Category: WTF
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Stepdad accused of holding boy’s head underwater during swim lesson
21-year-old Jacqorie Stansell was trying to teach his stepson to swim Sunday at a public pool, but grew frustrated because the boy wasn’t learning quickly enough. So he started holding the boy’s head underwater repeatedly for as long as 15 seconds at a time, the boy almost drowning and paramedics called in to revive him…
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UK considers surface-to-air missile batteries on London rooftops to ensure safe Olympics
An east London estate, where 700 people live, has received leaflets saying a “Higher Velocity Missile system” could be placed on a water tower, chosen as it is situated close to the Olympic Park and offers an excellent view of the surrounding area and the entire sky above the Olympic Park. Read The BBC and…
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Romanian mayor photoshops swimming pool to justify £1.5 million EU grant
According to Austrian Times, a Romanian mayor photoshopped pictures of happy swimmers into a half-built swimming pool to justify a 1.5 million GBP EU grant, obviously now facing a fraud inquiry after investigations showed that it has never opened, and isn’t even connected to the water mains and drains. Via Nothing to do with Arbroad.
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London Olympics’s security guards trained to deter photographers
Wow, according to The British Journal of Photography, security guards from private security firm G4S recently ran out and harassed photographers taking pictures of the Olympic site from public land, going as far as shouting at them, grabbing the cameras and pushing them back. The guards’ manager approached the photographers, explaining that they had been…
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Three drunk Aussies break into SeaWorld, swim with dolphins, steal a penguin
“Dirk the Penguin had a frightening ordeal. Police say after waking up with the penguin, one of the suspects panicked and let him go in a waterway known to have sharks. Witnesses who found Dirk say something chased him out of the water. Once he got on land, he was chased by a dog before…
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Iranian diplomat accused of fondling kids at Brazilian swimming club
An Iranian diplomat has been accused of fondling girls at a local swimming pool in Brazil’s capital city Brasilia, a case testing local perceptions of diplomatic immunity laws. Witnesses said the diplomat had been pretending to swim around the pool in a “duck-diving” manner, police said. While underwater, however, the diplomat surreptitiously fondled four girls…
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Olympic organizers invite Keith Moon (1946-1978) to perform at the 2012 Games
According to the manager for The Who, officials of the 2012 Olympics in London recently approached him to see if Keith Moon “would be available” to play with the surviving members this summer. Problem just that Moon died from an overdose back in 1978. “I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium,…
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Mandaue-Mactan bridge jumper just ‘wanted to swim’
Homocide charges have been filed against the 30-year-old man who jumped from the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge in the Philippines and fell on a swimmer below who died from the impact. At the Lapu-Lapu City Jail, the jumper said he wasn’t trying to commit suicide last Wednesday, but didn’t feel well and just wanted “to swim”.…