Surreal news articles

[Secret Weapon]

There's a video game character called Geese Howard - although maybe he gets away with it because he is apparently a collection of geese rather than a single one!

 

[DiogoJ42]

'My aunt's loft was insulated with thousands of cigarettes'​

Ballymena: Cigarette butts and filters used to insulate attic

The last thing you'd expect to find in an attic is cigarette butts and filters, but that's exactly what was uncovered in a County Antrim house.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The_bup]

From Lego to GTA: How Iran and US are using pop culture to fight the propaganda war

Like a disturbing ‘Lego Movie’ version of ‘Team America: World Police’, a clip posted by Iranian state media is just one example of information warfare between Tehran and Washington. Bryony Gooch reports

www.independent.co.uk

This isn't my preferred source for articles, I knew about them before and was looking for a way to post it here, but has anyone seen those AI-generated Lego propaganda videos Iran has been making?

It is exceedingly surreal to see Lego Trump with Lego Satan (both with gross human hands) commanding little Lego US Marines and Lego US soldiers to war, to then be obliterated by Lego Iran's superior Lego ballistic missiles. And then to imagine this is being distributed as genuine propaganda to just really whip up some fervor.

Hopefully this isn't too serious to be put on this usually light-hearted thread..?

 

[Secret Weapon]

I suppose Hollywood has been putting out anti-foreigner films for decades (or, at least, films where America triumphs and stands tall at the end), and so I can understand other countries wanting to do the same*

I remember hearing that part of the reason why Sony bought a major U.S. motion picture company was because they wanted to stop (or at least control) the anti-Japanese films that were being produced (I am assuming that Robocop 3 is one example)

*Godzilla itself was apparently a veiled reference to the nuclear weapons using against Japan in WW2; also - Japanese wrestling companies often used American wrestlers as villains

 

[DiogoJ42]

I'm not even sure if it's genuine. But it is from Florida.

"A Florida has been woman accused of entering the penguin enclosure to teach them to tap dance, using a live alligator as her partner. Jacksonville FL PD stated she was also dressed as a pineapple."

 

[DiogoJ42]

"So you say your bag was snatched in the pub? What was in it?"
"Errr... a Fabergé egg worth £2 million"
Suuuuuuuuuure mate.

Man jailed for stealing handbag that contained £2.2m Fabergé egg

An "opportunistic" thief is jailed for stealing a handbag from a pub that happened to contain a £2.2m Fabergé egg.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[rob666]

If you were going to nick a bag though, that would be the one.

 

[East Coast Mariner]

'A red kite took my mother-in-law's sausage rolls'​

Man says sausage roll in red kite photo was made by mother-in-law

A man believes he has the answer to where a red kite got hold of the savoury snack in Banbury.

www.bbc.co.uk

When out in the countryside, one must always protect one's sausage.

 

[BarryZola]

'A red kite took my mother-in-law's sausage rolls'​

Man says sausage roll in red kite photo was made by mother-in-law

A man believes he has the answer to where a red kite got hold of the savoury snack in Banbury.

www.bbc.co.uk

When out in the countryside, one must always protect one's sausage.

Birds always want a bit of sausage.

 

[DiogoJ42]

"SantaCon organiser charged with stealing $1m from charity pub crawl"​

SantaCon organiser charged with stealing $1m from charity pub crawl

Prosecutors say Stefan Pildes spent hundreds of thousands of $2.7m raised for charity on personal expenses.

www.bbc.co.uk

So you're telling me I could have got other people to buy my beer all these years? "For charity"?

 

[DiogoJ42]

Peacock terrorises 92-year-old farmer's chickens​

Peacock terrorises 92-year-old Suffolk farmer's chickens

The peacock initially got along with the chickens before running riot on the farm, the farmer says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Secret Weapon]

The entirety of America, interestingly, has its B&Ms at 1.37m, or 54”/4’6”. Merlin has its B&Ms at 1.4m, or 55”/4’7”.

At very least, Merlin could go with 1.37m instead of 1.4m, even if it is a less round number.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but there was a video on YouTube today which shows how the metric-to-imperial conversion actually varies by location across England:-


From: https://youtu.be/kH_bSvf7EVA

 

[DiogoJ42]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but there was a video on YouTube today which shows how the metric-to-imperial conversion actually varies by location across England:-


From: https://youtu.be/kH_bSvf7EVA

I have just finished watching that vid.
Then I checked this thread.

 

[Secret Weapon]

I have just finished watching that vid.
Then I checked this thread.

I did it the other way around, as I am yet to finish watching the video!

 

[DiogoJ42]

"The young walrus drawing crowds as he tours the Scottish coast".

Worth a look, just to see this critter scratching its butt against a bollard.

Young walrus touring Scotland is 'just exploring'

The young male - who has been named Magnus - was first seen in Orkney and has since been making a splash in the north-east of Scotland.

www.bbc.co.uk