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Friday, December 28, 2007

Top 10 Poop Movie Scenes

1. Dumb & Dumber

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This is the original 'stimulant-laxative' poop scene in a movie.

Lloyd (Jim Carrey) is jealous that Harry (Jeff Daniels) is going out with the girl he likes. He seeks revenge by spiking Harry's tea with a powerful stimulate laxative right before he goes out on the date. While Harry is picking up his date, he gets the uncontrollable urge to take a dump. He then proceeds to have an Earth-shattering bowel movement in her broken toilet.

2. Along Came Polly

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Reuben (Ben Stiller) is out on a date with Polly (Jennifer Aniston) at a Thai food restaurant. However, because of his Irritable Bowel Syndrome, he can't handle spicy food. In the middle of the date he starts sweating profusely and feels the urge to go, but he's forced to hold it until they get to Polly's apartment because the restaurant stall is occupied.

Reuben soon discovers that Polly is out of toilet paper. He decides to use a wash cloth hanging above the sink, not knowing that the washcloth was embroidered by Polly's grandmother. Reuben then tries to flush the washcloth down the toilet, but it quickly stops up and overflows. Polly then opens the bathroom door to discover Reuben standing on the edge of the bathtub with his pants still around his ankles, as he aggressively plunges the toilet.

In the classic style of Ben Stiller, this makes for one of the best poop scenes in any movie!

3. American Pie

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The poop scene in American Pie has the common setup. One friend jealous of another friend, so he spikes his drink with a stimulant laxative.

Stiffler is jealous that his date to prom dumped him for Paul Finch, on the account of fake rumors that Finch himself started. Seeking revenge, Stiffler spikes Finch's moccachino with a powerful stimulant laxative, causing Finch to seek refuge in the closest girls restroom.

Finch proceeds to take a long, messy dump that clears out the restroom. He gets busted leaving the restroom by a large group of students. This embarrassing episode ultimately leads to Finch going stag to prom, and hooking up with Stiffler's mom on top of a pool table.

4. Van Wilder

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The poop scene in Van Wilder begins with Gwen (Tara Reid) spiking her boyfriends drink with a stimulant laxative. Richard proceeds to drink it right before an important test. While he's taking the test, his stomach starts to gurgle and he starts to fart uncontrollably. It becomes a big awkward moment for everyone in the classroom, so Richard quickly leaves in search for a bathroom.

On his way to the bathroom, he runs into some important alumni at the University. They just want to get to know him a little, but he only has his mind on getting to a restroom. Unfortunately for Richard, he can't hold it any longer and ends up pooping in a trashcan, in front of everyone in the room!

5. Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery

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The poop scene in Austin Powers begins in a Las Vegas Casino bathroom. Austin Powers (Mike Myers) follows one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, appropriately named #2, into the bathroom. Austin Powers can't find #2, but runs into a cowboy from Texas (Tom Arnold). They both go into the bathroom stalls to take a dump. Another Dr. Evil assassin appeared in the wall above Austin Powers, while he is sitting on the toilet. The assassin tries to strangle Austin Powers, but is unsuccessful.

A struggle ensues. Austin Powers starts groaning & grunting. He starts to tap his foot like a senator and asking the assassin "Who Does #2 Work For?" All the while, the Texan is sitting in the stall next to him shouting words of encouragement to Austin Powers - "You show that turd who's boss!"

6. Caddyshack

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This is the original poop scene! This is also probably the funniest poop scene that doesn't involve a toilet.

The infamous pool scene. Three kids are sitting on the side of the pool arguing over a Baby Ruth candy bar, when it falls into the pool. The candy bar floats around like a brown torpedo. After a few minutes, a little girl see's the candy bar and starts to scream that somebody pooped in the pool. This causes a quick mass exodus of the pool and a complete sterilization. While they are cleaning the pool of any toxic fecal germs, Bill Murray's character finds the candy bar. He proceeds to tell everyone that "It's ok, it's just a Baby Ruth" and then takes a bite.

7. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle

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This poop scene begins with Harold & Kumar hiding in the womans restroom from a pursuing campus security guard. While Harold & Kumar are in the restroom, two girls come in to freshen up. Harold & Kumar end up hiding in one of the bathroom stalls. To their surprise, both girls have to empty their bowels. Harold & Kumar then have to listen to not one, but two girls have gaseous bowel movements at the same time! To make the situation worse, they start playing a unique pooping game.

