Funny/Strange News Stories

[Liquid]

New staff are in for a breath of fresh air; he's a good trainer.

 

[UKMikey]

I'm sure he can keep them all instep if there are any spats.

 

[Hayden]

I wonder how he’ll adjust to the New Balance of work and life.

 

[UKMikey]

Only time welt tell.

 

[Touring Mars]

The unlikely story of how 'Dundee United' became an insult in Nigeria...

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...how-dundee-united-became-an-insult-in-nigeria

 

[TenEightyOne]

The unlikely story of how 'Dundee United' became an insult in Nigeria...

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...how-dundee-united-became-an-insult-in-nigeria

Something something and also in Dundee.

 

[UKMikey]

 

[TexRex]

 

[UKMikey]

Stupid GOP rep. A right-wing no-mark I know, when I pointed him to the chapter and verse that the story he posted was 100% lifted from a satire site: "Doesn't mean it's not true, though". Um, yes it does...

He's currently trying to get everyone he knows to ditch WhatsApp (owned by the evil woke Facebook) and start using Telegram instead or only be able to communicate with him via SMS. I'm praying he follows through with this.

 

[TexRex]

Stupid GOP rep. A right-wing no-mark I know, when I pointed him to the chapter and verse that the story he posted was 100% lifted from a satire site: "Doesn't mean it's not true, though". Um, yes it does...

Far from the first to be fooled by satire. I'm not ashamed to say that I have.

 

[UKMikey]

Far from the first to be fooled by satire. I'm not ashamed to say that I have.

Poe's Law is rapidly reversing in polarity. To double down on believing it after it's been pointed out as a lampoon is something else, though.

 

[TexRex]

Poe's Law is rapidly reversing in polarity. To double down on believing it after it's been pointed out as a lampoon is something else, though.

I'll give you that. Malicious ignorance.

 

[Touring Mars]

Seamen draw a giant cock and balls before being blown off course and getting their giant vessel stuck in a tight canal.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suez-canal-stuck-cargo-ship-route_uk_605c6e83c5b67593e055f0e3

Fact check: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cargo-ship-ever-given-penis/

 

[Brett]

Seamen draw a giant cock and balls before being blown off course and getting their giant vessel stuck in a tight canal.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suez-canal-stuck-cargo-ship-route_uk_605c6e83c5b67593e055f0e3

Fact check: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cargo-ship-ever-given-penis/

The boat's coxswain really blew it.

 

[UKMikey]

The boat's coxswain really blew it.

It was certainly a bit of a balls-up. The crew must've been getting into a bit of a rut lately.

 

[TexRex]

That gelleon drew a rantallion.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I'm surprised some Russian (or Elon Musk) hasn't offered to strap a couple dozen rockets to one side of the ship to blast it to the correct orientation.

 

[Joey D]

If that's what the police are looking for then perhaps they should look internally at their own organization?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Mafia fugitive caught after police find youtube cooking show

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...public-after-posting-youtube-cooking-n1262435

Can somebody check if it's any good?

 

[TenEightyOne]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...public-after-posting-youtube-cooking-n1262435

Can somebody check if it's any good?

I bet the police were relieved to find he'd been that stupid - "Phew! Silly!". Especially if you've been pasta case like that.

I getta my coat.

 

[UKMikey]

I bet the police were relieved to find he'd been that stupid - "Phew! Silly!". Especially if you've been pasta case like that.

I getta my coat.

I think you used all the pasta jokes up... orzo it seems.

Biart certainly wasn't using his noodle.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I think you used all the pasta jokes up... orzo it seems.

That's the trofie winner right there.

 

[Rossell2]

Wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in that interrogation room. Penne for your thoughts on being caught this way mr Mafia man.

 

[Touring Mars]

And if you thought VW's April Fool's joke was bad...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56617049

 

[TenEightyOne]

And if you thought VW's April Fool's joke was bad...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56617049

I just don't get it. A massive bill during lockdown? Mdr!

 

[gnomefromnome]

'It was like they had a plan': Costco customers share experiences of raven thefts - Alaska Public Media

Costco customers share experiences of raven thefts

A manager at Costco said the company did not have a comment, but customers said that they’ve been able to return items if ravens opened them.



A giant, artificial igloo marks the halfway point between Fairbanks and Anchorage along the Parks Highway. It was supposed to be a roadside hotel, but it never opened for business.

EDIT: Here's my photos from wow, almost 2 years ago

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

And if you thought VW's April Fool's joke was bad...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56617049

I would crust that they don't make a mistake like that again.

 

[UKMikey]

I would crust that they don't make a mistake like that again.

This seems to be true any way you slice it. The domino's effect has already begun.

 

[EngieDiesel]

A giant, artificial igloo marks the halfway point between Fairbanks and Anchorage along the Parks Highway. It was supposed to be a roadside hotel, but it never opened for business.

EDIT: Here's my photos from wow, almost 2 years ago

Sorta reminds me of the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, except no one has bothered to pretty up the igloo's long-abandoned shell for propaganda reasons.

 

[UKMikey]

ABC apologises for Australian navy ship twerking video after dancers allege ‘deceptive editing’

The twerking dancing troupe who performed at the launch of the Australian navy’s newest ship have condemned the ABC claiming that the broadcaster’s video coverage of their performance contributed to the group feeling “threatened” and “exploited” in the wake of intense media interest surrounding their performance.

101 Doll Squadron released a statement saying they felt “unsafe” and personally attacked, blaming what they say was the ABC’s “deceptive editing” of a news clip, which appeared to show dignitaries present during their performance.

“We are very disappointed at the ABC’s deceptive editing of their video piece which cut to guests and dignitaries who were not in attendance, and shot from angles which could not be seen by the audience,” they said.

“We found this very creepy.”

The statement also condemned what they believed was the ABC’s “need to sexualise these women and their dance piece”.

“These are the images appearing in the media and the ABC have a lot to answer for in making us feel threatened and exploited.”