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[yakherder]

No, but they could spotlight the deer on the road, shoot him, and then take him as if he were roadkill.

You are sure right about the deer being dangerous to hit. It is no way to.hunt, either way.

At the town in Alaska where I spent a good portion of my childhood, there was actually a town roadkill list that usually applied to moose. If someone hit one and it was still more or less intact (probably more likely than your car still being intact), it would go to the next person on the list.

It happened fairly often. They're extremely territorial and would sometimes decide to claim the part of the road you needed to drive through. A 2,000 pound bull moose in the road is not an easy thing to move. We actually had one attack our car once and rip off the front bumper before we were able to back away from it.

People are always so worried about the wolves and stuff. In my experience, the herbivores are the most dangerous

 

[Spang]

Birth control with placebo pills recalled

Botched batch of Alysena-28 was distributed in all provinces except Alberta and Saskatchewan

A Canadian drug distributor has issued an urgent recall for Alysena-28 birth control pills.

 

[Amy SF]

Well, it looks like the US is going to have Saturday delivery at least for a little while longer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...d=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk3&pLid=296576

 

[Blobbenstein]

Hamster rises from the dead over Easter


http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/10345671.Hamster_rises_from_the_dead_over_Easter/

 

[thefadedone]

Birth control with placebo pills recalled

OMFG. What a nightmare!

 

[Second Summer]

Hamster rises from the dead over Easter


http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/10345671.Hamster_rises_from_the_dead_over_Easter/

Brilliant headline!

 

[beancounter]

Imported rice may contain dangerously high lead levels

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57579062/imported-rice-may-contain-dangerously-high-lead-levels/

 

[Amy SF]

Imported rice may contain dangerously high lead levels

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57579062/imported-rice-may-contain-dangerously-high-lead-levels/

I'm not Asian, but I eat a lot of rice.

 

[Alice-Bee]

Is this true?

 

[Calliegirl]

I wonder how safe brown and wild rice is.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

Imported rice may contain dangerously high lead levels

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57579062/imported-rice-may-contain-dangerously-high-lead-levels/

The plain white rice I eat is labelled "USA," so I only need to worry about arsenic.
I do buy imported Jasmine rice, though. Delicious lead.

I eat a lot of rice.

 

[Amy SF]

Hamster rises from the dead over Easter


http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/10345671.Hamster_rises_from_the_dead_over_Easter/

Wow. She was lucky she was found and not crushed to death during the recycling process.

 

[Muggle]

Is this true?

No: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp



When I can't see or hear Russell Brand, only read what he's written, I really like him: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher

 

[Snowcone]

Whelp. Guess what? Now we don't have to deal with uncertainty anymore:




Iranian scientist says he has built a machine that can predict the future

http://www.techspot.com/news/52219-...lt-a-machine-that-can-predict-the-future.html

 

[Second Summer]

Whelp. Guess what? Now we don't have to deal with uncertainty anymore:




Iranian scientist says he has built a machine that can predict the future

http://www.techspot.com/news/52219-...lt-a-machine-that-can-predict-the-future.html

Very intriguing! I lolled at this part: "A prototype isn’t being release just yet because they believe the Chinese will steal the idea and mass produce it overnight."

 

[beanstew]

Dog lovers tricked into buying steroid-filled ferrets instead of poodles

The next time you buy a cute poodle make sure you check it isn’t a ferret filled with steroids, like some that were sold in Argentina.

A couple of dog lovers thought they were getting adorable toy poodles but instead found they had been sold drug-enhanced ferrets.

Surprisingly the tricked owners did not immediately notice they had not received what they ordered, with one man from Catamarca only finding out he had a ferret after taking his pet to see a vet.

 

[Amy SF]

Dog lovers tricked into buying steroid-filled ferrets instead of poodles

False. http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

I love Snopes.

In fact, that story, or something similar, turned up on such "news" outlets as HuffPost on Wednesday as a real news story. Can't find it now.

 

[beanstew]

False. http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

I love Snopes.

Thanks. I haven't had coffee yet. Should learn not to use the Internet in that state.

 

[Amy SF]

The problem is, there are so many stupid and gullible people out there that whenever we encounter a story like this, our first instinct is to believe it. "I can't believe somebody would be stupid enough to fall for that!" we say. And of course some weird news stories ARE real. That's why we should all have Snopes.com bookmarked.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...-sold-as-toy-poodles-argentina_n_3037094.html