Weird News Compilation

[nsaspook]

KFC is sorry.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/23/news/kfc-apology-ad-shortage-chicken/index.html

Spoiler

 

[phinds]

People in US are paranoid about school shootings, but I never would expect such attitude in a math class. Seems impossible that students didn't notice that it was a square root.

Everyone knew it was a square root symbol. The student in question apparently made a stupid joke that, taken out of context, might have been heard as a threat.

 

[OmCheeto]

KFC is sorry.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/23/news/kfc-apology-ad-shortage-chicken/index.html
...

I read about that a couple of days ago.

KFC lovers are being urged not to call the police over the fried chicken "crisis".

The fast food chain closed half its 900 UK outlets after "operational issues" with its new delivery firm DHL.​

[ref: BBC]

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802210041.html

A system glitch at a cryptocurrency exchange site run by an Osaka-based firm enabled users to obtain digital money for free, with one apparently “purchasing” Bitcoin valued at 2,200 trillion yen ($20 trillion) and then attempting to cash in on it.

You have an opportunity to steal an unlimited amount quickly... and you choose 20 trillion dollars.

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.fox13news.com/news/316998788-video

Car explodes in Maryland after man uses body spray, lights cigarette, police say

 

[nsaspook]

FLORIDA
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/03/09/miami-beach-club-horse/

 

[fresh_42]

FLORIDA
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/03/09/miami-beach-club-horse/

Too bad I may not finish "A farmer walks into a bar with a horse. He says, "I will give any of you $100 if you can make my horse laugh ...".

 

[Borg]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-impaired-bride-crashes-her-way-her-wedding-224755045.html

I'm guessing that she was late for her wedding.

 

[berkeman]

Colorado now has workout gyms that give away free cannabis...

http://wgntv.com/2018/03/14/exercise-and-cannabis-combine-at-colorado-gym/

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - It’s called Break the Stigma Fitness. Owner Janessa Lea calls it the first cannabis-friendly fitness facility in the world.

Opened in July, it’s the owner's bread and butter.

“We do cannabis-infused group fitness classes which is yoga, kickboxing and other classes all here," Lea told KDVR.

Lea is not in it just for the money. She’s in it for her health. She suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disease.

“It resulted in a multitude of issues, one that has a great effect on anybody’s life that has chronic pain," she said.

Break the Stigma Fitness is open to the public. But first you request an invite, then it will send a link. Then you register for the class of your choice.

It does not sell marijuana but gifts it to their customers as free samples.

 

[fresh_42]

cannabis-infused ... kickboxing

I want to have the URL of the webcam!

 

[nsaspook]

http://www.businessinsider.com/romanian-court-rules-that-man-is-dead-even-though-he-isnt-2018-3

A Romanian court has ruled that a man is dead, even though he's clearly alive — and the decision is final

 

[fresh_42]

http://www.businessinsider.com/romanian-court-rules-that-man-is-dead-even-though-he-isnt-2018-3

A Romanian court has ruled that a man is dead, even though he's clearly alive — and the decision is final

Thanks for not making the obvious joke!

 

[nsaspook]

Thanks for not making the obvious joke!

There is a serious question about the ruling.

I want to know if a person is officially dead can they be arrested for punching a judge in the face.

 

[fresh_42]

There is a serious question about the ruling.

I want to know if a person is officially dead can they be arrested for punching a judge in the face.

I just thought: Hurray! No more taxes! But yours is interesting, too. It might depend on the Romanian process law, as it comes down to the question, whether a dead man can accused, resp. whether being alive is a required condition to open a law case. I wonder if anybody had thought about this when writing the rules for legal processes.

 

[nsaspook]

https://mashable.com/2018/03/22/dark-sky-weather-glitch/#UNrpAjbMciqk

Much like the 2004 less-than-accurate and not-really-good disaster movie, The Day After Tomorrow, Dark Sky predicts that the temperature on March 24th will plunge sharply to near a hundred degrees below zero. Sounds bad!

 

[ZapperZ]

Astronomer announces that he has discovered... MARS!

https://www.space.com/40057-astronomer-discovers-mars.html

His lesson in this thing is certainly what many of us doing research work are well aware of :

Check check and triple check and then check some more!

