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I haven't seen this story posted, a man was driving his car with his bull riding shotgun, whose name is 'Howdy Doody':

Nebraska Police Issue Citation To Driver With Bull Riding Shotgun​


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Some police officers in Nebraska recently had the weirdest traffic stop ever ― and that’s no bull.
Sorry, actually, there was a bull ― and it was riding shotgun in a car along Route 275 near Norfolk Wednesday morning, News Channel Nebraska reported.

“They thought that it was going to be a calf, something small or something that would actually fit inside the vehicle,” Captain Chad Reiman told News Channel Nebraska.
Instead, they saw “Howdy Doody,” a full-size Watusi bull owned by Lee Meyer of Neligh.

Reiman said the officers carried out a traffic stop and “addressed some traffic violations that were occurring with that particular situation.”
Meyer was only given a warning — not a moooving violation — and asked to take Howdy Doody back home and out of the city.
Howdy Doody is a celebrity in his home town, often appearing at parades. But the bull’s fame apparently hadn’t reached Norfolk at the time of his joyride, according to Meyer’s wife, Rhonda Meyer.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nebraska-man-watusi-bull-in-car_n_64f0cf6ae4b03bdff3ae06f7
 
I haven't seen this story posted, a man was driving his car with his bull riding shotgun, whose name is 'Howdy Doody':

Nebraska Police Issue Citation To Driver With Bull Riding Shotgun​


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Some police officers in Nebraska recently had the weirdest traffic stop ever ― and that’s no bull.
Sorry, actually, there was a bull ― and it was riding shotgun in a car along Route 275 near Norfolk Wednesday morning, News Channel Nebraska reported.

“They thought that it was going to be a calf, something small or something that would actually fit inside the vehicle,” Captain Chad Reiman told News Channel Nebraska.
Instead, they saw “Howdy Doody,” a full-size Watusi bull owned by Lee Meyer of Neligh.

Reiman said the officers carried out a traffic stop and “addressed some traffic violations that were occurring with that particular situation.”
Meyer was only given a warning — not a moooving violation — and asked to take Howdy Doody back home and out of the city.
Howdy Doody is a celebrity in his home town, often appearing at parades. But the bull’s fame apparently hadn’t reached Norfolk at the time of his joyride, according to Meyer’s wife, Rhonda Meyer.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nebraska-man-watusi-bull-in-car_n_64f0cf6ae4b03bdff3ae06f7
It was posted this past Friday in post 4396. :)
 
Coffee grinds and perfume. Yep, that'll sort it.
The worst I can recall was just before take-off on a flight back from Prague, when a piss-head one row in front and the other side of the aisle from us, threw up on his fold-down tray. The stewards cleaned up the mess and hastily moved his neighbours to other seats. After an apology and assurance that he wouldn't be sick again, the guy thankfully slept for the rest of the flight. No amount of perfume spray (I don't recall them using coffee grounds) could entirely mask the hint of bile in the air though.
 
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BBC news story
Local to me.

Person looks through the window of a building where there are regular yoga classes, sees people lying on the floor, jumps to the obvious conclusion and reports "a mass killing". Police attend in huge numbers with blue lights and sirens and disturb the yoga class. No one feels relaxed.
 
'Ritual Mass Murder' Report was Yoga Class.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66742339
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A yoga class was mistaken for a "ritual mass murder" scene after members of the public saw several people lying on the floor and reported it to police.
Five police cars descended on the North Sea Observatory in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, on Wednesday night.
Yoga teacher Millie Laws said she thought reports of her being a "mass murderer" were a "joke at first".
Lincolnshire Police confirmed everyone was safe and well, and the call was made with "good intentions"
 
First human knee meniscus successfully 3D printed on International Space Station

A key tissue used to fix a common injury found among athletes and U.S. military members was successfully 3D printed by astronauts on the ISS.

In July, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Woody Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and UAE astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi used the 3D BioFabrication Facility on the space station laboratory to print a human knee meniscus.

https://news.yahoo.com/first-human-knee-meniscus-successfully-113139649.html

maximus otter
 
Cheshire dad finds testicle had 'changed shape completely' on family day out

A dad-of-two from Ellesmere Port was enjoying a family day out at New Brighton when he went for a 'life-changing wee'. Mark Pritchard, 34, had taken his family to the Summer Festival when he popped into a supermarket to use the toilet.

