Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Remember the old saw about how television was driving kids to commit crimes and horrible acts of violence because they were imitating what they were watching? Who would have guessed that it's true!

At least it is in the case of these Louisiana cousins.

24-year-old Stephen Arceneaux and a group of friends were gathered in front of the TV to watch WrestleMania, which was likely their first mistake. That's when Arceneaux's 14-year-old cousin, undoubtedly caught up in the heat of the action on the screen, decided he wanted to wrestle.

From behind, the 5-foot-6 juvenile put Arceneaux in a choke hold designed to force opponents to quit matches or lose consciousness. Witnesses reported that Arceneaux played along, saying he would not give up or tap out.

And he didn't. A witness noticed he soon turned blue and stopped breathing entirely.

His girlfriend tried CPR, but by the time an ambulance got him to a hospital he was dead. No arrests have been made. And once again the Undertaker goes undefeated.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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April 15 is Rubber Eraser Day
April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day
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WALTHAM, Mass. - The U.S. Army has tested a reconnaissance robot that can jump 30 feet into the air, high enough to vault into a second story window, its maker says. Developed by Massachusetts firm Boston Dynamics, with U.S. Army funding, the tiny robot -- looking something like a radio-controlled model car minus its body -- can stop, stand up and launch itself with a CO2-powered piston, The Christian Science Monitor reported. Dubbed the Sand Flea, the robot can jump 25 times on a single charging with CO2, its developers said. The Sand Flea is an updated version of the Precision Urban Hopper, which was developed by Sandia National Laboratories. Unlike it predecessor, the Sand Flea has a gyroscopic stabilization system to keep it oriented as it jumps, making for steadier video in mid-flight. After evaluation by the Army Test and Evaluation Command, the Army could ship nine of the robots to Afghanistan to join about 2,000 others already being used by U.S. forces, CNET reported.

*-- Only good driver 'on the planet' ruins car --*
NEW YORK - A car that hit a guardrail on a New York road was photographed with a bumper sticker proclaiming the motorist is the only good driver "on the planet." The car, which was smashed on its front end and flipped over after colliding with the guardrail in a northbound lane of the FDR Drive at 9 a.m. Sunday, was photographed bearing a bumper sticker reading, "Why am I the only one on the planet who knows how to drive?" the New York Post reported Monday. Police said the male driver, who was alone in the car, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Hi Lewis, I hope you will allow me to write on what I fear may be a cause for the rapid rise of autism in children. Aspartame!! Pregnant women drinking diet soda!! When I
was pregnant with my daughters in the 1960s, I had no need to drink diet drinks, nor were there many available. My daughters have all had children, so I have nine grand-children, none of whom like diet drinks, none of whom are autistic. Diet drinks are quite popular now and have been for about the same amount of time as the notice of the rise in autism. Food for thought, don't you think? -Susanne
[I have also read that vaccinations can contribute to autism too. Of course, I am must more likely to believe the Aspartame story than the vaccination story. Whether or not vaccinations contribute to autism, they have saved uncounted millions of lives. Aspartame, on the other hand, is a designer chemical that contains methanol which the human body breaks down into formaldehyde, among other things.]

Strange story but tell me about any man that would deny that they would rather pee outside on the grass, against a tree, building or whatever's handy and I would call him a liar. That's marking their territory.
[That's more about convenience than anything else. If my wife would let me I'd wear a catheter and not get up from the couch all weekend.]

Paul Sorvino once starred in a movie about a man who reported being raped by a beautiful woman. -Bob
[Are you sure that wasn't a porn?]

I'm well aware that some places in Chicago do sell chili dogs BUT I'm a purest and the true Chicago style hot dog is never to be buried in chili.
[Next you'll be saying you don't like cheese dogs! There is purism and there is fanaticism. Let's not get carried away.]

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