Zz.

 

[nsaspook]

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/03/22/teen-crashes-license-center-driving-test/

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – What’s a sure fire way to fail your driving test? Smash your vehicle through the license center building.

 

[Borg]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gone-extinct-animatronic-t-rex-bursts-flames-010449706.html.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ientist-finally-blasts-california-sky-n859801

"Mad" Mike Hughes, the rocket man who believes the Earth is flat, propelled himself about 1,875 feet into the air Saturday before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert. He told The Associated Press that outside of an aching back he's fine after the launch near Amboy, California.
...
"Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said. "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."

Earth

Mars

 

[fresh_42]

Somebody should tell him, that regardless how high, i.e. far away from Earth he will be, he'll always merely see a Frisbee. I bet I already know his conclusion.

 

[nsaspook]

There is weird and there is just plain crazy.
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...sprays-to-get-high-and-it-is-really-dangerous

INDIANAPOLIS -- In a state where drug overdoses continue to rise, people are finding new ways to get high and emergency crews are warning about one of the latest dangerous trends: bug spray.

Firefighters in Indianapolis are responding to several calls every day because of the toxic concoction known as KD.

To create the high, people are using "heavy duty" bug sprays like RAID and Wasp which have high concentrations of Pyrethroids. They are spraying them on other drugs like marijuana, spice and tobacco before smoking them.

 

[256bits]

England really seems to have had enough of Europe.

First it was Brexit, and the hullabaloo that surrounded that.
So this time they are quietly leaving, with the announcement in an obscure magazine.
Think nobody would notice!
Oh. And they are downsizing too.

England listed as African nation in official Commonwealth Games guide

https://www.rt.com/sport/423161-commonwealth-games-england-african-country/

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/0.../?utm_source=upi&utm_campaign=mp&utm_medium=5

Wrong way! Looks like they made the 'hinge backside' of the demo cutout too weak on the silo to make it tilt and fall over correctly.

 

[fresh_42]

England really seems to have had enough of Europe.

First it was Brexit, and the hullabaloo that surrounded that.
So this time they are quietly leaving, with the announcement in an obscure magazine.
Think nobody would notice!
Oh. And they are downsizing too.

I'd really be interested in what they wrote under Scotland.

 

[Borg]

If this isn't weird, I don't know what qualifies - Putting the plant in transplant.

 

[CWatters]

Men in fake "space" suits arrested over scheme to capture energy from thunderbolts.

https://news.sky.com/story/men-in-fake-spacesuits-arrested-over-nasa-scam-11365458

 

[Buckleymanor]

I have not been around for a while been traveling and might attend this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-44073903

 

[berkeman]

Iowa man says his dog shot him while they were playing

http://www.kron4.com/news/national/iowa-man-says-his-dog-shot-him-while-they-were-playing-1/1174745577

Remme told The Messenger newspaper that Balew is a “big wuss” and lay down beside him and cried because he thought he had done something wrong.

 

[OmCheeto]

If this isn't weird, I don't know what qualifies - Putting the plant in transplant.

Patiently waiting for someone in the Navy to lose an ear, so we we can see pictures of a "Naval" ear, vs an "Arm"y ear.

 

[collinsmark]

Ohio Police Help Man Who Was Being Followed Home By A Pig

Zoey, the pig, just wanted to be petted.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...help-man-who-was-being-followed-home-by-a-pig

 

[berkeman]

Zoey, the pig, just wanted to be petted.

LOL, too funny.

"Also, we will mention the irony of the pig in a police car now so that anyone that thinks they're funny is actually unoriginal and trying too hard," the police said on social media.

Wonder it the piglet likes donuts...

 

[HAYAO]

If this isn't weird, I don't know what qualifies - Putting the plant in transplant.

That's more fascinating than weird.

 

[Borg]

Censored graduation cake
I'm guessing that the cake makers didn't graduate at the top of their class.

 

[berkeman]

http://www.kron4.com/news/national/...ng-wife-he-had-viagra-prescription/1229944290

There are two different ways that this could have caused problems, it would seem...

 

[Bystander]

two different ways

At least two.