Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[JokerD]

Originally Posted by aohige

Nah, they make fools of themselves, unintentionally.

It'll be good if they only make a fool out of themselves instead of the entire county

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by JokerD

It'll be good if they only make a fool out of themselves instead of the entire county

U.S.-China 'bromance' sparked by stolen iPhone moves China's netizens

(Reuters) - It was a rare, if bizarre, moment of tenderness in the otherwise tense US-China relationship: an American journalist embracing the Chinese man who had been using his stolen iPhone.

Matt Stopera and Li Hongjun met for the first time on Tuesday night at an airport in southern China, in the latest chapter of what some Chinese are calling an international "bromance".

In February, Stopera, a New York-based writer for website Buzzfeed, became famous in China for an article describing how photos from China began to appear on his phone's photo stream after his iPhone was stolen in New York.

Chinese netizens tracked the photos, and the stolen iPhone, to Li Hongjun, a 30-year-old restaurateur in Meizhou, a city in the southern province of Guangdong. Li and Stopera, who is 25, connected online and planned this week's meeting in Meizhou.

Li, known online as Brother Orange after his selfies with tangerine trees showed up in Stopera's photo stream, said his nephew gave him the secondhand phone as a gift last October, but he had no idea where the phone came from.

Many iPhones stolen in the US end up in China.

Fittingly for a relationship developed over the Internet, the activities of Stopera and Li in Meizhou were exhaustively documented online.

Stopera, whose month-old Weibo account has nearly 180,000 fans, posted pictures of himself eating Chinese porridge and pickled radish, planting a tree, and taking a selfie with Li and tangerine trees.

Weibo users seemed tickled by the duo. "A genuine and slightly serious middle aged man versus an amiable, smiley American fellow - such an interesting pair," wrote one user.

Reached by telephone, Li said his life had not changed much since meeting Stopera.

"It's no big deal if customers want to take pictures with me. People call me 'Brother Orange', or take pictures of me when I'm walking on the street. It doesn't bother me. It feels really good."

Meizhou, a city of about 5 million people about 2,000 km (1,243 miles) from the capital, Beijing, is about 360 km (224 miles) from Shenzhen, where Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn makes the iPhone.

[Urzu 7]

Girlfriend and ex-girlfriend both jump into river to see who BF would rescue

http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/ma...-1227269168173

A CONFUSED boyfriend was faced with a tricky choice after both his ex and current girlfriend threw themselves into a river to see who he would rescue.
Wu Hsia, 21, had broken up with long-term girlfriend Jun Tang, 20, after meeting new love Rong Tsao, 22, in Ningbo city in east China’s Zhejiang province. But over the following three months, jilted Jun kept hassling him to get back with her and pressuring Rong to leave him. Eventually, Wu decided to arrange a meeting between the three of them at a nearby park next to a river.
“I was sick of being nagged from both sides,” he said.
“Rong was moaning about Jun and Jun was moaning about her and it all go too much.
“I became confused about who I wanted so I thought it would be best if we all met and talked about it.”
But when they got to the river, the situation went from bad to worse.

“The girls began arguing and then Jun flipped and jumped off the bridge and straight into the water.
“She was calling for help but then Rong also leapt over saying it was her or my ex.
“I was completely dumbfounded about what was going on.
“But then I realised that I had to do something so I also jumped in but to save Rong.”
After dragging the soaking wet girl ashore, Wu phoned his brother to rescue the floundering ex before taking Rong home.
Meanwhile Wu’s brother called the fire brigade who arrived at the scene and helped Jun out of the water.
“She was taken to hospital but was released soon after without any major injuries,” a hospital spokesman said.
“I was put in a difficult situation and had to make a choice between right and wrong,” Wu admitted.
“And I chose Rong.”

Spoiler for .:

I laughed out loud at that last part

[Xefi]

^ the young man has made his choice. now let's go bang us some Rong! *cheers*

Rong! Rong! Rong!

Spoiler:

but damn, real people and their drama...I'd have chosen Rong too if I were in his shoe. cause I like me some Rong, you know.

[SaintessHeart]

For those who (or used to) DIY their own music rigs.

Roadies: Unlikely Survivors in the Music Business

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Fran

^ the young man has made his choice. now let's go bang us some Rong! *cheers*

Rong! Rong! Rong!

Spoiler:

but damn, real people and their drama...I'd have chosen Rong too if I were in his shoe. cause I like me some Rong, you know.

Of course the right answer is to leave them both and go home to some peace....

