More Bizarre News, Anyone?? Okay.. it is here.

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-- U.S. Computer Embarrassed by Japanese Genius Computer -

A new Japanese supercomputer has taken the title of world's
fastest computer away from the United States. The Japanese
NEC Earth Simulator processes data five times faster than
its closest competitor. It works at a speed of 35,600 giga-
flops compared to its closest rival, IBM's ASCI White,
which runs at a speed of 7,226 gigaflops. A gigaflop equals
a billion mathematical operations per second. The NEC Earth
Simulator is as large as four tennis courts and creates a
"virtual planet Earth" to predict climate patterns.

-------- "Dead" Man Attends His Own Memorial Service -------

INDIA - It's another case of a family cremating the wrong
body. It all started when police recently found a mutilated,
unidentified body on railroad tracks near Vadodara. A man
saw pictures of the unfortunate death in a local paper and
immediately thought it was his nephew. He and the rest of
the family mistakenly identified the body at the morgue and
chose to cremate the body. After the cremation, the family
met to mourn the loss of their loved one. Just as they
gathered, the supposedly deceased family member, Khodidas
Rajput, entered the room. The family was stunned and in-
stantly realized the error. They were reportedly "surprised
when he walked into the meeting." To say the least. Police
still don't know the true identity of the deceased.

---------- Say Goodbye: It's the End of the World ----------

CANADA - Drama teachers prefaced their lesson for the day
with the usual disclaimer that everything within their skit
would be fictitious. Unfortunately, some drama students at
Bushfield Community College in Peterborough were unable to
separate fact from fiction on this fateful day. In that
day's drama lesson, teachers pretended to cry as they
informed students that Osama bin Laden had escaped from
Afghanistan and detonated a nuclear bomb in Britain.
Furthermore, the teachers told the students to call their
parents and say goodbye because the end of the world would
be in minutes. Some students left the room in tears, worry-
ing about their loved ones. The teachers claim the students
"took it out of context", but education chiefs have
officially apologized on behalf of the school for any
alarm they caused for the 15 and 16-year-old students.

------ The Wild World of Ironing Heats Ups in Munich -------

MUNICH, Germany - This is what you've all been waiting for:
the Extreme Ironing World Championships. The two-day Munich
event will be held in September to coincide with Oktoberfest.
Events include ironing while standing on a mountainside,
in water, and in the woods. Ironing can also be combined
with other sports like hiking, climbing, and diving. Organ-
izer Kai Zosseder explained that "A jury will grade them
according to their creativity, style, time, and the result."
Over 60 people have already signed up to participate. The
"sport" was invented by reigning world champion Phil Shaw.

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BERLIN - An unknown man held up a clothes shop in eastern
Germany. Unfortunately for the perpetrator there was no
cash in the register. That, however, was not enough to stop
a determined German with a gun, so he demanded underwear
instead. According to the owner of the Clothes Chest store
he escaped with about $188 worth of tights and assorted
undergarments. Police are puzzled as to how exactly they
are supposed to search for the stolen items.

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Just my own aside, here... IRONING?!?!?!?!
Ironing Works??? Okay.. really bad joke.. but dang - Can you just imagine this as an Olympic Event? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]