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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #650 on: April 14, 2017, 11:53:45 pm »
University of Michigan student wins $25K scholarship from Pornhub, report says

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/04/report_university_of_michigan_11.html


Isn't Pornhub pretty much funded by the Philippines?
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #651 on: April 14, 2017, 11:58:05 pm »
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Kim's special forces preparing to strike Donald Trump's missile bases

NORTH Korea's elite special forces have carried out meticulous exercises to prepare them for raiding missile bases.


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/605600/North-Korea-Kim-Jong-un-special-forces-Donald-Trump-WW3-fears-exercises

They've got to just be making a joke here.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #652 on: April 15, 2017, 02:53:36 am »
She's hoping for drone technology advances to be able to deal with the weight and then she'll use two of them as mini sky cranes.
Cat 5 rotor wash, dude...
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« Reply #653 on: April 15, 2017, 02:58:20 pm »
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Russian Repair Truck Shows Up to Repair Pothole, Falls Into It

It took more than a year for Irkutsk officials to send a repair crew to fix two massive potholes in the town of Bratsky. When a repair crew finally showed up this week, one of the trucks promptly fell into one of the potholes.

According to the local website Ircity.ru, the ditches are more than six-feet deep.

Continued: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-repair-truck-shows-up-to-repair-pothole-falls-into-it-57737

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #654 on: April 15, 2017, 08:06:21 pm »
And from a story worthy of Laurel and Hardy to one that is ridiculous, yet oddly sad.

Underwear thief who has been stealing for 10 years is arrested as police use a TRUCK to remove thousands of bras and pants from his house

Bizarre images show police using a truck to remove thousands of bras and pants from an underwear thief's house in China.

The man was arrested on the afternoon of April 12 Jiujiang, China's Jiangxi province, reports Huanqiu, an affiliation with the People's Daily Online.

According to reports, he had been collecting underwear for 10 years. 

The Xunyang District Public Security Bureau's deputy director Liu Yingbin told reporters that he visited the local community and was told that a large amount of women's underwear had been stolen.

The woman who had her underwear stolen later saw the items hanging from a balcony of a nearby property.

Police decided to investigate and arrived at the property to find a large amount of women's underwear and personal clothing.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4408494/Underwear-thief-giant-collection-arrested.html
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #655 on: April 16, 2017, 08:53:46 am »
Sometimes the ridiculous aspect is from the universe, not the people involved.

Husband and wife discover they are twins after shock DNA test

A married couple were told they were biological twins after they visited an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive a child.

A Jackson, Mississippi, fertility doctor informed the unidentified pair that they were biological twins after he noticed the striking similarities in their DNA, it was revealed on Thursday.

The siblings had been tragically separated at a young age after their biological parents died and they were adopted into different families, both not knowing about the other.

The devastated couple was left at a loss with what to do, as marriage between siblings is outlawed in the southern state.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4414272/Married-couple-told-biological-twins.html
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #656 on: April 16, 2017, 09:49:17 pm »
Poor people. I guess that takes kissing your sister to the next level.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #657 on: April 16, 2017, 10:06:32 pm »
Poor people. I guess that takes kissing your sister to the next level.

Maury Povich could have retired on this.  He and Connie could have gone in leisure.  (I see they've been married for a long time, so I'm happy for them).
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #658 on: April 16, 2017, 10:38:33 pm »
No Problem.  Don't procreate.   Adopt.   Or find a 3rd cousin to fill the turkey baster.

That being said....I saw this in the comments:

FAKE NEWS ALERT! The Mississippi Herald is a FAKE newspaper website; the main Mississippi newspaper is The Sun Herald. This story is fake.


How they fake the story:
http://www.inquisitr.com/4149042/how-mississippi-herald-fooled-32500-people-into-sharing-fake-married-couple-are-twins-news-on-facebook/
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #659 on: April 16, 2017, 11:41:35 pm »
Poor people. I guess that takes kissing your sister to the next level.

Right. You can kiss your sister. Just don't do it with your tongue.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #660 on: April 17, 2017, 02:49:06 pm »
'Exorcists' Attempt To Cast Demons Out Of Alleged NSA Spy Building In Tribeca

While the Christian world focuses on Easter today, a different group of people with spirituality on their minds showed up in Tribeca yesterday afternoon with the aim of casting out some devils from a building that's been reported to be an NSA listening station.

As mentioned earlier this week, a group of demonstrators organized by editors of The Quiet American showed up in front of the AT&T building at 33 Thomas Street to call attention to the purported NSA activity going on at the building and to "exorcise the malevolent energy and information coursing through the AT&T monolith."

