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Witnesses said the man didn’t know what hit him.

“I said, ‘Sir, you just got hit by a train.’ He says, ‘No, I didn’t.’ I go, ‘Yes, you did,’ and I put my arms around him … and he goes, ‘Where’s my teeth?’ and his back was ripped, all the way down,” witness Dave Fortin said.He said the man was clearly in shock and refused to lie down afterward.”He was just looking for his teeth. His teeth were on the ground,” Fortin said.

The beating of Guido, the Italian Sausage, is no laughing matter …. or is it? Yup, it definitely is.

Just saw this on PBS….

Awesome

Definitely watch in high quality if possible.
www.animusic.com
The website blew up after it was on, but you can also YouTube the videos.

I believe it is not too early to admit the demise of the annual Saco Canoe Trip. But while all good things must come to an end, they too are reborn in a new form (well at least in Buddhism).

Updated: It looks like there is sufficient interest in planning a weekend winter trip to Maine for some ice fishing/hanging out/anything else you can think of. Since that seems to be the cheapest and most popular option, I have taken the old poll down and replaced it with the new poll at right to see when works best for everyone. If you have any restrictions please vote so we can get as many people as possible to show up!

I looked in to some cabins yesterday and it looks like this would be very inexpensive for either a 3 day or 2 day weekend, whatever people want to do. Apparently if you go anywhere outside of a ski area in winter things are very cheap! Keith- I know you mentioned you could look in to places, as a resident Mainer for years now I say go for it! Also, if you know of a place that we can rent ice fishing gear from that would be awesome.

I always love ways of visualizing data. These guys put together a book of maps representing all sorts of things from deforestation to primary schooling rates. They have an associated website with a bunch of the maps on it.

All of the maps are as related to hectares of land. So for instance the map below is total expenditures.

You’ll see how some countries totally disappear. A country will appear “normal” in size if its expenditures as compared to the rest of the globe are approximately the same as their land area in relation to the rest of the world. There are a few hundred of these on the website.

Also CNN did a story on the book/site and they cover a little of the back story on the guys who made the book/site

This video is priceless- it is apparently the finals of a massive sheep fighting contest, and results in one of the sheeps getting KTFO’ed, whilst the other enjoys the glories of victory in the form of a massive wild party (flares and all). My buddy’s friend is fluent in Arabic and he said that the announcer continuously calls the winner “the greatest sheep in all of the world,” can you really disagree?

Ultimate Sheep Fighting Championship – Watch more free videos

There was a post a few months back that I loved.  This is related.  I could watch these all the time and still laugh.

Time for something a little different. Some ground rules:

1.) Do NOT look anything up, this has to be from memory.
2.) Explain as much as you can but stick to the facts you think you know. To an extent, vague is fine.

The question – what is the oldest (or most memorable!) event in world history that you know something about? It has to involve human beings, let’s not get crazy here. Picture you are at a party and you hear someone telling someone else about this  – you got to know enough where you could add something to the conversation. In other words, having heard that something called “The Spanish Inquisition” happened doesn’t really count.

If there is, then Sarah Palin just failed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcEiR01QK7o&feature=related

Also, note the names they use for the P.M. of Canada and the governor of Quebec…and that doesn’t phase her at all…Geez!

I couldn’t believe this at first…had to rewatch a couple of times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2VXZ6YlWUE&feature=related

This has to be one of the funniest, most disturbing, performances on SNL I’ve seen (and yes, it’s very appropriate with Nov. 4th coming up)

P.S. I know some of you have probably seen this before, but I hadn’t, and just had to share.