Thursday, July 28, 2005
People all over the world are doing stupid things every day. They lop off their appendages to show love. They try to get other people in trouble and have their plans backfire in astronomical proportions. They file frivolous lawsuits. They exemplify the lowest common denominator day in and day out, and beg to be stripped from the gene pool.
You may have noticed that I often write about such individuals, as I am shocked, amazed, bemused, and amused by them and their actions. I recently received a comment from someone who was upset that I mentioned a relative's unfortunate demise back in a March writing. In a nutshell: guy wanted to get neighbor in trouble, called 911 claiming his neighbor stabbed him, then to add realism, stabbed himself. As a result, this individual died.
To that person: I'm sorry for your loss, truly I am. I am not, however, sorry for pointing out that your relative died at his own hand doing an immensely stupid act for a purpose no more noble than to get his innocent neighbor in trouble.
There are too many lunatics running the asylum, and too many people afraid of backlash from the politically correct to simply point out when someone is just plain stupid. It is sad, but it is true that this person lost his life due to fatal stupidity.
I apologize if my bluntness offended you, however stupidity offends me. The unnecessary loss of a person's life due to personal stupidity offends me. The mere fact that someone could have been old enough to be living out on his own and surviving in society and yet STILL have such a ludicrous idea - with the simple goal of getting some other guy in trouble when the desired victim was not even in the vicinity - offends me as well.
There's a belief in some circles that one should learn from others' deaths.
What could people learn from this death? Not to stab ones' self in an attempt to get a neighbor in trouble? Is that really a lesson that anyone needed to explicitly learn?
Today in History: July 28 1957 A C-124 transport plane carrying three nuclear weapons jettisons its precious cargo into the Atlantic, somewhere east of Delaware and New Jersey. The bombs are never recovered. Dailyrotten. Neat!
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Link of the Day: Stressed at work? Overworked and underpaid? Kind of miffed at the boss? Vent your frustrations http://www.alldumb.com/media/content/2005/07/12708.swf
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Charbel and Teresa Hamaty have 2 young children. Many months ago, when their youngest was still an infant, Charbel was kissing his baby's Buddha belly and Teresa took a picture. One of those loving the precious gift we've been given kind of pictures.
The film was dropped at Eckerd's to be developed and that's when the Hamaty family was tossed into the twilight zone.
Some insanely stupid person saw the picture on the roll of film and decided that Charbel was sexually assaulting his son.
Charbel was charged as such, and spent 6 months in jail pending trial; Teresa was arrested for taking sexually explicit pictures, released on bond, but not allowed contact with the children. The baby was taken away/put in protective custody and the other child was sent to live with relatives.
The family has been reunited now and the charges dropped etc, because an expert looked at the pics and said it was just a Buddha belly shot, and no criminal or sexual intent was present.
Reunited.
Finally.
After being ripped apart for half a year because of criminally stupid people who simply don't have the common sense of a moth.
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John Kurceba was upset when he returned to his Jacksonville, FL, home to discover that his wife had euthanized his dog. Not surprisingly, he and his wife had a heated exchange, during which he dared her to "just get the sword, bitch" -- so she did. Priscilla Kurceba grabbed a decorative sword from above the fireplace, lunged at John, and slammed that sword through his right arm and into his right side.
She has appropriately been charged with aggravated domestic battery. Her defense? He told her to do it.
John and Priscilla are, not surprisingly, getting a divorce.
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Meanwhile in Thailand there was a slight modification to the regular penis loppage to show love...
Saithong Wantha's hubby, Udom Phorit, was messing around with another woman. He and the OW had fallen in love, and Udom announced to Saithong that he was leaving her forever but he would like nothing better than to have one last roll in the hay with her.
In a mad fit of keeping-my-man-itis, Saithong whopped off his wingding and tossed it behind the fence in the front yard. She then asked neighbors to take care of Udom and trotted herself on down to the police station. Neither the neighbors nor Boonsong Ansanghan (Saithong's sis) were able to find the organ for 2 hours, but ultimately they got it and Udom to the hospital, where surgery was performed.
Saithong's excuse for her actions: "I love him and I don't want him to leave."
I'm thinking that maybe he's still gonna go.
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Thief 'drinks' work of art
Wayne Hill is an artist.
Wayne filled a 2 litre plastic bottle with melted ice, and called it art.
Wayne got the water from a melting glacier in Antarctica, and values it at about $85,000.
Wayne named his bottle of water "Weapon of Mass Destruction", and said it highlighted global warming.
Wayne put the water on display at a literary festival, complete with a label and description in the program.
Someone didn't know it was art.
And drank it.
Wayne says, "It was very, very clear what it was - a work of art."
I'm thinkin' not.
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According to the Video Game Rating System:
Rating M MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language.
Florence Cohen bought her grandson the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", a game rated M-Mature.
Granny has started a class action suit against Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive Software, stating they have engaged in false, misleading, and deceptive practices. Apparently the violent, bloody, sexy video game has a single code that can be plugged in which then potentially would flip it up to an A-Adults only video due to strong sexual images.
So granny is upset and thinks the world should be as well.
My question to granny: why were you buying a 14 year old a game with an M rating anyway?
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