Headlines that make you go 'huh.'
POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 03:13
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This morning I looked at my University's newspaper, and saw the headline "Bill could help rape victims".
I'm not sure whether a nice guy named Bill is giving aid to victims of rape, or whether a not so nice guy, also named Bill, is going to help others rape their victims, or whether a potential peice of legislation is going to hep people rape their victims. I suppose they could have meant that the proposed peice of legislation is going to give aid to people who have been victims of rape, but that sounds a little far-fetched.
"Everybody's making a fuss."
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Resurrecting this thread, upon learning:
England Oxygen-Deprived at Birth
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050503/ap_on_re_us/prisoner_abuse_england
It wasn't until I clicked the full-story link that I realized "England" could be a person's name.
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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These aren't headlines, but they made me laugh...Its well known in the military aircraft community that Maintenance and Pilots don't get along that well. I mean, I never really had any problems with them, but I guess some people do. In the Air Force, we're required to fill out paperwork for EVERYTHING...There are even (especially) aircraft maintenance forms to document everything...and I mean everything we do to a plane. The pilots are required from time to time to enter things as well, to help with the maintenance process...Here are some entries from pilots, followed by the requisite entries from the maintenance personnel who followed up.
Pilot: Dead Bugs on Cockpit Windshield
Maintainer: Dead Bugs Removed, Live Bugs Reinstalled
Pilot: Aircraft Doesn't (incomplete entry)
Maintainer: Aircraft Does Now
Pilot: Something Loose in Cockpit
Maintainer: Something Tightened in Cockpit
Pilot: Left Inside Main Tire Almost Needs Replacement
Maintainer: Almost Replaced Left Inside Main Tire
Pilot: Noise Behind Left Panels. Sounds Like A Little Man With A Hammer
Maintainer: Took Hammer From Little Man
Pilot: Target Radar Hums
Maintainer: Reprogrammed Target Radar With The Words
Pilot: Test Flight OK, Except Autoland Very Rough
Maintainer: Autoland Not Installed On This Aircraft
I suspect most of these are some kind of Air Force urban legend made up to help maintainers feel better about their jobs. But, I've seen some dodgy forms entries, and these always come to mind...Must...Not...Be...A...Smartass! Especially to someone who could squash my career into oblivion!!! Enjoy!
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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Every time I went to check my e-mail today, this was on the MSN page:
"Theory on exploding toads"
I'm scared.
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Quote:There was an earlier one along the same line that went "US Troops Shoot Dead Iraqi General", which has since been archived on all regular news sites.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/471543%3fformat=html
US shoots dead Iraqi prisoners
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