Category: Weird

This is a strange, strange world we live in.

Two former employees of the Gorilla Foundation, home to Koko the “talking” ape, have filed a lawsuit contending that they were ordered to bond with the 33-year-old female simian by displaying their breasts.

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The suit, in any case, says that Patterson would interpret hand movements by Koko as a demand to see exposed human nipples. She warned Alperin and Keller that their employment with the foundation would suffer, the suit says, if they “did not indulge Koko’s nipple fetish.”

Thanks Josh for the link.

When does a police officer get charged with impersonating an officer? Only in Florida, I guess.

(Yes, I know the officer was trying to pose as an attorney general, but you’d think there’d be a different charge that could be filed).

In an attempt to deal with her credit card debt, this woman is going to be hand-copying her credit card statements and posting them online every month until they’re paid off.

This time not to India, but to North Dakota. And it’s not call centers, but drive-thru windows.

The McDonald’s restaurant in Hermiston, Oregon appears to be “outsaucing” customers drive-thru meals.

The restaurant on Highway 395 has outsourced one of the most important jobs at the drive-through window — order taking.

I think I remember reading about this happening before, and thought I linked to it, but I couldn’t find it in my archives. Oh well…At least the jobs are staying in the U.S.

Thanks Greg for the link.

They can’t get decent toilet paper.

Want a good way to void the warranty for your $500 GeForce 6800 Ultra video card? This isn’t how I’d do it (safe for work, don’t worry). True or not, the thread is a very entertaining read.

Can you imagine sitting next to somebody at the bus stop, in the office, etc… who has installed a MoanTone on their phone? That’s just what we need in a crowded, quiet, theatre is somebody sounding like they’re having sex in the back row. Full story.

If you’re going to be travelling in an area where you could be buried in alive in your car under an avalanche of snow, make sure you bring lots of beer so you can drink and urinate your way out of it.

How does a bunny commit suicide? It would probably go something like this.

How could you be totally unaware that a 10-centimeter (4 inch) nail has been stuck in your head for six days? Full Story. Thanks a few folks for the link, mostly William.