Bizarre News

[Omega_Destroyer]

Only in an ideal world Titan.

[asandir]

hmmm, i quite like the school system over here Caradoc, so when I assume the Supreme Overlord position, I will rescind your new world order and suplex the whole scheme back to how it is here anyway

[gravyluvr]

And what'll you do when everybody starts deserting because of the 12 month school year?

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The main reason we never had school in the summer was because there was no air conditioning. It's still a big burden on the energy costs of schools though. Around DC, July and August are the killer months for heat and humidity. Besides, I was always a big fan of summer camp, baseball camp, etc. so I think I would still want to give the kids at least the dog days of summer for the pool.

I always thought that trimesters would have worked a lot better for the US calendar.

August until Thanksgiving (~8/20 - 11/20)
New Year until Easter (~Jan - March)
Easter* until 4th of July (~April - June)

If that's too much time off they could have had a two week "special project" in December and another summer session in July-August.

[gravyluvr]

Mystery of the disappearing lake

A glacial lake in Chile has disappeared and no one knows exactly why.

The five-acre lake was still at the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in March this year, reports Sky News.

But by late May it was nowhere to be seen, say rangers.

They found a dry crater 100ft deep and several large pieces of ice that used to float on top of the water in the country's southern Andes.

A group of geologists and other experts are going to the area in the next few days to investigate.

The lake was in the region of Magallanes, and situated 1,250 miles south-east of the capital Santiago.

A river that flowed out of it has been reduced to a trickle.

One theory is that the water disappeared through cracks in the lake bottom into underground fissures.

But experts do not know why the cracks would have appeared because there have been no earthquakes reported in the area recently.

Juan Jose Romero, head of Chile's National Forest Service in Magallanes, said: "It has simply disappeared. No one knows what happened."

[Panda Tar]

So, icebergs are melting. Lakes, disappearing. What next? Water becoming wine?

[ThunderTitan]

The end i nigh... anyone got the number for the californian governors office?

[asandir]

Man rolls car in KFC drive-through
Posted Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:41am AEST


An Alice Springs man's love of fried chicken saw him roll his car at a takeaway drive-through last night.

Police were called to a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway at around 3:00am to help rescue a man who had rolled his car in the service lane behind the building.

They say the man may have been driving too quickly and are unsure if alcohol was a factor in the crash.

The man was taken to hospital but is not believed to be badly injured.

[asandir]

to spread the driving love

Manual car stumps would-be thieves
Posted Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:33pm AEST

A witness says two Americans have failed to make their getaway in a car they had just stolen because they could not figure out how to use its manual transmission.

The teenagers, armed with a gun, approached a man outside a pizza restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, late on Monday (local time).

Restaurant employee John Williamson says they stole the man's wallet and the keys to his Honda Accord, got into the car but could not make it start because it had a manual transmission.

"The kid was just sitting in the car trying to start it but he had no idea what to do," the 18-year-old said.

"He looked dumbfounded. The only thing he had going was the radio."

While the thief was trying to start the car, restaurant employees called the police, who arrived and caught the teenagers as they tried to escape into nearby woods.

Unlike many parts of the world, the majority of cars in the US are automatic and many drivers are unused to driving "stick shift" vehicles.

[winterfate]

I'd probably burn out the transmission by not shifting...but you have got to be kidding me! Turning on a standard gear car isn't a rocket science.

[asandir]

I wouldna thought so, maybe it was in gear and he didn't have the clutch in, bunny hop central!

[ThunderTitan]

Turning on a standard gear car isn't a rocket science.

Which is why they don't need german scientists to steal cars. Just don't use americans.

[gravyluvr]

Manual car stumps would-be thieves

That is too funny! I drive a stick... and I know so many people who can't drive stick. Of course, with our traffic, it makes more sense to not drive stick here.

PS: Does every country complain about foreign drivers?

[Corribus]

That is too funny! I drive a stick... and I know so many people who can't drive stick. Of course, with our traffic, it makes more sense to not drive stick here.

Me too. It was a great excuse in college because nobody could borrow my car.

[ThunderTitan]

PS: Does every country complain about foreign drivers?

No, over here we complain about women and traffic in the capital city.

[Omega_Destroyer]

Mostly people (I) complain about how stupid the drivers are around here. Using turn signals is not difficult!

[Panda Tar]

Sorry to cut through the conversation, but this one was great: This dog was elected the ugliest dog on the world. I really feel pity of him, but it's rather funny. His name, or nickname, is Yoda or E.T.



The other dogs that were challenging are also really special. The one on the left lower corner is really amusing. Sounds like a dog making a mockery of the whole thing since what...2001?

[vulnevia]

Eww, most of those dogs look a bit inbreadish Maybe it's ta new trend; the dog with the most FUBAR DNA-pool wins...

[Omega_Destroyer]

Looks like some of the women I see around school.

[Panda Tar]

Looks like some of the women I see around school.

I don't fancy women with whiskers either. Although, it must be charming dating with a girl whose tong is too big for her mouth.

[Elvin]

Charming indeed. But I think I'll pass!