Friday, October 19, 2012

Show Prep 180


Greetings and Salutations, People:
1 Woman 1 Kid - 14.50; 4 Adults 2 Kids - 12.00 - Yogurt‏
Dieting Success – Down to 237 from 283 – BMI dropped from 35.4 to 29.6

Tweet of the Week:  
@juliussharpe
There's nothing scarier than a squirrel who's not afraid of you.

Today on VSR – We say a sorrowful goodbye to some friends who have made life more interesting lately, we will ticket some wankers, and we’ll give you something to think about.

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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) 

CHICAGO (AP) — A joke by the satirical newspaper The Onion appears to have gotten lost in translation.

An Iranian news agency has picked up as fact a story from the paper about a supposed survey showing a majority of white Americans would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) than President Barack Obama. The only trouble is it was made up, like everything in the just-for-laughs newspaper, which is headquartered in the comedic capital Chicago.

The English-language service of Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency republished the story Friday, several days after it appeared in The Onion.

The Iranian version is copied word-for-word from the original. It leaves out only The Onion's description of Ahmadinejad as "a man who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and has had numerous political prisoners executed."


STOCKHOLM (AP) — A man convicted of smuggling in Sweden outwitted his jailers by sneaking in a friend to serve most of his yearlong sentence, prison officials said Friday.

The identity of the false convict was discovered only when he'd been released on probation after serving about two-thirds of his friend's sentence "sometime in 2008 or 2009," Elisabeth Lager of Sweden's Prison and Probation Service said.

Lager said the in-lieu convict came to serve the sentence with a false ID — a driving license in the name of the smuggler friend but with his photograph. She declined to name either man or give more details about the switch.

An international arrest warrant was issued for the real convict earlier this year, Lager said, but declined to comment on why it took police more than three years after the switch was discovered to issue the warrant. It was not clear if the smuggler's friend would be punished for misleading prison authorities and assuming a false identity.

The convict, who never served his term, was sentenced for a series of smuggling offences in southwestern Sweden in 2008. Several media reports said he had fled to Asia and had paid his friend for his "prison-sitting" service.



RACINE — It’s all fun and games until the trash talk surrounding one game of "Madden NFL" leads to numerous 911 calls and two brothers in jail, charged with domestic abuse.

Michael Mayweather, 21, and Abrey Mayweather, 19, were playing a game of "Madden NFL" on Monday afternoon in Abrey’s apartment at 2000 Washington Ave. when Michael allegedly began to take the loss and his brother’s name calling personally, according to a criminal complaint.

The dispute then became physical when Abrey got up to allegedly fight with his brother outside, at which point Michael tried locking his brother out of the apartment. The two then reportedly jostled with one another, eventually ripping the door off its hinges and forcing the developing brawl into the hallway.

According to the complaint, one witness told police the brothers as “really rolling,” and explained that Michael had his little brother secured in a headlock.

Abrey allegedly told police that Michael was choking him and had punched him in the face.

Dispatch reportedly received at least four or five emergency calls to the building during the scuffle.

In the complaint, police describe finding the metal doorway bent and twisted away from the wall and numerous pieces of broken wood furniture throughout the apartment.

Before the fight, Michael was reportedly spending at least four nights a week at Abrey’s apartment because it is much more convenient for him because it is closer to his probation officer and anger management class.




JACKSONVILLE, FLA (WJXT/CNN) - A late night drive and a few beers landed a pet squirrel in trouble with its owner, and the pet's owner in trouble with the law.

Warren Michael had a few beers before he got behind the wheel with his pet squirrel and went for a drive. A police officer pulled Michael over for almost hitting other cars and pedestrians. But when he walked up to the car, he also saw a squirrel.

The officer says that Michael "had a squirrel eating him" and then he "pulled out a small squirrel he had wrapped under his shirt."

But Michael says the extremely friendly squirrel wasn't eating him - it was just nibbling at him and resting on his shirt.

After Michael was taken to jail, his girlfriend came to pick up the squirrel.

The couple also gave their squirrel a new name: DUI (Dew-ee).

Although the experience was strange, Michael says he learned a valuable lesson.

"Do not drink and drive," he said.

I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)



Bring in the Whale:

Band name of the week:
Johnny Nemo and The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys


Magnificent 7: Top Seven Replacement Referee Moments…in honor of the accuracy of the replacements, our Magnificent Seven list has 13 items on it.
13. Redskins-Saints - The Redskins started this drive on the 20 after a touchback, meaning the first-down marker was exactly at the 30. On third down, with the ball spotted at the 24, Griffin threw an incomplete pass. The Saints committed a five-yard penalty on the ensuing punt. Somehow, 24 plus 5 got Washington the first down.
12. Bills-Redskins preseason game. Ball is caught by the punting Bills at the 4 yard line, it is ruled a touchback and only reversed because the Redskins used a challenge on it.
11. Titans get an extra 12 yards on a penalty against the Lions due to the refs counting off a penalty from the wrong 44 yard line.
10. Broncos recover their own fumble, somehow the Falcons get the ball.
9. 49ers were allowed 2 challenges despite having zero timeouts vs. the Vikings
8. Green Bay called for illegal block in the back…as the punting team
7. Nearly a full minute ran off the clock in the fourth quarter of the Broncos-Steelers Sunday Night Football game and the error was never fixed effectively making the game technically only 59 minutes long.
6. First Down – Red: Ref at the Broncos-Falcons MNF game.
5. Kevin Ogletree slips on replacement ref’s hat in the end zone vs. Bucs
4. A replacement ref told LeSean McCoy in the 3rd quarter of the Eagles-Ravens game that McCoy needed to pick it up because he was on the ref’s fantasy team.
3. John Harbaugh gets a penalty for trying to call timeout vs the Patriots
2. A referee that has photos on his Facebook page wearing Saints gear almost refs a Saints game.
1. Seahawks touchdown?

The Week in Wankery:

“Old” co-worker is actually almost a full year younger than I am.
Predominantly Orange Blog – Broncos vs. Raiders tickets
Presidential Candidates close I-25 for 5 hours this Wednesday.


From Drew Magary of Deadspin’s Funbag:
Question from Tyler:
What if you had the option of having one giant 15-minute fart once per year, and no other farts that year? Would you do it? You don't get to pick when you have this massive fart, so it could come at any time. Also, it would match the decibel level of your loudest fart of the year and the stench of your smelliest fart of that year. Do you unleash Hell for a few minutes of the year, or do you keep your current, more balanced fart schedule?

Drew’s response:
If you're not allowed to know when the fart is coming, you have no choice but to keep to your normal farting schedule because the idea of that fart coming during a funeral or a date or a job interview is just too terrifying. Imagine the concentrated stench derived from an entire year's worth of flatulence. You're talking about creating an environment around you that is literally toxic. As impressed as I would be with myself in that scenario, it wouldn't be worth the genuine anger that fart would bring on. Everyone, at some point in life, has crossed that Fart Line, the line between someone saying, "Oh you farted! And it stinks! You kooky bastard!" and someone saying, "Seriously, cut it the f*** out. I hate you now." It's never fun when your loved ones announce that Fart Playtime is over. Once word of the giant fart spread around, no one will want to hang out with you until they know the Fart Threat has subsided for the year. It would be a lonely, difficult existence, and it would rob you of the everyday pleasures of small-batch farting. A day without farting is like a day without air! Noxious, methane-filled air.







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Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Mumford and Sons – Broken Crown and Below My Feet (from album Babel)

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!



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