Why hasn't this been posted?
Come on, this is odd.
http://gawker.com/5952477/samurai-turns-out-to-be-blind-man-with-white-cane-police-tase-him-anyway
ND there was a guy with a Samurai Sword in the area.
47 pages of what not to do's.
http://labs.huffingtonpost.com/highlights/quote/3294848/
Joe(definitely want to work for these guys)Nation
@Joe Nation,
I don't think anything is there right now. The last thing (oversized sculpture) I remember being there was an oversized bronze Hello Kitty statue. That's gone as well.
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If Tony the Tiger and the Trix Rabbit were human beings, they’d be freaking horrifying
http://io9.com/5953083/if-tony-the-tiger-and-the-trix-rabbit-were-human-beings-theyd-be-freaking-horrifying
Trampoline + bridge + Seine River = fun river crossing+ a lot of drowned toursists/\to the power of high possibility:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/own-this-city-blog/when-are-we-going-to-get-one-of-these-the-inflatable-trampoline-bridge
When are we going to get one of these?: The inflatable trampoline bridge
@tsarstepan,
It would be great to build a few freeway overpasses this way. Or not.
I am over
> 60 and the Armed Forces think I'm too old to track down terrorists.
> You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole
> thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight,
> they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a
> military unit until you're at least 35. For starters, researchers
> say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think
> about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000
> additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy. Young guys
> haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a
> dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and
> hungry.' We are bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill
> some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and
> shut us up for a while.. An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up
> before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell.
> Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already
> up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch. If
> captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put
> them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brain
> teaser. Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to
> getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also
> developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as
> an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and
> yelling. They could lighten up on the obstacle course however...
> I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope
> hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing
> basic training. Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of
> energy, too... I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet. An
> 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to
> shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't
> figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the
> back of his head. These are all great reasons to keep our kids at
> home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into
> harm's way. Let us old guys track down those terrorists. The last
> thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old
> farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their
> best years are already behind them. HEY!! How about recruiting
> Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN have attitudes??
> Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol.
> They'll have it secured the first night! Send this to all of your
> senior friends...it's in big type so they can read it. =
-from an email I received
@edgarblythe,
Author! Author!!
Joe(No, seriously, who wrote this?)Nation
@Joe Nation,
I have no idea who wrote it, Joe.
Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California had often heard the sound of people talking near the whale and dolphin enclosure, but had never managed to catch the culprits or get close enough to tell what they were saying.
It was only when a diver surfaced from the pen and asked colleagues why they had told him to exit the tank – when in fact no such command had been issued – that the penny dropped.
Rather than belonging to a hidden miscreant or a ghostly supervisor, the strange noises had in fact been emanating from a teenage white whale called NOC.
After recording the sounds, scientists at the research charity discovered that the whale had changed the way it produced noises in order to make its voice sound more similar to those of its keepers.
Despite the fact whales' vocal mechanisms are very different to ours, and come from the nasal tract rather than the larynx, NOC had developed a similar rhythm and had lowered his voice several octaves to bring it closer to the human range.
The researchers insisted the behaviour was a clear attempt to mimic humans, and suggested the whale may even have been trying to make contact with them.
They said: "Our observations suggest that the whale had to modify its vocal mechanics in order to make the speech-like sounds. Such obvious effort suggests motivation for contact."
There had previously been anecdotal reports of whales sounding like humans, but the findings published in the Current Biology journal are the first to record and analyse the noises.
NOC began speaking in the 1980s after spending seven years in close contact with researchers at the facility. His "speech" reduced after four years and stopped altogether once he reached adulthood. He died five years ago.
Dr Patrick Miller, lecturer at St Andrews University's school of biology, explained that vocal mimicry is more common in younger animals because the mechanisms they use to make sounds are more flexible.
He said: "It is sort of like babbling speech in humans – when children first learn to speak they are making a whole range of different sounds driven by their desire to communicate with people around them.
"It is probably something of a stretch for the animal to make these sounds but given the context of their captivity and close contact with humans, presumably they were very motivated to do it."
@edgarblythe,
Good.... because then, when I steal it, it will be a victimless crime.
Joe(muhh-ha hah!!HA!)Nation
@edgarblythe,
Quote:and suggested the whale may even have been trying to make contact with them.
I wonder if he was more active during the human rutting season when the big studs are less careful?
@tsarstepan,
When Oopsies Leads to Death: Nurse Who Injected Patient With Coffee Argues ‘Anyone Can Get Confused’
http://gawker.com/5954179/when-oopsies-leads-to-death-nurse-who-injected-patient-with-coffee-argues-anyone-can-get-confused
The question begged to be asked is whether it would be worse to be shot up with iced coffee or hot coffee. Whether Dunkin Donuts coffee would be worse then Starbucks coffee, etc....
@tsarstepan,
Too weird, tsar.
Another oddity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2PP3Kdl_g
Now the humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzErh_s62Wk
James Joyce wrote Ulysses, of course
I double dog dare you to read this at your desk at work without laughing out loud.
I got as far as the part where a company was doing a knock-off of Jordache Jeans by marketing them as Lardache Jeans.
Enjoy:
http://gawker.com/5953673/the-term-butt-face-is-a-commonly-used-comedic-device-north-face-lawsuit-produces-hilarious-document-trail
Joe(HAH)Nation
This is the creepiest story of all time:
Joe(I have no words)Nation
I just read that about the cop would be cannible. I suppose if it can be thought of it will be tried by someone.
