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Re: Weird News

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:49 pm
by Muninn
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0911 ... recovery_2

"Belgian man, thought to be in a stupor for 23 years, says he was alert but unable to cry out."

Re: Weird News

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:45 am
by osprey
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0911 ... recovery_2

"Belgian man, thought to be in a stupor for 23 years, says he was alert but unable to cry out."
Wow, that must have been utter ridicule for him. At least they finally figured out he was sentinent. I'd be interested to read his book, and see what it's like to be in this sort of state.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:53 am
by klimt
i'd have no fear of hell after that.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:47 pm
by A dude named Vince
14 year old kid kills dad with sledgehammer after being banned from his computer.

Link
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy in southern Russia has been charged with killing his father with a sledgehammer after his parents tried to stop him from playing computer games.

The unnamed boy in the coastal town of Tuapse, located by the Black Sea in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, bludgeoned his father to death while he lay sleeping, regional investigators said.

"At around 1am (local time) on April 12, the suspect dealt his sleeping father at least two blows on the head with a sledgehammer," the region's investigative committee said.

"The man died on the spot from a head injury.

A spokeswoman said the parents had taken away the keyboard as a disciplinary measure after he spent a week playing computer games.

After the killing, the boy's frightened mother gave him the keyboard back and the boy played computer games for several more hours until he fell asleep, the spokeswoman said.

At that point, the mother, who was not injured, contacted relatives who in turn called police.

The boy, who has no criminal record, is now being held in pre-trial detention.

At 14, he is old enough to be charged with murder under Russian law.
While that is undoubtedly one disturbed kid, I'm pretty sure bad parenting is also a factor.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:05 am
by Æron

Re: Weird News

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:56 pm
by Bocaj Claw
I don't want to be callous but I expected something more Mortal Kombaty based on the headline. Still really freaky though.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:13 pm
by Liz
This is why taking drugs is pantsless retarded.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:51 am
by A dude named Vince
According to an autopsy Powell, 21, bled to death after his heart was ripped out.
I thought that was implied when they said "still-beating heart"....

Re: Weird News

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:27 pm
by Muninn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10333211.stm

"A German student "mooned" a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said."

Re: Weird News

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:19 am
by Bocaj Claw
That is awesome.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:07 am
by Arloest
He did it just so the sentence "A German student "mooned" a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer" could be printed on the BBC.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:13 pm
by Burning Sheep Productions
It sounds like he was inspired by one of those random story idea generators.

Re: Weird News

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:27 am
by VisibilityMissing
Wow, this thread is still alive? :P
For sale - village with pub, 40 people

Reuters Fri Jun 25, 2:08 pm ET

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Stressed-out city executives looking to get away from it all have the chance to buy their own rural village in New Zealand, complete with a pub and population of 40.

Otira, a hamlet on the rainy west coast of New Zealand's South Island, is on the market for $NZ1 million ($715,000).

Re: Weird News

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:04 am
by likeafox
Wow, VisibilityMissing is still alive? :P

Re: Weird News

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:15 am
by VisibilityMissing
Wow, VisibilityMissing is still alive? :P
Possibly, but I think it's just a rumor.