Woman's Cell Phone Turns Out to Be a Live Bat
We've learned that cell phones ringing out loud can land you in trouble. For example, two Atlanta men were recently fined $200 because their mobiles spouted tunes in court, irritating the judge to the point of holding them in contempt. The answer? Set that cell phone to vibrate!

Yes, rules of courtesy and decorum suggest that you not subject those around you to obnoxious ring tones. So we send our compliments to Abbie Hawkins, a British hotel worker who thought she had silenced her phone, which she apparently carries around in her bra. We've seen other women do this, so we're not shocked by the practice.

But imagine Hawkins' shock when the twitching item in her undergarment turned out not to be her cell phone, but instead a live bat. Yes, a bat. With wings. (And fangs?) Perhaps it was receiving a text message from a Transylvanian baron?

Yes, the 19-year-old hotel receptionist spent a good part of the day carrying around a live bat in her bra, thinking it was her cell phone. The bat apparently crawled into her underwear while it was hanging on a clothesline outside her home. Small enough to go unnoticed by Hawkins, the bat apparently decided to go for a snug ride to work with the girl.

According to a quoted bat expert, the animals roost anywhere that appears dark and safe.

Hawkins, saying she felt bad for the little creature, released it outside. Let the Batphone jokes begin.

bwhahahahaha,now thats funny!!

Hahahha omg! How do you not notice a BAT in your bra? I know some people with big boobs store stuff in their bras, but wouldn't you notice it when taking it off the clothesline? Dang!

When racists attack
 

Police: Black Woman Hit By Car Targeted
Cato Sent To Hospital




DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A woman riding her bike in Daytona Beach Monday night was hit by car driven by a man targeting African Americans, police said.

Police believe Nekedia Cato, a 25-year-old African American woman, was hit by Thomas Cosby, of Port Orange.

Police said Cosby, 56, slammed into Cato, took out a nearby porch, hit a tree and then rolled three times.

"He just hit me because I was black," Cato said.

Cato was riding her bike home from the store on South Atlantic Avenue.

"I actually saw him coming toward me. I tried to move my bike as fast as I [could], but it wasn’t quick enough. He came straight for me," Cato said.

Police reported that after Cosby crashed, he got out of his car, screaming racist remarks. Cosby repeatedly used the N-word and shouted he wanted to kill black people, authorities said.

"He was screaming out he had to kill all black people because one slept with his wife," Cato said.

Cato recently moved to the Daytona Beach area with her boyfriend, D.

"If he could target me just because of the color of my skin, he could target anybody else," Cato said.

Cato suffered several broken bones, a broken leg and other injuries. Her leg injury was so severe doctors inserted a metal rod into her leg. Cato could be hospitalized for weeks.

"I'm kind of scared walking down the street because I don't know if people hate me," Cato said.

Cato just started a new job, but could lose it due to prolonged time in the hospital.

"I don't have hate in my heart, you know, I just don't have hate in my heart," Cato said.

Cosby is charged with aggravated battery and simple battery under the state's hate crime laws. More severe penalties will follow if Cosby is convicted.

Florida's hate crime laws went into effect in 1989, including crimes committed not only due to race, but due to religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or age if over 65 years old.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/16889219/detail.html

http://www.wesh.com/news/16891770/detail.html

Isn't "idiot racists" redundant?

true....true...

Wasn't sure if I should post this here, or in the Random Wedding Thread...
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Does anyone really need a divorce ring?

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There's a rather strange jewelry trend emerging. Seems "divorce rings" have suddenly become all the rage while I must've been sleeping under a rock. Now, this is not to be confused with the practice of retooling an old engagement or wedding ring. We're talking about companies like D Jewelry Co. and Transition Rings hawking brand new rings to those that wish to commemorate their divorce.

According to D Jewelry's website, whose rather condescending slogan is "Building self esteem one person at a time" (ooookkkkaaayyy): "The rings serve not only the purpose

Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

Thu Jul 24, 5:41 AM ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=Bh4ZlkWTc...406809%2fV%3d1
Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.


The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.
"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."


The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.


In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.
Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.
New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.


Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

Damn, you beat me to this! I came here to post this article. I seriously laughed when I read "Yeah Detroit" as a name!

That name makes me think of the song Baby's sister sings in Dirty Dancing. So now I have been humming it all day.

Obama sticker causes trouble
 

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5904413.html

I see lots of bumper stickers I feel are offensive, but I've never thought, "I will stop and confront these people!" I actually saw a truck with those stupid truck nutz - driven by a woman!!! - and I just thought - wow, how stupid.

And I don't understand how in the world the sticker can be construed as racist. I hate, hate, hate with the fire of 10,000 suns all the varied "Calvin-rip off urinating on something" stickers out there. Work, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, la migra, UT, - I've seen a lot of things being urinated on via an ugly white vinyl decal.

In bad taste? Yes. Racist? I don't get it. Unless you assume that anyone who doesn't support Obama is racist, and that's a whole 'nuther thread. :cool:

Free speech, baby! I fully support the rights of Americans to slap stupid bumper stickers on their cars and trucks !

'Beer Pong' video game for teens sparks parents' outrage
 

Beer Pong is a virtual rendition of the popular college drinking game that requires players to toss Ping-Pong balls across a table and into a cup of beer (if your cup is hit, you drink). The game was designed for the popular Nintendo Wii platform, and its maker had planned to release it as the first game in its new Frat Party Games series. But concerned parents began sending angry letters to JV Games and Nintendo - Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal even got in on the action, sending his own missives to the companies - until JV Games agreed to change the title of the game to Pong Toss and fill its pixelated cups with water.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2008073...wmGnihOrGs0NUE

What's the point then? :(

Making TPTB happy, I guess. Because we all know beer pong doesn't occur in America's colleges and universities :rolleyes:

I'm interested in finding out what other games are in the "Frat Party Games" series.

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-4241.html

Melbourne, July 31 : Sharon Stone must be ruing the day she made a backhand comment about China's devastating earthquake being 'karma' for its stance on Tibet, especially as she's now facing a 1 billion dollar lawsuit.


According to celebrity gossip website Hollyscoop.com, the suit is being filed by 1000 survivors and victims' families who have been rallied by a New York lawyer.



Obviously this New York lawyer needs to go back to law school because the first amendment protects Sharon Stone. :rolleyes: