News Weird News Compilation

[Mark44]

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/amp/news/man-hospitalised-after-falling-in-anish-kapoor-installation?__twitter_impression=true

Some of this modern art I can't tell from a hole in the ground.

 

[Borg]

A new newspaper is being launched in Pulaski County, MO - The Uranus Examiner.

Of course the reporter just had to file his story in front of the Uranus Fudge Factory.

 

[CWatters]

So live in the UK and I'm really hungry, then in my news feed pops up a story about free Pizza ! Yea !

I see it's in the Daily Mail a UK based newspaper that sometimes does give away vouchers. Double Yea !

So I click on the link and...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6161905/Dominos-giving-away-free-pizza-entire-WEEK.html

the headline reads..

'Enjoy one on us': Domino's to offer FREE pizzas to customers for an entire week - including BBQ Meatlovers, Hawaiian and Supreme flavours

so I scroll down some more to find out how to get the deal and discover...

Australia's largest pizza makers are giving away free lunches to their customers for an entire week. Those lucky enough to be wandering past a Domino's in Melbourne...

Bastards.

 

[Borg]

Maybe they deliver.

 

[nsaspook]

A new newspaper is being launched in Pulaski County, MO - The Uranus Examiner.

Of course the reporter just had to file his story in front of the Uranus Fudge Factory.

Medicine Ig Nobel winner.
https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(05)03012-9/abstract

Winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes receive a 10-trillion-dollar bill from Zimbabwe (worth about 40 US cents) and the opportunity to give a 60-second acceptance speech before an 8-year-old girl comes on stage saying “Please stop, I’m bored.”

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-...ll-winners-of-this-years-ig-nobel-awards/all/

 

[Mark44]

so I scroll down some more to find out how to get the deal and discover...

Australia's largest pizza makers are giving away free lunches to their customers for an entire week. Those lucky enough to be wandering past a Domino's in Melbourne...

Maybe they deliver.

Probably be cold by then...

 

[OCR]

So I click on the link and...

... hook, line and sinker.

.

 

[berkeman]

A racehorse runs into a bar. The bartender says...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/10/02/horse-runs-through-sports-bar-vpx.hln

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.kptv.com/no-one-hurt-after-truck-flips-through-air-lands-on/article_8d97f39a-9b9e-5d77-a745-c09cf8464e01.html

 

[fresh_42]

Still my favorite:

 

[OCR]

This seems weird... the post count doesn't look correct... .

Well, it's news and weird... .

.

 

[Borg]

One is total posts and the other is replies.

 

[berkeman]

One is total posts views and the other is replys.

Edited...

 

[Borg]

Edited...

No, that's not what I meant. When you look at your subscribed threads, it shows the total replies. But, when you get to the thread itself, it shows the total post count which is one higher.

 

[berkeman]

18,702 posts? Sorry, I'm probably not looking at the right thing...

 

[Borg]

OCR highlighted it in yellow. The top image shows 309 and the bottom one shows 310.

 

[fresh_42]

Could be, that the initial post isn't counted outside, which makes sense, in order to get a distinction between answered and unanswered, whereas the internal count runs over all posts. I find this pretty smart, rather than a contradiction.

 

[berkeman]

OCR highlighted it in yellow. The top image shows 309 and the bottom one shows 310.

Oh, thanks.

 

[OCR]

Ah, .

One is total posts and the other is replies.

Then...

Well, it's not news and not weird... .

Lol... thanks all. .

 

[berkeman]

I used to shoot at this range many years ago, including some trap shooting. I can see how if a plane crested the hill behind the trap range all of a sudden, it could fly through unintended buckshot... Yikes!

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area...en-flying-over-los-gatos-gun-range/1534579244

 

[Borg]

David Schimmer lookalike robs store in England.

Reminds me of the old country and western song - I've got Friends in low places.

 

[nsaspook]

David Schimmer lookalike robs store in England.

Reminds me of the old country and western song - I've got Friends in low places.

"He is known to have studied Karate and we believe he has mastered the art of Unagi, the state of total awareness,"

https://www.facebook.com/DumfriesGallowayPoliceDivision/posts/1930132160400419

 

[Stephenk53]

Balls fall out of truck and damages several cars. One car attempted to escape the “onslaught” of balls

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/metal-balls-seattle-street-weird_us_5bc91b45e4b055bc947ee4df

Oh balls, that doesn’t look right

 

[berkeman]

CDC: Don’t Dress Up Your Pet Chickens For Halloween

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/10/24/cdc-dont-dress-up-your-pet-chickens-for-halloween/

 

[DrGreg]

Giant inflatable colon has been stolen

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...ou-should-return-it-immediately/#fde339d76c4c

Inflatable Colon by A Healthier Michigan, on Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0).

But it looks like a semicolon to me.

 

[CWatters]

Did it blow away with the wind?

 

[OCR]

Giant inflatable colon has been stolen

Well, that took a lot of guts... .

.

 

[nsaspook]

Seems they are all crooks in a GoFundMe scam.
Time to call:


https://www.yahoo.com/news/new-jers...nt-viral-charged-gofundme-scam-193432689.html

It was a feel-good story for the ages — a homeless military veteran’s random act of kindness and a New Jersey couple intent on helping him get back on his feet during the holidays — that inspired people to donate than $400,000 in an online fundraiser when it went viral last fall.

But prosecutors say Mark D’Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. fabricated the story in an effort to raise money for themselves.

