Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[ganbaru]

South African man wakes after 21 hours in morgue fridge
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-25-14-52-40

[Xellos-_^]

WASHINGTON—In a 30-minute video released Thursday, al- Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri criticized the mass transportation infrastructure of the United States, claiming significant repairs and upgrades would need to be implemented before the militant group would consider destroying any roads, bridges, or railways with terrorist attacks.
.....
"The al-Qaeda network is fully prepared to continue the jihad against the American infidels by launching deadly attacks, but your outdated and rusting transportation infrastructure needs to be completely overhauled for those strikes even to be noticed," al-Zawahiri said. "We want to turn your bridges into rubble, but if we claimed credit for making them collapse, nobody would ever believe us."
"We'd really just be doing you a favor because then you'd actually have to rebuild them," al-Zawahiri added.


http://www.theonion.com/articles/alq...rce=recentnews

[Irenicus]

^The Onion never gets old.

Shouldn't it go to the Laugh A Day thread though? While the Onion never gets old, people mistaking Onion articles for real, even if silly, news, gets old real fast. :P

[ganbaru]

NY fugitive taunts police on Facebook to catch him
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-28-09-53-41

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

NY fugitive taunts police on Facebook to catch him
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-28-09-53-41

Now that is funny!

[Endless Soul]

Woman crashes her Bently into three other expensive cars.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/million-...er-bender.html

I'm sure her insurance company is facepalming.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Endless Soul

Woman crashes her Bently into three other expensive cars.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/million-...er-bender.html

I'm sure her insurance company is facepalming.

and the mechanic just said, Thank You, "i can put my kids through college now"

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

WASHINGTON—In a 30-minute video released Thursday, al- Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri criticized the mass transportation infrastructure of the United States, claiming significant repairs and upgrades would need to be implemented before the militant group would consider destroying any roads, bridges, or railways with terrorist attacks.
.....
"The al-Qaeda network is fully prepared to continue the jihad against the American infidels by launching deadly attacks, but your outdated and rusting transportation infrastructure needs to be completely overhauled for those strikes even to be noticed," al-Zawahiri said. "We want to turn your bridges into rubble, but if we claimed credit for making them collapse, nobody would ever believe us."
"We'd really just be doing you a favor because then you'd actually have to rebuild them," al-Zawahiri added.


http://www.theonion.com/articles/alq...rce=recentnews

The Onion is at its most brilliant when it is "true"

[MrTerrorist]

Lawsuit Demands Second Life Horses Be Starved to Death

[ganbaru]

North Dakota abbey puts ranching operation out to pasture
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-29-13-35-21

A Roman Catholic monastery in North Dakota is putting its ranching operation out to pasture because it lacks monks with cowboy skills

[MrTerrorist]

Saying swear words actually stresses your brain

Damm.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Saying swear words actually stresses your brain

Damm.

Lol wut? So he's basically saying that emotions stress the brain out. Sure, cuss words do trigger an emotional reaction whenever you hear/say them, even if out of context, but it's not as if I get stressed out by it. I cuss out a lot more irl for instance and I'm hardly ever stressed (unless I'm at work but that's a different story).

[Jinto]

Might be a case of the logical fallacy: Correlation does not imply causation.
Would make more sense when cause and effect were swapped... stressed people often cuss (to release some pressure).

[ganbaru]

Hawaii girl finds message in a bottle from Oregon
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-01-19-55-23

Oregon woman: Wal-Mart said cover up or leave
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-29-01-06-17

[Haak]

It's a proven fact - Internet Explorer is for idiots:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14370878

[Endless Soul]

Well this is one way to deter paople from parking illegally.

Mayor looks to crush city's parking woes with tank

The owner of that Mercedes certainly didn't look too happy about having his car crushed.

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by Endless Soul

Well this is one way to deter paople from parking illegally.

Mayor looks to crush city's parking woes with tank

The owner of that Mercedes certainly didn't look too happy about having his car crushed.

Should have crushed a ferrari.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

Should have crushed a ferrari.

Well, the whole place could have ended up like a part of Wall Street where the parking meter is damaged. After repairing the meter, freeloaders simply parked on the pavement.

And I thought he really used a British Challenger 2 or T-90. Dammit it is only a BMP.

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

And I thought he really used a British Challenger 2 or T-90. Dammit it is only a BMP.

I know, right? Hardly the definition of a tank.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

And I thought he really used a British Challenger 2 or T-90. Dammit it is only a BMP.

But a ''real'' tank might be more likely to damage tha pavement, no ?