What weird news stories make you either laugh out loud, or just say "huh?'

[Auryn]

Maybe they should have used a horse

[LadyStitch]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/01/seventh-circuit-rules-dungeons-dragons-a-threat-to-prison-security/

All I have to say to this is  "So are all the geeks I know gang members now?" 

[Lady Kett]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/01/seventh-circuit-rules-dungeons-dragons-a-threat-to-prison-security/

All I have to say to this is  "So are all the geeks I know gang members now?" 

Lawful Evil decision...snicker. That's great.

[BubbleWright]

In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a hefty catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said..

Wonder how soon it will be before they start tossing illegals over the fence?

[dbaldock]

In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a hefty catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said..

Wonder how soon it will be before they start tossing illegals over the fence?

See MythBusters - Episode 35: Border Slingshot, where they busted the myth that a giant, portable slingshot had been built and used to sling people over the border from Mexico into the USA.

Take Care,
David Baldock

[Lady Kett]

Souvenir condoms rolled out for UK royal wedding

No comment... 

[BubbleWright]

Hey David... I was aware of several attempts to use a trebuchet to toss a human being, usually involving serious injury or death to the aeronaut. Check out the link below. While you are there, peruse the rest of this interesting web site... Felix the Bubble Wright

Clicky>>>> http://sirguillaume.com/RideTrebuchet.html

[NoBill Lurker]

Souvenir condoms rolled out for UK royal wedding

No comment... 

"lie back and think of England"

[arbcoind]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/08/handbag.heroine.england/index.html

"Supergran"

Gina

[groomporter]

Tulare County man dies after being cut by knife attached to cockfighting rooster's leg
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/articl ... /110207016


The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession. The app takes users through the sacrament - in which Catholics admit their wrongdoings - and allows them to keep track of their sins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12391129

(Next generation confessional...? Just a plug your phone into the USB jack in the confessional box and iPriest will upload your penance to your phone and give you the option to buy an indulgence through your Paypal account.)

[Merlin the Elder]

...The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession. The app takes users through the sacrament - in which Catholics admit their wrongdoings - and allows them to keep track of their sins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12391129

I saw that this morning...bet it doesn't have enough memory for me...

(Next generation confessional...? Just a plug your phone into the USB jack in the confessional box and iPriest will upload your penance to your phone and give you the option to buy an indulgence through your Paypal account.)

As a former Catholic, that I would believe.

[groomporter]

Could relieve the shortage of priest problem...

[BubbleWright]

I can just imagine the routine Bob Newhart would work up for doing an iPhone confession !!!!! 

[arbcoind]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/02/09/exp.jk.christopher.lee.resigns.cnn?hpt=Mid

Fit, Fun, Classy...NOT!

Gina

[Rowan MacD]

Council suggests using crematorium to heat pool
By Lynn Curwin.
   
Redditch - A council has proposed that heat generated by a crematorium be used to heat a swimming pool and leisure centre, in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and save money.
Redditch Borough Council, in Worcestershire, said that about £14,000 per year could be saved by using heat from the nearby facility to heat the Abbey Stadium sports centre, but some people are upset about the idea.
"Redditch Borough Council recognizes this is a sensitive proposal and is therefore keen to ensure everyone interested fully understands the details," BBC News quoted a council spokesman as saying.
He pointed out that the heat would otherwise be exhausted into the atmosphere.
"I'd much rather use the energy rather than just see it going out of the chimney and heating the sky," council leader Carole Gandy told The Guardian. "It will make absolutely no difference to the people who are using the crematorium for services.
"It's only a proposal at the moment but personally I'm supportive of it because I think it will save the authority money and, in the long-term, save energy which is what we're all being told we should do."
Roger McKenzie, the West Midlands regional secretary for the union Unison, is against the plan to make use of the heat.
"It goes to show yet again that the Conservatives know the price of everything and the value of nothing," Sky News quoted him as saying.
"Unfortunately, local authorities are increasingly pursuing desperate policies in a reaction to the unprecedented spending cuts imposed from Whitehall."
The BBC reported that energy from crematoriums in Scandinavia is being used for heat, and that Oakley Wood Crematorium uses the energy produced by cremation to heat on-site buildings.
Public consultations and debate on the proposals will take place in February.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/302926#ixzz1Da8Z4NpB


  Frugal suckers ain't they?
  When I visited Blackpool in 2009, I went to visit the rose garden where my grandmother's ashes are spread.  There was a funeral finishing up, and as the mourners departed, the on site crematorium retort kicked on just as we walked past the building (scared the begees outta me). It sounded like a jet engine igniting.  We stopped and watched the chimney for about 15 minutes.  No smoke, just  a lot of heat distortion (retorts get up to 2100 deg F).  They must have very good scrubbers in their exhaust  stacks, not so much as a wisp of steam.
  As long as the people using the pool don't care how it's heated, I don't see why anybody would make a big deal about it.  Energy is energy, and we saw a lot of wasted heat from the gas retorts just go up the chimney.