-to-date. (It wasn't.) The Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
The Sun has located Britain's worst driver: Age 48, father of two, serial driver-test failure, banned from the roads 58 times, jailed at least 30, 115 offenses. The Sun
"This is a first. We've never had to put out an alert before on willy spread, chocolate-flavoured or otherwise." (That's a spokesman for the European commission's Food Safety Authority announcing that there's too much melamine in a certain Chinese-import lotion designed to enhance oral sex.) Daily Mail
Professor Music's Weird Link o' the Day
You probably thought, whenever you encountered an enterprise called "the Acme company," that here is a business operator with utterly no imagination. But check out the "original" Illustrated Catalog of ACME Products. An awesome assortment!
Today's Newsrangers: Rodney Meyer, Candy Clouston, Dave Stout, Guillermo Reynoso
Comments
Was the American Common Nighthawk by chance carrying a coconut?
Posted by Caffeinated Katie in Atlanta, GA on 10/20/08 at 02:37 PM
85 marijuana plants - I've said this before and I will keep saying it until someone listens.
Only break one law at a time!!!
Only break one law at a time!!!
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 03:13 PM
85 marijuana plants - OMG that's my area! Where is this woman and how do I make friends with her dumb ass?
worst driver - hey Maxx, does that beat your record?
and finally: What is the air speed velocity of an unladen nighthawk?
worst driver - hey Maxx, does that beat your record?
and finally: What is the air speed velocity of an unladen nighthawk?
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/20/08 at 07:52 PM
Yes Jules, he wins. I at least had a license even though it was expired.
I did get stopped one night and had left my wallet at home. The cop ran my name through his computer to get my info for a ticket and then told me I wasn't registered in the state of Louisiana. Make a long story short, I was listed in the system as a black female.
I did get stopped one night and had left my wallet at home. The cop ran my name through his computer to get my info for a ticket and then told me I wasn't registered in the state of Louisiana. Make a long story short, I was listed in the system as a black female.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 08:35 PM
You're wife is a jungle fever lesbian!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/20/08 at 08:43 PM
Jules - Huh? Is that to me? I don't get it.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 09:09 PM
Yes, if you are a black woman...then the woman who married you is a lesbian with jungle fever
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/20/08 at 09:24 PM
And you know...once you go black you don't go back. 😊
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 09:28 PM
85 marijuana plants - No wonder I can't find anything with dumbasses like this running the biz.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 09:31 PM
Jules - I totally missed that one. I even went back through all the posts to find a connection. Maybe I'm the dumbass. 😉
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 09:49 PM
See, this is why I *heart* Jules. Anytime you can tie together "jungle fever lesbian" with some kind of traffic ticket, you obviously rock!
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 10/20/08 at 10:00 PM
cold hard cash maybe he worked at a strip club or frequented them often enough to have that many dollar bills?
nighthawk Must have been a man to be THAT far off course. He didn't ask for directions!
Worst driver Maxx, did you move to Britain?
nighthawk Must have been a man to be THAT far off course. He didn't ask for directions!
Worst driver Maxx, did you move to Britain?
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 10/20/08 at 10:03 PM
Lifetime of tickets in 1 month and suddenly I'm the butt of the joke. See if I bare my soul on the internet again. 😉
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/20/08 at 10:07 PM
I have seen the ACME catalogue before. I think it was listed somewhere on http://www.truckspills.com. It appears that my search for the weird has lead me to some unusual places, only some of which I can share here.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/21/08 at 09:41 AM
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