News of the Weird / Pro Edition (October 4, 2010)
News of the Weird/Pro Edition
You're Still Not Cynical Enough
Prime Cuts of Underreported News from Last Week, Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
October 4, 2010
(datelines September 25-October 2) (links correct as of October 4)
Brain Surgeons Frolicking, Plus Gypsy Rights and Dowsing for Mugabe
★ ★ ★ ★!
Who Thinks These Things Up? Brain surgery is always a hassle for doctors, what with having to remove the top of the skull and set it aside while they operate. Wouldn't it be simpler to get into the brain via . . your eye socket? Aiiggggghhhhhh! Actually, it was foregone that they'd come up with this . . after a previous short cut to the brain through the nose! Unhhhhhhh! [ed.: They're just playing with us, aren't they?] Science Daily
Watch Jane Watch Squirrels, for 2,000 Hours: We know (famously) that male Cape ground squirrels masturbate. Researcher Jane Waterman wanted more. Went to Namibia, put in 2,000 hours, concluded that they did not yank it for typical reasons (e.g., excessive horniness, or to push fresh sperm to front of the queue). After thinking long and hard, she hypothesizes that they do it mainly to clean the organ from potential STDs. DiscoverMagazine.com
Backyard Etiquette: Two service workers in suburban St. Louis got a dressing down because they nonchalantly grabbed a roll of toilet paper and took a dump beside a shed in the back yard of the customer, who was aghast. Their supervisor apologized, but the dumpers' nonchalance was startling, i.e., is this normal for yard workers? (Bonus: Austin Purifoy, 19, got probation in Las Cruces, N.Mex., for using a car's interior as a crapper and then expressed shock when caught by the car's owner, i.e., you mean, he said, this is not Desiree's car?) (Double Bonus: Reporter Ashley Meeks apparently was not the least bit curious why it might be normal to poop in one's girlfriend's car.) KSDK-TV (St. Louis) /// Las Cruces Sun-News
Who Says California Isn't Governable? True, the pitiful legislature can't pass a budget, and soon, literally, the state'll be out of money (IOUs for salaries!), but the senators and Assembly members recently brought to vote: (1) naming a cusswords-free week, (2) voting a "Motorcycle Awareness Month," and (3) banning non-California cows from California promotional materials. One senator's big, big issue: For God's sake, we need to change the state rock (a "big" issue guaranteed to make absolutely no Californian's life better). Wall Street Journal
The Continued Attempt to Make British Society Perfect: The Equality Act, expanding the good and the righteous, now includes such things as rights for gypsies, atheists, and vegans, plus the right to sue a company any time you're offended while on company property, plus special fire-department attention to poor neighborhoods on account of their property's probably being less sturdy than rich people's property. (Bonus: The council in the London borough of Barnet has officially discouraged mother-in-law jokes and other expressions of disrespect for seniors and parents.) Daily Mail /// Daily Telegraph
And Still More Things To Worry About
Las Vegas Death Ray: The new, futuristic Vdara Hotel has an architectural problem--its south-facing windows reflect (and focus) the sun onto a 10-foot-by-15-foot moving zone across the pool deck around noon-ish, and the "ray" can singe the hair on your head! Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sidney, N.Y. (between Bimghamton and Oneonta) has been for years authorizing a Muslim cemetery to do business there, but in the wake of the "Ground Zero mosque," it has suddenly discovered that Muslims are buried in Sidney! No-o-o-o! Not in our town! Dig them up! Huffington Post
Problem: The contemporary British outdoor sport of dogging (i.e., public sex with strangers) annoys neighbors of a park area in Surrey County. One suggestion by the Surrey Council: Scare those horny rascals away by bringing in some bulls to graze. (Alas, the Sobering Truth, said one councillor: "It will probably make [the doggers] even more excited.") Daily Telegraph
(Recurring Theme) Gene Cranick's house burned down in Obion County, Tenn., as firefighters looked on, idly. They were on the scene only to prevent its spread to Cranick's neighbor's house. The neighbor had already paid the optional $75 firefighting tax, but Cranick had been too smart for that. WPSD-TV (Paducah, Ky.)
