In the news...

[Wookie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6656411.stm

My pick of the article:

"The federation, which represents 130,000 rank-and-file officers, has published a dossier of "ludicrous" cases it claims are the result of Home Office targets.
The cases include:
# A man from Cheshire who was cautioned for being found in possession of an egg with intent to throw."

 

[Wookie]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/17/baby_bubba_tools_up/

"A 10-month-old Chicago baby named Bubba has been issued with a gun permit after his father submitted an online form on his behalf."

 

[taitou]

Turtle run over with steamroller - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6662589.stm (ok, not quite what it seems )

 

[gota quid]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6668571.stm

is this the best ever story

 

[gon2seed]

Hell hath no fury!

 

[Wookie]

Curry + Microwave = FUN!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/21/exploding_curry/

 

[taitou]

Ok, here's a few from www.Digg.com >

"84% of women in survey say they've met new men by ass grinding in club" :/

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Lautens_Stephen/2007/05/19/4192447.html


"President Bush's grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler's rise to power, government documents show."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,100474,00.html


'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,273875,00.html
(I especially like - "Moore said he made a second master copy of "Sicko" and had it shipped it to France immediately just in case of potential government issues." )

 

[Andreas Rex]

Who said romance was dead??

Bride Julie Graham’s dream wedding was ruined by a string of disasters — ending in a mass brawl.

Julie, 35, and fiancé Kevin Magneron had been planning the ceremony for three years.

Divorced Kevin, 53, had proposed on one knee in Argos after buying a £50 Elizabeth Duke ring.

Full story...rather amusing

 

[Wookie]

I was told the wedding of an ex of mine ended with the groom beating up his dad, while the DJ tried to distract the rest of the guests.

I wasn't there, unfortunately - my invitation must have got lost in the post.

Maybe it's for the best; I suspect I would have been subjected to a violent coughing fit as the vicar said, "If anybody knows of any just cause or impediment..."

 

[Andreas Rex]

told the wedding of an ex of mine

Perhaps if you'd bought her a 50 squid ring from Elizabeth Duke; Purveyor of Fine Jewellry, you'd have been the groom...

 

[gota quid]

argos the ikea for the chav about town

 

[MISS T]

Urrrrrrrrrggghhhhhh.

Even in the enlarged image it's hard to work out what is what. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm

 

[Rie]

Urrrrrrrrrggghhhhhh.

Even in the enlarged image it's hard to work out what is what. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm

That's really disturbing.

I guess its mouth really was bigger than it's stomach huh?

 

[TENSHON]

i think it's a case of 'eyes bigger than your belly'

 

[Rie]

i think it's a case of 'eyes bigger than your belly'

I stand corrected

Reminds me of the time I brought some freshwater puffer fish for my aquarium. They were evil and kept chomping chunks out of the other fish so I put them in the tank with my albino frog. The next thing I know he's tried to eat one resulting in a similar situation lol

 

[Wookie]

Get those silly requests under the Freedom of Information Act in soon:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/silly_foi_requests/

 

[Wookie]

Tesco to issue pamphlets to teach older staff to speak "yoof":

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/30/tesco_slang_guide/

 

[MyCult]

Firstly i'll just say, 'only in the Netherlands'

Outcry over TV kidney competition - now from the makers of BigBrother (Endemol)

A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys.

Full story from the BBC here

How long before we get 'the running man?'

 

[db]

How long before we get 'the running man?'

i've been waiting for this forever..

 

[MyCult]

In other news...

Japanese 71-Year-Old Becomes Oldest to Climb Everest



He was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days old when he reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak

Full story here