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

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Hi Fester, nope it's not to soon but you are quite right it was shoddy work by H and W and would you believe that they are still proud even though they cut corners in its making. As for the chicken I love that memo. Somebody definitely cried fowl. Or why did the chicken cross the road...To avoid the Rolls Royce cannon.

[Fester]

  All the chicken jokes . . . its too much Pun-ishment!!


There really is a lot of tragic news out there . . .

Thousands of litres of whisky flushed down drain in Dumbarton

Thousands of litres of whisky have been flushed down the drain by accident at a bottling plant in Dumbarton.

It is understood the mix-up happened at Chivas Brothers during the night shift on Tuesday while equipment was being cleaned.

Instead of draining away waste water, the workers on duty somehow flushed out thousands of litres of bulk whisky.

The smell was so strong that sewage workers reported it.

Chivas Brothers - which employs 600 workers at the plant and produces the world's second biggest-selling brand, Ballantine's - said it was investigating an accidental release of spirit.

A statement said: "We are currently investigating an accidental loss on the 26th of February at our Dumbarton site, where some spirit was released to the local water treatment plant.

"There has been no release of spirit to the River Leven or any other local water course. We have informed Scottish Water and all other relevant authorities."

'Adverse impact'

A Scottish Water spokesman said: "Staff at our waste water treatment works were already aware of a problem and were working to identify the source when contacted by Chivas Brothers.

"Our trade effluent team have now visited the company to get an oversight into its failure investigation so that we can ensure all possible precautions are being taken to prevent a repeat.

"Discharging large volumes of alcohol into the sewer network can have an adverse impact on waste water treatment processes, particularly during dry, cold weather.

"We are continuing to closely monitor our Dumbarton waste water treatment works to ensure treatment has not been compromised."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21614304

It could have been worse-- It could have been Bushmills Single Malt . . .

And for the record:  I have distant relatives in Dumbarton.  So far, none of them have admitted any involvement.   

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As a tea-total Irishman I had to get to the bottom of this so I interviewed some local fish near the spillage. Excuse me Mr Fish but have you a comment to add to this outrage? Hic-cup...Was his reply and off he went back into the drink.

[Fester]

Iceland tests find meat pies contain no meat at all
Checking for horsemeat, food authorities get a strange surprise
The Associated Press
Posted: Mar 1, 2013 10:48 AM ET

Here's one they weren't expecting — meat pies with no meat.

When officials in Iceland began hearing about horsemeat being secreted into beef products around Europe, they decided to run tests to ensure the same thing wasn't happening in Iceland.

Icelandic meat inspector Kjartan Hreinsson says his team didn't find any horsemeat, but one brand of locally produced beef pie left it stumped: it contained no meat at all.

"That was the peculiar thing," Hreinsson said in a telephone interview Friday. "It was labelled as beef pie, so it should be beef pie."

Hreinsson said it appeared to be some kind of vegetable matter. He said the mystery pie was traced to a firm in western Iceland and the case had been handed to municipal authorities.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/01/wrd-iceland-horsemeat-meat-pie.html

[CreepysFan]

   At least it's not the Mr. Ed special.

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Never mind the horse meat I've heard that even their fishcakes contain seahorse.

[Fester]

4 March 2013

'Batman' brings in suspect to Bradford police


Gee, Batman, you're kinda letting yourself go . . .
A man dressed as the caped crusader Batman has handed over a wanted man at a Bradford police station before disappearing into the night.

Police said the costumed crime-fighter marched the 27-year-old man into Trafalgar House Police Station, in the early hours of 25 February.

The man was charged with handling stolen goods and fraud offences.

Police said: "The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains unknown."

Despite speculation on social media the arrested man could know the mysterious crime-fighter, West Yorkshire Police said: "We do not know the identity of the man dressed as Batman and do not know if he is friends with the man who was handed in."
Local accent

The suspect will appear before Bradford magistrates on Friday, police said.

A fancy dress store owner believes she sold the costume to the masked man.
Kathryn Sutcliffe, of Kirkgate Market's The Joke Shop, said she sold a Batman outfit to a man in his 20s a couple of days before the incident.

She said: "Usually they want the Dark Knight costume but he wanted this one. He wanted the one with the muscly chest as well. It's like the one Del Boy wears in Only Fools and Horses."

Mrs Sutcliffe said the man had a local accent and was tall with curly black hair.

She may be one of the few people who knows the Bradford Batman's name, as he paid with a credit card and she has the receipt, but she said she would keep his identity a secret.

The neighbourhood police team for the Buttershaw area of Bradford, wrote about the incident on its Facebook page.
'Promptly vanished'

They said: "Last week we had a very strange occurrence at the police station when a male wanted for an offence on our area was 'escorted' into our helpdesk at Trafalgar House by Batman.

"Batman came into the helpdesk, stated to the staff 'I've caught this one for you' and then promptly vanished into the night to fight crime and the fear of crime in Bradford.

The officers added: "This post is meant as a bit of a light-hearted news."

One comment posted in the name of the neighbourhood police team even said: "We know the male set this up himself."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21654930

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Usually whenever I hear of a bat man it's usually of the baseball kind, way to go caped crusader.

[The Batman]

Going out as the Batman is not recommended for anyone I know. 'Too dangerous. I only suit up for surprise late night appearances for lots of cool comments and photos and always have spotters following me for safety reasons. Never let your guard go down. Sometimes a drunk guy in a bar may dare to say he can beat Batman. That was his first mistake. Be safe, good citizens. cheers 

[Paladin]

Uhh huh   

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From the Batman himself, why you sound just like Adam West.

[Unknown Primate]

T H E   T H I N G
http://io9.com/5989538/russian-scientists-say-theyve-found-unclassified-life-in-antarctic-lake

[Paladin]

T H E   T H I N G
http://io9.com/5989538/russian-scientists-say-theyve-found-unclassified-life-in-antarctic-lake

I've heard this many times before about life under or near the top of the Arctic ice. Almost every country in the world has scientists and a small military contingent of men there.
Whether it's something unusual is another story, but who knows.

We'll never find out what's really going on at any rate.

[Unknown Primate]

Agreed!

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Plus don't forget that they went off the radar for a week or more after their find? As for the Antarctic "Who goes there!" It's some thing, what thing that thing what thing yes that Thing.