(Recurring Theme) Tex-Ass Justice: Stephen Brodie, a deaf man intimidated by police in Richardson, Tex., into confessing to a sexual assault in 1991, was freed, as it finally became clear to everyone (and not just reasonable people) that someone else had done the crime. Actually, Brodie had already served the time but had been re-arrested for refusing to register as a sex offender. [ed.: This is another win for Dallas DA Craig Watkins, who has run an assembly line correcting wrongful convictions but who faces voters in November, challenged by someone more inclined to let sleeping convictions lie.] Associated Press via Beaumont Enterprise
Losers
David Winkelman was picked up by police in Davenport, Iowa, on an extremely minor warrant, but then here's his mug shot. Winkelman got famous in 2000 for having his forehead tattooed with a promo for KORB-FM radio 93.5 to win the station's "$100,000-plus" payout prize. When he showed up to collect, the jocks informed him the whole thing was a joke. The Smoking Gun
Un-compelling Explanation: Raymond Roberts, 25, picked up in a traffic stop in Manatee County, Fla., had a baggie of marijuana stuck up his woo-hoo. He admitted to that, but the other baggie of rock cocaine up there--well, that's not his. Bradenton Herald
Things People Believe: There is a guy in Sydney who gave up (Aus)$50,000, along with his wife's honor (lie down naked for three men and have sex with them), because he believed it was the only way she could get rid of some curse the men said she had. Daily Telegraph (Sydney) via Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Here's how desperate Mugabe and his people are: They fell for Ms. Nomatter Tagarira's bamboozle in which she convinced them that she could produce a fountain of pre-refined diesel fuel by chanting into a boulder (actually: an assistant in the bushes was shooting out oil gushers). Her take from Mugabe: £1.7 million ($2.685 million), plus a farm, food, and a 50-vehicle convoy. Last week, she was sent to prison for three years. The Australian
The Pervo-American Community
Gregory Streater, 26, broke into his ex-mother-in-law's house wearing heels and pantyhose. Oh, him, said the woman. "That's why he's my ex-son-in-law." KOTV (Oklahoma City)
Glenn Armstrong, 48, tried to weasel out of evidence that he was taking photos of male toddlers' penises, including one brazenly in a rest room as a diaper was being changed. According to a certain shrink, anyway, Armstrong is not aroused by this but does it just for anatomical curiosity--a fascination with circumcision. News.com.au (Sydney)
Thai Police Pounce on Prolific Panty Perv. (There is not much to this story except for the alliteration in the headline and a fabulous photo of a mound of panties.) Phuket Gazette
Your Weekly Jury Duty
[In America, you're presumed innocent . . . until the mug shot is released]
Tammie Sue Benson-Whitehead, 48, may be guilty of failing to register as a sex offender when moving to Oregon. Maybe she's innocent, though. The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Mary Pat Telstad, 43, maybe, possibly, tried to smother her husband with a pillow--after succeeding (according to him) in fatally smothering her mother. But perhaps the husband is lying. Your call. WTKR-TV (Hampton Roads, Va.)
Below The Fold
To be joined in holy matrimony later this month in Moorhead, Minn.: Ms. Tara Wang and Mr. Austin DeCock. Fargo Forum
Girl's Mother Located Nearby in National Forest. (She had left the 2-year-old alone in a truck while she went "hiking." Later on, she made a stinging self-assessment of her parenting: "I suck.") KMGH-TV (Denver)
Florida Man Drowns While Attempting Birthday Bet. (All he had to do was swim across a canal behind his house, but Alcohol Was Involved.) South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Teenage Girl Can Only Control Rare Brain Condition by Digesting Her Own Spinal Fluid. (Another Daily Mail medical marvel!) Daily Mail (London)
(Readers' Choice) Segway Chief Dies in Segway Crash. Associated Press via New York Times
Editor's Notes
Once again: Weird 2.0 Tuesday morning.
