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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1900 on: April 24, 2019, 10:03:05 pm »
Feds charge Rhode Island man who allegedly threatened to kill and eat a pro-choice college professor

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Feds charge Rhode Island man who allegedly threatened to kill and eat a pro-choice college professor
Federal authorities have charged a Rhode Island man who is accused of threatening to rape, kill and eat a college professor with pro-choice views, according to MassLive.

Matthew Haviland, who was charged with cyberstalking and sending threatening messages, allegedly wrote in a March email to the unidentified professor that the professor and others with left-wing views deserved to be "slaughtered," according to the report.

“You will have your face ripped off and eaten by me, personally,” Haviland is accused of writing. “I will enjoy raping your body after you’re dead.”

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1901 on: April 24, 2019, 10:35:37 pm »
That's a little...non-traditional.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1902 on: April 27, 2019, 09:41:18 pm »
Cops claim that mice ate half a ton of missing marijuana

Eight police officers in Argentina who were fired were so desperate that they put the blame on mice and claimed the rodents ate half a ton of marijuana that had gone missing.

The cannabis was noticed to be missing when police made an inspection of the warehouse in which it was stored in Pilar in Argentina. Javier Specia, the former police commissioner, had left 13,000 pounds of cannabis unsigned when stepping down from his post one year ago. The successor to him conducted a search with officers and found that half a ton of the substance was missing.

Food experts from Buenos Aires University said that there is no way that the mice would have mistaken the cannabis for food. They went on to say that even if the mice had found it and thought it was food they would have found a huge group of dead mice in the warehouse, after ingesting it.

https://www.disclose.tv/cops-claim-that-mice-ate-half-a-ton-of-missing-marijuana-332589
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« Reply #1903 on: April 28, 2019, 04:16:35 am »
Cops claim that mice ate half a ton of missing marijuana

Eight police officers in Argentina who were fired were so desperate that they put the blame on mice and claimed the rodents ate half a ton of marijuana that had gone missing.

The cannabis was noticed to be missing when police made an inspection of the warehouse in which it was stored in Pilar in Argentina. Javier Specia, the former police commissioner, had left 13,000 pounds of cannabis unsigned when stepping down from his post one year ago. The successor to him conducted a search with officers and found that half a ton of the substance was missing.

Food experts from Buenos Aires University said that there is no way that the mice would have mistaken the cannabis for food. They went on to say that even if the mice had found it and thought it was food they would have found a huge group of dead mice in the warehouse, after ingesting it.

https://www.disclose.tv/cops-claim-that-mice-ate-half-a-ton-of-missing-marijuana-332589
Just imagine all the stoned cats walking around with a second hand buzz....
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1904 on: May 02, 2019, 10:49:10 am »
Thieves try to siphon gas from bus, instead tap into sewage tank

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the discarded cap and lack of fuel stolen suggested they had failed to get away with what they were hoping to steal. “We can infer they beat a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth, ”

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« Reply #1905 on: May 02, 2019, 12:09:01 pm »
Cue the scene from "Christmas Vacation"
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1906 on: May 03, 2019, 03:41:57 am »
Thieves try to siphon gas from bus, instead tap into sewage tank

https://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/thieves-get-the-bad-oil-from-bus-sewage-tank-ng-ya-135357
Some crimes are their own reward.... :silly:
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1907 on: May 03, 2019, 08:36:16 am »
Some crimes are their own reward.... :silly:

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I have read of this happening several times,and am stunned each time. You would think the smell when you take the cap off would be a good first clue.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1908 on: May 03, 2019, 10:08:40 am »
Lawyer names son after himself. Son follows in dad's footsteps to become a lawyer. Father sues son for using his own name.

Lowcountry lawyer George Sink is suing his son who has created a firm with a similar name as his father’s firm.

The George Sink P.A. Injury Lawyers firm is suing George “Ted” Sink Jr. and his firm George Sink II for trademark infringement, unfair competition and deceptive trade practices.

https://www.wtoc.com/2019/05/03/lowcountry-lawyer-george-sink-sues-son-george-sink-jr-over-similar-firm-name/
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1909 on: May 03, 2019, 10:13:40 am »
Lawyer names son after himself. Son follows in dad's footsteps to become a lawyer. Father sues son for using his own name.

Lowcountry lawyer George Sink is suing his son who has created a firm with a similar name as his father’s firm.

