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[CJ]

Carl, on 11 Jul 2010, 11:01, said:

Just tell me when it's gonna happen so that I add it to my doomsday calendar

[Kris]

-del-

Edited by Kris, 26 February 2017 - 14:53.

[Alias]

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A man is lucky to be alive after climbing into a crocodile enclosure at a wildlife park in Broome in the far north of Western Australia last night.

Police say the man climbed the fence of the wildlife park and tried to jump on the back of a five-metre male crocodile after being thrown out of a local tavern for being drunk.

Sergeant Roger Haynes says the 36-year-old was bitten on the leg before managing to escape.

"For some reason he's made a decision to climb the fence into the crocodile park, where an almost five-metre male crocodile was living," he said.

"He appears to have wanted to touch that crocodile and sit on its back, and the crocodile has taken offence to that and bitten him on the right leg."

The man is undergoing surgery for severe lacerations to his leg at the Broome Regional Hospital.

Police say the owner of the park, Malcolm Douglas, does not want to press charges.

http://www.abc.net.a.../13/2951696.htm

[Chyros]

Don't all Australians have a pet crocodile anyway?

Seriously though, what the hell? Did he want to feed them some peanuts or something, and did he overlook the "don't feed the animals" sign?

[Alias]

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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has lived up to his playboy reputation, urging foreign ambassadors to bring "pretty girls" to the country.

"Bring some good-looking girls over some time," the 73-year-old told a gathering of ambassadors and business leaders from nearly 30 Mediterranean countries in Milan.

"We would appreciate them because we are Latins. But not playboys, as in my case, I've become a 'play-old'."

Last year, Mr Berlusconi's wife filed for divorce over revelations that the media tycoon attended the 18th birthday party of an aspiring model who called him "daddy".

Berlusconi was also forced to deny paying for sex after a call-girl disclosed publicly she had spent the night with him, recorded conversations with him and filmed his bedroom with her mobile phone.

http://www.abc.net.a.../13/2951914.htm

[deltaepsilon]

CodeCat, on 11 Jul 2010, 18:30, said:

Destiny, on 11 Jul 2010, 9:25, said:

n5p29, on 11 Jul 2010, 13:30, said:

Destiny, on 11 Jul 2010, 9:21, said:

n5p29, on 11 Jul 2010, 1:04, said:

oh no, it's a H game! D:

You know you want to play it.

sorry I'm a moslem.

A...what?

Destiny, you're kidding, right?

He never kids.

[Alias]

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A love-shy llama called Luisa sparked chaos as she leapt over a fence onto a motorway in Germany to escape the amorous advances of a male llama, forcing police to close the road, authorities said Wednesday.

Police in Gifhorn, around 250 kilometres west of Berlin, received several calls from stunned motorists as Luisa bolted down the B4 motorway in the direction of the nearby city of Braunschweig.

"We sent three police cars with six officers," police spokesman Thomas Reuter said.

After closing the road, police managed to corner Luisa and move her to safety in a nearby wood.

Her 45-year-old owner had meanwhile heard about the drama on the radio and rushed to the area.

Between them, they managed to lasso Luisa and take her into police custody.

"She was not aggressive, just shy and a bit scared," Mr Reuter said.

She returned to her paddock after her exciting excursion and she was "greeted with joy by her five llama colleagues and several donkeys," police said.

Luisa's bid for freedom was the latest in a slew of animal escape attempts that have hit the news in Germany.

In the last fortnight, police have been called to two separate incidents involving runaway crocodiles.

http://www.abc.net.a.../14/2953864.htm

Niddy, HOW COULD YOU?

[Major Fuckup]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/fats...9-1225891082631
Dumb shit

[Chyros]

Major Fuckup, on 15 Jul 2010, 11:23, said:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/fats...9-1225891082631
Dumb shit

Didn't Alias post that two days ago?

[CJ]

I don't think this has been posted before, so here you go : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...ion-chiefs.html

A bit too expensive for me though D:

[Major Fuckup]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/75...city-billboard/
As of this post he's still up there.

[Alias]

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A group of divers exploring a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea have found bottles containing what is thought to be the oldest drinkable champagne in the world, made in the late 18th century.

