You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

Sometimes reality trumps fantasy.

Does this happen only in the U.S.?

"CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago authorities are investigating after a human leg was discovered on a Lake Michigan beach on the city's South Side.

Authorities tell the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/18ZPqPD ) that the leg had been severed from the rest of the body at the hip.

It was found by someone walking near rocks on Wednesday afternoon.

The Cook County medical examiner's office plans to X-ray the limb and conduct an external inspection of it Thursday."

Thank God it didn't float across the lake to Michigan's shoreline. That's only 40 miles from Grand Rapids. We don't want no stinking severed legs here.

Nobody said it was stinking

I wonder where the rest of the body is.

Maybe you should take a shoreside walk and watch for a man hobbling on one leg looking for something?

Taco Bell taco licker to get the axe

Originally posted by USAToday:

Now, it's the Taco Bell employee who is taking a licking. The nation's largest Mexican fast food chain says that a Taco Bell franchisee has suspended -- and "is in the process of terminating" -- the restaurant employee whose photo showing him licking a stack of empty taco shells went viral earlier this week. The person who took the photo no longer works for Taco Bell. The photo caused a serious public relations headache for Taco Bell earlier this week. Red-faced Taco Bell executives had to try to explain to a skeptical public the circumstances behind the embarrassing photo. On Monday, the franchisee informed Taco Bell corporate that both employees were no longer with Taco Bell. YUCK: 'Consumerist' post about Taco Bell photo Never mind that the shells were never sold, but were only provided for workers to practice making the new line of Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. The shells were thrown out after use. "This is standard operating procedure and our franchisee confirmed this protocol," says Taco Bell's statement. But many consumers viewing the photo had to think otherwise. So Taco Bell had to act quickly. "One of the smartest things a brand can do is to respond as quickly and intelligently as possible," says Erika Napoletano, a brand strategy consultant. The photo was taken way back in March at a Taco Bell restaurant in Ridgecrest, Calif., north of Los Angeles It was taken for an internal contest to supposedly show employees enjoying their first bite of the new product. Things went haywire when the photo, which was never submitted for the contest, ending up being posted on the employee's Facebook page. Not only was this a violation of company policy, but the worker also violated Taco Bell's food handling procedures, the company says. "We do not believe these employees harmed or intended to harm anyone," says Taco Bell's statement. "But we deplore the impression this has caused to our customers, fans, franchisees and team members." Taco Bells says that it -- and the franchisee-- are taking action to make sure this kind of situation "never happens again."

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Originally posted by rjhowie:

Maybe you should take a shoreside walk and watch for a man hobbling on one leg looking for something?

Found him nearby playing football.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

Try this one on for size.

Senate Procures Influx Of Millionaires By Jennifer Yachnin Roll Call Staff Oct. 27, 2010, Midnight The Senate’s famed “millionaires club” is becoming a little crowded. According to a Roll Call analysis of Senate financial disclosure forms filed in 2010, more than half of the chamber’s membership, 54 lawmakers, reported a minimum net worth of more than $1 million. Another four Senators fell short of that mark by less than $100,000.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_42/-51039-1.html?type=aggregate_friendly

This only goes to show that there is a major flaw in the system. I'm sorry, if you have a million then you can afford a slight pay cut to help the country out. Afterall, didn't you run for a seat to help your country out to begin with? It's a shame that tuition prices are rising, not there is pretty much no hope for anyone decent to get in.

Originally posted by thufale:

I'm sorry, if you have a million then you can afford a slight pay cut to help the country out.

If they got no pay at all the "help" wouldn't even be noticed. The total cost for a senator is in the vicinity of $1,446,009.

The army has 3,273 M1 Abrams tanks at a cost of $7,500,000 per. A B-1B LANCER aircraft costs $283,000,000 per. We have 93 of them.

The religion of peace is at it again.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/teen-sisters-shot-dead-over-dancing-in-the-rain-video-20130701-2p66o.html

I wonder what happens to these poor souls. At their age they could be used to top up the heavenly cache of virgins.

"There are the saints of every day, the “hidden” saints, a sort of “middle class of holiness”, as a French author said, that “middle class of holiness” to which we can all belong." Pope Francis.

Perhaps the poor girls are "hidden" saints.

Religion, where blather goes to die.