After a couple of minutes of gagging and holding their breath, Harold & Kumar end up running out of the bathroom in disgust.

8. Not Another Teen Movie

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This is one of the most graphic poop scene's in a movie. It all starts with a smug teacher lecturing the class about why a fart is not funny. Simultaneously, on the floor above, three students are crawling through a ventilation shaft trying to peer into the girls locker room. They discover a girl who is about to pee. These three students seemed overwhelmed with joy, until she lets out a long gaseous fart. She proceeds to have a vicious bowel movement while the three boys watch above.

The weight of the three boys causes the ventilation shaft to come loose, and they fall into the stall below. The impact of them hitting the floor causes all four of them and a messy toilet to fall into the classroom below. As the students fall, the toilet explodes with a constant flow of poo that targets the lecturing teacher. The scene ends with all four students and the teacher in a tangled, poo-filled mess in the front of the classroom.

9. KingPin

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The poop scene in Kingpin is really quick. You may miss it if you are not paying attention. It starts off with Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) talking to Ishmael (Randy Quaid) about life, and how he is inexperienced. Ishmael responds by saying that he can figure things out for himself.

The screen then pans out and you catch a shot of Ishmael taking a dump in the urinal. A very original poop scene, scattered amongst a list of copycats, and that is why Kingpin makes the list for best poop scenes in movies.

10. Friday

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There are actually two poop scenes in Friday. The first poop scene comes at the beginning of the movie, when Mr. Jones is sitting on the toilet. He decides he wants to talk to his son, Craig (Ice Cube), about getting fired from his job. So he calls Craig into the bathroom to have a little father/son talk. Of course, most father/son talks don't consist of the dad being naked on the toilet. Most people will remember this poop scene, because of the memorable quote from Mr. Jones - "Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes."

The second poop scene comes when Smokey (Chris Tucker) needs to take a dump, but he's locked out of his house. Mr. Jones won't let him go in his house, so Smokey has no choice, but to hide behind some bushes and do his business. Just then, the local crackhead Ezel comes walking up and catches Smokey taking a dump behind someone's house. He tells Smokey that it's just between them and he won't tell anyone,but then promptly announces to the neighborhood that "Smokey is back here taking a..."

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Top 10 Worst Company URLs

The top 10 unintentionally worst company URL
Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today’s
world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name
selected as other see it and not just as you think it looks. Failure to do
this may result in situations such as the following (legitimate) companies
who deal in everyday humdrum products and services but clearly didn’t give
their domain names enough consideration:

1. A site called ‘Who Represents’ where you can find the name of the agent
that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange
advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South
Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their
whacky website:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Top 10 banned videogames

10. 50 Cent: Bulletproof
Banned in: Australia
Why? The Australian censor is notoriously heavy-handed, and ranks as one of the most ban-happy boards in the world. While the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) accepted the foul language, drug use and excessive violence in Fiddy's actually-quite-crap vanity exercise, they were turned off by the slow-motion counter-kills - specifically the ones involving knives and onscreen blood splatter. To be brutally honest, it was no great loss..

9. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Banned in: Germany
Why? Germany enforces extremely strict censorship on videogames, and as such game publishers will often do a special Teutonic version to pacify the examiners. An oft-quoted example is the use of green blood, which marks the character being killed as an "alien," thus making it more acceptable. Commandos was banned on a more obvious technicality: an issue with missions that involve allied soldiers going on missions to kill Nazis, and use of the swastika.

8. Pokémon
Banned in: Saudi Arabia

Why? One of the more bizarre bannings has religious foundations - in 2001 Pokémon and all its associated spin-off games were the subject of a fatwa in Saudi Arabia, which said the games featured the Star of David, which Saudis associate with Israel and international Zionism. It was suggested the games had "possessed the minds" of Saudi children. The edict was expected to be followed rather strictly, as punishments would likely include lashings and deportation.


7. The Guy Game
Banned in: United States

Why? A morally reprehensible game in theory and in practice (IGN gave it 7.7), The Guy Game was a frat boy's dream that focused mostly on tits and beer with some trivia thrown in. What its makers failed to realize was that one of the cheerleaders who flashed her parts on camera during the course of the game was only 17, and thus underage. She complained and the game became illegal.


6. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Banned in: South Korea

Why? Not surprisingly South Korea don't take too lightly to games that involve fictional representations of wars between themselves and their slightly mental Northern cousins. To be honest, we'd probably be the same if old Kim Jong II was breathing down our necks.


