Funny/Strange News Stories

[Famine]

Olympic showjumper stood down from competition for wearing mankini while riding horse

Equestrian Australia is reviewing the matter after concerns were raised about Shane Rose’s attire, but insisted he has not been suspended

www.independent.co.uk

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Sponsor promises mankinis for all as Olympian Rose cleared

SYDNEY: The sponsor of an equestrian event in Australia has promised to give every spectator a "mankini" next year after three-time Olympic medallist Shane Rose was stood down from competition for wearing the revealing garment earlier this month. Rose was cleared to resume his quest for a spot...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

[Hayden]

Sponsor promises mankinis for all as Olympian Rose cleared

SYDNEY: The sponsor of an equestrian event in Australia has promised to give every spectator a "mankini" next year after three-time Olympic medallist Shane Rose was stood down from competition for wearing the revealing garment earlier this month. Rose was cleared to resume his quest for a spot...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

[05XR8]

Police chasing Super2 suspension thief

Zane Morse in his AIM Motorsport Mustang during first practice at Bathurst. Image: InSyde Media Speedcafe understands that two rear

speedcafe.com

“While we were out for the first practice, someone's come into our pit in a grey or black hoodie and has stolen a set of rear uprights that were ready to go into Zane's car,” said AIM team boss Andre Morse.

“Therefore we won't be doing this session and we don't know if we'll be doing the weekend at this point in time.

“So, we need the parts, we're offering a reward.

“We've been up and down the back of the pits, speaking to everyone in the campsite, everyone's keeping an eye out, but without those rear uprights, we don't know if we'll make the grid tomorrow.

“The security guards apparently saw them walking off with a black box with a red lid, which actually had the uprights in it.”

 

[Darla Starch]

 

[TB]

You Can Soon Play DOOM on Husqvarna Robotic Lawn Mowers

This is not a joke.

toolguyd.com

 

[UKMikey]

You Can Soon Play DOOM on Husqvarna Robotic Lawn Mowers

This is not a joke.

toolguyd.com

That Cacodaemon's ass is grass and Doomguy's the lawnmower.

 

[Northstar]

You Can Soon Play DOOM on Husqvarna Robotic Lawn Mowers

This is not a joke.

toolguyd.com

Can't wait to see the LGR video.

 

[Darla Starch]

 

[Roo]

Something something lottery ticket etc.

Man's miraculous near-miss from runaway saw blade

Security footage has captured one man's remarkably lucky escape after a huge concrete saw blade flew through a car park and lodged itself in a building he had entered just seconds earlier.

The man walked into a convenience store in Eugene, in the US state of Oregon, unaware moments later a blade would come loose from a nearby construction site.

 

[RACECAR]

That might've been as close to a Final Destination moment as I have ever seen.

 

[Liquid]

Something something lottery ticket etc.

Man's miraculous near-miss from runaway saw blade

lucky, adj.
The thing this guy is.

 

[Darla Starch]

Photo of the man

 

[Famine]

adidas bans customisation of its new Germany kits for... some reason.

 

[Liquid]

Asking for 18 and 88 has always been a big no-no.

 

[Blitz24]

7 states try to ban chemtrails.

 

[Blitz24]

Oregon fish tanker crashes, releases 77,000 salmon into the wrong river.

I mean, it could be worse. Sadly 77K is only about 75% of the salmon on the tanker.

 

[sirjim73]

Oregon fish tanker crashes, releases 77,000 salmon into the wrong river.

I mean, it could be worse. Sadly 77K is only about 75% of the salmon on the tanker.

I guess that means the other 25% are "swimming with the fishes", or in this case, not!

 

[Scaff]

I guess that means the other 25% are "swimming with the fishes", or in this case, not!

Is the fish version "gasping with the humans"?

 

[TexRex]

Gov. Sanders declares state of emergency ahead of eclipse

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency on Friday ahead of the solar eclipse, according to a news release.

www.kark.com

 

[Blitz24]

Gov. Sanders declares state of emergency ahead of eclipse

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency on Friday ahead of the solar eclipse, according to a news release.

www.kark.com

I mean, what if the sun doesn't come back after the eclipse?!

All joking aside, if the sun didn't come back, we'd all be dead and no state of emergency would help or hinder this.

 

[UKMikey]

Not having access to the article, I'm assuming this is more about the mass influx of traffic disrupting local services and not some apocalyptic biblical end of the world lunacy, although I guess with Sanders it could go either way.

[EDIT] Looks like this has been confirmed on the America thread.

 

[Barra333]

Niagara Falls, Ontario declared a state of emergency last week. They are expecting well over a million people today. That town absolutely cannot handle that many.

 

[Touring Mars]

If people are so keen to see the sun blocked out, they should come to Glasgow.

 

[TheCracker]

If people are so keen to see the sun blocked out, they should come to Glasgow.

We are due to get a partial eclipse of about 3% at about 7.52pm. ...the sun is due to set at 7.55pm today

- It's also about 95% cloud cover right now, so i'm not expecting to be amazed by the spectacle.

Edit - just double checked and i think i'm just too far east to see anything.

 

[p78]

If people are so keen to see the sun blocked out, they should come to Glasgow.

Danny Bhoy skit about Noahs Ark and rain in Scotland comes to mind.

 

[TexRex]

Chechnya bans dance music that is either too fast or too slow

Ruling means music in Russian republic must ‘conform to Chechen mentality and sense of rhythm’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Darla Starch]

Footloose intensifies

 

[Blitz24]

Footloose intensifies

Darude Sandstorm will never be played again.

 

[TB]

* quietly taps foot out of time with the music so as to not be defenestrated *