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[BeefJeRKy]

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 16:52, said:

Scope, on 2 Jan 2011, 12:30, said:

What's with people wanting to marry inanimate objects?

Because they're not right in the head. Maybe they should be told that instead of certain psychologists saying It's "normal" behavior.

Political correctness strikes again

[Ion Cannon!]

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:12, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:52, said:

Scope, on 2 Jan 2011, 12:30, said:

What's with people wanting to marry inanimate objects?

Because they're not right in the head. Maybe they should be told that instead of certain psychologists saying It's "normal" behavior.

Well, everyone's got a fetish, wether you're insane or not depends on how you act upon that fetish.

You can say that about anything. For example you could have a fetish for eating people. Doesn't make it normal behavior.

PC is being repealed in some areas though, doctors in the UK are now told to tell people they're fat, not obese. So basically fat people can now rightly be called fat. Maybe there is hope afterall!

[SquigPie]

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 18:38, said:

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:12, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:52, said:

Scope, on 2 Jan 2011, 12:30, said:

What's with people wanting to marry inanimate objects?

Because they're not right in the head. Maybe they should be told that instead of certain psychologists saying It's "normal" behavior.

Well, everyone's got a fetish, wether you're insane or not depends on how you act upon that fetish.

You can say that about anything. For example you could have a fetish for eating people. Doesn't make it normal behavior.

PC is being repealed in some areas though, doctors in the UK are now told to tell people they're fat, not obese. So basically fat people can now rightly be called fat. Maybe there is hope afterall!

Everyone has darkness inside them, those small flashes, were you see yourself doing horrible things, what makes us sane is that we don't act out on them.

What does this have to do with PC anyhow?

[Ion Cannon!]

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 19:48, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 18:38, said:

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:12, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:52, said:

Scope, on 2 Jan 2011, 12:30, said:

What's with people wanting to marry inanimate objects?

Because they're not right in the head. Maybe they should be told that instead of certain psychologists saying It's "normal" behavior.

Well, everyone's got a fetish, wether you're insane or not depends on how you act upon that fetish.

You can say that about anything. For example you could have a fetish for eating people. Doesn't make it normal behavior.

PC is being repealed in some areas though, doctors in the UK are now told to tell people they're fat, not obese. So basically fat people can now rightly be called fat. Maybe there is hope afterall!

Everyone has darkness inside them, those small flashes, were you see yourself doing horrible things, what makes us sane is that we don't act out on them.

What does this have to do with PC anyhow?

Yes things like - " I could push this person off a cliff and they would die " But thats not really a fetish, its just a possible action. Just because we think something, it doesn't mean its the dominant thought or that we will act upon it. These people MARRY inanimate objects, thats a pretty major action. Hence they are insane.

That was in response to Scope's comment, guess I forgot to quote it though.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 03 January 2011 - 00:50.

[SquigPie]

Ion Cannon!, on 3 Jan 2011, 1:48, said:

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 19:48, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 18:38, said:

SquigPie, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:12, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 2 Jan 2011, 15:52, said:

Scope, on 2 Jan 2011, 12:30, said:

What's with people wanting to marry inanimate objects?

Because they're not right in the head. Maybe they should be told that instead of certain psychologists saying It's "normal" behavior.

Well, everyone's got a fetish, wether you're insane or not depends on how you act upon that fetish.

You can say that about anything. For example you could have a fetish for eating people. Doesn't make it normal behavior.

PC is being repealed in some areas though, doctors in the UK are now told to tell people they're fat, not obese. So basically fat people can now rightly be called fat. Maybe there is hope afterall!

Everyone has darkness inside them, those small flashes, were you see yourself doing horrible things, what makes us sane is that we don't act out on them.

What does this have to do with PC anyhow?

Yes things like - " I could push this person off a cliff and they would die " But thats not really a fetish, its just a possible action. Just because we think something, it doesn't mean its the dominant thought or that we will act upon it. These people MARRY inanimate objects, thats a pretty major action. Hence they are insane.

