Archive for the 'current events' Category
June 8, 2005
Majestik Magnificent

Apparently, Michael Jackson has a personal magician named Magjestik Magnificent.

LINK: Michael Jackson’s Magic Man

June 6, 2005
CrimeFighter

I think this is the most entertaining absurd-celebrity-baby-name yet:

LINK: Jillette Names Daughter Moxie CrimeFighter

May 2, 2005
Burrito Blues

Yeah, that’s a dumb title.

Anyway, this is what happens when people get a little oversensitive to danger:

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.

LINK: School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon

April 20, 2005
Sausage Attack

A British motorist, driving home from work with his car window wound down, had his nose broken by a flying frozen sausage, an official said Monday.

LINK: Motorist Injured by Flying Frozen Sausage

April 12, 2005
Hunting Cats

Wisconsin is considering whether or not to allow the hunting of cats.

Obviously cat lovers are riled up against this proposal, but do they really have anything to worry about? Are hunters around the state poised and ready to go cat hunting as soon as the law is passed?

I guess they are more wily and .. uh .. better at landing on their feet than deer, so maybe the hunt is particularly thrilling, but at the end of the day all you have is a pile of cats!

LINK: Wisconsin Considers Legalizing Cat Hunting

April 8, 2005
Stop that Camel!

Passenger David Cox complained after he saw a baggage handler driven across the Sydney airport tarmac Wednesday wearing the camel suit that had been packed into the baggage he had checked in only minutes earlier.

Sadly there are no pictures.

LINK: Yahoo! News - ‘That’s No Camel, That’s My Baggage!’

January 31, 2005
Car vs. Telephone Wires

This has to be one of the strangest car accidents ever:

LINK: Car vs. Telephone Wires in Texas - (Firehouse.com Photo Stories)

January 19, 2005
Jury Pool from Hell

This story had me cracking up:

D.A. Confronts ‘Jury Pool From Hell’

Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. “I should have known something was up,” he said. “She had all her teeth.”

January 14, 2005
Da Bomb

Most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an “aphrodisiac” chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale, the proposal says.

It sounds like they had some other interesting ideas too. Check it out:

LINK: Pentagon reveals rejected chemical weapons

January 12, 2005
Tsunami Damage

Here’s a new look at the tsunami damage:

Tsunami - Receding waters, Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka