Funny/Strange News Stories

[Liquid]

Ah, so Darwin Man is the Aussie equivalent of the legendary Florida Man.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Ah, so Darwin Man is the Aussie equivalent of the legendary Florida Man.

It's probably something to do with the heat of the Tropics.

 

[daan]

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Uhm, so it's okay to bring in the tipple to the country, but not cool to move it around? I don't get it, but whatever.

Hang on, wasn't there a rule or something where the limit was couple of bottles, not the ml? When did that change? And what about the tax-free stores selling booze in the airport?

What if I wanted to bring seven 100ml bottles? ? ? ? ????

...

I don't think you understand. You cannot board a 'plane with a bottle or container of liquid that is more than 100ml. It is a worldwide airline rule.

 

[JKgo]

I don't think you understand. You cannot board a 'plane with a bottle or container of liquid that is more than 100ml. It is a worldwide airline rule.

...In the linked article, the lady in question bought the cognac in US, boarded the plane to Beijing no prob, then when she changed to a local line, then she got stopped. Hence my confusion.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I don't think you understand. You cannot board a 'plane with a bottle or container of liquid that is more than 100ml. It is a worldwide airline rule.

That's not strictly true, in this case she'd travelled to China from the USA with the bottle.

 

[Liquid]

Trump is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Trump is the gift that keeps on giving.

The comments below are great too, my favourite is "He's a living YouTube comment".

 

[TenEightyOne]

What's a good way to spend a record-breaking afternoon around Tyne & Wear?

Gan oot as hoowarses, mon.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Meanwhile... the Newlyn Fish Festival's plans to create a working Tardis take another step forward.

Apparently it's an easy mistake to make;

He said it was an easy mistake to make as drivers "go in through the back entrance" to pick up the toilet.

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So many punchlines, so little time.

 

[Carbonox]

"Male" and "female", among others, are oppressive and hateful language.

 

[PeterJB]

Coming up next "Liberals Gone Wild"...

 

[Carbonox]

Stay classy, Australia.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Stay classy, Australia.

I don't get the funny? Knowing that there's community vigilance around child approaches is a far better immediate deterrent for abuctors than the promise of jail after a child has gone missing.

“We have to be vigilant as a community.

“We haven’t got a problem with child approaches in this command.”

Police encourage reporting of any child approach.

“The day we don’t treat a child approach at its highest, it will be something sinister,” Supt Hanson said.

 

[Northstar]

I don't get the funny? Knowing that there's community vigilance around child approaches is a far better immediate deterrent for abductors than the promise of jail after a child has gone missing.

Of course it could also get to the point where people are too afraid to approach a crying child to check on their welfare for fear of being labeled a criminal.

This story just reeks of the "war on men" that's becoming less of a joke with each passing day.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Of course it could also get to the point where people are too afraid to approach a crying child to check on their welfare for fear of being labeled a criminal.

This story just reeks of the "war on men" that's becoming less of a joke with each passing day.

Ah, that would probably be the Feminism thread then . Interesting though that you think it's a war on "men" when more than half of all abductors are women. Sounds like your own bias

 

[Northstar]

Interesting though that you think it's a war on "men" when it's not a male-only activity.

It's widely portrayed to be that way though, which would explain why the woman that stopped doesn't seem to be under any suspicion while the guy that asked for directions is apparently a wanted man.

 

[JKgo]

'Wedding police' tackle unruly guests.

By itself it's not that unusual story, except for this little tidbit:

"The 40-strong detail will patrol in the North Caucasus region of Adygea, making sure that wedding motorcades observe the highway code and that nobody fires weapons from car windows, the Tass news agency reports."

Russian weddings are scary...

 

[TVR27]

Woman rings police to complain about lack of marijuana in West Australian town

 

[Liquid]

Mildly amusing:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerwchyndrwbwllllantysiliogogogoch gets a featured mention on the weather. And it's pronounced correctly.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Womens Institute in Bell End row.

 

[ECGadget]

Mildly amusing:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerwchyndrwbwllllantysiliogogogoch gets a featured mention on the weather. And it's pronounced correctly.

That was actually brilliant! Amusing yes, but brilliantly pronounced!

 

[Grayfox]

These kids are bloody good
.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...round-walk-Jaguar-showroom-buy-grown-car.html

 

[JKgo]

These kids are bloody good
.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...round-walk-Jaguar-showroom-buy-grown-car.html

...They've got good tastes.

 

[Crash]

Mildly amusing:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerwchyndrwbwllllantysiliogogogoch gets a featured mention on the weather. And it's pronounced correctly.

I saw the video clip of it on my Facebook feed and the first person that I thought of that would appreciate this was you.

 

[Liquid]

I saw the video clip of it on my Facebook feed and the first person that I thought of that would appreciate this was you.

Always great to see North Wales hitting the headlines for the right reasons. Tourism is the only thing which keeps that village alive for that exact reason; the interesting, long name.

 

[Lizard]

I wonder how many times he had to practice that.

 

[Touring Mars]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...any-goes-awry-as-delegates-take-lsd-like-drug

Mystery surrounds an apparent mass psychedelic drug overdose... at a homeopathy conference.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I don't get the funny? Knowing that there's community vigilance around child approaches is a far better immediate deterrent for abuctors than the promise of jail after a child has gone missing.

I think it's meant to be the massive over-reaction. From the sounds of things, the guy was just asking for directions. It's a little weird, but maybe the girl was the only person on the street, and he was well and truly lost. Once she helped him, he went on his merry way, but when she told her mother about it, her mother reacted as if the guy was about to molest her. There's a disparity between whar happened and the response. Maybe because Camden isn't the greatest neighbourhood to be in.

Still not funny, though.

 

[Northstar]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...any-goes-awry-as-delegates-take-lsd-like-drug

Mystery surrounds an apparent mass psychedelic drug overdose... at a homeopathy conference.

They should also look into that weird smell at Grateful Dead concerts.

 

[Danoff]

I don't get the funny? Knowing that there's community vigilance around child approaches is a far better immediate deterrent for abuctors than the promise of jail after a child has gone missing.

People acting like irrational idiots is pretty funny.