This is the post-Katrina story with the highest ThatsQuiteInteresting rating of them all.
Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico. Their coastal compound in Louisiana was breached during the storm, sweeping them out to sea.
Divers and surfers risk attack from bottlenose dolphins carrying 'toxic dart' guns.
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the Cold War. The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary warships at sea.
I smell a Hollywood screenplay.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 15, 2005
What's your UCR?
I picked up an amusing concept on ESPN2.com , the UCR or Unintentional Comedy Rating.
This is a rating you give to people who are funny, without realizing it. For instance, in the eighties, the late Arafat, had a high UCR when he adressed the Tv cameras in his broken English. So did the late pope Karol Woijtila, when he said 'Dankoe foor de blumen' during his annual Urbi et Orbi speech.
In sports, the basketball players Dikembe Mutombo and DJ Mbenga, who were both born in Congo, have some of the highest UCR scores.
Here's a list of other people who score high on the UCR scale.
BUTINA: goalkeeper from FC Bruges. His interviews and interventions during corners are hilarious.
EDDY WALLY: I am still not sure if he realises he's so funny or not. Either way, his best years are behind him.
GERT VERHEYEN: anybody who has seen this guy play, knows what I am talking about.
ETIENNE VERMEERSCH: the ethics professor from Ghent. His greasy hairstyle does it.
JAN HOET: the Czar of Art.
WACKO JACKO: when he keeps his hands of little children he has a high UCR.
ARNO HINTJENS: c-c-c-c-cool
GW BUSH: only when you don't think about how much harm he can do. A lot of comedians are jealous of his wide array of idiotic facial expressions.
MARGARET THATCHER: the same condition as above applies. Her voice is classic.
STEVE BALMER: Microsoft geek. Anyone who hasn't seen these videostreams yet, should do so right away. It's also a bit scary actually.
http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg
http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg
This is a rating you give to people who are funny, without realizing it. For instance, in the eighties, the late Arafat, had a high UCR when he adressed the Tv cameras in his broken English. So did the late pope Karol Woijtila, when he said 'Dankoe foor de blumen' during his annual Urbi et Orbi speech.
In sports, the basketball players Dikembe Mutombo and DJ Mbenga, who were both born in Congo, have some of the highest UCR scores.
Here's a list of other people who score high on the UCR scale.
BUTINA: goalkeeper from FC Bruges. His interviews and interventions during corners are hilarious.
EDDY WALLY: I am still not sure if he realises he's so funny or not. Either way, his best years are behind him.
GERT VERHEYEN: anybody who has seen this guy play, knows what I am talking about.
ETIENNE VERMEERSCH: the ethics professor from Ghent. His greasy hairstyle does it.
JAN HOET: the Czar of Art.
WACKO JACKO: when he keeps his hands of little children he has a high UCR.
ARNO HINTJENS: c-c-c-c-cool
GW BUSH: only when you don't think about how much harm he can do. A lot of comedians are jealous of his wide array of idiotic facial expressions.
MARGARET THATCHER: the same condition as above applies. Her voice is classic.
STEVE BALMER: Microsoft geek. Anyone who hasn't seen these videostreams yet, should do so right away. It's also a bit scary actually.
http://www.tarmo.fi/arc/monkeydance.mpeg
http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg
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