(For anyone who doesn’t understand why this image is attached to this story, rent the movie the jerk and pay attention to Nevins Dad’s advice when he leaves home…cd) CHICAGO (Reuters) – They cannot escape the stench, but residents of tiny Reynolds, Indiana, hope the oceans of hog manure produced nearby will power their homes…
Category: Oddities
other odd stuff
Imelda Marcos vows to stop sale of her jewelry – Yahoo! News
( I love Imelda! She is totally insane….Watch the documentary Imelda…you have to love her…that ego! Wow! cd) ATAC, Philippines (Reuters) – Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, vowed Monday to go to court to stop the government’s plan to sell millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry confiscated from her family in…
German brews world's strongest beer
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world’s strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass. “Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry,” said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider….
Children Made to Sleep in Cages in Ohio
(just because they have names like Mongo, Flippy, and Dingdong doesn’t make them animals…cd) WAKEMAN, Ohio – Sheriff’s deputies removed 11 disabled children from a home where some of the youngsters were made to sleep in cages less than 3 feet high, authorities said. The children’s adoptive parents, Mike and Sharen Gravelle, denied during a…
The Incredible Mrs. Roberts
( I don’t know why this story interests me as much as it does, but I find it to be incredibly strange. Hawaii is a place where the unbelievable often comes to be true…my instinct is to believe this lady who everyone says is crazy…even if she really is crazy, I think she should still…
eBay.co.uk: Own the Ash that launched a War! 911 / WTC **Unique!** (item 5614420854 end time 19-Sep-05 09:13:26 BST)
(Thanks for pointing this out to me ES!!….cd) In October of 2001 I drove to New York City. I walked around for the day, watching the Twin Towers smoke and watching the crowds of slack-jawed onlookers. It was, in a word, surreal. While I was there I scooped up a small tinful of the ashy…
Fine Line Revealed Between Creativity and Insanity
(I don’t think this study comes as a surprise to anyone who is creative….cd) Fine Line Revealed Between Creativity and Insanity By Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 07 September 2005 03:09 pm ET History suggests that the line between creativity and madness is a fine one, but a small group of people known as…
There will be 'nun' of that dirty dancing!
(Personally, I would think of becoming Catholic if more Nuns were willing to wrap their legs around me…cd) BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian nun’s acrobatic and indecorous dancing with a missionary during the Catholic World Youth Day in Germany over the weekend earned her a reprimand from her mother superior, a Belgian paper said Tuesday….
Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola
(I find this story doubly odd in the new coke commercials I have to watch every time I pay to see a movie…cd) Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola D. Rajeev PLACHIMADA, India, Aug 21 (IPS) – In the end it was the ”generosity” of Coca-Cola in distributing cadmium-laden waste sludge as ”free fertilizer” to the…
Some Decry Glitz of Thompson Blastoff
(God Bless Johnny Depp!!!..cd) WOODY CREEK, Colo. – Hunter S. Thompson’s grand finale went off as planned: His ashes were blasted into the night sky in an explosion friends and fans agreed he would have loved. But some said the gonzo journalist would have sneered at the Hollywood trappings — champagne toasts by movie stars…