Weird News Thread Part III

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  1. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
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    The street lights have just gone back off and it's getting warm again.

    Cool seeing the eclipse again after 35+ years. Pretty amazing.

    It was like a block party here we had chairs in the driveway and toasted all with cider.
     
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  2. Nostradumass

    Nostradumass BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 5, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We are at about 50% eclipse now, and it's a neat thing to see. We'll have totality in the 2024 version, so I guess I'll need to make it another seven years.
     
  3. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    That's assuming the 2022 asteroid doesn't take us out.
     
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  4. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    That'd be a fantastic sight as well.
    Woohee!
     
  5. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    You're very much a 'glass half full' kinda guy, aren't yer.
     
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  6. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Just the thought of reaching 2022 is a huge plus for me. The asteroid is icing with cherry on.
     
  7. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    You too, eh?

    Yeah, I look at stuff years in the future and try and work out whether I'll make it that far. :D
     
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  8. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    I'll meet you in St Louie, Louie.

    Save me a slug. :)
     
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  9. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    My late father-in-law wouldn't buy a suit for one of his daughter's weddings because, as he put it, 'I won't get the wear out of it'. At that point he was 60.

    Unfortunately, (depending on how you look at it I suppose), he didn't die until he was 90 :eek:

    My old man almost got to the point where he wouldn't buy any long play records, 'just in case' :D

    Well, that might be a slight exaggeration but, y'know...
     
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  10. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    I'm the optimist, I still buy green bananas.
     
  11. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    There's a balance to be struck between optimism and realism, though. I don't get the ones that have gone 'speckly' but... the green ones? :eek:

    Still, the power of positive thinking and all that :)
     
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  12. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Or....maybe Scousie just needs new glasses! :whistling:
     
  13. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Transcripts of pharma-douche Martin Shkreli's jury selection released. Some of the jurors comments are doozies. Like this Spicoli-like response:

    the court: Well, I’m going to excuse you. Juror Number 144, tell us what you have heard.

    juror no. 144: I heard through the news of how the defendant changed the price of a pill by up-selling it. I heard he bought an album from the Wu-Tang Clan for a million dollars.

    the court: The question is, have you heard anything that would affect your ability to decide this case with an open mind. Can you do that?

    juror no. 144: I don’t think I can because he kind of looks like a dick.

    https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/public-enemy/
     
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  14. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Ya know. I bought my first readers last year. Last eye test I was 20/40.

    True story. :)

    We won't mention the hearing aids.
     
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  15. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    What?? Would you repeat that please! :coffee:
     
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  16. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
  17. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
  19. YankBastard

    YankBastard Na Na Na Na NANANANAAA!

    Jun 18, 2005
    Estados Unidos
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...school-officials-warn/?utm_term=.5c2764bb1906

    words fail me

     
  21. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
  22. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Yeah, that's the "weird news" part. Not being able to perform after two bottles of Baileys? Nothing unusual there.
     
  23. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    OhioMan's tattoo gives law enforcement a good head start:

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    An Ohio man with an unusual tattoo on his forehead has been charged for his involvement in a sex crime two years ago.

    Christopher Wilson, 37, was arrested Saturday night and charged with sexual imposition and assault, Fox 19 reported.


    The Cincinnati man has the words “I’m a pornstar” tattooed on his forehead. Fox 19 reported “another vulgar message” tattooed below the aforementioned was blurred from his mugshot.

    http://nypost.com/2017/10/16/man-with-disturbingly-lewd-face-tattoo-busted-for-sexual-assault/
     
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  24. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    That's one of those stories that gets residents of 49 states to collectively heave a huge sigh of relief.
     

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