(Hey, babe, i'm an Indian Chief.
)I enjoy reading the human interest stories published under these titles. Every now and again I come across an item I want to share with the group, but there isn't an appropriate forum. So I'm starting one.
Today's story:
Every so often you hear of an American who has discovered that upon the death of a distant relative he never knew, he has inherited a titled office in English nobility. Here is an interesting twist on that theme.
I wonder if Fox can use that for Yet Another Joe Millionaire.
(Hey, babe, i'm an Indian Chief.)
And a story from earlier in the week: Someone should have told this guy that when it comes to shoplifting, less is more.
Artists against 419 is preparing the World's 1st 419 Flash Mob for Dec 1st 4:19pm Lagos/Nigeria time (=UT). Why don't you spend a few minutes too? 
Not one new story, but three. The first one seems appropriate to be presented by the RM moderator.
The second also has a religious twist to it.
The third goes together with Dave Barry's latest column, at least in my warped thinking.
...and his staff established in a viewing session that night that 200 of the videos were pornographic.
Must have been a hell of a video night at the church.
Of course if an American were to inherit a
British title the only way to claim it would be to give up his or her American citizenship.
Scott McClenny, are you thinking of Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution (Clause 8):
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Because that doesn't forbid any Citizen from holding a Foreign Title, it only states that no U.S. Official can do so without the approval of Congress
What not to do if you are going to impersonate a cop.
Another article about when not to call the cops.
And another RM-related article.
Santa Claus is laying off elves
This Story gives new meaning to Roe* v Wade.
*Roe, n. [OE. ro, AS. r[=a]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. r[=a], SW. r[*a].] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A roebuck. See Roebuck. (b) The female of any species of deer. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc
It's odd to see the words "nude" or "naked" in a Christmas human interest story, but here are two.
So that Tom (et al.) can find it, and keep up his excellent work...now in it's new home here in Internet Related.
Thanks, Kerrie
Princess Anne's pit bull is in therapy after killing one of the Queen's corgis and attacking a maid.
Barge Capsizes Approaching Nude Beach
Witnesses said that all of the people aboard the barge moved to one side after it was tied up at Hippie Hollow, the only public nude beach in Texas, creating uneven distribution and making it tilt.
(Sheiff's spokesman Roger) Wade said it was unclear why the people all were on one side of the boat.
I wasn't there, but it seems clear enough to me. (LOL)
OK, was the AFP news agency duped by an urban legend? Or did one urban legend finally come to pass?
story
As Luigi Novi: 'Tis the season, but is the season "Christmas"?
Assume you are a teacher or city official just trying to survive this month without being fired or sued. Should you edit Christ out of Christmas?
In America, the answer is evidently goes one way; but In Italy, it goes the other way.
I have one thing to say about that article:
Dude!
Kiesling says in the fall edition of American Speech that the word derives its power from something he calls cool solidarity — an effortless kinship that's not too intimate.
Cool solidarity is especially important to young men who are under social pressure to be close with other young men, but not enough to be suspected as gay.
From the Linguist Deciphers Uses of Word 'Dude' article
Surfer rides Tsunami
Shades of Lucifer's Hammer.
I wonder if he was listening to Benson Arizona?
The zoo in Bremerhaven, Germany has penguins. In three of the pair-bonds both partners are male. Zookeepers are planning on importing sexy female penguins from Sweden in a attempt to seduce the gay penguins into straight pair-bonds. Local gay rights groups are protesting.
The Story.
More on Bremerhaven's gay penguins.The four Swedish "temptresses" have arrived.
The zoo had been mystified why its endangered Humboldt penguins had failed to breed, until they realised the males had paired off, the zoo's director Heike Kück said.
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Kück defended her decision to bring in the females, which, she said, had had little success in "turning" the males.
"The central question is, are our penguins really gay or is it simply a lack of opportunity?" she told Der Spiegel.
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"So far the males have scarcely thrown the females a single glance. The men have had the opportunity but haven't done it.
