Category: Stuff

Straight from Cracked so you know its good

http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html 

via Reuters

(wasn’t this the plot of a Seinfeld episode minus the kangaroos??)

Man takes car on 2,000 mile test drive
CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian who took a new car on a 3,200 km (1,988 mile) six-day test drive from the city to the outback has been arrested, police said on Thursday.

Two battling Boston moms face the next round in court after police say they turned on each other at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

The fight allegedly broke out at the Natick pizza-and-play eatery during a child’s birthday party, police said.

Via the Boston Herald  http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1077388

Do you suffer from tax payer cynicism, political ennui, constituent apathy? These might be symptoms of Congressional Data Frustration or CDF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtiMa_xcPLY

Now if the person who received the shrunken head also stated they were having erotic dreams, that would be really freaky…

POSITIVE: Item shipped quickly, have been having erotic dreams about seller. Thanks!

POSITIVE: Thanks for great Rainbow Brite lunchbox. Should shrunken head be inside?

NEUTRAL: Excellent communication, but should’ve poked holes in box before shipping the kitten. Refunded.

Original story By BRODIE H. BROCKIE, JUSTIN VIDOVIC, BEN FLASTER, and GUTBLOOM at http://www.capnwacky.com/lists/list67.html

I noticed a very busy group on Facebook:

“You are invited to take part in the most ambitious facebook experiment ever…
Using the Six Degrees of Separation theory, I want to see if it’s possible to contact every single person on facebook. The theory states that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. (it could be argued that we’re all only six degrees from the late Heath Ledger). “

The results are posted at http://www.steve-jackson.net/six_degrees/index.html

from CNN

An American diplomat working toward restoring peace in war-torn Sudan was shot and killed along with his driver early Tuesday as he headed home from a New Year’s party in the Sudanese capital, his family said… John Granville, 33, was a U.S. Foreign Service diplomat from Buffalo, New York…His sister said he had telephoned his mother Monday to wish her a happy new year, and mentioned he was planning to attend a party.

[snip]Granville’s family said he became passionate about Africa after helping build a school in a rural Cameroon village as a Peace Corps volunteer. “John’s life was a celebration of love, hope and peace,” the statement said. “He will be missed by many people throughout the world whose lives were touched and made better because of his care.”

[snip]Jane Granville told CNN that her son was aware of the dangers in the countries where he worked. “John said, ‘Mom … if anything happens to me over there … just know that I was doing what I loved in helping those people,” she said.