Strange but True Stories

[Mythor]

She says the jewelry isn't sexual. Rather, it's designed to show empowerment, as in when people say, "You've got guts," or, "I wish I had the guts to do that," but they say something else instead of "guts."

Empowering? Balls dangling on your neck is empowering and not at all sexual? I can only think of one situation where they'd be dangling there and I'm not sure it's empowering, but it's certainly sexual... unless you're Bill Clinton.

If any hot chicks need some "empowering", my number is...

[unfrufru]

u do know that you'd have to take them off for us to have use for them hehe.

we could use the leftovers for a coin purse.

[Mythor]

Why would you have to take them off? If you turn them into a necklace thingy then you'd only end up losing them and then how would you feel empowered?!

They make coin purses out of kangaroo bits. =d

[Gutter Monkey]

Gee, apaprently we weren't the only people sceptical about that 'panther' storu. Here's the follow-up article:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...5E2862,00.html

Big cat fight begins
Danny Buttler
10oct05

A CAT fight has broken out over the credibility of Victoria's latest "big cat" sighting.

A Noble Park man says he shot and killed a leopard or puma near Sale in June, before cutting off its tail and dumping the carcass in a river.

But Victoria's leading animal expert has sent the fur flying by saying the big cat was just that -- a cat.

Hans Brunner, who tested the cat's hairs on behalf of the Department of Sustainability and Environment, said they were from a domestic or feral cat.

Mr Brunner said the hairs were too long for a puma or panther, which have sleek tails with short fur.

He also questioned why the cat was photographed without a person next to it and why the body was dumped in a river.

"I'm also wondering how he shot its head off if he hit it in the shoulder," Mr Brunner said.

"A head would probably not explode on impact.

"There are a lot of questions."

Kurt Engel, who said he shot the cat with a 7mm bullet, was surprised by Mr Brunner's views but said he was anxious for the truth to come out.

"It must be the biggest cat in the world if that's the case," he said.

"I'm surprised he would say that because everyone who sees it says it must be a black panther or some sort of mixture of big cat. It's got to be sorted out."

Victorian big cat researcher Michael Moss said he seriously doubted that the cat was the real deal.

A DSE spokeswoman said it seemed to be yet another case of big cat claims not being properly supported by evidence.

"The department can't respond until we get the evidence," she said.

Mike Williams from the Centre for Fortean Zoology said DNA from the tail had been sent to India for identification.

He said he expected the Indian scientists to confirm the DNA belonged to a big cat.

Panther and puma sightings have been reported in Victoria since World War II.

Many people believe the big cats escaped from circuses or were brought to Australia as mascots by American soldiers.

Stock losses are often blamed on big cats.

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The online article has the same photo as yesterday. The newspaper version, however, has a new photo: a snap of the 'big cat' hanging in someone's garage. Hmmm. I thought he shot it and then dumped it in a river? Hmmm!

[unfrufru]

Rick Moranis realeases country album - to be titled Honey i bored the kids to death or honey i slept with the kids and now my trailer is under surveilance

http://www.rickmoranis.com/

[Renee_Turner]

Anne Rice finds Jesus and makes him the main character in her lastest story.

Just hope she doesn't make him walk around saying 'cool' and 'wanna'.

[Mythor]

Anne "Publicity Whore" Rice made a big song and dance out of the fact that she wasn't going to write vampire novels anymore a couple of years ago, didn't she? Or am I thinking of some other publicity whore?

PUBLICITY WHORE!

Hopefully there won't be a movie.

[Renee_Turner]

Originally Posted by Anne Rice

"I was ready to do violence to my career."

Sweetheart, your last book did that for you.

[unfrufru]

this cracks me up even though it was supposed to be serious. all i had in my head was lee mack going "leave him alone hes only a chicken!"

hmm i wonder if foetus' taste like chicken? that could be the scientific testing right there

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/4372230.stm



Tributes left for a dead chicken

Flowers and tributes were left in an alleyway where the body of a mystery dead baby was found - before police realised it was only a chicken foetus.