5. Command and Conquer: Generals
Banned in: China

Why? This strategy game got the backs of the Chinese government up, with the Ministry Of Culture proclaiming it "smeared the image of China and the Chinese army." It also took offense that the game required players to destroy various national monuments like the Three Gorges dam.


4. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Banned in: Mexico

Why? Seriously pissed off one Chihuahua Governor Jose Reyes Baeza Terraces, who discovered that Ubisoft's game featured a fictional storyline in which citizens of Chihuahua fled their town and were replaced by armed insurgents. Unfortunately, Terraces exposed his painful lack of video game knowledge when he was quoted as saying, "Violent video games ... attempt to divide the good will of the residents of American and Mexican cities."


3. Reservoir Dogs
Banned in: New Zealand

Why? No great surprises here, as anything associated with Quentin Tarantino seems to attract a fair degree of controversy - not that he had anything to do with this woeful adaptation of his 1992 film debut. Amazingly, given the film's cult classic status today, the BBFC (which is responsible for the banning of Manhunt 2) initially refused to give it a video classification, and it wasn't until 1995 that UK film fans could see it outside of a movie theater. The New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification banned it on much the same grounds as the BBFC did, saying "the film tends to promote and support the infliction of extreme violence and extreme cruelty… for the purpose of entertainment."


2. Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Banned in: Australia
Why? Although style guru Marc Ecko's graffiti game was initially granted a 15 rating by the Australian OFLC, it was later banned after an appeal ruled that the game promoted an illegal act (graffiti), gave hints and tips on how to do it and rewarded the player for scribbling "I love Tracey" on public buildings and infrastructure. Clearly the Aussies don't do hip-hop.

1. Postal
Banned in: 13 countries

Why? The fact it's advertised as banned in 13 countries works in the same way that Ruggero Deodato's exploitation-film classic Cannibal Holocaust was supposedly banned in 50 countries - it's a great selling point. Unsurprisingly, it's not available in Germany and Australia, and someone tried to get it banned in the US. It's got a lot to do with the fact the minimal plot involves the lead character going on a killing spree, shooting people, innocent or not, simply because he's angry about being evicted from his house.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Top 10 World's Scariest/Ugliest Insects

10.The Weta
Weta are around 70 insect species endemic to the New Zealand archipelago. Weta are large by insect standards, some species among the largest and heaviest in the world. Their physical appearance is that of a cross between a cockroach and a cricket with the addition of large legs. The name comes from the Māori language word 'wētā'.

By virtue of their ability to cope with variations in temperature, weta can be found in a variety of environments including alpine, forests, grasslands, caves, shrub lands and urban gardens. They are nocturnal and flightless. Different species have different diets. Most weta eat other invertebrates but one group of weta endemic to New Zealand (the tree and giant weta) have evolved to eat mostly leaves, flowers and fruit.
Weta can bite. Tree weta bites are painful but not particularly common. Weta look like they can inflict painful scratches (with the potential of infection) but their defence displays are about looking large and spikey and they will retreat if given a chance. Tree weta are known to arc their hind legs into the air in warning to foes.

New Zealand had no native land mammals apart from native bats before humans arrived. Ecological niches that were filled by mammals in other parts of the world were filled by native fauna in New Zealand. It has been suggested that the weta’s place in the ecosystem is comparable to that held by mice and other rodents elsewhere in the world. For example, like their foreign mouse equivalents, they are hunted by an owl: in this case the Morepork, New Zealand’s only surviving native owl. Weta also pass seeds of some plant species through their digestive tracts unharmed, thus acting as seed dispersers. It is yet to be seen how decreases in weta populations are affecting native plant species that rely on the weta's help.


9.Camel Spider

The order Solifugae is a group of arachnids, containing around 900 species. The name derives from Latin, and means those that flee from the sun. The order is also known by the names Solpugida, Solpugides, Solpugae, Galeodea and Mycetophorae. Their common names include camel spider, wind scorpion, sun spider and matevenados ("deer-killer" - a Mexican nickname).

Solifugae are not true spiders (which are from a different order, Araneae). Like scorpions and harvestmen, they belong to a distinct arachnid order.

