Strange but True Stories

[unfrufru]

does it have one of those child-proof functions like they have on medicines GM?

[unfrufru]

gives a new meaning to doggy style

Puppy love
February 24, 2005

Two small boys and two girls were married off to puppies by tribal villagers in the small northern Indian state of Jharkhand to ward off evil, a report said.

Local officials in Kuluptang village in Jharkhand said the "kukur vibaha" or dogs' marriages, were organised on the last day of a local tribal festival, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

One of the tribeswomen, 54-year-old Sonamuni, who blessed the marriage of her three-year-old grand-daughter Priya, said the wedding was no less important than other such ceremonies and all customs normally associated with marriage were followed.

The mother of "groom" Durga, aged one, said if the first tooth of a baby came out in the upper jaw it was considered "inauspicious" for the child as well as the family and dog marriages had to be performed.

After a bath in a nearby river, the children are taken to a place of worship in a procession accompanied by a band.

Neighbours and relatives of the four children danced to music performed by the band before the marriages were solemnised with puppies of the opposite sex, the report said.

[red_cherry]

what charles married camilla already?

[Renee_Turner]

That's not a weird story - most people with funny teeth end up with dogs. Just not in the literal sense.

Originally Posted by Gutter Monkey

And that's why I have a tamper-proof penis.

Surely that must take some of the fun out of life.

[unfrufru]

no i think its cause he's tampered with it too much and it doesn't work anymore

[unfrufru]

and continuing with this . . don't pat the monkey

Ogling ... with sign language
February 28, 2005

A third woman has filed a lawsuit claiming a caretaker for Koko, the world-famous sign-language-speaking gorilla, pressured the woman to expose her breasts as a way to bond with the animal.



Iris Rivera, 39, has sued the Gorilla Foundation in San Mateo County Superior Court, saying the foundation's president, Francine Patterson, repeatedly told her to expose her breasts.

Rivera, an administrative assistant at the foundation until she quit last month, claims Patterson told her last year that Koko was signing that "she wants to see your nipples".

Two other former employees of the foundation, Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, filed similar claims recently.

But while Alperin and Keller refused to expose themselves to Koko, Rivera acquiesced, the lawsuit states.

"She took it as a disagreeable duty of her employment," said Rivera's lawyer, Michael Adams.

An attorney for the foundation said the lawsuits had "no merit".

Rivera's lawsuit alleges sexual and disability discrimination, invasion of privacy and Labour Code violations and seeks unspecified damages.

The Gorilla Foundation was founded in 1976 to promote the preservation and study of gorillas. It's best known for Koko, a 136 kg simian who has mastered a vocabulary of more than 1,000 signs.

[sooty]

...it's like marrying a dog, and dyin the next day, and isnt it ironic, dont ya think?

[Renee_Turner]

Originally Posted by Fiona Rohana

there was a case last year where a man married a dog to ward off evil and then died the next day.

I wonder if the marriage was consummated.

[unfrufru]

hey, that guy told me it was real love *sobs*

[Renee_Turner]

And all the people who 'love' you die afterwards? That's not good.

[unfrufru]

no, cause no one really loves me apart from my dog.

and she's a girl, boy am i in trouble

[Renee_Turner]

Well, I'd offer to lend you my cat, but

a) he's neutered, and
b) that's just wrong.

[crasyMonkey]

From News.com.au

Porn star to address Oxford Union

From correspondents in London
March 01, 2005
From: Reuters

IN its 183-year history, the august Oxford Union debating society has heard the wisdom of Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa.

Now its members are to hear from Ron Jeremy, star of 1700 adult films, including Bang Along With Ron.
"Ron is the biggest and apparently the best in the business, so I'm sure he'll have some fascinating stories to tell," Oxford Union librarian Vladimir Bermant, who organised the event, said.

Jeremy, who claims to have slept with more than 4000 women, will address the union tomorrow, joining many British prime ministers, three US presidents and prominent figures from the Dalai Lama to Malcolm X in its archival guest list.

Peter Cardwell, spokesman for one of the English-speaking world's most respected debating societies, said US porn star Jenna Jameson also addressed the union a few years ago

Well, why not ay!

[unfrufru]

hehe i;ve already got 5 cats. used to have 7 but mother backed over a couple.

i have (or had in one instace) 2 male cats. now one we nicknamed toy boy cause when he was a baby he looked like a toy cat and he used to disappear for hours on end and we'd find him asleep underneath the stuffed animals on my sisters beds with just his face popping out.

then he got older and started doing other things to the animals and got his nickname.

now the other one, my beloved and the closest thing to a man in my life, is nicknamed the sex kitten. no not for that reason u sickos! he was also an adorble ball of fluff and our school friends used to literally fight over who got to pat him next, no u held him longer than i did, its my turn.

if i was a guy, i so could have picked up with that cat.

and as far as the cat world is concerned, i am actually his. he gets very jealous if the others come near me, snarls at men (apart from dad) and, yes, i'm ashamed to admit it but he has actually marked his territory on me. the day after the other male cat died i was sitting near where dad had buried him, sobbing and talking to my friend on the phone when i felt this hot stuff on my leg, i looked down and the little prick was spraying on me!

i guess that makes me the cat's bitch hehe

[Haggis]

From The Age Online

Originally Posted by The Age Online

Whitney Houston spews mid-air
February 25, 2005 - 8:45AM

Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston became ill on an aircraft bound for
France and was taken today to a Paris hospital for treatment after suffering
food poisoning, her publicist said.

"Whitney Houston was rushed to a hospital in Paris because of severe
vomiting. She was sick on the aircraft," said Nancy Seltzer, her Los Angeles
publicist.

"She is doing well. She has gastroenteritis."

Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and the intestines.
Seltzer did not know the source of the food poisoning.

Houston, 41, was travelling to Europe with a bodyguard when she fell ill,
Seltzer said.

When the aircraft landed as scheduled in Paris, the entertainer was taken to
an undisclosed Paris hospital, where she was being treated in the emergency
room.

The name of the airline and the hospital was not disclosed for security
reasons.

It was not believed Houston would need to be admitted to the hospital,
Seltzer said.

Houston best known for her rendition of I Will Always Love You and her role
in the film The Bodyguard.

-AP

I just find it extremely amusing that she was travelling with a bodyguard...