A member of the public discovered the remains in a back alley in the Anfield area of Liverpool.

Police cordoned off the scene but soon realised that it was not a human but a chicken foetus.

Well-wishers had laid more than a dozen bunches of flowers at the scene, along with cards and teddy bears.

Local gossip

One of the cards read: "RIP Little Baby. Safe in the arms of Jesus. From someone who is a loving mother xxxx."

Merseyside Police told the community on Monday to "stop grieving, it's only a chicken".

A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "It seems a member of the public saw the remains of a foetus, which possibly resembled a human foetus, and called us.

"We cordoned off the area to investigate, as we would with any possible suspicious death, but it became apparent it was not a human foetus. "The flowers and cards are obviously the result of local gossip, but we can assure people that the remains were not human." Conservative MP and editor of The Spectator Boris Johnson was criticised last year after commenting in the magazine that Liverpudlians were "hooked on grief".

[Renee_Turner]

Originally Posted by unfrufru

Merseyside Police told the community on Monday to "stop grieving, it's only a chicken".

Hey, chickens are people too! :P

[unfrufru]

Naked man orders coffee while masturbating

Canadian Press
Oct. 26, 2005 10:31 AM

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A man who drove up to a Tim Hortons drive-thru while stark naked and masturbating has pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act, saying "fantasy" got the best of him.

A female employee at the restaurant in nearby Thamesford took an order for a large coffee just past midnight on Oct. 3, prosecutor Michael Carnegie told court Tuesday.

When the car pulled up to the window, the employee noticed a man alone in the vehicle, completely nude and masturbating, Carnegie said. advertisementOAS_AD('BoxAd')

The man handed money to the employee with his unoccupied left hand, court heard.

The employee wrote down the car's licence plate number and called police.

When the 38-year-old Woodstock man met with police after the incident, he admitted to doing "a bad thing" and suggested he did it "for the thrill," court heard.

Joseph Priddle will be sentenced Dec. 6.

[Renee_Turner]

If I was the employee, I'd've said "I think I've made a mistake, I thought you said 'large'".

[Gutter Monkey]

Naked masturbating guy ... shocked female employee with a scalding hot large cup of coffee ... things could have gone much worse for Joey Priddle.

[Gutter Monkey]

Rome bans 'cruel' goldfish bowls
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Posted: 1543 GMT (2343 HKT)

Link

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- The city of Rome has banned goldfish bowls, which animal rights activists say are cruel, and has made regular dog-walks mandatory in the Italian capital, the town's council said on Tuesday.

The classic spherical fish bowls are banned under a new by-law which also stops fish or other animals being given away as fairground prizes. It comes after a national law was passed to allow jail sentences for people who abandon cats or dogs.

"It's good to do whatever we can for our animals who in exchange for a little love fill our existence with their attention," said Monica Cirinna, the councilor behind the by-law.

"The civilization of a city can also be measured by this," she told Rome daily Il Messaggero.

The newspaper reported that round bowls caused fish to go blind. No one at Rome council was available to confirm this was why they were banned. Many fish experts say round bowls provide insufficient oxygen for fish.

In July 2004, parliament passed a law setting big fines and jail terms for people who abandon pets and since then local governments have added their own animal welfare rules many of which will be difficult to police.

The northern city of Turin passed a law in April to fine pet owners up to 500 euros ($597.7) if they do not walk their dogs at least three times a day.

The new Rome by-law requires owners to regularly exercise their dogs, and bans them from docking their pets' tails for aesthetic reasons.

It also provides legal recognition for cat lovers who provide food for the colonies of strays which live everywhere from the city's ancient Roman ruins to modern office car parks.

Animal rights groups estimate that around 150,000 pet dogs and 200,000 cats are abandoned in Italy every year.

[SammySatine]

Spherical bowls make fish blind? What the...?

(apologies to Rove)

Amities,

SS.