Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Soliloquy]

Man rapes 12 year old with wii-remote.

I honestly thought that would be physically impossible, I guess not.

[Xellos-_^]

http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/20...n-house/?tsp=1

Hay, who was inspired by a school project, for which he had to research something he was interested in, at first thought he’s only build a tree house. But with basic construction classes at school and the help of family and friends, he opted instead to build a fully, self sufficient home for himself. In this case, the home isn’t totally finished yet: he still needs to insulate, install the kitchen and the bath (complete with compost toilet). But he’s already been sleeping in his tiny home for a few months now and doesn’t feel cramped. He constructed the ceiling so the vaulted beams would give him room to move around freely. That’s all he needs. “Living small means less bills; living big means more bills,” he explained from the tiny stoop of his new home. Indeed. Wise words from a 16 year old.

watch the video, the house doesn't look too bad. Althought at 14k, might as well buy a RV.

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/04...-across-japan/

In theory, as long as the driver, well, um, er, defecates now and again so the system can convert the waste to biogas, Toto's toilet trike could run forever. Dubbed the Toilet Bike Neo Project, the campaign is part of Toto's Green Challenge of achieving a 50-percent reduction in CO2 emissions in bathrooms by 2017. That's a stench-reducing goal that will require some innovative thinking, like, for example, making a poop-powered trike – one that also plays music and talks, or course.

The Throne is now know as the Carriage.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Man rapes 12 year old with wii-remote.

I honestly thought that would be physically impossible, I guess not.

Now than someone did it, others might try as well.
What will be next, a PS2/PS3 controler ?

[Jeffry2009]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Now than someone did it, others might try as well.
What will be next, a PS2/PS3 controler ?

Or PS Move controller?

[MrTerrorist]

Beards and hair shorn in Amish-on-Amish attacks

Amish gang wars. Now that's not something you see.

[ganbaru]

Man impersonating cop pulls over real cop
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-08-00-06-05
oups...

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wir...ll_595656.html

Padilla slipped and fell in the sand after placing banderillas, or barbed sticks, in the bull and the animal took revenge by piercing him through the jaw. The horn emerged through Padilla's left eye socket.
He was helped out of the ring after the split-second incident with his face a bloody mess and saying "I can't see, I can't see," according to footage on Spanish TV channel Canal+ Toros.

*Cheers for the bull

Marques, the bull from the Ana Romero ranch which gored Padilla, was put to the sword by the senior matador on the bill, Miguel Abellan, who despatched it with tears streaming down his face.

shouldn't the Bull have gotten a parade?

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

shouldn't the Bull have gotten a parade?

I would say yes but, it isn't only a bull than fighter ones, it's a bull than seriously injured ones, it's now too experimented to be safe.

They should just leave it alone.

[Kaijo]

Superhero arrested by police

He's apparently quite famous, and runs with a group of masked superheroes patrolling Seattle's streets and helping/protecting people.

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-flooding.html

Teeing off has never been so dangerous.


Although water hazards are a challenge for any golfer, on one Australian course the lake feature definitely has some bite.


At the 14th tee at the Carbrook Golf Club, Brisbane, a dozen man-eating bullsharks are waiting to swallow any lost balls and the sight of their fins poking through the water has even made the place a tourist attraction.


The sharks got onto the Queensland golf course when it flooded some years ago after a river broke its banks and became stranded when the water receded, but now they are thriving and even breeding.

what is it about the Down-under that everything there is trying to kill you.

[ganbaru]

^ Golf ball must be more nutitives than I thought.

[andyjay729]

Oh dear, all the $#!+ targeting Ayana Taketatsu over her possible boyfriend is now heading for Aki Toyosaki.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...d-yui-is-dead/

All this fuss over circumstantial evidence gathered by a stalker who followed her around like some CIA spook. I hope Aki-chan doesn't end up seeing her smashed merch and CD's online.

If this damages Aki's career at all, or if she has to shut down her blog or even move, I may have to hire a hitman to hunt down this stalker. >

(Yeah, I know this isn't exactly a "funny" story, but it doesn't seem serious enough for the "real" news section.)

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

what is it about the Down-under that everything there is trying to kill you.

Plenty of worse golf courses.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Plenty of worse golf courses.

Cracked.com

such a educational site, i didn't even know Princess peach was a mother of Eight until i visited Cracked.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

Cracked.com

such a educational site, i didn't even know Princess peach was a mother of Eight until i visited Cracked.

Wait... WHAT?

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by andyjay729

Oh dear, all the $#!+ targeting Ayana Taketatsu over her possible boyfriend is now heading for Aki Toyosaki.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...d-yui-is-dead/

All this fuss over circumstantial evidence gathered by a stalker who followed her around like some CIA spook. I hope Aki-chan doesn't end up seeing her smashed merch and CD's online.

If this damages Aki's career at all, or if she has to shut down her blog or even move, I may have to hire a hitman to hunt down this stalker. >

(Yeah, I know this isn't exactly a "funny" story, but it doesn't seem serious enough for the "real" news section.)

I think seiyuu could perform a national service by luring the closet psychotics and other bubbling failures out so they could be tagged and isolated.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Vexx

I think seiyuu could perform a national service by luring the closet psychotics and other bubbling failures out so they could be tagged and isolated.

I still think that they are a result of an extremely secular society that put bounties on anyone who "thinks abnormally"....having to run away from such a world makes them out of touch with "reality" as they are disengaged from it for too long.

If society doesn't give these people a chance to open up and share their ideas which may benefit the former, who will?

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Wait... WHAT?

http://www.cracked.com/article_19148...iverse_p2.html

Super Mario Sunshine addresses this question head-on. In the game, Mario has to rescue Princess Peach (as usual), only this time the kidnapper turns out to be not Bowser, but his previously unrevealed eighth son: Bowser Jr. When asked why he was doing all this crap, he said the reason was because he wanted to protect his mother:


Princess Peach.

Basically Peach getting kidnapped by browser are obviously bedroom games to keep their relationship interesting. Mario being high mushroom all the time never figure it out.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I still think that they are a result of an extremely secular society that put bounties on anyone who "thinks abnormally"....having to run away from such a world makes them out of touch with "reality" as they are disengaged from it for too long.

Being out of touch with reality and obsessively stalking someone, followed by posting your findings so others can rally a group-hate mentality against said person, aren't quite in the same boat. One is merely looked down upon, the other is outright illegal. If they can't understand that, then there's a near certainty that anything they'd contribute to society, if "given the chance", would only be negative.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by GDB

Being out of touch with reality and obsessively stalking someone, followed by posting your findings so others can rally a group-hate mentality against said person, aren't quite in the same boat.

That is pretty normal, just that the object of hate being different. See the long running mac-v-PC debate/hate/<insert vocabulary, I am out> for details.

Haters gonna hate. Why bother with them?

One is merely looked down upon, the other is outright illegal. If they can't understand that, then there's a near certainty that anything they'd contribute to society, if "given the chance", would only be negative.

That is the long term cause-and-effect....being an ex-patient at a nuthouse myself (in-out counselling for "antisocial behaviour"), I can see why people get driven to behave like that.

They simply have nobody else to relate to. Just as a local DJ has put it aptly, "They should be put down" - a pretty wise solution since nobody really wants to relate or talk to them, much less associate with them. In turn, those dead bodies can be used to solve world food supply problems as soylent green. *sarcastic*

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

Basically Peach getting kidnapped by browser are obviously bedroom games to keep their relationship interesting. Mario being high mushroom all the time never figure it out.

Wait... so Mario is an adulterer?