[QUOTE=chalsall;444020]That is quite possibly the funniest (and most impacting) thing I have ever read. :smile: :tu:[/QUOTE]
It is so pat, that I have to wonder if it's a spoof. Kind of like this:
[url]http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-04.html[/url]
Frog gigger comes to grief (legend).

SF’s landmark tower for rich and famous is sinking and tilting
 

[URL]http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-landmark-tower-for-rich-and-famous-is-8896563.php[/URL]
[QUOTE]The Millennium Tower, a leading symbol of San Francisco’s new high-rise and high-end living, is sinking — setting the stage for what could be one of the most contentious and costly real estate legal battles the city has ever seen.

Rated by Worth magazine as one of the top 10 residential buildings in the world, the Millennium at 301 Mission St. is home to such A-listers as Joe Montana and Hunter Pence. Until his recent death, it’s where venture capitalist Tom Perkins owned a penthouse. Condos sell for anywhere from $1.6 million to north of $10 million.

However, since its completion in 2008, the 58-story building has sunk 16 inches, according to an independent consultant hired to monitor the problem. It has also tilted 2 inches to the northwest.
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Student 'taking topless selfie' crashes into back of police car
 

[URL]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/28/student-taking-topless-selfie-crashes-into-back-of-police-car[/URL]

Near Texas A&M, no less. Having grown up in a family in which the parental generation, on both sides, were all graduates of Rice, now University, then, "[URL="http://explore.rice.edu/explore/a_brief_rice_history.asp"]William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art[/URL]",Texas A&M was a perpetual rival, derided by Ricies, with the same sort of jokes I have heard applied to other groups. Y'all can fill in the blank:[INDENT]What does it say on the bottom of Coke bottles in [[SPOILER]College Station, Warsaw, etc. etc.[/SPOILER]]?
[SPOILER]Open other end.[/SPOILER]
[/INDENT]Aggies were said to pride themselves on hard drinking. In the not too distant past, students there , (all male at one time,) were required to be in ROTC. My paternal uncle was an inexhaustible fount of Aggie jokes, but those belong in another thread.

This goes to the funny links although the translation is not so good and funny as the original version.

[url]http://en.news-original.ru/in-siberia-bailiffs-arrested-the-wardrobe-with-a-person-inside.html[/url]

I can't stop laughing...

News from the UK (before this morning's court decision):
[QUOTE]
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been greeted by laughter after claiming Brexit would be a "titanic success".
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Press article: [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37855207[/URL]

The folks at data-erasure firm BleachBit have a fabulous [url=https://www.bleachbit.org/cloth-or-something]new product available[/url]. Made our of whole cloth, or something.

This article is totally awesome, if just for it's tongue in cheek attitude about the idiot government employee. Other fun questions you could get from someone similar is,"Why don't animals evolve wheels so they can get around faster?" and "How did Jesus manage to be born near the very beginning of our new(ish) calendar?"

[url]http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2476614/gchq-thinks-isps-can-solve-ddos-by-taking-a-good-look-at-themselves[/url]

[QUOTE=jasong;446696]This article is totally awesome, if just for it's tongue in cheek attitude about the idiot government employee. Other fun questions you could get from someone similar is,"Why don't animals evolve wheels so they can get around faster?" and "How did Jesus manage to be born near the very beginning of our new(ish) calendar?"

[url]http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2476614/gchq-thinks-isps-can-solve-ddos-by-taking-a-good-look-at-themselves[/url][/QUOTE]

Now that I've posted this and the edit feature is gone, someone has kindly explained to me that ISPs tend to be about the bottom dollar and don't necessarily care about mitigating DDOS attacks.

So, um, I guess I'm the idiot here.

Only in Canada does this make the news
 

[url]https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/moose-licking-warning-issued-in-this-canadian-province/77003/[/url]

If the link goes away:

[QUOTE]Thursday, December 15, 2016, 3:01 PM - Only in Canada would there be a car-licking moose warning.

Alberta Parks issued the warning for Chester Lake and Burstall pass trailhead parking lots in Kananaskis, Alberta.

Officials recommend motorists to keep at least 30 metres away from any moose, and to sound a car horn or use a remote door alarm to deter the animals.

"Do not attempt to push moose away from your vehicle while on foot," the warning reads.

Many animals, including moose, have a natural need for salt in order to maintain good health and if there is no natural source available, they will search elsewhere for replenishment.

The warning remains in place until further notice.

While it is unclear exactly how many car-licking incidents have been reported in 2016, Alberta Parks says this is something that happens every year during the wintertime.

SOURCE: Alberta Parks[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=petrw1;449282]
If the link goes away:[/QUOTE]
Archive.org link [URL="https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161216112906/https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/moose-licking-warning-issued-in-this-canadian-province/77003"]https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161216112906/https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/moose-licking-warning-issued-in-this-canadian-province/77003[/URL]

Fuck 2016!
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4075342/Study-finds-November-9-day-f-words-used-online.html[/url]