Category Archives: Weird Stuff

Well, Thank Heaven There’s Finally A Good Use For Google Earth

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Gaius

The Daily Mail reports that at long last there is a real reason for Google Earth. Oh, sure, there's the occasional hovercar sighting. Not to mention the spotting of alien invaders, but this is serious! You can now play "Where's … Continue reading →

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When “Plan B” Really Stinks

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Rich Horton

Here is another for the What Are People Thinking? file: No charges for man who killed wife in TV mishap SEDALIA, Mo. — Prosecutors are not expected to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while … Continue reading →

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Darn It! What Are We Going To Do With The New Proton Packs?

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Gaius

The Johnson County (Iowa) Board of Supervisors has withdrawn its permission for self-described ghost hunters to search a former mental asylum. Board members last month approved an investigation of the buildings, but decided to vote it down in response to … Continue reading →

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Fauxhenge

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Rich Horton

Following up on Gaius' story about a replica Stonehenge in Australia, all I can say why go Down Under when you can just go to Texas? This great American road trip destination improves upon the original by also being the site of … Continue reading →

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Counterfeit Stonehenge

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Gaius

An Australian businessman is building a full-sized replica of Stonehenge in Australia. Ross Smith has had a team of quarry workers cutting replica stones for the past five months and plans to have the whole thing built by December 21 … Continue reading →

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Bomb Scares In The News

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Gaius

Staffers at a Fort Wayne, Indiana law office panicked when they found a suspicious box containing an unknown object and called police. After much deliberation, the bomb squad decided to detonate the gift. The turnip did not detonate, however. Officers … Continue reading →

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Steamed Buns?

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Gaius

We can laugh about this one since nobody was hurt. A nursing home employee in Auburn, Washington made an emergency call to the local fire department. It seems the toilets were exploding with steam.  AUBURN, Wash. – An employee of … Continue reading →

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Alaskans Play With Their Food

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Gaius

The inhabitants of Anchorage, Alaska appear to have entirely too much time on their hands. They've taken to playing with their food in a big way. But the reindeer won the first annual Running of the Reindeer handily. ANCHORAGE, Alaska … Continue reading →

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Are Women Human?

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Gaius

Put down the clubs, ladies, I am merely repeating the title of a book that is up for the prestigious Oddest Book Title Award. No really. Please put that down.  "I was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen" recounts the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Throw Out Those Old DVDs!

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Gaius

Make body armor out of them. A firefighter was spared a bullet wound when a ricocheting bullet was stopped by a DVD he had in his pocket. WALTERBORO, S.C. – A South Carolina man is thankful for a DVD that … Continue reading →

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The Electric Slide(r)

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Gaius

The Daily Mail has a report of a self-proclaimed "slider" or one who causes havoc with streetlights and other electrical and electronic gadgetry just be being near to them. Critics note that the "slider" effect has never been shown to … Continue reading →

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Driving With The Top Down Frowned On

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Gaius

Driving with the top down – and the bottoms off – when the vehicle operator isn't in a convertible, is illegal most places. It certainly is in Southern Illinois: Police arrested Justin Flora, 34, of Marion, Ill., on Monday and charged … Continue reading →

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“He Treated Me Like A Dog”

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Gaius

The line from National Lampoon's Vacation comes to life today in the pages of Britain's Telegraph. First, there is a report of a lawsuit where a former butler alleges that his former employer treated the Butler "like an animal." A … Continue reading →

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Sex And The…. Airplane?

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Gaius

Some flight attendants in Thailand are upset with a television show that they say paints them in a bad light. The show, War of Angels, depicts the romantic hijinks of fictional flight attendants and pilots. BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai flight … Continue reading →

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A Mystery And A Dream

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Gaius

A dark unfathomed tide Of interminable pride – A mystery, and a dream, Should my early life seem; I say that dream was fraught With a wild and waking thought Of beings that have been, Which my spirit hath not … Continue reading →

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