That was in response to Scope's comment, guess I forgot to quote it though.

Indeed they are insane, but they are so because they act out on their thoughts.

Edited by SquigPie, 03 January 2011 - 01:44.

[TheDR]

Ok this has gone too far off topic, this isn't the place for philosophical discussion, it's a Weird news thread. Feel free to make a topic in the Right Forum. Thanks.

[SquigPie]

TheDR, on 3 Jan 2011, 2:43, said:

Ok this has gone too far off topic, this isn't the place for philosophical discussion, it's a Weird news thread. Feel free to make a topic in the Right Forum. Thanks.

Ah, yes, sorry.

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

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Romanian witches to cast anti-government spell

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Protests over plan to tax witches as part of drive to collect more revenue and crack down on tax evasion

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Romanian witches protest over tax Romanian Bratara Buzea, 63, was imprisoned for witchcraft under Nicolae Ceausescu's repressive regime. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Double, double toil and trouble: witches in Romania are planning to cast a spell on the country's rulers because of laws that will force them to pay tax for the first time.

Cat excrement and dead dogs, rather than eye of newt and toe of frog, will go into their cauldron – but they are hoping to put a Macbeth-style hex on the country's president, Traian Basescu, and his government after the imposition of a tax regime aimed at tackling the recession.

Witches will gather on Romania's southern plains and the banks of the Danube to protest against the laws and cast spells on the politicians who implemented them.

A dozen witches will hurl the poisonous mandrake plant into the river "so evil will befall them", a witch named Alisia said.

The threatened curse is not being taken lightly in a country with a long tradition of superstition. Basescu and his aides have been known to wear purple on certain days in an attempt to ward off evil.

The new law is part of the government's drive to collect more revenue and crack down on tax evasion. It will force the likes of witches, astrologers and fortune tellers to register their professions and become liable for 16% tax in line with other self-employed Romanians.

The Queen witch Bratara Buzea said she would lead a chorus in casting a spell using a concoction of cat excrement and a dead dog. "They want to take the country out of this crisis using us? They should get us out of the crisis because they brought us into it," she said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/0...overnment-spell

[Areze]

wat

So they are going to boil poop so they don't have to pay taxes? Well, not that odd. We have similar stuff go on here.

[SquigPie]

See, this is the kind of stuff I show people when they call Christians crazy...

[Chyros]

Cat summoned to jury duty in the U.S.

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Sal the Cat summoned for jury service in the U.S. and court rules he 'must attend'

A pet cat has been summoned for jury duty in the U.S. - and has been told by courts he 'must attend'
Despite owner Anna Esposito's protestations that a mistake has been made, a jury commissioner has ruled that Sal must attend the court.
She wrote that Sal was 'unable to speak and understand English' - and included a letter from her vet saying that the animal was a 'domestic short-haired neutered feline'.

Bizarrely, the court ruled the animal must report to the courtroom. If the matter is not resolved he will have to report to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston, U.S. on March 23.
Anna wrote her Sal's name under 'pets' on the last census - she crossed out 'dogs' and said he was a cat.
She said: 'When they ask him guilty or not guilty? What's he supposed to say - miaow?
'Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up.'

Husband Guy added: 'I said, Sal, what's this? I was shocked. He likes to sit on my knee and watch crime shows with me but even so he's still under qualified for jury duty if you ask me.'
There are ten statutory disqualifications preventing people from serving on a jury - and Mrs Esposito said Sal was not suitable because he could not understand the language.
However, jurors are 'not expected' to have a perfect command of the English language.
The other exemptions did not apply because Sal was not ill, too old or a convicted felon.
It is thought he accidentally ended up on the juror list when paperwork was misread at the last census.

Next thing they'll hand the death penalty to Bambi for treason and murder if the jury is not more careful .

Edited by Chyros, 17 January 2011 - 15:12.

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

I can understand the error occurring in the first place... but still insisting the cat goes through with it is craxy.

