Archive for September 3rd, 2009

Will Cats Be Banished From The Internet On 9/9/09?

These days, cats are everywhere on the internet. It’s hard to open up a webpage, close down a pop-up, read an email or do anything mildly computer-related without seeing one. Well that could all be about to change.

Urlesque is organizing a ban on cat related coverage on the internet for one day only – 9/9/09, and proposing we all join them in their mission.

I’ll put it to you, people of the internet. Should cats be banned on September 9, or is a day without cats, a day without laughter?

How to Rob an Apple Store

These guys really are expert Apple Store thieves. They cleaned the place out in 31 seconds! The five men made off with 23 Macbook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPod Touches from the Marlton, New Jersey store. That’s an average of one item stolen per 0.67 seconds!

Incredibly Smart Parrot

Alex the parrot was unlike other parrots. Whilst some parrots are able to repeat certain phrases or recognize certain objects, Alex had the intelligence level of a 5 year old. His language and emotional capabilities were quite extraordinary.

Alex died unexpectedly in September 2007, so here is a clip of Alex in action to commemorate his incredible talent.

15 Year Old Boy Cries Blood

Calvino Inman is a 15 year old boy who has baffled doctors by crying blood.

Spotty Soldiers Turned Away From US National Guard

The US National Guard is turning away aspiring members who are ‘too spotty’, in a move, pressurized by the Pentagon, to make it harder to enlist.

“Under new rules, recruits will no longer be forgiven for offences such as theft, assault, driving under the influence or chronic lawbreaking. The Guard has also stopped issuing medical waivers, which allowed recruits to be admitted despite health problems as serious as an extreme food allergy and as minor as a painful bout of acne.”

Military officials say that the cuts are due to the economic climate, following a bloated force during years of successful recruitment, however there are suspicions that the reductions are part of an effort to shift the burden of fighting overseas onto the active-duty Army and ease the public outcry over the way that Guard units part-time soldiers normally called into action during hurricanes and other disasters at home have been sent on long, repeated combat tours in Iraq.

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