Wacky news that makes you go "wtf?"
 

Hello fellow GIMPSy people,
This thread is dedicated to wacky news. Knowing my misfortune, I bet I will find a thread that is dedicated to the same or similar thing after I post this :lol:

Anyways,
[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31539546/ns/world_news-weird_news/[/url]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8125934.stm[/url]

[quote=flouran;179490]Knowing my misfortune, I bet I will find a thread that is dedicated to the same or similar thing after I post this :lol:[/quote]Saving you the heartache:

The first thread for "all those funny and bizarre links you all come across": [url]http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=1256[/url] -- but it has rules.

[url]http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=4244[/url] has no rules except that it's for "funny links".

Flouran,

I don't see that those references have anything to do with news about me.

Please don't stray off-topic when you use my name.

Richard

[quote=Wacky;179546]Flouran,

I don't see that those references have anything to do with news about me.

Please don't stray off-topic when you use my name.

Richard[/quote]
Dear Richard,
I am sorry, but I did not know there was a user on mersenneforum with the name Wacky.

My apologies,

Don't worry.

I'm just "pulling your chain"

Richard "Wacky" Wackerbarth

[quote=cheesehead;179543]Saving you the heartache:

The first thread for "all those funny and bizarre links you all come across": [URL]http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=1256[/URL] -- but it has rules.

[URL]http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=4244[/URL] has no rules except that it's for "funny links".[/quote]
Well this thread is meant to be only for funny news. Nothing else.

Political humor is welcome!

[QUOTE]Political humor is welcome! [/QUOTE]

Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney went on a hunting trip............oh dang it! It was just a dream! :furious::censored:

[QUOTE=Primeinator;179623]Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney went on a hunting trip............oh dang it! It was just a dream! :furious::censored:[/QUOTE]

Hey, while you're at it, why not include David Duke in the mix as well? :smile:

Give me a P! Give me an I! Give me a T! Give...
 

[URL]http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09193/983408-53.stm[/URL]

[URL]http://www.gadling.com/2009/07/13/famous-pittsburgh-morse-code-landmark-actually-spells-pitetsbkrr/[/URL]

[quote]Since March 1929, the 33 story [URL="http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7282"]Grant building[/URL] in downtown Pittsburgh has been home to a huge flashing beacon, using Morse code to spell the word "Pittsburgh".[/quote][URL]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106606968&ft=1&f=1019[/URL]

Update: instead of "PITETSBKRR", it now spells "TPEBTSAURGH".

Is this the right thread for this one?
 

[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5933325/Pet-cat-catches-the-daily-bus-for-four-years.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=cheesehead;183578][URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5933325/Pet-cat-catches-the-daily-bus-for-four-years.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
Yep! This is the perfect thread for this. Thanks for the contribution!