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

[pullhard]

Is she still single?

[LeoMc]

Th widow of a man who died from lung cancer in the US awarded $23b in damages from cigarette company

The tobacco company has said they will appeal this and I would assume they will drag it out through the appeal courts for years so they never have to pay out that amount. But for me the WTF is they can use that "potential liability" of $23bn to reduce their tax liability so the longer they drag it out the better off they are and the poorer the American tax payer.

[haranguerer]

Th widow of a man who died from lung cancer in the US awarded $23b in damages from cigarette company

The tobacco company has said they will appeal this and I would assume they will drag it out through the appeal courts for years so they never have to pay out that amount. But for me the WTF is they can use that "potential liability" of $23bn to reduce their tax liability so the longer they drag it out the better off they are and the poorer the American tax payer.

They will appeal this and win because its f**king stupid. I really can't imagine they'll try to 'drag it out' through the appeal courts as though it were some ingenious tax scheme.

[seafoid]

 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fafdfdc-0e59-11e4-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html
British businesses have poor knowledge of where their products were sourced from and how they were made, making it likely that some imported goods have involved the use of slaves, a purchasing managers' organisation has said.
High quality global journalism requires investment.

According to the International Labour Organisation, about 21m men, women and children are slaves. This includes involuntary domestic servitude, bonded labour where employers exploit an initial debt to make people work for free, forced child labour, and adults coerced, forced or deceived into prostitution.

[theskull1]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28637531

Bit of a trend developing in Fermanagh.

[Tony Baloney]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28637531

Bit of a trend developing in Fermanagh.

Must be a cowardly streak in Fermanagh folk...

[NAG1]

Watched the Hangover III last night and then saw this, this morning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28586702

You couldn't make that sh*t up

[Tony Baloney]

Wee Bernie Ecclestone pays a  bribery trial $100 million

[billabong]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/drunk-pastor-ill-get-ira-to-blow-you-up-said-vicar-who-attacked-paramedics-and-spat-at-police-after-crashing-car-in-drunken-stupor-30483225.html

[ONeill]

It's all happening in Armagh these days:

Armagh man unhappy that his neighbour has been prescribed a rooster by doctor

We've heard of the saying that the doctor is a quack, but we've never heard anything about a c**k being involved.

A man in Lurgan, Armagh is having a bit of trouble getting a lie in these days after his neighbour was prescribed a rooster by his doctor.

In an interview with The Lurgan Mail, he stated that he was not only a bit confused about the prescription, but that "the constant c**k-a-doodle-doo" was a bit too much in a built-up area, and was beginning to cause a problem.

It seems that the man was prescribed the rooster by his psychiatrist, and while the aggrieved resident is fully understanding of his neighbour's condition, he's not sure why the rooster seemed to be the answer to the problem.

"It appears the owner of the rooster has had slight issues with his mental well being. I am not criticising the owner as everyone of us has our own issues whether mental or physical," he told the paper, "[but] the point is, no matter what your medical condition, a doctor should not be prescribing farm animals as a cure for your illness".

He also claimed that other neighbours have also noted the noise, and that it was "unbearable and so frustrating."

http://entertainment.ie/life/Amragh-man-unhappy-that-his-neighbour-has-been-prescribed-a-rooster-by-doctor/277654.htm

[ONeill]

Cemetery 'Ghost' Fined For Shouting 'Woooo'


A man admits behaving in a way that was likely to cause distress after witnesses saw him pretending to be a phantom in a cemetery.

A man who pretended to be a ghost while behaving in a "rowdy" way in a cemetery has been fined.

Anthony Stallard of Southsea, Hampshire, has been ordered to pay £35 after throwing his arms in the air and shouting: "Woooooo."

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court heard that Stallard had been out drinking with friends when they went to Portsmouth's Kingston Cemetery where they played football.

Hampshire police said a number of witnesses made a complaint that Stallard had acted rowdily and pretended to be a spooky apparition.

A spokesman said: "The witnesses reported the group engaging in rowdy behaviour and one of them throwing their arms in the air and saying 'woooooo'."

The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause distress.

Stallard was also ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge and £20 in costs.

The court heard that he had also breached the conditions of an earlier punishment when he had been charged with harassment.

As a result of that breach he had an extra three months added to his conditional charge, a spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Stallard had also been charged with causing criminal damage to the gravestones, but the charge was dismissed.

http://news.sky.com/story/1314749/cemetery-ghost-fined-for-shouting-woooo

[ONeill]

Woman teacher turns up drunk and NAKED from the waist down on first day at school

A woman teacher turned up drunk for her first day at school ... and missing her pants!

Lorie Ann Hill, 49, had been drinking vodka when she bowled through the doors of her county school at 9am intent on making a good impression.

But she was found by other teachers slumped over a desk in the wrong classroom, smelling strongly of alcohol and missing the lower half of her clothes.

She was bundled into a pair of shorts while police were called.

"She was found in a room kind of disoriented," said Police Chief Bob Haley in Wagoner, Oklahoma.

"But by the time we got there she was wearing shorts.

