Jim Garten wrote: Armpit ban on rollercoasters "Rollercoaster riders at a Surrey theme park are being banned from putting their arms in the air - after complaints about body odour" "staff have been issued with deodorant sprays for customers" No potential for customer offense there, then...

Since when do the Brits have a hygiene problem? They've had indoor plumbing for quite some time now.


Edited by crimhead - August 20 2009 at 10:50

Bidets anyone?  My first encounter with one was in a hotel room where my sister was getting married.  I turned it on and squirted the ceiling.  I never actually tried to use it as it was intended after that. 

Scotland frees terminally ill Lockerbie bomber who killed 270 people, mostly Americans 8/21

Maybe we could hook him up with Squeaky Fromme?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/05/squeaky.fromme.release/index.html


Edited by Slartibartfast - August 31 2009 at 15:39

As if I didn't need something else to make my life rage-worthy...

sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  not something I'd ever gotta do.  but if t ever lose my mind more than it has already been lost, you nver know...

Edited by Slartibartfast - August 31 2009 at 15:39

Any excuse to post that clip again.

Shoe thrower set for early release

 Link

 Excerpt:
Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw two shoes at President Bush is set to be released early due to good behavior while imprisoned:

He was initially sentenced to three years after pleading not guilty to assaulting a foreign leader, then the court reduced it
to one year because the journalist had no prior criminal history.

Defense attorney Karim al-Shujairi said al-Zeidi will now be released on Sept. 14, three months early.

"We have been informed officially about the court decision," al-Shujairi told The Whore AP in a telephone interview.
"His release will be a victory for the free and honorable Iraqi media."

Indeed, I think this can be considered a victory for Iraqi journalists.  The boneheaded traditional media in the United States
could use some of that shoe-throwing spunk, actually showing some passion for investigative journalism rather than just repeating
the talking points of the Bush b*****ds.  I'm not saying anyone should be throwing shoes at politicians, but it would be nice for
journalists to sometimes reflect the general mood of the populace as al-Zeidi did when he shouted:

"This is your farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."


Edited by Slartibartfast - September 03 2009 at 18:23

akamaisondufromage wrote: I'm all for throwing shoes at politicos.    Someone apparently threw an egg at on of ours and was taken to court.  On the way to court someone else threw an egg at aformentioned MP - they were not taken to court!!!

birdwithteeth11 wrote: I think a bit of my soul died reading this.

To add to the terror, think of the Hannah Montana crossovers into X-Men. 

I used to think the NFL was just a boring waste of time, but now I outright hate them.

^ yeah.. .that has been the talk of the town for the last two days....