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Scriveyn · 08-13-2009, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

... A police spokeswoman says a man walking through the Alice Springs golf course on Saturday morning found the clown still inflated at the barbecue area at the 17th green. ...

TheMercenary · 08-11-2009, 03:08 PM

Weird.

Quote:

OURAY, Colo. -- An autopsy showed a 74-year-old Ouray County woman whose body was found being eaten by a bear was attacked and killed by that same bear after she attempted to help a smaller bear that had been hurt in a fight.

You have to read the rest of this:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...01/detail.html

Crimson Ghost · 08-11-2009, 03:12 PM

That is weird.

I can bearly believe it...

TheMercenary · 08-11-2009, 03:15 PM

Bear with me on this one. Why would you be feeding bears off your porch. I don't want a 400# Bear hanging anywhere around my house but on a wall skinned. At least he would be if I saw it in the yard.

Crimson Ghost · 08-11-2009, 03:20 PM

Perhaps if she fed it Yogi-urt, it wouldn't be so hungry...

Oh, yeah. Bears will eat anything. My boo-boo....

Sheldonrs · 08-11-2009, 08:46 PM

Wonder if her name is Ursalla.

TheMercenary · 08-11-2009, 08:48 PM

ZenGum · 08-11-2009, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Munson told her brother by telephone that she was putting out hard-boiled eggs and milk for the younger bear to eat, said the victim's son-in-law, Bruce Milne.
Munson told her brother Thursday night that the older bear was back and said, "I'm going to chase it off with a broom."

I admire her kindness and her courage, but she was a little short on sense.

Crimson Ghost · 08-11-2009, 10:34 PM

Hard-boiled eggs and milk?

The bear was pissed.

Do you know how hard it is to sneak up on dinner when you're farting so much, it sounds like the 1812 Overture?

AND she's gonna whack it with a broom?
Mrs. Munson, Thurman, you ain't.

Shawnee123 · 08-12-2009, 11:09 AM

So they kept shootin' bears until they found the one that ate her. She's dead, the bear done already ate her dumb (but friendly to bears) ass: who cares WHICH bear?

Trilby · 08-12-2009, 11:21 AM

Munson told her brother by telephone that she was putting out hard-boiled eggs and milk for the younger bear to eat, said the victim's son-in-law, Bruce Milne.

Wonder if Bruce is any relation to A.A. Milne - of Winnie the Pooh fame?

Crimson Ghost · 08-12-2009, 10:58 PM

Good eyes, Bri.

That's a honey of a coincidence.

Crimson Ghost · 08-14-2009, 01:10 AM

I think I know who was stealing those cucumbers...
And how he was smuggling them...

TheMercenary · 08-16-2009, 09:10 AM

More stuff you just can't make up.

You DO have the right to remain silent...

http://blogs.tampabay.com/bizarre/20...in-silent.html

skysidhe · 08-16-2009, 02:07 PM

I had never heard of this before. It was on the history channel and it is very weird news.

The Tungusta Event.

http://www.crystalinks.com/tunguskaevent.html

The Tunguska explosion felled an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers (830 sq mi). An overhead satellite view, from nearly a century later, centered at 60°55 N, 101°57 E (near ground zero for this event) shows an area of reduced forest density with a clearly visible, irregular clearing of somewhat less than one square kilometer in area. It is estimated to have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale.

The Tunguska event is the largest impact event in recent history. An explosion of this magnitude had the potential to devastate large metropolitan areas should it occur over a large city. This has helped spark discussion of ways to potentially stop large asteroids or comets from hitting Earth.

Description

At around 7:15 a.m., Tungus natives and Russian settlers in the hills northwest of Lake Baikal observed a column of bluish light, nearly as bright as the Sun, moving across the sky. About 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a loud "knocking" sound similar to artillery fire that went in short bursts spaced increasingly wider apart. Eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving during each barrage, east to north. The sounds were accompanied by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of miles away. The majority of eyewitnesses reported only the sounds and the tremors, and not the sighting of the explosion. Eyewitness accounts differ as to the sequence of events and their overall duration.

