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Old 09-17-2010, 10:54 AM
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Unintentionally ironic headline of the day

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Bonus: the guy's name
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Would today happen to be a slow news day?

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This entire article reads like a a TBOT topic, lol.
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Reminds me of that old Dave Attell bit:


A one legged man always looks like he's come a long way to tell you something important. Listen! It's slippery outside! He's got information. A one toothed man doesn't know anything. What does he know? Uhh... Taffy is delicious...

If I need directions I'm not asking a man with one tooth, I'm asking a man with one leg. Cause he definately knows the easiest way to get there. Yup, if theres a shortcut that one legged ****er knows where it is. You won't be hoppin fences neither.
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Old 09-17-2010, 01:16 PM
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Would today happen to be a slow news day?

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Old 09-17-2010, 05:19 PM
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This entire article reads like a a TBOT topic, lol.
Ahhh, but did you follow the link further down?

http://www.fark.com/cgi/go.pl?i=5619445&s=1

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A FLORIDA man who lost an arm after trying to rescue some baby birds nearly lost the other one - trying to help an alligator.
Alexander Alcantare spotted the 2.5m alligator, which had been hit in the head with an arrow, in water near his Miami-Dade home about 9pm Sunday (local time), NBC Miami reported today.

“I figured I’d trap it and get it some medical attention,” he said.
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Mr Alcantare later called police, only for them to cite him for possession of an alligator. And even worse for the animal fan, the alligator will now have to be euthanized - because it bit him.

Mr Alcantare, who has also been attacked by a tiger in the Congo, said the alligator reacted to him as he would expect.

"That's what happens when you deal with wild animals, you're going to get bitten,” he said.
He does realise that Darwin Awards are posthumous citations, doesn't he? And just how, exactly, did he manage to get attacked by a tiger in the Congo? The last time I looked, the Congo was in Africa, & tigers are known for living a bit further east than that - Siberia, Bengal, India, etc, etc.
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He does realise that Darwin Awards are posthumous citations, doesn't he? And just how, exactly, did he manage to get attacked by a tiger in the Congo? The last time I looked, the Congo was in Africa, & tigers are known for living a bit further east than that - Siberia, Bengal, India, etc, etc.
A tiger? In Africa?



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In related news:

Bearded Lady Reunites With Long-Lost Son

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I often become disenchanted with the state of the media.

Then I look at some internet news articles like these ones, it never fails to cheer me up.
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I doubt the "irony" was unintentional.
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Old 09-18-2010, 07:10 PM
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Old 09-19-2010, 03:45 AM
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There is nothing ironic about the article in the first post.
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