Ain't love wonderful


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-26/emus-bullfriend-obsession-poses-cow-fertility-problem/4844844

Emus scare me!

And we have a growing number of people here from the Pakistan basket case land here and simmering.

I worked in a section of our Education Department that included an associate who had a father in Glasgow that many years ago had said that some blessed saint had cured him of cancer and splattered over the media at the time. Only trouble was that the son was terribly bitter and strident person who gave his faith a bad name. Bigot and strident came to mind. He then decided to leave and go back to Australia where he had been a policeman for years before returning to Glasgow. For all his posturing he skipped off leaving an unpaid mortgage behind And he went twice to Mass on a Sunday!

Originally posted by rjhowie:

For all his posturing he skipped off leaving an unpaid mortgage behind And he went twice to Mass on a Sunday!

That's nothing compared to this one.

Taxpayers are forking out more than £60,000 a WEEK so wealthy peers in the House of Lords can feast on lavish three-course meals.

Restaurants, cafes and bars catering for the 760 Lords, bishops and baronesses receive £1.3million a year from the public purse, official figures revealed.

But the subsidy actually costs the taxpayer over £1million MORE as Lords authorities offset profits raked in from events and gift shop sales.

They deducted £1,033,118 from the total £2,361,437 subsidy in 2011/12. That breaks down to £63,823 for each of the 37 weeks the Lords were sitting.
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And it comes on top of the £300-a-day “subsistence” given to peers for each day they attend the Lords to cover food and accommodation.

I don't know what amounts to in real money, but it sounds like a good deal of $$$.

As a matter of further education members of the House of Lords do not get a salary at all. They only get paid for any day they are in the Chamber. You also stray into a slightly imbalanced thing about the Lords. They include former politicians from the Commons many of whom are far from rich. More recently a black woman is getting a peerage due to a routine racial murder in her family decades ago. Just an ordinary person although i don't agree with the reasoning of the individual. Furthermore the range of accents show a wideness too and I feel the chamber tends to be a lot more reasonable and careful than the Commons A great many of their Lordships do not sit there everyday like the Commons so do not get high amounts. As a revising level they do well.

Just a couple of thoughts: What is a "routine racial murder", and does that happen a lot in the UK??

Citizens of the USA can't become lords in the UK Parliament, but the concept of only being paid while actually working is one I'm familiar with. I get paid per loaded mile-- the miles my van actually has freight on board, going from the pickup to the delivery--everything else is on my own hook. I wonder how "Lord McMillan of Chicago" would look on a business card, and if I would actually have to go to London to make that happen.

It does in Chicago, LA and Detroit.

And quite right they cannot be such mjsmsprt40. You have your own system and titles kept long after departed from the job I would remind! Personally, I have mt a "Lordship" twice a Knight of the Realm (A "Sir.") been in the company of a member of the immediate Royal family. A the other end of the spectrum I know you and jimbro as a balance.........

ps. I wonder if you and the man from Grand Rapids could also keep the dignity having a title here, remembering not to chew gum???

The 47-story luxury In Tempo tower in Benidorm, Spain was hyped as the tallest residential building in the European Union. Now a series of construction snafus -- including an inadequate elevator shaft -- have turned it into a national embarrassment.
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A building calling for a catapult, a fine specimen of 21st century architecture.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

And quite right they cannot be such mjsmsprt40. You have your own system and titles kept long after departed from the job I would remind! Personally, I have mt a "Lordship" twice a Knight of the Realm (A "Sir.") been in the company of a member of the immediate Royal family. A the other end of the spectrum I know you and jimbro as a balance.........

ps. I wonder if you and the man from Grand Rapids could also keep the dignity having a title here, remembering not to chew gum???

I don't know about "the man from Grand Rapids" (hmmm, there's a title for you) but I don't chew gum. The habit that so many gum chewers have of just spitting it out in the street is beyond disgusting, in my opinion.

Not to mention people who chew tobacco and spit.

Speaking of titles, rj forgot that I'm the King of Grand Rapids.

Having met a Lordship, a Knight of the Realm and having been in the company of a member of the immediate Royal family plus £3.75 will get you a 4 pack of 2 litre bottles of Irn Bru.

