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Postby Australian rePublic » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:04 pm

With the world currently in turmoil dealing with simultaneous global protests against police brutality, and a global pandemic, it might be interesting to visit the more unusual side of the news, with weird or unusual news stories. However, due to the fact that most people who are outside are outside because they are protesting, whilst most other people are locked inside due to Covid, there wouldn't be many weird or unusual news stories happening now. As such, we can bring up weird news stories from the past. We can also bring up any weird or unusual news stories from the present, if you so desire. There's only one rule. You have to specify which country which the event occurred (if known). Failing to specify the country will get you (metaphorically) clobbered. If you want to avoid a (metaphorical) clobbering, I would highly recommend that you specify which country you're referring to. We can do this in a fun and silly manner, or a serious manner, up to you, we can discuss weird or unusual news stories which were posted by others, or you can post your own here. Whatever makes you happy, because the world needs happiness right now. This won't be in the structure of other NSG threads, due to the nature of the thread. Now, to be fair, the entirety of 2020 is in and of itself a weird and unusual news story, and it's gonna be fun explaining this year to the next generation, but nonetheless, it's not the only weird/unusual news story, let's get into it, shall we:




Australia- Man tells Scott Morrison to get off his lawn
https://indianexpress.com/article/trend ... n-6443608/
A few days ago, a man in rural New South Wales told the prime minister to get off his lawn during a press conference. That's cool. Around are politicians who do cool things. In New Zealand, the mayor of Queenstown celebrated the end of lockdowns by bungee jumping in a full suite and tie, The USA's president was the host of a reality TV show, and here none of politicians ever did anything interesting. Until a few days ago, when someone told him to get off his lawn. As for the guy who yelled at him to get off his lawn, that's like goals ("that's like goals", did I just type that? seriously? oh gosh, I'm becoming my sister. Anyways...) as for the guy who yelled at get off his lawn, that's like goals. Imagine forever being the (first) guy to tell the PM to get off your lawn, and not any high ranking official or anything, or aristocrat or anything, just some random neville nobody from a random small town.

The reason why he told Scomo to get off his lawn was because he had just reseeded, which is a pretty reasonable request, I guess. Naturally, the prime minister complied and asked the press conference to do so, and once they were in a more suitable location, life carried on as if nothing ever happened

Australia- Man Who Drives on Bike Path Yells at Cyclists

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So, remember last year, before Covid. Remember when we were free to go outside and unabatedly do things? Well, one of those things was riding a bike. The council spends money building bike paths for people to ride bikes on. However, two cyclists instead decided to ride their bikes on the parallel road. So some guy in a car drives onto the bike path, and yells abuse at them whilst overtaking them and driving back on to the road. I don't know which state or territory that happened in, but nonetheless, it happened.

If you ask me, this guy's a bloody legend. The councils pays good money to build and maintain cycle ways, so that cyclists can have somewhere safe to ride, and these cyclists, running perfectly parallel to the road, with the same level of convenience as riding on the road, with 100% right of way. But instead of using the bike path, these two selfish pricks decide to be a public nuisance by holding up traffic and riding on the road. I know that, legally, the bikes (probably) had the right to be on the road, whilst the car should stay away from the bike path, but I don't care. Those two cyclists were public nuisances, and deserved to be called out. I wouldn't have violated the law, and I don't approve of violating the law, but considering that there were no other cyclists around, I don't see the see harm in it. If there were other cyclist who were using the bike path, then that's a different story, as that could have been dangerous. In don't commend breaking the law for it, and I wouldn't have done it, but, I'm sorry, the cyclists deserved it.

UK- Speeding Man Violates Lockdown for cheap bread
https://news.sky.com/story/speeding-dri ... d-11969400
When questioned by police, a driver exceeding the speed limit in the UK violated lockdown and drove approx. 390 kilometres, or 120 miles to London in order save one pound on bread. Because you know, however much petrol costs to get you from one end of England to the other is far cheaper than the one pound you would have saved on bread :roll: Smells like bullshit to me, but as far as I know, the cops didn't seem to doubt the authenticity of the story, so I don't know, maybe it's not bullshit, I don't know, whatever



Anyways, that's it for this OP. Let's go...
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Postby Trollzyn the Infinite » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:41 pm

Nothing anyone posts here will top Florida Man. It's simply not possible.
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Postby Dylar » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:55 pm

Trollzyn the Infinite wrote:Nothing anyone posts here will top Florida Man. It's simply not possible.