Most Solifugae live in tropical or semitropical regions where they inhabit warm and arid habitats, but some species have been known to live in grassland or forest habitats. The most distinctive feature of Solifugae is their large chelicerae. Each of the two chelicerae are composed of two articles forming a powerful pincer; each article bears a variable number of teeth. Males in all families but Eremobatidae possess a flagellum on the basal article of the chelicera. Solifugae also have long pedipalps, which function as sense organs similar to insects' antennae and give the appearance of the two extra legs. Pedipalps terminate in eversible adhesive organs.

Solifugae are carnivorous or omnivorous, with most species feeding on termites, darkling beetles, and other small arthropods; however, solifugae have been videotaped consuming larger prey such as lizards. Prey is located with the pedipalps and killed and cut into pieces by the chelicerae. The prey is then liquefied and the liquid ingested through the pharynx.

As indicated by their name, Solifugae are mostly nocturnal, and seek shade during the day. It was this behaviour which led coalition soldiers in the 2003 invasion of Iraq to think these arachnids were attacking them. In reality, they were merely moving toward the newly available shade provided by the soldiers' presence. The absence of shade sends them away.










8.Mexican Redknee Tarantula

The Mexican redknee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi) is a species of burrowing tarantula native to Mexico, but might be found in small numbers in neighboring countries. They are among the most popular tarantulas available in the pet trade, due to their impressive size and striking coloration. A similar terrestrial tarantula is named Mexican Painted Redleg ("Brachypelma emilia").he mature Mexican redknee tarantula has a dark-colored body with orange patches on the joints of its legs; the second element of the legs (the trochanter) is orange-red. Following moulting, the colors are more pronounced. The dark portion is very black while the orange-red portions will be far more on the reddish side. This is usually the best time to take pictures.

An adult female has a body roughly 4 inches (10cm) long, with a legspan of 6–7 inches (15 to 18 cm), and a weight of approximately 15 to 16 grams, and usually contains large amount of venom.




7.European Earwig ( Forficula auricularia)
Forficula auricularia, the Common earwig or European earwig, is an omnivorous insect in the family Forficulidae. Native to Europe, it has been introduced to North America in the early twentieth century and is now present throughout much of the continent.

This earwig is about one centimetre long, shiny brown, with yellowish wings and legs. The cerci (pincers) of the male are thick and sli
ghtly curved; those of the female are straighter and less robust. The cerci are used during mating, feeding, and self-defence. The earwig has functional wings but rarely flies.

This insect is considered a pest of crops, although it does eat other pest insects and eg
gs as well as plant parts. Earwigs readily consume corn silk and can damage the crop. It wedges itself into enclosed spaces, and can be found resting in harvested produce and cut flowers.

The female earwig lays a clutch of about 50 eggs in an underground nest in the autumn. She enter
s a dormant state and stays in the nest with the eggs. In the spring the young emerge from the eggs and she guards them until they reach maturity after about one month.

Interestingly, the male earwig has two identical, fully-functional and independantly operable penises.
























6.Thorn Bug
The thorn bug is an occasional pest of ornamentals and fruit trees in southern Florida. During heavy infestations, nymphs and adults form dense clusters around the twigs, branches and even small tree trunks. Some hosts which have been severely damaged include
Hibiscus sp., powder-puff (Calliandra spp.), woman's tongue tree (Albizzia lebbek), and Acacia spp. Young trees of jacaranda (Jacaranda acutifolia) and royal poinciana (Delonix regia) with a diameter of 1.5 to 2 inches have been killed by thorn bugs in the Tampa area. The trunks were so heavily infested that is was difficult to place a finger anywhere on the trunk without touching a specimen. Damage is caused by sucking the sap and by oviposition cuts. Butcher (19 53) reported that certain trees, especially some cassias, suffered considerable loss of foliage, and that pithecellobiums (Pithecellobium spp.) suffered ge neral and extensive terminal twig death. He also mentioned that thorn bug honey-dew secretions and ac companying sooty mold development caused a nuisance to home owners. Kuitert (1958) noted that heavy accumulations of honey-dew sometimes occurred on parked automobiles. There are reports of barefooted c hildren stepping on the spines of thorn bugs which drop out of tre es. The wounds are slow healing and sometimes become infected.


































