Category Archives: Weird

What A Way To Go

I guess that this is a case of the fan hitting the sh1t.

Gilroy police Sgt. Kurt Svardal said authorities have no idea where the plane was from or where it was going. The aircraft came pretty much straight down into a holding tank filled with raw sewage at a sewage treatment facility. It was too dangerous for even a dive team to go into the water and check for bodies or the tail number of the plane, which would indicate who owned it and where it was from.

The tank is about 20 feet deep and will have to be drained before police can determine if anyone is inside.

Don’t sign me up for that accident investigation. Reportedly, a very large number of last words from pilots on voice recorders is “Sh!t!” There’s no voice recorder on this plane, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the pilot used that word, in this case literally.

Hug A Muslim

…for Rudolf:

A Jersey Evening Post journalist is making a late bid to reach the top of the charts this Christmas by dressing as a reindeer and urging the nation to “hug a Muslim”.

In the video, Lewis, who has no previous musical experience, sings: “Turn to the person next to you now and give them a hug. Muslim, Hindu, Christian or Jew

Wacky Headline Contest

Let’s have a vote. Which is more surreal:

Wisconsin Man Runs Over, Eats Seven-Legged Transgendered Deer,” or “World’s Tallest Man Saves Plastic Eating Dolphins“?

Boy, the copy editors must have had a blast with those.

That last one is kind of ambiguous. I think that “plastic eating” should be hyphenated. As written, one could interpret it as the man was saving plastic while it was eating dolphins, or that he was saving plastic while he was eating dolphins. Neither of which is the actual story.

I used to have an hilarious book of journalism bloopers, including miswritten headlines. The book’s title was “Milk Drinkers Turn To Powder.” It included the classic from the Jimmy Carter era, on one of his speeches: “More Mush From The Wimp.”

Necrobestiality?

Is having amorous relations with a deceased ungulate a crime? Should it be?

The lawyer of a man accused of carnal activity with a dead deer says no, at least to the first question (registration may be required).

Hathaway called it a dead deer, Boughner said, not a carcass.