Goat detained over armed robbery

AGOS (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.

"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.

"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.

Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.

A scapegoat?. Get it?

Yeah, that's REALLY bad ... I'll never tell a joke again

please dont

Hey hey, no that was a pretty good one

But could they pick him
out in an Identity line up?..

@ Skinman {KAN}

PALM COAST, Fla. – Flagler County authorities said a restaurant owner pistol-whipped and beat a customer who complained that his takeout order was incorrect. The owner of Goomba's Pizzeria was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon and released on bail.

According to a police report, security footage from the pizzeria shows that the owner struck the customer with a gun. He then jumped over a counter and started to assault the customer and his roommate.

The customer was at the pizzeria to collect a refund for a calzone, which he said was prepared incorrectly. He was taken to a hospital after the incident with a bloodied head.

Thats what I tell everybody: Calzone is not healthy for you

nice 1

Japan - Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy. The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka city, who is also the chef, had no license to serve blowfish and was being questioned on suspicion of professional negligence, police official Yoshihito Iwase said.

Blowfish, while extremely poisonous if not prepared properly, is considered a delicacy in Japan and is consumed by thrill-seeking gourmets.

Arggggghhhh. Some people will eat anything

L.O.W .


we know you ladies have known It
for years, but now it's official. Big testicles
equals tiny brains.

A recent study of bats has shown that nature
forces the males of a species to make a
biological trade-off between brains and sperm.

Due to the high energy demands of both....
males cannot generate large amounts of both.


Some female bat species are unusually
promiscuous, so males evolved
enormous testicles to compete with
suitors... but at the expense of brain
capacity.

In less promiscuous species, in which
the female is guarded by a single partner
male bats had relatively large brains.

But intelligent men should not despair
over the size of their manhood. Science
may think it has settled the argument
about size mattering... but the debate
about quality over quantity still rages
on.
damn...wish I had a bigger I'Q...

Saturday, 31 January 2009

A "maverick" shepherd who deployed his wayward sheep to intimidate his neighbours has received a suspended prison sentence for breaching an Asbo which banned the flock from the village.

Jeremy Awdry, 60, was deprived of his ancient right to graze sheep in Bream, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, after they were reported straying into gardens and damaging fences.

The 500-strong flock was "used as a means of intimidating or causing difficulty for people he had reason to fall out with", prosecutor Brendon Moorhouse told Gloucester Crown Court.

Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow; winter to continue


PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – The world's most famous groundhog saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting that this already long winter will last for six more weeks.

Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn in front of an estimated 13,000 witnesses, many dressed in black and gold to celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl victory the night before.

"There's significant buzz from the Steelers win and quite a few Terrible Towels floating from the crowd," said Mickey Rowley, deputy secretary for tourism in Pennsylvania.

The annual ritual takes place on Gobbler's Knob, a tiny hill in Punxsutawney, a borough of about 6,100 residents some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced the forecast in a short proclamation, in which Phil acknowledged the Steelers' 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals.

According to German superstition, if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says, spring will come early.

Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

Rowley said the Groundhog Day festivities are Pennsylvania's largest tourist gathering in the winter. And if Phil's forecast proves correct, it should bring even more tourists to the state.

"It's six more weeks of skiing," Rowley said.

Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009 - England

We are all individuals ... Cows with names are likely to produce more milk.

Cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a British study.

Cattle who are given "the personal touch" can produce up to 284 litres of milk more a year, said experts at Newcastle University in north-east England.

"Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given a bit more one-to-one attention," said Catherine Douglas, who conducted the research.

"By placing more importance on the individual, such as calling a cow by her name or interacting with the animal more as it grows up, we not only improve the animal's welfare and her perception of humans, but also increase milk production," she added.

Almost half of those surveyed, 46 per cent, said the cows on their farms had individual names.

Dairy farmer Dennis Gibb from the Eachwick Red House Farm outside Newcastle said it was "vitally important" to treat cows individually.

"They aren't just our livelihood, they're part of the family," he said.

"We love our cows here at Eachwick and every one of them has a name. Collectively we refer to them as 'our ladies' but we know every one of them and each one has her own personality."

The study was compiled by Newcastle University's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, based on interviews with 516 dairy farmers, and published in the online journal Anthrozoos.