Funny/Strange News Stories

[Northstar]

What people in @TB land do for fun.

Naked man breaks into church and burns a bible.

 

[TB]

What people in @TB land do for fun.

Naked man breaks into church and burns a bible.

When I got tagged in this thread, I knew it couldn't possibly be anything good.

 

[Swagger897]

Just came across this:

Andy Lee House, 39, faces up to 20 years in federal prison for destroying his Bugatti Veyron, an Italian supercar capable of reaching 250 mph and powered by a W16 cylinder engine, the equivalent two narrow-angle V8 engines.

 

[Dennisch]

Just came across this:

Indeed. Ettore worked in Germany.

 

[gnomefromnome]

Meanwhile in Alaska, snow is being imported for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

 

[Blitz24]

http://jalopnik.com/massive-tree-embedded-in-cars-grille-tip-cops-off-to-po-1763335124
I wonder if anyone will notice this

 

[Speedracer8218]

Who carries a boom box nowadays?

 

[DK]

West Virginia lawmakers celebrate legalising raw milk for sale in their state by drinking some...and then get sick.

 

[Swagger897]

Thank god no one else in my family (immediate) no longer lives there..

 

[Grayfox]

Sly fox steals golfer's wallet

Is there a better pick-pocket in the animal kingdom than the cunning fox?

An amateur golfer in Ireland found out the answer to that question nearly a moment too late when a sly fox brazenly stole his wallet from right underneath his nose.

The golfer, along with his playing partners, stopped mid-round at the County Louth Golf Club in Baltray to film the curious mammal when it approached the group.

However, curiosity soon turned to daylight robbery when the fox rummaged through one of the player's bags, found his wallet and took off for its den.

"That's me wallet," the man cried as he gave chase, forcing the daring creature to drop its booty and give its pursuer a wide berth.

The encounter makes one think that the famous English writer Roald Dahl created the titular character of his book the 'Fantastic Mr Fox' after playing a round in Ireland.

 

[Northstar]

Rule #1 of robbing a taxi driver: Always check to make sure a cop isn't right behind you.

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/10/attempted-robbery-video-cab-driver-taxi-police/

 

[JKgo]

...Huh.

Are you a ninja? If so, here's a news job offer you might be interested in...

 

[Northstar]

If only Chris Farley were still around.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Rugby player suffers [turnip] injury in BBC censorship

 

[TRGTspecialist]

Haydn Peacock

Very nearly Haydn Nocock......


Sorry

 

[TenEightyOne]

Little to laugh at in the Anders Breivik story... but amongst other things he claims that he's become a fan of the Paradise Hotel reality show. This is, he says, proof that 5 years in solitary has caused him brain damage. BBC.

 

[JKgo]

Little to laugh at in the Anders Breivik story... but amongst other things he claims that he's become a fan of the Paradise Hotel reality show. This is, he says, proof that 5 years in solitary has caused him brain damage. BBC.

...Some of the stuff he listed, makes it sound like he got it easy there. Dude, someone tell him to spend some time in a South American prison; he'll beg to go back to Skien...

I mean, he's complaining of about a cold coffee??!! Really?

Spoiler

 

[TRGTspecialist]

"Who p***ed in your cornflakes this morning?" Er, this guy might have, on a Kellogg's assembly line........


(It was actually Rice Krispies, but close enough. Search for the video at your peril.)

 

[ECGadget]

"Who p***ed in your cornflakes this morning?" Er, this guy might have, on a Kellogg's assembly line........


(It was actually Rice Krispies, but close enough. Search for the video at your peril.)

Right, no Rice Krispies for the next six months!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Right, no Rice Krispies for the next six months!

Too late. As Kelloggs note, the products pictured will have expired. For "expired" you can basically read "already been eaten".

 

[ECGadget]

Too late. As Kelloggs note, the products pictured will have expired. For "expired" you can basically read "already been eaten".

Ew. Hmm... it's been around a year since I last ate them. Hopefully I am wee free.

 

[daan]

When NERC asked the internet to name their new ship, they probably didn't expect Boaty McBoatFace to be the frontrunner...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...search-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html

 

[Northstar]

I'm rather surprised that there's nothing vulgar among the top vote getters (unless they removed them).

#Boaty2016 #MaketheArcticGreatAgain

 

[ECGadget]

When NERC asked the internet to name their new ship, they probably didn't expect Boaty McBoatFace to be the frontrunner...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...search-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html

Saw this earlier today. Personally I like the idea of the RRS Pingu...

 

[Spacegoat]

When NERC asked the internet to name their new ship, they probably didn't expect Boaty McBoatFace to be the frontrunner...

Just saw that on twitter. Honestly it's one of the greatest things I've ever read. Boaty McBoatface. !

 

[TenEightyOne]

When NERC asked the internet to name their new ship, they probably didn't expect Boaty McBoatFace to be the frontrunner...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...search-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html

Sadly it seems that this will be overruled, probably in favour of RSS Henry Worsley, at least according to a First Sea Lord (Ret).

 

[TDZdave]

They should just name that boat that name, that's exactly what I would have called my boat, its something everyone can relate to,

 

[Roo]

When NERC asked the internet to name their new ship, they probably didn't expect Boaty McBoatFace to be the frontrunner...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...search-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html

Turns out there's a South West Trains employee that reads the news, hence why the Portsmouth to Waterloo service this morning was named Trainy McTrainface.

 

[ECGadget]

Turns out there's a South West Trains employee that reads the news, hence why the Portsmouth to Waterloo service this morning was named Trainy McTrainface.

One of the many reasons Britain is plain awesome.

 

[Famine]

Sadly it seems that this will be overruled

It was never a popularity contest - they said they'd pick the names from the public suggestions but not according to public vote, as they were already acutely aware of the results of doing things like that.

I nominated the RSS Sir Terry Pratchett.