Idk, this one seems pretty weird
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Postby Trollzyn the Infinite » Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:00 pm

Dylar wrote:
Trollzyn the Infinite wrote:Nothing anyone posts here will top Florida Man. It's simply not possible.

Idk, this one seems pretty weird


...Have you never seen a Florida Man headline? This is tame by comparison.
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Postby Aeritai » Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:07 pm

Decided to look up weird news stories when I saw this thread and found this.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/06/05 ... 7978/?sl=3

June 5 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Britain came to the rescue of a cow that fell into a river and had trouble climbing out of the water on its own. Avon Fire and Rescue said crews from Bath and Keynsham were dispatched to the Kenston Park side of the River Avon on Friday morning when a grazing cow fell into the water.

The water rescue team ventured out in a boat and used specialist safety equipment to guide the cow back to the shoreline and haul the animal back onto dry land.

The cow was not injured.


While it's not very weird like Florida Man headlines, this got me curious on how the cow fell into the river in the first place.
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Postby Unstoppable Empire of Doom » Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:08 pm

Police: Naked Florida man spent 24 hours vandalizing school

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old naked man broke into a South Florida high school and spent almost 24 hours vandalizing the building, police said.

Security cameras caught Matthew Crandall on video trashing Miramar High School. He wore only a hat and headphones while smashing computers and televisions, Miramar police said in a tweet.

The video showed Crandall broke into the school around 7 a.m. Monday. He caused flooding in hallways and vandalized classrooms, walls and hallways throughout the school in Broward County, police said.

A school custodian discovered the damage, which was estimated at about $100,000, police said.

Crandall is from North Fort Myers. It was not known whether he had any ties to the school, police said.


Florida man accused of kicking chicken like ‘a football player would kick a field goal’

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man who was upset about the noise a chicken was making grabbed the bird and kicked it like “a football player would kick a field goal,” according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said 43-year-old Nicholas Kevin Chew’s girlfriend called them on March 22 to report that he kicked a chicken while they were arguing and she was worried the bird’s leg was broken.

Chew reportedly admitted to kicking the chicken out of his way because he was upset with the bird’s noises, records show, but it was a separate witness who said the suspect kicked the animal with the same amount of force an athlete would use.

The Rhode Island Red chicken named Huhn was found standing nearby on one leg. It was taken to an animal hospital where a veterinarian determined it had suffered four broken ribs, according to a news release.

The bird has since been reunited with its owner, who chose to press charges.

Chew was arrested Monday on an animal cruelty charge.


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Postby Kyapo » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:03 am

Aeritai wrote:Decided to look up weird news stories when I saw this thread and found this.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/06/05 ... 7978/?sl=3

June 5 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Britain came to the rescue of a cow that fell into a river and had trouble climbing out of the water on its own. Avon Fire and Rescue said crews from Bath and Keynsham were dispatched to the Kenston Park side of the River Avon on Friday morning when a grazing cow fell into the water.

The water rescue team ventured out in a boat and used specialist safety equipment to guide the cow back to the shoreline and haul the animal back onto dry land.

The cow was not injured.


While it's not very weird like Florida Man headlines, this got me curious on how the cow fell into the river in the first place.


Not that weird, livestock falls in rivers,sinkholes etc all the time. As do humans.

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ATTLEBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - A drunken Attleboro man was arrested earlier this week after police say he broke into a zoo in the city to “look at the monkeys” that live on an island exhibit.

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Postby Greater vakolicci haven » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:32 am

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weir ... ry-1335074

A woman from Devon stole a ferry after getting drunk and eating 'deadly nightshade' (read the label people, 'deadly' not for eating) shouting 'I'm jack sparrow!' She only noticed that the ferry was moving after noticing the hotel was getting 'a long way away.'
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Postby Voxija » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:42 am

March, Hungary:
https://dailynewshungary.com/unbelievable-wwii-grenade-detonated-in-hungary-video/

Two men tried to heat up a WW2 grenade on a stove in their apartment; it exploded.


I know March is too early, but still.
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Postby Kyapo » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:56 am

Voxija wrote:
March, Hungary:
https://dailynewshungary.com/unbelievable-wwii-grenade-detonated-in-hungary-video/

Two men tried to heat up a WW2 grenade on a stove in their apartment; it exploded.


I know March is too early, but still.


That's one very shallow gene pool clensed there.

