Weird Universe Archive
May 2009
May 11, 2009
Your Daily Loser & Jury Duty for May 11th
Your Daily Loser - Talk about a wrong number. The Webster County, West Virginia, prosecutor received text messages asking if he wanted to buy drugs. Dwayne Vandevender originally thought the messages were a joke but after confirming the text senders were serious, he set up a sting. Michael Cowger and Anna Green were arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell. The Story.Jury Duty - Eric Carmen. Yes, that Eric Carmen, crooner of 'Hungry Eyes' and 'All By Myself' was arrested for driving under the influence in Ohio.
Posted By: Nethie - Mon May 11, 2009 -
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Category: Drugs, Your Daily Jury Duty, Your Daily Loser, Alcohol, Goofs and Screw-ups
Breaking the Ice
Back in 1917, Railroad workers in Alaska who were bored during a long winter, set up a betting pool in which the winner determined the date and time that the ice on the Tanana River would break. Since then the event has grown to become the Nenana Ice Classic which attracts thousands. This year's jackpot is $283,723.00. But the neatest part is how they mark when the ice has broken. A wooden tripod is set up on the ice and wired to a clock in a tower along the shore. The winning time is determined when the ice moves enough to tighten the wire and trip the clock.
Posted By: Nethie - Mon May 11, 2009 -
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Category: Boredom, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, History, Nature
May 10, 2009
Probably shouldn’t laugh…
...but I did anyway, when I read that two adorable moppets in Victoria, Australia, trying to make Mother's Day breakfast for their beloved mum, instead set fire to the kitchen. The mother, upstairs in bed, heard a commotion, but assumed the kids were just fighting. Dad managed to sustain second degree burns putting the flames out, and firefighters estimated the damage bill to be AU$15,000. (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,25456628-2862,00.html)Happy Mother's Day!
Posted By: shadowkat - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Three Stooges sell Car Wax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XWtGX87wqk
Posted By: gdanea - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Rescue Team Searching For Lost Tourist, Finds Seven Corpses
A rescue team was assembled and they searched areas around Taishan Mountain in Shandong province in Northern China for a lost tourist. Instead of the missing tourist, the rescue team discovered seven corpses.The tourist is still missing and probably forgotten now. And they say there is no crime in China.Reuters
Posted By: hickory_johnson - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Man Who Missed Jury Duty Jailed for 83 Days
Douglas Maupin 34, was pulled over for speeding and that's when police realized there was an outstanding warrant from 2003 for failure to appear for jury duty.Houston Chronicle
Posted By: hickory_johnson - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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How to Hack Your Brain
Posted By: mdb777 - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Brain
Mother’s Day Special
Normally I try to stay local, but there's just too much that happens outside of Illinois that's too good to pass up. Without further ado, I present to you my Mother's Day Special.A case of poor judgement: Sheila and hubby Gayle Muhs, from somewhere near Houston, TX. thought an SUV was trespassing on their property. Their response? Open fire! After seeing their mug shots, I can see how they believed it appropriate. MSNBC
Government At Work: The politicians in Britain are under fire after a list of claimed expenses became public. Said public is outraged to see a wide array of things such as pool cleaning and pest control to a chocolate Santa and pay-per-view porn movies on the list. PM Gordon Brown has admitted that the system for claims, "is broken." MSNBC
Shirts vs. Skins for the 21st century: The University of Oregon’s Ultimate Frisbee team (ranked #3 in the nation) decided that if the other team was going to play shirtless, then they were losing their pants and underwear. They were disqualified, but insisted they did nothing wrong. "We put on the longest shirts we had." NBC Sports
Can't Possibly Be True: What some doctors thought was a cyst or an in-grown hair turned out to be Gavin Hyatt's parasitic twin, which eventually burst out of his stomach ala "Alien." The Sun
The greatest birthday present ever: A Georgia man (name not given) got what he thought was a birthday present shipped UPS. Turns out it was 36lbs of Cannibis. UPI.com
Chickens aren't the only ones: According to this article, it has been reported that people have also been known to walk around, remove things from pockets, etc. after being beheaded. Not too sure of the validity, but worth a read. Pravda
Pardon me, waiter? What's this severed snake head doing in my vegetables? MSNBC
Posted By: Reverend Ira - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Beware the Worm Lizard!
Every day the news brings me reports of some horrible locale outside my safe and beloved New England, where people are subject to floods, volcanoes, earthquakes--and "worm lizards"...?!?Yes, it's not bad enough that the poor citizens of a certain region in Brazil have to battle flooding, they also have to contend with the evil Worm Lizard!
You can read about their troubles here. The key sentence:
Like 218,000 others across a swath of northern Brazil three times the size of Alaska, the neighbors have fled the worst rainfall and flooding in decades, braving newly formed rivers teeming with anacondas, alligators and legless reptiles known as "worm lizards" whose bite is excruciating.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Destruction, Disasters, Horror, South America, Natural Wonders, Weather
An Orchestra of Motion
When I was very little, growing up in a small suburb of Charleston, South Carolina, one of the most exciting things to do was to sit outside the barber shop and wait for the train to roll through town. Some people might say that would be as boring as watching grass grow, but they are not "railfans". So what's a railfan? The people who camp out for hours, and even days, to watch a train go by. According to Train Magazine, there are over 175,000 railfans in the United States and more than 24,000 railfan videos on YouTube. Bill Taylor, from Montana, sums it up the best by saying "It's an orchestra of motion." Learn more about railfans here.
Posted By: Nethie - Sun May 10, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Obsessions, Travel, Trains
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