A list of the winners of Thursday's Ig Nobel awards (including three who were contemporary enough that they had actually made News of the Weird). Associated Press via Boston Globe
Want to be scared? Try Time magazine's investigation, The Secret World of Militias. Two real fears: (1) No matter how tough-sounding or radical these armed groups are, there are always a couple of guys in the back of the room who think the rest of the members are too soft. (2) Amid today's political paranoia, facts are a luxury. If you believe in your heart that Obama's coming to get ya, then you're sure that the time to start firing is right now! Time
Newsrangers: Leisa Zigman, Christopher Nalty, Rick Bari, Garry Swaffar, Bill Givens, Grant Barton, Peter Hine, Jeff Powell, Jeremy Hamilton, Ken Wilder, Tracy Hammond, Peter Swank, Roger Leduc, Tom Weitnauer, and Ellen Hicks, and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors
You're Still Not Cynical Enough
Prime Cuts of Underreported News from Last Week, Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
October 4, 2010
(datelines September 25-October 2) (links correct as of October 4)
Brain Surgeons Frolicking, Plus Gypsy Rights and Dowsing for Mugabe
★ ★ ★ ★!
Who Thinks These Things Up? Brain surgery is always a hassle for doctors, what with having to remove the top of the skull and set it aside while they operate. Wouldn't it be simpler to get into the brain via . . your eye socket? Aiiggggghhhhhh! Actually, it was foregone that they'd come up with this . . after a previous short cut to the brain through the nose! Unhhhhhhh! [ed.: They're just playing with us, aren't they?] Science Daily
Watch Jane Watch Squirrels, for 2,000 Hours: We know (famously) that male Cape ground squirrels masturbate. Researcher Jane Waterman wanted more. Went to Namibia, put in 2,000 hours, concluded that they did not yank it for typical reasons (e.g., excessive horniness, or to push fresh sperm to front of the queue). After thinking long and hard, she hypothesizes that they do it mainly to clean the organ from potential STDs. DiscoverMagazine.com
Backyard Etiquette: Two service workers in suburban St. Louis got a dressing down because they nonchalantly grabbed a roll of toilet paper and took a dump beside a shed in the back yard of the customer, who was aghast. Their supervisor apologized, but the dumpers' nonchalance was startling, i.e., is this normal for yard workers? (Bonus: Austin Purifoy, 19, got probation in Las Cruces, N.Mex., for using a car's interior as a crapper and then expressed shock when caught by the car's owner, i.e., you mean, he said, this is not Desiree's car?) (Double Bonus: Reporter Ashley Meeks apparently was not the least bit curious why it might be normal to poop in one's girlfriend's car.) KSDK-TV (St. Louis) /// Las Cruces Sun-News
Who Says California Isn't Governable? True, the pitiful legislature can't pass a budget, and soon, literally, the state'll be out of money (IOUs for salaries!), but the senators and Assembly members recently brought to vote: (1) naming a cusswords-free week, (2) voting a "Motorcycle Awareness Month," and (3) banning non-California cows from California promotional materials. One senator's big, big issue: For God's sake, we need to change the state rock (a "big" issue guaranteed to make absolutely no Californian's life better). Wall Street Journal
The Continued Attempt to Make British Society Perfect: The Equality Act, expanding the good and the righteous, now includes such things as rights for gypsies, atheists, and vegans, plus the right to sue a company any time you're offended while on company property, plus special fire-department attention to poor neighborhoods on account of their property's probably being less sturdy than rich people's property. (Bonus: The council in the London borough of Barnet has officially discouraged mother-in-law jokes and other expressions of disrespect for seniors and parents.) Daily Mail /// Daily Telegraph
And Still More Things To Worry About
Las Vegas Death Ray: The new, futuristic Vdara Hotel has an architectural problem--its south-facing windows reflect (and focus) the sun onto a 10-foot-by-15-foot moving zone across the pool deck around noon-ish, and the "ray" can singe the hair on your head! Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sidney, N.Y. (between Bimghamton and Oneonta) has been for years authorizing a Muslim cemetery to do business there, but in the wake of the "Ground Zero mosque," it has suddenly discovered that Muslims are buried in Sidney! No-o-o-o! Not in our town! Dig them up! Huffington Post
Problem: The contemporary British outdoor sport of dogging (i.e., public sex with strangers) annoys neighbors of a park area in Surrey County. One suggestion by the Surrey Council: Scare those horny rascals away by bringing in some bulls to graze. (Alas, the Sobering Truth, said one councillor: "It will probably make [the doggers] even more excited.") Daily Telegraph
(Recurring Theme) Gene Cranick's house burned down in Obion County, Tenn., as firefighters looked on, idly. They were on the scene only to prevent its spread to Cranick's neighbor's house. The neighbor had already paid the optional $75 firefighting tax, but Cranick had been too smart for that. WPSD-TV (Paducah, Ky.)
