I give you Phoenix Jones, real life super hero.
There is a video on that page and it likes to play all by itself.
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I give you Phoenix Jones, real life super hero.
There is a video on that page and it likes to play all by itself.
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'That was tops! Who's not good at math? I was all, "Four!"' - Finn, Adventure Time.
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A day or so ago, I ran across a story how a girl was surprised on her birthday when she wanted to go to Disney, and the mother said "ok, let's go" (because she already had it planned). The kid broke down crying, and the reporter said it was an odd reaction. I thought that was a strange thing to say, because somebody so overwhelmed with an emotion will react like that. (didn't the reporter ever go to a wedding?)
So; when I ran across this one, I sighed thinking it was the same "cutesy kid article". Well, I still think it's a cutesy kid fluff article, but it is funny.
Disney Surprise Gone Wrong, Kids Prefer Chattanooga
The parents planned a trip to Disney for months, but told the kids they were going to Chattenooga.
When told they would go to Disney, they argued and whined and cried about not being able to go to Chattenooga.
I wonder what they told the kids would be in Chattenooga.
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A choo-choo?
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And; the story continues. Could this be because she lost the competition?Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
600-pound woman halts pay-per-view eating
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NEOWatcher, one of your quoted links no longer works (the one that says "World's fattest mom earns $90k a year from fans who watch her eat online"), but I take it from context that this is the same woman in your most recent post?
The most recent story says "she earned at one point $1,000 a month from the pay-per-view eating," which is a far cry from the $7500 implied in the broken link headline.
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Yep; I guess the media just doesn't have the disk space to keep them all.
I agree, but while the latest article does mention $1000 for pay per view, it also references a $19 monthly fee. So; the $90k may be from the multiple sources.
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Another reason to buy E-books.
Woman bites two children at bookstore
There's not really much in the article, but this definitely tripped my bizarrometer.Polly Beltramo, 46, of Palo Alto, is accused of biting a 2-year-old girl and a baby boy on the cheek at BookBuyers in Mountain View on Thursday, police said.
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An evil person would do the things that pop into my head.
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Here's one that I don't consider strange (or even unusual) as a news item, but worded the right way could easily be confused with an entry in Pauls "Amazing Untrue Records" thread. (or similar Untrue story type of thread).
Jack Sparrow Pepper sprayed by Catwoman
Catwoman was being harassed by Jack Sparrow and an alien, and eventually ended up pepper spraying Sparrow.
According to witnesses, Batman and Spiderman did not join into the confrontation and just watched from the sidelines.
The story was corroborated by Willy Wonka.
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I know there's been several incidents of hunting accidents.
But; this one struck me as funny because of my speculation of the conversation afterwards.
Man accidentally shoots girlfriend while hunting
"Honest, dear... I don't think you look like a pig."Deputies said Steven Egan, 52, and his girlfriend Lisa Simmons were inside a tent when Egan saw a hog. He shot at the hog but wasn't sure if he hit it.
Egan then walked out of the tent to look for the hog. When he heard some rustling in the woods, he fired again.
Instead of hitting the hog, Egan shot Simmons with his .30 caliber rifle.
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Oh man, I hope the first thing he did after firing was yell, "Woooweee! I got me a bigg'un!""Honest, dear... I don't think you look like a pig."
On a serious note, that's why you don't fire at an animal you can't see.
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An animal? You don't fire at anything you can't see.
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I was going to say that, but there are war-time exceptions to that. :-P
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Well, you can shoot at animals you can't see in wartime, too.
I liked James Taranto's headline for this story: "He Asked if She Was Game, and She Said Yes."
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Livin on sunshine...
It's amazing how all common sense goes out the door in some cases with faith. No; not just decisions, but basic everyday knowledge.
Swiss woman starved after 'eating' only light
They don't give a detailed timeline, but she went at least 3 weeks with no food.
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You want strange news? The basic upshot of this one is, "drunk driver kills naked homeless man."
However, this sentence could go in the "Read that Again?" thread:
Makes it sound like the erratic running came after he was hit by the vehicle.Jason Childers, of Crawfordsville, Ind., was killed as he was running naked in an “erratic manner” across I-29 after being struck by a southbound 2008 Chevy Equinox, according to a news release.