5.Goliath Beetle
The Goliath beetles are among the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight. They are members of subfamily Cetoniinae, within the scarab beetle family. Goliath beetles can be found in many of Africa's tropical forests, where they feed primarily on tree sap and fruit. Little appears to be known of the l arval cycle in the wild, but in captivity, Goliathus beetles have been successfully reared from egg to adult using protein-rich foods such as commercial cat and dog food. Goliath beetles measure from 50–110 mm (2 to 4-1/3 inches) in length as adults, and can reach weights of up to 80-100 grams (3 to 3-1/2 oz) in the larval stage, though the adults are only about half this weight. The heavily armored adults are so large that when flying, they produce a sound akin to a toy helicopter in flight. The females range from a dark brown to silky white, but the males are nomally brown/white/black or black/white.












4.Giant African Stick Insect
The Giant African Stick Insect Bactrododema tiaratum from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (known from all provinces except Eastern Cape and Free State), Swaziland and Zimbabwe i s known to reach a length of 125-185mm. in females (up to 350mm. including legs stretched out). This is much shorter than the largest known stick insect, Phobaeticus kirbyi from Borneo, also the longest insect in the world, the females of which reach 328mm (548mm. includin g legs stretched out). A 278mm. Malayan Phobaeticus serratipes measured 555mm. including legs stretched out.Giant stick insects are particularly interesting because of their size and weight and the fact that some of them can fly with their relatively small wings. The flight of these insects may be regarded as one of t he wonders of aerodynamics, although often it is only a downward gliding flight. Although Giant stick insects can make very good pets, and there is a d emand for specimens in insect zoos, Giant African Stick Insects have rarely been kept in captivity. A stock kept in the London Zoo was stolen in the 1960's! If you want to keep a Giant African Stick Insect as a pet, make sure you have a good supply of potted Acacia saplings. Peltophorum might also work. In other countries people have had success feeding stick insects from various countries on rose or oak plants. Make sure the leaves have NOT been sprayed with insecticide! It is not easy to keep these insects in captivity, so it would be wise to refer to Brock (2000).






















3.Cockroach
The name of the order is derived from the Latin word for "cockroach", blatta. The folk etymology of the English word cockroach is the Spanish cucaracha.

Cockroaches exist worldwide, with the exception of the polar regions. There are roughly 4,500 species in six families.

Among the most well-known species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which is about 3 cm long, the Germa n cockroach, Blattella germanica, about 1½ cm long, the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, also about 1½ cm in length, and the Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis, about 2½ cm. Tropical cockroaches are often much bigger, and extinct cockroach relatives such as the Carboniferous Archimylacris and the Permian Apthoroblattina were several times as large as these. When infesting buildings, cockroaches are considered pests; out of the thousands of species, however, only about 30 (less than 1%) fall into this designation.


















2.Horse Fly
The bite from a larger specimen can be painful, especially considering the light, agile, and airborne nature of the fly. Unlike insects which surreptitiously puncture the skin with needle-like organs, horse flies have mandibles like tiny serrated scimitars, which they use to rip and/or slice flesh apart. This causes the blood to seep out as the horsefly licks it up. They may even carve a chunk completely out of the victim, to be digested at its leisure.

The horsefly's modus operandi is less secretive than that of its mosquito counterparts, although it still aims to escape before pain signals reach their mark's sphere of awareness. Moreover, the pain of a horsefly bite may mean that the victim is more concerned with assess
ing and repairing the wound, than finding and swatting the interloper.


1.Giant Water Bug

The Giant Water Bug is one of the largest insects in the U.S. and Canada. Giant water bugs are approximately 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in length. Some species grow as long as 4 inches (10 cm). Because it often

turns up under street lights and porch lights, it is also one of the most asked about insects. It is commonly mistaken for a beetle or even a cockroach. Alternate names include toe biter because they can deliver a nasty bite, and electric light bug because they are attracted to lights.

Clear, freshwater streams and ponds, preferring those with aquatic vegetation. Giant Water Bugs like slowly moving water, especially where there is emergent vegetation such as cattails. They usually grab hold of a plant near the surface, and stick their short breathing tube out of the water to allow them to breath while waiting for prey. With their powerful front legs they are able to grab other bugs and prey as big as small fish, frogs and salamanders. They pierce their prey with their sharp beak and secrete enzymes that dissolve the body tissues, thus allowing them to suck up the resulting liquid.




Tuesday, August 7, 2007

20 Unusual Stolen Objects

1. MARLA MAPLES' SHOES

When the girlfriend of entrepreneur Donald Trump discovered that more than 40 pairs of her high-heelled shoes were missing, she installed a video camera in her bedroom closet to catch the culprit. On July 15, 1992, the camera reportedly recorded Maples's publicist, Chuck Jones, filching another pair. New York police raided Jones's office and recovered the shoes, as well as a copy of Spike, a pornographic magazine for shoe fetishists. Jones pleaded not guilty to the charges.

2. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WALLET

One hundred and ninety-one years after his death in 1799, George Washington's battered wallet was stolen from an unlocked case in the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, New Jersey. The wallet was later returned to police. In a separate incident in 1986, a lock of Washington's hair was taken from a museum in France. Five years later it was recovered, along with a lock of hair belonging to the Marquis de Lafayette, by French police during a raid on a drug dealer's hideout.

3. BULL SEMEN

In October 1989, $10,000 worth of frozen bull semen and embryos was taken from the dairy building at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, California. The embryos were later found, but despite a $1,500 reward, the semen was never recovered.

4. CHURCH PULPIT

On August 2, 1992, congregation leaders of the first missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, voted to oust their pastor, the Reverend Robert L. White. The Reverend White retaliated by loading most of the church's property into three cars, a pickup, and a 14-foot-long-U-haul truck. Included in his haul were furniture, an organ, curtains, speakers, amplifiers and even the pulpit. He left behind the church's piano because it was still being paid for.

5. HALF A HUMAN HEAD

Jason Paluck, a premedical student at Adelphi University, was arrested in May 1992 after his landlord discovered half of a human head in a plastic bag while evicting Paluck from his Mineola, New York, apartment. Paluck admitted that he had taken the head from one of his classes.

6. KATEY SAGAL'S PUSH-UP BRA

On the night of April 30, 1992, Jim B., a 24-year-old art student in Los Angeles, drove into Hollywood to observe the fires and looting that followed the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King. Jim B. joined the crowd looting Frederick's of Hollywood, the famous purveyor of exotic lingerie. He headed straight for their lingerie museum, intent on grabbing Madonna's bustier. It had already been stolen, so Jim B. settled for Ava Gardner's bloomers and a push-up bra worn by Katey Sagal on the television comedy Married . . . With Children. A couple of days later, a repentant Jim B. handed over the stolen items to the Reverend Bob Frambini, the pastor at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, who returned them to Frederick's. Madonna's bustier is still on the missing list. However, she did donate a replacement in exchange for a donation to a charity that provides free mammograms for the poor.

7. TWENTY-FOOT INFLATABLE CHICKEN

To mark the March 1990 debut of a new franchise in Sherman Oaks, California, the El Pollo Loco fast-food chain installed a 20-foot inflatable rubber chicken in front of the restaurant. Two weeks later, it was stolen. 'Don't ask me what someone would do with it', said Joe Masiello, director of operations for Chicken Enterprises, Ltd. 'If you put it in your yard, someone would notice it'. The restaurant's owners offered a reward of 12 free chicken combos for its return, but the thieves didn't bite.

8. BUTTONS

Felicidad Noriega, the wife of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, was arrested in a Miami-area shopping mall in March 1992. She and a companion eventually pleaded guilty to stealing $305-worth of buttons, which they had removed from clothes in a department store.

9. FIFTEEN-TON BUILDING

In August 1990, businessman Andy Barrett of Pembroke, New Hampshire, reported the unexpected loss of an unassembled 15-ton prefabricated structure, complete with steel girders and beams 35 feet long and 3 feet thick.

10. MANHOLE COVERS

In July 1990, Los Angeles police broke the case of the Great Manhole Theft Caper when they arrested two culprits who later confessed to stealing 300 manhole covers weighing as much as 300 lbs each. The Manhole Men were selling the covers for six dollars each to scrap-material dealers. They could have made 30 times as much money by recycling the same weight in aluminium soft-drinks cans. Two years later, manhole mania hit Lillehammer, Norway, site of the 1994 Winter Olympics, after local officials began stamping the covers with the Olympic logo. Three of the 140-lb covers were stolen, but one was returned after the thief 'sobered up'.

11. SACRED CHIN

Saint Anthony's jawbone and several teeth were taken from a basilica in Padua, Italy, in October 1991, but were later found near Rome's international airport at Fiumicino.

12. BIRDS' NESTS

Burglars in Hong Kong stole $250,000 worth of birds' nests from a restaurant during the night of May 1, 1992. The nests are a main ingredient in a popular Chinese soup.

