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News of the Weird Thread - Part II

Valadius Sep 17 2007 01:01 PM

Dunno where the first one went. Jack Hanna, flamingo stuck in turnstile COLUMBUS, Ohio - Animal expert Jack Hanna and an 11-month-old flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. It took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out. Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on nationally televised talk shows, was returning from a zoo fundraiser with a mongoose, a small leopard and the flamingo. Three other people were with them. The entourage arrived at the Ohio State University Airport just after midnight Sunday to find the terminal closed. The only way to leave the tarmac was through a 10-foot-tall metal turnstile with several horizontal bars — not the easiest exit to squeeze through when you're traveling with boxed-up animals, Hanna said. "I never thought about the crate being square and the turnstile being round," he said. Hanna, 60, pushed the flamingo's 2-foot-by-3-foot compartment into the turnstile, then continued pushing while straddling the crate. "I was stuck like a worm. My eyes were as big as grapefruits," he said. "I can't describe the feeling in my stomach. I can't move up or down. The bars are on your face." Hanna said he eventually squirmed free, leaving the flamingo still wedged inside and everyone else trapped on the tarmac. He then walked to a nearby fire station for help. It took three firefighters to hoist the flamingo's crate up and out of the turnstile, he said. Columbus fire department logs show the firefighters arrived at the airport at 12:30 a.m. for a "flamingo rescue," spokeswoman Kelly McGuire said. Hanna joked that the next time he flies through the airport, the biggest animal he'll bring is a gerbil.

seawolf17 Sep 17 2007 01:42 PM Re: News of the Weird Thread - Part II

Valadius wrote: Hanna joked that the next time he flies through the airport, the biggest animal he'll bring is a gerbil. Don't tell Larry Craig.

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 08:47 AM

i can't get the video on foxnews.com to work, but if anyone can there is footage of a Bull running around St. Louis, in case you need entertainment at work.

MFS62 Sep 28 2007 08:50 AM Re: News of the Weird Thread - Part II

seawolf17 wrote: ="Valadius"]Hanna joked that the next time he flies through the airport, the biggest animal he'll bring is a gerbil. Don't tell Larry Craig. ding! ding! ding! Potential post-of-the-day alert! LOL! Later

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 08:51 AM

The Michigan bottle scam is real! No word on whether Newman's mail truck was seen fleeing the scene. [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298433,00.html[/url]

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 08:51 AM Re: News of the Weird Thread - Part II

MFS62 wrote: ="seawolf17"] ="Valadius"]Hanna joked that the next time he flies through the airport, the biggest animal he'll bring is a gerbil. Don't tell Larry Craig. ding! ding! ding! Potential post-of-the-day alert! LOL! Later post of 2 weeks ago that is

seawolf17 Sep 28 2007 10:05 AM

And why is [url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298338,00.html]this[/url] not a bigger story?

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 10:18 AM

i saw that yesterday, pretty weird but i don't see the big deal

seawolf17 Sep 28 2007 10:30 AM

I'm just intrigued by brain-eating amoebas (amoebae?).

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 01:51 PM

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/test.pdf[/url] yay! we've got a new civics test filled with questions that most people know the answer to in 1st grade (what are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?) and questions that 75% of the idiots on the street probably couldnt answer (name your representative to the house, the year the constitution was written, what territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803, and many more)

metsmarathon Sep 28 2007 02:43 PM

how well do you have to do on the test?

Nymr83 Sep 28 2007 02:46 PM

i have no idea, they don't actually ask you all the questions just a random sampling of them, the "pass rate" is about 92%- looks like grade inflation to me.

Nymr83 Sep 29 2007 04:30 PM

Apparently, people in a Chicago suburb don't pay attention to stop signs. The town's solution? [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298599,00.html[/url] [url]http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2408,00.html#4_0[/url]

metirish Oct 18 2007 10:24 AM

] Naked car intruder blames leprechaun Thursday, 18 October 2007 17:14 A man in the US state of Ohio was in court after he was found naked in someone else's car. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper, 36 year-old Kim Joseph LeBlanc told police a leprechaun had let him into the car belonging to Nicholas Donohue. Mr Donohue found the suspect in his car naked from the waist down and the car's speakers ripped out. Advertisement Mr LeBlanc continued his strange behaviour during a court appearance today when he walked into the courtroom carrying a roll of toilet paper and a plastic air-sickness type of bag. He is charged with public indecency and criminal damaging and a judge ordered him to be held on $2,000 (€1400) bond. http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1018/leprechaun.html

DocTee Oct 18 2007 10:57 AM

Here in Cali, young hooligans have been adding "HAMMERTIME!" to our stop signs.

SteveJRogers Oct 18 2007 08:28 PM

DocTee wrote: Here in Cali, young hooligans have been adding "HAMMERTIME!" to our stop signs. I'm at a loss for words. My guess is these hooligans were all in comas since 1995?