The George Sink P.A. Injury Lawyers firm is suing George “Ted” Sink Jr. and his firm George Sink II for trademark infringement, unfair competition and deceptive trade practices.

https://www.wtoc.com/2019/05/03/lowcountry-lawyer-george-sink-sues-son-george-sink-jr-over-similar-firm-name/

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I can see the father's POV on this one. Evidentially they do not get along or the son would be a partner in the father's law firm,and NOBODY with an established business wants someone new using the same name because of the danger of their screw-ups being laid at the door step of the original.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1910 on: May 04, 2019, 11:31:19 am »
@Smokin Joe

I have read of this happening several times,and am stunned each time. You would think the smell when you take the cap off would be a good first clue.
When I was younger we had a trailer that had a toilet in it. My Job was to empty it once a week or so. There is no doubt when you take the cap off what you are dealing with.
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« Reply #1911 on: May 04, 2019, 12:02:09 pm »
When I was younger we had a trailer that had a toilet in it. My Job was to empty it once a week or so. There is no doubt when you take the cap off what you are dealing with.

Maybe not if you're high and not too bright to begin with.

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« Reply #1912 on: May 04, 2019, 12:33:09 pm »
Maybe not if you're high and not too bright to begin with.
Touche'  :rolling:
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1913 on: May 04, 2019, 04:45:36 pm »
Maybe not if you're high and not too bright to begin with.
Maybe they were looking for a jenkem fix.
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« Reply #1914 on: May 04, 2019, 04:48:31 pm »
Maybe they were looking for a jenkem fix.

I had to look that up.  Wish I hadn't.

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« Reply #1915 on: May 05, 2019, 02:06:39 am »
I had to look that up.  Wish I hadn't.
Sorry.

If I was that hard up for a 'buzz', I think I'd rather sit in the hot sun without food or water and maybe whack myself in the head with a plank from time to time until I 'saw' things before I'd resort to that.
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« Reply #1916 on: May 07, 2019, 01:49:27 pm »
A 'sorcerer' promised to help people find love. Instead, he orchestrated a 'witchcraft extortion scheme.'

The love ritual began with candles, alcohol, vegetables and photographs, all carefully arranged. Then clients were told to send photos and videos of themselves reciting graphic statements and performing sex acts to a Paraguayan business specializing in witchcraft to finish the magic spell aimed at finding a soul mate.

That's when a self-described sorcerer started another familiar rite: extortion.

Ariel Boiteux, an Argentine national who masterminded an international scheme that entangled an estimated 200 victims in at least 12 countries, threatened to post the photos and videos of the intimate acts unless his clients paid "large sums of money," according to authorities, sometimes demanding six-figure payoffs.

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« Reply #1917 on: May 07, 2019, 01:50:11 pm »
^^ Side note:

I always did wonder what was up with those kinds of ads you see in tabloids and farmer's almanacs. Now I know.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1918 on: May 08, 2019, 08:02:49 pm »
Georgia child finds $40G of meth in box of Legos: officials

Investigators with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia said a child found something other than a messy pile of colorful plastic bits in a gift from his mom. He discovered 3.2 pounds of methamphetamine -- street value, $40,000 -- tucked into what appeared to be an ordinary box of Legos.

Investigator Jim Riggs with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News that a Statesboro, Ga., mother and a couple of her friends drove for about two hours to Charleston, S.C., where they bought the Legos from a consignment shop.

He said when the women returned from the trip and the mother gave her child the toy, there were no Legos to be found inside the container.

What there was, however, was a "big bag of meth."

“The methamphetamine inside of the box was vacuum sealed, and that keeps it from moving around too much and also helps mask the smell,” said Riggs. He said this was the first time his office had made such a find, “especially in this quantity.”....

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« Reply #1919 on: May 08, 2019, 09:23:11 pm »
Georgia child finds $40G of meth in box of Legos: officials

Investigators with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia said a child found something other than a messy pile of colorful plastic bits in a gift from his mom. He discovered 3.2 pounds of methamphetamine -- street value, $40,000 -- tucked into what appeared to be an ordinary box of Legos.

Investigator Jim Riggs with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News that a Statesboro, Ga., mother and a couple of her friends drove for about two hours to Charleston, S.C., where they bought the Legos from a consignment shop.

He said when the women returned from the trip and the mother gave her child the toy, there were no Legos to be found inside the container.

What there was, however, was a "big bag of meth."

“The methamphetamine inside of the box was vacuum sealed, and that keeps it from moving around too much and also helps mask the smell,” said Riggs. He said this was the first time his office had made such a find, “especially in this quantity.”....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-child-finds-40g-of-meth-in-box-of-legos-officials

Riggs told Fox News the child’s father called the sheriff’s office and told deputies he suspected the box contained illicit drugs.
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« Reply #1920 on: May 09, 2019, 08:20:57 am »
Riggs told Fox News the child’s father called the sheriff’s office and told deputies he suspected the box contained illicit drugs.

