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Topic: News from around the World
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Posted by: romeomikegolf

Subject: News from around the World
Date: Sep 17 08

In order to try and prevent the boards getting clogged by threads that are read by many, but are rarely replied to, please post the interesting little news snippets in here.
This is not meant for major topics that will promote a discussion, but for the little oddities that you find in your local areas.
The first one below is an example. This was originally posted in Animals, but never had a single reply posted.



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The old reply to thread function was removed because it got to the point where people weren't even reading the announcements and assuming, by default, that they were somehow being wronged or forgotten or insulted or abused or cheated out of something in some manner.


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lesley153

Have a nice cup of tea, and wave goodbye to all your problems.

http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/video?mvnivd=8144734

Reply #201. Aug 13 09, 6:04 AM

Jabberwok

Didn't you watch the Dr Who Christmas Invasion episode?
End of the world looming again, Dr unconscious and the answer to the entire problem was...a lovely cup of tea.
A very British hero I have always felt. :)

Reply #202. Aug 13 09, 6:21 AM

REDVIKING57


Oh,no! Stress,stress and more STRESS! Is there no hope for me?

I don't like tea! Help me,help me! I'm sinking fast......! lol!

Reply #203. Aug 13 09, 6:54 AM

lesley153

No, no, RV, please don't sink! Grab hold of this teabag and I shall haul you back to land. And then you can join in the Monty Python sketch and tell of how a teabag saved your life.

Reply #204. Aug 13 09, 7:51 AM

REDVIKING57


Oh! Thankyou,Lesley! Monty Python sounds great,so long as I don't have to wear a plaid shirt,eat Spam or adopt a (dead) parrot!lol!

'Always look on the bright side of life......(whistle,whistle).........!'

Reply #205. Aug 13 09, 1:35 PM

honeybee4

Mermaid, or not?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090814/sc_livescience/mermaidsightingsclaimedinisrael

Reply #206. Aug 14 09, 9:11 AM

lesley153

No, RV, you won't have to do any of those things if you don't want to. Just wear suspendies and a bra. And keep whistling.

Mermaid? what fun!

Reply #207. Aug 18 09, 9:10 AM

lesley153

"Man stabbed after answering fake ad"

"A man almost died after being attacked on his way to buy a car offered for sale in a fake advert on the Gumtree listings website."
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/uk/2009/08/26/man_stabbed_after_answering_fake_ad?vmsrc=pamread

Moral: if you respond to an advert, don't go alone, don't go to isolated places in seedy areas, and don't take huge amounts of cash with you.

Reply #208. Aug 27 09, 7:32 AM

supersal1

Whilst not condoning the robbery Lesley, when I read that article it struck me (not for the first time) that some people really shouldn't be let out on their own.

Good news, I think - a girl who was snatched from outside her home as a child has returned after 18 years - DNA tests are still to be completed but they seem pretty sure it's her.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8225621.stm

Reply #209. Aug 27 09, 1:32 PM

veronikkamarrz

This story holds a lot of memories for me. We moved to N Nevada not long after this kidnapping.
My husband and 11 year old daughter were driving home from the store, and were pulled over by the NHP and held for about an hour, while they made sure it wasn't Jaycee Lee Dugard, and her captor!
My daughter was the same age, had the same hair and eye color. Our car was the same color and make. The police thought they'd hit the jackpot when her name was also similar--Jaime Leigh! I hope the girl has been well, and can't wait to hear her story. Today is my daughter's 29th birthday...

Reply #210. Aug 27 09, 1:52 PM

daver852

Possibly the world's most inept terrorist:

http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1128380368/Decatur-man-arrested-for-attempting-to-bomb-Springfield-federal-building

Reply #211. Sep 24 09, 6:07 PM

daver852

To heck with diets! There's at least one place where big is still beautiful:

http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/bigger-picture/articlemc.aspx?cp-documentid=22037280>1=32001

Reply #212. Oct 08 09, 11:54 AM

REDVIKING57


Good job they haven't a MacDonalds locally........'Super-Size Me!'.

Reply #213. Oct 08 09, 12:41 PM

Pagiedamon

Hmm...have you seen this one: "Brooke Astor's Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her". Sad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/nyregion/09astor.html

Reply #214. Oct 08 09, 1:25 PM

REDVIKING57


Very sad. Seems the Beatles were right - "Money Can't Buy Me Love......"

Reply #215. Oct 09 09, 3:59 AM

daver852

Just when you think you've seen it all . . .

http://www.myfoxillinois.com/dpp/news/dpgo_baby_falls_in_train_toilet_onto_tracks_lwf_20091009_3966133

Reply #216. Oct 09 09, 10:02 PM

romeomikegolf

Do you think she was flushed with hapiness?

Reply #217. Oct 09 09, 11:40 PM

BxBarracuda

Let's hope they get this kid down safe.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html

Reply #218. Oct 15 09, 1:09 PM

BxBarracuda

The balloon landed on the ground and they are reporting the child was not in the balloon. They are unsure if he was in the balloon, they had assumed so though and I am guessing no one has seen the kid.

Reply #219. Oct 15 09, 1:44 PM

supersal1 I'd just read about that BX, how awful. I just hope that he wasn't in the balloon.

The BNP is to amend is membership requirements as the current ones fall foul of race regulations. No, really?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8308582.stm

Considering the current one says that if one of your children is married to someone of a different race you would not be a suitable member, I wonder it's taken them so long to notice.

Reply #220. Oct 15 09, 3:55 PM

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