Sep 19 2008
Jul 11 2008
Friday Tidbits
I think I saw this in a movie once…
Kids Sail In Waters Where Shark Sighting Reported
EDGARTOWN (WBZ) ― The beaches on Martha’s Vineyard are open again after two Great White shark sightings, but beach officials are going to be on high alert as hundreds of kids hit the water for a sailboat regatta.
Sheriff Martin Brody Harbormaster Charlie Blair said 300 kids will be racing on Friday as part of Edgartown Race Week. The race is not being called off, but all eyes will be on the water, searching for sharks that could be swimming around.
Today, as the busy beaches on the island reopen, Blair said people are swimming at their own risk.
And I think this story is just natural selection in action…
Lightning Strike Leaves Through Woman’s Nose Ring
ANTRIM, N.H. (WBZ) ― A 21-year-old Antrim woman is recovering after being struck by lightning Wednesday night. The bolt hit her feet and came out through her nose ring.
Jessica Lafreniere was hit while she was walking through her family’s garage.
“She had walked into the garage to go outside to turn off the faucet. The light came in through the garage and hit her,” Jessica’s mother, Danielle Taylor told WBZ.
“It was like a red flash that came from her feet and she was thrown into my arms. She was blue and purple, and stiff as a board. When you hear it, it’s unbelievable, but it’s true.”
May 09 2008
Do-It-Yourself Tracheotomy
Fox News has this tidbit:
OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy.
Steve Wilder says he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn’t breathe.
Wilder says he didn’t call 911 because he didn’t think help would arrive in time. So, the 55-year-old says, he got a steak knife from the kitchen and made a small hole in his throat, allowing air to gush in.
Wilder suffered from throat cancer and related breathing problems several years ago. About that time, he had an episode where he couldn’t breathe because his air passages swelled shut. He says that’s what happened this time around.
Doctors don’t expect Wilder to suffer any adverse effects from the tracheotomy once it’s healed.
Wow. I’ve done my share of DIY doctoring — I once took out a really nasty splinter from my own thumb — but I’m not sure if I could pull this one off…
Apr 30 2008
17 Rumors We Heard From Some Kid In Third Period
Looks like things haven’t changed since I was in school, except that back then the rumor was that you could die if you ate five packs of PopRocks and drank a Coke. (HT: WootBlog)
- If you hiccup and fart at the same time, your stomach will turn inside out.
- If you combine turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and one green vegetable, you get the chemicals which make LSD, which is why Thanksgiving always gets so freaky and everyone gets into fights.
- AIDS came from people French-kissing their dogs.
- The secret ingredient in Taco Bell 7-Layer Burritos is horse blood.
- Simon Cowell is actually from Oklahoma, and just talks that way on TV.
- If you fold a dollar bill a certain way, you can see Betsy Ross naked.
- Daddy Longlegs’ legs taste like spearmint.
- The inventor of Elmer’s Glue was born with horns, and that’s his picture on the bottle.
- Everyone who has ever beat Ninja Gaiden Black has died the next day.
- ABBA stands for “All-father Baal Beats Angels”. [Hah! I knew it!]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! was supposed to have a new season but the FBI stepped in and shut it down under the Patriot Act, and no one knows why.
- The phrase “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” is propaganda created and promoted by the American Fudge Council.
- Girls don’t wear underwear in Canada.
- The film rating XXX is pronounced “kccchhggh”.
- If you have ever touched a baked potato without gloves, the government has your fingerprints on file.
- There is cocaine at the center of Polly-O String Cheese.
- If you play Paper Mario for exactly fifty-five hours, fifty-five minutes, and fifty-five seconds, you’ll get a cheat code that lets you play as Lara Croft…naked.