Our photographer on the scene, Sai Mokhtari, described the demonstration in which participants wore tin foil hats and held mirrors up to the building to create "a giant surveillance feedback loop" as "creative and colorful, and quite over the top and funny."

More, and lots of photos: http://gothamist.com/2017/04/16/photos_exorcists_attempt_to_cast_de.php
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #662 on: April 17, 2017, 03:27:23 pm »
Sometimes the ridiculous aspect is from the universe, not the people involved.

Husband and wife discover they are twins after shock DNA test

A married couple were told they were biological twins after they visited an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive a child.

A Jackson, Mississippi, fertility doctor informed the unidentified pair that they were biological twins after he noticed the striking similarities in their DNA, it was revealed on Thursday.

The siblings had been tragically separated at a young age after their biological parents died and they were adopted into different families, both not knowing about the other.

The devastated couple was left at a loss with what to do, as marriage between siblings is outlawed in the southern state.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4414272/Married-couple-told-biological-twins.html
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #663 on: April 17, 2017, 11:33:17 pm »
A Bar In Kerala Just Made A 250m-Long Maze Wall To Beat Supreme Court's 500m Rule

Since April 1 a large number of the bars, pubs and liquor shops across India has gone out of business, thanks to a Supreme Court order that the outlets should be at least 500m away from state and national highways.

The verdict, like most of the states was a blow to the booze lovers in Kerala too. But what made the situation worse in state is there was already a ban in place, by which only three-star hotels and above are allowed to serve liquor.

Most of the bars were then converted into beer and wine parlors, which were also forced to shut down after the SC order.

But a bar in Ernakulam district decide to make a way around it, literally!

The Aishwarya Bar in North Paravoor, a Kochi suburb has built a 250m-long maze-like walkway to the entrance, theoretically making it more than 500m away from the highway.

"We have done nothing illegal. The plot behind the bar also belongs to the owner and we have constructed an extended way to reach the bar. Now it is 520 metres from the highway. We are set to approach the circle inspector of excise with the new route map to authorize the reopening of the bar," said Shiju P, bar manager.

Even the excise officials admitted the move by the management is acceptable. A Vijayan IPS, additional excise commissioner said.

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/a-bar-in-kerala-just-made-a-250m-long-maze-wall-to-beat-supreme-court-s-500m-rule-275175.html

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #664 on: April 18, 2017, 11:36:26 pm »
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #665 on: April 18, 2017, 11:43:53 pm »
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life..."
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #666 on: April 19, 2017, 11:20:22 am »
Superior mirages over Chicago skyline now appearing

http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/04/superior_mirages_over_chicago.html#incart_river_home

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #667 on: April 19, 2017, 11:23:32 am »
Flat Earthers. Because even conspiracy theorists need someone to look down on.  :tongue2:
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« Reply #668 on: April 19, 2017, 11:26:05 am »
Flat Earthers. Because even conspiracy theorists need someone to look down on.  :tongue2:

You've been duped.

The earth has to be flat because birds can fly and buildings can't.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #669 on: April 19, 2017, 10:37:28 pm »
Richard Simmons Speaks Directly to Fans for First Time in Three Years

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/richard-simmons-speaks-directly-to-fans-for-first-time-in-three-years/ar-BBA2WPd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Since I know everyone has been waiting as anxiously as I have.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #670 on: April 19, 2017, 11:24:30 pm »
You've been duped.

The earth has to be flat because birds can fly and buildings can't.
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« Reply #671 on: April 19, 2017, 11:27:52 pm »
Richard Simmons Speaks Directly to Fans for First Time in Three Years

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/richard-simmons-speaks-directly-to-fans-for-first-time-in-three-years/ar-BBA2WPd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Since I know everyone has been waiting as anxiously as I have.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #672 on: April 19, 2017, 11:30:55 pm »
Twitterpated. Yes I am.

You're coined another word, Fred.  "Twitterpated."  New to me, anyway.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #673 on: April 20, 2017, 12:12:56 am »
You're coined another word, Fred.  "Twitterpated."  New to me, anyway.

I think it is from Disney's 'Bambi'.

Thanks for thinking I craftitized it, though.
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« Reply #674 on: April 20, 2017, 12:33:45 am »
I think it is from Disney's 'Bambi'.

Thanks for thinking I craftitized it, though.

Sorry Fred.  "You're?"   Look, I typsos a lot.  I hope you don't mind.  I'm addlepated.  :shrug:
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