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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Best Witness Statement Ever
The Crown Prosecution Service in West Midlands, England demanded a
statement from a witness named PC Peach about an arrest. Officers on the
case tried to explain that PC Peach was a police dog, but the demand
for a statement stood. So the dog's handler made out a statement for the
dog as best as he could.
The statement read: “I chase him. I bite him. Bad man. He tasty. Good boy. Good boy Peach.” It stated that the age of the witness was “four” and that his number was PD4341. The document was pinned to the wall at West Midlands Police Station, much to the amusement of colleagues. One officer took a photograph of the statement and it soon appeared on Facebook and on several police Twitter accounts.
The CPS, however, failed to see the funny side and complained to the police that their mistake had been turned into a very public joke. PC Mark Tissington, of West Midlands Police, who is believed to have shared the original picture of the witness form, has referred himself to the internal discipline unit although sources suggested he was unlikely to be reprimanded.
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Redditor 4ecohgie tells the story of his four grandparents who were all interned in concentration camps during World War II. Follow the whole thread, because it is both fascinating and horrific.
Last year, a group of Sasquatch investigators in Texas announced that they had sequenced Bigfoot's DNA, but they had trouble getting the results published in a scientific journal. Now that data has been published and Ars Technica got a copy. (via Metafilter)
21 Amazing Animals Who Defied The Odds.
Surprisingly, Red Isn’t The Most Dangerous Color You Can Wear Aboard The Starship Enterprise. The statistics of Star Trek: The Original Series tell the real story.
More and more Americans are childless by their own choice. When a logical decision that is good for an individual turns out to be bad for a society, the society will have to change.
Argo and Other Forgivably False “True Story” Films. Does historical accuracy matter that much if the film is really good?
How Britain's Last Hangman Did His Job. Albert Pierrepoint shares the ins and out of execution in the 20th century.
Texas Woman Gives Birth to Two Sets of Identical Twins (at the same time). The odds of this happening are so astronomical, she probably won't do it again.
When your father is a photographer, you get used to modeling at an early age. Photographer Bill Gekas puts his daughter into classic paintings with beautiful results.
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The art of glassblowing hasn't changed much. It's still just as amazing as it was 2,000 years ago.
Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident, the Strangest Unsolved Mystery of the Last Century.
Cecil Brown tells the remarkable tale of Stagolee. (via Boing Boing)
The Mao Mango Cult of 1968. A shift in the political focus in China coincided with a box of mangoes, which led to a year-long fad that equated mangos with China's leader Mao Zedong.
How to make your cat Internet famous. The first requirement is that you must have the right cat.
Dogs May Understand Human Perspective Better than Previously Thought. This was determined by a study in which dogs took advantage of an opportunity to misbehave.
Anthony Edwards on Zero Hour, ER, and being Top Gun’s “Mr. Lefty Liberal Peace Lover.” After a decade of retirement, it's good to see that he's back on the big screen.
Some states have specific laws that allow ministers and parishioners to carry firearms in church. It's a tradition that goes back to the days where almost every man was armed as a matter of course.
7 reasons to never ever ever vacation on a cruise ship. Going adrift without power isn't the only disaster that has befallen cruise ships in recent years.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Box
Joshua Durst brings us a short film about a farting box that illustrates how ducks love juvenile humor. (via Daily of the Day)
8 Underground Rivers
Monday, February 18, 2013
Driving While Stoned
CNN affiliate KIRO tested drivers who had smoked marijuana. Something that never occurred to me is how states with varying levels of legal marijuana use have to establish limits on how much would make you legally ineligible to drive a vehicle. They have, and if these test subjects are any indication, you'll probably need several times the legal limit before police will observe you driving erratically. That said, you should never operate a vehicle, or any heavy machinery, while impaired, legally or not. (via reddit)
Cute Animals Compilation
This is the very definition of fluff snuggling: almost seven minutes of adorable animals of all kinds! Some of these you may have seen, but are worth another look, and some are new. My favorite had to be the poor turtle trying to eat the stickers on its aquarium. But the bunnies made my heart melt! (via Blame It On The Voices)
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This is what happens when you don't close your html tags and you never ever check your web pages after launch. (via b3ta)
Ken Jennings: America's Hardest-Working Know-It-All.
Fighting 188th forum member Zipidi Doodah (Barry) built a diorama of the Battle of Hoth from the movie The Empire Strikes Back in his living room. It takes up the entire room -over 140 square feet! (via Nerd Approved)
How Manhattan Got Its Street Grid.
A Presidents' Day Round-up of Presidential Facts. You never know when you'll need these bits of trivia for an online quiz or a game show.
Two generations of adoptions in one family highlight the differences between eras. Either way, building a family is a labor of love.
Scholastic books is giving a Harry Potter book a new cover. Fans responded with their own new covers, some of which are quite remarkable.
The weirdest injuries in baseball history. Getting hit with a bat or ball is expected, but how do you bite yourself in the butt?
Wedding Cakes with Hidden Spider-Men is a thing now.
Stan's Rants
Comics legend Stan Lee teamed up with the folks who bring us the How It Should Have Ended video series to show us how he would have improved many of our popular movies. (via Topless Robot)
In the Hospital
The
doctor comes
in and says,
"Ah, I see
you've
regained
consciousness.
Now, you
probably won't
remember, but
you were in a
huge pile-up
on the
freeway.
You're going
to be ok,
you'll walk
again and
everything,
but your penis
was severed in
the accident
and we
couldn't find
it."
The
man groans,
but the doctor
goes on, "You
have $9,000 in
insurance
compensation
coming and we
now have the
technology to
build a new
penis. They
work great but
they don't
come cheap.
It's roughly
$1000 an
inch."
The
man perks up.
"So," the
doctor says,
"You must
decide how
many inches
you want. But
I understand
that you have
been married
for over
thirty years
and this is
something you
should discuss
with your
wife. If you
had a
five-incher
before and get
a nine incher
now she might
be a bit put
out and
suspicious. If
you had a
nine-incher
before, and
you decide to
invest in only
a five incher
now, she might
be
disappointed.
It's important
that she plays
a role in
helping you
make a
decision."
The
man agrees to
talk it over
with his wife.
The
doctor comes
back the next
day. "So, have
you spoken
with your
wife?"
"Yes
I have," says
the man.
"And
has she helped
you make a
decision?"
"Yes,"
says the man.
"What
is your
decision?"
"We're going with the granite countertops."
(Thanks, Rich!)
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