Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[bhl88]

Lady whose bike has been stolen steals it back.

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Lady whose bike has been stolen steals it back.

Good for you, Katheryn!

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Endless Soul

This photo by Andreas Gursky just sold for $4.3 million at auction
Photoshopped picture of the Rhine sell for $4.3M

And why such sum ? It's ridiculous.

[SaintessHeart]

NSFW Sankaku : The USB ONACON – “8 Times Better Than Using Your Hand!”

After trawling through the Internet, it seems that this is a for-sale-in-Japan-only product; you can't buy it anywhere else.

So there goes the Japanese race.

[MrTerrorist]

Uhhh...........I think i'll stay away from that link you gave.

[AnimeFan188]

"An MMORPG company which accidentally deleted its MMORPG during server
maintenance has announced it has no choice but to shut the game down."

See:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...eletes-mmorpg/

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

"An MMORPG company which accidentally deleted its MMORPG during server
maintenance has announced it has no choice but to shut the game down."

See:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...eletes-mmorpg/

Well.. at some point when a company tries to cut more and more costs in the delusionary search for "no costs and all profits" --- this happens

[sa547]

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

"An MMORPG company which accidentally deleted its MMORPG during server
maintenance has announced it has no choice but to shut the game down."

See:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...eletes-mmorpg/

I thought it was one of several dozen games in my country; if it were to happen to any of those games, the hard-core players would've gone mad (considering that they're very short-fused).

[Fahd]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Well.. at some point when a company tries to cut more and more costs in the delusionary search for "no costs and all profits" --- this happens

I guess either their backup system wasn't good enough [i.e. problems with the backup(s) & not testing them], or they didn't have any. Either way it's rather negligent, especially since it sounds like they were taking people's money for in-game items. Unfortunately, it's not as if these MMO companies have their data backup policies audited, so a customer would have no idea this would be likely :/



Backup your important files. Anything could happen to it .

[ganbaru]

Gunmen steal money from display at Calif. casino
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-09-23-24-09

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=002_1321181720

so who is up for Test of courage?

[ganbaru]

Toy gun waved by child mistaken for weapon
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-12-01-14-34

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=002_1321181720

so who is up for Test of courage?

Considering it is made in China, people should be paid for even daring to walk on it.

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...omersault.html

Most people might have a rough day once in a while, but it will never be as bad as the one suffered by this little mouse.
He ended up becoming dish of the day for a playful cat, which showed off its ball skills by batting it into the air with such force it did a mid-air somersault.
This once-in-a-life-time picture was captured by Californian pet owner Angelo DeSantis when he arrived at his home in Grass Valley, Nevada.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...0S36.DTL&tsp=1

Monkeys at a Brazilian zoo have attacked and injured a man who swam into their enclosure, saying he wanted to play with them.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Considering it is made in China, people should be paid for even daring to walk on it.

It should be fine... unless they had to cut some cost to affor the ''gifts'' for somme officials.

[MrTerrorist]

Brisk business for China's female bodyguards

Maybe i should hire these bodyguard to protect the girls SaintessHeart keeps claiming are his.

[Haak]

Loled the simulation of the guy screaming at the reporter. Made me think they were training to protect idols from crazy otaku.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Brisk business for China's female bodyguards

Maybe i should hire these bodyguard to protect the girls SaintessHeart keeps claiming are his.

nothing silly or odd, female bod guards has always been in demand. Unlike male body guards, they are less obtrusive and receive less attention making them more effective.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

nothing silly or odd, female bod guards has always been in demand. Unlike male body guards, they are less obtrusive and receive less attention making them more effective.

Part of the point of having bodyguards is that people don't even try to hurt you. Being unobtrusive isn't necessarily an advantage. (Though I can see why one would prefer females. It's an issue of comfort vs security.)

[MrTerrorist]

PETA’s Fur-Wearing Mario Outrage Is "An Epic Cultural Misunderstanding"

Stories like these makes me take PETA less seriously and think they're idiots.