Why Don't We Drop Turkeys Out Of An Airplane?

If you think that was simply an episode out from "WKRP in Cincinnati", think again. It seems that the population of DUMB people are multiplying.

A town called "Yellville", Arkansas is reviving their tradition of, get this, dropping live turkeys out of an airplane. I'm not making this up!

In Yellville (pop. 1,204), they call the turkey drop “an Ozark Mountain tradition” — one that has more or less remained intact for 71 years.

Due to protests and weather concerns, the drops were put on hold from 2012 to 2014. But they’re back and scheduled to resume like old times, and many locals are rushing to defend the practice.

And I almost howled with laughter when I read what the town judge said in defense of this practice:

Terry Ott, a county judge, downplayed concerns about the well-being of the birds during an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

“They’re not going to crash,” Ott told the paper. “They’re birds. They can fly.”

I swear, this was the script right out of the infamous episode!



The stupidity of some people can be rather astounding.

Zz.

Flatulent Cows Started Fire At Dairy Farm

You can't make this up.

Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed on Monday, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said.

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The March of the Peabody Ducks

Ah, to be pampered as these ducks.



I wonder if they get eaten when they get old? :)

Zz.

Paul The Octopus Died

Paul the octopus, who gained fame and notoriety during the last World Cup tournament, died at the age of 2 1/2.

Paul enthralled millions of people around the world by correctly predicting the outcome of several World Cup matches this year.

His caretakers set him up to make predictions for a particular match by draping boxes in his tank with the national flags of teams that were set to play each other. The boxes contained food for Paul. The caretakers divined his pick by watching to see which box he opened first.

I wonder if he could have predicted his demise....

Zz.

Fate of Paul, the Psychic Octopus

Now that the World Cup is over and he had done so well, the owner of Paul, the psychic octopus is pondering what else that creature can do.

Sea Life, which operates 32 aquariums across Europe, said it hoped to make an announcement on Tuesday about Paul's future. However spokesman Mark Oakley stressed that the mystic mollusc would certainly be staying in his tank in Germany.

"We've been inundated with offers -- from a betting conglomerate that wants to use him to predict sporting events to a Japanese fortune telling company that wants to use his image on the sides of booths," Oakley told CNN. "There have also been many offers from media worldwide for Paul's lifestory.

I'm surprised the owner hasn't asked it to pick a lottery number. Or maybe he has, and the octopus didn't do well? Maybe he's only good at sports betting.

Grilled octopus with a squeeze of lemon is delicious, by the way....

Zz

Understanding Fish Reactions to Their Reflection

Amazing what you can learn by simply watching a fish looking at itself in the mirror.



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Pets Listen Better Than Husbands

A survey of pet-owning married women reveals a very hilarious revelation. A third of them says that their pets listen to them better than their husbands! But this also works the other way, although not as much. 18% of married men say that their pets listen to them better than their wives!

A third of pet-owning married women said their pets are better listeners than their husbands, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll released Wednesday. Eighteen percent of pet-owning married men said their pets are better listeners than their wives.

Now, when do we get to do a comparison with pet rocks?

Zz.

India's Contribution To Global Warming - Cows With Gas

This is a serious piece that is utterly (udderly?) hilarious. The cows and other livestock in India actually contributes more greenhouse gasses than motor vehicles in that country.

By burping, belching and excreting copious amounts of methane - a greenhouse gas that traps 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide - India's livestock of roughly 485 million (including sheep and goats) contribute more to global warming than the vehicles they obstruct. With new research suggesting that emission of methane by Indian livestock is higher than previously estimated, scientists are furiously working at designing diets to help bovines and other ruminants eat better, stay more energetic and secrete lesser amounts of the offensive gas.

Gee, I wonder if they could invent a hybrid cow..... ?

Zz.