You are spot on there mjsmsprt40 about spitting gum and it is disgusting. not something people with genuine class do thankfully. And as for yoruself jimbro, being monarch of Grand Rapids would not be that far out as after the Revolution when your confederates met in Philly they discussed having a European Royal as Head of state (German I think it was). Just a pity you were not there as they could have had you. Today would then be a far better time than what the ex-colonies got landed with.

I once sat in the seat next to a film star on a flight from Oshkosh to Chicago but I can't remember his name.

Child-murderer awarded compensation because he could not follow his religious beliefs in prison.



http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/appeal-over-babykilling-butchers-3000-compensation-20130815-2ryb7.html

Originally posted by tt92:

I once sat in the seat next to a film star on a flight from Oshkosh to Chicago but I can't remember his name.

But you can remember him asking for your autograph, eh tt92?

Speaking about flights and Oshkosh, there you have something where all of you Americans should go, the Oshkosh airplane festival.
It still maintains the spirit of those that build their own airplanes and fly them.

There you have a good thing about America, don't let it die.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

Originally posted by tt92:

I once sat in the seat next to a film star on a flight from Oshkosh to Chicago but I can't remember his name.

But you can remember him asking for your autograph, eh tt92?

Speaking about flights and Oshkosh, there you have something where all of you Americans should go, the Oshkosh airplane festival.
It still maintains the spirit of those that build their own airplanes and fly them.

There you have a good thing about America, don't let it die.

How do you Spaniards know about the Oshkosh Airshow?

Originally posted by tt92:

How do you Spaniards know about the Oshkosh Airshow?

Tsk, tsk. He's a shirttail Spaniard. Think Portuguese.

I can answer that question, though. Google makes us knowledgeable beyond belief.

I only went to school through the fifth grade, but I know as much about dark energy as any PhD in astrophysics.

Google is God.

Originally posted by jimbro37:

Originally posted by tt92:

How do you Spaniards know about the Oshkosh Airshow?

Tsk, tsk. He's a shirttail Spaniard. Think Portuguese.

I was hinting to Mr. B that I am not one of "you Americans".

If you're not Portuguese, you're an American.
Você compreende?

Originally posted by tt92:

Originally posted by jimbro37:

Originally posted by tt92:

How do you Spaniards know about the Oshkosh Airshow?

Tsk, tsk. He's a shirttail Spaniard. Think Portuguese.

I was hinting to Mr. B that I am not one of "you Americans".

I know perfectly where those parrots comes from, even if the colours seems to be wrong. Maybe not a King exemplar.
If I say "there you have something that you Americans" it's because I'm addressing to Americans. When wanting to address antipodes then I say antipodes.

Anyway, knowing very well how people in course to Timor were treated in Darwin, by personal experience, such "hint" doesn't surprises me at all. Neither it does to be followed by another "hint" with American accent.

We have parrots right here in D&D.

Yes.
Your ornithological perspective is interesting.
Posters can be very much birds alike. Some fly, some don't.

Why do you think we have no poster called Dodo? He's extinct... (what a lousy joke, belfrager... )

Meet JimDodo37.

Always felt sad for that bird as it happens. Suppose if I admit to it you are a kind of harmless Dodo. They couldn't fly so must have been frustrating for them and you might have something in common with that matter so well done you.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

They couldn't fly so must have been frustrating for them

Ask a

Not your average McDonalds.

What is this?

Mr Obama can't have these dogs, they are Portuguese Water Dogs.
As the name says, those dogs are quite good for entering water, sea, river or lagoons, and catch your hunting pieces.

At sea, they used to go with fishermen, jump into the water and they actually gets the fish that escapes from the hook.

One of the few dogs, if not the only one I know that actually dives under water to catch something. A perfect swimmer, that's what makes them happy.

Not to be displayed as pets, bah.
Get him a couple of Chihuahuas.

Too late! OOPS, though. The darned thing is tipping him over.

By the way, is it corrupting to be a president's kid and live in White house?

Originally posted by Belfrager:

What is this?

Mr Obama can't have these dogs, they are Portuguese Water Dogs.

Yes We Can

Originally posted by JoshL:

By the way, is it corrupting to be a president's kid and live in White house?

Do you remember the Bush family?

Originally posted by Krake:

Yes We Can

That "We" doesn't include jimbro37.

Originally posted by jimbro37:

Not your average McDonalds.

Pretty expensive, but fresh and delicious.

With ketchup.