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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:35 pm
by Gupwalla
RTH10260 wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:07 pm CFO arrested for public intoxication after falling asleep inside stranger’s house

the whole story https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tyson ... 1667848499
John Tyson, the - I am guessing - under-30 years old CFO of Tyson Foods. The chicken people. [Edit - if I had read more closely I’d know he was 32.]

If you are looking at the name and wondering whether there is some nepotism involved, the answer is yes. There are presumably people with a bit more seasoning and a bit less sauce who could serve as CFO, but none of them are sons of the company’s Chairman. Feudalism is alive and well in the Poultry Empire.

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:32 pm
by Gregg
Dude, I work at Ford, and honestly, in 2008 it was only nepotism and overweighted B Stock that saved this company.

Aside from Bill, there are a whole lot of people with their name on the building and all the ones I know actually do a good job. I guess the ones who don't want to work hard have no need to, but Henry's descendants seem to have inherited his work ethic, and also dropped the antisemitism the old man was pretty famous for.

It can be a good thing.

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:41 pm
by Dave from down under
Zebra finch builds nest in 'outrageous' place

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-08/ ... /101627980

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:31 am
by sugar magnolia
Authorities: Dog found carrying human arm in Jackson; head still missing
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/11/07/authori ... l-missing/

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:19 am
by MsDaisy
sugar magnolia wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:31 am
Authorities: Dog found carrying human arm in Jackson; head still missing
:shock:

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:15 am
by RTH10260
Better not think of a dog bringing home a missing head :cantlook:

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:40 pm
by Mrich
I have a friend who cut his hand off with a radial arm saw. He was home, alone, at his lake house. I'm sure he was in some kind of shock, but he made a tourniquet out of duct tape, put his hand in a bag of ice, and drove himself to the hospital. When he got there, they asked if he had the hand; he said "it's in the car." Except it wasn't.

They sent some deputies out to look for it but they didn't find it. (The doctors told him they probably couldn't reattach it anyway.) He thinks he must have driven off with the bag on top of the car. I always imagine some dog owner asking his pet "whatcha got there, boy?" and having the fright of a lifetime.

As far as I know the hand was never found....

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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:31 am
by Tiredretiredlawyer
That reads like a great Halloween story for kids. "And the hand was NEVER found..." Then have another adult grab a kid. :biggrin:

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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:34 am
by Flatpoint High
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:36 am
by Tiredretiredlawyer
:rotflmao:

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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:51 am
by pipistrelle
"Randy"? :lol:
Edit: That was a real story from 2014.

https://www.itv.com/news/2014-06-06/gui ... -enclosure

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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:12 pm
by RVInit
That’s quite a big smile on that little guys face. :lol:

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:31 pm
by Uninformed
“KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63499057

“KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken.”

:fingerwag:

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:40 pm
by pipistrelle
Uninformed wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:31 pm “KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63499057

“KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken.”

:fingerwag:
Yeah, this is why it’s stupid to replace humans with bots. And bots don’t buy chicken.

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 pm
by Azastan
RVInit wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:12 pm That’s quite a big smile on that little guys face. :lol:
Guinea pigs always have a 'smile', but somewhere along the way, this piggy got flattened out which exaggerated his 'smile'.

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:41 pm
by Phoenix520
What a night he had! Guinea pigs are prolific little fuckers, it’s wise to keep the sexes separated.

A roommate was dating a pet store owner. He moved in. They put a couple of Guinea pigs ( his best sellers) in the basement and within a couple of months there were soooo many. He moved out. We found Guinea pigs for days afterwards😆 hiding in the laundry.

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 4:28 pm
by pipistrelle
Azastan wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 pm
RVInit wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:12 pm That’s quite a big smile on that little guys face. :lol:
Guinea pigs always have a 'smile', but somewhere along the way, this piggy got flattened out which exaggerated his 'smile'.
That’s not Randy, however. His photo is in the article from 2014. https://thefogbow.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 42#p149536

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:16 pm
by Azastan
pipistrelle wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 4:28 pm
That’s not Randy, however. His photo is in the article from 2014. https://thefogbow.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 42#p149536
?

I was refering to the photo shown.

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:23 pm
by Volkonski

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:13 pm
by humblescribe
Perhaps not the most genteel topic to hit the news of late:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... al-matters

But the jokes just write themselves with this particular news item.

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:16 pm
by Dave from down under
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-14/ ... /101649744

Rats bop to the beat of music including Lady Gaga and Queen like humans, study says

<with video>

Can you move to the beat?

Key points:
Moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill innately unique to humans, but research shows rats also have this ability
In the study, 10 rats were fitted with wireless accelerometers to measure the slightest head movements
Rats displayed innate beat synchronisation, scientists found
Scientists have discovered rats can — an ability previously thought to be uniquely human.

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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:03 am
by rossgw
Dave from down under wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:41 pm Zebra finch builds nest in 'outrageous' place

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-08/ ... /101627980
Actually, we do not want this to get out, but the finch probably killed the dingo and slung it up their. They are killers, even the drop bears are scared of them.

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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:21 am
by Dave from down under
True

So true…

There was this group of hikers… messy…

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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:40 am
by Sam the Centipede
Fun factlet: songbirds (those birds with musical songs, not screeches, cawing, booming, honking etc.) originated in Australia about 24 million years ago, and then Island-hopped and diversified around the world.

Nellie Melba, Kylie Minogue, Iggy Azalea (and many others) all followed a trend established by their feathered compatriots long ago.

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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:06 am
by Tiredretiredlawyer
Zebra finch... :shock: