News of the Weird / Plus, May 5, 2015
News of the Weird / Plus
May 5, 2015 (Part 2) [weird stuff that made me excited (frightened) (ROTFL) (appalled) last week, some of which will appear in News of the Weird soon] [Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 on Tuesday]
Which is more disturbing: (1) This trial in New Zealand of a man accused of serial tooth-pulling (with pliers and a screwdriver) on his girlfriends (because he likes his women “gummy”), or (2) a bondage/domination club in NYC, led by an M.D., that not only handles erotic near-suffocation and erotic scrotum-inflation but erotic blood-letting. Stuff.co.nz and New Zealand Herald /// WNBC-TV (New York)
The insurance industry reported 660,000 cars stolen last year--44,828 of which the keys had been left inside (and probably more than that, if you add the victims who were too embarrassed to admit it). Bloomberg.com
Two men in China stole 450 yds of cement pavement off of a road (using an excavator) (but, protested one, No one seemed to be using that road). AsiaOne.com
The Social Club, a notorious on-premises swingers’ club in downtown Nashville, is trying to open in a suburb near zone-protected churches and a school. Solution: become a church, itself. Orgies are quite spiritual (and might even make you “clear”). Washington Post
A notorious Canadian troll for the French language, using Holocaust-describing adjectives, sued Air Canada for serving him Sprite instead of 7-Up (in that the cabin crew didn’t appear to understand his request in French). Daily Mirror (London)
This Brit so tried to avoid a $100 speeding ticket that he engaged in 5 yrs of denial and fraudulent schemes to avoid it. Outcome: Ticket stands, plus 9 months in the slammer. Daily Mirror (London)
Consistency in UK immigration law: No asylum for this at-risk Nigerian lesbian activist (though she submitted photo “proof” of her orientation); yes asylum for this Libyan unrehabbable alcoholic. Daily Telegraph /// Daily Telegraph
May 5, 2015 (Part 2) [weird stuff that made me excited (frightened) (ROTFL) (appalled) last week, some of which will appear in News of the Weird soon] [Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 on Tuesday]
Which is more disturbing: (1) This trial in New Zealand of a man accused of serial tooth-pulling (with pliers and a screwdriver) on his girlfriends (because he likes his women “gummy”), or (2) a bondage/domination club in NYC, led by an M.D., that not only handles erotic near-suffocation and erotic scrotum-inflation but erotic blood-letting. Stuff.co.nz and New Zealand Herald /// WNBC-TV (New York)
The insurance industry reported 660,000 cars stolen last year--44,828 of which the keys had been left inside (and probably more than that, if you add the victims who were too embarrassed to admit it). Bloomberg.com
Two men in China stole 450 yds of cement pavement off of a road (using an excavator) (but, protested one, No one seemed to be using that road). AsiaOne.com
The Social Club, a notorious on-premises swingers’ club in downtown Nashville, is trying to open in a suburb near zone-protected churches and a school. Solution: become a church, itself. Orgies are quite spiritual (and might even make you “clear”). Washington Post
A notorious Canadian troll for the French language, using Holocaust-describing adjectives, sued Air Canada for serving him Sprite instead of 7-Up (in that the cabin crew didn’t appear to understand his request in French). Daily Mirror (London)
This Brit so tried to avoid a $100 speeding ticket that he engaged in 5 yrs of denial and fraudulent schemes to avoid it. Outcome: Ticket stands, plus 9 months in the slammer. Daily Mirror (London)
Consistency in UK immigration law: No asylum for this at-risk Nigerian lesbian activist (though she submitted photo “proof” of her orientation); yes asylum for this Libyan unrehabbable alcoholic. Daily Telegraph /// Daily Telegraph
Comments
About the 7-Up/Sprite story, you have to know that Air Canada, by law, has the obligation to serve its customers in French if that is their language. The "troll" was merely testing the company's compliance with Canadian laws and its own policies, as it's not the first time that french-speaking customers had received poor service from unilingual Air Canada employees, whether on the plane, in the terminal or on the phone. What would you say if you couldn't get service in English on American Airlines?
Posted by Yudith on 05/05/15 at 09:34 PM
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.
Category: