Friday, October 31, 2008

Ferrari in Pole Position

It'll take more than a quick spraypaint job to fix this.
If the owner of this $250,000 Ferrari 360 Modena is at the loss of his pride and joy, at least the driver and his passenger both in their 30's walked out of the wreckage with only minor injuries.
Witnesses in Adelaide, Australia, said the driver had 'turned the streets into a racetrack' before the vehicle spinned out of control and ploughed into a utility pole.

Traffic agency bans reverse oral sex

Officials with Sweden’s Road Administration have denied a driver’s request for a licence place with what at first glance appears to be a completely innocent combination of characters.
Recently, the agency received a request from an individual who wanted a licence plate reading X32IARO.Despite no obviously offensive reference in the desired combination, Vägverket nonetheless rejected the application."It looks like something completely different when seen through a rear-view mirror, and on the road, many end up reading things through the rear-view mirror."When read in reverse, as it would be seen through a rear-view mirror, X32IARO suddenly appears as ORALSEX.

Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed

Diarrhea 'no excuse' for speeding
A woman from southern Sweden has lost her bid to have a speeding fine overturned on the grounds that she was suffering from diarrhea at the time of the offence.
The 49-year-old woman from Trelleborg explained to the local district court that she was experiencing stomach problems when she was pulled over for driving 86 kilometres per hour in a 70 km/h zone. But the court ruled that a case of the runs did not equate to a need for speed. A situation can only be classed as an emergency if somebody's life is in danger or if a driver hits the gas in an attempt to prevent a serious crime. As the woman's desire to get home to her toilet did not fit into either category, the court ordered her to pay the speeding fine.
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Man Jailed After Girlfriend Ate From His Plate
A Texas man was jailed last week after refusing to pay for a second buffet meal after his girlfriend "ate a couple bites from his plate."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that Dan Linscomb, 40, of Texas City, Texas, was arrested Oct. 21 after refusing to pay for the second $7 meal at an Iron Skillet restaurant in northwest Atlanta.
According to a police report, Linscomb said "there were no signs in the restaurant that said someone could not have some food off your plate."
Linscomb was jailed on a charge of theft of services, but was released two days later after he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
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Attractive Dads Makes Beautiful Daughters but Ugly Sons
Hot Dads = Hot Daughters, Not-So-Hot Sons
Beautiful women like Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie can thank their fathers for their good looks, according to a study from the University of St. Andrews in England.
The study found that while attractive dads pass on their good looks to daughters, the sons aren’t quite so lucky.
Professors David Perrett and Elisabeth Cornwell, of University of St. Andrews, said a mother’s beauty makes no difference to her adult sons.
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Woman kicked train passenger in the face with her stiletto
A woman who kicked a train passenger in the face with her stiletto heel after he asked her boyfriend to take his feet off a seat is facing jail.
Laura Cook, 29, aimed the kick after Nicholas Rogers, 31, launched a vicious attack on City worker Ian Garven.
Mr Garven, 30, was left with a large gash on his cheek and needed stitches at hospital afterwards.
Cook, a secretary, and Rogers, who had been to a champagne reception before the attack, both denied causing actual bodily harm but were convicted unanimously by a jury today.
They face up to five years in jail when they are sentenced next month.
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Multi-millionaire wins £600,000 a year for life on lottery
A multi-millionaire banker has won $1 million (£600,000) a year for life on a lottery scratchcard game.
Keenan Altunis, 33, has just left for a Caribbean holiday with his family, which was already booked before his win. He lives in a £750,000 apartment in Clerkenwell, London, with his wife and one-year-old daughter.
Mr Altunis was born in Turkey but his parents moved to America when he was five. He was brought up in the United States before moving to London for a career in finance. The executive at the European banking firm Unicredit asked his mother to buy three tickets for him on a trip to New York last month.
He said: "It turned out to be the best return on any investment I've ever made."
Because he lives in Britain, he will not pay federal taxes on his winnings. After New York taxes he will get £569,742 a year for the rest of his life.
He said: "Is it going to materially change my life? No, I've been a very blessed and fortunate person."
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‘Aquaholic’ died after drinking too much water
A man addicted to drinking water died at a Theale care home after gorging himself on a hosepipe, an inquest heard. A soaking wet Andrew Else was found unconscious in the garden of specialist care center Voyage in The Green having drunk a fatal amount of water from the outside tap. Toxicology reports revealed the 51-year-old died from water intoxication – a condition known as hyponatremia – after consuming several liters during the evening
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Pakistani Police Arrest Cleric Who Presided Over Kids' Wedding
Police raided a wedding between a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl in Pakistan's largest city, arresting the Muslim cleric officiating at the ceremony and the children's parents, a senior officer said Friday.
The cleric had not yet begun the ceremony in Karachi, which was attended by 100 guests, said deputy superintendent of police Malik Mazhar.
Pakistan law forbids marriage below the age of 18, but some Muslim scholars say it is permissible if the bride and groom have reached puberty.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

