News of the Weird - this just in!

[Arlo]

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/262386 ... nsons-wife

"Afton Burton was 16 and living with her parents in Illinois when she discovered Charles Manson.

Now, nine years later, her name is Star, she's 25 years old, and she considers herself Charles Manson's wife, even though it isn't official yet."

[hhfarang]

Hey there may be hope for me yet. After reading this I've taped a couple of bare wires to my forehead and am now looking for a convenient wall outlet that I can stick the other ends of the wires into! Get ready for hhfarang to become an instant genius! YeeeHaaa!

"Brain Hacking Is Having Incredible Effects And It's Just Getting Started"

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/brain-hac ... 36274.html

[PeteC]

^ I wonder how it works on your balls? Perhaps no need to Viagra any longer?

[PeteC]

This is weird....very weird.

Ice Bucket Challenge Pioneer Corey Griffin drowns
August 21, 2014 1:23 pm

A man credited with helping get the Ice Bucket Challenge go viral has drowned, Huffington Post UK reported.

It said Corey Griffin drowned early Saturday after he dove into the water off a wharf building in Nantucket, Massachusetts, just hours after reportedly helping raise $100,000 for Lou Gehrig's disease charity ALS research.

The Nation

[Nereus]

For all you snake lovers:
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Chef killed by severed snake head

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world ... nake-head/

A snake came back from the dead to deliver a deadly bite to a chef, 20 minutes after he had chopped its head off.

The chef was preparing a dish from cobra flesh when the snake’s head bit him, reports The Mirror.

Victim Peng Fan had chopped off the head of the Indochinese spitting cobra, a rare delicacy in Asia, to prepare for making the special dish.

But when he went to throw the severed snake head into the bin it bit him on the hand, injecting him with fast-acting, deadly venom.

Police say Mr Peng died before he could be given life saving anti-venom in hospital.

Restaurant guests reported hearing screams from the kitchen as the tragedy unfolded.

"We did not know what was happening but could hear screams coming from the kitchen.”, said restaurant diner Lin Sun, 44.

"There were calls for a doctor in the restaurant but unfortunately by the time medical assistance arrived the man had already died. After we heard that we did not continue with our meal."

A police spokesman said: "It is a highly unusual case but it appears to be just an accident. He prepared the snake himself and was just unlucky.

"There was nothing that could be done to save the man. Only the anti-venom could have helped but this was not given in time. It was just a tragic accident."

[Frank Hovis]

See this video if you are unconvinced about the dangers of a dead snake.

[richard]

AND..they can still be alive when eating them

[hhfarang]

"Woman in India Marries Dog to Ward Off Evil"

"Many people have asked for a hand in marriage, but what about a paw? This sounds like a whole new spin on the tradition of prearranged marriages in some countries.

In a remote part of India, young Mangli Munda is marrying a stray dog to fight off evil spirits that her family believes she has. The dog was found by the woman's father. The big wedding was taken care of by the 18-year-old's parents, to the dismay of the wife-to-be. Munda wasn't pleased with her parents' selection of a groom, saying, "I am not happy with this marriage."

If you think Munda's father was solely to blame for this unusual arrangement, he wasn't. Munda’s mother was adamant about the need for her daughter to get hitched to the hound named Sheru. The pooch even arrived stylin' and profilin' as most grooms often do — chauffeured in a car. Munda's mother mentioned, "We have to spend money on this wedding. That is the only way we can get rid of her bad luck and ensure the benevolence of the village."

But Munda won't have to love and honor her husband all the days of her life. The relationship isn’t legally binding, which will probably keep this bride from going barking mad.

In this remote village in the eastern state of Jharkhand, the ceremony isn't unheard of. It’s just a tradition meant to ensure the longevity of a couple's marriage when Munda is eventually married to a human groom. And, hopefully, her next husband won't turn out to be a dog."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/wom ... 29727.html

Thought: Could this be the answer to the soi dog problem in Hua Hin?