"The other teachers didn't know who she was. She was apparently new and was supposed to start the following day."

The nightmarish scene - it's a common fear many people have of turning up naked somewhere - happened on Monday when Hill admitted to Wagoner High School officials she was drinking vodka before work.

By the time police arrived, she was in the principal's office and someone had managed to find a pair of shorts for her to wear.

A search of her car turned up an empty cup that reportedly smelled of vodka but police cannot charge her with driving under the influence because they cannot prove she was drunk as she drove in.

But she was booked into Wagoner City Jail on suspicion of public intoxication. She was released Tuesday evening.

Parents are outraged by the teacher's behavior.

Frank Sandiford said: "I don't know, as an adult, I just don't know how you can be a professional teacher and teaching young people, and then show up drunk."



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-teacher-turns-up-drunk-4018906#ixzz39jNET0Y9

[Farrandeelin]

Our flight home to Belfast (international) City airport. Delayed for 8 hours. I was going what the f**k all day in the airport.   

[brokencrossbar1]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/10/kellie-maloney-boxing-transgender

Frank Maloney, the former boxing promoter who guided Lennox Lewis to the world heavyweight title, has revealed that he is undergoing gender reassignment and now lives as a woman called Kellie.

Maloney, 61, drew broad support from the boxing world after disclosing that she had undergone hormone therapy, hair removal electrolysis, voice coaching and specialist counselling for the past two years.

She told the Sunday Mirror: "I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman. I can't keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me.

"What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. I wasn't in the right body. I was jealous of girls."


 
Maloney, who supported Lewis in his successful bid for the world heavyweight title in 1993, and managed other Commonwealth and European boxing champions, called time on his three-decade boxing career last October, saying he had fallen out of love with the sport.

In an interview across six pages in the Sunday Mirror, Maloney said she had never told anyone in boxing about how she felt trapped in the wrong body since childhood.

"Can you imagine me walking into a boxing hall dressed as a woman and putting an event on? I can imagine what they would scream at me, but if I had been in the theatre or arts world nobody would blink an eye about this transition," she said.

"The boxing community can think whatever they want about me now. I have come to terms with my transition but I don't understand it. I hope society will be open minded."

While some commentators thought Maloney's announcement might be a hoax, many more rallied round the retired promoter.

Lennox Lewis, who was guided by Maloney to become world heavyweight champion, released a statement saying: "This world we live in isn't always cut and dried or black and white, and coming from the boxing fraternity, I can only imagine what a difficult decision this must be for Kellie (formerly Frank Maloney).

"However, having taken some time to read Kellie's statements, I understand better what she, and others in similar situations, are going through. I think that all people should be allowed to live their lives in a way that brings them harmony and inner peace. I respect Kellie's decision and say that if this is what brings about true happiness in her life, than so be it."

Johnny Nelson, the Sky Sports pundit and former WBO cruiserweight champion, said on Twitter: "Frank Maloney, read your story. It's your life, don't make others stop who you are. Ignorance is the problem of others, not yours."

Former European boxing champion and Olympic bronze medallist Tony Jeffries, who was also managed by Maloney, expressed surprise at the news and added: "Fair play to him for coming out. #BeHappy #1Life".

Ricky Wright, one of boxing's chief announcers, said: "So far I've only read positive feedback for Frank and lots of support from the boxing world. Shows how far the sport has come."

The former footballer Stan Collymore added: "I wish Frank Maloney, now Kellie all the very best. Being who he wants to be after 61 years. Nobody deserves to begrudge him happiness."

Maloney, who has three children, told the Sunday Mirror that her marriage had been breaking down for some time and described the moment she told her wife Tracey.

"As the words started to come out I wanted to catch them and pull them back in. I looked at her face and I knew my marriage was over. She was the first person I had told outside counsellors. I could see what it was doing to her and I had to release her." The couple have since separated.

Maloney has been supported for the past year by the transgender group TG Pals. The group's managing director, Heather Ashton, told the Guardian that she only learned that her charge was formerly a famous boxing promoter when she accompanied Maloney to the Sunday Mirror interview.

"For anyone this is a life changing decision, psychologically and physically, and that can take a huge toll on a person," Ashton said.

"Kellie has confided to me that coming out and sharing her story will support and encourage others to make that first step to get help. The Kellie I know is a friendly but fairly reserved person, very confident within herself and it seems to have been a very positive decision.

"I think generally Kellie's had a positive response, which is what we were all hoping for. Someone like Kellie going public is a very brave and courageous decision because there are very many people out there who lack knowledge and awareness of what having a gender identity disorder really means."

Ashton said Maloney ran fitness classes for TG Pals and said the former boxing promoter planned to return in some way to public life by speaking in schools.

"She's always been very outspoken and vocal in her public life and she's hoping to use that to take her life forward and support other transgender people," she said.

[andoireabu]

Our flight home to Belfast (international) City airport. Delayed for 8 hours. I was going what the f**k all day in the airport.   

Depending on where you left from you might be able to get a few quid back.  This link might be useful.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays