A fisherman who lost a two-pound chunk of his leg to a shark says the ordeal is only his latest encounter with the natural world - after being hit by lightning, bitten by a rattlesnake and punched by monkeys.
Showing posts with label catastrophe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label catastrophe. Show all posts
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Headline of the Day
"Many Honduras fire inmates not convicted."
Ya know, I don't think that even the convicted ones merited burning, but maybe that's just me.
Ya know, I don't think that even the convicted ones merited burning, but maybe that's just me.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
You Keep Saying That Word...
...I do not think it means what you think it means.
Harbour master Gregorio De Falco - the man who told the cowardly Costa Concordia captain to 'Get Back on Board for xxxx's sake' - today woke up to find himself a national hero.
Headlines in Italian newspapers roared 'De Falco Idol' and 'Thank you Captain' as De Falco tried to play down the infamous four minute recording berating Francesco Schettino.
T-shirts with the phrase in Italian 'Vada a Bordo, Cazzo' (Get on board, damn it) were being snapped up for £12 after an enterprising online clothing store advertised them on the web.
Cazzo is not Italian for "damn it." It's the Italian word for a man's sexual organ, so a more literal translation would be, "Get back on board, you prick."
I guess the spirit of Thomas Bowdler is alive and well at The Daily Mail.
Here's a screen grab of the story, in case the newspaper changes it:
Harbour master Gregorio De Falco - the man who told the cowardly Costa Concordia captain to 'Get Back on Board for xxxx's sake' - today woke up to find himself a national hero.
Headlines in Italian newspapers roared 'De Falco Idol' and 'Thank you Captain' as De Falco tried to play down the infamous four minute recording berating Francesco Schettino.
T-shirts with the phrase in Italian 'Vada a Bordo, Cazzo' (Get on board, damn it) were being snapped up for £12 after an enterprising online clothing store advertised them on the web.
Cazzo is not Italian for "damn it." It's the Italian word for a man's sexual organ, so a more literal translation would be, "Get back on board, you prick."
I guess the spirit of Thomas Bowdler is alive and well at The Daily Mail.
Here's a screen grab of the story, in case the newspaper changes it:
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Today's That's Gotta Hurt Post
Canadian hockey rioter takes a flash-bang grenade to the 'nads.
Pic:
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? Wait, Nevermind.
There's supposed to be video, but as so often happens, "content unavailable."
h/t The Natural Truth.
Pic:
There's supposed to be video, but as so often happens, "content unavailable."
h/t The Natural Truth.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Army Corps of Engineers: Let's Drown All the Coonasses
Looks like that to save New Orleans from flooding again, the Army Corps of Engineers is planning to open spillways that will flood Cajun country instead.
Can we take a vote? If I had to choose between the Cajuns and the Nig...er, um, citizens of New Orleans, I'd much rather have the Cajuns.
Can we take a vote? If I had to choose between the Cajuns and the Nig...er, um, citizens of New Orleans, I'd much rather have the Cajuns.
Monday, April 25, 2011
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Monday, September 07, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
In Personal News...
...on Monday evening I was awakened by my sister just after she arrived home, there was water spouting from the washing machine hose: it had burst. Part of my bedroom, the hallway, the bathroom and part of my sister's room were swimming in water which had been running for nearly two hours.
So, at this moment on Thursday morning a crew is ripping up carpet, padding and vinyl flooring in preparation for drying machines to be placed. Once the underlying wood flooring is dry, new carpet and vinyl flooring will have to be installed. The crew foreman says he'll have everything set up in four hours or so.
Luckily we rent, rather than own, so the expense isn't ours, other than possibly replacing the clothes dryer, which possibly got fried by the water. A new hose might repair the washing machine, we'll have to see.
Not a good week. The carpet being ripped up is less than five years old and was in teriffic shape.
So, at this moment on Thursday morning a crew is ripping up carpet, padding and vinyl flooring in preparation for drying machines to be placed. Once the underlying wood flooring is dry, new carpet and vinyl flooring will have to be installed. The crew foreman says he'll have everything set up in four hours or so.
Luckily we rent, rather than own, so the expense isn't ours, other than possibly replacing the clothes dryer, which possibly got fried by the water. A new hose might repair the washing machine, we'll have to see.
Not a good week. The carpet being ripped up is less than five years old and was in teriffic shape.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Oops!
The top 20 ways in which people in UK injure themselves:
1. Sleeping in the same position
2. Missing a step on a staircase
3. Falling off playground equipment
4. Falling out of bed
5. Slipping when stepping out of the shower
6. Walking into a lamp-post
7. Sneezing
8. Dropping a jar of food on toes
9. Working on the computer
10. Falling off a chair
11. Falling over a dog
12. Tripping over toys
13. Lifting a child
14. Walking into a glass door
15. Lifting a suitcase when going on holiday
16. Choking on a cup of tea
17. Sitting down when someone has removed the chair
18. Falling out of a tree
19. Brushing teeth
20. Falling into a pothole
Looks like you could narrow that down a bit by changing a couple of those categories to simply falling and lifting.
All of those taken together, of course, could make up an ideal episode of Mr. Bean.
1. Sleeping in the same position
2. Missing a step on a staircase
3. Falling off playground equipment
4. Falling out of bed
5. Slipping when stepping out of the shower
6. Walking into a lamp-post
7. Sneezing
8. Dropping a jar of food on toes
9. Working on the computer
10. Falling off a chair
11. Falling over a dog
12. Tripping over toys
13. Lifting a child
14. Walking into a glass door
15. Lifting a suitcase when going on holiday
16. Choking on a cup of tea
17. Sitting down when someone has removed the chair
18. Falling out of a tree
19. Brushing teeth
20. Falling into a pothole
Looks like you could narrow that down a bit by changing a couple of those categories to simply falling and lifting.
All of those taken together, of course, could make up an ideal episode of Mr. Bean.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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