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Jesus H. Garcia- 04-26-2007
Obit: Cat veterinarian killed when swerving to avoid a cat


teebax- 04-26-2007
I love cats as much as the next person, but I don't know that I'd risk my life to avoid hitting one. What a strange way for him to die.

psammead- 04-27-2007
It's Dog Day Afternoon

Man dies from World War II wounds

tothemax- 04-28-2007
This is prett late, but Man Rises from Dead on Easter.

ETA: You have got to be kidding!

Jesus H. Garcia- 05-02-2007
Summertime kills kids dead. And in Wyoming, apparently, they use children for target practice.

particle_person- 05-02-2007
QUOTE (tothemax @ 28, 2007 03:43 pm)
ETA: You have got to be kidding!

It's California, where the cells are small and expensive, and the inmates are hott.

mrinsouciance- 05-02-2007
QUOTE (Jesus H. Garcia @ 02, 2007 07:07 am)
And in Wyoming, apparently, they use children for target practice.

You do realize that Dick Cheney is from Wyoming ...

psammead- 05-03-2007
World's most famous goat dies

psammead- 05-04-2007
Dry cleaner sued for $65,000,000 over lost trousers by a judge
QUOTE
He reached the figure of $67,292,000 as follows: Washington's consumer protection law provides for damages of $1,500 per violation per day. Mr Pearson started multiplying: 12 violations over 1,200 days, times three defendants (the Chungs and their son).

He also included £7,500 ($15,000) to rent a car every weekend for several years, arguing that he didn't own a car and had to drive to a cleaner in another locality.

He is also seeking £250,000 ($500,000) in emotional damages and £271,000 ($542,000) in legal fees, though he is representing himself.


The laundrette lost one of my socks yesterday. That should be worth a few hundred, surely?


particle_person- 05-06-2007
MST3K is back in slightly modified format

It's pure movie snark now, without the MST3K characters.

QUOTE
But those self-described “Misties” are welcoming a resurrection of sorts. Mike Nelson, the show’s longtime host and head writer, has begun a new venture called RiffTrax, and he can now skewer virtually any movie without infringing on copyrights. Recordings of him talking back at movies can be downloaded (for fees ranging from 99 cents to $3.99) from rifftrax.com. Start playing the DVD or VHS version of the movie and Mr. Nelson’s commentary simultaneously, and the effect is that of a director commenting on a DVD — except that Mr. Nelson is inclined to say, as he does during a scene in “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” in which William Shatner climbs a mountain, “He’s actually trying to scale his own ego.”

bookworm- 05-06-2007
molliewollie is hooked on those. She says that they're great!

phoebesmum- 05-06-2007
Not - actually - particularly interesting, and certainly not amusing, but this happened just at the end of the street where I used to live:

Death in Thornton Heath

- which somehow makes it more of a shock than it would otherwise be.

particle_person- 05-07-2007
Oh my, you guys, here's the English language version of Pravda, the former mouthpiece of the Soviet Communist Party. Go read it, it's hilarious.

Some sample articles (all from the front page):
Various News Outlets Portray Breasts Differently (With picture of Pam Anderson's pair.)
Beheaded Human Body Can Stay Alive and Kicking
Sex Museums Offer Wide Variety of Quirky Exhibits
Future Technologies May Destroy Sex
Women Can Cure Men of Prostatitis
Emergency workers use Vaseline to help naked man glued by robbers

Kind of a theme there.

bookworm- 05-07-2007
QUOTE (particle_person @ May 07, 2007 10:52 am)
Oh my, you guys, the English language version of Pravda, the former mouthpiece of the Soviet Communist Party. Go read it, it's hilarious.

Some sample articles (all from the front page):
Various News Outlets Portray Breasts Differently (With picture of Pam Anderson's pair.)
Beheaded Human Body Can Stay Alive and Kicking
Sex Museums Offer Wide Variety of Quirky Exhibits
Future Technologies May Destroy Sex
Women Can Cure Men of Prostatitis
Emergency workers use Vaseline to help naked man glued by robbers

Kind of a theme there.

QUOTE
Rumor has it that the risk of going down with prostatitis is lower for those who get it on a lot.


Oh dear.

Jesus H. Garcia- 05-07-2007
QUOTE (particle_person @ May 07, 2007 10:52 am)
Oh my, you guys, here's the English language version of Pravda, the former mouthpiece of the Soviet Communist Party. Go read it, it's hilarious.

Some sample articles (all from the front page):
Various News Outlets Portray Breasts Differently (With picture of Pam Anderson's pair.)
Beheaded Human Body Can Stay Alive and Kicking
Sex Museums Offer Wide Variety of Quirky Exhibits
Future Technologies May Destroy Sex
Women Can Cure Men of Prostatitis
Emergency workers use Vaseline to help naked man glued by robbers

Kind of a theme there.

Oh my God - This is the bes-*test*-('") thing ever!

Gastroin-*test*-('")inal medications may break wind and result in severe gas attacks. Oh noes!

My favorites are the headlines with subtle digs at America:

The mildly toxic chemical melamine is used in animal feed in China though considered contaminant in USA Pssh. Those American sissies can't handle a little poison.



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