Posted on 09/05/2012 3:37:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man from Chongqing in Southern China nearly suffocated to death after a romantic gesture to his girlfriend went wrong.
Mr Hu Seng had asked his friend to tape him into a box so he could ship himself via a courier service to his girlfriend, Li Wang.
However, the romantic gesture turned into a life-threatening event for Mr Hu when the courier company mixed up the address with another delivery.
The 30-minute wait turned into a three-hour ordeal for Mr Hu.
The material of the box was reportedly too thick for him to make any breathing holes while inside and he did not want to spoil the surprise by calling for attention.
When the box arrived at Li Wang's place, his friend was poised to record the event.
However, they found Mr Hu unconscious and looking pale upon opening the package.
Subsequently, paramedics were called over to her apartment to revive him.
He admitted, "I didn't realise it would take so long."
The courier company said they would not have accepted this delivery if they had known there was a person inside.
The spokesperson said that even for animals, a special container would be used so they can breathe properly.
Now now, let the thread visitor have some breathing room.
We are rather overwhelming to our visitors.
WHAT? After eight years, you will cage the zombies and round up the basilisks? What about the dwarves? The Dust Bunnies? He has a right to KNOW!
Right you are. Now offer the nice person some coffee....
*sigh*
Our Dwarves self limited to the areas of the thread that are subject to mining.
The Basilisk ran off with a smooth talking bearded dragon, the hussy.
Our zombies got tied up in watching “the Voice” and salivating.
The Dust Bunnies are in hiding and plotting something nasty.
We’ll see if we can stir them up at some point.
Maybe start some rumors about them.
Wait, offering them my coffee may be a bad thing.
In 12 cup drip percolator pot, fill to 6 cup mark with water.
In filter, put 6 heaping scoops of coffee.
Medium roast works best, just make sure it’s a robust blend.
Found a maxwellhouse ‘medium roast’ that was rather anemic.
Put pinch of salt in filter, about as much as it would take to cover the surface of a dime with one even layer.
This keeps the coffee from tasting burned too quickly, it doesn’t age well brewed this way.
Brew, recirculate if need be, usually not.
Add sugar and dairy creamer.
Creamora and coffeemate are not recommended unless you like the heart racing that Ranger Pudding gives.
That, and the nondairy creamer will give you both a headache and a buzz with the coffee.
I usually put about 8 spoons of sugar in this stuff, it ends up being like Russian Kava, thick and sweet with that bitter overtone to it.
Oh, and I am NOT responsible for seeming demonic possession of the coffeepot, or the coffeepot ending up acting as if it has been damaged.
Um...I have some coffee that might be of interest to you. I brewed it yesterday, but after three hours, I realized I had left the pot “ON.”
I can use the DarkFAX to send it, if you think it may be useful...
Ta...see you tomorrow (she says, ducking.)
MY kinda guy!
It’s saying “Vote for me” from the kitchen, isn’t it.
We have a Kerig in my office. Those store bought K cups are too expensive so I bring in a bag of whatever is halfway decent and on sale.
Found that filling the screen basket of the Kcup 3/4 full instead of all the way makes for a better brew.
A blond man is in jail. Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet.
“Just WHAT are you doing?” he asks.
“Hanging myself,” the blond replies.
“It should be around your neck” says the guard.
“I tried that,” he replies, “but then I couldn’t breathe.”
Prior to Webster's Third the Unabridged had been expanded with each new edition, with minimal deletion. To make room for 100,000 new words, Gove now made sweeping deletions, dropping 250,000 entries. He eliminated the "nonlexical matter" that more properly belongs to an encyclopedia, including all names of people and places (which had filled two appendices). There were no more mythological, biblical, and fictional names, nor the names of buildings, historical events, or art works. Thirty picture plates were dropped. The rationale was that, while useful, these are not strictly about language.
[Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Deletions ]
Here's to The Original:
http://www.1828-dictionary.com/
Not to worry. My place in the dictionary is secure, even if it isn’t dignified.
Thank you for my first lol of the day. (Can you tell what sort of day I've had?)
Mr. Quackers, our local duck, is not evil. He has been so lonely since something around here decimated his tribe/sibs/herd/flock/whatever. We’ve ridden the farm vehicle (4 wheeler) all over the place to scare away the foxes/other predators.
Thank you, CO, for keeping us posted. I’ve been tied up all day, but have been thinking of you and praying for you, as well as praying for the other UTers.
We had a hummingbird we named Gregory as in Gregory the Grouch. He’d point in the direction the dogs barked and squawk. He was so beautiful!
Eek! Isn’t it too soon for the coughee?
Praying for you.....
I wish I had that on a t-shirt.
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