Post a news story, entertain me!

I say we do this thread in limerick fashion.

Michelle has been using her charms,
in a photo that's raising alarms.
Who thought that the life
of a Democratic First Wife,
would cause debate on the right to bare arms.

But some are criticizing the South Side Chicago native for her choice of attire, calling it too informal and out of season.

Silly.

FSeven wrote:

I say we do this thread in limerick fashion.

Michelle has been using her charms,
in a photo that's raising alarms.
Who thought that the life
of a Democratic First Wife,
would cause debate on the right to bare arms.

Sure, but only if you can read it in the voice of Carl Kasell.

Growing up I heard stories of the Indiana State Legislature declaring pi to be 3.14 or 4 or whatever and asked how ridiculous could they be. Slightly less ridiculous than that is Illinois' legislature declaring that Pluto is in fact a planet.

As a side note: if you starting typing in 'indiana legislature' the first auto-suggestion is 'indiana legislature pi'...

inspiringsn wrote:

Growing up I heard stories of the Indiana State Legislature declaring pi to be 3.14 or 4 or whatever and asked how ridiculous could they be. Slightly less ridiculous than that is Illinois' legislature declaring that Pluto is in fact a planet.

As a side note: if you starting typing in 'indiana legislature' the first auto-suggestion is 'indiana legislature pi'...

I was scared there for a little while. The thought that science can trump state law was enough to send shivers down my spine. Thank heavens Illinois stepped up and set the record straight.

Tkyl wrote:

I was scared there for a little while. The thought that science can trump state law was enough to send shivers down my spine. Thank heavens Illinois stepped up and set the record straight.

Next on the docket: creating more legislation that will attempt to hinder sales of violent video games to little kids which will later be struck down as unconstitutional.

inspiringsn wrote:
Tkyl wrote:

I was scared there for a little while. The thought that science can trump state law was enough to send shivers down my spine. Thank heavens Illinois stepped up and set the record straight.

Next on the docket: creating more legislation that will attempt to hinder sales of violent video games to little kids which will later be struck down as unconstitutional.

Naw, that was Blago's law.

wordsmythe wrote:
inspiringsn wrote:
Tkyl wrote:

I was scared there for a little while. The thought that science can trump state law was enough to send shivers down my spine. Thank heavens Illinois stepped up and set the record straight.

Next on the docket: creating more legislation that will attempt to hinder sales of violent video games to little kids which will later be struck down as unconstitutional.

Naw, that was Blago's law.

For the right price, it could be yours.

Grenn wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
inspiringsn wrote:
Tkyl wrote:

I was scared there for a little while. The thought that science can trump state law was enough to send shivers down my spine. Thank heavens Illinois stepped up and set the record straight.

Next on the docket: creating more legislation that will attempt to hinder sales of violent video games to little kids which will later be struck down as unconstitutional.

Naw, that was Blago's law.

For the right price, it could be yours. :twisted:

Something tells me I'd get better service buying from Circuit City.

Whoops

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MANCHESTER - Freddie Mitchell had just dumped a load of dirt at a construction site off the right shoulder of westbound I-84 about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday when he maneuvered his dump truck back onto the highway.

But Mitchell, 62, of Garden Street in Hartford, apparently forgot one key step, state police said.

"When [the truck] left the construction site and re-entered the highway, the dump body was upright," said Trooper William Tate, a state police spokesman. "For obvious reasons, that's wrong."

Trooper William Tate, master of understated humor.

That would be far less cool if not for his comment.

Ebay Star Wars collector makes point five past lightspeed.

As the Volkswagen came out of the tunnel, the trooper clocked it going 110 mph.

The driver, who was identified as Garrett, told the trooper he had to get home to Fall City because he was late bidding on a coveted item and eBay was about to close the auction.

According to McDonald, Garrett "didn't say what he was bidding on but the trooper said his car was filled with Star Wars stuff."

Chimp saves up caches of stones to throw at zoo visitors.

I think this is only the first phase of his overall plan.

tanstaafl wrote:

Who is Craig?

That's awesome.

On an older, but interesting note: The new whitehouse.gov robots.txt file.

With thanks to Dubious Quality, for the link.

Yet another case of science fiction becoming reality. The possible abuses of this reeeaaally scare me.

VicD714 wrote:

With thanks to Dubious Quality, for the link.

Yet another case of science fiction becoming reality. The possible abuses of this reeeaaally scare me.

My jaw just dropped. That is awesome!

YOU SHALL NOT PASS on the right.

Those researchers didn't take the brick out, did they?

Troubled by the undead? Stuff bricks in their mouths.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of a female "vampire" in Venice, buried with a brick jammed between her jaws to prevent her feeding on victims of a plague which swept the city in the 16th century.
...
Gravediggers reopening mass graves would sometimes come across bodies bloated by gas, with hair still growing, and blood seeping from their mouths and believe them to be still alive.

The shrouds used to cover the faces of the dead were often decayed by bacteria in the mouth, revealing the corpse's teeth, and vampires became known as "shroud-eaters."
...
"To kill the vampire you had to remove the shroud from its mouth, which was its food like the milk of a child, and put something uneatable in there," said Borrini. "It's possible that other corpses have been found with bricks in their mouths, but this is the first time the ritual has been recognized."

True love...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A woman attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband handcuffed herself to him as he slept and then bit him on his torso and arms as he phoned for help, police said. Helen Sun, 37, told police she wanted to have a conversation with Robert Drawbaugh without him leaving. She changed the locks on their bedroom door and, while he was sleeping Monday, handcuffed herself to him, authorities said.

that guy is pretty leet.

The article wrote:

Ohttp://wwww!" Drawbaugh shouted repeatedly. "Are they almost here? Oh God. I need help!

Aha! This is proof that one's life need not be threatened before he/she resorts to biting. /P&C

Yikes.

I kind of wish I could say I felt bad for him, but it reminds me of when someone turns up dead after sneaking into the large predator areas at zoos.

Balls give way to Wangs

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Britain with surnames like c*ckshott, Balls, Death and Shufflebottom -- likely the source of schoolroom laughter -- has declined by up to 75 percent in the last century.

A study found the number of people with the name c*ck shrank to 785 last year from 3,211 in 1881, those called Balls fell to 1,299 from 2,904 and the number of Deaths were reduced to 605 from 1,133.

BadKen wrote:

True love...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A woman attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband handcuffed herself to him as he slept and then bit him on his torso and arms as he phoned for help, police said. Helen Sun, 37, told police she wanted to have a conversation with Robert Drawbaugh without him leaving. She changed the locks on their bedroom door and, while he was sleeping Monday, handcuffed herself to him, authorities said.

In a surprise followup to this story, the man filed for divorce on Tuesday. What's happening to good old fashioned family values in this country?

A woman being super intelligent.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A polar bear attacked a woman at Berlin Zoo Friday afternoon after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time, police said Saturday.