Strange & Stupid: Amusing News

Jogger attacked with a Mars bar
JOGGER was injured after being hit by a frozen Mars bar hurled from a passing car.

The man was running along Sunderland Road, South Shields, when the rock-hard chocolate bar was thrown at him.

Police said the car - a black Nissan or Toyota - then turned round, drove back past the shocked man, and its occupants threw another object at him before driving off.

The bizarre incident, which resulted in the man suffering a swollen ankle, happened at about 10.30am yesterday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 08456 043 043.

who would waste a mars bar? I can’t believe what JERKS these dudes are. There are starving children in Africa! STARVING!

Thrillseekers hiJack-son train

THIS is the moment a group of Thrill seekers hiJack-son a London tube train.
Passengers were left open-mouthed when a group of commuters - including a suited man - got up from their seats and performed the dance featured in Michael Jackson’s music video for hit Thriller.

The bemused London Underground travellers clapped as the straight-faced group sat down once they had finished.
A Transport for London spokesperson said: “There are clearly occasions, like this, when everyone enjoys being entertained by some talented people.

“There are other occasions where inconsiderate behaviour can spoil a journey for other passengers. Our message is simply that a little consideration to your fellow passengers can make a real difference to everyone.”

I WOULD say that this is the cheeseiest movie I’ve ever seen, but they have the most perfect (and completely unexpected, truly unnecessary) vibraslap.
And therefore, it is almost holy.
enjoy…the beauty of Maggie Gyllenhall.

http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=211596

I want to live in these houses.
Too bad it’s probably the ghetto.
But man are they sweet.

COLUMBIA (AP) — Two teenagers have been kicked out of school for kissing on a school bus, and now their families are challenging the decision.

Dominique Goyner and his girlfriend were expelled by the Richland County District Two school board in October for the rest of the academic year.

School officials told Jody Free her son was being removed from school for “sexual misconduct.”

But Free saw the tape and says it showed the pair kissing for maybe two minutes. Had it been anything different, she said she would have supported the school’s decision.

Her son said he knew he was breaking a rule but was shocked by school’s response. He says he hopes the expulsion won’t stop him from attending a military academy after graduation.

School district spokeswoman Theresa Riley said she couldn’t comment but that the district stands by the decision.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — A Washington County woman is accused of locking her 10-year-old grandson in a feces-filled dog crate for about 90 minutes.

Police said 51-year-old Rhonda Lehman, of Washington, put the boy in the crate Saturday because the boy laced the family’s drinks with lamp oil and household cleaner called “Bam.”

Lehman has custody of the boy, who told police he did it because “he was angry because he didn’t get to go on a trip” last year, said Washington police Officer James Markley. It is possible the boy had been spiking the drinks for a while, authorities said. Family members became sick, but were not hospitalized.

Police said Lehman also told a county agency if someone didn’t come for the boy, she would bury him alive in the back yard. Lehman was charged with child endangerment and making terroristic threats.

On Saturday, the boy was put in a 3-foot-by-4-foot plastic dog cage with only a small metal door for him to look out, Markley said.

The boy’s 24-year-old brother, Michael McCreery, is charged with punching the youngster.

“When I asked the brother, I said, ‘Why would you punch a 10-year-old in the eye?’ he said, ‘It’s better than what I wanted to do to him,”‘ Markley said.

Markley said the defendants told authorities they don’t believe they did anything wrong.
“They were very calm, like this was nothing,” Markley said.

thing is: I dont think it was just a threat. I think this psycho would have buried her grandkid alive (that little shit)

Don’t stop Brazil Carnival but be careful: Lula
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - As Brazilians get ready for their annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
“Everybody has the right to have fun and enjoy themselves but it is important to remember that the next week we have to work and look after our families,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday.

The government also started handing out millions of free condoms at the weekend as part of its campaign to combat AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases during Carnival.

Latin America’s largest country stops work and indulges in a riot of drinking, dancing and parades accompanied by often licentious behavior.
Lula appealed in his weekly radio address for people to be careful during the partying.
“No one needs to drink or do anything more than normal to enjoy themselves,” he said.
Lula is known as a gregarious character who himself enjoys a drink. His dour warning appeared to be partly prompted by a rise in deaths and accidents from drunken driving during the Christmas holidays.

The Health Ministry launched its annual safe sex campaign on Sunday under the slogan “Good in bed means wearing a condom.”
“We have to let people know the importance of prevention,” Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said at an event in Rio.

States and municipalities in the world’s largest Roman Catholic country will distribute 19.5 million free condoms for Carnival.

An education program will focus on alerting young women to the dangers of unprotected sex and encourage them to demand that their partners wear condoms.

Thousands of bandanas and temporary tattoos with safe sex slogans will also be handed out to revelers in the big cities.
Recife city also plans to distribute morning-after contraceptive pills – a move that has angered the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy.

And to think: we, as AMERICANS, can’t even teach safe sex in schools. It’s just WRONG.

After a decade fighting to stop illegal file-sharing, the music industry will give fans today what they have always wanted: an unlimited supply of free and legal songs.
Qtrax, a digital service announced today, promises a catalogue of more than 25 million songs that users can download to keep, free and with no limit on the number of tracks.

The service has been endorsed by EMI, Universal Music and Warner Music – who have chased file-sharers through the courts in a doomed attempt to prevent piracy. GOOD LUCK, TOOLS.
The gamble is that fans will put up with a limited amount of advertising around the Qtrax website’s jukebox in return for authorised use of almost every song available.

The service will use the “peer-to-peer” network, which contains not just hit songs but rarities and live tracks from the world’s leading artists.

One problem: not iPod compatible.
Why are these industry moguls so stupid? I don’t care how much it costs, pay apple whatever they want…it’s the only way you’ll succeed.

Qtrax, a subsidiary of Brilliant Technologies Corporation, has raised $30 million (£15 million) to set up the service, which is available in the US and Europe from today. Allan Klepfisz, president of Qtrax, said: “Customers now expect music to be free but they do not want to use illegal sites. We believe this . . . has the support of the music industry and allows artists to get paid.”
WRONG. People believe that music should be free, and don’t care where they get the tracks becuause of a feeling of entitlement. Stealing music has never felt dirty, because there is no face that you are stealing from except that of the dude who just ran over your puppy in one of his 18 Hummers.

…still, I’m willing to give it a try.