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[Blobbenstein]

AN UDDERLY hilarious pantomime cow was spotted on Minchinhampton Common by a startled commuter on Thursday morning.
Father-of-three Rob Sinfield was driving towards Tom Longs Post from his home in Amberley when he noticed an unusual addition to the hundreds of cows grazing on the common.

http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co....er_spots_pantomime_cow_grazing_on_the_common/

 

[Blobbenstein]

A man who got annoyed by cold callers interrupting him while he was watching television has got his own back by setting up his own premium rate number which makes him money.
Lee Beaumont paid £10, plus VAT, to set up his personal 0871 line in November 2011, and said he has made £300 from the calls he has received since.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/aug/29/cold-call-victim-gets-own-back

 

[Blobbenstein]

2008 story.

When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
"When they're proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh," said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.

It's good to see people trying to translate but they should really ask for expert help

Dylan Iorwerth, Golwg magazine
Swansea council got lost in translation when it was looking to halt heavy goods vehicles using a road near an Asda store in the Morriston area.
All official road signs in Wales are bilingual, so the local authority e-mailed its in-house translation service for the Welsh version of: "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

 

[Amy SF]

2008 story.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

That's pretty funny.

I wonder if they ever bothered to replace the *ahem* wrong translation with the real translation?

 

[Moll Flanders]

Obama Could Still Strike Syria Despite British Withdrawal And Cameron's Historic Defeat (VIDEO)

 

[SummerRain]

Mod post: I've moved all discussion on the war in Syria to the war in Syria thread in the debates forum, just to keep things tidy. Please continue any discussion/debate over there, thanks.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Driver Escapes Being Crushed By Giant Boulder
A sudden landslide in Taiwan causes an enormous rock to crash down a mountainside, missing a car by a few feet.
A driver in Taiwan has had a lucky escape after a huge boulder crashed down a mountainside missing his car by a few feet.

The heart-stopping moment was caught on a camera mounted to the dashboard of a vehicle following a few metres behind.

The video shows the car in front come to a sudden stop as the mountainside appears to explode before a boulder the size of a small house tumbles into the road beside the car.

Video:
http://news.sky.com/story/1135528/driver-escapes-being-crushed-by-giant-boulder

Probably been on a lot of news.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

US laws on marijuana lighten up.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/marijuana-ruling-signal-end-prohibition-pot/story?id=20118755

 

[Amy SF]

David Frost is dead: Legendary Broadcaster Dies At 74 - Huffington Post

 

[Moll Flanders]

BBC News - Bulger killer Jon Venables released from prison

This is a notorious killer in the UK, Jon Venables murdered a toddler when he was only ten years old and he has received what people think is his third or fourth new identity.
Murder of James Bulger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Frost is dead: Legendary Broadcaster Dies At 74 - Huffington Post

Frost/Nixon is an excellent film.

 

[Amy SF]

BBC News - Bulger killer Jon Venables released from prison

This is a notorious killer in the UK, Jon Venables murdered a toddler when he was only ten years old and he has received what people think is his third or fourth new identity.
Murder of James Bulger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Frost/Nixon is an excellent film.

I remember reading about that horrific murder when it happened. If it occurred here in the US, I swear Venables would be either serving a life term or be on death row.

And I was wondering this morning if David Frost and the poet Seamus Heaney, who also just died, ever met each other. *think* I think it's possible. They were contemporaries, both 74 at time of death, and one was English and the other Irish. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that they crossed paths at some point in their lives.

 

[das_nut]

I remember reading about that horrific murder when it happened. If it occurred here in the US, I swear Venables would be either serving a life term or be on death row.

Even though Venables seems to be a bad apple, I don't think the US has stooped to executing 10 year olds quite yet.

 

[rainforests1]

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/medicare-costs-down-down-down
Apparently Medicare costs are down.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Ariel Castro Found Dead In Prison Cell - Yahoo! News UK

 

[Amy SF]

Ariel Castro Found Dead In Prison Cell - Yahoo! News UK

Spoiler

Good. He can rot in hell.

 

[Calliegirl]

I would have rather he did it after about 10 years of feeling what's like to be in prison and unable to leave.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Just how hard is it to design a plain room in such a way as it would be nearly impossible to hang one's self?

 

[Mischief]

Just how hard is it to design a plain room in such a way as it would be nearly impossible to hang one's self?

If you're committed to the deed, you can hang yourself from anything that will hold the weight of at least your head - it just has to be far enough from the floor that your head doesn't quite touch the floor if you lie down. IOW, you can hang yourself from a bed frame, a sink, a toilet, etc.

 

[ledboots]

You know, I saw television footage of that sicko guy in court when he was charged. He didn't even open his eyes. He wasn't under suicide watch at the jail; just judging by his demeanor that day and all the publicity that was surrounding him, that's surprising.

I hope his death helps the women that he imprisoned come to an easier closure.

 

[Moll Flanders]

It's a shame he didn't hang himself the first time he got the urge to rape a woman.

This story made me laugh.

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