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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3400 on: November 18, 2024, 11:01:53 pm »
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
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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
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3401 on: November 19, 2024, 03:28:00 pm »
I see a Samuel L. Jackson movie in the future. 
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3402 on: November 19, 2024, 03:35:09 pm »
I see a Samuel L. Jackson movie in the future.

Nah Not Sam, but Richard Gere.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3403 on: November 19, 2024, 03:38:32 pm »
Nah Not Sam, but Richard Gere.
Frankly I would watch it whoever is in it as long as it's not Robert DeNiro.
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If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken him completely by surprise.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3404 on: November 21, 2024, 09:32:51 pm »
Banana duct taped to the wall sells for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction Nov 20, 2024 in New York City
Title:  "Comedian"

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3405 on: November 21, 2024, 09:39:40 pm »
Dang, you got some real finds there....
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3406 on: November 21, 2024, 10:18:10 pm »
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".

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

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

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3407 on: November 21, 2024, 11:37:28 pm »
People who think money buys happiness don't have money. - Billionaire David Geffen, Hollywood Glitterati
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3408 on: December 17, 2024, 09:52:17 pm »

Martial artists break dangerous record involving cucumber, chainsaw, blindfold

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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
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3409 on: December 17, 2024, 09:55:18 pm »
Weird way to get into Guiness. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3410 on: December 18, 2024, 01:04:33 pm »
Martial artists break dangerous record involving cucumber, chainsaw, blindfold

UPI
By Ben Hooper
Dec 16, 2024


Some people collect stamps.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3411 on: December 18, 2024, 05:38:35 pm »
Silly me, I read the headline as Marital Artists, let’s not speak of the images that evoked 🤐

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3412 on: December 20, 2024, 11:03:01 pm »

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

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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.

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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/ct-womans-toilet-paper-sweepstakes-win-taken-away/4059585
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If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3413 on: December 21, 2024, 12:25:56 am »
‘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...
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3414 on: January 14, 2025, 02:56:39 pm »
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 ...

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3415 on: January 26, 2025, 12:48:54 am »

Philly Mom Goes Viral for Naming Her Son After a Philly Cheesesteak

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Deion Allen
January 23, 2025

A Philadelphia mom is going viral after naming her baby after Philly’s most popular food item: The Philly Cheesesteak.

“Phileigh Cheez’e Steache Grays Jr” La Gloria posted on Facebook “7 Pounds 3 ounces 19 1/2 inches”

Social media users were perplexed, not only by the name itself, and the spelling, but the baby is a junior. Which means there has to be a Phileigh Cheez’e Steache Grays senior… right?

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3416 on: January 26, 2025, 06:13:26 pm »
If you’ve never been to Fashion Week in Paris, this is what you are missing.

https://twitter.com/JebraFaushay/status/1883534502368264263
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3417 on: January 26, 2025, 06:34:09 pm »
If you’ve never been to Fashion Week in Paris, this is what you are missing.

https://twitter.com/JebraFaushay/status/1883534502368264263

 OMGGGGGGG   This post should have come with a warning; "look at your own risk as your eyes may never be the same".
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3418 on: January 26, 2025, 06:44:45 pm »
Where can I git me one o' dem scrunchie dresses?
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3419 on: January 26, 2025, 06:53:33 pm »
Where can I git me one o' dem scrunchie dresses?

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3420 on: January 26, 2025, 08:51:54 pm »
If you’ve never been to Fashion Week in Paris, this is what you are missing.

https://twitter.com/JebraFaushay/status/1883534502368264263
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3421 on: January 26, 2025, 08:52:25 pm »
Where can I git me one o' dem scrunchie dresses?
Harbor Freight. Some assembly required.
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Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3422 on: January 27, 2025, 02:18:23 pm »
On X, I follow a couple of guys who monitor the police scanners in the city of Pittsburgh. This happened this morning:
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Downtown.  City County Building.  Caller is with the mayor's office and says a male is injured after a toilet exploded.
7:57 AM · Jan 27, 2025

Pittsburgh Scanner
@pgh_scanner
Medics say that the male has a lower leg injury and needs to be transported to the hospital.
8:07 AM · Jan 27, 2025
Frankly, I'm shocked any city employee came into work before 8 a.m.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #3423 on: February 04, 2025, 04:28:00 pm »
Moron tries to climb the White House fence. Dogs and police have other ideas:


https://twitter.com/injurypics/status/1886655992433156127
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