Funny/Strange News Stories

[TexRex]

What would they do with a flag like this?

Prohibit it? I very much doubt that one side of it represents a country to which they vow no allegiance causes any kind of internal turmoil.

 

[UKMikey]

Mickey Mouse’s first 24 hours in the public domain: slasher flicks, horror games and NFTs

Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on 1 January 2024 – prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney

theguardian.com

 

[Liquid]

Paying for NFTs of something in the public domain is particularly stupid.

 

[TexRex]

Mayra Flores in GRUBGATE Scandal

What was the point?

www.currentrevolt.com

 

[Touring Mars]

Not sure if this guy just snuck into the 2023 Darwin Award contest or was one of the first to enter the 2024 contest, but...

Granton shooting: Murdered man Marc Webley told enemies 'come and get it'

Marc Webley used social media videos to goad his rivals before his murder on Hogmanay.

www.bbc.co.uk

An Edinburgh gangster was shot at 11.50pm on New Year's Eve after taunting gangland rivals on social media earlier in the evening.

Not content with goading his rivals on social media, he told them exactly where he was (a dodgy pub in a dodgy part of Edinburgh) and challenged them to 'come and get it'.

Two people have now been arrested on suspicion of his murder.

Marc Webley murder: Man and woman charged over shooting at Edinburgh pub

Marc Webley was killed minutes before midnight on Hogmanay near the Anchor Inn in the Granton area.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Barra333]

That is up there with the "what are you gunna do? Stab me?" guy.

 

[Touring Mars]

That is up there with the "what are you gunna do? Stab me?" guy.

To be fair, I'm surprised anyone in Granton was sober enough at 10 minutes to midnight on Hogmanay to pull this off.

Sometimes revenge is a dish best served by Deliveroo.

 

[UKMikey]

Perhaps he was just looking for a job to suit his facial hair...?

Shia LaBeouf mulls plan to become deacon after Catholic confirmation

Actor, 37, received sacrament on New Year’s Eve and Capuchin friar Alexander Rodriguez says he wishes to be a deacon ‘in the future’

theguardian.com

 

[UKMikey]

Another from the Grauniad. Looks like there really is a jazz police:

Spanish fan calls police over saxophone band who were just not jazzy enough

Festival-goer claims it was 'psychologically inadvisable' for him to hear Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core perform

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pupik]

I love headlines (and the URL) which get right to the point, without hyperbole or ambiguity.

City where the hottest new tourist attraction is a rat-shaped hole

Some people have gone on a pilgrimage to see the hole.

metro.co.uk

 

[TB]

"Some people have gone on a pilgrimage to see the hole."

 

[Pupik]

"Some people have gone on a pilgrimage to see the hole."

These are the stupid things I do right before trying to catch a flight or on my lunch break.

I still need to the see the parking lot rock in Omaha.

 

[Barra333]

It is old, but reminded me of this

 

[UKMikey]

I still need to the see the parking lot rock in Omaha.

I wonder whether this road sign in Topeka might "top the pole". You guys sure have a lot of bored people out there. Or drivers who don't know how to hit the brakes...

 

[HenrySwanson]

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg

www.theguardian.com

The products of paper mills often look like regular articles but are based on templates in which names of genes or diseases are slotted in at random among fictitious tables and figures. Worryingly, these articles can then get incorporated into large databases used by those working on drug discovery.

Others are more bizarre and include research unrelated to a journal’s field, making it clear that no peer review has taken place in relation to that article. An example is a paper on Marxist ideology that appeared in the journal Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. Others are distinctive because of the strange language they use, including references to “bosom peril” rather than breast cancer and “Parkinson’s ailment” rather Parkinson’s disease.

 

[sirjim73]

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point

Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg

www.theguardian.com

Apologies but i couldn't help but read "bosom peril" with a Frankie Howerd voice...

 

[Blitz24]

Strange, why did the truck not surf.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/jason-...iffs-office-vcso-florida-news-february-6-2024

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Man who spent years building Eiffel Tower with 700K matchsticks may be denied world record for using wrong matches

Richard Plaud spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the world-famous monument.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Darla Starch]

Hate to see it go all up in flames at this point

 

[UKMikey]

Hate to see it go all up in flames at this point

He struck out.

 

[TexRex]

Woman Who Caused Fatal Buggy Crash Tried to Have Twin Take Blame, Authorities Say

A sheriff deputy’s tape recorder captured a conversation between the two sisters that raised questions about their story, according to a complaint.

www.nytimes.com

 

[sirjim73]

He struck out.

Hate to see it go all up in flames at this point

You're both on fire! I'm no match for your jokes...

 

[Famine]

Hate to see it go all up in flames at this point

That'd certainly be an eyeful.

 

[Darla Starch]

That'd certainly be an eyeful.

 

[Touring Mars]

Man who spent years building Eiffel Tower with 700K matchsticks may be denied world record for using wrong matches

Richard Plaud spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the world-famous monument.

www.nbcnews.com

He struck out.

Matchstick Eiffel Tower sets record after ‘emotional rollercoaster’ Guinness U-turn

Richard Plaud spent eight years constructing the 706,900-matchstick model

www.independent.co.uk

 

[UKMikey]

I don't know if there's a word to describe the sense of relief and achievement M. Plaud feels right now. Towering?

 

[Roo]

I guess the builder imPlaud the adjudicators to accept it. He Gustave been relieved afterwards.

 

[UKMikey]

He certainly saved his teeth from gnashes and champs elysee at least, eh? That rollercoaster ride turned out to be an arc of triumph.

 

[sirjim73]

I guess the builder imPlaud the adjudicators to accept it. He Gustave been relieved afterwards.

Mostly I'm praying theres no "gust of" wind to blow it all down

 

[Darla Starch]

Cop's Car Explodes At Argentine Gas Station Blowing 44lbs Of Cocaine Into The Air | Carscoops

Fortunately, the vehicle's occupants were outside of the vehicle while it was being filled with compressed natural gas, but two people were still injured

www.carscoops.com