Won’t someone please think of the children?

Feb 25, 2007 in Observations, Odd News

MannequinI have to salute the producers of “How It’s Made.” Where most TV shows would cheerfully elect for gratuitous nudity, they have taken the opposite approach.
I was just watching the episode where they were making mannequins. Now you can imagine the horrors that could have occurred in showing this process. Thankfully, someone had the common decency and the moral wherewithal to protect the poor, innocent children from this.
They blurred out the mannequin boobs.
Mercifully I, along with an entire generation of impressionable minds, was spared the horrors of seeing a completely naked blob of Styrofoam that vaguely resembled a pair of boobs. At last, someone is thinking of the children.

Man attempts to Smuggle a Crocodile at Hong Kong Airport: Busted!

Jan 11, 2007 in Digg, Odd News

crocA man has been fined after he was arrested at Hong Kong airport attempting to smuggle a crocodile, 6 snakes, 11 flying squirrels and 46 turtles and tortoises through the airport in his luggage, authorities said. The man was apprehended late on Monday, when the crocodile was discovered in his bag.

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I don’t even know where to begin with this one…

Wisconsin Hunter Bags Deer With 7 Legs

Dec 13, 2006 in Uncategorized

Rick Lisko hunts deer with a bow but got his most unusual one driving his truck down his mile-long driveway. The young buck had nub antlers - and seven legs. Lisko said it also had both male and female reproductive organs. “It was definitely a freak of nature,” Lisko said. “I guess it’s a real rarity.”

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Photos: Hunter Bags 5-Legged Buck

Dec 13, 2006 in Uncategorized

Some kid in Illinois shot a deer with 5th leg growing out of its chest. And he still ate it. Check out the pictures.

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OK, the theme for the day seems to be mutant deer. This brings up 2 questions…
1) What is up with the mutant deer? Are they planning to take over the world? And…
2) Am I just a pussy, or does eating said mutant deer seem like a bad idea?

Wicked Looking Fish Dredged Up From The Depths

Dec 13, 2006 in Uncategorized

yum“Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with light organs in strategic places on their bodies, including one on a long dorsal fin that serves as a lur

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