You just can't make this stuff up! The crazy news of the day thread.

This is really incredible.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/woman-adopts-elderly-dog-from-shelter-and-finds-out-its-actually-her-lost-childhood-puppy_2782676.html?fbclid=IwAR02yeRTd9048KcTzx2Lz-ergonuNWHgcYvYXEXIUz4GAO2azzx4lThpldY

Wow! That is so sweet.

Your flight is delayed. Then the airline announces your flight is on time because… some passenger dude volunteered to fly the plane?! No worries, it turns out he is a pilot!

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/passengers-were-in-for-a-long-flight-delay-but-one-of-them-stepped-up-to-fly-the-plane/

It’s that time again!
Here’s a list of eight pumpkin spice items you can buy right now that have no business being on the market.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/us/pumpkin-spice-odd-products-trnd/index.html

Pumpkin spice Spam
Pumpkin spice CBD oil
Pumpkin spice dog treats
Pumpkin spice beard oil
Pumpkin spice protein powder
Pumpkin spice dish soap
Pumpkin spice kale chips
Pumpkin spice Burt’s Bees lip balm

Take three? I don’t know why I’m having trouble posting a reply but they’re disappearing into the ether.

And in other news, check out this awesome obituary:

https://patch.com/connecticut/clinton/epic-obituary-lovingly-remembers-joseph-heller

^^ That’s hilarious! Joe would have loved it!

What an awesome obituary. Thanks for posting.

Wow! What an obit! Thanks for sharing!

Lol:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/bellevue-police-officer-gives-injured-owl-a-ride/

Check out the Twitter linked in the article. Some comments are a real hoot. :slight_smile:

“Some comments are a real hoot” HaHa! @BunsenBurner

This one is rich : https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-portable-toilet-fire-body-woman-discovered

I’ve already posted this in the pre-med forum, but this is too bizarre not to add to this thread:

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918667?src=wnl_mdplsms_190924_mscpedit&uac=284959AR&spon=25&impID=2101607&faf=1

A medical student fails out of med schools, so he hires a hitman to kill the Assistant Dean of the med school. The kicker–the Dean he contracted to kill had nothing to do with the decision to expel him; he was the just the guy assigned to convey the decision.

Here’s an 11’ phython caught swimming of FL coast!

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/11-foot-burmese-python-found-swimming-off-coast-of-south-florida

Boy, can you imagine if the guy in #112 became an MD and had many lives in his hands? He really sounds unbalanced!?!? Yikes!

What. An. Idiot.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/bronx-zoo-lion-enclosure-trnd/index.html

^“Nobody called 911 and no arrests were made.” ?!?

The news doesn’t talk about the mental status of this person. That is a concern to me. She should be evaluated. Sane people don’t walk into a lions den at a zoo then try to provoke them.

Sadly, not a unique occurrence. There have been many (too many) instances of people doing obviously illegal acts while bystanders look on and simply capture the moment on their phones. e.g.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-teen-s-fatal-stabbing-was-filmed-onlookers-social-n1059171

That’s actually a good point. Maybe mentally ill vs pathologically foolish.

And it’s just amazing that no one seems alarmed, no one reports it.