DocTee Jan 30 2008 08:58 PM

Drivers report seeing belly dancer shimmying across I-880 By Leslie Griffy Mercury News Article Launched: 01/30/2008 11:39:11 AM PST A woman who used a highway sign for a pole dance after belly dancing along Interstate 880 disappeared into the brush Monday afternoon, California Highway Patrol officers said today.Commuters first spotted the woman in a belly dancing costume on the highway's shoulder at around 3 p.m., CHP officer Oscar Johnson said. Drivers reported seeing the woman using a light pole and a highway sign as dancing props before she dangerously shimmied her way across the highway near the San Lorenzo-San Leandro border. The unidentified woman in a black halter top and black pants hollered obscenities at drivers who nearly struck her as she made her way back to the side of the road, Johnson said. By the time officers arrived at the scene, the woman had ducked into the brush near a homeless encampment and ran away, he said.

Valadius May 13 2008 07:49 PM

]HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday. Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones — aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court. He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones — known as Master Mormi Hehol — bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident, prosecutors said. The two cousins and Barney Jones' brother, Daniel, set up the Church of Jediism, Anglesey order, last year. Jedi is the faith followed by some of the central characters in the "Star Wars" films. The group, which claims about 30 members, says on its Web site that it uses "insight and knowledge" from the films as "a guide to living a better and more worthwhile life." "We all love the films and what they stand for. Obviously some people are going to laugh about it," the Wales on Sunday newspaper quoted Barney Jones as saying last month. "But a lot of people do take it seriously." Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber battle. "Darth Vader! Jedis!" Hughes shouted as he approached. Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the better part of a 2 1/2-gallon (10-liter) box of wine beforehand. "He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones. District Judge Andrew Shaw sentenced Hughes to two months in jail but suspended the sentence for one year. He also ordered Hughes to pay $195 to each of his victims and $117 in court costs. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 — 0.7 percent of the population — listed Jedi as their religion.

HahnSolo May 14 2008 07:55 AM

A sad day, this is.

Willets Point May 14 2008 08:20 AM

A name like Barney Jones destines one to become a geek who starts a Jedi Church and renames oneself Master Jonba Heho.

MFS62 May 15 2008 06:31 AM

What ever happened to just smoking a joint? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/050908dntexkingwoodteens.e0fe7123.html Later

Nymr83 May 21 2008 12:38 PM

Missing parrot tells veternarian his address! [url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356850,00.html[/url] ]He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet. "I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.

Rockin' Doc May 21 2008 03:17 PM

That parrot is obviously smarter than some people I deal with on a regular basis.

AG/DC May 21 2008 08:07 PM

The people you work with can't speak Japanese?

Rockin' Doc May 22 2008 05:01 AM

Japanese? Okay, that parrot is obviously smarter than I am.

DocTee May 24 2008 12:33 PM

For all the librarians on our forum... BENICIA — In most children's fairy tales, romantic relations between characters don't go much further than a kiss. But a Contra Costa County mother and her daughter unexpectedly heard a raunchier tale on Thursday when they called the Benicia Public Library's story line. Apparently someone had hacked into the library's dial-a-story service and replaced the fairy tale with a story more appropriate for the pages of a fetish porno magazine. Geri Engberg said the story explicitly detailed an X-rated relationship between two animals, and laced the tale with various profanities. Engberg said fortunately her 6-year-old daughter is too young to understand what she heard and she wasn't forced to explain why a dog and a pig were being intimate with each other. "We call about eight or nine of these story lines and they are usually a short story for kids preschool aged or a little older," Engberg said. "Whoever did this clearly addressed the story to kids." The story allegedly began with a man's voice telling boys and girls they were going to hear a story about bestiality, she said. Engberg said she immediately alerted the Benicia Public Library and an employee promptly removed the message. Library director Diane Smikahl said this is the first time she has heard of someone hacking into the dial-a-story line to change the message. A librarian usually records a new story, such as "The Three Bears," about once a week. The system is like a voice mail box, requiring a four digit code to change the recording, she said. Benicia Police Sgt. John Daley also said he had not heard of something like this happening before in Benicia. "Purposefully exposing children to that type of content and profanity is inconceivable," Daley said. Daley said the incident is under investigation and the person responsible could face serious legal ramifications. In addition to various misdemeanor offenses for annoying phone calls or obscene behavior directed towards children, the suspect could be charged with altering data on a computer system, which is a felony offense, Daley said. There are no suspects at this time, he added. Engberg said she will continue to call the story lines, but will be sure to hear at least the beginning of the story before letting her daughter listen. "The whole idea is if parents don't have the time to read a story, it is something the kids do on their own," Engberg said. "But I guess this shows parents need to be aware of anything digital that someone could tamper with." Smikahl said there are only two different librarians who read the stories, and that parents who call the line regularly should listen for a minute if they hear an unfamiliar voice. "We want people to let us know right away if anything sounds unusual," Smikahl said.

themetfairy May 24 2008 02:23 PM

Oops.... I'd normally blame the parents for just handing over the phone to their kids, but since there was a history of this being a safe number then it's really not their fault. You just have to hope that the kids didn't understand what the "story" was about....

Valadius Jul 19 2008 04:12 PM

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_re_us/odd_turnpike_bees]Bees swarm motorists on N.J. Turnpike[/url] ]CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike have to cope every day with traffic jams, pollution and even the occasional deer. They ran into a new obstacle Saturday as thousands of honeybees swarmed around their vehicles. Turnpike Authority spokesman Joseph Orlando said the swarm came from a beekeeper's beehive that apparently fell beside the highway in Cherry Hill. The Turnpike Authority was looking for a beekeeper to deal with the problem.