Front Office Football Central

Front Office Football Central (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc//index.php)
-   Off Topic (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc//forumdisplay.php?f=6)
-   -   The thread for Strange News Stories (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc//showthread.php?t=71772)

Ksyrup 08-31-2024 09:29 AM

I LOVES me a man in uniform!

Woman Set Fires in Greece “to Watch Firefighters and Flirt”

The fatal flaw of the scheme...

Quote:

The fact that the woman was present in both of the last two fires in Tripoli aroused the suspicions of the fire department.

flere-imsaho 08-31-2024 09:46 AM

Quote:

aroused

Heh.

NobodyHere 09-13-2024 10:58 AM

Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize

Critch 09-30-2024 12:36 PM

British clergyman, 69, dies during night of drug-fuelled sex with Belgian priest, 60.

Good to see the branches of the church coming together.

Ksyrup 09-30-2024 01:21 PM

Quote:

at a rectory

Heh.

NobodyHere 09-30-2024 01:50 PM

At least there was a priest available to perform Last Rites.

Ksyrup 10-16-2024 06:27 PM

I was going to put this in the "fuck cancer" thread but feel like it goes in something more similar to a Darwin Award thread.

Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Says Her Cancer Has Spread After Deciding to 'Keep My Tumor'

Ksyrup 10-17-2024 08:35 PM

Man May Have Died Never Knowing He Had Three Penises

Ksyrup 10-23-2024 02:08 PM

I thought for sure this was a joke, but no, it's just stupid. Although I guess the idea is just to get publicity, which... fine. But is any adult going to buy this if they weren't already? "Oh yeah, I remember how much I liked adding extra pounds by eating a kid's snack!"

Goldfish is changing its name to ‘Chilean Sea Bass.’ Here’s why | CNN Business

JPhillips 11-07-2024 08:13 AM

40 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Edward64 11-07-2024 09:07 AM


Sounds like "28 Days". Hope they don't have the Rage virus.

Critch 11-07-2024 10:24 AM


Run Bobo run.

Ghost Econ 11-07-2024 12:40 PM


NobodyHere 11-11-2024 10:46 AM

Mattel says it 'deeply' regrets misprint on 'Wicked' dolls packaging that links to porn site

Ghost Econ 11-11-2024 11:39 AM

There was an update on the local news about the monkey story Saturday announcing "progress" because 1 of the monkeys had been captured. If that's the accepted definition of progress, that explains the election.

At last report last night, they've gotten 25 of the 43 monkeys.

Ksyrup 11-11-2024 12:07 PM

Stephen Miller is personally overseeing this effort.

PilotMan 11-15-2024 07:00 AM

Bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume, insurers say | AP News

Ghost Econ 11-15-2024 02:52 PM

If a picture of a monkey riding an emu down i-95 doesn't come out soon I'm gonna be so mad.

First monkeys, now emus: Multiple emus on the run in South Carolina

Ksyrup 11-16-2024 07:28 AM

Leaked emails reveal scale of Swedish minister’s bananaphobia

AlexB 11-16-2024 11:52 AM

Drinkers thought severed head was Halloween prop

Although not in this article, apparently they teabagged it… what a way to go :eek:

Lathum 12-12-2024 07:21 PM

The drones have made an appearance. Had several in my neighborhood and right over my house. Kind of weird and creepy. The government definitely knows something about this.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/us/ne...ngs/index.html

Edward64 12-16-2024 05:02 AM

I have no idea what's going on with the drones other than it's not just a bunch of hobbyists getting together. Something is going on but don't know what (my vote is aliens finally about to emerge :) ... or Amazon doing some secret testing)

Interesting theory below.

Joe Rogan admits he's 'genuinely concerned' about New Jersey drones after expert revealed terrifying theory | Daily Mail Online
Quote:

'I want to believe it's adderalled up incels holed up in a basement f****** with 'the man' more than I want it to be aliens,' Rogan joked of the numerous 'SUV-sized' craft first which first appeared in New Jersey in mid-November. '#iwanttobelieve.'

However, on Sunday he reposted a TikTok video from John Ferguson, who runs Saxon Unmanned, which has driven him to worry about the unnerving drones.

Ferguson said he didn't think there was anything 'nefarious' behind the drones buzzing around the tristate area but offered up a wild and unverified theory - that the drones are hunting out either a gas leak or 'radioactive material.'

'So my belief is they're trying to smell something on the ground – gas leak, radioactive material, whatever,' he said.
Quote:

'The only reason why you would ever fly an unmanned aircraft at night is if you're looking for something,' he said.

He admitted that he had no verification for this and was just offering up his opinion - alongside the hundreds of concerned drone spotters and locals.

Lathum 12-16-2024 05:59 AM

I watched that video and the guy came off as someone with an ax to grind with the current administration. I also saw somewhere that theory started with Alex Jones but I could be wrong. I didn't really want searches for Alex Jones to be in any of my algorithms.

The concept is at least plausible. I live less than 5 miles from Naval Weapons station Earle and we have certainly had a lot of activity. I was getting firewood the other night and three of them passed right over my house.

GrantDawg 12-16-2024 06:18 AM

Whatever it is, it will be less exiting and more dumb than people imagine.

Ksyrup 12-16-2024 06:23 AM

More conspiracy theory fodder. Just what we need!

Lathum 12-16-2024 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg (Post 3451887)
Whatever it is, it will be less exiting and more dumb than people imagine.


Honestly I really hope so but it is pretty creepy when it is literally in your backyard. I am smack in the middle of the ocean where they are allegedly coming from, a naval weapons station, and the state police training barracks, a few miles from each.

