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Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:37 am

Of course they're not gonna do it in the middle of summer! That's when the heat's gonna expect it. oh wow. unintentional pun. With regard to the previous topic, that's pretty cool VM. Unfortunately for me, my board persona isn't completely my own creation (though I wish it was, because it's so darn cool.) so I don't have much of a chance at being recognized in anything. Which is fortunate because I'm a ninja. So really, it's up for debate.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:49 am

Boy, I'm glad everybody thought the Freefall cameo thing was cool. I certainly got a kick out of it. Since it's Freefall forumite cameo time over there, it's become a forum game to guess . . . It took the forum about a day and a half to get mine. I wasn't bouncing up and down in anticipation, not me.

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Unfortunately, I didn't find another naked incident today. I shied away from the male genital amputation article from Anchorage, Alaska, because that's just painful. I found this nice story about facilities "guaranteed to make users happy." Enjoy . . . oh, and pass the paper, will you?

Feb 22, 9:57 AM EST

Malaysian State to Offer 'Happy Toilets'

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian state will soon build public toilets equipped with piped music and newspapers for people to enjoy while using the bathroom.

Officials in the northeastern state of Kelantan on Tuesday announced that "Happy and Healthy Toilets" would be built in popular spots, with facilities "guaranteed to make users happy," Malaysia's national news agency Bernama reported.

State public administration official Takiyuddin Hassan said the toilets, to be completed within three months, would have newspapers so that "users can keep up with current issues while performing their business, while being entertained by music."

People would also need to wear special slippers provided in the toilets to maintain hygiene, Takiyuddin was quoted as saying by Bernama.

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It was not clear how many such toilets would be constructed.

2005 The Associated Press

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:16 am

Mmm . . . burning manure pile . . . Four months of burning manure.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Feb 23, 1:57 PM EST Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Goes Out MILFORD, Neb. (AP) -- It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished. David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of pulling the 2,000-ton pile apart proved effective by late last week. "We got far enough through it, that it quit," Dickinson said. Dickinson's feedlot, about 20 miles west of Lincoln, takes in as many as 12,000 cows at a time from farmers and ranchers and fattens them for market. Byproducts from the massive operation resulted in a dung pile measuring 100 feet long, 30 feet high and 50 feet wide. Heat from the decomposing manure deep inside the pile is believed to have eventually ignited the manure. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality told Dickinson that his smoldering dung pile violated clean-air laws and it worked with him as tried to extinguish it. Huge feedlots have become commonplace, and dung fires have occurred around the country. Dickinson said his pile may have been ignited in part because of grass clippings his feedlot had been accepting from the city of Milford. The clippings could be more combustible and he plans to stop accepting them, Dickinson said. --- Information from: Lincoln Journal Star Information from: Lincoln Journal Star 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Ruedii-X · Postby **Ruedii-X** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:08 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (VisibilityMissing @ Feb 25 2005, 12:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mmm . . . burning manure pile . . . Four months of burning manure. </td></tr></table>  Manuar is good biofuel you know. What a waste. (Oh man that pun was bad)

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:36 am

Got this from the link somewhere else in this forum. <a href='http://www.workingforchange.com/article ... emID=18619' target='_blank'>Big Brother</a> Edit: I guess I should read your livejournal BEFORE posting things like this, huh Mr. Simpson. I wasn't aware they called it off. I'm blushing under my mask now. you can't see it. Okay, so I'm not really blushing, but I'm still sorta embarrassed.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:38 pm

I'm not going to make a British Columbia joke . . . Crime just must not be his thing.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Feb 28, 7:47 AM EST Car Thief Caught After Falling Asleep RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) -- It wasn't hard for the Mounties to get their man in a car theft, even though it had not been reported. Alerted by a passer-by, officers found a man asleep at the wheel of a car with the lights on early Sunday. The motor was running and a screwdriver was in the ignition, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The man was sleeping so soundly that police were unable to rouse him by yelling through a bullhorn. When they pounded on the door, he finally woke up, opened the door and emerged with the car in gear. Officers responded quickly to keep the vehicle from rolling away. A quick check established that the vehicle had just been stolen without the owner being aware, police said. The man could make a court appearance as early as Monday on a charged of possessing stolen property and three counts of failing to comply with a probation order. 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Joe3210 · Postby **Joe3210** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:11 pm

