Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[bhl88]

North Korea songs, movies and media full of praises for the dictator pig

[ganbaru]

^ So the brainwashing system isn't as efficient as expected...

[Endless Soul]

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson is fired as an airline pilot as the airline enters administration!

Full article here.

[leehowachi]

lol what a predicament, think there was a commerical on youtube which is similar to this story, where a guy and girl apparently "cyber" on cam without showing their faces and then when the guy heads down to grab some breakfast he sees his sister who was dressed in the same clothes and they both realize tht it was each other on the screen and room goes silent.... xD hahaha

[sneaker]

Originally Posted by leehowachi

lol what a predicament, think there was a commerical on youtube which is similar to this story, where a guy and girl apparently "cyber" on cam without showing their faces and then when the guy heads down to grab some breakfast he sees his sister who was dressed in the same clothes and they both realize tht it was each other on the screen and room goes silent.... xD hahaha

[ganbaru]

10-year-old boy defends mom with BB gun
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-22-16-53-59

[Soliloquy]

Peruvian scientist discovers what might be the remains of extraterrestrial being.

link

[MrTerrorist]

How Agriculture Made Our Mouths Too Small for our Teeth

[ganbaru]

Case dropped against Ohio man seen with rubber ax
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-22-06-24-15

Ohio prosecutors have dropped an inducing panic charge against a man who carried a rubber prop ax into a bar before Halloween.

[andyjay729]

Pennsylvania drivers get "stuck" in traffic.

[flying ^]

this famous anime critic has something interesting to say....

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...nate-the-jews/

[Anh_Minh]

I'd say some people should avoid twitter, but he might not have fared better with a greater character count.

I'm not even sure what he's saying. Is he saying that anime is being scapegoated as the source of Japan's ills, or is he saying he, himself, is being unjustly persecuted by the anime industry and/or fandom?

(or was that some rather clever backpedaling after revealing his true feelings while drunk out of his mind?)

[ganbaru]

It sounded more incoherent than anything else to me.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I'd say some people should avoid twitter, but he might not have fared better with a greater character count.

I'm not even sure what he's saying. Is he saying that anime is being scapegoated as the source of Japan's ills, or is he saying he, himself, is being unjustly persecuted by the anime industry and/or fandom?

(or was that some rather clever backpedaling after revealing his true feelings while drunk out of his mind?)

I think it's the former.

[sa547]

Originally Posted by flying ^

this famous anime critic has something interesting to say....

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/1...nate-the-jews/

He's still trolling. Even 2ch couldn't figure out wtf he's talking about on his Twitter feeds.

[ganbaru]

Man dressed as Gumby pleads guilty to burglary
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-24-13-02-17

[Tiberium Wolf]

Man with ring stuck to penis cut free by 10 firefighters

I guess no amount of training would have prepared those firefighters for this kind of situation.

[Fahd]

US Black Friday shopping essentials: Pepper-spray & hand guns:

One of the most dramatic incidents happened in a Walmart store in Los Angeles, where police are using CCTV footage to hunt for a woman who used pepper spray on crowds competing for Xbox 360s.

"They [staff] were opening a package to try to get some Xboxes from a crate and this lady pepper-sprayed a whole bunch of people in order to gain an advantage over the Xboxes," a local police sergeant said.

Do people really want an xbox 360 that much?

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Fahd

US Black Friday shopping essentials: Pepper-spray & hand guns:



Do people really want an xbox 360 that much?

At least a somehow cheaper one.

[sa547]

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/24...-on-craigslist

“I am selling my 22 year old husband. He enjoys eating and playing video games all day. Easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours. You must have Internet and space for gaming. Got tired of waiting so free to good home. If acceptable replacement is offered will trade.”

Looks like adultery has been replaced by games.