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Don't ya just HATE it when your mom cleans your room and throws your Leggos away without asking you if you want to keep them?

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1921 on: May 16, 2019, 10:31:45 am »
Televangelist's show sells $45 Trump coin as 'point of contact' to God

By Aris Folley - 05/16/19 09:54 AM EDT


"The Jim Bakker Show" recently promoted a coin decorated with President Trump's face as a "point of contact" with God.

In a viral clip of the promotion, evangelical author Lance Wallnau described the $45 coin as a means for believers to establish a “point of contact” with God.

“When I asked the Lord ‘Why the coin?’ he said ‘Because when you take the coin, it’s a point of contact,'” Wallnau said in the clip, which was shared on Twitter by Right Wing Watch, which "monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations."

“So your faith is being released with a million other believers to pray protection and peace and wisdom and counsel over the president of the United States and over his family," he added.

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« Reply #1922 on: May 22, 2019, 08:54:49 am »
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1923 on: May 22, 2019, 09:07:18 am »
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« Reply #1924 on: May 22, 2019, 09:30:16 am »
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Don't ya just HATE it when your mom cleans your room and throws your Leggos away without asking you if you want to keep them?
No one should ever throw Leggos away under any circumstances. Those things last for eternity. Give them to your children when they come, a neighbor, a cousin, or just donate them anywhere. It is a crime to throw them away.
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« Reply #1925 on: May 22, 2019, 11:17:42 am »
No one should ever throw Leggos away under any circumstances. Those things last for eternity. Give them to your children when they come, a neighbor, a cousin, or just donate them anywhere. It is a crime to throw them away.
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« Reply #1926 on: May 22, 2019, 01:22:20 pm »
Televangelist's show sells $45 Trump coin as 'point of contact' to God

By Aris Folley - 05/16/19 09:54 AM EDT


"The Jim Bakker Show" recently promoted a coin decorated with President Trump's face as a "point of contact" with God.

In a viral clip of the promotion, evangelical author Lance Wallnau described the $45 coin as a means for believers to establish a “point of contact” with God.

“When I asked the Lord ‘Why the coin?’ he said ‘Because when you take the coin, it’s a point of contact,'” Wallnau said in the clip, which was shared on Twitter by Right Wing Watch, which "monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations."

“So your faith is being released with a million other believers to pray protection and peace and wisdom and counsel over the president of the United States and over his family," he added.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/443997-televangelist-sells-45-trump-coin-being-peddled-to-believers-as

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Wallnau said in the clip, which was shared on Twitter by Right Wing Watch, which "monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations."

This idiot is confusing religious loons with the right. Just ain't so. Most religious loons are leftists,and worship communism. Most are too stupid to understand that,but it doesn't change anything.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1927 on: May 24, 2019, 06:26:04 pm »
Owners of Noah's Ark replica sue insurers over rain damage

By Brooke Seipel - 05/24/19 05:38 PM EDT
 



The owners of a replica of Noah's Ark featured at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., sued its insurers who refused to cover rain damage.

The ark's owner said heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its property and its five insurance carriers refused to cover damages totaling nearly $1 million. The ark itself was reportedly undamaged in the rains.

Ark Encounter is asking for compensatory and punitive damages and a jury trial in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. The suit names Swiss-based Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, its use company and three other carriers.

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« Reply #1928 on: May 24, 2019, 06:53:56 pm »
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The ark itself was reportedly undamaged in the rains.
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« Reply #1929 on: May 25, 2019, 10:45:29 pm »


If you go to CVS you get it, what's up with those people? Too many receipts to keep track of though, yes, you can save money. You can also go to a machine when you go in and pick up coupons if you present your card code to it.

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« Reply #1930 on: May 25, 2019, 11:14:59 pm »
Speaking of ridiculous, I've wondered about this one for a long time.  Driving down the highway today I passed several sites where warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead".  And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot.  On the shoulder.  Well out of the traffic lanes.

Someone committed a lot of taxpayer money to have those signs printed and then placed and later collected on the ever-changing guardrail damage sites. 

So, what am I to make of the signs?  What action are they requiring me to do?  Genuflect as I pass?  Not veer off the highway and hit the damaged guardrail?  Neither?  Both?  Is there perhaps a fear that passing motorists will become mesmerized by the damage and like a moth to the flame, flame out on the damaged guardrail unless there are signs to tell you to expect the guardrail impairment?  I don't feel mesmerized when I pass those places, but maybe you don't know when you've been mesmerized.