(Recurring Theme) Tex-Ass Justice: Stephen Brodie, a deaf man intimidated by police in Richardson, Tex., into confessing to a sexual assault in 1991, was freed, as it finally became clear to everyone (and not just reasonable people) that someone else had done the crime. Actually, Brodie had already served the time but had been re-arrested for refusing to register as a sex offender. [ed.: This is another win for Dallas DA Craig Watkins, who has run an assembly line correcting wrongful convictions but who faces voters in November, challenged by someone more inclined to let sleeping convictions lie.] Associated Press via Beaumont Enterprise
Losers
David Winkelman was picked up by police in Davenport, Iowa, on an extremely minor warrant, but then here's his mug shot. Winkelman got famous in 2000 for having his forehead tattooed with a promo for KORB-FM radio 93.5 to win the station's "$100,000-plus" payout prize. When he showed up to collect, the jocks informed him the whole thing was a joke. The Smoking Gun
Un-compelling Explanation: Raymond Roberts, 25, picked up in a traffic stop in Manatee County, Fla., had a baggie of marijuana stuck up his woo-hoo. He admitted to that, but the other baggie of rock cocaine up there--well, that's not his. Bradenton Herald
Things People Believe: There is a guy in Sydney who gave up (Aus)$50,000, along with his wife's honor (lie down naked for three men and have sex with them), because he believed it was the only way she could get rid of some curse the men said she had. Daily Telegraph (Sydney) via Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Here's how desperate Mugabe and his people are: They fell for Ms. Nomatter Tagarira's bamboozle in which she convinced them that she could produce a fountain of pre-refined diesel fuel by chanting into a boulder (actually: an assistant in the bushes was shooting out oil gushers). Her take from Mugabe: £1.7 million ($2.685 million), plus a farm, food, and a 50-vehicle convoy. Last week, she was sent to prison for three years. The Australian
The Pervo-American Community
Gregory Streater, 26, broke into his ex-mother-in-law's house wearing heels and pantyhose. Oh, him, said the woman. "That's why he's my ex-son-in-law." KOTV (Oklahoma City)
Glenn Armstrong, 48, tried to weasel out of evidence that he was taking photos of male toddlers' penises, including one brazenly in a rest room as a diaper was being changed. According to a certain shrink, anyway, Armstrong is not aroused by this but does it just for anatomical curiosity--a fascination with circumcision. News.com.au (Sydney)
Thai Police Pounce on Prolific Panty Perv. (There is not much to this story except for the alliteration in the headline and a fabulous photo of a mound of panties.) Phuket Gazette
Your Weekly Jury Duty
[In America, you're presumed innocent . . . until the mug shot is released]
Tammie Sue Benson-Whitehead, 48, may be guilty of failing to register as a sex offender when moving to Oregon. Maybe she's innocent, though. The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Mary Pat Telstad, 43, maybe, possibly, tried to smother her husband with a pillow--after succeeding (according to him) in fatally smothering her mother. But perhaps the husband is lying. Your call. WTKR-TV (Hampton Roads, Va.)