[PeteC]

Essex woman finds eggs of world's most venomous spider in her shopping

"....Although its venom is highly toxic, it is being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments. The spider's bite can cause an erection that sometimes lasts for up to four hours...."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/s ... ?CMP=fb_gu

[richard]

Can I rent one here in Hua Hin?

[PeteC]

What they fail to mention is that the man is probably a corpse, with a hard on.

[Dannie Boy]

Yes it's not an Erection, it's rigimortis set in!!

[pharvey]

It's certainly different!

Colombian female cycling team's 'nude' coloured strip branded 'unacceptable' by ICU president Brian Cookson

The controversial 'naked' strip worn by the Colombian women's cycling team has been branded 'unacceptable' by the International Cycling Union president Brian Cookson.
Photographs of the Bogota Humana team were taken at the Tour of Tuscany, showing six women wearing red and yellow kit with flesh-coloured material immediately above and below the waist.
Cookson was compelled to speak out about the kit, and said: 'To the many who have raised the issue of a certain women's team kit, we are on the case.

[Nereus]

I guess this will be useful for gadding about, although I would have thought that a helicopter would be more practical. Maybe he can lend it to Santa Claus at Christmas time?
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Factory gives fighter jet to head of Russian Orthodox Church

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/offbe ... ox-church/

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was presented with an unlikely gift for a religious leader this week as he toured a factory in Russia's far-east - a single-seater fighter jet SU-35.

Kirill was presented with the jet after giving workers at the civilian and military aircraft plant icons blessed by himself, the church said in a statement on its official website on Tuesday.

The patriarch, with whom President Vladimir Putin has fostered increasingly close ties in recent years, addressed the workers on the importance of protecting Russia.

"Russia cannot be a vassal. Because Russia is not only a country, it is a whole civilization, it is a thousand-year story, a cultural melting-pot, of enormous power," RIA news agency quoted him as saying.

"In order for us to be able to live a sovereign life, we must, if necessary, be able to defend our homeland."

Kirill's church is aligned with Putin's drive to reunite the former Soviet sphere of countries, with the Russian Orthodox Church exerting considerable influence through its 165 million members in Russia and other former USSR republics.

Critics of the Russian Orthodox Church have said it is acting as a de-facto government ministry for Putin, including in foreign affairs, and have warned that such political engagements could backfire.

That also goes for Ukraine, where Kirill's Moscow Patriarchate is at odds with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchate that seceded from Moscow after Ukraine gained independence in 1991.

The Moscow Patriarchate dominates in the Russian-speaking East, where Ukrainian forces have been battling a pro-Russian separatist insurgency since April.

[hhfarang]

As Jim Stafford sang in the 70's, now you can "take a trip and never leave the farm" without drugs, or at least never leave the Marriot...

"The Future of Travel Has Arrived: Virtual-Reality Beach Vacations"

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-future ... 96317.html

Edit: after posting that I realized that very few of you (if any) would remember or understand my referance... here are Jim Stafford's song lyrics...

Wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was a weed
I didn't give it much thought
One day I was out there talkin' to my brother
And I reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then ev'rything was gone
Didn't know what happened but I knew it beat the hell
Out of sniffing burlap

I come to and my brother was there and he said,
"What's wrong with your eyes?"
I said "I don't know, I was chewin' on the weed"
He said, "Let me give it a try"
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night tryin'
To find my brother Bill
Caught up with him about six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, singing on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy

The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put 'em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed 'em up and we cleaned 'em off
Put 'em in the corn cob pot
Smokin' them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We never seen no harm
We thought it was kind-a handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm
Big 'ole puff of that wildwood weed next thing you know
You're just wand'ring 'round behind the little animals

All good things got to come to an end
It's the same with the wildwood weeds
One day this feller from Washington come by
And spied one and turned white as a sheet
And they dug and they burned
And they burned and they dug and they killed
All our cute little weeds and then they drove away
We just smiled and waved sittin' ther on that sack o' seeds