13. GODZILLA

In March 1992, a 132-lb rubber model of Godzilla was stolen from a Tokyo movie studio. Ten days later it was found in a bamboo thicket outside the city.

14. VINTAGE AEROPLANE

Israeli Air Force Reserve Major Ishmael Yitzhaki was convicted in February 1992 of stealing a World War II Mustang fighter plane and flying it to Sweden, where he sold it for $331,000. He had managed to remove the plane from the Air Force museum by saying it needed painting.

15. GENE KELLY'S LAMPPOST

Bryan Goetzinger was part of the labour crew that cleared out the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film company vaults when MGM ceded its Culver City, California, lot to Lorimar Telepictures, in 1986. Among the items scheduled to be dumped was the lamppost that Gene Kelly swung on in the Hollywood musical classic Singin' in the Rain. Goetzinger took the lamppost home and installed it in the front yard of his Hermosa Beach home. Four years later it was stolen. It was never recovered.

16. MARY'S LITTLE LAMB

A life-size statue of Mary's famous little lamb was erected in Sterling, Massachusetts, the hometown of Mary Sawyer, who was the inspiration for the nursery rhyme written in 1830 by Sarah J. Hale. During the night of June 30, 1990, the unfortunate lamb was stolen from the town commons. Fortunately, it was later returned.

17. SOFA BALLOON

When Nadar Almasi, the manager of Krause's Sofa Factory in Fremont, California, reported the theft of a sofa from his store, Fremont police laughed. The sky blue sofa, known as Maxine, was actually a 31-foot, 500-lb forced air balloon that had adorned the store's rooftop until the Independence Day weekend of 1989. Maxine was recovered a few weeks later.

18. FAKE BISON TESTICLES

In celebration of the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, the host city of Edmonton, Canada, erected statues of bison, painted in colours representing the competing nations. Twenty of the statues were vandalised, with thieves removing the testicles from the bison. Although two vandals were caught red-handed in August, police considered the remaining cases unsolved. Ric Dolphin, chairman of the project that erected the statues, suggested that if the vandals were caught, 'Let the punishment fit the crime.'

19. CABIN

Kay Kugler and her husband B.J. Miller bought 40 acres in California's El Dorado County and erected a 10-by-20-foot prefabricated cabin on the property, which they used as a vacation home. In July 2003, they arrived at their property to discover that the cabin was gone. In their absence, someone had stolen the cabin, a shed, a generator, an antique bed, a well pump and a 2,600-gallon water tank.

20. CONDOM MACHINE

Keith Bradford, 34, drank three beers at the Irish Tavern in Waterford, Michigan, in November, 1994, headed into the men's room and ripped a condom machine from the wall. Numerous witnesses saw him walking away with the machine, so the police followed him home and recovered the machine, 48 condoms and 127 quarters.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Top 10 Wackiest Conspiracy Theories

Dinosauroid-like Alien Reptiles are dominating the World

Christine Fitzgerald, a confidante of Diana, Princess of Wales, claims that Diana told her that the Royal Family were Reptilian aliens, and that they could shapeshift.

David Icke's --BBC reporter-- claims that humanity is actually under the control of dinosauroid-like alien reptiles who must consume human blood to maintain their human appearance.

"Evidence" goes from Sumerian tablets describing the "Anunnaki" (which he translates as "those who from heaven to earth came"), to the serpent in the Biblical Garden of Eden, to child abuse, fluoridation, and the genealogical connections between the Bush family and the House of Windsor.

Icke theorizes that the reptilians came here from the constellation Draco. Like most conspiracy theories, falsification of Icke's hypotheses is nearly impossible, but Icke continues to sell books and give speaking engagements based on concepts ranging from the New Age to his political opinions.

Apollo 11 Moon Landings were faked by NASA

Proponents of the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations allege that the Apollo Moon Landings never took place, and were faked by NASA with possible CIA support. Enthusiasts of this theory claim that:







  • The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation
  • The photos were altered: the Crosshairs on some photos appear to be behind objects, rather than in front of them where they should be
  • The quality of the photographs is implausibly high.
  • There are no stars in any of the photos, and astronauts never report seeing any stars from the capsule windows.
  • Identical backgrounds in photos that are listed as taken miles apart.
  • The moon's surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film would have melted.
  • No blast crater appeared from the landing
  • The launch rocket produced no visible flame.
  • The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.

