Sorry, But I Need to Rob You
CJ March 3rd, 2009
Seems things are tough all over. A man in Rib Mountain Wisconsin walked into a gas station, asked for some cigarettes….and a hand full of twenties.
While he dipped into the open till, he apologized for stealing from the attendant and ran off. He is now known as the “polite robber”.
Heeeeyyyy, NOW I know how to get away with petty theft! Just be nice! sheesh.
Comic Book Chick
Grandma Knows Best!
CJ February 10th, 2009
Remember how important grandma said it was to have a humidifier? Well, it turns out, granny was right! Keeping a kettle of water steaming in the house keeps the flu bug away during those dry, cold, winter months.
The correlation with flu and low humidity is important because in cold winter weather, when flu is most common, even a high relative humidity reading may indicate little actual moisture in the air, and the less moisture there is, the happier the flu virus seems to be.
Shaman and co-author Melvin Kohn, an epidemiologist with the Oregon Department of Health Services, reanalyzed data from a study published in 2007 in the journal PLoS Pathogens by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. That report found there were more flu cases when it was colder and drier.
The Oregon researchers said relative humidity could only explain about 12 percent of the variability of influenza virus transmission and 36 percent of virus survival in the 2007 study.
In their new analysis, Shaman and Kohn said using absolute humidity explains 50 percent of influenza transmission and 90 percent of virus survival.
So the term “plenty of fluids” also applies to the air itself! So if you enjoy being steamed, just like a clam, fire up the tea kettle and stay healthy!
PETA and the KKK
CJ February 10th, 2009
Seems PETA has discovered a new way to piss off humans while showing how much the love animals…
The animal rights advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had two of its members dress up as members of the Ku Klux Klan outside the arena to attract attention to their cause.
“Their goal, according to a post on the PETA website, was to draw a parallel between the KKK and the American Kennel Club. “Obviously it’s an uncomfortable comparison,” PETA spokesman Michael McGraw told the Associated Press.
But the AKC is trying to create a “master race” when it comes to pure-bred dogs, he added. “It’s a very apt comparison.”The group passed out brochures implying the Klan and AKC have the goal of “pure bloodlines” in common.
Well done PETA. Now everyone knows what a bunch of nutballs you really are. Thanks for speakin’ up for animals. I am sure if they could speak they would tell you off!
Pass the Syrup Please
CJ February 7th, 2009
A strange maple syrup smell has plagued New York City for the past three years. The culprit has now been located. It’s Jersey!
Yes, a fragrance plant in New Jersey continually billowed various smells into the atmosphere, which uses fenugreek in their food additives and fragrances. The smell has generated concern and complaints from everyone, but ultimately are non toxic.
Hey, considering all the smells in New York and New Jersey, the stench of syrup would be a blessing.
I’m Naked! Get the Beer!
CJ August 30th, 2007
Some people will do anything for a nice cool brew…
In the early hours of August 18th at Fish’s Quick Stop in De Soto. Store clerk Vicky Gaines says a masked man walked in and began doing the hula dance.
Police say the plan was for the naked dancer to create a distraction while another man took a case of beer from the store. It didn’t work.
Gaines called police. As the naked man and his accomplice joined a third man in a car, a customer got their license plate number. All three were caught a few days later.
The men, ages 19 to 23, face charges of shoplifting and indecent exposure.
So now you don’t have the beer, you are arrested for indecent exposure AND theft. Redneck heaven!
No Brain No Gain
CJ August 30th, 2007
Courtesy of Yahoo!Â
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court has awarded 3,000 euros ($4,100) in damages to a man who had to have the top of his skull replaced with plastic because of a faulty hospital fridge.
Doctors removed the top of the man’s head and put it in cold storage while they operated on his brain, the court in the western city of Koblenz said Tuesday.
Because the refrigerator was defective, the section of skull was not kept cool enough and could not be reattached. Doctors replaced the bone with a plastic prosthesis.
The man sought compensation of at least 20,000 euros on the grounds that the prosthesis caused him headaches, affected his balance and made him unduly sensitivity to the weather.
Following consultations with experts, the court found that the operation had caused the man’s discomfort, not the loss of the top of his skull.
Compensation of 3,000 euros was “appropriate and sufficient,” it said.
“The experts consulted by the court concluded the new skull roof was better than the original,” a court spokesman said.
Well one things for sure…he’ll never be caught without a salad bowl!
