Insane and weird news of the day
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Chef dies after eating 'super hot' chilli
An aspiring chef died after eating a "super hot" chilli sauce in a competition with his girlfriend's brother, an inquest in England has heard.
- Man dies after eating chilli
- Suffered 'discomfort, itching'
- Heart attack possible, inquest toldAndrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend's brother to a contest on September 19 to see who could make and eat the hottest sauce, London's The Times reported.
The forklift driver from Edlington, West Yorkshire in England, made a tomato sauce with red chillies grown by his father, but after eating it suffered intense discomfort and itching.
Mr Lee went to bed and asked his girlfriend, Samantha Bailey, to scratch his back until he fell asleep.
When she woke in the morning he was dead, possibly after suffering a heart attack, The Guardian said.
Paramedics were called to the home but were unable to revive Lee, who was lying on the floor, The Telegraph reported.
Toxicology tests will be conducted to establish if he suffered a reaction to the food. Lee was in perfect health and just passed a medical examination at work, the inquest heard.
Mr Lee's sister, Claire Chadbourne, 29, said he took a jar of the sauce to his girlfriend's home and challenged her brother Michael, 29, to a competition to see who could eat it.
"Andrew just ate the chillies with a plate of Dolmio sauce. It was not a proper meal because he had already eaten lamb chops and potato mash after work," she said.
"He apparently got into bed at 2.30am and started scratching all over. His girlfriend ... woke up and he had gone. It is incredible. Who would have thought he could have died from eating chilli sauce?"
She said a post-mortem showed no heart problems.
"He loved cooking for his friends. He always said he wanted to be a chef but didn't want to start at the bottom."
The inquest was adjourned.
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Bride arrested in wedding dress .......
Muahahahahaha ... not what it seems ...... but makes for a good sound bite ...
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Here, kitty: Police expect house cat, get cougar
Wed Oct 1, 3:52 PM ET
CASPER, Wyo. - A police officer didn't think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a home in Casper, Wyo. Then the officer arrived at the home of Beverly Hood. It was no ordinary domestic feline — but a male mountain lion weighing 80 to 90 pounds. Officer Mike Ableman says he ran for cover inside Hood's home when he saw the cougar.
Hood says she was inside when she first saw the mountain lion lying on her porch Monday. Hood says the lion hissed at her, but she wasn't scared.
She called 911, animal control and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Hood reported that she had a bothersome "big cat." A dispatcher told Ableman that it was a house cat.
A game warden tranquilized the mountain lion and the animal was relocated.
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Prophylactics swiped from Mexico condom-mobile
By MARIA GALLUCCI, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 1, 10:46 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - Missing in Mexico: 5,000 condoms, sound equipment and a motor used to inflate a giant prophylactic, all stolen from a "condom-mobile" used to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.
The coordinator of an HIV/AIDS awareness tour, Polo Gomez, said the truck was taken Sunday from its parking spot in front of a friend's house in Mexico City.
It was recovered Wednesday in a shopping mall parking lot in a northern suburb — minus the condoms and the equipment. Gomez said the thieves left some 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic, which were also in the vehicle.
The truck wasn't hard to locate. It features painted images of a peeled banana, the exposed part shaped like a condom, and a shirtless man saying: "I protect myself. Do you?"
After the theft received widespread media coverage, residents phoned police with the vehicle's whereabouts, Gomez said.
The Condomovil program has toured Mexico since 1998 promoting safe sex practices while distributing 1.2 million condoms to more than 700,000 people, Gomez said. The inflatable condom was used to draw attention from passers-by.
The group bought the truck with a grant from Mexico's federal Health Department. The department also donated the 5,000 condoms that were stolen.
The United Nations AIDS program says there are some 200,000 people living with HIV in Mexico.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
WTF
Why would ANYONE wanna do that
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Originally posted by elindra:
WTF
Why would ANYONE wanna do that
i figure, even if the guy's brain was damaged, his IQ can't drop any lower
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Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc
By KRISTEN GELINEAU,Associated Press Writer AP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.
The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.
The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.
In the footage, the boy's face remains largely blank, Neindorf said, adding: "It was like he was playing a game."
By the time he was done, 13 animals worth around $5,500 had been killed, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, Neindorf said. Although none were considered rare, some are difficult to replace, he said.
"We're horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child," Neindorf said.
Alice Springs police said they are unable to press charges against the boy because of his age. Children under age 10 can't be charged with criminal offenses in the Northern Territory. His name was not released because of his age.
Neindorf said he plans to sue the boy's parents.
