Odd news of the day

1st issue of the thread: Twister record!
sorry, didn't find the video referenced.

edit: using this post to add local images to the web for PMs...
EDIT2: and testing in general

 

Maybe they need some consultants?

 

Consultants? Hmph! They need some competition!

<Joe-Boy trots off to find pricing on a rail tanker of oil, a warehouse full of whipped cream, and a spare hardhat... He assumes Scoob will supply the honey. >

 

2nd edition: more Coco Pops, please

and in an unrelated but impossible to resist story:

Schwarzenegger Signs Nine Bills Aiding Military

 

No way would Nine play for Arnold's team


cassi

 

I'm not sure Arnold's team could handle Nine, even if he did want to play with them...

 

Have you got the right verb there?

 

I'm in DECA...that's funny. I wonder if my school is going to do that.

 

Weekend headlines:

N.Y. man attacks inflatable ghosts, pumpkin
A woman says a neighbor attacked her inflatable Halloween lawn display of three ghosts and a giant pumpkin, then apparently smashed his head through her window in a fit of rage.

Aide fired for stapling note to student's forehead
Oct. 12: An Indiana teacher's aide has been fired after stapling a Post-it note to a fourth-grader's head.

Skivvy scamper
Oct. 14: A Hawaiian underpants run took place as one of the events leading up to the island's Ironman Triathlon. Runners sporting tighty whiteys, Speedos and Underoos raced through the streets, some for charity, most for no good reason.

source : MSNBC

EDIT: pay no attention to the picture, TOTALLY out of context.....

 

Prostitution, drugs....no problem. But white socks -- that's just going too far!

From National Public Radio:

Morning Edition, October 15, 2007 · The Netherlands may tolerate prostitutes and marijuana, but one Dutch official drew a line. He's against white socks. The finance ministry official sparked a media frenzy. He said white socks cross "the limits of decent dress behavior." That went around the world as a news story claiming the Dutch government was making war on white socks. Now a spokeswoman says the official did not speak for the government, only for himself.