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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 | 05:55 AM
The best Indian restaurant I've ever been to (outside of India, at least) was the Rose of Bengal in Inverness. I wonder if it's still there? Might be worth a trip to find out.
And I think you can get married nearly anywhere, as long as you have some sort of licensed official present to formalize it. I've heard of people getting married in their favourite restaurants, or in stores, or in public restrooms. So you can get married in any Indian restaurant, but I suppose the Mint Leaf is the only one where an actual waiter can conduct the ceremony. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 | 06:09 AM
I believe it is still there.
It's quite well known.
There's a good Indian place here named Pataka. Bizarrely decked out entirely in Charles Rennie Macintosh. |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 03:49 AM
Quite a bonanza from over the weekend:
Lager Gets a Beating
A pub landlady sparked fury by naming a new dish on her menu 'Wife-Battered Cod'.
Lucinda Hawkings-Byass gave the fish dish the title because the batter is made using strong lager Stelle Artois, nicknamed 'wife-beater'.
But after protests from violence support groups, she has renamed it 'Home Battered Cod' at the Lansdown Bar in Cheltenham, Glos.
Lucinda said: 'People liked the gimmick of the name. We didn't think it would cause offence.'
An Ice Earner
A man kept his dead mum in his freezer for four years so he could claim her social security money in Wisconsin.
Star Burst
Police in Peru have saved 4,000 frogs from being turned into a drink called Frogshake that enhances male sexual performance.
Star Burst
A man of 72 is planning to sue doctors who removed his testicles by mistake at a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.
Sir in Snaps Shame
A teacher has quit after indecent photos of himself were passed among pupils at his school.
Children as young as 11 were caught with the pictures of English teacher Simon Murphy, which were on a mobile phone he'd lost.
Murphy, who is in his thirties, has now quit his job at the Cornelius Vermuyden School in Canvey, Essex.
Police said he would not face criminal charges.
Booze Cruiser
A satellite tracking device has been invented in the US which alerts parents when their kids drive over the speed limit. |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 09:59 AM
The Last Post
Angry Victoria Baguely, 32, is demanding a new postman after hers trod on and killed her dog Gizmo in Droylsden, Manchester.
End of the Boar War...
A killer wild boar which has been roaming forests in south west Scotland for four years has been shot.
Dalry farmer John Peacock shot the beast after it killed 20 new born lambs on a farm near Moniaive in Dumfriesshire.
The 15-stone boar was one of six that escaped from a farm in north Kirkcudbrightshire during the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic.
Geordie McIntyre, the shepherd at remote Loch Rennie, lost 20 lambs in the space of three nights as the boar roamed.
The boar bit off the head of the lambs that were around a day old |
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 | 10:24 AM
Village in a Jam
Villagers are being driven mad by gremlins that set off their car alarms and jam their door locks.
It |
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 05:18 AM
A woman who fiddled the benefits system out of more than |
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 05:48 AM
They also have a thing about Happy Slapping. Well done Daily Star for keeping up with the news. |
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 12:25 PM
That's really funny stuff.
The Social Securty fraud happens here a lot more often than it's really mentioned in the paper.
And I don't understand this line, "Villagers suspect a telephone mast at the village railway station but a spokesman for Vodaphone said the mast had operated with no problems for years."
Do they mean a telephone pole? A thing that holds up the wires??? How would that cause damage? Does it sprout legs & arms & uproot itself? Strange things... |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 02:24 AM
I have no idea what the telephone mast thing's about. I supposed that they're worried that the radiation from the mast might be effecting their electronics, as well as causing cancer? |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 04:51 AM
...How would a mast jam their door locks?
Recently a school had to get like 40 new locks for doors, b/c someone (read: seniors) put glue in them. |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 05:14 AM
Well, I was wondering if it were people with electronic unlocking car doors? |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 05:33 AM
oOHH...I was thinking locks on their HOUSE doors. That's what confused me. I was just not putting the problem into the context of the VEHICLE. I see. |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 07:04 AM
Lol, Maegan, I know. It took me ages to figure it out.
You'd think they could have been clearer about it. Or possibly not, considering the quality of the paper. |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 09:38 AM
Our newspaper (a regular one, not a hoaky one) said that now when we get our yearly tax-free shopping, that we can get hurricane supplies tax free. |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 09:39 AM
<a href="http://sptimes.com/2005/05/05/State/For_a_change__put_off.shtml">Tax Break</a> |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 09:56 AM
Huh...I Just noticed the tax breaks aren't happening together. Oh well. 2 shopping trips this year. |
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 10:02 AM
I can't imagine living somewhere where you need to get hurricane supplies...
Pissing with rain and freezing to death supplies, yes.... |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 02:48 AM
A man was run over by his elderly mum as he was being released from hospital.
