Funny/Strange News Stories

[eran0004]

Not exactly a news story, but zero road safety sounds like a pretty bad vision if you ask me.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Not exactly a news story, but zero road safety sounds like a pretty bad vision if you ask me.

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Having "Vision Zero" is definitely enough to lose a UK licence.

 

[DG_Silva]

Having "Vision Zero" is definitely enough to lose a UK licence.

Apparently, in Birmingham, it's not....

 

[adamp93]

Not exactly a news story, but zero road safety sounds like a pretty bad vision if you ask me.

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That doesn't look particularly safe, all those cars are on the wrong side of the road.

Apparently, in Birmingham, it's not....

Preach. I'm very glad I live and work close to train stations.

 

[eran0004]

That doesn't look particularly safe, all those cars are on the wrong side of the road.

Don’t worry, I’m sure these roads have a negative speed limit, so the cars are probably just reversing.

(Theoretical question: if you had a negative speed limit, would it be speeding if you stopped your car?)

 

[axletramp]

What an absolute nut job.

 

[UKMikey]

What an absolute nut job.

Sounds like a hairy situation.

 

[daan]

Does the salsa ingredients warn that it may contain nuts?

 

[UKMikey]

Good thing it wasn't the muy picante variety.

 

[LeMansAid]

One man was fired but was not the only one to get the sack.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I read he had a very small tip, good thing really.

 

[TexRex]

Has anyone seen the video? I'm given to understand it's a bit fuzzy.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Something something chicken dansak something.

 

[axletramp]

Pennsylvania Church Will Bless Assault Rifles In Preparation For Christ’s Return

Can't see anything wrong here.

 

[UKMikey]

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, and we'll all stay free.

When my dad was in the Royal Air Force in the forties and fifties his Christian faith was irretrievably shaken by a mass church service in which forces chaplains blessed two armed bombers and a roomful of heavy artillery and assault weapons, so I guess this is nothing new.

 

[TexRex]

...


*raises brow*


...


Amen?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Woman, bum-bum, snake. BBC.

 

[Shaun]

Woman, bum-bum, snake. BBC.

Even before clicking that like I knew it must involve Australia.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Vote for Tuna

 

[UKMikey]

It stinks when you have to grow up with a name like that...

 

[daan]

Smells fishy.

 

[Touring Mars]

I hope she marries Simon Mayo.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I hope she marries Simon Mayo.

Or Nicholas Fuchs.

 

[Famine]

MIT journal site runs a story about how research proves hipsters all look the same.
Man contacts site, furious that site has used an image of him to illustrate the story and accusing them of slander for calling him a hipster.
Site contacts stock image provider, finds model in image is in fact a different person and man had mistaken himself for the model.
QED.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/06/hipsters_all_look_the_same_fact/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/...i-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same/

 

[Joey D]

Well thank god, sex is now legal in Utah: https://fox13now.com/2019/03/06/fornication-will-no-longer-be-illegal-in-utah/

 

[Danoff]

Well thank god, sex is now legal in Utah: https://fox13now.com/2019/03/06/fornication-will-no-longer-be-illegal-in-utah/

Over some protest apparently. *where's the facepalm emoji*

How is that not a thing? :facepalm:

Edit:

There's one here (3rd row, 3rd from the left): Edit: 3rd from the right.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Seems fox is illegal here.

 

[Touring Mars]

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It's just like trying to surf porn in Utah.

 

[UKMikey]

It looks like they mean "fornication" as in extra-marital sex which may explain why some uptight Utahns aren't in favour of the bill.

This was the only site carrying the story I could find which wasn't blocked in Europe:

https://kutv.com/news/local/sex-for-unmarried-in-utah-may-no-soon-be-legalized

SALT LAKE CITY — (KUTV) — With the stroke of a pen, sex for the unmarried in the Beehive State could be legalized.

A bill changing the criminal code in Utah may soon remove fornication as a class B misdemeanor.

Sen. Karen Mayne is the chief sponsor, while Rep. Ray Paul is the sponsor in the state's House. It has been voted on and passed by both bodies, meaning it is only awaiting a signature by Gov. Gary Herbert.

If it becomes law, it will remove the fornication clause from Utah's criminal code. It currently reads:

(1)Any unmarried person who shall voluntarily engage in sexual intercourse with another is guilty of fornication.
(2)Fornication is a class B misdemeanor.
The current law is part of Chapter 7 Offenses Against the Family, meaning those found guilty are punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,000. The law isn't pursued by police or prosecuted and is unenforceable.

The bill changes other parts of the criminal code as well including:

Modifies criminal offenses and penalties relating to clandestine drug labs
Modifies criminal offenses and penalties relating to electronic harassment
Return of a marriage license to a county clerk
Defines terms

 

[TexRex]

How is that not a thing? :facepalm:

Edit:

There's one here (3rd row, 3rd from the left):

Erm...don't you mean third from the right?

*(4th row, 3rd from the left)*