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« Reply #1931 on: May 25, 2019, 11:49:04 pm »
Speaking of ridiculous, I've wondered about this one for a long time.  Driving down the highway today I passed several sites where warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead".  And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot.  On the shoulder.  Well out of the traffic lanes.

Someone committed a lot of taxpayer money to have those signs printed and then placed and later collected on the ever-changing guardrail damage sites. 

So, what am I to make of the signs?  What action are they requiring me to do?  Genuflect as I pass?  Not veer off the highway and hit the damaged guardrail?  Neither?  Both?  Is there perhaps a fear that passing motorists will become mesmerized by the damage and like a moth to the flame, flame out on the damaged guardrail unless there are signs to tell you to expect the guardrail impairment?  I don't feel mesmerized when I pass those places, but maybe you don't know when you've been mesmerized.

Protecting the state in case you hit a previously damaged guard rail and want to sue because it didn't protect you?
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1932 on: May 26, 2019, 12:13:44 am »
Speaking of ridiculous, I've wondered about this one for a long time.  Driving down the highway today I passed several sites where warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead".  And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot.  On the shoulder.  Well out of the traffic lanes.

Someone committed a lot of taxpayer money to have those signs printed and then placed and later collected on the ever-changing guardrail damage sites. 

So, what am I to make of the signs?  What action are they requiring me to do?  Genuflect as I pass?  Not veer off the highway and hit the damaged guardrail?  Neither?  Both?  Is there perhaps a fear that passing motorists will become mesmerized by the damage and like a moth to the flame, flame out on the damaged guardrail unless there are signs to tell you to expect the guardrail impairment?  I don't feel mesmerized when I pass those places, but maybe you don't know when you've been mesmerized.
Lets you know there were accidents in the area. Use caution.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1933 on: May 26, 2019, 11:15:45 am »
Speaking of ridiculous, I've wondered about this one for a long time.  Driving down the highway today I passed several sites where warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead".  And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot.  On the shoulder.  Well out of the traffic lanes.

Someone committed a lot of taxpayer money to have those signs printed and then placed and later collected on the ever-changing guardrail damage sites. 

So, what am I to make of the signs?  What action are they requiring me to do?  Genuflect as I pass?  Not veer off the highway and hit the damaged guardrail?  Neither?  Both?  Is there perhaps a fear that passing motorists will become mesmerized by the damage and like a moth to the flame, flame out on the damaged guardrail unless there are signs to tell you to expect the guardrail impairment?  I don't feel mesmerized when I pass those places, but maybe you don't know when you've been mesmerized.

Last time I was in TX I recall a sign at the beginning of construction zones:  It's the law to read all signs.  Still do that?  In CA they post the applicable fine for every sign, like carpool lanes.  "$257 fine for violation."  Signs designed to threaten more than to warn.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1934 on: May 26, 2019, 01:34:43 pm »
Protecting the state in case you hit a previously damaged guard rail and want to sue because it didn't protect you?

A lot of stupid signs and warnings come out of lawsuits.  My favorite is the warning on hair dryers -- DO NOT USE IN TUB OR SHOWER.  Manufacturers have to put those warnings on electric items because some idiot or idiots died trying to dry their hair while sitting in a tub of bath water and their loved ones sued.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1935 on: May 29, 2019, 08:02:14 am »
Rescue Goat Suffering From Anxiety Only Calms Down In Her Duck Costume
http://justsomething.co/rescue-goat-suffers-anxiety-calms-duck-costume/

This is Polly, and she is not like all the other goats. She is a rescue goat suffering neurological problems, blindness, and is severely underweight. According to her owner Leanne Lauricella from Goats of Anarchy, Polly has been showing signs of anxiety and is restless whenever she can’t find her owner. The corners of the house they live is full of sucking marks due to Polly’s nervous habit of sucking on the wall.

All that changed, however, when Lauricella brought home a duck costume she bought at the kids’ section at Marshalls. From the first moment it was put on Polly, the costume had an instant calming effect on her. She transforms from a bundle of nerves to a serene duck-clad goat in moments....

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1936 on: May 29, 2019, 08:07:09 am »
Brian Kolfage’s Private Border Wall Hit With Cease And Desist..

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1937 on: May 29, 2019, 08:53:34 am »
Rescue Goat Suffering From Anxiety Only Calms Down In Her Duck Costume
http://justsomething.co/rescue-goat-suffers-anxiety-calms-duck-costume/

This is Polly, and she is not like all the other goats. She is a rescue goat suffering neurological problems, blindness, and is severely underweight. According to her owner Leanne Lauricella from Goats of Anarchy, Polly has been showing signs of anxiety and is restless whenever she can’t find her owner. The corners of the house they live is full of sucking marks due to Polly’s nervous habit of sucking on the wall.