Below The Fold
To be joined in holy matrimony later this month in Moorhead, Minn.: Ms. Tara Wang and Mr. Austin DeCock. Fargo Forum
Girl's Mother Located Nearby in National Forest. (She had left the 2-year-old alone in a truck while she went "hiking." Later on, she made a stinging self-assessment of her parenting: "I suck.") KMGH-TV (Denver)
Florida Man Drowns While Attempting Birthday Bet. (All he had to do was swim across a canal behind his house, but Alcohol Was Involved.) South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Teenage Girl Can Only Control Rare Brain Condition by Digesting Her Own Spinal Fluid. (Another Daily Mail medical marvel!) Daily Mail (London)
(Readers' Choice) Segway Chief Dies in Segway Crash. Associated Press via New York Times
Editor's Notes
Once again: Weird 2.0 Tuesday morning.
A list of the winners of Thursday's Ig Nobel awards (including three who were contemporary enough that they had actually made News of the Weird). Associated Press via Boston Globe
Want to be scared? Try Time magazine's investigation, The Secret World of Militias. Two real fears: (1) No matter how tough-sounding or radical these armed groups are, there are always a couple of guys in the back of the room who think the rest of the members are too soft. (2) Amid today's political paranoia, facts are a luxury. If you believe in your heart that Obama's coming to get ya, then you're sure that the time to start firing is right now! Time
Newsrangers: Leisa Zigman, Christopher Nalty, Rick Bari, Garry Swaffar, Bill Givens, Grant Barton, Peter Hine, Jeff Powell, Jeremy Hamilton, Ken Wilder, Tracy Hammond, Peter Swank, Roger Leduc, Tom Weitnauer, and Ellen Hicks, and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors
Comments
Brain surgery: the eye route saves you from that splitting headache.
Burn, Baby, Burn: That's how fire insurance used to work. You put a plaque on the building so the fire company (paid for by the insurance) knew whether you were one of theirs or not. OTOH, I bet they could now raise the $75 fee as high as they liked, and still get 100% payments.
Death Ray: You design a hotel in a parabola shape, in the desert, and you're surprised that mirrors still work?
Tattoo guy: Are we sure the tattoo needle didn't go in through the eye socket?
Not my coke: I borrowed someone else's backside, Officer.
Aussie foursome: How do a fool and his money get together in the first place?
Jury Duty: 1: This is a woman? Whether it is really a woman with a very unfortunate hormone problem, or a former man who has kept his mustache, that's a sad, sad person. 2: Looks like she'd be capable of it.
Demon Rum: I can assure you, half a liter of rum will get you seriously toasted. And she was in charge of children?
Militias: They're a really, really scary bunch. I'm glad I'm not the law enforcement people who will have to go in one day and clean them up. I wonder how they managed to do this training exercise without the National Guard just happening to have a helicopter or two flying over?
Burn, Baby, Burn: That's how fire insurance used to work. You put a plaque on the building so the fire company (paid for by the insurance) knew whether you were one of theirs or not. OTOH, I bet they could now raise the $75 fee as high as they liked, and still get 100% payments.
Death Ray: You design a hotel in a parabola shape, in the desert, and you're surprised that mirrors still work?
Tattoo guy: Are we sure the tattoo needle didn't go in through the eye socket?
Not my coke: I borrowed someone else's backside, Officer.
Aussie foursome: How do a fool and his money get together in the first place?
Jury Duty: 1: This is a woman? Whether it is really a woman with a very unfortunate hormone problem, or a former man who has kept his mustache, that's a sad, sad person. 2: Looks like she'd be capable of it.
Demon Rum: I can assure you, half a liter of rum will get you seriously toasted. And she was in charge of children?
Militias: They're a really, really scary bunch. I'm glad I'm not the law enforcement people who will have to go in one day and clean them up. I wonder how they managed to do this training exercise without the National Guard just happening to have a helicopter or two flying over?
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 10/04/10 at 09:26 AM
"Girl's Mother Located Nearby in National Forest."
Bonus. Her last name is "Camp".
Bonus. Her last name is "Camp".
Posted by venomlash on 10/04/10 at 10:29 AM
Society Perfect The Gypsy thing is/was big news over here as France has been shipping them out by the bus load. One shipee, when asked why France and not Romania, he calmly stated that France handed out free money while Romania didn't!
Vegas Death Ray THIMK AHED!
Dogging What? No equal rights for public fornicators? Tisk! Tisk!
