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Fortean Headlines

Frideswide said:
Make It So!!!!!! :oldm:
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Yithian said:
It's tragic, really.

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It is so sad and tragic that he blew his brains out with a gun at a young age.

This GPS thing Helen Mirren said is the sort of thing someone comes up with when they are asked to talk about something they have no knowledge of or thoughts about.....as if their manager/agent told them to come up with something to keep them in the public eye/remind people they are still available for their next acting job or something....

Surely the work hasn't dried up that badly for her?
 

Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare’s entire works, study finds​

One for the ignobel awards possibly? ..

'While it found there would be a 5% chance that a single chimpanzee would successfully type the word “bananas” in its own lifetime, the likelihood of it writing a random sentence such as “I chimp, therefore I am” was one in 10 million billion billion.'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...1&cvid=e256d28a4b034305aaf53912ab2820cf&ei=35
 
Swifty said:

Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare’s entire works, study finds​

One for the ignobel awards possibly? ..

'While it found there would be a 5% chance that a single chimpanzee would successfully type the word “bananas” in its own lifetime, the likelihood of it writing a random sentence such as “I chimp, therefore I am” was one in 10 million billion billion.'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...1&cvid=e256d28a4b034305aaf53912ab2820cf&ei=35
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And we are the intelligent species? Doing actual research to determine this?:actw:
 
brownmane said:
And we are the intelligent species? Doing actual research to determine this?:actw:
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Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare anyway. That was Francis Bacon. I wonder if an infinite amount of monkeys with an infinite amount of time could churn out some Francis Bacon?. That's what these so called 'experts' should be looking into brownmane. Even Fortean Times writers can manage the occasional belter.
 
I am cross because there was a cracker of a headline in the Yorkshire post the other night as I was sorting out the papers for return. Something to do with owls. I wanted to get a picture of it so I knew the exact wording, so I could post it for the elucidation of you all, but we're not allowed our phones on the shop floor and I didn't have time afterwards. I tried Googling it but the Yorkshire Post site is so full of pop ups and sign ins and adverts that it's pointless. The headline in question will remain a mystery.
 
catseye said:
I am cross because there was a cracker of a headline in the Yorkshire post the other night as I was sorting out the papers for return. Something to do with owls. I wanted to get a picture of it so I knew the exact wording, so I could post it for the elucidation of you all, but we're not allowed our phones on the shop floor and I didn't have time afterwards. I tried Googling it but the Yorkshire Post site is so full of pop ups and sign ins and adverts that it's pointless. The headline in question will remain a mystery.
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Any more clues?
 
Floyd said:
Any more clues?
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Probably something to do with Sheffield Wednesday (who are apparently known as The Owls, but I had to Google that), and something that they were about to do, which ran along the lines of 'Owls about to burst into major league'. Or something. I only read it quickly.
 

How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life​

Breakthroughs sometimes turn up in unexpected places. The researchers working on the international push to bring back the thylacine say they found theirs in a bucket in the back of a cupboard at a Melbourne museum.

From msn.com here

I hadn't heard about this project (although I have to admit that I don't exactly keep my finger on the pulse of this sort of story).
 
Man Claiming To Be 'Jesus Christ' Kills Priest And Injures Seven Monks In Spanish Monastery

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/man-claim...injures-seven-monks-spanish-monastery-1728412

"A priest was tragically killed, and seven monks were injured in a brutal attack at the Santo Espiritu del Monte Monastery near Valencia, Spain. The assailant, who reportedly declared, "I am Jesus Christ," as he charged into the monastery, targeted the monks one by one in their rooms. Authorities continue to search for the suspect, who fled into the surrounding mountainous area following the attack."
 
cycleboy2 said:
And on a similar note to Max's post...?

Police called after Le Creuset warehouse sale brings four-hour queues​

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ed-le-creuset-warehouse-sale-four-hour-queues

I like a bit of Creuset cookware myself but, hell, a queue so long that the police have to be called - give me strength! I'm not sure we deserve to survive as a species!
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And the bloody things are so heavy that nobody is going to be buying more than one or two items apiece. Does NOBODY shop online?
 
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