Amateur

I had an internal debate about posting this, because I didn't want to say anything that makes me sound like a psychotic egomaniac. But, I think I can manage to avoid that, and still get away with saying that this would never, ever happen to me, not in a million, billion years. Why? When you're playing TP with a game board, there is one mistake that experienced players just do not make: NEVER pick the yellow game piece.

A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized for intoxication over the weekend after "continually providing wrong answers" during a game of Trivial Pursuit where participants drank alcohol and did drugs when they answered incorrectly.

Flurisha L. Cooper, of the 1000 block of N. Central Park Ave., and Bridgette Pierce, of the 1500 block of E. 65th St., were playing the 2006 Current Events version of Trivial Pursuit about 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the 1000 block of N. Monticello Ave, according to a report taken by Harrison District police officers.

If a player provided an incorrect answer, that person would take a shot of E&J Brandy and take a "hit" off a cannabis "blunt," according to the report, which defined a "blunt" as the street name for cannabis rolled up in cigar leaves.

Cooper, 21, who was the yellow piece, continually provided wrong answers, resulting in over intoxication. She was taken to Norwegian-American Hospital where was listed in good condition, the report stated.

The incident was an accident, according to the report.

Information regarding charges was unavailable as of 7 a.m. Tuesday.


Chicago Sun Times

You Be the Judge

I honestly can't say, but then again, maybe I've just forgotten what one looks like:

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Ikea denies speculation that the picture of a dog in the Swedish retailer's new catalogue was doctored to make it appear it had a human penis.
"It really is just a dog with its leg on the couch -- nothing else," Ikea Sweden spokeswoman Eva Stal told The Local newspaper.
Some 175 million copies of the Ikea catalogue have been distributed globally, all with the same photo on the inside cover. The picture has become a hit on the Internet, with a number of Web sites featuring the unusual photo.
Ikea says it hopes people forget about the picture and enjoy the other 300-some pages of products, the newspaper reported.

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/33688

Did the Insurance Cover it?

I really need to send this to my sister. She is ALWAYS letting her rat terrier stand in her lap and prop her paws up on the steering wheel. It's quite a sight, seeing this gigantic SUV, appearing to be driven by this teeny little dog.

BEIJING - A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.
The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive," according to Xinhua.
"She thought she would let the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake," the report said. "They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car."
Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bad_dog_driver

Double Your Pleasure

I can think of absolutely NOTHING to add to this. I really can't. And no picture, because I can't find one that EXISTS. Really. I Googled "diphallus" and all that came up was a picture of a CAT?

An Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said on Saturday.
The 24-year-old man from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh admitted himself to a New Delhi hospital this week with an extremely rare medical condition called penile duplication or diphallus, the Times of India said.
"Two fully functional penes is unheard of even in medical literature. In the more common form of diphallus, one organ is rudimentary," the newspaper quoted a surgeon as saying.
The surgery was expected to be challenging as both organs were well-formed and full blood supply to the retained penis had to be ensured to allow it to function normally, he added.
The newspaper did not disclose the identity of the man or the hospital to protect the patient's privacy.
There are about 100 such reported cases of diphallus around the world and it is known to occur among one in 5.5 million men, the newspaper said.
It is caused by the failure of the mesodermal bands in the embryo to fuse properly. The mesodermal bands are one of three primary layers of the embryo from which several body parts are formed.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Man-wants-op-to-remove-extra-organ/2006/08/19/1155408067112.html