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Entries Tagged as 'Weird'

Snake With Foot Found in China

September 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

When I first glanced at this I thought a snake had been found with a foot in it’s stomach. I got up, made some coffee, and pondered that a little — even going so far as to imagine writing a post with a joke about Yao Ming and how they’d finally amputated his oft injured [...]

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Tags: Animals · Weird

Hitting .327 and On Pace to Steal 100, Raines Jr. Cut by La New

June 1st, 2009 · 9 Comments

The CPBL’s La New Bears released switch-hitting leadoff man Tim Raines Jr. in late May after just 15 games.
Apparently the Bears had had enough of Raines Jr.’s ideal leadoff production, and abruptly showed him the door. He was hitting .327 with a .367 on-base percentage and 11 steals in only 55 at bats, caught [...]

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Tags: Baseball · Baseball - Asia · Baseball - Taiwan · Comedy · Gamblin' · Mockery of the game of baseball · Politics · Scouting Mishaps · The Unsurprising · Truth Stranger than Fiction · Weird

Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire….

March 31st, 2009 · 6 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4LOQWtrh0

I thought I’d seen it all at games….Randall Simon clobbering a giant wiener, Don Zimmer getting thrown aikido-style by Pedro Martinez, some extra curricular lovin’ in the bleachers.  But I have to admit this one was a first…the groundskeeper at [name edited by censors] stadium setting the pitchers mound on fire at the request of [...]

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Tags: Baseball · Baseball - Asia · Weird

Cuba’s WBC Victory Earns it Top Spot in IBAF Rankings

March 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The IBAF released a new set of world rankings Tuesday after the World Baseball Classic. And the winner is……Cuba! Congrats to the new champs.  Second place goes to Korea, and Japan finished a distand third.

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Tags: Baseball · Truth Stranger than Fiction · Weird

A Glimpse Inside the World of Japanese Women’s Pro Wrestling

December 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuszuPBKwo

I can’t believe it took me 33 years to catch on to this, but this weekend I was in a hotel with the fam and we stumbled across Japanese Women’s Extreme Pro wrestling on TV. This is more or less a must see if you haven’t seen it before.
Another facet of Japanese TV [...]

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Tags: Gratuitious Shots of Attractive Women · Sport · Weird

The Macabre: Chinese Organ Harvesting

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Just when you think there may be one or two things left inconceivable by the human imagination, it turns out that reports of organ harvesting–especially of Falun Gong members–turns out to be real.
I saw a lot of Falun Gong protestors in Hong Kong and New York City, and always kind of dismissed them as wackos [...]

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Tags: Busted! · Future End of Humanity · Weird

Jackson’s Ex-Girlfriend Sets Sights on Japanese Police

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

From the AFP story: Woman arrested for calling Japanese police 7,177 times
Japanese police arrested a woman for making more than 7,000 emergency telephone calls because an officer did not take her initial complaint seriously, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
The 38-year-old was arrested on Tuesday on charges of obstructing police work, a police spokesman in western [...]

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Tags: Busted! · Lookin' For Love · Weird

Hey, Joerg Haider Died in a Car Crash…Ha Ha Ha Ha

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t get me wrong, I was no fan of Jeorg Haider, but does anyone find this cartoon in yesterday’s Korea Times appropriate?

If Kim Jong-il were to die in a car crash  you’d be hard pressed to find anything approaching this in a Korean newspaper. Kim has been much more of a menace — not to [...]

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Tags: Weird

Going Both Ways

June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is one of the more amazing things I’ve ever seen in a baseball game. What happens when a switch hitter takes on a switch pitcher?
Well, they switch gloves and sides of the plate, they get angry at each other, one of the managers comes out on the field, and the ump has no idea [...]

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Tags: Baseball · Weird

Mysterious Death of Model, or Maybe Prostitute, Shocks Korea/China

April 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Odd story here. Let’s start with the death of a Chinese woman in Guangzhou, China early this month. Local police believes she was a sex worker, but now it seems she may not have been.
Also in the room; three South Korean men working for an unnamed South Korean airline.  The woman, Tan Jing, 24,  was [...]

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Tags: Sex Scandals of Asia · Weird

Pain Girl

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

 
 Simroid is a robot designed to help dental students improve on their patient communication skills. The  video below  is an interview with Dr. Naotake Shibui of the Nippon Dental University in Tokyo, who helped develop the Simroid.
According to the interview, Simroid is modeled after a 28-year-old woman, and her fear of dentists and [...]

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Tags: Culture · Weird

A Cure For Athletes Tentacle

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

I probably shouldn’t get too far into the various reasons I like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOILokbSwAQ

From Pink Tentacle

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Tags: Culture · Weird

But Are Those Flower Hand Thingys Warm and Soft?

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Damn the modern age. Here’s just one more example that robots are stealing jobs away from humans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jcstZbBTVA

I give you the Breast Massage Robot, developed by Beijing’s BUBBY Robot Technologies Co. The company is currently looking for investors by the way, citing the following attainable health benefits for women who purchase (or have one purchased — [...]

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Tags: Future End of Humanity · Weird

Put it Next to the Locks of Wayne Rooney’s Hair

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Imagine the deep sense of honor and accomplishment felt by Manchester United marketing director Rob James as he’s presented with this framed gold-plated rendering of Man U midfielder Park Ji-sung’s feet by of Manchester United F&B Korea’s Kim Chi-gon.Put that right up on the mantle Mr. James.
Also, it should be noted that the Korean guy’s [...]

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Tags: Weird

The Real Gyro Ball?

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Maybe this is the mysterious gyro ball Dice-K supposedly throws…  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jlCDsLmj-g

(From TV in Japan)

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Tags: Baseball · Weird

Are You A Frustrated GM Trying To Find A Top Starter?

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Relax. Things Could Be Worse.

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Tags: Weird