The explosion registered on seismic stations across Eurasia. Although the Richter scale was not developed until 1935, it has been estimated that in some places the shock wave would have been equivalent to an earthquake of 5.0 on the Richter scale. It also produced fluctuations in atmospheric pressure strong enough to be detected by then recently invented barographs in Britain. Over the next few weeks, night skies were aglow such that one could read in their light, sometimes called "bright nights." In the United States, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Mount Wilson Observatory observed a decrease in atmospheric transparency that lasted for several months.

The Guinness Book of World Records (1966 edition) states that due to the rotation of the Earth, if the collision had occurred 4 hours 47 minutes later, it would have completely destroyed the city of St. Petersburg.

08-11-2009, 03:12 PM	#3
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	That is weird. I can bearly believe it... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-11-2009, 03:15 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Bear with me on this one. Why would you be feeding bears off your porch. I don't want a 400# Bear hanging anywhere around my house but on a wall skinned. At least he would be if I saw it in the yard. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-11-2009, 03:20 PM	#5
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Perhaps if she fed it Yogi-urt, it wouldn't be so hungry... Oh, yeah. Bears will eat anything. My boo-boo.... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-11-2009, 08:46 PM	#6
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Wonder if her name is Ursalla. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

08-11-2009, 08:48 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	__________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-11-2009, 10:34 PM	#9
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Hard-boiled eggs and milk? The bear was pissed. Do you know how hard it is to sneak up on dinner when you're farting so much, it sounds like the 1812 Overture? AND she's gonna whack it with a broom? Mrs. Munson, Thurman, you ain't. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-12-2009, 11:09 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	So they kept shootin' bears until they found the one that ate her. She's dead, the bear done already ate her dumb (but friendly to bears) ass: who cares WHICH bear? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-12-2009, 11:21 AM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Munson told her brother by telephone that she was putting out hard-boiled eggs and milk for the younger bear to eat, said the victim's son-in-law, Bruce Milne. Wonder if Bruce is any relation to A.A. Milne - of Winnie the Pooh fame? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-12-2009, 10:58 PM	#12
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Good eyes, Bri. That's a honey of a coincidence. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-14-2009, 01:10 AM	#13
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	I think I know who was stealing those cucumbers... And how he was smuggling them... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-16-2009, 09:10 AM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	More stuff you just can't make up. You DO have the right to remain silent... http://blogs.tampabay.com/bizarre/20...in-silent.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-16-2009, 02:07 PM	#15
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I had never heard of this before. It was on the history channel and it is very weird news. The Tungusta Event. http://www.crystalinks.com/tunguskaevent.html The Tunguska explosion felled an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers (830 sq mi). An overhead satellite view, from nearly a century later, centered at 60°55 N, 101°57 E (near ground zero for this event) shows an area of reduced forest density with a clearly visible, irregular clearing of somewhat less than one square kilometer in area. It is estimated to have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale. The Tunguska event is the largest impact event in recent history. An explosion of this magnitude had the potential to devastate large metropolitan areas should it occur over a large city. This has helped spark discussion of ways to potentially stop large asteroids or comets from hitting Earth. Description At around 7:15 a.m., Tungus natives and Russian settlers in the hills northwest of Lake Baikal observed a column of bluish light, nearly as bright as the Sun, moving across the sky. About 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a loud "knocking" sound similar to artillery fire that went in short bursts spaced increasingly wider apart. Eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving during each barrage, east to north. The sounds were accompanied by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of miles away. The majority of eyewitnesses reported only the sounds and the tremors, and not the sighting of the explosion. Eyewitness accounts differ as to the sequence of events and their overall duration. The explosion registered on seismic stations across Eurasia. Although the Richter scale was not developed until 1935, it has been estimated that in some places the shock wave would have been equivalent to an earthquake of 5.0 on the Richter scale. It also produced fluctuations in atmospheric pressure strong enough to be detected by then recently invented barographs in Britain. Over the next few weeks, night skies were aglow such that one could read in their light, sometimes called "bright nights." In the United States, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Mount Wilson Observatory observed a decrease in atmospheric transparency that lasted for several months. The Guinness Book of World Records (1966 edition) states that due to the rotation of the Earth, if the collision had occurred 4 hours 47 minutes later, it would have completely destroyed the city of St. Petersburg.

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