"Hey Dude," Your Car Is Moving.

Rolling right out of parking lot.

Color By Number Toilet Paper

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Look at the bottom of picture for color guide
There’s no #2 or is it all #2
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It’s so easy to do it no need to stay in the lines.
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You can make your own masterpiece!

Restaurant employee taints police chief's food

Charged with second-degree felony
A cook at a Burnet restaurant was arrested Monday for tainting a hamburger he prepared for the Burnet Police Department chief Oct. 20. According to his arrest affidavit, Jaime Perez, 23, told a friend he wiped himself with a hamburger bun he was serving Police Chief Paul Nelson at Andy's Landing . Perez also said he put the veggies in his mouth before placing them on the burger and proceeding to spit and blow his nose on it.
The citizen told Chief Nelson who filed a complaint with the Burnet County's Sheriff's Office. The Chief recalled seeing Perez along with another cook standing behind the counter watching him eat his food that day. "

Hot Pink House Has To Go

The owners of the Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. House located in Dennisville's historic district have painted the building and neighboring gift shop "forward fuschia."
The house was built 208 years ago, and up until this week was white, much like the other historical buildings that surround it.
Some residents are upset over the color choice, but there may be nothing they can do.
According to the town council, the community doesn't have any rules about house color.
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While parking his quad into the garage

It looked like it was planned...
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Great Front Brakes

Hope The Seat Belts Are As Good.
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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed

