Here’s an interesting/horrifying little morality tale via the Portland Police Bureau: Last night at 11:25 pm, 23-year-old James Piles was walking just east of SE Water and Stark, when he was struck by a train, thereby severing the lower part of his left leg. He’s expected to survive… but you may be wondering, how exactly […]
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I Want These Mothereffing Scorpions Off this Mothereffing Plane!
Oregon resident Jeff Ellis was on an Alaskan Airlines flight when he was suddenly stung by a SCORPION! (Didn’t see that coming.) Here’s Jeff’s account of the mid-flight scorpion attack—which would be a whole lot more interesting if Samuel L. Jackson was telling it.
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Please Allow Me to Ruin Your Day
Ahem: A 12-year-old girl killed herself so she could become an organ donor to her father and brother. But Mumpy Sarkar from Jhorpara village, West Bengal died in vain, because it was not until the day after her traditional cremation that her father found a note on her bed. Addressed to her mother, the girl […]
Posted inHealth
Inside the Drained (Urine-Free!) Mount Tabor Reservoir
Ever wonder what a nearly 8 million gallon municipal reservoir looks like without any of its water? No? Well, here’s your chance anyway. The O sent a reporter out to check on the reservoir city officials decided to drain after a drunk fellow peed into it earlier this month. It’s short. Unlike the duration of […]
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Snail vs. Earthworm: WHO YA… Oh, Nevermind. Snail Wins.
I totally wanted to construct a big Blogtown betting pool on who would win in a snail vs. earthworm scenario… but this video clearly shows an earthworm getting both his asses handed to him by a completely ferocious snail in a fairly horrifying way. Hey Nature! You should totally direct the next Saw movie!
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Portland, EXPLAIN.
Spotted in Southeast: Somehow, this is a tall bike’s fault, I know it is.
Posted inFashion
Today’s Tip for Grooming Your Venomous Spider
Hey venomous funnel-web spider! Ooh, girl, your hair is a hot MESS! You are NOT going out on the web looking like that, are you? Oh, hell-to-the-no-.org! Sit your ass down. No? Fine, then I’ll hold you down with this pair of tweezers and a rubber band! Now where’s my paintbrush? (And after I’m done […]
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Tonight’s Nightmare (or “Miracle” Depending on How You Look at It) Today!
Soooooo… how do you guys feel about the “miracle of birth”? Unless one if physically or emotionally forced to watch it go down, most of us would probably give it a pass, I’d wager. Well in the video posted after the jump (for NSFW reasons…. brrrrrr) Zaeous has constructed a dramatic recreation of the birth […]
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Stupid, Stupid Playground Equipment
Okay, actually this is a BRILLIANT piece of playground equipment, and the kids are “stupid, stupid” for coming within 300 yards of it. (Your ideas for the perfect name for this pre-pubescent death trap in the comments, please!) via
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Three Words that Should Never Be Spoken: “Inverted Teddy Bears.”
Oh god oh god oh god. Via.
Posted inTech
Invasion of the Robot Jugglers
So now I’m thinking that maybe the world IS coming to an end. First the robots came for our jobs. Then the robots came for our genitals. And now, the robots are coming for our Ren faires. When will the madness stop? It won’t stop. Not until the robots are writing hyperbolic blog posts like […]