Weird News... June 08

[thecarrotdude]

what more can you expect from ypsilantians

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Weird News...

Manure thief falls into dung, flees naked BERLIN (Reuters) A woman trying to make "manure bombs" using stockings, slipped into a slurry tank and fled the scene naked, German police said Friday. Two women entered a farm in the northern village of Eberholzen Wednesday evening and started to fill the stockings with manure. "One of them slipped into the manure tank, right into the cow muck," said a spokesman for local police. "The other one helped her out. We found their clothes in a field. One seems to have run off completely naked, the other in her underwear." Police said it was unclear what the women had intended to do with the "manure bombs," but added the incident could be linked to victory celebrations surrounding the Euro 2008 semi-finals on Wednesday evening, when Germany beat Turkey 3-2. "The women can get their clothes back from the local police station -- unwashed," the spokesman added. (Reporting by Kerstin Gehmlich; Editing by Matthew Jones)

I think I'd just write those clothes off, frankly... and do you think someone said "oh, $h!+" when it happened?

[Unglaublich Verwustung]

In a pickle or just in trouble over a pickle? They sound more like my mother's, hers can choke a man at twenty paces...

Spluttering burglar's gherkin nightmare Thursday, February 14, 2008 Pickles: dangerous things A burglar in Poland who stole a dozen jars of home-made pickles was caught after choking on his ill-gotten gherkins. Piotr Gorski was found spluttering and blue in the face just two streets away from the crime scene. Police had to hit him on the back to dislodge the vegetable before arresting him. Gorski, from Gliwice, said: 'I just couldn't resist having a quick snack.'

[Yorick]

Originally Posted by Bungleau Okay... that kid (the target) has got to be the stupidest person I've ever seen, with the possible exception of the guy I worked with who stuck his hand into a running garbage disposal. With a little better aim, they could have removed him from the gene pool...

Stupid beyond words....

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Weird News...

British student gets credit for expletive on exam LONDON - A British high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly. The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave the student — who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off" — two points out of a possible 27 for the English paper. "It would be wicked to give it zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for, like conveying some meaning and some spelling," Buckroyd was quoted as saying. "It's better than someone that doesn't write anything at all." Buckroyd said the student would have received a higher mark if the phrase had been punctuated. Buckroyd is a senior examiner for the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, one of several bodies that grade British high school exams. He said the expletive was used in 2006 by a student in response to the question: "Describe the room you are sitting in." The alliance confirmed the newspaper's story was accurate, but said Buckroyd's decision to award the student marks was not official policy. "The example cited was unique in the experience of the senior examiner concerned and was used in a pre-training session to emphasize the importance of adhering to the mark scheme: i.e. if a candidate makes any sort of response to a question then it must be at least given consideration to be awarded a mark," the company said in a statement. It said obscenities on exam papers "should either be disregarded, or action will be taken against the candidate, depending on the seriousness of the case."

Hmmm... well, the examiner certainly has a sense of humor (or is that humour? ).... perhaps the student can count on that as he practices for his career saying, "Would you like chips with that?"