Fosgate Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 What's the craziest news story you can find in your country. My vote for the United States, right here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbbones Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 here is a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInSmoak Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Haha. Omg. I still can't wrap my head around "covered in jello"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Watch Susan Boyle perform sexy Marilyn Monroe version of Happy Birthday to superfan http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-susan-boyle-perform-sexy-3187664#ixzz2uYinyG6q http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-susan-boyle-perform-sexy-3187664 Grim....just grim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yep, that one wins the Internets today! Poor cow. Not much going on here, since Rob Ford has been trying to keep low key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madandana Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well.....I'm watching the news in MN and the temp is below zero( like it's been all winter long) it's almost March 1st and the weatherman says "cold air is coming".......? OMG I don't know how much longer I can take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Great idea for a thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplepie Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 . Not much going on here, since Rob Ford has been trying to keep low key. The exact opposite actually. Within the past 2 weeks he: Hit his bollocks running into a fire hydrant. Condemned both his competitors in the municipal elections. Said the Toronto police chief was against him and being a very very mean man! Went to a mayor's conference in Ottawa after (for years) calling it a "lefty caucus". Then was condemned by other mayor's there. [lefty caucus.. hehehehe] And my personal favourite: When asked why he gave pay raises and bonuses to his staff and friends (when promising to cut spending), he responded with: "did I give my personal staff pay raises and bonuses? Of course I did!" and just left it there with no further insight. In fact, he made front page news today in most Toronto papers. Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 using Tapatalk for Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplepie Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 In fact, he made front page news today in most Toronto papers. He got 2 articles in the paper today actuall! All on the cover: Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 using Tapatalk for Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The exact opposite actually. Within the past 2 weeks he: Hit his bollocks running into a fire hydrant. Condemned both his competitors in the municipal elections. Said the Toronto police chief was against him and being a very very mean man! Went to a mayor's conference in Ottawa after (for years) calling it a "lefty caucus". Then was condemned by other mayor's there. [lefty caucus.. hehehehe] And my personal favourite: When asked why he gave pay raises and bonuses to his staff and friends (when promising to cut spending), he responded with: "did I give my personal staff pay raises and bonuses? Of course I did!" and just left it there with no further insight. In fact, he made front page news today in most Toronto papers. Sent from my BlackBerry Q10 using Tapatalk for Android. Ahhh we have one of these too, we call them Boris Johnson. Ours is a favourite for the next, if not future, prime minister though :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplepie Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ahhh we have one of these too, we call them Boris Johnson. Ours is a favourite for the next, if not future, prime minister though :S aye, i know Johnson... his little escapades with Cameron are hard to keep off the radar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 aye, i know Johnson... his little escapades with Cameron are hard to keep off the radar! Last I heard he got stuck zip lining down a building, gave up so delivered his speech dangling mid air lol. His international gaffs are hilarious though, most on youtube, jokes/speeches by him always make him laugh and the hosts/guests not quite sure just how offended they should be He's like a walking British stereotype, madder than a box of frogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 President Obama-------------------------- (fill in the blank) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simps Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 This one has been around for a few years but it cracks me up every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcjs0101 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Family Bliss Ends Up in Costly Smoke A man in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is burning away his money and his family’s happiness due to his addiction to imported Cuban cigars, Harian Metro reported. “I have been suffering for three years. We had to pawn all our jewellery to meet his taste for the expensive imported cigars. on which he spends RM700 to RM2,000(200USD-625USD) a box,” said the man’s aggrieved wife, who wants to only be known as Sara, 30. “Normally, it takes a long time to finish a cigar. In my husband’s case, he smokes like a chimney.” She said he started on his unusual habit from socialising with certain office friends and she initially thought it was just a passing fad. Things got worse about a year ago when he started sourcing for the cigars via the Internet and no longer giving her money for their household needs, she said. Sara added that she now has to sell food and take catering orders to make ends meet for the family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondog Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Here's a little diddy Man who beheaded Greyhound passenger granted unsupervised outings http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/man-who-beheaded-greyhound-passenger-granted-unsupervised-outings-1.2554175 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rckymtn22 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 A head scratcher out of Quebec Quebec shop owner ordered to use French on Facebook Eva Cooper, owner of Delilah's, is photographed outside her Glebe location in Ottawa on Thursday February 27, 2014. The Quebec government is asking her to shut down her mostly english Facebook page as she also has a store location in Chelsea, QC. Darren Brown/Ottawa Sun Denis Armstrong, QMI Agency Feb 27, 2014 , Last Updated: 8:26 PM ET OTTAWA ─ Eva Cooper says she has enough Canadians in her corner to fight Quebec's language laws. Cooper, who owns Delilah's (in the Parc), a women's boutique in Chelsea, 10 km north of Ottawa in Quebec, received a letter from the OQLF ─ office Quebecois de la langue francaise. ─ on Feb. 18 indicating they had received a complaint that Delilah's Facebook page was in English. The letter, which was written in French, said the 45-year-old shopkeeper was violating section 52 of Quebec's language charter, which makes French the official language of the province. The letter asked Cooper to indicate what corrective measures she would take, and gave her a deadline of March 10 to respond. If she doesn't reply by then, she risks legal action and a fine. Cooper's response was to ask the