Ridiculous News of the Day

[mountaineer]

Snakes on a plane, hamsters ... whatever it takes.

More than 130 hamsters escaped in the cargo hold of a TAP A321neo
Last updated: November 18, 2024 07:21
 AirLive
During four days, ground workers tried to capture 132 hamsters hamsters escaped from the boxes in the cargo hold of a TAP A320.

A TAP plane has been held at Ponta Delgada Airport in the Azores since Tuesday after 132 hamsters escaped from the boxes in which they were being transported and were left loose in the hold.

Airport workers have been trying to recapture all of the animals for four days, which prevented the aircraft from returning to Lisbon for safety reasons.

On Saturday, 16 of these rodents, small but capable of destroying electrical cables, were still loose inside the Airbus 321. ...

https://twitter.com/OnDisasters/status/1857559940979659193

[verga]

I see a Samuel L. Jackson movie in the future. 

[Wingnut]

I see a Samuel L. Jackson movie in the future.

Nah Not Sam, but Richard Gere.

[verga]

Nah Not Sam, but Richard Gere.

Frankly I would watch it whoever is in it as long as it's not Robert DeNiro.

[ChemEngrMBA]

Banana duct taped to the wall sells for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction Nov 20, 2024 in New York City
Title:  "Comedian"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall-sold-for-62-million-at-a-sothebys-art-auction/ar-AA1uwetC?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Over twenty years ago, I originated a website to document the one-word oxymoron, "Art".

I updated it today.

http://When-Crap-Is-Art.blogspot.com

Print in bold to trigger snowflakes...

[Cyber Liberty]

Dang, you got some real finds there....

[berdie]

Banana duct taped to the wall sells for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction Nov 20, 2024 in New York City
Title:  "Comedian"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall-sold-for-62-million-at-a-sothebys-art-auction/ar-AA1uwetC?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Over twenty years ago, I originated a website to document the one-word oxymoron, "Art".

I updated it today.

http://When-Crap-Is-Art.blogspot.com

Print in bold to trigger snowflakes...

I saw this on the news and laughed. I have started garthering up fruit. A vertible cornucopia. I think I'll enjoy being rich.

[ChemEngrMBA]

People who think money buys happiness don't have money. - Billionaire David Geffen, Hollywood Glitterati

[240B]

Martial artists break dangerous record involving cucumber, chainsaw, blindfold

UPI
By Ben Hooper
Dec 16, 2024

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Members of an Indian martial arts collective broke a bizarre Guinness World Record: Most slices of a cucumber held in a person's mouth with a chainsaw while blindfolded in one minute.

A video shared by Guinness World Records on social media shows a member of the Bir Khalsa martial arts collective donning a blindfold and wielding an electric chainsaw on the set of the record-keeping organization's Italian TV series, Lo Show Dei Record.

Another member of the martial arts group holds a cucumber in his mouth while the blindfolded man slices it. A third member replaces the cucumber whenever it is cut down to the holder's lips.

The record was successfully achieved with 71 slices in one minute -- and no one was injured during the attempt.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/16/india-guinness-world-records-cucumber-chainsaw-blindfold-mouth/2861734384003

[berdie]

Weird way to get into Guiness. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

[verga]

Martial artists break dangerous record involving cucumber, chainsaw, blindfold

UPI
By Ben Hooper
Dec 16, 2024

Some people collect stamps.

[GtHawk]

Silly me, I read the headline as Marital Artists, let’s not speak of the images that evoked 🤐

[240B]

‘Oopsie, we made a poopsie!' Charmin toilet paper sweepstakes win taken away

NBC
By Caitlin Burchill
Dec 18, 2024

A Connecticut woman is in a stinky situation, and it appears she’s not alone.

Judy Senft was psyched when she got an email saying she won a year’s worth of Charmin toilet paper.

But hours later, the company sent her another email with this subject line “Oopsie, we made a Poopsie!”

The company said unfortunately the message was sent in error.


In turn, it would be giving her a $2 Charmin coupon, closing its email with, “Thank you for rolling with us.”

The thrill of winning was wiped away in an instant.

(more)
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/ct-womans-toilet-paper-sweepstakes-win-taken-away/4059585

[Smokin Joe]

‘Oopsie, we made a poopsie!' Charmin toilet paper sweepstakes win taken away

NBC
By Caitlin Burchill
Dec 18, 2024

A Connecticut woman is in a stinky situation, and it appears she’s not alone.

Judy Senft was psyched when she got an email saying she won a year’s worth of Charmin toilet paper.

But hours later, the company sent her another email with this subject line “Oopsie, we made a Poopsie!”

The company said unfortunately the message was sent in error.


In turn, it would be giving her a $2 Charmin coupon, closing its email with, “Thank you for rolling with us.”

The thrill of winning was wiped away in an instant.

(more)
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/ct-womans-toilet-paper-sweepstakes-win-taken-away/4059585

I think I'd use the coupon for the same purpose as the paper, toss it in a ziplock and send it back to them. Ooopsie, my a$$!

signed, New Great Value Extra Strong user....

Mistake or not, what would it have cost the company to award her the prize anyway? Instead of getting the story wiped all over the news putting a stain on their reputation...

[mountaineer]

From the "what did you expect?" files, French version:

A French leftist theatre, in a noble but apparently naive attempt to showcase their bleeding-heart liberalism, now teeters on the brink of bankruptcy because they threw open their doors for a free show to 250 African migrants, who, in a twist of irony, decided to make the theatre their new home. Five weeks later, these ungrateful guests are still squatting ...

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1879160880446779809