NEWS OF THE WORLD - Current Events (May Be Disturbing, No Politics Please)

[Steinerfrank]

When I heard that news about people wanting their money back because the silent movie they went to see was, of all things, silent it reminded me of the person who sued McDonald's because the hot coffee they ordered was, of all things, hot.

I also recall the ranting of my neighbor over the fact that a 3D movie he wanted to see was not offered in 2D at the cinema he attended. He felt this was a violation of his rights as he should have the option to see any 3D movie in 2D (the fact that he wanted to see the movie in 3D to begin with was not the point), and he was searching to find the right party to take to court over his 'traumatizing' ordeal.

I could continue with the list, such as when a friend of mine did not comprehend why Madonna and everyone else in EVITA was constantly singing "as if the movie was some kind of opera or something;" or the man who demanded his money back after attending a film version of HAMLET due to the fact that he could not comprehend the 'weird English' that was used in the film (after all, it was the 20th century, and someone should have come along and revised the script by now); and then there's the critic who was disappointed by the American version of GODZILLA because, in his words, "it was just about this giant dinosaur who went around smashing buildings and squashing people, and was not provocative of enough depth" (because, as everyone knows, no one goes to see any of Japan's versions of Godzilla to watch a giant dinosaur walk around smashing buildings and squashing people, because that would just be weird)....

I, as everyone else would surely admit,  found "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" provocative of such depth that I left the movie theater just dripping with it!

[Haunted hearse]

But what about the people who go to twighlight, and are disapointed, because they thought they were going to see a movie about vampires?

[Count_Zirock]

Then there's my 28-year-old neighbor, who asked me how to get her money back after seeing a crappy film, after she'd already left theater. I asked her what movie it was. "Paranormal Activity 3." Um, anyone who'd pay to see that garbage, got what they deserved.

[Sean]

Naked corpses on the streets of Montgomery, Ala., might mean the long-feared zombie uprising has begun and we poor humans might as well just prepare for our brains to ripped from our skulls and eaten.




For better or worse, however, these corpses were actually members of the animals rights group PETA dramatizing their animal rights agenda.

[Haunted hearse]

If by PETA, you mean "People eating tasty animals", then I'm a member.

[Scatter]

If by PETA, you mean "People eating tasty animals", then I'm a member.

Me too! And I love me some fur coats too!! Eat it PETA.

[Unknown Primate]

Welcome back, Scatter!

[Scatter]

Why thank you good sir..........thread with pics of the 3 day Scatter Clan pilgrimage to the actual town of Sleepy Hollow, New York  (burial spot of Washington Irving and setting for his famous saga of the Headless Horseman) to follow.

The coolest and creepiest 17th century cemetery we've ever seen (and we've seen a LOT) where hauntings abound, a charming little town complete with (haunted) woods and the (haunted) Sleepy Hollow Bridge, the Sleepy Hollow Dutch Reformed church (est. 1640 AD, where Washington Irving as well as many of the Cranes and Van Tassels from the story now rest), and where one of the best diners on the planet (The Fountain Diner) abides as well.

Also a pilgrimage to the graves of Joan Crawford, Aaliyah, Richard Barthelmess (silent film star), Ed Sullivan, Mrs Kravitz from "Bewitched",  and Harry Houdini (whose magnificent grave rests in a cemetery which is largely wrecked and abandoned, and where we were more afraid of crack addicts than ghosts).

All in all, a fantastic short excursion into legend and lore!

[Illoman]

When I heard that news about people wanting their money back because the silent movie they went to see was, of all things, silent it reminded me of the person who sued McDonald's because the hot coffee they ordered was, of all things, hot.

I, too hold that lawsuit as the epitome of frivolous, but according to a friend of mine who studied the case, there's more to it. Apparently that particular McDonalds had received three notices to change the temperature on their coffee maker since it was indeed excessively hot. They refused to do it each time, so the judge decided to make an example of them. I guess the woman who got burned had pretty severe injuries from it. And now you know.... the rest of the story.

[Moonshadow]

And now you know.... the rest of the story.

Good day!

[Unknown Primate]

Like the subject line says, "May Be Disturbing"...

http://www.ghosttheory.com/2012/01/27/florida-man-axes-victim-eats-eyeball-and-brain

[zombiehorror]

Topless Ukranian protestors!

[Fester]

Topless Ukranian protestors!

Please pass the eye bleach!

[zombiehorror]

Please pass the eye bleach!

Apparently we have not seen the same protestors?!?

[Fester]

Apparently we have not seen the same protestors?!?

I sure hope so . . .