[Destiny]

Maybe they wanted some hilarity or comedy.

[SquigPie]

I've never laughed so much before, the whole thing is made of win and kitteh

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

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This Man Somehow Sneezed Out the Bullet That Shot Him

I'm stunned. Doctors are flabbergasted. The world is square. What. The. Hell. An Italian man was hit by a stray bullet. In the head. But it didn't kill him! How? Well, he somehow sneezed out the very bullet that shot him.

Darco Sangermano, a 28-year-old Italian man, was partying and celebrating on New Years Eve. Just like you and me. But unlike us, he was partying in Naples where things can get a little wild—down in Naples, they fire guns with live ammunition to ring in the new year. Unfortunately for ol' Darco, he was shot in the face by a stray bullet during one of those celebrations.

Obviously worried for his life, Darco—bloody face and all—rushed to the hospital in hopes that doctors could save him. Turns out they didn't have to. When he got to the hospital, a big whooping sneeze overcame him and out came snot and that .22 caliber bullet he got shot with. From his nose. The doctors were absolutely stunned:

"He was a very lucky man, he could have been killed," Dr. Sid Berrone said. "The bullet went through his temple, behind his eye, entered the nasal cavity and then became lodged in his nostril before he sneezed it out. Amazing."

Doctors cleaned out his wound and removed bone fragments and he's expected to make a full recovery. Amazing indeed. Happy New Year Darco.

http://gizmodo.com/5730790/this-man-someho...t-that-shot-him

[Sgt. Rho]

What the Shit?

[TheDR]

That guy is rather lucky

[Chyros]

AH yeah, I read about that a few days ago. We were laughing hard at SOC at that one .

[Ion Cannon!]

Chyros, on 17 Jan 2011, 19:21, said:

AH yeah, I read about that a few days ago. We were laughing hard at SOC at that one .

Same here, it really is a once in a million years occurence.

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Each of William Shakespeare's 38 plays are to be performed in a different language to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Shakespeare's Globe theatre in the British capital says it will host the special season over six weeks, beginning next year on April 23 - the playwright's birthday.

Shows will included The Taming Of The Shrew in Urdu and King Lear in Australian Aboriginal languages.

Other performances are Julius Caesar in Italian, Troilus And Cressida in Maori, The Tempest in Arabic and Love's Labour's Lost in British sign language.

"The Globe will create an international Shakespeare community in the heart of London as a prelude to the internationalism which will fill the capital later in the year with the Olympics," said the theatre's artistic director, Dominic Dromgoole.

The special season is part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, which was set up in 2008 in London to celebrate the Olympics.

The Globe is a reconstruction of a theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed before it burnt down in 1613.

http://www.abc.net.a.../21/3118211.htm

[SquigPie]

Hamlet will be in Danish right? That would make sense. Since it takes place in Denmark, (and is based on a danish folk story).

[Alias]

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A woman in the US state of South Carolina has been charged with animal cruelty after confessing to hanging a dog for chewing on her Bible, claiming God told her to do it.

Spartanburg County animal control officers say Miriam Fowler Smith confessed to hanging the pit bull from a tree using an extension cord and then setting it on fire, describing it as a "devil dog", according to a report by 7 On Your Side News.

She told police officers she killed the dog after it chewed on her Bible and that she was afraid it would bite children in the neighbourhood.

The dog, named Diamond, belonged to Smith's nephew who noticed it was missing when he returned home.

He told police he thought the dog had run away, but when he questioned his aunt she admitted to killing it.

The 65-year-old is facing five years in jail if she is convicted.

http://www.abc.net.a.../26/3122193.htm

[SquigPie]

SACRIFICE DOGS FOR YAHWEE!

[Chyros]

LOLOLOL "The voices made me do it!"

I'm surprised she didn't flog and crucify it .

Edited by Chyros, 26 January 2011 - 07:43.

[Sgt. Rho]

And this is a very good example to why I'm an atheist