Posted by admin on Oct 23, 2008 in
Foolery,
Forteana Yowza, packs of wild roving dogs attacking and eating cars. It doesn’t seem true, but it is, cuz it’s not the first time it’s happened in this blokes driveway! I love how Mr Dwyer hams it up in these shots. He seems to have a good attitude about the whole ordeal, a likable dude for sure. The last photo was found on Flickr, tagged Clayton Dwyer, so I assume it’s the same chap.
‘Dogs ate my car’
www.ntnews.com | MATT CUNNINGHAM | October 18th, 2008
A DARWIN man woke yesterday to discover dogs had eaten his car.
And he says it’s not the first time it has happened.
Clayton Dwyer, 47, of Millner, thought his girlfriend was kidding when she woke him up and told him his work ute had been gnawed by a pack of savage dogs. But when he walked outside his Beetson Place home he discovered this was no joke.
His front bumper had been ripped from the car and chewed to bits by the dogs. They had even tried to munch on the front panels.
“You can see the teeth marks,” he said.
Asked what he thought when he first saw the damage, Mr Dwyer said: “Doggone it! That’s a bit ruff.”
The landscape gardener said the pack of wild dogs had been lurking around his neighbourhood for months.
“My girlfriend’s car got eaten about three months ago,” he said. “At first we thought it had been attacked with a hammer, but we took it to the panel beaters and he said it was dogs. You could see the teeth marks on it.”
Mr Dwyer said his neighbours had seen the dogs early yesterday and had chased them away by throwing mangoes at them.
He said he was unsure if his insurance company covered dog attacks.
“I hope they do,” he said.
“It’s actually a new bumper. I only bought it a couple of months ago.
“I know it isn’t the prettiest car, but it didn’t deserve that.”
Posted by admin on Oct 22, 2008 in
Foolery Having made a Big Mac Cake before, I can attest it’s the pumpkin seeds on top that really make this sorta thing sparkle. The directions and original info can be found at Make zine here. Check my foolery category for more fun jack o lanterns.
Posted by admin on Oct 21, 2008 in
Farewell If you are not familiar with the works of Rudy Ray Moore, and you like your comedy blue, than you’re missing out. Even now his comedy is raw, sexual and powerful. He was best known for his role as the Platonic Ideal of a pimp in DOLEMITE. Mr. Moore was hard working. He had a long career as a road comedian on the Chittlin Circuit and recording artist. His THIS AINT NO WHITE CHRISTMAS is the dirtiest, most blush inducing Christmas recording I’ve ever heard. How dirty was his work? Take Larry Flynt, subtract Jackie Gleason and add equal parts Katt Williams and Bernie Mac. He could have made a fortune if he cleaned up his act like Red Foxx did, but he didn’t. Don’t you want that zodiac lp where his head looks pasted on? Lord knows I do. You did good Rudy Ray, thanks for the laughs. 81 is a good run for someone who lived and played as hard as you.
Ohio Comedian & Actor Rudy Ray Moore Died at Age 81
www.clevelandleader.com | October 21, 2008
Ohio comedian and actor Rudy Ray Moore, best known for his title role in the 1975 film “Dolemite”, has died at the age of 81. Moore died of complications from diabetes at an Akron nursing home on Sunday.
Moore’s comedy routines have been described as even more raunchy and explicit than contemporaries such as Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx, which is probably what ultimately kept him off television and major movies. Nevertheless, Moore had a devoted fan base, and is said to have influenced a generation of rappers with his entertaining tales of urban subculture life of pimps, prostitutes, gamblers and various badmen.
Besides his appearnce in “Dolemite”, Moore also appeared in “The Human Tornado” in 1976, and “Disco Godfather” in 1979. In his later years he also worked with rappers including 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane, and Snoop Dog.
Moore is survived by his brother, Gerald Moore.
Posted by admin on Oct 21, 2008 in
Foolery,
Forteana An equestrian pal told me “horses aren’t like big dogs, they aren’t smart.” Another horsey gal (who rides Western and knows all about the Shatner horse) told me “oh no horses are stupid. They don’t know their own names. You can change their name no problem.” So now onto dumb horse antics. That dude with the chainsaw is a saint. There were no West Virginia papers that seemed to cover this story, but it’s huge overseas.