Mugabe Damn! Where are these people when I'm selling that little fixer-upper in downtown Athens!?!
Moorhead, Minn Is she's going to hyphenate her name to Wang-DeCock?
Vegas Death Ray THIMK AHED!
Dogging What? No equal rights for public fornicators? Tisk! Tisk!
Mugabe Damn! Where are these people when I'm selling that little fixer-upper in downtown Athens!?!
Moorhead, Minn Is she's going to hyphenate her name to Wang-DeCock?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/04/10 at 11:48 AM
dry heat :lol: hi wayne, how are ya sweetie? 😊
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/04/10 at 02:16 PM
HURRAY! :coolsmile:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/04/10 at 03:25 PM
taxes- the burning issue
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/04/10 at 07:50 PM
Brain Surgery - It's actually very old school, some of the earliest Prefrontal Lobotomies were done with an ice pick & a mallet right through the eye sockets.
Who Says California Isn't Governable? - C'mon, those aren't particularly newsworthy, or restricted to California. How about Texas? With HB 2001, "Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog," or HB 2075, "Relating to limitations on the number of courses that students may drop under certain circumstances at certain public institutions of higher education." Or Florida HB 45, "Use of Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements," to allow grade school kids to take supplements prescribed by their Dr even if of debatable medical benefit, or Florida CS/CS/HB 63, "Designates James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Parkway & Don Davis Memorial Interchange in Duval County."
California needs a two thirds majority to pass a budget, and some Californians are trying to desperately pass a proposition to make that a simple majority so we can have an on-time budget like the Grown Up states do, but there's some compelling arguments against it as it's written.
Vegas Death Ray - Bonus points: Bill Pintas is a Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago!
Muslims are buried in Sidney Center, NY - I think I've said before that the Southern Tier is the F-State, the District of Calamity, of New York? Full of Hillbillies and a constant source of embarrassment to the rest of the state? Never minding that the Sufis are on our side in the Middle East, there aren't any laws in New York State, Delaware County, or the city of Sidney Center, that prevents someone from building a cemetery on private property without anyone's approval, and they still got the city's approval. Buncha rednecked, hick dumbasses.
Dumb Aussie Husband - Hold it, their defense is that they're Greek and believe in the Evil Eye? Someone let me know if that works; I'm part Italian and my Nonna believed in the "Mal Ochio," too, and who knows what I could weasel out of with that defense.
Police Pounce on Prolific Panty Perv named Phanu Phloisuwan, in Phuket, with Piles of Panties stuffed in Plastic water bottles!
I have to wipe off my monitor now.
Weekly Jury Duty "It's a Man, Baby!"</Austin Powers voice>
<>Wang-DeCock Nuptials</b> - Bonus points, they're from Moorhead, Mn!
The Secret World of Militias - Umm, how is this different from the Posse Comitatus that said the Blacks were going to rise up with the help of the Jews & start a Revolution during the Nixon & Carter Administrations? Or the "Patriot Militias" during the Clinton administration that claimed the UN were flying Black Helicopters over the US and were going to round up all the "Right Thinking People" into FEMA run camps to be reprogrammed?
Now, the intent of the Anti-Federalists who helped draft the Bill of Rights had a specific use in mind for the Second Amendment, a use enumerated in the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776: "XIII. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and be governed by, the civil power." This is exactly what the Swiss do, and it's worked for them since 1815.
Who Says California Isn't Governable? - C'mon, those aren't particularly newsworthy, or restricted to California. How about Texas? With HB 2001, "Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog," or HB 2075, "Relating to limitations on the number of courses that students may drop under certain circumstances at certain public institutions of higher education." Or Florida HB 45, "Use of Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements," to allow grade school kids to take supplements prescribed by their Dr even if of debatable medical benefit, or Florida CS/CS/HB 63, "Designates James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Parkway & Don Davis Memorial Interchange in Duval County."
California needs a two thirds majority to pass a budget, and some Californians are trying to desperately pass a proposition to make that a simple majority so we can have an on-time budget like the Grown Up states do, but there's some compelling arguments against it as it's written.
