Sick Sad World 2.0: The Official Source for Weird News Stories

[Punichu]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-party30.html

Poor guy hasn't been the same since Catwoman started to date that detective.

[WildWill]

Someone the other day asked where this thread had gone - well, it had gone back to page 40+ something, and was too big anyway.

So I'm restarting it - though I'm not posting a weird story - you can do that your own selves.

[Busterslash35]

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,22182392-5007221,00.html

Guy kills parents over laughing about his cat's death.


http://www.nevblog.com/2007/08/lebanese-newspaper.html
Guy unknowingly gets his Facebook picture published in a Lebanese newspaper.


lolDigg.

[Charninja]

Beast of Dartmoor (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472909&in_page_id=1770) that's terrorized an English village is really just an old softie.

Would be thief (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/thief-loses-clothes-as-he-tries-to-rob-brisbane-shop/2007/08/04/1185648195072.html) is foiled by clerk with a mop and loses his own shirt in the process.

More to come.

[KiNG]

Boss killed employees after they asked for a raise. (http://www.mrgoodpost.com/2007/07/31/boss-killed-employees-after-they-asked-for-raise/)

[beaverteeth92]

Isn't he a little too old to get his allowance? (http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/02/mom.allowance.reut/index.html)

Little League Game Goes Insane (http://www.wmur.com/news/13821807/detail.html)

[Busterslash35]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407657-details/Girl+dies+of+brain+tumour+after+doctor+tells+her+' headaches+are+caused+by+stress'/article.do
Woman dies of brain tumor after doctors tell her "headaches are caused by stress"

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/08/Google-mistakes-own-blog-for-spam-deletes_1.html
Google marks its own blog as spam and deletes it

[kenshinEtErNaL]

Not too long ago (about a couple of days ago), a giant Lego man was fished out of the Dutch sea.

Article (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-08-09T213245Z_01_L07870114_RTRUKOC_0_US-DUTCH-LEGO-ODD.xml)
Pics of the bugger (http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070809/photos_od/2007_08_08t102148_450x330_us_dutch_lego_odd)

Some interesting stuff here. Not really sure what to make of it, there isn't really any info about it.

[WildWill]

Not too long ago (about a couple of days ago), a giant Lego man was fished out of the Dutch sea.

Article (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-08-09T213245Z_01_L07870114_RTRUKOC_0_US-DUTCH-LEGO-ODD.xml)
Pics of the bugger (http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070809/photos_od/2007_08_08t102148_450x330_us_dutch_lego_odd)

Some interesting stuff here. Not really sure what to make of it, there isn't really any info about it.

FAKE - Photoshopped.

And all weird news stories go here.

[dabom88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg39T3OESSs

Quote:
LAS VEGAS, N. M. - A Las Vegas father is a hit with his Transformer-loving son, but the local law thinks their fantasy police car looks too much like the real thing.

About a month ago Jessie Vigil put decals on his 2007 Mustang to mimic the movie "The Transformers" where robots transform into vehicles.

It's reality for 7-year-old Thomas Vigil who is big on Transformers. "Well, I have a lot," he said.

Jessie Vigil made his son's dream come true.

"I tried to make it close to the car as possible," he said.

Vigil transformed the family's Mustang into the Decepticon Barricade from the Transformers movie.

It was one of Thomas' first toys, and the details are incredibly accurate to the movie.

But ever since then it's no longer been fun but a fury.

While Vigil say's he's imitating a movie character, some officers think he's impersonating police.

In the past month, local and state police have pulled Vigil over on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and threatened to give him a ticket.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

"It's a gray area," Ulibarrí said. "I don't know if you can do this.

"I couldn't tell him he couldn't do this because it's a First Amendment issue."

Vigil said for now, his expression of art is staying on this 'Stang.

His son's joy is worth the unwanted attention, he added.

"To see my son's face is priceless," Vigil said.

Police are so worried about Vigil's copycat car because there have been people posing as police officers to commit crimes.

Vigil said he only has good intentions.

The district attorney's office in Las Vegas continues to review the law books and talk to police to decide if Vigil is breaking the law.

Source: KRQE News 13 | Reporter: Kim Holland | Web Producer: Bill Diven





In the words of Storm Warrior2: "How dare he try to make his child happy! What an inconsiderate jerk!"

Come on, it freaking says TRANFORMERS on the windshield and right on the FREAKING DOOR. AND he's a disabled War Veteran, so he's probably not going to be impersonating an officer anytime soon.

I just wish all dads could be as cool as him.

[Exiled]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/08/10/4408533-ap.html

Beheaded snake sends man to hospital




PROSSER, Wash. (AP) — Turns out, even beheaded rattlesnakes can be dangerous.

That’s what 53-year-old Danny Anderson learned as he was feeding his horses Monday night, when a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property, about 50 miles southeast of Yakima.

Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more strikes to the head left it sitting under a pickup truck.

“When I reached down to pick up the head, it raised around and did a backflip almost, and bit my finger,” Anderson said. “I had to shake my hand real hard to get it to let loose.”

His wife insisted they go to the hospital, and by the time they arrived at Prosser Memorial Hospital 10 minutes later, Anderson’s tongue was swollen and the venom was spreading. He then was taken by ambulance 30 miles to a Richland hospital to get the full series of six shots he needed.

The snake head ended up in the bed of his pickup, and Anderson landed in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon.

Mike Livingston, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, said the area where the Anderson’s live is near prime snake habitat. But he said he had never heard of anyone being bit by a decapitated snake before.

“That’s really surprising but that’s an important thing to tell people,” he said. “It may have been just a reflex on the part of the snake.”

If another rattlesnake comes along, Anderson said he’ll likely try to kill it again, but said he’ll grab a shovel and bury it right there.

“It still gives me the creeps to think that son-of-a-gun could do that,” he said.

[Busterslash35]

That Barricade replica is... wow. Jawdropping. Granted, he was one of my 2007 movie favorites, but still. Kinda nerdy, kinda cool. I don't think he should get in trouble, some sort of compromise would probably be best.

[beaverteeth92]

Damn Politically Correctness (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070814/od_afp/britainentertainmentchildrenoffbeat_070814122358;_ ylt=Ak7W3YlxwR12cfE1cqFdG5as0NUE)

[Black Paladin]

Damn Politically Correctness (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070814/od_afp/britainentertainmentchildrenoffbeat_070814122358;_ ylt=Ak7W3YlxwR12cfE1cqFdG5as0NUE)

I love how they restrict probably the least likely place where danger can occur from.

[Watto]

Damn Politically Correctness (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070814/od_afp/britainentertainmentchildrenoffbeat_070814122358;_ ylt=Ak7W3YlxwR12cfE1cqFdG5as0NUE)
Sounds perfectly sane to me. Latex can cause allergic reactions, and I can easily see a bubble machine causing a slipping hazard on the type of flooring used in supermarkets.

This doesn't seem to me to be a case of "political correctness" and more a case of common sense, especially regarding the bubble machine.

[Arky]

I know this is kind of stretching it, and it's several years old, damn it's a funny video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6vxe74KmI

This is from the TV station that I did my internship at. Adam is now a weekend anchor, and I wrote a lot of stories for him. We all tease him regularly about it.

[Exiled]

I know this is kind of stretching it, and it's several years old, damn it's a funny video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6vxe74KmI

This is from the TV station that I did my internship at. Adam is now a weekend anchor, and I wrote a lot of stories for him. We all tease him regularly about it.
Wow that's hilarious

[Dr. Blaine]

Your 'no-questions-asked' policy might go a bit too far if... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293666,00.html)

The second part in what I'm sure will be an ongoing story. This has to be the craziest lawsuit I have ever heard of. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293625,00.html)

[Junior]

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,22182392-5007221,00.html

Guy kills parents over laughing about his cat's death.

OMG! That's horrible! What a ****tard I swear.

Boss killed employees after they asked for a raise. (http://www.mrgoodpost.com/2007/07/31/boss-killed-employees-after-they-asked-for-raise/)

Oh yeah, I heard about this one in OG.

Beast of Dartmoor (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472909&in_page_id=1770) that's terrorized an English village is really just an old softie.

Would be thief (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/thief-loses-clothes-as-he-tries-to-rob-brisbane-shop/2007/08/04/1185648195072.html) is foiled by clerk with a mop and loses his own shirt in the process.

More to come.

I lol'd. Cute dog and funny robbery attempt

[beaverteeth92]

British dwarf's ***** gets caught in a vacuum cleaner (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/od_afp/entertainmentbritain;_ylt=Anga_qh1mqCOFLjFRM0QzI6s 0NUE)

[dabom88]

Lol, week-old news, but still awesome: http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14323

Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal
Thu, 16 August 2007
One American student sent major corporations, governments and even the Vatican on the defensive after coming up with Wikipedia Scanner, a software program that reveals who changed Wikipedia entries.
Wikipedia.com is an online encyclopedia edited by general users, who write articles on every imaginable subject. Since it is written by users, anyone can edit, delete and arrange the articles on Wikipedia.
What Virgil Griffith did was come up with a program that reveals who edits these articles, via a system where it scans the I.P address and cross-references it with the I.P. directory.

As soon as the software was launched on the internet, chaos erupted.
Among many revelations, Wikipedia Scanner reported that:
- Microsoft tried to cover up the XBOX 360 failure rate

- Apple edit Microsoft entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

- Bill Gates revenge? Microsoft edits Apple entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

- The Vatican edits Irish Catholic politician Gerry Adams page

- In the 9/11 Wikipedia article, the NRA added that “Iraq was involved in 9/11”

- Exxon Mobil edits spillages and eco-system destruction from oil spillages article

- FBI edits Guantanamo Bay, removing numerous pictures

- Oil company ChevronTexaco removes informative biodiesel article and deletes a paragraph regarding fines against the company

- Scientology removes criticism and negatives article from Scientology page

- Al Jazeera TV station adds that the foundation of Iraq was just as bad as the Holocaust

- Amnesty International removes negative comments

- Dell Computers deletes negative comments on customer services and removes a passage how the company outsources work to third world countries

- MySpace removes paragraph when their website was hacked

- EA Games deletes whole paragraphs of criticism about employment practices and business methods

- Dog breeding association deletes whole paragraphs about fatal attacks by dogs on humans
- US Republican Party changes the "Post-Saddam" section of the Baath Party article to a different account of the war, changing the language from "US-led occupation" to "US-led liberation"

- Fox News removes all controversial topics against the network from the Fox News page

- News of the World deletes a number of criticism against the paper

- Nestle removes negative comments on its business practices from its page

- UN address calls journalist Oriana Fallaci a racist ‘prostitute’

- Portuguese government removes entries about Prime Minister’s scandals

- DieBold, the company that controversially supplied computerised polling stations in the US elections, removes numerous paragraphs with negative comments

- Walmart removes criticism of outsourcing work. The retailer also changes negative paragraphs of underpaid workforce

- Sony removes harmful paragraphs against blu-ray systems

- Someone at Reuters calls Bush “a mass murderer”

- Coca Cola removes negative content about its effects

- British Conservative Party removes negative references of its MPs and deletes paragraph of the party’s old policies

- US University adds the “prestigious” adjective to its page

- Boeing edits from “Boeing is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer” to “Boeing is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer”

- MSN Search is “a major competitor to Google”. That’s what MSN added to their page

- BBC changes Blair's drink from coffee to vodka and his workout from the gym to the bedroom. Someone from the BBC also changes Bush’s page, changing the name from ”George Walker Bush” to “George Wan*** Bush”

- Someone from The Guardian edits the Wikipedia page of rival newspaper The Times. Originally in the article it is said that The Times sells more than The Guardian. After the edit, The Guardian sells more.
Griffith created the tool to "create minor public relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike," he said on his web site. He admitted that it's impossible to be sure if the edits were made by someone working at one of the organizations, although the I.P. address reveals that they were made by someone with access to their network, he says.

Griffith came up with the idea when he "heard about Congressmen being caught for white-washing their Wikipedia pages," he said.

"If the edit occurred during working hours, then we can reasonably assume that the person is either an agent of that company or a guest that was allowed access to their network," he wrote.He said he believes that anonymous speech is important for open projects like Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia works fine today for "noncontroversial topics," he said, but tools like Wikipedia Scanner can help make the site more reliable for controversial topics, he said.

[Crazee Adam]

The worst story I have ever heard(about a year and 1/2 ago) is that some pedo put a girl in a bag, had sex with her, chopped her up into little pieces, fried the pieces on the stove top and ate them. It made me sick.

[beaverteeth92]

This is supposed to be stupid news. Not ****ed up, sadistic news.

[Junior]

British dwarf's ***** gets caught in a vacuum cleaner (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/od_afp/entertainmentbritain;_ylt=Anga_qh1mqCOFLjFRM0QzI6s 0NUE)

I lol'd That's funny stuff. Must've hurt like hell though.

The worst story I have ever heard(about a year and 1/2 ago) is that some pedo put a girl in a bag, had sex with her, chopped her up into little pieces, fried the pieces on the stove top and ate them. It made me sick.

OMG! Wtf is wrong with people?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! Why the hell would they do that? Gosh...

[juvanya]

I know this is kind of stretching it, and it's several years old, damn it's a funny video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6vxe74KmI

This is from the TV station that I did my internship at. Adam is now a weekend anchor, and I wrote a lot of stories for him. We all tease him regularly about it.

lol pwned...I'd like to see that live.

Wikipedia
Wow, that's pretty widespread, but at least it's being caught.

[Chaos Swordsman]

I'm sure this fella saw Snakes on a Plane... (http://www.wapt.com/news/13968641/detail.html)

Gang colors + Baseball caps? (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294409,00.html)

[Dr. Blaine]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

I think we can all guess who's going to win in the end. Even if the senator wins, no one can enforce it, so he loses all the same.

[beaverteeth92]

Go to fark.com There are a lot of stupid news articles there.

[Black Paladin]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

I think we can all guess who's going to win in the end. Even if the senator wins, no one can enforce it, so he loses all the same.

hahaha. I wouldn't be surprised if he lost all credibility.

[Junior]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

I think we can all guess who's going to win in the end. Even if the senator wins, no one can enforce it, so he loses all the same.

Lolwut? That's just retarded, seriously.

[msradditz2005]

I'm sure this fella saw Snakes on a Plane... (http://www.wapt.com/news/13968641/detail.html)

Gang colors + Baseball caps? (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294409,00.html)

I've looked at the pictures of the baseball caps with these gang colors on them. I can't believe that those merchants are selling this crap to the public in New York and probably around the country. Just imagine if they are selling these caps in California where these gangs reside(originated from). I can see the trouble brewing already and it doesn't look good.:eek:

[Watto]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

Billy Connolly's already done it. :mad:

[Tiger of the Wind]

This is about a month old, but it made me laugh...

Monkeys are sexually harassing female villagers in Kenya (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6959209.stm)

[dabom88]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsarrest_070918183258

God, what is up with those cops and their love of tasering college students?

[Junior]

Child abuse is for pedophiles. Cops are one so that makes sense for their love of taser-ing students.

[Clare]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6991156.stm

[Tiger of the Wind]

N.C. man unknowingly buys a severed leg... (http://www.wyff4.com/news/14253325/detail.html)

[Junior]

What the... first thing, who would pay to see an amputated leg? And also, who would put up their amputated leg for show? o.0

[Tiger of the Wind]

Man in India weds a dog. (http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/13/india.wedding.ap/)

Well, people, that's about as odd as it gets...

[Sword_Stalker]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

I think we can all guess who's going to win in the end. Even if the senator wins, no one can enforce it, so he loses all the same.

if god really wanted to win, the one suing him would have a heart attack

[OmegaMan1144]

Couple of interesting news stories I found on Foxnews.com:
Man, Toad Arrested in Drug BustWednesday, November 14, 2007

Missouri police made a peculiar drug bust this week when they caught a man with a toad he allegedly used to get high, KMBC-TV in Kansas City reported Tuesday.

David Theiss, 21, of Kansas City, was accused of having a Colorado River Toad for the purpose of using it as a hallucinogenic, KMBC-TV reported.

"People used to do it all the time, but it got faded out awhile, but came back as a fad. Not a smart one," animal expert Danny Snyder told KMBC-TV. "The toxins in it can kill a lot of stuff."

Both Theiss and the toad were taken into custody. While Theiss was released on bond, the toad remains detained at a police crime lab.
__________________________________________________ ____________

Also from Foxnews:
Man Fleeing Police Killed By Alligator
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

SWEE****ER, Fla. — A man was killed by an alligator on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Miami-Dade County, Local10.com reported.

The man, who has not been identified, was running from Miccosukee police when he dove into a retention pond, Local10.com reported. There, he was reportedly attacked by the gator and bitten several times.

The man was suspected of breaking into cars with another suspect on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Local6.com reported. One was quickly captured.

The man's body was found at the bottom of the pond Friday. The man was bitten on the head several times, Local10.com reported. The gator was later trapped.
__________________________________________________ ______________

Never thought I'd be reading about someone licking a toad for real... sure, I saw it on Family Guy, but thought it was just a joke.

And cops should add those gators to their force instead of killing them. Seems like they're ready to go to work patrolling those ponds!

[~*Occulence*~]

Cow Plunges Off Cliff.... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21662482/)


Hope the link works. Talk about being lucky in an unlucky situation.

~*Occulence*~

[Junior]

Poor cow. =( What do animals do to deserve these fates?

[Near]

I was wondering if I should revive this, but I found that this one had a post less than a year ago, so forgive Ze Bump.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/08/child.charged.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Really makes you wonder what his motives were.

[Wind of Death]

if god really wanted to win, the one suing him would have a heart attack

God's not Light Yagami. :p


And am I the only one that notices most of these crazy things involve men doing odd/stupid/disgusting things? :rolleyes:

[Charninja]

Poor cow. =( What do animals do to deserve these fates?

Be delicious.

[DragonMaster2606]

Man sues God... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297121,00.html)

I think we can all guess who's going to win in the end. Even if the senator wins, no one can enforce it, so he loses all the same.

Do we have an update anywhere on the verdict?

[Near]

Here's another one, around a week or two old but awesome nonetheless:
"Woman arrested for killing virtual husband in Maple Story"

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5002721.ece

[Watto]

Do we have an update anywhere on the verdict?

The case was thrown out as it was impossible for God to be served with papers summoning him to court, due to his lack of address. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7673591.stm)

The case might sound ridiculous, but Ernie Chambers raises a good point. The courts should be open to anyone who has a problem they want to try and solve through litigation, and to close the courts to certain cases sets a dangerous precedent.

[DragonMaster2606]

The case was thrown out as it was impossible for God to be served with papers summoning him to court, due to his lack of address. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7673591.stm)

The case might sound ridiculous, but Ernie Chambers raises a good point. The courts should be open to anyone who has a problem they want to try and solve through litigation, and to close the courts to certain cases sets a dangerous precedent.

Haha, "lack of address" is the best they could come up with...I would've argued that the church is God's temple and sent the papers there :)

[kisame7777]

wierdest thing ever

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_fe_st/odd_communion_wafers_theft

[Near]

And here we go with one relevant to today:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1304195,wal-mart-black-friday-worker-dies-112808.article

[ShuroiKami]

And here we go with one relevant to today:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1304195,wal-mart-black-friday-worker-dies-112808.article

lol thats kinda funny :D

[Terano]

Nice thread =D
Ill try find some articles for it soon :)