Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[TinyRedLeaf]

Serb mum claims kids are human magnets

Gornji Milanovac, Serbia (Sept 17, Sat): Two small boys from a central Serbian town are able to attract metal objects, acting much like human magnets, according to their mother. It's a claim that is raising doubts among some experts.

Ms Sanja Petrovic, the mother of four-year-old David, said it first came to her attention "about a month ago". She recalled: "I asked him to fetch me a spoon so I cold feed his little brother, and he yelled back: 'Mom, it sticks!' I found him with several spoons and forks hanging from his body."

Terrified, the 26-year-old woman — who lives in the town of Gornji Milanovac — phoned her sister, who discovered that her son, Luka, six, has the same attraction. "Other kids in the family can't do this, just the two of them," Ms Petrovic said.

The phenomenon is rare and so far medically unexplained. "I doubt very much that someone is magnetic," said Dr Patrick Regan, a physics professor at the University of Surrey in Britain. "Humans are made of the wrong material to be magnetic. Humans are mostly water and water does not have any magnetic properties."

AP

What nonsense. Dr Regan is obviously an anti-mutant bigot who denies the possibility of humans evolving to a higher level.

[Vexx]

Perhaps they should bathe more often..... :P

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

Serb mum claims kids are human magnets


What nonsense. Dr Regan is obviously an anti-mutant bigot who denies the possibility of humans evolving to a higher level.

See entry #4.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Perhaps they should bathe more often..... :P

The most simple explaination isn't always the right one, but it's right so much time ...

[SaintessHeart]

Humans are mostly water and water does not have any magnetic properties.

The NMR spectrometer would like to have a word with you.

[ganbaru]

No jet lag for 120 donkeys after Hawaii-LA flight
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...09-18-21-52-08

[MrTerrorist]

Australia's Kevin Rudd fights to get Vegemite on plane

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Australia's Kevin Rudd fights to get Vegemite on plane

Only problem travelling to NY is that they tried to confiscate our Vegemite at the airport. Needed Foreign Ministerial intervention

If I was him, I would do the same. It is not like Marmite is used to make a stink bomb or something.

[ganbaru]

Oregon man looking for Nebraska casino gets detox stay
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...09-19-21-52-03

[SaintessHeart]

Japanese Police Turns To Moe To Discourage Crime



Vexx, I think it is time to send your agency's Satellite Moe Cannon project for review. It is way too overpowered.

[andyjay729]

Japan could use some better news stories these days, and here some is.

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Japanese Police Turns To Moe To Discourage Crime



Vexx, I think it is time to send your agency's Satellite Moe Cannon project for review. It is way too overpowered.

Which agrency again ?

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Japanese Police Turns To Moe To Discourage Crime



Vexx, I think it is time to send your agency's Satellite Moe Cannon project for review. It is way too overpowered.

The results are unstoppable

[andyjay729]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

It hit the fan.

Unlike her older and equally cute or pretty counterparts like Rie Tanaka and Nana Mizuki, Ayanyan, I would say (judging from the way she posts on her blog and interviews), is still the generic cute little insecure girl.

And she is quite fat and unattractive in the past, thus not drawing suitors, so she may actually feel glad that a guy suddenly falls in love with her when she is the opposite of what she is before.

Ultimately, a girl chooses who she wants to love. Who are we guys to stop them?

I'm happy for Ayana too (assuming they're still together; according to Hashihime's site, that picture was actually taken a while ago). I think it'd be more of a shame if someone as cute as her was going unnoticed. Same with Minori Chihara, Rie Tanaka, Aki Toyosaki, Kanae Ito, Minako Kotobuki...

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by andyjay729

I'm happy for Ayana too (assuming they're still together; according to Hashihime's site, that picture was actually taken a while ago). I think it'd be more of a shame if someone as cute as her was going unnoticed. Same with Minori Chihara, Rie Tanaka, Aki Toyosaki, Kanae Ito, Minako Kotobuki...

But Minorin is a bro-con. You'd have to be younger and look to her as a sister in order to get her attention of love.

[Anh_Minh]

Eh. If that's all it takes, I'll call her "onee-sama" any day.

[MrTerrorist]

Onee-chan. It's Onee-chan.

[bhl88]

Originally Posted by andyjay729

I'm happy for Ayana too (assuming they're still together; according to Hashihime's site, that picture was actually taken a while ago). I think it'd be more of a shame if someone as cute as her was going unnoticed. Same with Minori Chihara, Rie Tanaka, Aki Toyosaki, Kanae Ito, Minako Kotobuki...

... this takes the cake.

Spoiler for The 7 Commandments of Seiyuu By A 2channer:

Female seiyuu are 2.5D, they are angels.

So naturally they must be virgins, and it is out of the question for them to have anything to do with men.

It’s a given that female seiyuu be virgins.

Female seiyuu have to be treated as holy ground.

They mustn’t date or marry.

Ones like that must quit being seiyuu!

The law ought to ban female seiyuu from marriage or dating.

[...]

We need a licensing system for seiyuu.

Of course, being a virgin would be a requirement.

Compulsory virginity inspections of all female seiyuu should be mandated by law. Only those with virginity certificates can be allowed to be voice actresses.

Those who wish to date or marry ought to submit notice of their intent, be stripped of their license and then allowed to.

Those who date or marry men without permission need to be punished by the law.

Countermeasures like this are a given.

[...]

Elizabeth I said she was married to her kingdom and subjects, and resolved to live as an absolute monarch and organ of the state.

Female seiyuu must also resolve that “I am married to my fans,” and so devote their entire lives to all their fans as their idol.

If you cannot undertake this, you cannot become a seiyuu.

[...]

I think most of you will agree with my proposal.

[andyjay729]

Excuse me while I go strangle whoever came up with that.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by bhl88

... this takes the cake.

Spoiler for The 7 Commandments of Seiyuu By A 2channer:

Female seiyuu are 2.5D, they are angels.

So naturally they must be virgins, and it is out of the question for them to have anything to do with men.

It’s a given that female seiyuu be virgins.

Female seiyuu have to be treated as holy ground.

They mustn’t date or marry.

Ones like that must quit being seiyuu!

The law ought to ban female seiyuu from marriage or dating.

[...]

We need a licensing system for seiyuu.

Of course, being a virgin would be a requirement.

Compulsory virginity inspections of all female seiyuu should be mandated by law. Only those with virginity certificates can be allowed to be voice actresses.

Those who wish to date or marry ought to submit notice of their intent, be stripped of their license and then allowed to.

Those who date or marry men without permission need to be punished by the law.

Countermeasures like this are a given.

[...]

Elizabeth I said she was married to her kingdom and subjects, and resolved to live as an absolute monarch and organ of the state.

Female seiyuu must also resolve that “I am married to my fans,” and so devote their entire lives to all their fans as their idol.

If you cannot undertake this, you cannot become a seiyuu.

[...]

I think most of you will agree with my proposal.

That's either incredibly satirical or insane... but no, I think "most of us" will take the author out if its the insane choice and give him a ruthless reality check.