Inadequate Care of Excrement, Plus Fire in the O.R.
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Monday, February 9, 2009 [part one, mostly left over from last week]
It doesn't get any more surreal than this
A grad student is suing Leeds Univ. for getting rid of his caca. He'd been studying the Butaan lizard in the Philippines for 7 yrs and had painstakingly sifted through their trails of dirt, collecting 77 lbs. of number-two (to help guess its diet), turd by turd, fleck by fleck, taking it back to England, storing it all in a lab. But while he was away from school, custodians mistakenly incinerated it. His entire 7-yr professional output . . shot. Nonetheless, Leeds's lawyers said, You're suing us for what? Daily Telegraph
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Golfer hit in head with ball, loses mind
Paul Sanchez, 20 [CORRECTION: age 67], an "occasional" golfer, filed a lawsuit against a golf course in Manchester, N.H., for a 2006 incident in which his tee shot hit a yard marker and ricocheted into his right eye. Sanchez said they should have warned him that could happen. Seriously. Union Leader
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Education official unaware of spell-check
Britain's Schools Minister, Jim Knight, is a Member of Parliament, was educated at Cambridge, and has a blog, which contains the following words: maintainence, convicned, curently, similiar, prnsioners, reccess, receieved, and archeaological, among others. Daily Telegraph
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More Things to Worry About
It only happens to 600 patients a yr (out of 50m surgeries), but jeez, 600 patients catching fire in the OR? (Bonus: Oxygen makes it like a blowtorch.) WBAL-TV (Baltimore) via WMTW-TV (Portland, Maine)
London's Daily Mail found a man who said he was forced to yank out 13 teeth with his pliers because he couldn't find a gov't dentist. (Bonus: He smiled for the camera.) (Double Bonus: "It didn't hurt as much as you might think.") Daily Mail
In Nova Scotia, Penny Boudreau confessed to strangling her only daughter, 12, supposedly because her boyfriend Vernon MacCumber gave her the ultimatum, her or me (and as you can see by the photo, what woman wouldn't sacrifice her only child for a cutie like Vernon?). Daily Mail (London)
Most Undignified Death: He lost control of his car near Los Banos, Calif.; it rolled down a hill; he survived and climbed back to the highway; another driver ran over him. Modesto Bee
A man robbed two convenience stores in Colorado Springs last week within an hour of each other, wielding a small sword, and the thing is, both clerks independently told police that they recognized the sword as a "bat'leth," a Klingon sword, from Star Wars. [CORRECTION: OK, OK, enough! You know what it's from.] KMGH-TV (Denver)
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People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
A woman in Des Moines, Iowa, complained to police that she was trying to help a stranger in a wheelchair when he got all testy about it, wheeled himself over to her, locked his chair, stood on one leg, and "exposed himself" at her. Des Moines Register
Comments 'wheelchair_flasher'
Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Ya think Stephen Bishop, 49, robbed that liquor store in Grover Beach, Calif.? TheSmokingGun.com [Language Warning!]
Comments 'stephen_bishop'
Monday, February 9, 2009 [part one, mostly left over from last week]
It doesn't get any more surreal than this
A grad student is suing Leeds Univ. for getting rid of his caca. He'd been studying the Butaan lizard in the Philippines for 7 yrs and had painstakingly sifted through their trails of dirt, collecting 77 lbs. of number-two (to help guess its diet), turd by turd, fleck by fleck, taking it back to England, storing it all in a lab. But while he was away from school, custodians mistakenly incinerated it. His entire 7-yr professional output . . shot. Nonetheless, Leeds's lawyers said, You're suing us for what? Daily Telegraph
Comments 'feces_lawsuit'
Golfer hit in head with ball, loses mind
Paul Sanchez, 20 [CORRECTION: age 67], an "occasional" golfer, filed a lawsuit against a golf course in Manchester, N.H., for a 2006 incident in which his tee shot hit a yard marker and ricocheted into his right eye. Sanchez said they should have warned him that could happen. Seriously. Union Leader
Comments 'paul_sanchez'
Education official unaware of spell-check
Britain's Schools Minister, Jim Knight, is a Member of Parliament, was educated at Cambridge, and has a blog, which contains the following words: maintainence, convicned, curently, similiar, prnsioners, reccess, receieved, and archeaological, among others. Daily Telegraph
Comments 'minister_spellcheck'
More Things to Worry About
It only happens to 600 patients a yr (out of 50m surgeries), but jeez, 600 patients catching fire in the OR? (Bonus: Oxygen makes it like a blowtorch.) WBAL-TV (Baltimore) via WMTW-TV (Portland, Maine)
London's Daily Mail found a man who said he was forced to yank out 13 teeth with his pliers because he couldn't find a gov't dentist. (Bonus: He smiled for the camera.) (Double Bonus: "It didn't hurt as much as you might think.") Daily Mail
In Nova Scotia, Penny Boudreau confessed to strangling her only daughter, 12, supposedly because her boyfriend Vernon MacCumber gave her the ultimatum, her or me (and as you can see by the photo, what woman wouldn't sacrifice her only child for a cutie like Vernon?). Daily Mail (London)
Most Undignified Death: He lost control of his car near Los Banos, Calif.; it rolled down a hill; he survived and climbed back to the highway; another driver ran over him. Modesto Bee
A man robbed two convenience stores in Colorado Springs last week within an hour of each other, wielding a small sword, and the thing is, both clerks independently told police that they recognized the sword as a "bat'leth," a Klingon sword, from Star Wars. [CORRECTION: OK, OK, enough! You know what it's from.] KMGH-TV (Denver)
Comments on Things to Worry About?
Comments 'worry_090209'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
A woman in Des Moines, Iowa, complained to police that she was trying to help a stranger in a wheelchair when he got all testy about it, wheeled himself over to her, locked his chair, stood on one leg, and "exposed himself" at her. Des Moines Register
Comments 'wheelchair_flasher'
Your Daily Jury Duty
["In America, a person is presumed innocent until the mug shot is released"]
Ya think Stephen Bishop, 49, robbed that liquor store in Grover Beach, Calif.? TheSmokingGun.com [Language Warning!]
Comments 'stephen_bishop'
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