"I picked up one champagne bottle just so we could find the age of the wreck, because we didn't find any name or any details that would have told us the name of the ship," diver Christian Ekstrom.

Mr Ekstrom and his Swedish diving colleagues opened the bottle and tasted the contents.

"It was fantastic... it had a very sweet taste, you could taste oak and it had a very strong tobacco smell. And there were very small bubbles," he said.

Experts said the shape of the bottle showed it was from the late 18th century and the bottle and its contents have been sent to champagne specialists in France to be analysed.

"We are 98 per cent sure that it is Veuve Clicquot champagne and that it was probably [made] between 1772 [the year the business was established] and 1785," Mr Ekstrom said, adding that the cargo vessel was probably sailing to St Petersburg, then the capital of Russia.

He said they had found the wine on their first dive and did not yet know how many bottles the wreck contained or what other cargo it carried.

The current title of the world's oldest champagne is held by Perrier-Jouet, which has two bottles from 1825.

Richard Juhlin, a Swedish champagne specialist, told the newspaper Alandstidningen he believed the champagne was Veuve Cliquot and said that if it was from the late 18th century, it could cost around 500,000 Swedish crowns ($78,500) a bottle.

Because the wreck lies off Aland, an autonomous part of Finland, the local authorities will decide what will be done with the wreck and the champagne.

http://www.abc.net.a.../17/2956759.htm

[Destiny]

""It was fantastic... it had a very sweet taste, you could taste oak and it had a very strong tobacco smell. And there were very small bubbles," he said."

The way the describe it makes it sound cute

[Alias]

Just wait until you see what wineries put on the bottle labels these days. :|

[Alias]

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A Latin American ambassador to Israel abandoned his wife and left her with nothing, taking her personal belongings and the 40 cats she raised, Israeli news website YNet reported.

The man, who was not identified, called his wife while she was travelling in Europe to tell her he was returning to their home country and taking all the furniture.

The woman rushed back to Israel only to find their home empty. Even her clothes, jewelry and cats were gone. Her husband cancelled her credit card and medical insurance.

But she told YNet what hurt most was the loss of her 40 cats and two dogs.

She filed a theft complaint with the police.

http://www.abc.net.a.../20/2959470.htm

[BeefJeRKy]

That is absolutely RETARDED.

[Alias]

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The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.

Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, New York, about 80km east of New York City, on Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police said.

He fled through a parking lot with an undisclosed amount of money.

The bandit dressed as the "Star Wars" villain was part of a mini-outbreak of unusual bank robbers in the New York area.

Earlier this week, New York City police arrested a man accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.

http://www.abc.net.a.../24/2963124.htm

LOL

[Destiny]

What the f...

[GuardianTempest]

If I were to rob a bank in a weird way, I'd dress up as:
A ninja
GLA Worker
Some drunken guy armed with a balloon animal
Or something else random.

[n5p29]

Alias, on 24 Jul 2010, 9:19, said:

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The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.

Armed with a gun instead of a lightsaber, the man entered a Chase bank branch in Setauket, New York, about 80km east of New York City, on Thursday and demanded cash from a teller, police said.

He fled through a parking lot with an undisclosed amount of money.

The bandit dressed as the "Star Wars" villain was part of a mini-outbreak of unusual bank robbers in the New York area.

Earlier this week, New York City police arrested a man accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.

http://www.abc.net.a.../24/2963124.htm

LOL

bandits become more creative these days.

[Alias]

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A black bear in the United States has managed to open a car door, climb in and knock the gear stick into neutral, sending itself and the car rolling down a slope into trees.

The blare of the car horn alerted members of the Story family who realised their 17-year-old son's car was no longer parked in the driveway of their home in Larkspur, California.

When they went to explore they discovered the car and trapped culprit - a giant bear with teeth bared and claws tearing through the car's interior - at the bottom of the hill.

The bear was trapped inside the car for two hours before police were able to release the animal, which ran off into nearby woods.

The car's owner, Ben Story, says the scent of a sandwich most likely lured the bear into the car.

"There was a peanut butter sandwich in the back seat," he said, adding the car was ruined.

http://www.abc.net.a.../27/2965840.htm

What are you doing bear.
You cannot drive, you are a bear.