[SaintessHeart]

[Kyero Fox]

He's covered in head to toe. "a black male" -_____facepalm_____-

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

He's covered in head to toe. "a black male" -_____facepalm_____-

Does this mean Storm Troopers are white males?

[HasuMasu]

Maybe they guessed from his voice.

[Esclair]

Originally Posted by Urzu 7

Girlfriend and ex-girlfriend both jump into river to see who BF would rescue

http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/ma...-1227269168173

Spoiler for .:

I laughed out loud at that last part

Is this a real story? It's almost written like one of those Onion articles, especially with that zinger last line

[SaintessHeart]

I guess when Obama said no to the Death Star, he had to find other funding options.

[Urzu 7]

Originally Posted by Esclair

Is this a real story? It's almost written like one of those Onion articles, especially with that zinger last line

It very well could be a made up story, made to lead up to that golden finish at the end of the article. But everyone hopes the story and article is legit.

[RRW]

on related notes

First Jedi Academy Open in Belgium

[SaintessHeart]

Republican Nigerian Prince Campaigns : Ted Cruz’s website poses unnecessary security risks for donors


Japanese tourist injured in Tunisian terrorist attack also attacked by Japanese media in hospital

After she was moved, I heard someone yelling at the Japanese Ambassador outside the room: ‘Let us do the interview. You do not have the authority to stop us from interviewing her.’ The ambassador told me: ‘Asahi Shimbun wants you to let them interview you, but you don’t have to do it. You’re in bad shape, and we don’t know how the interview will be used, so you can refuse if you’d like.’ Since I’d been doing all these interviews up to now thinking I had no choice, I was so happy I cried.

Well, the doctor does! I am sure the Tunisian police would gladly bring the reporter outside and knock some sense into him.

Over here the reporter can be arrested AND manhandled for putting a patient's safety at risk through duress.

[Xefi]

Basketball Player's Name Is Spelled Like The F-Word, And He's Proud Of It
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...usaolp00000592

After nearly a full season, a star basketball player finally got to be who he really is: Guilherme Carbagiale Fuck.
"I would always rather use my last-last name," he told the Medicine Hat News.

comments: cool last name. i'd be like "hey FUCK, do you even fuck?" ha ha.

kind of reminds me of a buddy of mine in boot camp. his last name was Private Drinkwater.
whenever our drill sergent says "Drinkwater", i thought he wanted us to drink water. ^ ^;

[Tiberium Wolf]

Bank robbery defendant Andrew Gilbertson takes witness stand in trial, eats feces

Is this his attempt to show that he is crazy and shouldn't be jailed?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Fran

Basketball Player's Name Is Spelled Like The F-Word, And He's Proud Of It
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...usaolp00000592

comments: cool last name. i'd be like "hey FUCK, do you even fuck?" ha ha.

kind of reminds me of a buddy of mine in boot camp. his last name was Private Drinkwater.
whenever our drill sergent says "Drinkwater", i thought he wanted us to drink water. ^ ^;

I remember this guy I met in the army who is an Indian-Eurasian with the English last name Black. Unfortunately as an Indian-descent he has dark skin. Hilarity ensues when the more goody-two-shoes officers do their best not to be seen as racist, while the NCOs abuse it at every turn.

Oh yes, the regular "racist" jokes of black camoflage, boars are pigs, aim for the light skinned guys with the NVDs, self-wrap cigarettes in the outfield with dubious content, naked artillery drills.......it teaches you well about looking at the bright side of life at every situation.

[aohige]

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles...burn-drugs.htm

Residents of Tangerang, Jakarta reportedly suffered from mild headaches and other minor side effects following the destruction of a large amount of illegal drugs on Saturday by Jakarta Police. The narcotics involved included marijuana, crystal methamphetamine, and ecstasy pills, according to AsiaOne.

The report stated that 3.3 tons of marijuana were incinerated by the Palmerah Police Department in West Jakarta. However, the exact amount of the illegal herb that was destroyed seems to be under some debate. Some reports stated that only 390 kilograms of the drug were burned, while the Jakarta Post places the number at 500 kilos.@

I'm fairly certain this is NOT how you're supposed to dispose drugs.
Dudes are having a freakin' bonfire out in the open.

The whole town must have been stoned.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by aohige

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles...burn-drugs.htm


I'm fairly certain this is NOT how you're supposed to dispose drugs.
Dudes are having a freakin' bonfire out in the open.

The whole town must have been stoned.

Bring out the beer. PARTAYYYYYYY!!!!