That's kinda amusing.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:03 am

OK, so more car hijinks . . . Another thwarted escape attempt.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mar 3, 4:12 PM EST Cat Survives 10-Mile Trip Atop Car INKOM, Idaho (AP) -- Torri Hutchinson's cat might just have one less life to live. Hutchison was driving along Interstate 15 one day recently when a motorist kept trying to get her attention and pointing to the roof of her car. She said she was wary of the man, but wondered if perhaps her ski rack might have come loose. She pulled over to the side, but kept her doors locked and the motor running. The man pulled up behind her. Hutchinson rolled down her window to hear the man frantically shouting, "Your cat! Your cat!" He reached for the roof of her car and handed the shocked Hutchinson her orange tabby. She had driven about 10 miles with the cat on top of the car, and didn't even notice the feline when she stopped for gas. Hutchinson said Cuddle Bug, or C.B. for short, had climbed into the back of her car as she was getting ready to leave. She put him out, but he must have jumped on the roof while she wasn't looking, she said. --- Information from: Idaho State Journal, <a href='http://www.journalnet.com' target='_blank'>http://www.journalnet.com</a> 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:54 pm

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think he'll pull a "Network" on us? "I'm mad as #@(), and I'm not going to take it any more!" What's the frequency, Kenneth?  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mar 8, 5:23 PM EST Polarizing Figure Rather Ending CBS Run By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A polarizing figure to his last broadcast, Dan Rather signs off Wednesday on the 24th anniversary of when he took over as "CBS Evening News" anchorman from Walter Cronkite. It's hardly a smooth sail into the sunset: A CBS affiliate was taking a vote among its viewers on whether to air the network's prime-time tribute to Rather, and, in his last full week on the air, Rather finished a distant third in the ratings. (He averaged 3 million fewer viewers each night than second-place ABC's Peter Jennings, according to Nielsen Media Research.) Rather's 24 years gave him the longest-running continuous tenure in the anchor chair for a network newscaster. Rather, 73, is becoming a full-time reporter for CBS' "60 Minutes" franchise. On his final broadcast, Rather will end his series of reflections on some of the biggest stories he's covered - this time talking about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - and briefly talk to viewers about the end of his tenure, said Jim Murphy, the broadcast's executive producer. "It is a particularly trying time for CBS News and the `CBS Evening News,'" Murphy said. "We would just like to do our jobs well and have our work graded on the strength of the newscast. This sideshow that is going on with the media who want to have fun picking on Dan ... It's not good and it's not fun for us." The network and Rather have both taken blows to their reputation from September's discredited report about President Bush's military service. The CBS affiliate WWTV in Cadillac, Mich., said it decided to lets its viewers vote on whether or not to air Wednesday's prime-time tribute, "Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers," after being inundated with "negative feedback" about Rather. The station will air something else - it wouldn't say what - if a majority of voters turn thumbs down on Rather. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 1,000 people had cast ballots with 63 percent voting against Rather, station spokeswoman Tessia Klix said. The network wouldn't comment on its affiliate's actions. CBS spokesman Dana McClintock said he knew of no other affiliate that wasn't airing the special. Contributing to the sideshows around Rather's exit was a Monday interview that Cronkite gave to CNN's Wolf Blitzer. Although Rather "did a fine job," Cronkite said he would have liked to have seen Bob Schieffer replace Rather a long time ago. It was surprising that Rather lasted as long as he did in third place in the ratings, he said. Both Cronkite and "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace were also critical of Rather in The New Yorker magazine last week. "The people inside who have used this opportunity to try and, I don't know, re-establish their own reputations and ruin his have really upset people and at times demoralized people," Murphy said. Schieffer begins as Rather's temporary replacement Thursday. CBS chief Leslie Moonves has said he wanted to dramatically rework the broadcast, probably with multiple anchors, but there's no indication he is close to announcing Rather's permanent successors. 2005 The Associated Press.</td></tr></table>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, would you like a grenade with that coffee?  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mar 8, 4:58 PM EST Live Grenade Found on Counter of Cafeteria MIAMI (AP) -- A cafeteria worker discovered a live grenade Tuesday morning on a counter where people typically order coffee and doughnuts. The Opportunity Cafeteria had just opened about 6:30 a.m. when the unidentified worker found the grenade on one corner of the counter. Police officers were summoned and determined that the grenade was active, with its pin still in place. The department's bomb squad took the grenade to a secure location and detonated it. No one was injured and there was no damage to any structures. Investigators were trying Tuesday to determine how the grenade got there. No other devices were found in the cafeteria. Detective Delrish Moss said there two customers in the cafeteria, located in a busy strip mall. Had the device exploded, he said, "it would have caused a significant amount of damage" and possibly killed or wounded the people. The cafeteria's owner and the worker "were smart because they didn't touch it and they kept everyone away," Moss said. 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:09 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (VisibilityMissing @ Mar 8 2005, 02:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> You think he'll pull a "Network" on us? "I'm mad as #@(), and I'm not going to take it any more!"  </td></tr></table>  Heh, I'd like to see that. I've never liked Dan Rather.

