Weird News Thread Part III

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  1. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nancy Grace was involved...that should immediately put it in the Media Failure thread.
     
  2. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
    Officials at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center tell the Greenwich Time (http://bit.ly/14wsum4 ) they had removed the only male anteater from the enclosure in August, long before the six-month gestation period for baby Archie would have begun.
    They feared that male, Alf, would kill another baby in the pen.
    That left the mother Armani, and the young female, Alice, in the enclosure.
    But little Archie was born in April anyway.
    Marcella Leone, founder and director of the conservation center, suspects this might be a rare case of delayed implantation, when fertilized eggs remain dormant in the uterus for a period of time.
     
  3. crazypete13

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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    T.O. Mayor Rob Ford Does Marion Barry Impression

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    n.b. This is a photo of the mayor with a man who was subsequently gunned down.

    I wish Chris Farley was alive to lampoon this.

     
  4. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Slate.com: Who Said It: Rob Ford or Mayor Quimby?

    16. “You don't scare me, that could be anyone's ass. Now beat it! I'm calling the shots.”

    17. “I will retract the word ‘ass.’ ”

    18. “Very well, if that is the way the winds are blowing, let no one say I don't also blow.”

    19. “You are tampering with forces you can't understand, we have major corporations sponsoring this event.”

    20. “I’m as clean as the days are long.”​

     
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  5. crazypete13

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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
    Club:
    Toronto FC
  6. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    You missed 13 (Ford)

    13. “Those Oriental people work like dogs. … They're slowly taking over.”
    :eek::eek::eek:
     
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  7. Excape Goat

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    Mar 18, 1999
    Club:
    Real Madrid
  8. Excape Goat

    Excape Goat Member+

    Mar 18, 1999
    Club:
    Real Madrid
  9. HerthaBerwyn

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    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    This goes here

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  10. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    This goes here

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  11. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I don't get that cartoon. It's pretty though.
     
  12. soccernutter

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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It looks great, but I don't understand either
     
  13. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    'Sea' is for 'Cookie'.
     
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  14. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    http://www.businessinsider.com/first-citi-bike-has-been-stolen-2013-5


    The pedal pilferer snatched the blue Citi Bike at around 6 p.m. in Kips Bay, and was able to ride off before workers noticed. The crew had been busy placing a load of the $825 rental bicycles into a rack at Second Avenue and 25th Street, and had not yet locked them in place when the thief struck."

    /quote
     
  15. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I still didn't get it, by the way. Can you snail mail me an explanation that is written in crayon? Thanks much.
     
  16. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

     
  17. guignol

    guignol Moderator
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    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    i think JR got it, he just likes being a grouch.
     
  18. guignol

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    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    this has always been a big non-issue here too: urban legends about stolen velo'v's being seen en masse in romania, algeria... actually true theft is almost nil: what there is is basically joy-riding, the bikes are found outside of stations (often vandalized unfortunately). they're so distinctive that you can't disguise them, and who would want one anyway? and you can't cannibalize them as nothing on them is standard: not a tire, spoke, brake pad, nut, bolt or washer.

    but i can think of one motive for this theft that is truly outstanding: i see the bike in the photo is no. 00003. if the thief made off with no. 00001 i'll bet he's got something he can eventually sell for a tidy sum. i sometimes idly look at the numbers of lyon's bikes as i go by a station: 10028... 12866... 5011... 0010??? that's a real survivor! i imagine that on the black market there would be interest in 0001... or 0069.
     
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  19. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator
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    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, that's good enough for me.
     
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  20. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
  21. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL

    Nope, yes, and Sesame Street was after my time. It can die in a fire.
     
  22. guignol

    guignol Moderator
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    Apr 28, 2005
    mermoz-les-boss
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    sesame street after your time? how old are you? guignol was born in 1808 and i loved watching SS with my (much) younger brother.
     
  23. KCFutbol

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    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was 16 when it started. So yeah, I'm old. :)
     
  24. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Alright it wasn't quite before my time, I lied. The real issue is that my parents kept the TV in a closet and wheeled it out only for shows they wanted to watch. The exception being Saturday AM when my brother and I were permitted to watch the cartoons. So I didn't grow up on Sesame Street and have no particular affection for the show as a result. Nothing against it despite my die in a fire comment. It's just not a cherished cultural memory to me, not any kind of memory really.
     
  25. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia

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