Piss on it!

Man peed way out of avalanche

A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it.

Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains.

He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way out.

But as he dug with his hands, he realised the snow would fill his car before he managed to break through.

He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer in his car as he was going on holiday, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he realised he could urinate on the snow to melt it, local media reported.

He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there."

Parts of Europe have this week been hit by the heaviest snowfalls since 1941, with some places registering more than ten feet of snow in 24 hours.

Copyright © 2005 Ananova Ltd

Sweet Music

My wife and I just purchased a new stereo, something we splurge on every ten years or so. Well, my wife is the music buff, so after returning from Kmart with our purchase (hey, it has great sound and the price was right), she hogged the thing with a new cd she picked up and forced me to listen to Avril Lavigne (to those of you that enjoy her, god bless, I think she’s a whiney skank) and Collective Soul (who’s first album remains their best…)

Anyway, to make a short story long I had a chance today to enjoy the new stereo and take the opportunity to clear my ears out with some good old Jimmy Buffett (I know, you may not like him, but every time I listen to that bastard, I can almost smell the beach). Fully enjoying Buffett, much to the dismay of my young daughters I might add, I stumbled across a long lost treasure… an old Harry Chapin Greatest Hits tape (yes, I said tape… I remember listening to him on records… if you don’t know what they are, ask your parents). *sigh* Nobody puts it all in perspective like Harry. He was a year older than I am now when he died. So much talent, he was and remains a bright flame still missed by his fans.

Oh the Irony

Amish Teen Electrocuted in Ohio

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - A 17-year-old Amish boy was electrocuted trying to remove a power line that got tangled in his horse-drawn buggy's wheels, authorities said.

The boy drove over a power line Tuesday that had sagged down within a foot of the road after separating from a pole, authorities said.

The line got stuck in the wheels and stopped the buggy. The boy got out and grabbed the 4,800-volt line in an attempt to remove it from the wheels, the Geauga County Sheriff's office said. He died at the scene.

The boy's name was not released because his family had not all been notified, officials said.

The Amish are a deeply religious group who shun modern conveniences such as electricity, telephones and car ownership. About 40,000 Amish live in Ohio, the most of any state.

The boy was traveling south on a road near Geauga-Trumbull County line in northeast Ohio, about 25 miles east of Cleveland.

The horse pulling the buggy was not injured.

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Ain't Life Weird?

From the 'Weird Shit Happens' File:

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man was jailed on Friday for repeatedly stabbing a long lost best friend he had traced via the popular "Friends Reunited" Web site, and the victim says he still wants to be buddies.

Brendan Walsh, 27, nearly killed Noel Duff when he stabbed him seven times in a drunken rage because he mistakenly believed his friend had attacked his sister, Karen, whom Duff had started dating.

However, Walsh immediately became full of remorse, called an ambulance and Duff was rushed to a hospital where doctors said it was a miracle he had survived a stab wound to the heart.

Walsh, who was sentenced to three years in jail by London's Old Bailey after pleading guilty to wounding with intent, had been a close friend with Duff at school and had met up with him again via the Web site, later introducing him to his sister.

"The victim is no longer angry at you and the remarkable fact is that (he) even gave evidence on your behalf and said he would like to be friends with you again," Judge David Paget told Walsh, who was cleared of attempted murder.

"Even the victim later remarked 'I can't believe a stupid fight came to this'."

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Committed

Typical formulized sitcom fare but has some surprisingly funny moments.
After watching two episodes, I was treated to several belly-laugh moments. Although, it’s in danger of becoming a cliché sitcom, certain elements are in place to really bring this into the comic realms of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond. Time will tell, but for now, it’s a bright star in the dark sky of crappy sitcoms.

http://www.nbc.com/Committed/
Check it out, give it a watch.

Look, A Giant Rat

Escaped kangaroo captured after a frigid walkabout in Wisconsin

DODGEVILLE, Wis. (AP) - A kangaroo that went on a walkabout in frigid Wisconsin was captured Wednesday. But where the marsupial came from remained a mystery.

Sheriff's deputies cornered the 68-kilogram kangaroo in a barn after receiving calls for days from shocked residents who had seen it.

Officials from Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, about 70 kilometres away, planned to pick it up and take care of it.

Zoo director Jim Hubing said the kangaroo would not have survived long in the Wisconsin winter. Temperatures in the animal's native Australia generally do not drop below freezing.

Sheriff Steve Michek said some people who spotted the kangaroo were hesitant to report it "because they didn't want to be made a fool of."

He said the animal might have escaped as someone was bringing it through the county.

Copyright © 2005 Canadian Press

2005 predictions

Ever wonder if those radio psychics are legit or just full of shit? Here's a site that answers that question: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/aspie/trueorfalse/

On that note, I feel compelled to offer my own round of 'predictions' for '05, not based on any claimed psychic ability, just a 'gut' feeling...

- the pope will die before the end of 2005 perhaps even within the first quarter of '05.

- if it goes to trial, michael jackson will be found guilty.

- there will be increased space activity or a strange space 'event', enough to cause a mild concern worldwide.

- the iraqi elections will happen and will be a success on par with the afagani elections.

- earthquakes and volcanic ativity will increase in '05.

- there will be a major event in '05. this one is hard to peg down, so many variables can change the outcome of this. but if what i see happens, it'll make s.e. asia look insignificant by comparison. if the variables change this vision, '05 will be a relatively quiet year, but '06 will be rocky.