All that changed, however, when Lauricella brought home a duck costume she bought at the kids’ section at Marshalls. From the first moment it was put on Polly, the costume had an instant calming effect on her. She transforms from a bundle of nerves to a serene duck-clad goat in moments....



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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1938 on: May 29, 2019, 08:56:54 am »
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It's easy to become cynical about human nature,but then a story like this pops up.

That goat has spent way too much time with humans.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1939 on: May 29, 2019, 09:02:08 am »
That goat has spent way too much time with humans.

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Naw,goats are too stupid to understand what humans are. Hell,they barely understand what goats are.

Being blind on top of that means this one would starve to death or be killed in a day if it weren't for the kindness of the humans that take care of it.

Not that the humans don't benefit,too. They do. They get to feel good about themselves,and rightly so.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1940 on: May 29, 2019, 09:44:20 pm »
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Naw,goats are too stupid to understand what humans are. Hell,they barely understand what goats are.

Being blind on top of that means this one would starve to death or be killed in a day if it weren't for the kindness of the humans that take care of it.

Not that the humans don't benefit,too. They do. They get to feel good about themselves,and rightly so.
Still what the hell would ever give you the idea to put a duck costume on a goat? Seriously If I had a goat that was doing that stuff my first thought would not be "Hey Duck Costume" Hell it wouldn't be my 10th thought.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1941 on: May 29, 2019, 10:01:12 pm »
Sorry guys. I apologize in advance. I have a ton of goat recipes and goat is delicious. I love it.
I have a cure for a blind nervous goat. It is not a duck costume.
Suppose this puts me outside of the 'empathetic' circle of society.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1942 on: May 30, 2019, 07:15:34 am »
Still what the hell would ever give you the idea to put a duck costume on a goat? Seriously If I had a goat that was doing that stuff my first thought would not be "Hey Duck Costume" Hell it wouldn't be my 10th thought.

But it might be your eleventh thought???
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This is just goofy. Of course he calmed down - About every critter I know calms down if you wrap it tightly in a blanket or some such.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1943 on: May 30, 2019, 07:17:06 am »
Sorry guys. I apologize in advance. I have a ton of goat recipes and goat is delicious. I love it.

That's right.

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« Reply #1944 on: May 30, 2019, 07:46:42 am »
I had some delicious goat at a Spanish/Portuguese restaurant in Pittsburgh, and would love to try it again.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1945 on: May 30, 2019, 09:39:10 am »
But it might be your eleventh thought???
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maybe, or 12th

This is just goofy. Of course he calmed down - About every critter I know calms down if you wrap it tightly in a blanket or some such.
Absolutely, my grandmother had a "Thundershirt" for her one dog, but it wasn't a duck costume.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1946 on: June 03, 2019, 08:53:07 pm »
warning signs were posted on each side of the highway saying "Guardrail Damage Ahead".  And, sure enough, there was guardrail damage in each spot.  On the shoulder.  Well out of the traffic lanes.


So, what am I to make of the signs?  What action are they requiring me to do? 

;::::sigh::::: I have to explain everything.

See, if you are going to crash, be sure you crash where the guardrails are NOT damaged!  That isn't difficult.
It's like the "BABY ON BOARD" stickers on cars.  Crash in to ANOTHER car, not them.

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I replied, "Yeah, that's good. If was black, I was going to run right into it."
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1947 on: June 03, 2019, 10:19:04 pm »
;::::sigh::::: I have to explain everything.

See, if you are going to crash, be sure you crash where the guardrails are NOT damaged!  That isn't difficult.
It's like the "BABY ON BOARD" stickers on cars.  Crash in to ANOTHER car, not them.

My wife once commented on a bright yellow truck, how easy it was to see. 
I replied, "Yeah, that's good. If was black, I was going to run right into it."

You're right, @DeerSlayer.  That must be the correct course of action.

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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1948 on: June 03, 2019, 10:21:28 pm »
You're right, @DeerSlayer.  That must be the correct course of action.

Next time the truck will be painted properly.
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Re: Ridiculous News of the Day
« Reply #1949 on: June 04, 2019, 03:36:24 am »
;::::sigh::::: I have to explain everything.

See, if you are going to crash, be sure you crash where the guardrails are NOT damaged!  That isn't difficult.
It's like the "BABY ON BOARD" stickers on cars.  Crash in to ANOTHER car, not them.

My wife once commented on a bright yellow truck, how easy it was to see. 
I replied, "Yeah, that's good. If was black, I was going to run right into it."

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Is your new wife more reasonable?
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