Unsuspecting Horse Gets Head Stuck Up A Tree
www.digitaljournal.com | Posted Oct 20, 2008
The young horse, named Gracie, found herself with her head literally stuck up a tree recently and whinnied for help until a pass by came along and came to the rescue.
The horse had managed to lodge it’s head in between two sections of the large, elderly trunk of the tree. Thanks to the local walker, enjoying a stroll that day, the horse was saved but only by the trunk being cut by a chainsaw. If the passer by hadn’t come along, the horse would have surely died.
Hero with the chainsaw, Jason Harschbarger, who was a local man with all the right tools, found the strange scene which reminded him of Winnie the Pooh stuck up a honey tree. Yet he set to work, on the horse and the tree in West Virginia, USA.
Mr Harschbarger, decided to take a couple of photographs before he rescued the horse, simply because he wanted to show others proof of what he saw. The pictures are quite unbelievable. The young mare, with only a few cuts and bruises has survived her ordeal and according to her rescuer, is doing fine.
Mr Harschbarger, now quite the local hero, told a television station reporter,
“She has a few cuts on her face and ear. Last I heard her jaw was a little dislocated but I think it is healing up and she can eat on her own again.”
You can see one of the pictures taken before the horse was rescued at the link above.
We may never know why she had put her head there in the first place…
Posted by admin on Oct 20, 2008 in
Foolery Loves me some Jack o Lanterns and hope to bring some wonderful ones to this site in the next lil while.. Here’s a great one using Mac Classics I found over at this site.
Posted by admin on Oct 17, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Foolery Some stories have just enough details to make you even more curious about the people, the events and the lives of those involved. This is one of those stories.
Baby found alone in car outside strip club
Tonya Root | thesunnews.com | Posted on Thu, Oct. 16, 2008
A Myrtle Beach man was arrested after his baby was found inside a car in the parking lot of a local gentleman’s club, according to a police report.
Geoffrey Allen Hale, 27, of 126 Whitehaven Circle, was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child after police were called at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday to Derriere’s Gentleman’s Club at 804 Seaboard St., the report showed.
Someone reported an infant buckled into a car seat in the back seat of a car that was unlocked with the keys inside, the report showed. Using information from the license plate, police learned the car belonged to Hale and went inside the club looking for him.
In his report, the officer noted a man was sitting at a table, smoking a cigarette and getting a lap dance when he entered the club. After asking several patrons their names, the officer went to the man and learned he was Hale, the report showed.
Hale told police his wife was on stage dancing and that he was only there to get a cell phone from her, the report showed. Hale said his baby was sleeping in the car and he did not want to wake her to take her inside the club.
The baby’s 28-year-old mom came outside and took custody of her when Hale was arrested, the report showed.
Posted by admin on Oct 16, 2008 in
Forteana Hey man, whatever works. He IS the champ.
Champion Klitschko uses infant son’s wet diapers to reduce hand swelling
ESPN.com news services | Tuesday, October 14, 2008
BERLIN — Vitali Klitschko used his son’s wet, used diapers to keep his fists from swelling up after winning his WBC heavyweight title bout against Nigeria’s Samuel Peter, the Ukrainian told a German newspaper on Tuesday.
Klitschko said he wrapped them around his hands and they helped him recover.
“Baby wee is good because it’s pure, doesn’t contain toxins and doesn’t smell,” the 37-year old boxer told Bild after he won back the WBC title with a technical knockout on Saturday.
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Posted by admin on Oct 15, 2008 in
Forteana Mattel says the only word the doll says is MAMA and any other verbalization is accidental. To me, this does not seem like culture jamming by naughty lil anarchists, evil sooper geniuses or twisted fruit loops. This to me seems like the work of the kind of religious extremists who work in sweat shops. A life in sweat shop, a painful death from cancer caused by pollution s and an eternity in a heaven full of virgins and pomegranates. Islam is the light.
Click here to see a video.
