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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:25 PM
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Poll question: What's your favorite weird news story today?
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 08:31 PM by icymist
'I hate Iceland' volcano man flies high on Twitter and YouTube
A drunken Scottish passenger has shot to internet fame, after crashing a Sky News report on delays caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, shouting 'I hate Iceland'.
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Croatia removes buttocks from 'sexist' tourist ad
A sequence featuring female buttocks in a TV commercial for Croatian tourism has been hastily removed after it sparked the ire of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, the tourist board said Thursday.
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Dead man elected mayor of Tennessee town
CHICAGO (AFP) – A dead man was elected mayor of a small Tennessee town eager to oust a woman who'd been appointed to the job after the previous mayor died, local media reports.
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Amanda Flowers: Nintendo's Wii fit turned me into a sex addict
Amanda Flowers claims that falling from her Nintendo Wii Fit board has turned her into a sex addict, and she requires 10 sex sessions a day to satisfy her desires.
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Belgian prince wants beard on birthday stamp
Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe, who celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday, has insisted that a commemorative stamp represents him with his recently acquired beard, the post office magazine reported.
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Isn't the world an amazing place?
on edit to try and clear up the size.
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:29 PM
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1. How about, "Boy, 8 takes heroin to school"?
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10105/1050655-56.stm

How do you rank the degree of how fucking sick and bizarre this is?
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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:34 PM
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2. That's more tragic than weird.....
Who the hell's watching this kid to even allow him near such drugs?
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:43 PM
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5. Frankly, I was so disgusted reading it, I stopped trying to imagine...
... why anyone would allow this to happen. The "bags" were figured (unsophisticated drug testing field measurement) to bring a street value of $10.00...

Can you imagine? The kid was fumbling with something in his pockets...

"Little Johnny, is that a dime bag in your pocket, or did you bring something back from the sandbox during recess?"
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:36 PM
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3. would like to investigate that sex addict story more closely
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shedevil69taz Donating Member (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:42 PM
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4. Wii fit for everyone!
I was surprised there was no mention of a lawsuit against Nintendo in that article.

Seriously though she's kind of lucky that's all she ended up with. Taking a fall even from a normal standing position could potentially be fatal, or cause permanent brain damage if you strike your head in just the right spot.
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