Weird News Thread Part III

Sorry, I just don't find serial rapists/sexual predators very funny.

Tortoises saving their species by procreating is a good thing.
Harvey Weinstein is not a good thing in any respect.

What would be funny is if the two were in a room together and the tortoise bit off Weinstein's nads.

 

okay, now we're getting somewhere...

 

So you do, indeed, think they're funny.

The original you referenced was funnier. Sometimes it's not the subject of a joke that makes it funny or not, it's the actual structure of the joke itself

 

Also when you have to explain the joke it makes it much funnier.

 

Governor cancels giveaway of Utah-themed condoms. The program was to cut the rate of HIV in the state, and the story itself is worth reading. But the slogans are amazing:



(Not my table. )

 

Not many high school boys actually get to choose when to lose their virginity

Great slogans!

 

People were polled about which state they hate the most. FL for the win!

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/20...e-hates-nj-in-viral-map-just-another-day.html

 

We in Illinois hate Indiana. Say what? Wisconsin has the Packers. We couldn't be bothered with the Colts. At any rate, I don't hate Indiana. I pity the northern part and central/southern Indiana can be kinda pretty. Sure they are Trump voters but they aren't alone in that.

 

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but why does SC hate Ohio?

 

Well....Grover Cleveland was born in NJ and served 2 terms as POTUS. He had a "baby" daughter named "Ruth". Grover Cleveland Alexander from Nebraska pitched for the Phillies and Cubs. Both of them are buried in different places. I hope that answers your question.

 

Yup.

I have been vacationing on HHI for close to 50 years and I would say the majority of people I meet while there are Ohioans on vacation.

 

Did not know this. And California hates TX? Some of this is confusing.

FWIW it's a badge of honor for New Jerseyans to be hated by every neighbor. Y'all can GDIAF!

 

Meh, all Manhattanites hate the outer boroughs which Jersey is another one to them. Apparently the first use of the phrase "bridge and tunnel" in print is attributed to Steve Rubell:

The earliest known instance of this phrase in print is the December 13, 1977, edition of The New York Times:

"On the weekends, we get all the bridge and tunnel people who try to get in," he said.

Elizabeth Fondaras, a pillar of the city's conservative social scene, who has just told Steve Rubell she had never tried to get into Studio 54 for fear of being rejected, asked who the bridge and tunnel people were.

“The people from Queens and Staten Island and those places,” he said.

 

Well, it has been pointed out that with the tolls on the bridges and tunnels, you can go to New Jersey from NY for free, but you have to pay money to get out of New Jersey....

 

Huh, growing up way up the street in Summerville, we always knew something was dreadfully wrong with Hilton Head and avoided it at all costs - I thought it was just all the gated communities and that everything from a gallon of milk to a tiny condo is ridiculously overpriced.
I always liked (and still do) Folly Beach so rarely ventured toward HH. Totally different vibe in those two places.

We were only taught to hate NC (which I still do) - I moved from there to Erie PA where I was taught to hate Ohio - Damn .... I could have stayed and focused more on Hilton Head to achieve the same goal and it would have been waaaay warmer

 

IIRC, my parents found HHI in the early 70's when the developers of Sea Pines were looking for somewhere to advertise. They drew a circle on a map of where they thought people could realistically drive from in a reasonable amount of time and Columbus was a major population center inside that circle.

The island was only accessable via drawbridge and the only real development was on the south end. My dad turned down buying oceanfront lots for $10k.

I do still love HHI and return as much as possible, but I would rather go back to the island the way it was in the '70's.

 

Furry Justice

Several members attending a furry convention in California on Friday helped restrain a man who was assaulting his girlfriend until police arrested him, according to officials https://t.co/NRyKmdLjGI

— CNN (@CNN) January 22, 2020

 

Score one for the good guys.

An Indian man died after a tussle with his rooster while on the way to a cockfight. The father of 3 was hit in the neck with a blade tied to the rooster's claw on January 15. He was taken to hospital and later died from a stroke, a police spokesman says. https://t.co/oK4K2CtxtR

— CNN (@CNN) January 23, 2020

 

For a diversion from the news of the day:

Speaking of Pornhub, they are currently being sued under the ADA for not providing closed captioning.

https://www.progressivelawpractice....viewer-lack-of-closed-captioning-violates-ada

https://movieweb.com/pornhub-sued-deaf-man-closed-captioning/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-sues-pornhub-lack-closed-captions/story?id=68354500