    September 11 was orchestrated by the U. S. government

    A number of urban myths, alternative hypotheses and conspiracy theories have been formulated to explain the events of September 11th:

  • The U.S., Israel or Iraq government orchestrated the attacks themselves.
  • The Twin Towers fell straight down, at close to free-fall speed. This is a similar characteristic of a controlled demolition. The dust cloud and its make up are considered un-characteristic of a gravity-driven collapse.
  • It is often pointed out that no steel building before or since the 9-11 attack has collapsed as the result of fire.
  • The rubble of the Twin Towers smoldered for weeks after the collapse. This claim is meant to point out that steel could only have smoldered as a result of pre-placed explosives.
  • Some consider photographic evidence of the plane lying on the grounds of the Pentagon to be ambiguous and unconvincing, citing a visual lack of burnt metal, human remains, passenger's luggage or seats.
  • The Pentagon was struck in a newly renovated, reinforced section. Some speculate this location, the west side of the complex, to be indicative of government involvement, noting it as an attempt to reduce casualties.
  • Flight 77 was able to fly in the direction of the DC and Pentagon area for approximately 40 minutes without interception. This is thought to be unusual given the Pentagon's close proximity to Andrews Air Force Base.
  • There are claims that anti-missile batteries at the Pentagon should have intercepted Flight 77.
  • The FBI confiscated a video, which may have captured the impact, from a nearby gas station attended by Jose Velasquez. This video has not yet been released.

    Barcodes are really intended to Control people

    Some conspiracy theorists have proposed that barcodes are really intended to serve as means of control by a putative world government, or that they are Satanic in intent.

    Mary Stewart Relfe claims in "The New Money System 666" that barcodes secretly encode the number 666 - the Biblical "Number of the Beast".

    This theory has been adopted by other fringe figures such as the "oracle" Sollog, who refuses to label any of his books with barcodes on the grounds that "any type of computer numbering systems MANDATED by any government or business is part of the PROPHECY of the BEAST controlling you."


    Charlemagne never existed, is a fictional character

    Phantom time hypothesis is a theory developed by Heribert Illig which suggests that the Early Middle Ages (614–911 CE) never occurred, meaning that all artifacts attributed to this time period were from other times, and all historical figures were outright fabrications.

    One consequence of Illig's hypothesis is that Charlemagne never existed but is a fictional character. The vast majority of historians believe this theory to be complete fiction, as all cited evidence can be considered circumstantial.


    The Truth is out there, on Area 51

    The secretive nature of Area 51 and undoubted connection to classified aircraft research, together with reports of unusual phenomena, have led Area 51 to become a centerpiece of modern UFO and conspiracy theory folklore. Some of the unconventional activities claimed to be underway at Area 51 include:

  • The storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft (including material supposedly recovered at Roswell), the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology.
  • Meetings or joint undertakings with extraterrestrials.
  • The development of exotic energy weapons (for SDI applications or otherwise) or means of weather control.
  • Activities related to a supposed shadowy world government.

    Microsoft sends messages on Wingdings Font

    The Wingdings Font included with Windows has a history of controversy. In 1992, only days after the release of Windows 3.1, it was discovered that the character sequence "NYC" in Wingdings was rendered as Skull and crossbones symbol, Star of David, and thumbs up gesture. This could be interpreted as a message of approval of killing Jews, especially those from New York City.

    Microsoft strongly denied this was intentional, and insisted that the final arrangement of the glyphs in the font was largely random. Various other combinations of Wingings characters are alleged to have special significance by conspiracy theorists, but these results are likely purely coincidental.


    U.S. military caused the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

    Popular Arab news services claim the U.S. and Indian militaries deliberately caused the Indian Ocean tsunamis with electromagnetic pulse technology.

    Another type of theory bases its claims on oil and gas interests. Others also reason that the technology is at least feasible if not highly probable since research into such technology has been conducted by the military as far back as World War II.


    The Nazis had a Moon Base

    Esoteric Hitlerists and conspiracy theorists interested in Nazi mysticism and World War II have speculated that the Germans landed on the Moon as early as 1942.

    According to other theories it is believed that the Nazis had made contact with 'half a dozen' alien races, including the malevolent Reptilians.


    Kentucky Fried Chicken makes black men impotent

    It is sometimes claimed that the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise is owned by the Ku Klux Klan, and the chicken is laced with a drug that makes only black men impotent.

    Ironically, the KFC franchise is actually owned by an African-American.



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