Greetings and Salutations, People: Still reeling from the revelation that there are BLUE fruit loops. THIS is Vertically Striped Radio. I’m your host Craig Dodge, and I was just watching Olympic women’s volleyball. There is a volleyball player on the American team named Destiny Hooker. Parents can be cruel.
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Today on VSR – A magnificent seven list to assist anyone looking for a good name for their intramural sports team, I’m very disappointed in the NBA, and we’ll try to determine the weirdest Olympic sport.
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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian zookeepers have an unusual problem. They’re trying to figure out how to get their orangutan to stop smoking. They have just moved an orangutan out of visitors' sight hoping that the move will her her stop smoking. She has a habit of picking up and smoking lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage.
The Orangutan Tori and her male companion, Didik, were moved Wednesday to a small island within the zoo to help curb her bad habit.
The 15-year-old Tori has been smoking for a decade. She mimics humans by holding cigarettes casually between her fingers while visitors watch and photograph her puffing away and flicking ashes on the ground.
Hendarto said recent medical tests show the four primates are in good condition. The two other orangutans will be moved later to another island.
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) – Remember three years ago when the Balloon Boy’s ship flew across the Colorado skies? Well, Pieces of the now infamous flying saucer that starred in Colorado's balloon boy hoax are now available as trading cards.
Michael Fruitman, the current owner of the balloon, has struck a deal with New York-based sports card company Topps to use a segment of the Mylar saucer for individual trading cards.
The cards are included in the recently released 2012 Topps Baseball Allen & Ginter Relics Set.
The silver, UFO-like helium balloon gripped the country's attention in 2009 when Richard and Mayumi Heene (HEE'-nee) said their 6-year-old son had floated away in it. The parents were charged when it was discovered the boy was never onboard, and they were ordered to pay $36,000 in restitution.
The Heenes lived in Fort Collins at the time but have since moved to Florida.
Fruitman acquired the balloon at auction, paying $2,502 for the privilege of owning it.
WENTWORTH, N.C. (AP) -- A man who'd just been released from jail in northern North Carolina was arrested again for refusing to leave the jail after authorities wouldn't give him a ride to a motel.
37-year-old Rodney Dwayne Valentine was charged with trespassing after he refused to leave jail upon his release.
Valentine was released from the Rockingham County jail Saturday morning after being behind bars since May 22. The sheriff's office says he asked them to drive him to a local motel and they refused. He threw a tantrum and refused to leave the jail. Deputies decided to charge Valentine with second-degree trespassing when he had still refused to leave the jail by Saturday afternoon.
I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring in the Whale:
Band name of the week:
Mr. Mustard
BOO! – NBA strongly considering ads on uniforms.
Magnificent Seven – Top 7 Intramural Sports Team names from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
-Farcical Aquatic Ceremony
-I’m invincible!
-Sons of a Silly Person
-Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
-One, two, Five
-I didn’t know you were called Dennis
-Strange women lyin’ in ponds distributing swords
-Capital of Assyria
-Roger the Shrubber
-Huge tracts of land
-Consult the Book of Armaments
-Build a bridge out of her!
-The cartoon peril was no more
7. Airspeed Velocity of an Unlaiden Swallow
6. There are some who call me Tim
5. Your Father Smelt of Elderberries
4. Let’s not bicker and argue over who killed who
3. Look at the Bones!
2. Run Away!
1. Bring out yer dead
Olympics:
Opening Ceremony:
Most ridiculous Olympic sport?
Trampoline
Ping Pong
Sailing
Shooting
Synchronized Swimming
Croquet
Polo
Plunge for Distance
Motor Boating
Tug-of-War
Biathalon – Skiing and Shooting (Winter)
Curling
Modern Pentathalon - pistol shooting, fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.
Dressage – Equestian event often referred to as “Horse Ballet” – 70 Year Old Japanese man competing in London.
Rythmic Gymnastics – Hoops, batons, and ribbons shouldn’t be involved in sport
200 Meter Obstacle Swimming Race - This unusual swimming event seems very complex but a lot of fun. A combination of a swimming event and an obstacle race, the competitors had to climb over a pole, then scramble over a row of boats, and then swim under another row of boats. All this was done in the to swim in the River Seine, so they competitors also had to contend with the current. This event was only ever held in 1900, but it would be an crowd favorite if it was ever to return.
Live Pigeon Shooting - Live Pigeon Shooting was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900. The object of this event was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. The participant was eliminated once they missed two birds. Nearly 300 birds were killed. The event turned out to be quite messy in the end with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. An award of 20,000 Francs was the prize for the winner, though the top four finishers agreed to split the winnings.
In the 1900 Olympics in Paris, Frederick Lane of Australia won the 200 meter freestyle event. Instead of a gold medal, he was given a 50-pound bronze horse.
Craig’s List – (Clip 10)
The Longest Password
During a recent password audit by Google, it was found that a blonde was using the following password: "MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento" When asked why she had such a long password, she rolled her eyes and said: "Hello! It has to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital."
During a recent password audit by Google, it was found that a blonde was using the following password: "MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento" When asked why she had such a long password, she rolled her eyes and said: "Hello! It has to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital."
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The Lumineers – Stubborn Love (Clip 91)
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