language watchdog to resend the letter to her, this time in English. Quebec's language charter states it's okay to post personal messages on social media in English. However, if the message is has a commercial intent, it must be available in French as well as English. Cooper, who is fully bilingual, uses Delilahs (in the Parc) Facebook page to market the fashions she sells in the store. She employs 12 bilingual employees and all signage is displayed in both French and English. She operates a second Delilah's store in the Glebe. Cooper's defence is she has a right to express herself in whatever language she wants to on social media. That, she argues, is the very nature of social media. "I didn't know there was an official language to Facebook," Cooper said. "Whatever happened to freedom of speech on social media? I thought social media was about freedom of speech and expression." In lawyer Michael Geist's opinion, Cooper's caught in a murky legal issue. "Quebec's courts have been applying language laws for 10 years and they've determined that websites are commercial publications," said Geist. "Under Quebec law, commercial websites have to use French, but the law isn't black-and-white when it comes to social media sites like Facebook because it's a personal site that functions like a commercial publication." Cooper suspects she has been caught in the crossfire of pre-election Sovereigntist politics. "Are we going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars monitoring social media?" she asked. "We have more important issues to worry about like getting potable water in Chelsea." Cooper’s story has attracted a lot of attention on social and mainstream media. In the 24 hours since news broke, Delilah's (in the Parc) Facebook page has picked up more than 2,000 likes while Cooper has received hundreds of personal e-mails of support from both English and French readers. "I've had so much support from the rest of Canada, I'm going to go the distance and challenge their case," said Cooper. "This is an important issue. It's opened a dialogue on freedom of expression." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Great thread!! Hmmm...Schapelle Corby, convicted drug smuggler in Bali (Aussie tourist at the time) was busted and sent to their prison, served 10 years in (Lucky she didn't get the death penalty), released on probation and sold her story to a show called 'Sunday night" for a few million. Typical about this country to be a criminal and make money from the proceeds of crime. Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 A head scratcher out of Quebec Quebec shop owner ordered to use French on Facebook Eva Cooper, owner of Delilah's, is photographed outside her Glebe location in Ottawa on Thursday February 27, 2014. The Quebec government is asking her to shut down her mostly english Facebook page as she also has a store location in Chelsea, QC. Darren Brown/Ottawa Sun Denis Armstrong, QMI Agency Feb 27, 2014 , Last Updated: 8:26 PM ET OTTAWA ─ Eva Cooper says she has enough Canadians in her corner to fight Quebec's language laws. Cooper, who owns Delilah's (in the Parc), a women's boutique in Chelsea, 10 km north of Ottawa in Quebec, received a letter from the OQLF ─ office Quebecois de la langue francaise. ─ on Feb. 18 indicating they had received a complaint that Delilah's Facebook page was in English. The letter, which was written in French, said the 45-year-old shopkeeper was violating section 52 of Quebec's language charter, which makes French the official language of the province. The letter asked Cooper to indicate what corrective measures she would take, and gave her a deadline of March 10 to respond. If she doesn't reply by then, she risks legal action and a fine. Cooper's response was to ask the language watchdog to resend the letter to her, this time in English. Quebec's language charter states it's okay to post personal messages on social media in English. However, if the message is has a commercial intent, it must be available in French as well as English. Cooper, who is fully bilingual, uses Delilahs (in the Parc) Facebook page to market the fashions she sells in the store. She employs 12 bilingual employees and all signage is displayed in both French and English. She operates a second Delilah's store in the Glebe. Cooper's defence is she has a right to express herself in whatever language she wants to on social media. That, she argues, is the very nature of social media. "I didn't know there was an official language to Facebook," Cooper said. "Whatever happened to freedom of speech on social media? I thought social media was about freedom of speech and exp<b></b>ression." In lawyer Michael Geist's opinion, Cooper's caught in a murky legal issue. "Quebec's courts have been applying language laws for 10 years and they've determined that websites are commercial publications," said Geist. "Under Quebec law, commercial websites have to use French, but the law isn't black-and-white when it comes to social media sites like Facebook because it's a personal site that functions like a commercial publication." Cooper suspects she has been caught in the crossfire of pre-election Sovereigntist politics. "Are we going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars monitoring social media?" she asked. "We have more important issues to worry about like getting potable water in Chelsea." Cooper’s story has attracted a lot of attention on social and mainstream media. In the 24 hours since news broke, Delilah's (in the Parc) Facebook page has picked up more than 2,000 likes while Cooper has received hundreds of personal e-mails of support from both English and French readers. "I've had so much support from the rest of Canada, I'm going to go the distance and challenge their case," said Cooper. "This is an important issue. It's opened a dialogue on freedom of exp<b></b>ression." I've always wondered what the French view on Quebec is. Smallclub / guy? Just a place that uses French or an unofficial part of France etc? Do Quebec residents consider themselves Canadian, Quebeccian (?) or French? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robo Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Not sure how the French think but the Quebecois definitely do not identify themselves as being French. I think for the other 2 they are divided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 So what was the jello for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drguano Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/up-in-smoke-long-ash-contest-at-cuba-cigar-fest "The Sir Winston is a chubby cigar with a rich brown color and a hint of toasted gold." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/up-in-smoke-long-ash-contest-at-cuba-cigar-fest "The Sir Winston is a chubby cigar with a rich brown color and a hint of toasted gold." The long ash competition sounds very fun, I've seen pipe smokers do similar trying to smoke the longest with just 3 matches, but with sir winnies, great fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philski Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 "The Sir Winston is a chubby cigar with a rich brown color and a hint of toasted gold." Mmmm, toasted gooold.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewNR Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Long Ash comp next Havanathon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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