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March 28, 2013

Dumb Criminals: 15 Year Old Beer Thieves Cut Hole Into Convenience Store Roof, Caught On Camera

This dude hit the roof just get a drink.

Kwik King Food Store workers closed the Ocala's store at 11:30 p.m. last Tuesday, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

But when they returned the next morning, they reportedly found Styrofoam on the floor, a hole in the roof and several cans of Four Loko and Monster Energy drink on the floor.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/strange/floriduh-blog/sfl-swipe-energy-drinks-20130323,0,7968958.story


March 28, 2013

The FBI's most read memo is about a UFO sighting

The FBI says its most viewed public record is a memo from 1950 recounting a strange story someone told an agent about three "flying saucers" that were allegedly recovered in New Mexico.

The so-called Hottel memo was first released in the late 1970s under the Freedom of Information Act, but it's been viewed nearly a million times since 2011, when the FBI launched an online database of public records called the Vault.

Dated March 22, 1950, the memo was addressed to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and written by Guy Hottel, then head of the Bureau's field office in Washington, D.C. Hottel was reporting what an Air Force investigator said that someone else told him about the crashed saucers.

http://www.livescience.com/28228-ufo-hottel-memo-fbi.html

March 27, 2013

Cop moonlights in punk band, gets injured, collects pension, continues to tour


Punk Rock Port Authority Cop Allegedly Faked On-Job Injury, Toured With Band

We all know punk rock is about wearing a torn Bad Company tee and kicking over little kids' toy trucks in Central Park playgrounds while secretly jamming out to Fall Out Boy in the privacy of your own bedroom sticking it to the man, but one Port Authority cop moonlighting as a rocker allegedly took it farther than all those wannabe Joey Ramones out there. He was arrested and arraigned today for filing injury-related insurance claims while simultaneously playing rock shows with his band...seemingly uninjured. Anarchy in the PAPD, man!

According to a complaint filed in federal court yesterday, Christopher Inserra, who has been with the Port Authority for the past five years, claimed he injured his right arm on the job. And that injury, about which Inserra consulted several PA doctors, persisted for quite some time, with Inserra reportedly collecting full pay and $31,486.66 in short-term disability payments from June 2010 until March of last year. But though Inserra insisted he "continued to be in constant pain, had difficulty using his right hand, and could not fully bend his right arm at the elbow," he must have been touched by the healing power of rock!

http://gothamist.com/2013/03/26/port_authority_cop_arrested_for_fak.php


LMAO at that first sentence.
March 27, 2013

Swiss designer invents portable, roofless hotel room

Hotels can be a hassle. You have to read reviews, check booking sites, arrange transportation, and sometimes deal with noisy neighbors. If you got a Hotello instead, you could just pop open your hotel room wherever you felt like it and settle in for some quality work or nap time.

Hotello is a concept portable hotel room and working space created by architect Antonio Scarponi and artist Robert de Luca for Swiss design group Das Konzept. The whole thing packs down into a red trunk with wheels on the bottom, so you could conceivably carry it with you, though it would have to go into checked baggage on a plane, and you'd probably have to cough up a lot of extra luggage fees.

Hotello has a metal structure to hold up sound-absorbent curtains. Inside, there's a bed, table, stool, and place to hang your clothes. A lamp on a poseable arm lights up the space. If there's a flaw in the plan, it's the lack of bathroom facilities. Also, there's no roof, so you'd be open to the whims of the elements.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57576363-1/designers-cram-entire-hotel-room-into-a-suitcase/


If he invented one with a roof , imagine how many of these things would be parked outside of bars.
March 27, 2013

Chinese video game addict spends six solid years at internet cafe

Six Year Gaming Session

These days, no Chinese street is complete without one. Tucked in between the cigarette shop and chuanr stand lies another kind of emporium, offering something that can be equally as damaging to your health: the on-line gaming bar. If you don’t know your Chinese characters, the signs look something like this, 网吧, and we can guarantee that – unless the pollution is particularly thick – it’s impossible to travel from A to B in BJ without seeing one.

http://thatsmags.com/beijing/blog/view/13537


Yes - that's six years, 24 hours a day. How did he afford this?
March 27, 2013

Rent-A-Mourner Service Makes Sure Plenty Of People Will Cry At Your Funeral

For £45 an hour, the fake mourners can be rented to cry for the duration of a funeral service in order to swell the numbers at funerals.