Lillian Carter, 84, was picking up son Ron, 49, in Salem, New Hampshire, when she rammed him into a post with her car. Both were admitted, Ron with serious injuries. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 04:16 AM
Coin, Coin, Gone
A drunk who bent down to pick up some coins in the street in Bulgaria died when a knife in his pocket pierced his heart. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 04:33 AM
A driver blamed watching repeats of the Dukes of Hazzard for making him drive recklessly. James Fitzgerald, a 26-year-old trucker from Lincoln County, Kentucky, had already served ten months for killing a police officer with his car and was out on parole when he sped into trouble again. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 04:59 AM
It's Bury Late
Two brothers saved enough to give their dad, 60, a funeral after keeping his body under a mattress in a Malaysian hut for 20 years.
Fruit Cakes
Rich Americans are paying up to |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 05:00 AM
...I knew someone ate fruitcakes...I knew they had to be British, too!
...I'm sure that Mr. Vlasceanu doesn't regret a thing! |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 05:00 AM
:lol:
I love that last one. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 05:02 AM
A Ticket to Slide
Dozens of motorists have had parking fines quashed because their pay-and-display tickets weren't sticky enough.
Parking chiefs in Whitehaven, Cumbria, cancelled 63 fines after the tickets fell off windscreens. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 05:04 AM
A Chinese man in his 60s strapped his pet turtle to his back in a bid to smuggle it on to a plane. But he was stopped by a guard at Guangzhou who thought the 'hump' on his back looked odd. |
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 09:52 AM
Ha...He should just have put it in a backpack as carry-on. |
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 | 06:06 AM
i do not see where the hoax is? |
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 | 06:11 AM
Leonidas, they're not hoaxes.
From my initial post:
I decided to note any strange or hoaxy type articles that I came across.
They're just interesting little stories from the paper. |
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 | 06:37 AM
Leo, what is the problem? Why are you having issues with this stuff? |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 | 03:27 AM
Star Burst
Unlucky James Quinn, 59, from Leeds, left workmen to fix his Sky dish, but came home and found they had attached it to the top of his clothes pole. |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 | 03:34 AM
Star Burst
A dog called Zak who was made a member of Bebside miners' social club in Blyth, Northumbs, has won |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 | 03:39 AM
Star Burst
A 74-year-old man, arrested 17 times this year for stealing lawnmowers from a West Sussex garden centre, has done it again. |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 | 03:41 AM
Star Burst
Mum Maria Brunner, 38, chose jail instead of paying a parking fine to escape her 'demanding' family in Poing, Germany. |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 | 05:06 AM
I like that last one. Next time I'd overworked & underpaid as a mom...I'll just get arrested. Fantastic vacation! |
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 | 11:00 PM
Get free food, meet fascinating people, learn new skills. . .go for it, Maegan!
Have there been any follow-ups on that telephone mast causing chaos with the cars? I am curious to know what they decide on that matter.
And Leonidas, you're being a twit. Boo's simply posting strange things she's finding in the news. |
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 | 10:07 AM
I heard later that, it was basically that the mom didn't want to do anything. She didn't want to take care of anything. She wanted someone to make her meals for her, and she wanted to take a shower without being bothered. (Hmm...) |
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 | 11:18 AM
<a href="http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/suspects/61277">Men Speaks French out of his Buttocks</a>
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POO LA LA! MAN SPEAKS FRENCH OUT OF HIS BUTT
-- And he can't understand a word!
BY D.G. BULGER
LINGUISTS and proctologists from around the world are stunned by a Detroit man's unique gift ... he is able to speak fluent French out of his buttocks.
Jason Jablonski, a 40- year-old furniture salesman, began speaking French out of his butt six months ago and has been unable to stop ever since.
According to medical records, he was awakened one night last January in his bedroom by a strange voice that seemed to be coming from under his sheets.
"I listened, but was afraid to move," explains Jablonski. "I thought an intruder may have gotten into bed with me. I couldn't understand what was being said as it was clearly a foreign speaking voice, and I never took any foreign languages back in school.
"The voice kept saying, 'Vive la France.' Finally I threw off the sheets and turned on a light, only to realize the voice was coming straight out of my rear. I was amused and amazed, if also a bit disgusted" Jablonski then reportedly woke his wife Carol and asked her what she thought of the voice. She was more disgusted and less amused than he was and has subsequently left the country.
Communication experts believe that Jablonski is experiencing Intestinal Linguistic Amplification, or ILA, a rare disorder that allows the afflicted to communicate intestinally with other people.
Dr. Edith Winters, senior fellow at the California Institute of Bowel Abnormalities and an expert in ILA, elaborates, "Most cases of ILA are Type I, or common language, meaning the same language is both spoken and rectally amplified. "The individual will often have conversations with his own buttocks. The most notable example of Type IILA was Edward 'Double- Talk' Peterson who was a successful vaudeville ventriloquist in the 1920s."
"Jablonski's case is quite different. He has Type II ILA, or dual language, which is almost unheard of. It is most astounding that his posterior speaks near perfect French without any formal training, yet he cannot understand a word of what his backdoor voice is saying."
Unfortunately, there is no known cure for ILA, although Jablonski reportedly has not sought help and is actually pleased that he has the disorder. The condition has helped Jablonski occupationally.
He is now the leading salesperson in the furniture department at a popular store in Detroit.
The store draws many French Canadian customers from across the border, which has allowed his buttocks to sharpen its conversational skills.
It also allows Jablonski to aid more than one customer at a time, which helped him earn employee of the month honors for the past three months.
While he is happy with his current job, Jablonski had hoped to use his special gift to launch a new career as a French language schoolteacher.
Unfortunately, that did not work out as he was fired after two substitute-teaching jobs at a local community college.
His state employment record shows that "the students in the classroom were frightened by his unconventional teaching style" and were "unwilling to engage his backside in conversation."
He has subsequently had several interviews at the United Nations and is hoping to gain employment as an interpreter in an embassy in a French speaking country.
"Speaking both for myself and my backside, we would really like to help people with our unique speaking skills," offers Jablonski.
"We would like to make a difference in the world. This gift is a blessing that must be used for a higher purpose." |
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 | 12:01 PM
Winona, you frighten me sometimes. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 10:11 AM
Nicker Nicked
Police in Baltimore were stunned when Gregory Alston rang them to say his car had been stolen. He'd nicked it himself. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 10:12 AM
Name Droppers
A couple still haven't picked a name for their daughter - 18 months after she was born. The pair, in Arizona, just call her Baby. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 10:13 AM
Monkey Milks It
New mums are being urged to donate breast milk to save a macaque monkey born three weeks early in Chongqing, China. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 10:19 AM
A Drug Wheeze
The makers of a fake penis that helps drug users pass police urine tests have been summoned to appear in front of a US congressional commitee.
Californian company Puck Technology claim that 'The Whizzinator' can provide a flow of clean urine "again and again, anytime, anywhere you need it!"
Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore was caught using the device to try and pass drug tests in February.
"These companies seek through deception to make a buck by violating our trust and compromising our security," said Congressman Ed Whitfield. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 12:43 PM
The one about the parents who didn't name their kid isn't that weird. Picaboo Street?? She named herself. Her parents waited and let her pick her own first name.
I think it's stupid that they haven't named her. Why don't they just pick a name, or better yet, name her Baby. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 12:44 PM
...and I gotta add, the human breastmilk for animals thing...totally stupid. An animal cannot survive on milk alone that does not come from its own species. |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 01:30 PM
Maegan: Why don't they just pick a name, or better yet, name her Baby.
Because everyone will forever quote that awful line from Dirty Dancing at her? |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 05:16 AM
From the Metro:
A robber left behind an incriminating piece of evidence - his prison identification card. Matthew Dutton stole 300 cigarettes and a packet of rolling papers from a Tesco store just a few days after being released from Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. But he left behind his prison card, complete with a photo and his name. The 28-year-old was yesterday convicted of robbery at the shop in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. The case at St Albans Crown Court was adjourned for reports. |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 06:17 AM
And back to the Daily Star...
Desert Storm
Kent-based theme park Diggerland is opening a new playground in Dubai so wealthy Arabs can race JCBs and dumper trucks. |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 06:19 AM
A man who shot his girlfriend in the thigh when a gun in his pocket went off as they hugged has been charged with attempted murder in New York.
Dekor Perry, 22, did a runner after the incident but his girl Beth Diehl, 24, said: "He would never shoot me. This is ridiculous." |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 03:48 PM
"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" BAM - auch!! |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 | 12:03 AM
Did the bullet hit a major artery or something? Seems strange that they charge the guy with attempted murder over a thigh wound. |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 | 02:40 AM
Must have been, Smerk.
The running away thing's a little suspicious too. |
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 | 05:28 PM
You have to wonder sometimes about some robbers. We had a guy near here a while ago who tried breaking into a store. He sat there for about five minutes trying to pick the door's lock without realizing that the store was open and that there were people inside staring at him. They called the police, who came along and dragged him away.
By the way, what's a JCB? |
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 | 07:49 AM
Jerry's Country Bar.
Jokey Care Bears.
Juan Con Barko.
Jack Can't Bounce.
Jane Could Barf.
Jenny's Country Barbeque.
Jerks Carrying Beans. |
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 | 03:33 PM
Hmm, watching a bunch of wealthy Arabs racing any of those would be interesting to watch. I'd go to Dubai to see that. |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 02:22 PM
Construction equipment manufactured by a company started by Joseph Cyril Bamford.
http://www.jcb.com |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 04:07 PM
Hey, I just want to be emailed with updates from this thread, but I have yet to figure out how to do that without actually typing something on the thread. Oh well, this works I guess. Don't mind me.... |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 04:14 PM
:lol:
I'm flattered.
There's been a bit of a lull in interesting stories lately, but I'm sure it'll perk up again. |
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 03:04 PM
Star Burst
Plump Damien Andrews, 32, failed to break a world record for sitting on a wall by ten hours. He managed an hour dressed as Humpty Dumpty in Bradford. |
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 03:05 PM
Star Burst
Pupils aged 12 |
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 03:05 PM
Star Burst
An ultra-rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher |
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