Oddities spotted in the news

[robkelk]

Video news: Female legislators in British Columbia exercise the right to bare arms

[Dartz]

Americans sent to prison in Ireland.

Describe stay as surprisingly human

Aside from the plumbing issue - since the original Prison dates from 1815 and they're in the process of upgrading it.

[hazard]

IIRC the USA once asked the Norwegians to extradite a prisoner to them.

Norway's answer was 'due to the terrible state of your prison system we cannot allow this extradition on humanitarian grounds.'

[Dartz]

The World's Worst Golf Cheater

How to win a golf tournament? Buy the club where it's held.....

[Dartz]

Three arrested after seizure of guns, drugs and monkey

[robkelk]

Official YuGiOh tournament rules now require basic hygiene

The article has a link to the rules.

[Black Aeronaut]

CHOMP.

Fisherman reels in a big shark...

...Just as something even bigger ate it!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/australia...index.html

[Labster]

Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public

Hobbyhorse dressage is real, folks.

[Star Ranger4]

DAMMIT LABSTER!!!

*wanders away in... well... Something!!!*

[Norgarth]

Pope Confirms Extra Time In Purgatory For Anyone Who Spoils 'Endgame'
https://babylonbee.com/news/pope-confirm...REZ6Tc9j2Q

[robkelk]

Pope Confirms Extra Time In Purgatory For Anyone Who Spoils 'Endgame'
https://babylonbee.com/news/pope-confirm...REZ6Tc9j2Q

Gotta be careful with those religious sites. Has this been confirmed on a similar secular site, such as Walking Eagle News or The Onion?

[Norgarth]

Dunno, but either way I find it funny. 8)

[robkelk]

Hiking trail opening in the Korean DMZ

You can't actually cross the DMZ, though.

[robkelk]

Flying turtle breaks car windshield.

[Star Ranger4]

Flying turtle breaks car windshield.

KAOLA!!!!!!!

[robkelk]

Something I didn't find out about until after the fact: K-Pop Cover Dance Festival

Lots of photos, including some behind-the-scenes.

[robkelk]

A little something for the hundreds (if not thousands) of parents who named their daughters after a particular character from Game of Thrones.

Washington Post: How to talk to your daughter Khaleesi about that ‘Game of Thrones’ episode

[Bob Schroeck]

<snort>

[Dartz]

Trying to jump a drawbridge in a Chevrolet

Darwin is amused

[Dartz]

1 Vote mattered

[robkelk]

1 Vote mattered

Wow! That's even closer that Edmonton in 1993. (By the second recount in that election, the margin was 12 votes.)

I know there's a trope for this...

[classicdrogn]

"Hey lady, can I bum a ride? Just a couple miles down to the Pickanick Market Basket..."

Cute on this side of the screen, perhaps. Not so much at the time.

[Black Aeronaut]

Yeah, I usually keep my doors locked while driving as a matter of course. That would have reduced this encounter from "HOLY FUCK ADRENALINE TIME!" to "Whoah, cool! ....Hope he doesn't fuck up my paint."

[classicdrogn]

That picture though. Such an adorable derpy face for a huge fucking predator intent on sampling some tender, delicious human flesh.

[Black Aeronaut]

Eh. Bears are predators, sure. But it's incredibly rare for them to intentionally go after a human as a source of food. Humans get mauled, sure, but that's mainly because you've somehow irked the bear. (There's a reason why terms like "Poking the bear" exist.) It's such a rare thing that a bear figuring out how to open a car door is commonplace by comparison. (They're actually pretty damn intelligent.)

In this situation? Sure, it was scary as hell. But given that the bear appears to be in great health and does not seem to be behaving aggressively...

"Hi. I'm a bear! Do you have something to eat in here? Because it smells like you got something to eat in there. No no, don't get up, I'll just check for myself..."