The boy's small size is probably the reason he didn't trip the zoo's security system, which relies on sensors to detect intruders, Neindorf said.
"I just want people to learn that they can't let their children go and run amok," Neindorf said. "If we can't put the blame onto the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081003/tap-as-australia-zoo-carnage-79704af.html
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I still stay by how some people should not be allowed to breed -_-"
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Originally posted by the Bear:
i figure, even if the guy's brain was damaged, his IQ can't drop any lowermebbe no brain at all. just piercing thru an empty skull.
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Originally posted by elindra:
Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc
By KRISTEN GELINEAU,Associated Press Writer AP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.
The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.
The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.
In the footage, the boy's face remains largely blank, Neindorf said, adding: "It was like he was playing a game."
By the time he was done, 13 animals worth around $5,500 had been killed, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, Neindorf said. Although none were considered rare, some are difficult to replace, he said.
"We're horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child," Neindorf said.
Alice Springs police said they are unable to press charges against the boy because of his age. Children under age 10 can't be charged with criminal offenses in the Northern Territory. His name was not released because of his age.
Neindorf said he plans to sue the boy's parents.
The boy's small size is probably the reason he didn't trip the zoo's security system, which relies on sensors to detect intruders, Neindorf said.
"I just want people to learn that they can't let their children go and run amok," Neindorf said. "If we can't put the blame onto the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081003/tap-as-australia-zoo-carnage-79704af.html
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I still stay by how some people should not be allowed to breed -_-"
he quite strong leh. the lizards aren't that light.. and he can throw them OVER fences.
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Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
he quite strong leh. the lizards aren't that light.. and he can throw them OVER fences.
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Originally posted by elindra:
Maybe they are small ones20 yo goanna leh.. let's say each weighs an average of 3 - 5 kg.. he throw 13 over the fence leh. Incredible - shake head-
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The Thorny Devil only grow up to 8 inches in length
It won't be that heavy
Bearded Dragons maybe small ones and not full length of 60cm la
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Originally posted by elindra:
The Thorny Devil only grow up to 8 inches in length
It won't be that heavy
Bearded Dragons maybe small ones and not full length of 60cm la
Oh Hummm.. okie.. guess they not giant giant big ones like our iguanas huh.. or issit monitor lizards...
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Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
Oh Hummm.. okie.. guess they not giant giant big ones like our iguanas huh.. or issit monitor lizards...
Giant Giant ones are Monitor Lizards where they can grow over a metre :x -
Originally posted by elindra:
Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc
By KRISTEN GELINEAU,Associated Press Writer AP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.
The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's security camera, happened early Wednesday after the boy jumped a security fence at the Alice Springs Reptile Center in central Australia, said zoo director Rex Neindorf.The child then went on a killing spree, bashing three lizards to death with a rock, including the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna, which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot, 440-pound saltwater crocodile, said Neindorf.
The boy also fed several live animals to Terry by throwing them over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure, at one point climbing over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.
In the footage, the boy's face remains largely blank, Neindorf said, adding: "It was like he was playing a game."
By the time he was done, 13 animals worth around $5,500 had been killed, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards, Neindorf said. Although none were considered rare, some are difficult to replace, he said.
"We're horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child," Neindorf said.
Alice Springs police said they are unable to press charges against the boy because of his age. Children under age 10 can't be charged with criminal offenses in the Northern Territory. His name was not released because of his age.
Neindorf said he plans to sue the boy's parents.
The boy's small size is probably the reason he didn't trip the zoo's security system, which relies on sensors to detect intruders, Neindorf said.
"I just want people to learn that they can't let their children go and run amok," Neindorf said. "If we can't put the blame onto the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081003/tap-as-australia-zoo-carnage-79704af.html
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I still stay by how some people should not be allowed to breed -_-"
Ha ha... I was just showing hubby this news on ninemsn website a few seconds ago. I think the parents should be charged.
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Originally posted by elindra:
Giant Giant ones are Monitor Lizards where they can grow over a metre :xyalo.. tt time i went pulau hantu.. at night the Monitor lizards climb up the dustbin (those big metal dustbins we have in east coast park).. use their sheer weight to crash them down and eat what picnickers left over.
in the darkness we could only see the silhouette - looks like godzilla toppling apartments.
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this is.. creepy...
=> suspended police officer and girlfriend arrested for molesting 3 girls and 4 cows
yes.. that's right.. 4.. COWS
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... and you thought your job sucked..
=> Man imitates monkey to scare away other monkeys
and that's his job!!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
... and you thought your job sucked..
=> Man imitates monkey to scare away other monkeys
and that's his job!!
I"m speechless! -
Dying to quit smoking...
=> Couple get beaten to death in ritual to help them stop smoking
their 14 year old daughter was injured too!
this happened in Malaysia!!
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2008 Ig Nobels honor best, weirdest scientific research
By Matt Ford | Published: October 03, 2008 - 09:35AM CT
Last night kicked the scientific award season into full swing; the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards were handed out in Harvard's Sanders Theater. Not quite as well-known as their more prestigious namesake, the awards recognize "research that first makes people laugh and then think."
The ceremony saw the ever-popular 24/7 lecture series, where leading researchers from around the world discuss the technical details and ramifications of their work in 24 seconds, then explain it in layman's terms in 7 words. This year's 24/7 series included talks from Benoit Mandelbrot, Anna Lysyanskaya, Dany Adams, and the 1976 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, William Lipscomb. Other ongoing traditions include the Ig Nobels being handed out by Nobel laureates, and an eight-year-old girl being kept up past her bedtime whose role is to ensure that acceptance speeches are capped at 60 seconds.
In a ceremony with a main theme of redundancy, the ceremony honored the
research that "makes people laugh and then think" in a
redundantly-themed ceremony. This year, eight fields of research were
honored: archeology, biology, chemistry, economics, literature,
medicine, nutrition, and peace. Without further suspense, here are the
winners in no order of winning order:- Peace: plants are people too. The peace award goes to none other than the Swiss. The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, along with the citizens of that great nation, took the prize for passing a law that recognizes that plants have dignity too.
- Biology: dog-borne fleas are better jumpers than cat-borne fleas. Turns out athletic ability, in fleas at least, depends on where you live. Researchers found that fleas that live on dogs are better high jumpers when compared to fleas that live on cats.
- Literature: "You Bastard!" The literature prize goes to David Sims for his study on organizational indignation: "You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation Within Organizations."
- Nutrition: it tastes better if it sounds better. This award goes to a pair of British researchers who confirmed the simple idea that food tastes better if it sounds better. For those who question the practicality of this research, it has already been put to use in the Fat Duck Restaurant, where seafood diners are given iPods loaded with ocean sounds to listen to while they dine.
- Medicine: placebos that cost more said to work better. While the true effect of placebos continues to be studied, Dan Ariely has demonstrated that expensive fake medicine works better than the cheap crap you get on the corner. (I predict a future Ig Nobel in economics for the exploiter of this one.)
- Economics: strippers earn more when they are at peak fertility. Ever sign up for psychology experiments while in college? I bet you didn't get picked for this one: a trio of psychology researchers from the University of New Mexico found that exotic dancers make up to 60 percent more when they are at peak fertility.
- Archeology: armadillos can wreak havoc on digs. It turns out that while armadillos are cool-looking, they can be very problematic at archaeological dig sites. A Brazilian duo observed that armadillos are capable of moving artifacts at dig sites up to several meters from their original "final" resting place.
- Chemistry: Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide. A 23-year-old study that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine finally got the recognition it deserves. An Ob/Gyn team from BU's School of Medicine found that Coca-Cola was indeed a spermicide and, oddly enough, that Diet Coke worked best of the then-available variants. The award is shared with a team of Taiwanese researchers who found that Coke and related sodas were not good contraceptives...
This Ig Nobel Prize is awarded in the year 2008 to an Ig Nobel Prize winner, in recognition of the Ig Nobel Prize winner's Ig Nobel Prize-winning achievement
So, those are the winners of this years prestigious Ig Nobel awards. The researchers will join the ranks of past winners such as Don Featherstone (inventor of the plastic lawn flamingo), Kees Moeliker (observer of homosexual necrophiliac ducks), and Dr. Francis Fesmire (discoverer of how to terminate intractable hiccups using digital rectal massage) to go down as people who make us laugh, and then think. -
Went to the supermarket and had to bring my own plastic bag or esle kena charge 5 cents per bag.And when the counter girl said to me 'My bag?' I said 'Hell NO!! ' its my bag' and then she replied again 'Yes,It is my bag'.You see in Japan 'MY' means yours and yours means mine.LOL
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Wahahhaa
All Hook Up: The Elvis lookalike who's a fish
I'm too lazy to post so clicky on the linky
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1074089/All-Hook-Up-The-Elvis-lookalike-whos-fish.html
Fish that look like Elvis, Pikachu and Peter Lorre