Man drives off in car being towed by repo worker
Delaware State police say they are looking for a Laurel man who drove his car off a tow truck around 12:30 a.m. Saturday as a repossession worker tried to tow it away. Police said a 37-year-old man came out of his home as a worker from Complete Auto Recovery was putting his car on a tow truck.
Police spokesman Sgt. Joshua Bushweller said the man interfered when the worker attached a chain to the car and put it on the truck's lift.
Bushweller said the man then got into the car, put it in reverse - despite warnings that he could tear off the bumper - and drove off.
Police said an arrest warrant has been issued charging the man with one misdemeanor count of reckless endangering.
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82-year-old man accused of trading drugs for sex
Police investigating an elderly man's complaints about theft at his home discovered the man allegedly traded prescription drugs for sexual favors. Police charged the 82-year-old man with trafficking in a controlled substance.
The man was released on bond.
The police said they were initially concerned that women in their 20s, often seen at the man's home, were taking advantage of him.
Police begin their investigation after the man called the department several times to report missing medication, household items and a television.
But officers soon discovered he gave two women the prescription drug OxyContin in exchange for sex.
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80-Year-Old Baby Remains Stolen From Cemetery
Days before Halloween, police in Wisconsin are investigating a real-life ghoulish crime. Someone dug up the remains of baby buried in a cemetery for more than 80 years,
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said someone dug a hole, measured about 20 inches wide, 54 inches long and 48 inches deep, where "Baby Locke" was laid to rest in 1925. They tore the wooden casket apart and took the body.
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Police say man stole enhancement cream
Nabbing shoplifters can be an unsavory business,
Last week, Denton police arrested a man who they say pocketed a tube of male enhancement cream from a store
Maybe that part's understandable, considering some men might be embarrassed to make such a purchase. But his indiscretions didn't stop there, police say.
A loss-prevention officer who spotted the theft Wednesday followed the man to the restroom, where he walked into a stall and apparently applied the product.
Then the officer watched as the suspect walked to the store's toy section and exposed himself twice in the Barbie Doll aisle, police say.
The officer called police about 9 p.m. when the man returned to the restroom to use the cream again.
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Man accused of threatening neighbor with centipedes
A Malaysian man has been accused of trying to hurt his neighbor with a dangerous weapon — centipedes.
Prosecutor Mazri Mohamed said Wednesday that R. Prabakaran has been charged with attempting to cause harm with a dangerous weapon after allegedly unleashing four centipedes and bugs in his neighbor's bed last week following an argument.
Prabakaran, 21, allegedly climbed on to the roof to enter his neighbor's house where he committed the offense, Mazri said.
Prabakaran pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a court in the southern city of Johor Baru and has been released on bail, Mazri said.
It was not clear what species the centipedes were. Some species are poisonous.
If found guilty, Prabakaran faces up to three years prison and a caning.
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Disgruntled worker 'froze customer's bank account in revenge prank'
A bank customer who criticized an "unhelpful" worker at an Indian call center has alleged the clerk played a revenge prank on him by freezing his account and changing his identity to that of a Ugandan divorcee.
George Bates, 23, said he found the operator at Abbey's call center to be "rude and arrogant" and gave him a low rating in a post-call customer satisfaction survey.
However, when the self-employed carpenter later rang the bank he was unable to access his account for "security reasons".
Mr Bates alleged that the operator had "obviously seen that I have given him bad feedback and has decided to change all my details in revenge."
He added: "When I heard my details had been changed to Ugandan I was terrified that my account had been emptied by somebody else and I would never get my money back."
Mr Bates said the episode began when he contacted Abbey's telephone banking service on September 23 to extend his overdraft to cover direct debits.
The operator, who spoke with an Asian accent, extended the overdraft from £1,500 to £1,700. But when Mr Bates later asked to extend the overdraft further, the operator refused as the limit could not be changed twice in one day.
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As U.S. gasoline prices go down, driving habits goes back up
Doug Guidry gave up drag racing and boating last summer when gasoline prices shot up. Billy Castaneda put off trips to Houston to see his grandchildren. Randal Shul stopped playing paintball with his buddies to save gasoline.
Now, with U.S. gasoline prices dropping, all three men are hitting the road again. "Gas going down means freedom, even when everyone is worried about the economy," Castaneda said as he filled his 1995 Oldsmobile 88 to drive 125 miles to Houston the other day.
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Young Girl Turns in $1000 Found in Richard Simmons Videotape
The best bargain at the Salvation Army thrift store in Kailua-Kona was a Richard Simmons videotape.
But Mikela Mercier, 11, decided to pass up the chance to buy the tape for a few coins after she found a surprise inside: $1,000 in $100 bills.
Mikela says that when she discovered the money while browsing through the used tapes, she immediately looked for her mom who was inside the dressing room and told her they needed to turn it in.
Store manager Jimmy Thennes put out a news release on the discovery, praising Mikela for her honesty.
Her mother, Jodi Mercier, says she is very proud of her daughter who she says knew it belonged to the Salvation Army so the agency can help more people in need.

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Clean up underneath ride nets bizarre items
The 28-year-old Corkscrew, which cost £1.25m, was Europe's first double-looped rollercoaster.
The leg was just one of many bizarre items found near The Corkscrew, which is to be dismantled after carrying 43.5 million people since it opened in 1980.
Staff clearing the site also found underwear, a diamond wedding ring, 53 non-matching shoes and 604 watches.
Other lost property items included 800 pieces of jewelry, 237 mobile phones, thousands of caps and a prosthetic ear.
The ride, which reaches speeds of up to 44mph (70km/h), opened on 4 April 1980.
'Missing leg'
Riders are turned upside down twice within three seconds - which probably explains the large amount of lost items found below.
The Staffordshire amusement park said it was used to dealing with more than 5,000 items of lost property, such as car keys, money and mobile phones.

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