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Postby Zaaphod » Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:53 pm

<!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> Okaaaay. Hopefully that's done when it's warm out...<br>
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Postby VisibilityMissing » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:24 am

I'm not trying to create a theme or anything. I'd never do that <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Feb 18, 8:37 PM EST<br><br><b>Naked Man Flashes Cars on Chilly Highway</b><br><br>BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) -- Chilly weather hasn't kept a naked man from flashing traffic on Interstate 65 in north Baldwin County in Alabama.<br><br>Sheriff's spokesman John Murphy said Thursday morning's incident was the ninth time since July 2004 that someone has flashed passing motorists on the interstate between the Stockton and Perdido exits.<br><br>"He runs up to the interstate, stands there for a few seconds, then runs away and vanishes," Murphy said.<br><br>State Trooper Sgt. Tommy Waters said motorists have described the flasher as a tall, thin, dark-haired man who is bald on top and has a ponytail.<br><br>The sightings have been in rural areas. There have been no wrecks or injuries as a result of the man's antics.<br><br>Waters said the man could be charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, if arrested.<br><br>He said officers, who rushed to the scene several times, have never spotted the naked man.<br><br>Murphy said it is believed the man lives nearby and hides out after exposing himself or flees in a nearby vehicle.<br><br>---<br><br>Information from: The Mobile Register<br><br> 2005 The Associated Press<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Postby Zaaphod » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:15 pm

*snnrk* Well, cold weather doesn't stop THAT guy... <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>
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Postby VisibilityMissing » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:54 pm

How about this guy?

Obscure <i>Define "Cynical"</i> forumite with odd news interests gets cameo in Mark Stanley's <b>Freefall</b>!

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and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris


"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/

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Postby Zaaphod » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:44 am

That's you in the second panel? Awesomeness. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>
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Postby Tavis » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:54 am

I have to say that is awesome news. <!--emo&^_^--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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Postby VisibilityMissing » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:55 am

<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> That's you in the second panel? Awesomeness. biggrin.gif<br><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Yep, that's me. I've made my appearance on another planet now. Woohoo!
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and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
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Postby Richard K Niner » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:58 am

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Postby Ruedii-X » Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:10 am

<!--QuoteBegin-VisibilityMissing+Feb 19 2005, 06:54 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (VisibilityMissing @ Feb 19 2005, 06:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> How about this guy?<br><br>Obscure <i>Define "Cynical"</i> forumite with odd news interests gets cameo in Mark Stanley's <b>Freefall</b>!<br><br>Squeaky, squeaky! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> ::Tail wags uncontrolably::<br><br>The doggy's tail is wagging, I like it!!!<br><br>Squeeky toys!!<br><br>(Personally I prefer toys that move in interesting patterns or have lots of detail, but that's cause I'm a fox-type personality not a dog-type personality.)

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Postby Muninn » Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:15 pm

Hey, that's great Visibility, you must know the guy well.

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Postby Jay » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:17 pm

<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4275165.stm' target='_blank'>Use sex pheromones to lure roaches so as to kill them with an infectious disease.</a><br>That's devious.
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Postby Burning Sheep Productions » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:56 pm

I suppose that's more effective than my method of catching them and putting them in the freezer.
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Postby VisibilityMissing » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:01 am

There must have been an error in judgement or two here.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Feb 21, 7:29 PM EST<br><br><b>Nude Man Steals, Wrecks Philly Police Car</b><br><br>PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police chased a naked man through the city's slushy streets early Monday after he allegedly stripped off his bathrobe, bit an officer, then stole a police cruiser in an attempt to escape.<br><br>The man was captured after he smashed the cruiser into several parked cars, abandoned the vehicle and tried to get away in his bare feet.<br><br>The episode unfolded at around 1:30 a.m. when police were called to a block in North Philadelphia to investigate complaints about a person screaming in the street. Officers arriving on the scene said they found a man running about in his bathrobe in the freshly fallen snow.<br><br>The officers gave chase. The man shed his robe, then allegedly bit a female officer on the arm, climbed into her patrol car and hit the gas. He drove only a few blocks before crashing, police said.<br> <br>Police did not immediately release the suspect's name. He faces charges including car theft and assault.<br><br> 2005 The Associated Press<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
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Postby GhostWay » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:07 am

What is it with you and finding obscure news stories about naked lawbreakers, Visibility?<br><br>Wait... on second thought, maybe I don't quite want to know.
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Postby VisibilityMissing » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:10 am

Yep, yep, you wouldn't think the middle of the winter in the northern hemisphere would be the best time, but there you go . . .
"The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance,
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris


"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/


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