Wednesday, November 7, 2007

New News

Lil' Baby
Ok I do feel bad....and I'm not even trying to make it a joke...
This is just interesting to me.
But that two-year-old girl who just had surgery after being born with 8 limbs-- 4 arms and 4 legs-- was hailed in her village as the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi.


8 Killed after YouTube post
At a school in Finland, 7 children were killed when a fellow pupil opened fire on Wednesday, hours after he posted a video on YouTube foreshadowing a massacre there. The YouTube video, entitled "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007", was posted on Tuesday by a user called Sturmgeist89.

SCAAARY.

Wild child charged for California wild fires?
The 10-year-old boy who accidentally started one of the worst California wildfires last month could face stern consequences, should prosecutors decide to bring charges. Though too young to be charged as an adult, the boy could still face millions of dollars in fines, removal from his home and possible detention as a ward of the state.

Thousands of bananas wash up on shore
Uhhhh, thousands of bananas washed up on two Dutch North Sea islands on Wednesday after at least six containers fell off a cargo ship in a storm and at least one burst open. What'd they do with them? Sent them to a nearby zoo.
Terschelling residents are no strangers to stuff turning up on their beach; a year ago thousands of tennis shoes, aluminum briefcases and children's toys washed ashore, drawing crowds of treasure-hunting residents. Some 20 years ago it was a load of sweaters.


Die and you're under arrest!
Britian's top 10 most stupid laws:
1. It is illegal to die in the House of Parliament

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow