Funny/Strange News Stories

[Grayfox]

It is arguably the most commonly spelt word in pop music, but it seems even the leader of the free world has trouble mastering the lyrics of Aretha Franklin's famous song.


President Barack Obama's characteristically flawless presenting encountered a hiccup yesterday when he botched the spelling of "respect" as he honoured Franklin and other female legends of soul at a special White House event.

With the singer in the audience, Mr Obama looked a little bit rattled when he made the blunder.

Almost immediately after forgetting the first 'e', it is clear the president knows he has made a mistake.

"When Aretha first told us what R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her..." Mr Obama said as members of the audience began laughing heartily.

After a momentary pause, he continued: "She had no idea it would become a rallying cry for African-Americans, and women, and everyone who felt marginalised because of what they looked like or who they loved, they wanted some respect."

The evening went otherwise to plan, with Franklin, Patti LaBelle and 20-year-old Ariana Grande among those who performed for the History of Women in Soul event.


http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertai...ect-at-white-house-event-with-aretha-franklin



For all you Obama's out there that have trouble with this word.

Listen to this for a while.

 

[FoolKiller]

So, do we get to treat him like an idiot decades later? Or is that just something the media does to Republicabs, like Dan Quayle?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Elections, North Korean style:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26502900

 

[Grayfox]

Rod bitten by deadly snake, grabs beer and hopes for the best

IF YOU think you're about to die, you might as well grab a cold one before you go.

At least that's what Rod Sommerville did when thinking he might "cark it" after an eastern brown snake bit him in his backyard in Yeppoon last month.

The 54-year-old was moving a few pot plants in his yard when the two and half foot snake nipped him on the finger.

Rod's reaction was to grab his shovel and "whack it on the head".

As soon as he was done with the snake, he called an ambulance, grabbed a beer from the fridge and sat down.

"I said to myself, if I'm going to cark it I'm going to have a beer, so I got a Goldie out of the fridge and drank that; 'cause you know eastern browns are the second most venomous snake in the world," Rod said

Rod's teenage son was on the couch and slept through the whole thing because Rod didn't want to wake him and make anyone panic.

"If you panic it makes it worse," he said.

Rod was taken straight to the Yeppoon Hospital, but transferred a short while later to Rockhampton to get the anti-venom.

But his ordeal wasn't over just yet, with Rod suffering an allergic reaction to the anti-venom. He ended up spending four days in intensive care.

Rod still isn't out of hospital after three weeks.

"The reaction nearly killed me as well, so it was a double whammy," he said.

Rod's kidneys were affected and that's kept him in hospital recovering for weeks.

Rod bitten by deadly snake, grabs beer and hopes for the best | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

 

[prisonermonkeys]

He's a Queenslander, isn't he?









Of course he's a Queenslander.

 

[Grayfox]

He is drinking XXXX beer so yeah, only QLD drink that swill.

On an other note.

A Japanese Cat Burglar.

Thousands of Japanese social media users have joined the hunt for a four-legged thief plaguing a convenience store.

A Twitter user photographed a poster in the window of a 7-Eleven in Kanto, the region that encompasses Tokyo, which warns customers about a shoplifting cat — accompanied by a picture of the black cat making off with its stolen bounty in its mouth.

"We need your help. Please do not feed this cat," reads the sign, according to RocketNews24.

"It enters the store and shoplifts cat food.

"We told the cat that it was banned from the store but it didn't listen."

The photo of the cat burglar has been shared on Twitter almost 20,000 times.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/03/10/13/27/shoplifting-cat-plagues-japan-7-eleven

 

[axletramp]

Woman accidentally joins search party looking for herself...

 

[Blitz24]

My question is did she ever find herself or did the geniuses eventually call it off upon total confusion .

 

[BobK]

My question is did she ever find herself or did the geniuses eventually call it off upon total confusion .

That's actually answered in the article.

 

[Blitz24]

That's actually answered in the article.

I know, but as a commenter on the article stated "Some people go through their entire lives and never find themselves." I wonder if she is still looking

 

[TenEightyOne]

It is arguably the most commonly spelt word in pop music, but it seems even the leader of the free world has trouble mastering the lyrics of Aretha Franklin's famous song.

If only YMCA was actually a word

 

[TenEightyOne]

Downham Market Fire Station Had No Fire Alarm Or Sprinklers

Gutted.

 

[Grayfox]

LOL.

Fire Fighters preach how homes should have working fire alarms and yet they dont.
But isn't it law in many countries these days that all places must have a working sprinkler system and fire alarms?

 

[Famine]

I'm actually amazed. Downham Market is so soggy I wouldn't have thought anything would burn there.

Not to mention the concept of the locals having discovered fire.

 

[Grayfox]

I'm actually amazed. Downham Market is so soggy I wouldn't have thought anything would burn there.

Not to mention the concept of the locals having discovered fire.

I take it mother earth was the one that put out the blaze.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I believe crews were called in to help from as far away as 1978.

As Famine points out, this news is doubly distressing for the locals because it's their first real go at "fire", the first step to getting there own modurr carrrs.

 

[Barra333]

I think this research group should have spoken to a native English speaker before they published... Language warning

 

[TenEightyOne]

I think this research group should have spoken to a native English speaker before they published... Language warning

Great stuff. Their Chlorine information technology department are in the front office I think.

 

[Northstar]

I immediately thought of Jay & Silent Bob when reading it.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Penis cut off in attack in Middlesbrough

Shudder

 

[Dean]

I think this research group should have spoken to a native English speaker before they published... Language warning

Copper and Neutronium... Science can be fun sometimes.

 

[Famine]

Penis cut off in attack in Middlesbrough

Shudder

If they're looking for a dick in South Bank they're going to be a while identifying the right one.

 

[nk4e]

Man Reportedly Gets Revenge on Scammer by Texting Him Shakespeare’s Entire Works

http://time.com/29070/man-reportedl...mer-by-texting-him-shakespeares-entire-works/

So far, he’s texted 22 full plays, which amounts to 17, 424 texts. Joseph claims to have an unlimited data plan.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Nevermind.

 

[Famine]

I'm not wholly sure it can be classed as a funny news story when it's satire.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I'm not wholly sure it can be classed as a funny news story when it's satire.

Deleting.

 

[Furinkazen]

EDIT posted above. Delete.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Ms Talbot was cleared of an allegation that she played the rock song Sex On Fire and subsequently shouted out of her office window: "Come on vicar, complain about this."

Matron took sex toy into work a tribunal rules


If I ever do have to go into a home (and I bloody well shan't) then I want it to be like this one.

 

[DG_Silva]

Short of money? Sainsbury's build cash machine built just 15 INCHES off ground 'because it's on a hill'

 

[DK]

Matron took sex toy into work a tribunal rules


If I ever do have to go into a home (and I bloody well shan't) then I want it to be like this one.