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Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:27 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Dragon Wing @ Jan 29 2005, 10:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> OH NO! MORE SHOCKING, SERIOUS, IN DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN! <a href='http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entne ... 80005.html' target='_blank'>http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entne ... 05.html</a>  </td></tr></table>  Oh my, that's...strangely amusing...

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:29 am

That's almost two years old. I'm shocked that it's still available like that.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:35 am

I did not need that mental picture.

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:04 am

*snrrk* Omar Studdif. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' />

Jerry Roosevelt · Postby **Jerry Roosevelt** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:39 am

From USA Today newspaper, be sure to catch this one. <a href='http://home.comcast.net/~jerryarr/DragonShow.gif' target='_blank'>This should be fun.</a>

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:04 am

Funny, I thought that this was already legal: <a href='http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2005/01 ... 04-cp.html' target='_blank'>Original source</a>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Court OKs masturbation at home By WENDY COX VANCOUVER (CP) - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that masturbating at home is not an offence, even if the activity can be seen by peeking neighbours. The case centred on whether a private space - Daryl Clark's living room - became public because others could view it. The high court said No in a unanimous ruling Thursday. "The living room of his private home was not a place 'to which the public (had) access as of right or by invitation, express or implied,' " Justice Morris Fish wrote, quoting the Criminal Code. "I do not believe it (access) contemplates the ability of those who are neither entitled nor invited to enter a place to see or hear from the outside, through uncovered windows or open doors, what is transpiring within." On Oct. 28, 2000, Clark's neighbours across his backyard in Nanaimo, B.C., noticed "some movement" in Clark's living room. The woman had been watching television with her two young daughters in their family room, a room lit only by a television screen and light from the adjoining kitchen. The woman moved to another room for a better view, then called her husband. The pair watched Clark for up to 15 minutes from the privacy of their darkened bedroom. The court found they took care to avoid being seen by Clark, peering out from underneath their partially lowered blinds. Later, the woman's husband fetched a pair of binoculars and a telescope. He also tried, unsuccessfully, to videotape Clark in action, says the judgment. The judgment notes the pair were "understandably concerned" because they feared Clark was "masturbating to our children." The neighbours, who are identified only as Mr. and Mrs. S, called police. The officer was able to see Clark from his belly up from the neighbour's bedroom and from the neck or shoulders up from the street level. But Clark was charged after the police officer shone his flashlight in Clark's window at close range. The trial judge concluded he had "converted" his living room into a public place and the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the conviction. Clark was given a four-month sentence. Gil McKinnon, Clark's lawyer, said his client is happy with the outcome and glad to be getting on with his life, but he's not interested in talking about his court fight. McKinnon said the Supreme Court rejected the notion that people's private living spaces can be turned into public places just because someone can see inside. "A person has the freedom in his or her own living room to do whatever they choose to do and is not caught by the criminal law if they have no intent to offend or insult someone who may not be on that private property." The protection isn't extended to someone who commits an indecent act on their own property with the intention of letting the neighbours see it. But in this case, the evidence suggested Clark had no idea he was being watched, the court found. John Russell, president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, said he was surprised the case got before the courts in the first place. But he said he was relieved the ruling went the way it did. If it had gone the other way, "we would have to be a lot more careful about closing the drapes or covering up. "In fact, most Canadians are careful in those ways and it would appear that the poor man had just failed to take the formal precautions."</td></tr></table>

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:08 am

I'm glad they got that sorted out. Didn't know that was something to be concerned about. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:39 pm

<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4220473.stm' target='_blank'>Bill Gates' handwriting analyzed</a> So, is bill gates an "unstable man," or is it just his operating system?  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> A page of doodles found on Tony Blair's desk at last week's economic summit in Davos sparked a wave of excitement in the media. Psychologists and handwriting experts were drafted in by the press in the hope of getting a glimpse into the inner workings of the prime ministerial mind. Newspaper stories contained phrases such as "struggling to concentrate" and "not a natural leader". Now - and with not a little glee - Downing Street has revealed that the scribblings were not the work of the premier, but that of one Bill Gates of Microsoft. Insiders at Number 10 are apparently waiting "with amusement" to find out just how the comments about Mr Blair will now be applied to Mr Gates. Doomed if you doodle? A spokesman said: "Following the press conference given by the prime minister, Bill Gates and Bono in Davos on Thursday, a number of newspapers printed stories claiming that a page of notes and doodles left behind on the platform belonged to Tony Blair, and provided an insight into the mind of the prime minister. "They were in fact doodles made by Bill Gates. "We look forward with amusement to explanations by a variety of psychologists and graphologists of how various characteristics ascribed to the prime minister on the basis of the doodles, such as 'struggling to concentrate', 'not a natural leader', 'struggling to keep control of a confusing world' and 'an unstable man who is feeling under enormous pressure', equally apply to Mr Gates. "We are astonished that no-one who ran the story thought to ask No 10 if the doodles were in fact Mr Blair's, particularly as it was obvious to anyone the handwriting was totally different." A spokesman for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said: "It would appear that the note was that of Bill Gates, left behind after the press conference." </td></tr></table>

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:06 pm

Aw, they didn't provide a photo? Dang. I woulda liked to see what goes on in Bill Gates' head when he's not paying attention. But it's probably obvious what he drew -- a picture of himself as a giant monster, crushing a town full of pengins. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:36 pm

<a href='http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm ... _page.html' target='_blank'>And here's Tony Blair's doodles</a>. (Don't worry, Octan. They managed to include a picture this time <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />)

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:36 am

And you thought prison was bad enough . . .  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Jan 31, 6:19 PM EST Raw Sewage Flows Through Detention Center KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- Working conditions in the Flathead Justice Center deteriorated rapidly Sunday when raw sewage began coursing through the main floor and seeping into the basement, an official said. The culprit was a male prisoner at the county detention center who flushed a blanket down a jail toilet sometime before noon, causing an overflow that damaged several areas, said chief detention officer Dave Hutton. A 911 dispatcher told The Daily Inter Lake that it was disconcerting watching the sewage flow down the nearby hallway. Professional cleaners were called in and most of the mess was cleaned up by late afternoon. Hutton said it would be up to the county attorney to file charges, but the incident was logged as felony criminal mischief. 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:18 am

Ewww....

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:18 am

Lol, that's what you get if you give people enough free time.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:27 am

I guess he wasn't expecting this:  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Feb 7, 5:26 PM EST Man Fined $600 for Hurling Egg McMuffin HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- A man was fined $600 and put on probation for throwing an Egg McMuffin at a McDonald's restaurant manager after he said he didn't get what he ordered. Scott Rodgers, 46, was convicted Thursday of misdemeanor assault and battery. Besides probation, he was sentenced to three days in a work program and a fine and is banned from the McDonald's. Authorities said Rodgers and his 6-year-old son stopped to get four Egg McMuffins with ham on Oct. 9 but returned to the service window to complain that at least one of the sandwiches had sausage. County prosecutor Craig Bunce said that when the shift manager asked him to give the sandwich back, he threw it through the window at her. "The manager was picking egg out of her hair," he said. Rodgers' attorney said he did not throw the sandwich, but rather returned it quickly. 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:40 am

Boy, someone had egg on their face. haw.

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