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:13 am

Personally, all this commotion seems to be a Rather large deal.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:56 am

Just remember, they're not out to take over the world.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mar 10, 7:31 PM EST Cat Shoots Owner BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said. Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital. Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name. A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home. State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him. 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:54 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (GhostWay @ Mar 9 2005, 12:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Personally, all this commotion seems to be a Rather large deal.  </td></tr></table>  I just got that and I can't remember who Dan Rather is. Cat shoots owner=hilarious in a mean way, kinda. With all this weird news VM puts up, we could have a newspaper <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' />

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:08 pm

That cat probably lost his cool. No cat conspiracy will be as obvious as killing humans, they're too wily and devious for that. The story can be a good reply in a gun control debate. "If you don't advocate gun control your pet may shoot you."

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:49 pm

Talk about getting them coming and going . . . This could be bad.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Mar 10, 8:54 PM EST Florida Lawmaker Seeks Toilet Paper Tax By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's Legislature is flush with good ideas. Sen. Al Lawson's involves a 2 cent-per-roll tax on toilet paper to pay for wastewater treatment and help small towns upgrade their sewer systems. The Democratic lawmaker's pay-as-you-go bill has been the source of many jokes - bathroom humor you might say - but he says the issue is a serious one, especially in some of the fast-growing Panhandle coastal counties in his district. "They're experiencing a tremendous boom in growth and they're not able to accommodate the growth," Lawson said. "We've got 17 million people in this state and all of them can contribute to protecting our underground water supply." In a Republican-dominated Legislature that doesn't like new taxes, the idea is likely to pretty quickly end up in the tank. Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, said he didn't think it would get too far, but didn't rule it out. "We'll be getting to the bottom of it real soon," Lee said. The House is skeptical as well. "We're not wild about tax increases," said House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City. "But we'll certainly let it go through the system." If it were to pass, the extra two pennies would start being charged in October. Lawson said it could generate $50 million a year. It would also need approval from Gov. Jeb Bush. He said that if toilet paper is taxed, people might use less of it. "That's not necessarily a good thing," noted the governor. And what about consumers? Wouldn't they be squeezed by a tax on the Charmin? No, says Lawson. "Two cents is not going to hurt families at all," he said. "This is one thing people don't mind paying for." 2005 The Associated Press</td></tr></table>  Oh, and where are the Pun Police when we need them? Ouch!

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