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That one does beg the question "So what killed him?" given that getting hit by a car was only enough to make him run around in an erratic manner while naked.
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What's that old line about a woman scorned?
Dentist gets revenge by pulling ex’s teeth
A Polish dentist is facing jail time after she allegedly pulled out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he dumped her for another woman, the Daily Mail reported.
Marek Olszewski, 45, made an appointment to see his former girlfriend, also a dentist, when he developed a toothache just days after breaking up with her.
But instead of fixing Olszewski’s problem tooth, Anna Mackowiak, 34, is accused of giving him a heavy dose of anesthetic and then pulling out all of his 32 teeth, according to the Daily Mail.
“I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions,” she told the Daily Mail. “But when I saw him lying there I just thought, ‘What a (expletive).’”
Olszewski told the Daily Mail that he could tell something was wrong when he woke up and couldn’t feel any teeth in his mouth.
http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012...%80%99s-teeth/
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Clearly the dentist is in the wrong here, and deserves whatever jail time she has to serve. However, I confess that I can't believe the ex-boyfriend wouldn't have thought that maybe he should find a new dentist as well as a new girlfriend. I can't imagine letting someone who might be mad at you put you under anesthesia.
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That's what I thought as well. I mean, she's clearly not a nice person, but he's obviously not very bright.
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I think I'm right in saying that at least in the UK, it is a legal requirement that at least two people are present when a patient in under anaesthesia. Presumably this is to stop any sexual molestation or malpractice. But this is Poland....
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My ex cuts hair, and I wouldn't set foot in her shop.
My big question here is how did she have the time to do this and why didn't the assistant(s)* intervene? I've had more than some of my teeth pulled and it's not a fast process. It also feels nothing like regular dentistry, and bleeds a lot. My last trip in the assistant looked like she was going to pass out, I had to stop for a bathroom break, and I lost enough blood I thought I might need juice and a cookie*.
Based on my own experiences, I think I'm calling shenanigans on this one. Or, since this is the Internet, pics or didn't happen.
*Without someone to work the suction, enough blood will make it to the stomach to cause some really unpleasant feelings. Even with someone doing it, I got sick from the amount of blood I swallowed. I was conscious the entire time, and the assistant was doing a pretty good job at keeping it clear.
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Forgive me if this has already been reported but...
Man left crying in the street after being trapped b German nymphomaniac
I just love how a professional journalist (presumably) reveals their source to be... An online translator? Can't they get some more rliable advice, and if they use the online translator, ismit necessary to report it?
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Snopes says no.
No practicing dentist by that name.
No police investigation into any similar event.
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Ah, poor Poenix Jones has a lot more to worry about these days. (YouTube.) ((Hilarious.))
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Here's a problem that people wouldn't think about...
Beach rocks in woman's pocket catch fire, severely burning her
As the 43-year-old woman stood in the kitchen about an hour after returning her San Clemente home, her shorts caught fire, the Orange County Register reported....
The woman tried to stop, drop and roll but was unsuccessful in getting the flames out, Stone said.
Her husband also tried to help and got second-degree burns when he tried to pull the shorts off, Stone said. The rocks, described as small, the size of a hamburger patty, smooth and orange and green in color, fell from the shorts onto the floor and continued to burn the wood floor and fill the house with smoke.
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I've heard of money burning a hole in one's pocket, but rocks? Thank you, thank you!
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First:Why would they take the rocks to the hospital?"I talked to the paramedic who treated her, and in his 27 years in responding to calls near the beach, he's never seen this," Stone told the Register. "The rocks were still smoking when firefighters took them to the hospital."
Second, a story about flaming rocks and the fire guy is named Stone. I love stuff like that.
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Perhaps to test them for chemical residue?
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My bold. Or a figure skating competition? After a few minutes "in the zone" after a long buildup, it is fairly common for the emotional release afterward to move a competitor to tears, even in a moment of jubilation after a brilliant performance. They don't call the booth where the skaters wait for their marks the "kiss and cry" for nothing.
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Figure skating? I've seen those big, strong Olympic weightlifters break down and cry a lot right after dropping the barbells. I guess it has something to do with all of one's physical and emotional energy going into that one instant wherein the guy abruptly lifts that thing, and then it has to be released somewhere.
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