Edited by Alias, 27 July 2010 - 14:15.

[Ghostrider]

Alias, on 27 Jul 2010, 10:13, said:

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A black bear in the United States has managed to open a car door, climb in and knock the gear stick into neutral, sending itself and the car rolling down a slope into trees.

The blare of the car horn alerted members of the Story family who realised their 17-year-old son's car was no longer parked in the driveway of their home in Larkspur, California.

When they went to explore they discovered the car and trapped culprit - a giant bear with teeth bared and claws tearing through the car's interior - at the bottom of the hill.

The bear was trapped inside the car for two hours before police were able to release the animal, which ran off into nearby woods.

The car's owner, Ben Story, says the scent of a sandwich most likely lured the bear into the car.

"There was a peanut butter sandwich in the back seat," he said, adding the car was ruined.

http://www.abc.net.a.../27/2965840.htm

What are you doing bear.
You cannot drive, you are a bear.

Pft, they told us we could never reach the moon... now look where we are. After all, I've seen old people that drive worse than this bear.

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

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Pedestrian Lauren Rosenberg, who was injured by a motorist whilst following Google Maps direction which she had downloaded, has a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 (£68,000) in the US District Court in Utah against Google claiming that they had supplied unsafe directions. The lawsuit also names the motorist which hit her.

Although this case has become a talking point across the internet and on many blogs and forums, with many critics blaming the woman for ignoring her own safety to follow directions blindly, Rosenberg’s lawyer Allen Young said the truth was different. The directions Ms Rosenberg downloaded to her phone in January gave directions from one end of Park City to the other however the Google Maps led her to a four-lane street without footpaths. According to the lawsuit filed by the California resident that route was “not reasonably safe for pedestrians.”

Ms Rosenberg states that she did believe she could reach a footpath on the other side of Deer Valley Drive, so she tried to cross the four-lane street however she did not reach the median because she was struck by a speeding car on a pitch-black night. Rosenberg received multiple bone fractures and she required six weeks of rehabilitation.

Her lawyer Mr Young said,” We think there’s enough fault to go around, but Google had some responsibility to direct people correctly or warn them, they created a trap with walking instructions that people rely on. She relied on it and thought she should cross the street.” He also states that Ms Rosenberg is seeking compensation for her medical bills as well as more for lost wages and punitive damages.

Spokesperson for Google, Elaine Filadelfo said “the company had not received a copy of the lawsuit and could not discuss it, but she disputed Mr Young’s assertion that Google Maps provides no warning that walking routes may be missing footpaths or pedestrian areas. Every software version for desktop computers and mobile devices has had that disclaimer since Google Maps was launched in 2008.”

The Park City police also stated that some segments of Deer Valley Drive have footpaths but not the stretch that Rosenberg reached. The street has a walking path on the side Ms Rosenberg failed to reach. Rosenberg’s lawyer said the walking path was “totally snowpacked” and of no use to pedestrians in January.

http://www.shockingtimes.co.uk/lady-sues-g...eir-directions/

Edited by Bob, 01 August 2010 - 00:10.

[GuardianTempest]

Bob, on 1 Aug 2010, 8:10, said:

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Pedestrian Lauren Rosenberg, who was injured by a motorist whilst following Google Maps direction which she had downloaded, has a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 (£68,000) in the US District Court in Utah against Google claiming that they had supplied unsafe directions. The lawsuit also names the motorist which hit her.

Although this case has become a talking point across the internet and on many blogs and forums, with many critics blaming the woman for ignoring her own safety to follow directions blindly, Rosenberg’s lawyer Allen Young said the truth was different. The directions Ms Rosenberg downloaded to her phone in January gave directions from one end of Park City to the other however the Google Maps led her to a four-lane street without footpaths. According to the lawsuit filed by the California resident that route was “not reasonably safe for pedestrians.”

Ms Rosenberg states that she did believe she could reach a footpath on the other side of Deer Valley Drive, so she tried to cross the four-lane street however she did not reach the median because she was struck by a speeding car on a pitch-black night. Rosenberg received multiple bone fractures and she required six weeks of rehabilitation.

