Weird News Thread Part III

I like this logic. So the raw chicken I buy in the store shouldn't be taxed, since I need to cook it once i get home.

You have my vote sir!

 

It's not taxed anyway, is it?

 

No, its not. But if you buy a rotisserie chicken at the supermarket or a bucket of the Colonel's finest at KFC, since it is prepared and in a consumable state, it is subject to sales tax (in NYS, at least).

 

Yeah, that's similar to over here.

 

You're prob right... i just assume everything is taxed these days...

Thank god I quit smoking all those years ago!

 

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/09/glass-staircase-not-dress-friendly/?iref=obnetwork

 

Sometimes it's smart to skip dessert:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...anas-foster-at-palm-harbor-restaurant/1174963

 

Here is one from my home town. I actually went to high school with this woman. Glad I never bought any pot from her

http://www.press-citizen.com/articl...Liberty-woman-charged-hiding-marijuana-vagina



Gives new meaning to the term "some dank weed".

 

I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this but...

A Dubliner has used technology to solve the question posed by Joyce's Leopold Bloom of how to walk across Dublin without passing a pub.

And a happy Bloomsday to you all.

 

During the rioting in Vancouver last night:

 

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...identified-as-australian-and-his-girlfriend/1
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...07444666_100001252547210_562811_5787390_n.jpg

 

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/28299705/detail.html
Sexting pedo shows up in a horse and buggy.

 

Bono's In Trouble

 

and the funniest line: .....describes Bono’s cock: “It had a tiny head and a huge body. It was actually quite ugly but I don’t think it’s fully grown.”

 

Waking up the dead?
A Russian woman died from a heart attack brought on by the shock of waking up at her own funeral.

 

Surprised he hasn't won the lottery!
http://www.wyff4.com/r/28397281/detail.html

 

Sometimes I see this thread as a catch all...This is a cool catalog from a space history memorabilia auction.

http://www.bonhams.com/usa/spacesale/

 

Darwin Award nominee?
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/sto...hes-during-helmet/3hjcjSPXsUCsrtyM9cBn0g.cspx
"Police say that based on evidence at the scene and from doctors, Contos would have survived if he had been wearing a DOT-approved helmet. "The medical expert we discussed the case with who pronounced him deceased stated that he would've no doubt survived the accident had he been wearing a helmet," ... the bike group put their helmets back on as they left the scene."

 

http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/06/30...887778.html#s301085&title=Insect_with_Singing

 

Another word for today: Crore. (An amazingly large amount of money(a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to ten million )) Look what we found when we cleaned out the basement.

http://www.business-standard.com/in...easure-hunt-puts-fairy-tales-in-shade/441265/

LOCK & KEY
* Three sets of golden crowns of the kings of Travacore
* Kulasekhrara Perumal crown
* Precious stones like pearl, emerald, ruby, sapphire
* Heaps of gold shaped like paddy
* Around 1,000 Sarappoli chains, longest of which is 18 feet and 4 of these weigh around 2 kg each. Total weight of these, including one of 10 kg, is more than a quintal
* Long ropes of gold like the traditional coir rope of Kerala
* Diamonds, each costing around Rs 5 crore
* Hundreds of golden coins kept in bags and wooden boxes
* Pendants and a large number of golden batons
* Around 100,000 gold and silver coins
* Golden waistbands studded with diamonds,each weighing 2kg
* Gold and silver bars weighing 1-2 kg each
* Earlier, the panel unearthed gold and silver utensils, crowns, golden umbrellas and pots worth around Rs 10,000 cr