Do you read the news? Maybe we can post some of the interesting ones we come across here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/4025293.stm
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Do you read the news? Maybe we can post some of the interesting ones we come across here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/4025293.stm
wow, on the side though there was a meteor shower tonight, of course i missed it all because of the time zone thingy.... shoot... maybe ill catch it tomorrow...
http://msn.mess.be/data/media/41/crying.jpg
Hey Jester, are you familiar with anime, by any chance? *stares at that funky picture of a crying ball*
welll i had a freind obsessed with it but the closest i get is classic disney movies, titan AE, Final Fantasy and princess monoke... not real fond... as for the crying ball, I needed something that emphasized how i felt for missing the meteor shower.
here we go:
>.< >_< T.T ;-; -.- o.o o.o;;; x.x O.o o_O
ahem... :p
Well deserved? :p
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4023667.stm
If you don't know what to make for dinner tonight...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4032143.stm
hey what does this mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by kushi
i was just going to post that exact article
here's a different one http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/24/Fl...without_.shtml
I usually get a good laugh out of the following daily ad from my newspaper, from its dark trivia to strange news.
http://www.oregonlive.com/edge/
http://www.thereporter.com/Stories/0...555768,00.html
what do you think about this whole deal... try not to get tooo political just interested in what othe rpeople have to say.
I say... WAY TO GO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Wow, in my opinion, that requires one black heart to endorse in such a game. Re-creating a fictional assassination may not seem as bad, but after a real one, I can, by no means, call moral.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jester
I am not sure if I agree with the perceived 'heroics' of the Kennedy family stated in the article. Before or after JFK, who, no doubt, was a President loved dearly by the majority of people, we have hardly seen any of them doing considerable public service. And how much of the tragedies that are considered to be following the family is really tragic?? Hitting a tree while playing daredevil ski-football or flying planes at night while barely qualified to do so... How many of ordinary people would be doing such things??
I don't want to be disrespectful. I am sorry that those people died when they did, still so young.
Having said this, I agree with the article that turning an unlucky and sad event as JFK's assassination into a video game is sheer disrespect and insensitivity.
PS: Would we react in the same way if it was about another historical figure's assassination, say Julius Caeasar's? And why?
lawdy, lawdy. mmMmmm.
(if you're waiting for a translation: lordy, lordy.)
*still waiting for translation* :p
..lol....funny stuff Jay.
How many places in the world would allow this (news article) raffle to take place?? Uhhh.....only in Texas?
I would like to think not many... please.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4034383.stm
WOW wow WOW...
that is so cool...
Awwww, sweet :)
What with all of the 'pirates' on the forum, when I came across the following link, I felt obligated to share it (Stan, hold your head high).
http://www.oregonlive.com/edge/index...20030919.frame
....lol.....gotta get some pirate underpants.....
......most watched movies? 'Gone with the wind' may never be surpassed. The actual number of people viewing this movie as a percentage of the given population at the time of release (1940 A.D.) renders this record unbeatable.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Nov29.html
i like sna miguel as a name, its a beer too... and ten children, five of which are named george, wow... I kinda like Apple and Hazel...
What will the world think of next?
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...shstick24.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4056747.stm some things never change?? ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4054763.stm :eek2:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...a_umbilical_dc :sick:
wow cool on the umbilical cord thingy
When moving on to serious and really amazing news:
The lost manuscript of Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony is found :eek2:
*sigh, no explanation needed:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6651230/?GT1=5855
I don't want to think what is next! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
Concussions Kept Tintin Forever Young -- Study (Yahoo - Oddly Enough)
58 minutes ago Oddly Enough - Reuters
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Comic book hero Tintin never aged during his 50-year career because the repeated blows he took to the head triggered a growth hormone deficiency, according to an analysis in the Christmas edition of a Canadian medical journal.
Claude Cyr, a professor of medicine at Quebec's Sherbrooke University, said a study of the 23 hugely popular Tintin books showed the intrepid Belgian reporter suffered 50 significant losses of consciousness during his many adventures.
"We hypothesize that Tintin has growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (a disorder of the pituitary gland) from repeated trauma. This could explain his delayed statural growth, delayed onset of puberty and lack of libido," Cyr wrote.
His article was in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which has a tradition of publishing studies into the ailments of fictional characters in its Christmas edition.
Tintin was created by Belgium's Georges Remi under the pen name Herge. The teenage character first appeared in 1929 and despite the passing of almost five decades was as fresh-faced as ever in the pages of the last book to feature him, which appeared in 1976.
Cyr, who wrote the study with the help of his two young sons, noted that Tintin had been knocked out 43 times by serious blows to the head.
"We identified the cause of the trauma, the length of loss of consciousness (calculated by the number of cartoon frames before Tintin returns to normal activity) and the apparent severity of the trauma (indicated by the number of objects e.g., stars, candles revolving above Tintin's head)," he said.
Among the main reasons for Tintin's injuries were blows from a club, bullet wounds, explosions, car accidents, chloroform poisoning and falls.
"Unfortunately, no brain imaging was performed," Cyr lamented.
Tintin traveled all over the world with his white terrier Snowy as he battled foes as varied as drug dealers, Incan priests, slave traders and the Abominable Snowman. The books have been translated into 60 languages and have sold 200 million copies.
In 2000 the Canadian Medical Association Journal caused something of an uproar by revealing that Winnie the Pooh's continuous search for honey was caused by obsessive compulsive disorder, Piglet needed anti-panic medication, while Eeyore was massively depressed.
Another study surmised that Beatrix Potter's ever energetic Squirrel Nutkin character was in fact autistic.
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nada_tintin_dc)