Mattel says talking doll doesn’t promote Islam
BY CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ | October 10, 2008 | www.newsday.com
A cooing baby doll or a toy with a religious message?
The toy company Mattel has fielded calls from consumers who wonder whether their Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo doll, which giggles, gurgles and coos, is also mumbling, “Islam is the light.”
The doll, which is made in China, has only one scripted word – “mama” – and other sounds are merely baby babble, said Mattel spokeswoman Sara Rosales. The toy, which retails for $19.99 and is meant for ages 2 and up, makes one sound that “may resemble something close to the word ‘night,’ ‘right’ or ‘light,’” she added.
Word of the doll’s alleged proselytizing gained momentum this week after local TV news stations picked up the story and YouTube showed videos of the chatty toy child.
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Posted by admin on Oct 14, 2008 in
Farewell,
Feloniousness Oh my. The worst part of the story is that it was a member of the family who made the mistake. Tragic.
A trainee healer in the family may have administered poison by mistake
Bad Medicine ‘Wipes Out SA Family’
news.sky.com | 8:15am UK, Tuesday September 23, 2008 | Emma Hurd, Africa correspondent
Thirteen members of the same family have been found dead in South Africa after apparently being poisoned by traditional herbal medicine.
The bodies of three generations of the Mazubane family, including a two-week-old baby and four boys aged between two and seven, were discovered at their home in Dingleton, KwaZulu Natal.
The police believe their 17-year-old brother, a trainee traditional healer, mixed and administered the deadly potion. He died alongside his grandparents, mother, aunts and siblings.
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Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Forteana When one thinks of Amsterdam and smuggling, this is NOT what comes to mind. I once saw a cage full of similar kittens at a shelter. They had a large sign on the front that warned, “CAREFUL when you open the door, THEY WILL GET OUT”
Helen Wilmore with the suit case that contained beauty her cat which was discovered at Amsterdam airport
Stowaway kitten stuck in Amsterdam
A kitten which stowed away in her owner’s suitcase has been stranded in Amsterdam after a 21-hour trip.
By Chris Irvine | Last Updated: 7:14AM BST 08 Oct 2008 | www.telegraph.co.uk
Stowaway: Beauty may never be reunited with her family due to the high costs of getting her back to the UK
Helen Wilmore, 36, found her three-month-old kitten, Beauty, who was bought as a gift for the family, after travelling to Amsterdam for weekend break.
But Beauty may never be reunited with her family due to the high costs of getting her back to the UK,
As she was packing her suitcase, Beauty was sleeping on her bed, but when the time came for Ms Wilmore to leave, she could not find the cat anywhere.
Airport security staff failed to spot the kitten on their scanners and, because of flight delays, she was not discovered until 21 hours later when Ms Wilmore opened her case.
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Tags: Animal, smuggle
Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Forteana Wow, what a rotten little cretin. 7 is such a weird age for this. Somehow if he were 9, and had friends and there was laughter it would be easier to understand. This lil guy acted like it was his JOB to kill, kill, kill. Weird.
The boy throws one of the reptiles into the crocodile pen
Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo, feeding reptiles to crocodile
Sophie Tedmanson, Sydney | www.timesonline.co.uk | October 3, 2008
An “expressionless” seven-year-old boy broke into a zoo, bludgeoned to death giant lizards and fed them – and other live animals – to a crocodile named Terry in Outback Australia this week.
Zookeepers were horrified when they arrived at work on Wednesday morning to see Terry, an 11-foot long saltwater crocodile, feasting on his fellow showcase reptilians at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre in the Northern Territory.
At first they thought the animals, including the zoo’s favourite, metre-long, 20-year-old goanna, had escaped from their outdoor pens and accidentally become breakfast for Terry – the local zoo’s prize attraction.
But further investigation uncovered CCTV footage of the local boy’s horrific 35-minute killing spree which began when he scaled the fence of the zoo, located in the centre of Alice Springs, a popular tourist destination town in central Australia, just before 8am on Wednesday morning.
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Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2008 in
Foolery If you know what this is, you can can download it by clicking the highlighted words. If you don’t, then never mind about the where when guide?
www_oct_08_readers.pdf.