Her lawyer Mr Young said,” We think there’s enough fault to go around, but Google had some responsibility to direct people correctly or warn them, they created a trap with walking instructions that people rely on. She relied on it and thought she should cross the street.” He also states that Ms Rosenberg is seeking compensation for her medical bills as well as more for lost wages and punitive damages.

Spokesperson for Google, Elaine Filadelfo said “the company had not received a copy of the lawsuit and could not discuss it, but she disputed Mr Young’s assertion that Google Maps provides no warning that walking routes may be missing footpaths or pedestrian areas. Every software version for desktop computers and mobile devices has had that disclaimer since Google Maps was launched in 2008.”

The Park City police also stated that some segments of Deer Valley Drive have footpaths but not the stretch that Rosenberg reached. The street has a walking path on the side Ms Rosenberg failed to reach. Rosenberg’s lawyer said the walking path was “totally snowpacked” and of no use to pedestrians in January.

http://www.shockingtimes.co.uk/lady-sues-g...eir-directions/

Tetra-Owned

[Alias]

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Two Germans have set out on an unusual summer holiday, beginning a 500-kilometre swim down a river from central Germany to the North Sea with seven pet ducks.

Starting in the town of Kassel, 33-year-old Pia Marie Witt, 58-year-old Wilfried Arnold and their companions will swim down the Fulda and Weser rivers, hoping to reach the North Sea port of Bremerhaven by mid-September.

The pair say the journey is about self-fulfilment.

"It's our version of the pilgrimage to Santiago," Mr Arnold told German radio network Hessische Rundfunk.

Ms Witt and Mr Arnold aim to swim 10-15 kilometres per day - an order too tall for the seven runner ducks, which will swim for about 20 minutes a day, following by car or boat when exhaustion kicks in.

http://www.abc.net.a.../03/2972488.htm

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Hardcore porn was broadcast on the Indonesian parliament's internal information service, shocking journalists and bureaucrats who rely on the screens for updates on political events.

Hardcore images apparently taken from the internet filled the screens used by reporters, political staffers and visitors for about 15 minutes before security guards managed to shut it off, reporters said.

It was not clear how the images appeared on the screens but House Speaker Marzuki Alie said whoever was responsible would be punished.

"Whoever hacked the screens is insolent and will be reported to the authorities," he told reporters.

The incident is sure to embarrass president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has recently backed calls for stricter controls on the internet following a national scandal over an online celebrity sex clip.

http://www.abc.net.a.../02/2971521.htm

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An annual lawnmower race has been cut to four hours from its usual 12 hours, becoming the latest sporting victim of recession-hit Britain.

Organisers struggled with entries for the annual race, with only 21 teams signing up - half the amount as last year.

Mark Constanduros, chairman of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association, says organisers were forced to reorganise and shorten the event.

"When we consulted all the teams, they just didn't have the money in order to do a full 12 hours this year but they wanted to do a race of some description," he said.

The event, held over a circuit measuring about 548 metres, involves different classes of modified lawnmowers: traditional with seat, buggy, and mini-tractors.

Whatever the class, the racing mowers take months of work to prepare for the event.

But it is harder for the racers to prepare themselves for the bumps along the course.

"Arms, legs, back, neck, even my nose is sore where my goggles rub, but I still keep doing it, I don't know why," racer Graham Harvey said.

The sport itself dates back to 1973 when Irishman Jim Gavin became disillusioned with the costs of motorsports and decided from his seat in the Cricketers Arms pub in Wisborough Green, West Sussex, to create a cheap, accessible form of motorsport.

Interest grew in the mid 1970s when former British racing driver Stirling Moss was attracted to the sport by the club atmosphere and fun of racing.

The first 12-hour lawnmower race was held in 1978 when the winning team included Moss and his facing driver partner Derek Bell, the five-time Le Mans winner.

Another well known enthusiast of the sport was the late actor Oliver Reed.

In more recent years the sport has gone global with racing also held in the United States, Australia, Holland, Luxemburg and Germany.

Organisers said they hoped to reinstate the 12-hour race next year.

http://www.abc.net.a.../02/2970885.htm