Ian Robertson, the founder of Rent-a-Mourner, in Braintree, Essex, admits the idea may be unfamiliar to the British, although the phenomenon is popular in places such as Asia.

The mourners-for-hire are briefed on the life of the deceased and would be able to talk to friends and relatives as if they really had known their loved one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9955111/Mourners-for-rent-hired-to-blub-at-funerals.html
March 27, 2013

LA Vietnamese Fusion restaurant turns the tables on Twitter - exposes names of no shows

Top LA Restaurant Turns to Twitter to Name ‘No-Show Assholes’ Who Don’t Honor Their Reservations

Top LA Restaurant Turns to Twitter to Name 'No-Show Assholes' Who Don't Honor Their Reservations

Red Medicine, a top-shelf Vietnamese fusion eatery in Beverly Hills known for stirring shit up, is back to racking up gossip inches with its latest stunt: Naming and shaming customers who don't honor their reservations.

After losing a bunch of "prime tables" to no-shows on Saturday, owner/operator Noah Ellis took his frustration to Twitter, where he proceeded to tweet out the names of those who booked a table for rush hour, but never bothered to come or cancel.

"Invariably, the assholes who decide to no-show, or cancel 20 minutes before their reservation (because one of their friends made a reservation somewhere else) ruin restaurants (as a whole) for the people who make a reservation and do their best to honor it," Ellis told Eater LA.

http://gawker.com/5992415/top-la-restaurant-turns-to-twitter-to-name-no+show-assholes-who-dont-honor-their-reservations


Hey I don't blame the owner in this case - the no shows are definitely assholes.
March 27, 2013

Alabama Church puts up "Strip For Me - Jesus" signs, stirs controversy

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -
The Rock Church says its unusual billboard is serving its purpose, grabbing people's attention and making patrons of a local strip club think twice about how they spend their money.

Their sign quotes Jesus from Hebrews, saying simply, "Strip for me." The message: Instead of spending money in a strip club, spend it in a way that will better your family and yourself.

Even more powerful is the location of the sign, which can be seen just behind The Palace Gentlemen's Club sign on 3rd Avenue West in downtown Birmingham.

Pastor Mike McClure, Jr. expected some negativity in response to the billboard but he doesn't mind. He says his church is out to change lives of Magic City men.

http://www.myfoxal.com/story/21791132/churchs-strip-for-me-billboard-draws-attention
March 26, 2013

Cue Seth MacFarlane: Medic treating wounded British soldier gets asked to "show her boobs"

War hero in boobs flash plea

A WOUNDED squaddie who had just lost both legs in a Taliban bomb blast begged a medic to show him her boobs — to help relieve his agony.

Private Emily Tomkins refused, but saved his life earning a bravery award for her heroics in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Emily, 21, initially gave the man a shot of morphine, but explained she could not risk giving any more despite his agony.


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/4855669/War-hero-in-boobs-flash-plea-to-brave-medic-trying-to-save-him.html#ixzz2OgMPirNv


March 26, 2013

Alabama church accidentally mixes Easter Eggs filled with medication with ones filled with candy

DAPHNE, Alabama -- Officials with Christ the King Catholic Church are seeking the return of filled Easter eggs from a Sunday event after learning that an egg containing a volunteer's medicine could have been mixed in with those that were hidden for children.

Out of an abundance of caution" officials with the church have requested that parents of children who attended "immediately retrieve" the eggs and keep them in a safe place until they can be returned to the parish office and exchanged for new candy.

"We ask that parents not throw the eggs and their contents away, but return Sunday's eggs to Christ the King Parish Office as immediately as possible," church spokeswoman Mary Mullins said in an email. Volunteers are on site to exchange new candy for the children.

http://blog.al.com/live/2013/03/christ_the_king_catholic_reque.html


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