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The top 20 weird news stories of 2012
The Week ^ | December 27, 2012 | Miss Cellania

Posted on 08/14/2013 2:47:02 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator

Blue honey. A literal fork in the road. A text-messaging fox. The strangest stories of the year that are worth another look.

20. Car lands on roof 19. Stolen cash returned… to bank robber 18. The fork in the road is taken [paging Yogi Berra] 17. How do you re-home homing pigeons? 16. Blue honey traced to M&Ms 15. Scottish village gets a "sister city" — on Mars 14. Why the tortoise wouldn't eat [it took him years to decide not to] 13. German civil servant did nothing for 14 years [...is now a congressman] 12. Wanted man turns himself in for reward 11. Dead snake bites man [Ah, but did he use salt and pepper] 10. Police officer chased himself [somebody put a doughnut on the back of his belt] 9. Bomb squad finds Schrodinger's Cat alive [from the I told you so department] 8. Man accidentally joins Antarctic expedition 7. London mayor left hanging from zipline 6. 30 squirrels escape from zoo; 38 recaptured 5. Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop arrested [I think he is actually a FReeper] 4. Police break up cat party 3. Russian children take found lion to school 2. Fox sends text message from stolen phone 1. Amateur art restoration goes all wrong


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2012; news; weird
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I did not post the whole thing because I didn't want to.

1 posted on 08/14/2013 2:47:02 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator
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To: VRW Conspirator

How do you re-home homing pigeons?

That’s actually a good question.


2 posted on 08/14/2013 2:50:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: VRW Conspirator

A news story I found weird: Bill Gates offered a hefty sum for somebody to design a new toilet seat.


3 posted on 08/14/2013 2:59:25 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: VRW Conspirator

I did not post the whole thing because I didn’t want to.

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Nor did you want to properly format the whole thing either.

Good for you. I like sloppy postings.


4 posted on 08/14/2013 3:09:45 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd; BenLurkin
Good for you. I like sloppy postings

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5 posted on 08/14/2013 3:12:36 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Producing Talk Show Prep since 1998.)
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To: VRW Conspirator
I posted this reply a little while ago....

 

 

To: airedale

Let me guess. You posted this from your smart phone, right?

2 posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:23:05 PM by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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His reply?

Yep

 

 

The thread in question...

(DO NOT READ IF YOU'RE A SPELLING/GRAMMER NAZI. Your head will explode)

Oprah and the purse a question
vanity
 

Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:17:45 PM by airedale

How much was the purse the clerk showed Oprah? $1,000 or $25,000? If $1,000 then you could buythe arguement that the clerk didn't want to show the purse because she didn't think the customer could afford it. If it was a very expensive purse Ianthe $25,000+ Opeah's argument falls apart. By appearence only if you can afford a $25,000 purse you probably can afford the $38,000 one. If I go to a store to buy something and the clerk shows me something identical which costs a lot less I appreciate it. If they are close I'll evaluate the difference and make a choice. The only reason to take the more expensive identical product is to impress someone.


 

6 posted on 08/14/2013 3:20:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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7 posted on 08/14/2013 3:22:46 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: BenLurkin
How do you re-home homing pigeons?

There's probably an I-Phone application for that.

8 posted on 08/14/2013 5:33:14 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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