"If the penguins really are gay then obviously they can stay gay."
The reason they want the penguins to pair off is important: the zoo is part of the breeding program for endangered species, where the last individuals of a species endangered in their natural habitat are exchanged between different zoos to breed in capitivity, with the long-term aim of resettling them in the wild once their habitat has been made safe.
If the penguins didn't belong to an endangered species, they would've been left alone; with some species, zoos face serious problems of overpopulation and give the "pill" to stop it, which isn't without side effects on the animals.
Lastly, in one article the director of the zoo complained about the way things had gone out of control, and regretted ever going public about it - if he had't talked about it, he would've been spared the uproar.
The museum said about 300 women and men in bikinis or bathing trunks, and 10 in their birthday suits, showed up as of midday to tour the exhibit
Warning this link does display a news photo that may offend some.
It's easy to vilify an enemy you've never seen. I's not much harder to believe harmful stereotypes of people you don't know. Reading their side of the story helps break down the barriers, but only if you are open to their ideas.
But meeting them face-to-face, sitting down with them over coffee, getting to know them as people, as individuals, it is hard to maintain the smug aloofness and animosity.
That is the hope of the Malmoe Library in southern Sweden. Included in their collection are nine people who can be "checked out" for 45 minutes at a time, normally for a trip to the library's cafe.
Ulla Brohed, of the Malmoe Library in southern Sweden, says the Living Library project will enable people to come face-to-face with their prejudices in the hopes of altering their preconceived notions.
"You sometimes hear people's prejudices and you realise that they are just uninformed," she said.
Nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, a Muslim woman and a gypsy, will be available at the Malmoe Library for members of the public to "borrow" for a 45-minute conversation in the library's outdoor cafe.
"Maybe not all journalists are know-it-all and sensationalist, just unafraid and curious," Ms Brohed said.
"Maybe not all animal rights activists are angry and intolerant but intelligent and committed."
Merry Christmas!
For the third year in a row, a man in Ohio has spent two months synchronizing his Christmas lights to accompany his Christmas music. So as not to disturb his neighbors by blasting his stereo, he broadcasts the music on a low-powered radio signal.
The story
The next two links are to files to play on Windows Media Player.
Last year's display (The tune is "Wizard in Winter, performed by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
2003 display ("Jingle Bells" performed by Barbra Streisand)
The Today show also did a story on the display, which aired on Monday. You can find it here.
The local news all did a piece on it over the past few days (different channels different days). I would hate to see his electric bill.
One place I miss is Rudd's christmas farm, down near west union. Somethign similar to this guy but not so high tech. Where a family had this nice christmas in the country kind of festival with carols in the barn, a live nativity, lights over about 3 acres, food and homemade dift stuff. The old man running it died and his kids didnt want to continue so it stopped a few years back.
I would hate to see his electric bill.
According to his Today Show interview, his December bill is about $150 more than his average month's bill.
Hmm. Not too bad. I guess. At least not as bad as I would have guessed. Must be using a lot of energy efficient stuff.
Every now and then we hear about a child who falls off a garage roof playing "superhero." Well, five deer in West Virginia evidently got carried away with the Holiday season, and with playing "flying reindeer."
They jumped off the rooftop level of a five-story parking garage.
Police Cpl. Steve Cox found the does' bodies on a service road to the Charles Town Races & Slots, next to a security van they'd narrowly missed.
"They took the plunge," he said. "It was just absolutely weird."
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The carcasses were given to passers-by for butchering.(Well, we are talking about West Virginia.)
The guy in Fairfield who had the lights has shut them off after there where three car wrecks in or outside of the subdivision he lived in. Also with traffic jams lasting up to four hours his neighbors where not exactly happy with things either.
"As God as my witness I thought deer could fly!"
Well that would have been interesting to explain to your insurance agent.
And whats so bad about not lettng that meat go to waste? 5 full grown deer thats enough to feed an average family for over a month.