The news.com.au fan thread

[Lozzle]

^^ whoa damn!

"She must've been in shock"... go human body!

[ddmoore]

gdamnit thats pretty brutal. how could you possibly not notice that!

[drifter]

image links to "The Sun" which means it was total bullshit.

[Barfridge]

If that came from the Sun, then the standard of page 3 girls is really dropping

[Lefty]

Cyclists a law unto themselves | The Courier-Mail

This is up there with the best of them.

[browncow]

That's tip top..
Cagers are so angry...

[Barfridge]

513 comments, that's some quality trolling right there.

I reckon I could get a job doing that, I'd be good at it.

[Roger Explosion]

lol. Another AAMI survey I see.
What was the question?
Do you think cyclists are-
a) A menace
b) A national disgrace
c) cunts
d) not too bad, but I suport iran's nuculear weapons program.

[Brendon]

'someone' should troll the shit outta that shit

[Roger Explosion]

They have trolls on the payroll brendon. They call them "journalists"

[Brendon]

hope my comment gets published, it was almost sensible

[Roger Explosion]

hope my comment gets published, it was almost sensible

no chance.

[Brendon]

on another note, why are all other countries shit at cricket...

[Brendon]

no chance.

pretty sure I gave you all an honorable mention

fuckin troll detection fail

[XXX3]

'Silent Bob' too fat for Southwest flight

Article covered in another thread, but just wanted to point out:

'Silent Bob' actor Kevin Smith has spoken of his humiliation being kicked off a commercial airline flight for being too fat.

The 39-year-old indie filmmaker was already seated on a Southwest Airlines flight on Saturday night (local time) from Oakland to Burbank — both cities in California — when a flight attendant told him his size posed a "safety risk" to others, according to Smith's own tweets.

"What, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?" he said on Twitter.

The plane's captain determined that Smith, who was holding a standby ticket, was too big for one seat in what was a full plane and he was put on a later flight.

He was given a $100 voucher for his troubles.

But that did not stop the director of Chasing Amy from venting his anger at Southwest Airlines in a series of expletive-ridden tweets.

"Wanna tell me I'm too wide for the sky? ... fair warning, folks: If you look like me you may be ejected from @SouthwestAir," read one tweet.

And another: "The @SouthwestAir Diet. How it works: you're publicly shamed into a slimmer figure. Crying the weight right off has never been easier!"

After an outcry in the tweetosphere, Southwest tweeted back with an apology as well as a personal phone call to Smith — which the acclaimed filmmaker dismissed as "insulting, redacted bulls**t".

Smith then continued his tirade against the "fatty-hatters" airline and posted a photograph of himself on the flight he was eventually let on.

"Hey @SouthwestAir! I've landed in Burbank. Don't worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while [aerobics guru] Richard Simmons supervised," he tweeted.

Southwest Airlines today issued another apology but defended its policy of requiring two seats for passengers who cannot fit "safely and comfortably" in one seat.

"If a customer cannot comfortably lower the armrest and infringes on a portion of another seat, a customer seated adjacent would be very uncomfortable and a timely exit from the aircraft in the event of an emergency might be compromised if we allow a cramped, restricted seating arrangement," the airline said in a statement.

Any journalist who uses "tweet" as a verb should be executed. And any individual who uses the word "tweetosphere" should be so ashamed that they should hang themselves.

It's not just a bitch - tweet isn't a fucking word. If they have to use twitter for their investigations (ahaha) then how about "in a statement on twitter, blah said..."

[browncow]

Kevin Smith's thorough facebooking of the incident has led to an outcry amongst the social network-o-spheres and many interwebologists are claiming the backlashography could do significant damagey-wamagey to the sky travellers!

[Lozzle]

Man-sized crab shellshocks UK crustacean fans | News.com.au

Crabschtix anyone?

[Magilla]

The two-metre-long Japanese Spider Crab arrived this week at Birmingham’s National Sea Life centre en route to his final destination in a specially adapted Belgian display tank.

I love the fact that they display Belgians in tanks.

[Barfridge]

Not news.com.au, but still worthy:

Interview Comments Calling Jesus a "Compassionate, Super-Intelligent Gay Man" Spark Outrage with Christian Groups

Elton John Claims Jesus was Gay - CBS News

[drifter]

Here's another classic piece of shit from Perthnow. Its not even an article as much as it is a advertisement.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle...-1225832541470