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Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-25-2011 Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon Quote:WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/photos/9/971d03d6-35ff-4792-b69c-f633e823db19.html?SITE=MAFAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - reelo - 05-25-2011 That is a definately a one of a kind injury (and I'm sure the scars will come out at bars and family bbq's for the next 50 years). RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 I saw this story and decided it wouldn't be of enough forum news interest to bother with. It will be interesting to see how this goes. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-25-2011 (05-25-2011, 06:58 AM)PonderThis Wrote: I saw this story and decided it wouldn't be of enough forum news interest to bother with. It will be interesting to see how this goes.The idea is to post a stranger story..... Got one? RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 I just didn't want to balloon this one out of proportion, know what I mean? The part that got me was how the story I read said something to the effect he continues to deflate "in the normal manner the body does" or some such, and how do you explain that in good taste? I wasn't going to bring it up, of course, but you forced me. p.s. I know this is a bit of a stretch. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - chuck white - 05-25-2011 I don't know about forcing air into the body, but I have forced it out. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-25-2011 (05-25-2011, 07:09 AM)PonderThis Wrote: I just didn't want to balloon this one out of proportion, know what I mean? The part that got me was how the story I read said something to the effect he continues to deflate "in the normal manner the body does" or some such, and how do you explain that in good taste? I wasn't going to bring it up, of course, but you forced me.Decompressing? RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 OK, here's one: Charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52 Charlie, a Chimpanzee in a South African zoo who became addicted to cigarettes, has died at the age of 52, exceeding the average lifespan of a captive chimpanzee by twelve years. After a video of Charlie puffing on cigarettes discarded by visitors appeared on the Internet, the animal and the zoo gained international attention and some visitors threw him additional cigarettes. According to his keepers, Charlie was "an occasional smoker" and even tried to hide his habit from his keepers, who were trying to get him to quit by giving him medical care and a special diet. A recent study found that only seven percent of chimpanzees in captivity live beyond forty years of age. It is estimated that 500,000 people die due to smoking-related diseases every year in the United States alone. It is believed that Charlie learned to smoke during his time in a US circus before being transferred to the zoo. Zookeepers say that the animal died of old age but an autopsy has yet to confirm this. The zoo suggested that Charlie's body could be stuffed and put on display. Information from: Wikinews, http://www.wikinews.org RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 Pope shuts down famous monastery that liked to party ROME (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI has shut down a famous community in Rome that organised dances by a former nightclub dancer nun and hosted VIPs like Madonna, earning the disfavour of the Vatican. The closure of the monastery of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, which holds some of the Church's most prized relics, was reported by Italian dailies La Stampa and Il Foglio. The reports said the community of Cistercian monks based at the church for more than five centuries was being transferred to other churches in Italy. Contacted by AFP, the Vatican did not deny the reports. The basilica had become a hub for the "Friends of Santa Croce", an aristocratic group, and had been criticised for some unorthodox practices including dances in which nuns pranced around the altar. One of the nuns who performed at the church, a former disco dancer, can be seen in a YouTube video performing a modern dance with a crucifix. The basilica's longtime abbot, Simone Fioraso, a flamboyant former Milan fashion designer, was already moved out of the basilica two years ago. The ban was adopted in March by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life following an inquiry but has not yet been made public, the reports said. Pope Benedict, the leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, is also the bishop of Rome, so the basilica is part of his diocese. Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, built around a chapel dating to the fourth century, is one of Rome's oldest and most prestigious churches. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 I mean, there's a lot of weird stuff that happens in the news. Man falls in river chasing one-legged goose Wisconsin authorities have rescued and arrested a drunken man who plunged into the Wisconsin River while chasing a one-legged goose. The 40-year-old Wausau man told officers he wanted to catch the bird and roast it. He says he took off his shirt and shoes last Thursday afternoon and jumped into the frigid water. Authorities say he was overcome by the cold water and had to be rescued by firefighters. Police say the man had been drinking heavily before the stunt. The man was arrested on an outstanding warrant for bail jumping. Witness Sergio Lopez works by the river. He says he often sees people jump in the water during hot summer days but rarely in October. Police tell the Wausau Daily Herald that as far as they know, the goose is still on the loose. http://www.wassaudailygerald.com RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - PonderThis - 05-25-2011 How does it get any loonier than someone predicting the end of the world, puts billboards everywhere about it, then when people give away all their possessions and now he tells them "get over it, bad things happen to people all the time" or some such. That was in the mainstream news just the other day, and there's nothing weirder you can hardly imagine, unless it's zombies or something. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-25-2011 (05-25-2011, 07:38 AM)PonderThis Wrote: How does it get any loonier than someone predicting the end of the world, puts billboards everywhere about it, then when people give away all their possessions and now he tells them "get over it, bad things happen to people all the time" or some such. That was in the mainstream news just the other day, and there's nothing weirder you can hardly imagine, unless it's zombies or something. Preacher says world will actually end in October Quote:OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A California preacher who foretold of the world's end only to see the appointed day pass with no extraordinarily cataclysmic event has revised his apocalyptic prophecy, saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APOCALYPSE_SATURDAY_?SITE=NYONI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Crone - 05-25-2011 Quote:Kyle Pearce of Florida was flying from Spokane to Denver on May 19, when he shocked fellow passengers by masturbating in his coach-class United Airlines seat, according to an FBI affidavit filed in Denver on May 20, The Smoking Gun reports. http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/05/24/kyle-pearce-united-airlines-passenger-single-handedly-joins-mi/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Wonky - 05-25-2011 John Prine, an 'ol country boy with the mind of a poet. I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS TO ME Well I once knew a man who was going insane He let love chase him right up a tree It took the police and a fire truck Just to bring him back down Oh, I hate it when that happens to me It made the front page of the paper The gossip tongues wagged Why they even showed it all on TV Now if he should live forever He won't live it down Oh, I hate it when that happens to me Dogs bites Man Man loses girl Oh what did he ever do Wrong in this world? There once was a big buzz all over town About a movie where the killer goes free Now, he's got every one's sympathy Oh, I hate it when that happens to me Yes, I hate it when that happens to me RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-27-2011 'Grandma Bandit' suspect killed in shootout actually a man Quote:Atlanta (CNN) -- A robbery suspect nicknamed the "Grandma Bandit" died in a shootout Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, authorities said.More here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/27/georgia.grandma.bandit/index.html?eref=rss_crime&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_crime+%28RSS%3A+Crime%29 RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-28-2011 Man who gave trooper the finger has charge dropped Quote:DENVER (AP) -- A harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a 35-year-old Colorado man who faced prosecution for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - GoCometsGo - 05-28-2011 (05-25-2011, 06:48 AM)Valuesize Wrote: Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon I'm having a little trouble buying into the 100 psi aspect of this. There is no way the human body can withstand that. Maybe that is what the compressor is capable of??? RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - illcommandante - 05-30-2011 We had a lieutenant in the ER at Balboa. He had slipped and landed square on a long neck beer bottle. They had to drill a hole in the bottle, to get it out of his ass. Poor guy. Ever hear of such bad luck? RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 05-30-2011 (05-30-2011, 07:03 AM)illcommandante Wrote: We had a lieutenant in the ER at Balboa. He had slipped and landed square on a long neck beer bottle. They had to drill a hole in the bottle, to get it out of his ass. Poor guy. Ever hear of such bad luck?Nope. RE: Strange News Stories (Post Here) - Valuesize - 06-03-2011 Quote:NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TWIN_FRIARS_DIE?SITE=MAFAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |