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Old 06-18-2011, 07:12 PM
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Strange Findings From the News Thread # 5

http://weirdnews.about.com/b/2011/06...hday-party.htm

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ice cream antisocial: Man pulls gun at kid's birthday party
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someone get this man some ice cream... Or at least a piece of cake.

Police in memphis say joseph hayes, 48, was so angry when his kids arrived at a birthday party too late for ice cream and cake that he pulled out his gun and threatened the host.
"y'all didn't save my kids no damn ice cream and cake," he ranted, according to the commercial appeal.
Hayes told police he didn't really have a gun, according to the paper. He says it just looked like he had a gun. Ummm... Ok.
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Old 06-19-2011, 12:57 PM
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I don't know what's weirder.

That man's behaviour or the fact that the whomever wrote that article doesn't understand how capitalization works.
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Old 06-19-2011, 01:04 PM
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Grammer is a thing of the past .
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Old 06-19-2011, 01:52 PM
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Well, I still find it disturbingly lazy.

I mean, we're not talking small mistakes here. Proper nouns are copped. How hard is that?
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Old 06-19-2011, 01:55 PM
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Capitalized words now are down automatically by our word processors. So I guess it's a little lazy.
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Old 06-19-2011, 03:28 PM
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Well, if it's done automatically, it's actually the opposite of lazy to go back and uncap all of those words.

So I should eat my words, shouldn't I?
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:11 PM
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You are too funny. .

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New World's Shortest Man Is Just 23.6 Inches Tall
Imagine being a full-grown adult... and still being shorter than a chicken.

Meet Junrey Balawing, an 18-year-old Filipino who at 23.6 inches tall has taken over the title of world's shortest man.
Guinness World Records traveled to the Philippines to measure Balawing and give him the good news.Balawing is nearly three inches shorter than the previous record holder, 26.4-inch-tall Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal.
I don't know if this strange, but wow this guy is tiny.
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Old 06-27-2011, 04:48 PM
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Mattel’s controversial career choice for Barbie: rainforest destroyer

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For over 50 years now Mattel has been choosing Barbie’s career for her. She’s had a lot of different professions over the years but Mattel’s latest choice for Barbie: ‘Rainforest Destroyer’, is arguably the most controversial career choice yet. It means a whole new look for this iconic doll and a lot of new accessories. If you’re a creative type, a budding designer, just enjoy dressing dolls - or know someone else who might fit the bill - join in the contest to design the Rainforest Destroyer look for Mattel’s most famous toy.

The deforestation drama between Ken and Barbie that has played out over the past two weeks hasn’t just meant a career change for Barbie. It’s meant a lot of public attention and scrutiny has been brought to the fact that Mattel are wrapping toys in cheap packaging that comes at the cost of Indonesian rainforests. And they aren’t alone.

Other toy companies have the same problem. Major companies like Hasbro, Disney and Lego also have deforestation in their supply chains. And the destruction of Indonesian rainforests for packaging and other paper products isn’t the only thing these toy companies have in common. Now that this problem has been brought to their attention, none of them have so far committed to fixing this problem once and for all. Fixing the problem means completely removing products from their supply chains that come from deforestation - and making sure it stays deforestation-free. That requires strong clear policy commitments, tough timelines and due diligence. Only then can these companies ensure that they are helping to protect Indonesia’s rainforests. Mattel has so far only made vague statements about future plans, not confirmed that it is taking immediate action.

We’ve already seen how strong your commitment is to the world’s rainforests and the amazing life that they support. Your actions and words have convinced companies like Nestlé to commit to removing deforestation from their products. Every day we see your comments and messages showing appreciation for our work to protect rainforests. Now we need Mattel, and the toy industry at large, to follow your lead and commit themselves to protecting rainforests too.

What are we asking toy companies to commit to?

• Immediately suspend all purchases from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) or any connected or subsidiary company
• Maintain this suspension until APP implements commitments to stop deforestation for the production of its pulp and paper products.
• Become a leader in the use of sustainable forest products through implementing progressive procurement policies that cover all pulp and paper products, including packaging
I don't know if this is truly strange news, but I thought it was weird.
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Old 06-27-2011, 05:43 PM
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I'm rooting for the tiger, that's all I have to say about that.
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Zombie apocalypse warning in St. John's

Commuters in the St. John's area who might have been expecting a heads-up about construction delays were instead warned about something else: zombies.
"Zombie invasion! Run!" said one of the messages that appeared on an electronic traffic sign positioned near Windsor Lake, one of the main water supplies in St. John's.
The sign, which had been expected to advise motorists of construction that started Monday on Portugal Cove Road, had been programmed with other messages, including "Expect apocalyptic doom!"
A final message said, "Rule #2: Double tap!", a line from the 2009 Woody Harrelson comedy Zombieland.
City crews later arrived to turn off the sign, and then carted it away.
I love this! I would want see this on the way to work.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:04 PM
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Hackers for fun, how cool!
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:22 PM
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I wish I knew how to do that.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:28 PM
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See, I understand so very little about computers that it's not even a wish I have.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:36 PM
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I love barbie's hair. When I was little, I would have wanted that doll..
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The 176-pound primate shares a bed with her zookeeping 'parents'

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Pierre and Eliane Thivillon, owners of the zoo in Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, pose with a female gorilla named Digit at their bedroom window. (Robert Pratta/REUTERS)
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A French couple has gone ape over their adoptive daughter — an 80-kilogram gorilla named Digit. Zookeepers Pierre and Eliane Thivillon, who live near Lyon, France, decided to parent Digit after her mother rejected her.
Digit spends her days playing with other gorillas at Parc zoologique St Martin la Plaine — a zoological park owned and managed by the Thivillions — but goes home with her parents at night.
"It's going very well because we have a thirteen-year-old relationship with Digit," said Pierre Thivillion in an interview with Sky News, "obviously we have created a very strong bond with each other."
Digit seemed to agree, kissing Thivillion and putting her arm around him during the course of the interview.
So close is the parent-primate relationship that Digit shares a bed with the pair, who have foregone nights out in order to care for Digit. But there are also risks involved, the zoo's veterinarian Jean-Christophe Gerard explained to Sky News.
"It's an animal. It can have reactions. It can react violently to things it doesn't like," said Gerard. He added that the relationship they've established is "stable for the moment," noting that Digit has no history of aggression.

This is kind of neat. I personally believe in evolution so it makes sense we can relate to gorillas so well.
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