But the professional dog trainer found that one of his testicles had completely changed shape. "It’s scary stuff. Really scary stuff," he said.

"It was really oddly shaped. Instead of being round it was flat on one side and there was quite a pronounced lump on the tip."

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/new.../cheshire-dad-finds-testicle-changed-27673204

I think we have a contender for “Overshare of the Year.”

(Also, how ****ing dull must Cheshire be for a deformed dangler to make the newspaper?)

maximus otter
 
Cheshire dad finds testicle had 'changed shape completely' on family day out

A dad-of-two from Ellesmere Port was enjoying a family day out at New Brighton when he went for a 'life-changing wee'. Mark Pritchard, 34, had taken his family to the Summer Festival when he popped into a supermarket to use the toilet.

But the professional dog trainer found that one of his testicles had completely changed shape. "It’s scary stuff. Really scary stuff," he said.

"It was really oddly shaped. Instead of being round it was flat on one side and there was quite a pronounced lump on the tip."

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/new.../cheshire-dad-finds-testicle-changed-27673204

I think we have a contender for “Overshare of the Year.”

(Also, how ****ing dull must Cheshire be for a deformed dangler to make the newspaper?)

maximus otter
"My testicle got caught on my belt, and I thought, ‘That feels weird.’ I had a little feel of it, and it didn’t feel like mine."
:rofl:
 
Cheshire dad finds testicle had 'changed shape completely' on family day out

A dad-of-two from Ellesmere Port was enjoying a family day out at New Brighton when he went for a 'life-changing wee'. Mark Pritchard, 34, had taken his family to the Summer Festival when he popped into a supermarket to use the toilet.

But the professional dog trainer found that one of his testicles had completely changed shape. "It’s scary stuff. Really scary stuff," he said.

"It was really oddly shaped. Instead of being round it was flat on one side and there was quite a pronounced lump on the tip."

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/new.../cheshire-dad-finds-testicle-changed-27673204

I think we have a contender for “Overshare of the Year.”

(Also, how ****ing dull must Cheshire be for a deformed dangler to make the newspaper?)

maximus otter

I think it was meant as part of an effort to prompt men to examine their 'danglers' and be aware of the symptoms of testicular cancer. It's a nasty disease.
 

Mysterious ‘skin-like’ golden orb found on ocean floor off Alaska coast​


https://www.theguardian.com/environ...den-orb-found-on-ocean-floor-off-alaska-coast
Researchers managed to bring the mysterious object to the surface - but still don't know what it is!
All that can be determined is that the orb is biological in origin and the presence of a hole suggests that something had exited it...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...cientists-found-on-the-ocean-floor-180982872/
 
Researchers managed to bring the mysterious object to the surface - but still don't know what it is!
All that can be determined is that the orb is biological in origin and the presence of a hole suggests that something had exited it...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...cientists-found-on-the-ocean-floor-180982872/
This was discussed on BBC radio a bit earlier.
The scientist who discovered the orb described how it was found in an unusual volcanic mound, two miles down and his first reaction when spotting the object was "huh?" When pushed, his best guess was an egg-pouch from an unidentified creature, or possibly some sort of sponge or coral.
Don't you just love it when learned scientists resort to "huh"?
 

Dozens of crocodiles in China escape during floods​

Dozens of crocodiles have escaped from a breeding farm in southern China during flooding caused by Typhoon Haikui, Chinese authorities said.

Around 75 crocodiles made a break for it when a lake in Maoming, Guangdong province overflowed.
While some were recaptured, local authorities shot or electrocuted others "for safety reasons".

Chinese state media report that eight reptiles have been rounded-up so far, leaving dozens at large.
Villagers close by have been told to stay at home.

Typhoon Haikui has been tearing across south Asia for more than a week, affecting China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Seven people have been killed and three others are missing in southern China following the typhoon - now downgraded to a tropical storm - which has caused landslides and flooding.

Via BBC News
 

Canadian police find drugs, firearms, and the dread blade of the Lich King in raid​


https://www.pcgamer.com/canadian-po...ich-they-underwhelmingly-describe-as-a-sword/
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The replica (I hope) is of Frostmourne, the mourneblade of the Lich King of Warcraft fame. Aside from apparently being a popular means of home defence in Canada, Frostmourne has the power to shatter or entrap the souls of its victims, and can raise the dead.
 
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