Archive for November 3rd, 2009

Woman Calls Cops On Herself For Drink Driving

Mary Strey is a very honest woman … or maybe just an extremely drunk one. She called police in Clark County, Wisconsin to let them know that she was driving whilst intoxicated.

“Somebody’s really drunk driving down Granton Road,” she told the 911 dispatcher.

The dispatcher asked if Strey was behind the drunk driver, to which she replied “No, I am them.”

The dispatcher asked, “Okay, so you’re calling to report you’re driving drunk?”

“Yes,” Strey said.

The dispatcher told Strey to pull her vehicle over, and she complied. She waited for a deputy to arrive with her hazard lights flashing. According to the police report, Strey failed field sobriety tests, and a preliminary breath test showed she had a blood alcohol content of .19, more than twice the legal limit to drive.

She’s due in court in December, facing charges of first offense operating under the influence.

Roman Abramovich’s $47k Lunch Receipt

This is an actual receipt from Nello’s in New York City, where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, spent $47,000 on food and drinks for himself and five other people. That’s about how much he earns in one whole minute. I’d have liked to see the tip on that!

World’s Fastest Man Adopts World’s Fastest Cat

The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, who holds the 100m and 200m sprint world records, has adopted a baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt.

Bolt won’t keep the cheetah as a regular pet though, he’s paid $13,700 to formally adopt the cub, and $3,000 a year for Lighting Bolt to be cared for and raised at an animal orphanage in Nairobi.

Bolt, who was on a four-day visit to Kenya, said Friday he was looking forward to seeing Kenya’s diverse wildlife, but was scared of meeting lions.
He nearly ran away when asked Monday to pet a fully grown cheetah named Sharon for a photo shoot with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Bolt had Zeitz stand in for him, until he saw that Sharon seemed harmless.

The world record holder appeared more comfortable later while handling his baby cheetah, which was the size of a fully grown domestic cat. He cradled the fuzzy-headed cub while feeding it bottled milk as cameramen snapped away.

When asked if he was afraid of cheetahs, Bolt said: “Yes, I was, but not anymore.”

Lighting Bolt is among three cubs rescued by KWS officials after their mother abandoned them in a game park.

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Fork Lift Accident Brings Down The Whole Warehouse

This careless Russian fork-lift driver wasn’t paying attention when he crashed his vehicle and brought the whole warehouse down. The boxes were carrying glass bottles of vodka and cognac, which ended up costing the owners around $100,000. As for the driver – he was lucky, escaping with just minor injuries to his legs.

It’s like the end of a game of Jenga, isn’t it? Just bigger and with more alcohol.

How To Use An Apostrophe

One of the thing’s that annoy’s a lot of people, is incorrect use of apostrophe’s. For some reason, it just gets’ under your skin and peal’s away at your brain, like no other grammatical error?

Take a look at apostrophe.me, which details exactly how and when to use apostrophes. Great if you like flowcharts too!

How many grammatical errors did you spot in this post? Let me know in the comments!

Spectacles Automatically Translate Spoken Words and Phrases

Japanese manufacturer NEC, has unveiled a pair of glasses that can automatically translate spoken words and phrases and beam a translation on to the lens.

The Tele Scouter glasses feature a compact microphone and camera, which picks up the foreign-language conversation. This audio recording is then relayed to a small computer worn on the user’s waist, which transmits the information to a remote server. The server translates the words from speech to text, and transmits it back to the glasses, where the translated phrase is then appears on a tiny retinal display, providing the wearer with a transcript of the conversation in their own language.

The invention is still a a prototype, although NEC plans to start selling the system to businesses next year, although it comes with a heafty price tag – $8.2 million for a single system that could serve up to 30 people. Ouch!

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