Vegas Death Ray - Bonus points: Bill Pintas is a Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago!
Muslims are buried in Sidney Center, NY - I think I've said before that the Southern Tier is the F-State, the District of Calamity, of New York? Full of Hillbillies and a constant source of embarrassment to the rest of the state? Never minding that the Sufis are on our side in the Middle East, there aren't any laws in New York State, Delaware County, or the city of Sidney Center, that prevents someone from building a cemetery on private property without anyone's approval, and they still got the city's approval. Buncha rednecked, hick dumbasses.
Dumb Aussie Husband - Hold it, their defense is that they're Greek and believe in the Evil Eye? Someone let me know if that works; I'm part Italian and my Nonna believed in the "Mal Ochio," too, and who knows what I could weasel out of with that defense.
Police Pounce on Prolific Panty Perv named Phanu Phloisuwan, in Phuket, with Piles of Panties stuffed in Plastic water bottles!
I have to wipe off my monitor now.
Weekly Jury Duty "It's a Man, Baby!"</Austin Powers voice>
<>Wang-DeCock Nuptials</b> - Bonus points, they're from Moorhead, Mn!
The Secret World of Militias - Umm, how is this different from the Posse Comitatus that said the Blacks were going to rise up with the help of the Jews & start a Revolution during the Nixon & Carter Administrations? Or the "Patriot Militias" during the Clinton administration that claimed the UN were flying Black Helicopters over the US and were going to round up all the "Right Thinking People" into FEMA run camps to be reprogrammed?
Now, the intent of the Anti-Federalists who helped draft the Bill of Rights had a specific use in mind for the Second Amendment, a use enumerated in the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776: "XIII. That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and be governed by, the civil power." This is exactly what the Swiss do, and it's worked for them since 1815.
Posted by Freddie Freelance on 10/04/10 at 09:59 PM
that and the fact that the swiss NEVER fight for anything. they appear to be bigger pussies than even the french cuz the french at least try to fight before surrendering. (tongue firmly in cheek)
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/04/10 at 10:18 PM
Just for protection!
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:oBYP-sJYlAn4vM:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lTLvVU3hEYE/Sqq369jJkmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/xD74X8fNicE/s400/evileye3.jpg
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:oBYP-sJYlAn4vM:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lTLvVU3hEYE/Sqq369jJkmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/xD74X8fNicE/s400/evileye3.jpg
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/05/10 at 12:27 AM
thanks dumbfounded, you are the best sweetheart.
and since my joke was not understood-
the swiss remained neutral during the world wars. i was not aware that joking about the french and surrender was acceptable but not so about the swiss and neutrality. yes I did know that the swiss guard provides security at the vatican. i bet they guard their banks too and have police to take care of crime. that is not the same as taking a side and fighting for something (or against something). now are we going to fight about this for days and have someone stomp off and 'quit' our site because this 'is not funny.'? 😕
and since my joke was not understood-
the swiss remained neutral during the world wars. i was not aware that joking about the french and surrender was acceptable but not so about the swiss and neutrality. yes I did know that the swiss guard provides security at the vatican. i bet they guard their banks too and have police to take care of crime. that is not the same as taking a side and fighting for something (or against something). now are we going to fight about this for days and have someone stomp off and 'quit' our site because this 'is not funny.'? 😕
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/05/10 at 11:40 AM
perhaps the reason not to fight against an evil is simply that one is making money off of it.
http://swissbankclaims.com/
THAT, bill, is me being serious. oh and go on and guard the vatican, they looked the other way while 11.5 million people died in the holocaust too. like i said, the french may have surrendered, but at least they showed up to fight in the first place. excuse my ingorance in stating facts you do not want to hear.
http://swissbankclaims.com/
THAT, bill, is me being serious. oh and go on and guard the vatican, they looked the other way while 11.5 million people died in the holocaust too. like i said, the french may have surrendered, but at least they showed up to fight in the first place. excuse my ingorance in stating facts you do not want to hear.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/05/10 at 11:46 AM
thanks terry your support is appriciated.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/05/10 at 02:01 PM
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