Kind of glad I am leaving the country in a few days

dubb93 12-16-2024 08:31 AM

It's pretty wild that we dispatched fighter jets to shoot down balloons that no one could see a few years ago but we are totally fine with mystery drones buzzing suburban areas. Even if it is nothing, which it probably is, why are there no answers and why does the government not seem concerned. They could atleast acknowledge that the military is responsible, and they could disclose nothing else.

It's just another example of continued failure from our government.

Ksyrup 12-16-2024 08:39 AM

I saw that some NJ rep and Maryland's governor observed some of the reported sightings and said they were Orion and planes. No doubt there is something going on, but I'm guessing the multitude of these sightings are just people seeing lights and assuming they are drones. So, the reported sightings are overblown, even if there's something going on of a limited nature.

Lathum 12-16-2024 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubb93 (Post 3451891)
It's pretty wild that we dispatched fighter jets to shoot down balloons that no one could see a few years ago but we are totally fine with mystery drones buzzing suburban areas. Even if it is nothing, which it probably is, why are there no answers and why does the government not seem concerned. They could atleast acknowledge that the military is responsible, and they could disclose nothing else.

It's just another example of continued failure from our government.


The government knows for sure and isn't telling us. Not only are they flying over residential areas, they are flying over military bases and the coast guard reported several followed one of their ships.

GrantDawg 12-16-2024 11:51 AM

I was discussing with my wife why these aren't simply shot down. The only way they would be down is if they can get them over the ocean, and even then it is risky. Imagine something the size of an SUV coming crashing down in a residential area. Also, whatever was used to shoot at it poses a risk to the ground. It isn't as simple as shoot it down. Unless they are an immediate danger, they aren't going weapons free on them.

Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

Lathum 12-16-2024 12:00 PM

They also don’t want to shoot down their own tech.

Ksyrup 12-16-2024 02:39 PM

Terrible tragedy, of course, but IF you're going to be killed by a bear, this has to be the best way to go, right?

Virginia father of 5 killed by bear falling from tree during hunting accident

Lathum 12-16-2024 02:50 PM

I’m on team bear.

cuervo72 12-17-2024 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3451903)
They also don’t want to shoot down their own tech.


Yeah, this is what I assumed. Military testing that they aren't 100% ready to admit to or feel the need to explain. Why it would be in NJ and not the middle of a desert, who knows.

JPhillips 12-17-2024 09:48 AM

There's no point in panicking until the DoD is panicking.

Lathum 12-17-2024 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuervo72 (Post 3451993)
Yeah, this is what I assumed. Military testing that they aren't 100% ready to admit to or feel the need to explain. Why it would be in NJ and not the middle of a desert, who knows.


Most dense state in the nation. They could be testing to see how people react, or they could be testing some tech to see how various electronic signals effect their tech.

People have poked fun about the fact that the drones are over Jersey but they either don't realize or don't care we have a concentration of people, are between 2 major metropolitan areas, have major ports and airports, have several military bases, and the future POTUS has a home here.

dubb93 12-17-2024 03:56 PM

Anyone see Kirsten Gillibrand on CNN admitting that whatever these drones are that our military doesn’t have the technology to detect them on radar? That sounds like the most concerning thing I’ve heard yet. I’d expect our military should be able to detect every consumer drone on the market as the Patriot Missile Defense systems are eating drones up in Ukraine.

Lathum 12-17-2024 04:44 PM

They have clearly made the calculation that not telling us anything is less frightening that telling us the truth.

NobodyHere 12-17-2024 07:48 PM

2 New York Men Die from Pneumonia After Using Bat Poop to Grow Cannabis

Ksyrup 12-18-2024 06:45 PM

I've got dibbs on the class action lawsuit...

A Californian woman is suing her own parents for 2 million dollars because she blames her parents for her “ugly genes”.

Lathum 12-18-2024 07:17 PM

Is it Billy Joel’s daughter?

Ksyrup 12-29-2024 05:50 PM

2 dead after search for Sasquatch in Washington national forest

So, my mom saw this headline and jumped to the conclusion that these 2 men were killed by a sasquatch. She's also a die-hard Trumper. I'm pretty sure those 2 things are related.

NobodyHere 12-29-2024 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3452903)
2 dead after search for Sasquatch in Washington national forest

So, my mom saw this headline and jumped to the conclusion that these 2 men were killed by a sasquatch. She's also a die-hard Trumper. I'm pretty sure those 2 things are related.


I also choose to believe these two were killed by sasquatch just because it would make the story much more interesting.

Ksyrup 12-29-2024 06:08 PM

It's funny - so many of the headlines on various sites say it like the above to make it ambiguous at best, to encourage clicks. NPR says something like, "Two men die of exposure while hunting for Sasquatch."

NobodyHere 12-29-2024 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3452906)
It's funny - so many of the headlines on various sites say it like the above to make it ambiguous at best, to encourage clicks. NPR says something like, "Two men die of exposure while hunting for Sasquatch."


NPR is paid off by Big...Foot!

Ksyrup 01-01-2025 07:00 PM

Not an Onion article.

Austrian criminal Josef Fritzl insists on house with basement if granted release

Edward64 01-01-2025 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3453244)


Like I say, some people deserve to die. Some crimes are unforgivable.

Quote:

He fathered seven children with his daughter Elisabeth while holding her captive as a sex slave in the basement of their family home in Amstetten.

In a strange turn of events, he claimed to be a good father during a parole hearing in January despite having imprisoned his daughter for 24 years. This perplexing statement was made in a letter to the parole board.

He also expressed remorse for his crimes.

Critch 01-02-2025 10:53 PM


AlexB 01-12-2025 03:30 PM

PSA for you all

Remote-controlled sex toys could be ‘weaponised’ against users in terrifying hack attacks

Ksyrup 01-12-2025 03:44 PM

"I'll have what she's having!"


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:41 PM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.6.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.