Brain Droppings

South Park reenacts Black Water mishap

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:52:19 +0000

Last month it was exposed that Blackwater employees were signing for guns under the name Eric Cartman. The guys at South Park liked the idea so they reenacted it for one of their episodes.

High jump fail

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:28:01 +0000

The Price Is Creepy

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:13 +0000

From fourfour:

These are all from the ’70s, way before he was sued for sexual harassment. Clearly, even in the early days, he was on his path to destruction. I know women liked to run up on stage and bestow him with affection, but look: he started it! Also, obviously there’s a disconnect between what was appropriate then versus now. At least we can look at this and realize how far we’ve progressed in the past 35-years…at least, publicly.

Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake moved city 10 feet

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:33 +0000

The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the city Concepcion moved it 10 feet to the west.

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Jesse Spano’s caffiene intake

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:24:04 +0000

Nathaniel James made this wonderful infographic based on a classic Saved By The Bell episode.

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Chinese grandmother grows horn

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:55:13 +0000

From Mail Online:

An elderly Chinese woman has stunned her family and fellow villagers by growing from her forehead a horn than resembles a goat’s.
Grandmother Zhang Ruifang, 101, of Linlou village, Henan province, began developing the mysterious protrusion last year.
Since then it has grown 2.4in in length and another now appears to emerging on the other side of the mother of seven’s forehead.

Guys, I have some bad news…

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:08 +0000

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WTF? Teddy bears!

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:02 +0000

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You’re right again, TV

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:13 +0000

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Don’t shush people at the movies because you might get stabbed with a meat thermometer

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:14 +0000

A man at a movie theater in Lancaster, CA, asked a woman to keep the noise down which prompted her boyfriend to stab him in the neck with a meat thermometer.

Deputies say that while the movie was playing, a woman was talking on her phone and the victim asked her to turn it off.
The victim was attacked by the woman’s boyfriend and another man. Deputies say he was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.
The victim was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Two other people who attempted to help the victim were also injured in the altercation.