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Kyapo wrote:
Voxija wrote:
March, Hungary:
https://dailynewshungary.com/unbelievable-wwii-grenade-detonated-in-hungary-video/

Two men tried to heat up a WW2 grenade on a stove in their apartment; it exploded.


I know March is too early, but still.


That's one very shallow gene pool clensed there.


They survived with only minor injuries, but still.
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Postby Thepeopl » Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:02 am

Aeritai wrote:Decided to look up weird news stories when I saw this thread and found this.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/06/05 ... 7978/?sl=3

June 5 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Britain came to the rescue of a cow that fell into a river and had trouble climbing out of the water on its own. Avon Fire and Rescue said crews from Bath and Keynsham were dispatched to the Kenston Park side of the River Avon on Friday morning when a grazing cow fell into the water.

The water rescue team ventured out in a boat and used specialist safety equipment to guide the cow back to the shoreline and haul the animal back onto dry land.

The cow was not injured.


While it's not very weird like Florida Man headlines, this got me curious on how the cow fell into the river in the first place.

Curiosity killed the cow, or in this case just lured the cow into the river.

Maybe the cow was thirsty, maybe there was better grass at the shoreline. Animals, like humans will do all kinds of silly things.

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Greater vakolicci haven wrote:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/drunk-woman-steals-45ft-ferry-1335074

A woman from Devon stole a ferry after getting drunk and eating 'deadly nightshade' (read the label people, 'deadly' not for eating) shouting 'I'm jack sparrow!' She only noticed that the ferry was moving after noticing the hotel was getting 'a long way away.'

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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:05 pm

Voxija wrote:
March, Hungary:
https://dailynewshungary.com/unbelievable-wwii-grenade-detonated-in-hungary-video/

Two men tried to heat up a WW2 grenade on a stove in their apartment; it exploded.


I know March is too early, but still.

I don't know how many more nails in the coffin of my faith in humanity. Also, who said that March is too soon?

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Greater vakolicci haven wrote:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/drunk-woman-steals-45ft-ferry-1335074

A woman from Devon stole a ferry after getting drunk and eating 'deadly nightshade' (read the label people, 'deadly' not for eating) shouting 'I'm jack sparrow!' She only noticed that the ferry was moving after noticing the hotel was getting 'a long way away.'

Okay, this is amazing. She was somehow simultaneously drunk (or high or whatever) enough to do something like this, whilst simultaneously sober enough to be successful. How? Just how?
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Postby Chan Island » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:03 pm

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This is the kind of story that is both unusual yet also very heartwarming. An unknown masked man is giving NHS staff free weed in the UK.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:29 pm

Chan Island wrote:https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/this-masked-man-is-delivering-free-weed-to-nhs-staff-key-workers/

This is the kind of story that is both unusual yet also very heartwarming. An unknown masked man is giving NHS staff free weed in the UK.

I just hope they don't smoke it before going to work
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Postby Dresderstan » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:30 pm

Australian rePublic wrote:
Chan Island wrote:https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/this-masked-man-is-delivering-free-weed-to-nhs-staff-key-workers/

This is the kind of story that is both unusual yet also very heartwarming. An unknown masked man is giving NHS staff free weed in the UK.

I just hope they don't smoke it before going to work

Or during work.

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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:32 pm

Dresderstan wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:I just hope they don't smoke it before going to work

Or during work.

Even worse
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Postby Voxija » Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:00 pm

Today, Florida:
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/06/08/Wandering-alligator-wrangled-in-Walmart-parking-lot/2181591648906/

Alligator wrangled in Walmart parking lot.


Classic Florida. Not that weird to me, but that's because I live in Florida.
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Greater vakolicci haven wrote:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/drunk-woman-steals-45ft-ferry-1335074

A woman from Devon stole a ferry after getting drunk and eating 'deadly nightshade' (read the label people, 'deadly' not for eating) shouting 'I'm jack sparrow!' She only noticed that the ferry was moving after noticing the hotel was getting 'a long way away.'

A couple of would be Darwin Award candidates.
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Postby Xmara » Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:12 am

Wish this thread was around earlier. I have a few headlines from where I live that would have made this thread.

Like the time the crematorium in my town caught on fire.

Or the phrasing of one otherwise serious headline that was once in my local news: “Couple charged with drug possession, child neglect, illegal pet squirrel.”

Or the time two guys managed to steal a kayak from an area Walmart.
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