Funny/Strange News Stories

[polysmut]

I don't know. I don't get a Netanyahu vibe from him.

He's no Baldwin, I'll give you that.

It's Mariano Idelman according to this.

Idelman began his career starring in Eretz Nehederet in 2003, along with Eli Finish, Tal Friedman, Asi Cohen, Orna Banai, Eyal Kitzis, etc. He has parodied numerous real-life persons, including Shimon Peres, Moshe Katzav and Amir Peretz. In recent seasons of the show, he has been the comedic Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Man goes to job interview drunk, tries to drive home afterwards. Job interview is with the police.

 

[JKgo]

...Oops, wrong city.

 

[prousonhairy]

I think it's about time for Indy/Han to give up flying, before he kills someone:

Harrison Ford's close call with passenger plane prompts FAA investigation
http://via.fox2now.com/fl0Iy

 

[BobK]

It's pretty hard to imagine mistaking a taxiway for a runway. Yeah, maybe it is time for him to hang it up.

 

[TenEightyOne]

It's pretty hard to imagine mistaking a taxiway for a runway. Yeah, maybe it is time for him to hang it up.

I agree. He was cleared onto 20L (centre of the picture, dead ahead) which is a runway colour at this particular airport... it might be more understandable out in some boonies strip where the taxiway/runways look pretty much the same. If he nearly landed on an airliner he must have landed on the large Alpha taxiway to the left of 20L? Shamone.

EDIT: Unless, I guess, the airliner was at a right angle waiting to cross 20L threshold to line up on 20R, then he could have landed on the small intermediate taxiway directly to the left of 20L. Either way, time to hang up the goggles imo.

 

[ryzno]

Time to let Chewbacca fly.

 

[TenEightyOne]

What are the barriers to being president of Zimbabwe? Being dead isn't one of them.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Bus stops of the Soviet Union:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...ansformed-bus-stops-into-works-of-art/8275538

 

[TenEightyOne]

Bus stops of the Soviet Union:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...ansformed-bus-stops-into-works-of-art/8275538

There's a great book on the subject, I think I have it somewhere along with a compendium of CCCP "Brutalist Structures of the 1980s". True story! Russian architecture is awesome!

 

[prisonermonkeys]

What are the barriers to being president of Zimbabwe? Being dead isn't one of them.

It didn't stop Kim Il-sung; he's been dead for decades and he's still running North Korea.

 

[PeterJB]

If you're dead you can still vote for the glorious leader too.

 

[Lizard]

It didn't stop Kim Il-sung; he's been dead for decades and he's still running North Korea.

Yes but glorious leader is a god in human form. When he retires from the world he is still able to rule the land.

 

[Grayfox]

If you're dead you can still vote for the glorious leader too.

Don't forget Snowball and Edgar Neubauer voted and they've been dead for a while.

 

[PeterJB]

And President Nixon was a member of the Jury of the Damned despite not being dead.

 

[Grayfox]

And President Nixon was a member of the Jury of the Damned despite not being dead.

But Nixon was only following the orders of his Master.

 

[PeterJB]

Because he did a favour for him.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Government employees protest vehemently at proposal that would see them work an extra nine minutes per day:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...g-hours-are-below-community-standards/8284384

 

[Grayfox]

Government employees protest vehemently at proposal that would see them work an extra nine minutes per day:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...g-hours-are-below-community-standards/8284384

Can you blame them?
They work for the government, they dont want to spend 9minutes extra there.

 

[BobK]

Government employees protest vehemently at proposal that would see them work an extra nine minutes per day:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...g-hours-are-below-community-standards/8284384

I don't blame them one bit. It's basically a pay cut. They'd be working 2% more hours for a maximum of a 1.5% pay increase.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I don't blame them one bit. It's basically a pay cut. They'd be working 2% more hours for a maximum of a 1.5% pay increase.

I have to agree, and that's on top of the real-terms pay cut they take each year through inflation by not receiving a per-inflation raise.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I agree. He was cleared onto 20L (centre of the picture, dead ahead) which is a runway colour at this particular airport... it might be more understandable out in some boonies strip where the taxiway/runways look pretty much the same. If he nearly landed on an airliner he must have landed on the large Alpha taxiway to the left of 20L? Shamone.

EDIT: Unless, I guess, the airliner was at a right angle waiting to cross 20L threshold to line up on 20R, then he could have landed on the small intermediate taxiway directly to the left of 20L. Either way, time to hang up the goggles imo.

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Further to that, my edited guess was correct... he landed on the "runway coloured" minor taxiway over a jet that was waiting to cross the threshold of the actual runway. Video at BBC.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

The radioactive boars are coming:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...roaming-czech-forests-are-radioactive/8295400

 

[LeMansAid]

Story's a bit Sus.

 

[JKgo]

...Hmm.

They better "Czech" their bacon supply from now on, eh.




...Oh alright, I'm going already.

 

[JKgo]

...Oh, hi. It's me again. Back so soon.

Anyways.

The age old question: can anyone drive a car?

This bear tried to find out. Video link: BBC.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

New exercise regime for Siberian tigers:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-24/siberian-tigers-chase-drones-for-fitness/8299490

 

[TenEightyOne]

New exercise regime for Siberian tigers:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-24/siberian-tigers-chase-drones-for-fitness/8299490

I don't know... the headline I got from that was "farm for body parts of critically-endangered species revealed"

 

[TenEightyOne]

Police use Taser on blind man in error.

 

[novcze]

The radioactive boars are coming:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...roaming-czech-forests-are-radioactive/8295400

haha ... yeah, delicacy for the tourists