Things that make you go What the F**k?

[LeoMc]

Got this mail from a pal - unreal

The kid brother's new restaurant in Clapham is getting brilliant reviews and he's attracting a lot of attention.
Here is a review from last week's Guardian from a reviewer who is highly regarded.
However, an unexpected bonus was the attention that was paid to one of the commenters – it went 'viral' as they say and the restaurant had radio stations ringing them up about it.

Read the comment from Angelique Murphy and the responses to it.
It's not a spoof. I don't think you could make it up.


http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/07/restaurant-dairy-london

It has to be a spoof.  "Angelique Murphy" only registered that day and has not been on the board since.

[muppet]

Got this mail from a pal - unreal

The kid brother's new restaurant in Clapham is getting brilliant reviews and he's attracting a lot of attention.
Here is a review from last week's Guardian from a reviewer who is highly regarded.
However, an unexpected bonus was the attention that was paid to one of the commenters – it went 'viral' as they say and the restaurant had radio stations ringing them up about it.

Read the comment from Angelique Murphy and the responses to it.
It's not a spoof. I don't think you could make it up.


http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/07/restaurant-dairy-london

It has to be a spoof.  "Angelique Murphy" only registered that day and has not been on the board since.

People are insisting that it is true.

But she spelled Angelique, wrong which is suspicious. Unless it was the morning after her meal!

[johnneycool]

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/victim-deserved-to-be-burnt-alive-says-rapists-lawyer-29582267.html

WTF!

[ziggysego]

OK, this is kind of freaky. Shows how out of whack your peripheral vision really is.

http://imgur.com/opNnoOx

[Puckoon]

http://www.krtv.com/news/grizzly-versus-bison-the-rest-of-the-story/

Wow! Just wow. Amazing pictures.

[Tony Baloney]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24183879

[Orior]

Proof of reincarnation or elaborate hoax?

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/08/could-this-be-proof-of-reincarnation.html

[Orior]

And another....

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/09/japanese-artist-becomes-internet-sensation-with-awe-inspiring-balancing-act.html

[seafoid]

http://sunbeamalpine.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15216

This is something I found out about via the Bellett forum. Someone calling himself Frederic P Miller is downloading text from Wikipedia, sending it to a "print on demand" self-publishing house called Alphaprint and advertising the books through places like Amazon, Booktopia, Abe Books and many others. The books are advertised at substantial prices - $60 upwards but basically consist of Wikipedia printouts of varying accuracy, doubtful relevance and questionable reproduction quality - eg what is colour in Wikipedia will be black and white in the book. Wikipedia articles may of course be viewed and downloaded free of charge, sometimes contain animations and usually have active links.

Miller has titles listed for various Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam subjects, such as;

http://tinyurl.com/29vojmz
http://tinyurl.com/2wnw3bm
http://tinyurl.com/2cbvpmm

It's not just books on cars - "Miller" (if that's his real name) currently has 77,000+ books listed on Amazon at the moment, on all sorts of topics: Wine, films, musicals, Pokemon, etc etc.

One of the Bellet forum members bought an Isuzu Florian book. It has a copy+paste of the Wikipedia Florian article, the general Isuzu article, the Bellel and Isuzu Aska Wikipedia articles, plus articles on the Isuzu P'up and Chevrolet LUV; it also has Wikipedia articles on "Sedan" as an automotive concept; the development of said body style , as well as a similar article dealing with the history and concept of the 'station wagon. (the Bookseller Booktopia is going to refund him after he complained)

The giveaways for the books are The editors name, the Alphaprint self publishing connection, and the Green label on front of book saying "High quality content by Wikipedia articles".

So don't get burned folks. And you might think of spreading the word to any other forums you are on.

Cheers, Vic
 
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[Onion Bag]

Farmers capture one metre-long 'ratzilla' which terrorised village and ate fish WHOLE

The freakish giant rodent weighed ten times that of an average rat and had been devouring 3kg fish whole in Shaoyang, in China's Hunan Province
Chinese farmers have captured a one metre-long, 5kg rat which had been terrorising villagers, it was claimed today.

The freakish giant rodent, dubbed 'ratzilla', weighed ten times that of an average rat and had been devouring 3kg fish whole in Shaoyang, in China's Hunan Province.

In a gruesome twist, farmers who caught the huge animal tried to cut it up to eat - but broke two knives hacking at its body.

The rat had been terrorising villagers in Shaoyang before local farmers banded together to finally catch it, according to shanghaiist.com.

Workers eventually cornered 'ratzilla' and killed it with makeshift weapons, but broke two knives trying to carve its thick bones and skin.
Rat is widely eaten in Guangdong, southern China, and is used in soups as well as being stewed or braised.

It some parts of China it is considered to be three times more nutritious than chicken.

[Sandino]

Poor driving by any ones standards.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24367601

[Orior]

Poor driving by any ones standards.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24367601

Many years ago, two of my mates were driving down from Derry to Belfast to attend my wedding. Somewhere past Draperstown, as they were doing about 60 mph the bonnet opened, broke off, then flipped over the car and landed 20 yards down the road behind them. Luckily, not too much traffic on the road. Our heroes threw the bonnet in the ditch and drove on, arriving in front of all the wedding guests in a bonnet-less vehicle. It was probably the last time I laughed.

[Declan]

A PRIMARY school is to ballot parents over a demand by three families to have the 2014 Holy Communion date changed because it clashes with a One Direction concert.

The move came after the three families that have children attending Raheen Gaelscoil in Limerick objected to the May 24 date, which had been provisionally earmarked by the local parish priest, because their children had booked tickets for the boy band's concert in Dublin's Croke Park that day.

A meeting in the school on Tuesday night became extremely heated when the parents involved insisted that the date be changed – while other parents became incensed at what one described as the "disrespect shown to the blessed sacrament".

When it was impossible to agree on the alternative May 3 date, the school meeting was ended.

Children were yesterday sent home with notes advising parents that a ballot will now be taken amongst the 30 families who have children in the Holy Communion class.

"A lot of parents, who had no problem with the date, contacted the school subsequently to express their outrage at the (perceived) disrespect shown to the blessed sacrament," a school source confirmed.

Some parents had no principled objection to a change of date once there was proper justification.

"They just didn't think a pop concert was a good enough reason," one relative said.

Parents will now ballot on whether Holy Communion should go ahead on the date selected (May 24) or the alternative date (May 3).

School officials said they believe there is an emerging majority in favour of proceeding with the original date.

The controversy erupted after a number of schools in Cork and Dublin previously selected Holy Communion dates to avoid a clash with the sell-out concert series following early representations from both parents and children.

The boy band (inset) first played Dublin's O2 in 2011 as part of the 'X Factor' tour after they finished third in the hit television show.

They will play three gigs in Croke Park from May 23-25 as part of their mammoth 'Where We Are' tour.

Tickets for the gigs sold out within minutes of going on sale.

The band, which has only been together three years, now has a combined estimated wealth of almost €40m.

One Direction have already topped the US and UK single, album and even best-selling book charts.

[muppet]

One Direction...bigger than Jesus?


Sinead O'Connor had a point.

[ballinaman]