“The paying it forward story that drove this fundraiser might seem too good to be true,” Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said at a press briefing in Mount Holly, N.J., on Thursday afternoon. “Unfortunately it was. The entire campaign was predicated on a lie.”

The three were each charged with second-degree conspiracy and theft by deception. If convicted on all charges, D’Amico, McClure and Bobbitt would each face 10 to 20 years in prison.

 

[DaveC426913]

"He is known to have studied Karate and we believe he has mastered the art of Unagi, the state of total awareness,"

"It's KaratAY!"

"And we were on a BREAK!"

 

[Borg]

Man pulls gun on Popeyes worker in condiments clash.

Fortunately the police were able to catchup to him.

 

[fresh_42]

Fortunately the police were able to catchup to him.

This ain't Heinz ketchup

 

[Stephenk53]

Man fails to overturn his own death certificate because he was too late
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/romania-constantin-reliu-battle-prove-not-dead-annul-death-certificate/

 

[nsaspook]

Man fails to overturn his own death certificate because he was too late
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/romania-constantin-reliu-battle-prove-not-dead-annul-death-certificate/

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2...s-hes-alive-as-court-annuls-death-certificate

A Romanian man is legally alive once again, two years after his family reported him dead after not hearing from him for decades, judicial sources said Wednesday.

 

[Stephenk53]

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2...s-hes-alive-as-court-annuls-death-certificate

A Romanian man is legally alive once again, two years after his family reported him dead after not hearing from him for decades, judicial sources said Wednesday.

Well that’s good

 

[DaveC426913]

Mediums and psychics be joyous! Imagine having two unfettered years of being able to communicate with a dead man!

"Tell us! What's it like on the other side?"
"Other side of what? This table? Well, I'm facing the window so you're in silhouette."
"Fascinating. Have you been reunited with any loved ones?"
"Today? Well, my daughter brought me these bagels. Here, try the lox."

 

[fresh_42]

Always a source for strange regulations ...

A young Colorado boy has successfully convinced the town of Severance to overturn its nearly century-old ban on snowball fights.

http://time.com/5470311/severance-colorado-snowball-fight-ban/

 

[berkeman]

You just can't make this stuff up...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/04/us/woman-kidnap-karate-studio-charlotte-trnd/index.html

Cops say a would-be kidnapper chased a woman -- into a karate studio. That was a bad move.

Ephraim said he asked the man to leave, but he stated he was not going anywhere. "He then tried to force himself further into the dojo, aggressively pushing and swinging," the instructor said.
"I then went into action defending myself and got him out of the dojo. Once outside he attempted to attack again and was dealt with accordingly."

 

[Borg]

... he attempted to attack again and was dealt with accordingly

I would love to see the x-rays on that one.

 

[fresh_42]

Flat-Earthers Are Organising a Massive Cruise

The year 2020 will be bringing us a new decade, an American presidential election, and a cruise for people who believe Earth is flat.

https://www.sciencealert.com/flat-e...020-cruise-and-the-hypocrisy-is-just-too-much

Well, we can hope that the people crewing the boat aren't also flat-Earthers – otherwise the navigation could get a little tricky.

 

[nsaspook]

Flat-Earthers Are Organising a Massive Cruise

https://www.sciencealert.com/flat-e...020-cruise-and-the-hypocrisy-is-just-too-much

 

[fresh_42]

@all our Australian friends downunder. I hope you're fine, since I have bad news:

Australia Doesn't Exist And People Who Live There Are Actors Paid By NASA - Flat Earthers Claim

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2018/05/australia-doesnt-exit-and-people-who.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKAc_G1OB8I9FsA89hMN_2Xz8t28TjGI-ReLoJz6sWtXN27WpsN8MWCc

 

[phinds]

@all our Australian friends downunder. I hope you're fine, since I have bad news:

http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2018/05/australia-doesnt-exit-and-people-who.html?fbclid=IwAR2LKAc_G1OB8I9FsA89hMN_2Xz8t28TjGI-ReLoJz6sWtXN27WpsN8MWCc

What's worse is that the Flat-earther's in Australia think that WE don't exist.

 

[fresh_42]

What's worse is that the Flat-earther's in Australia think that WE don't exist.

... in this case: Can someone please figure out how much NASA actually pays and whether their payment is affected by current calamities? I consider to participate!

 

[phinds]

... in this case: Can someone please figure out how much NASA actually pays and whether their payment is affected by current calamities?

There is no NASA. It's all a Hollywood hoax.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...or-strips-mcdonald-s-of-its-big-mac-trademark

An absurd ruling that strips the fast-food giant of the trademark for its signature burger

 

[Borg]

Did anyone lose a USB stick?
NIWA is searching for the owner of a USB stick found in the poo of a leopard seal…

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47135528

 

[CWatters]

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...or-strips-mcdonald-s-of-its-big-mac-trademark

An absurd ruling that strips the fast-food giant of the trademark for its signature burger

The story has been miss reported. As I understand it McDonalds started the case and tried to claim (in effect) that they had restaurant chain called "Big Mac".

 

[nsaspook]

The story has been miss reported. As I understand it McDonalds started the case and tried to claim (in effect) that they had restaurant chain called "Big Mac".

I think the point was the EUIPO needed to be surgical in their policing rather than heavy-handed in the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...er-king-renames-sandwiches-to-troll-mcdonalds

 

[Stephenk53]

Did anyone lose a USB stick?
NIWA is searching for the owner of a USB stick found in the poo of a leopard seal…

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47135528

I don’t know about you, but I would not want that usb stick back

 

[Borg]

Emoji license plates?