Now that's a great premise for a movie.

Was it down the side of the sofa?

Fair enough

$70k was donated to the San Diego zoo in her name for her 100th birthday, stunning Zoo officials. That woman had more class in her little finger than most of her contemporaries. RIP Betty, I know there are hundreds of animals on the other side of the rainbow bridge waiting.

For a minute there I thought it was the Wests.

I would have immediately then been arrested for assault on an officer.

He should have then rebuilt it in to a helicopter and flown away before he could get given the ticket!

Sir... Watch out... These things come in threes.

I used to own a car like that once (a 2CV if I recall). I am not surprised he could do that. They are very minimalistic, yet they have a very advanced and clever suspension system. I also had a Renault 4 for many years. For a bit I drove it without a clutch and pulling the throttle cable through the firewall. The starter also went, but for that the R4 has a front crank that starts the car. Even in the late 70s I got a lot of strange looks when I dismounted the car, run to the front, cranked it and got back inside. Can't do that with modern cars.

I'm intrigued as to what sort of breakdown left the car useless (a 2CV at that!), but the engine fine to make a motorcycle!

Did Barney Fife write the ticket?

I wonder how he makes it to Germany that fast 🤔

Mythbusters proved this to be possible.

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Also, Emile Leray got the MacGyver Award for that year, and every year thereafter, as nobody has done something quite so badass since then, except in movies.

Irl Mad Max

This folks, is why it is crucial that people understand the difference between a REGULATION and a LAW. LAWS are what is just or unjust. Regulations establish norms of behavior which aren't INHERENTLY just or unjust. A police officer has discretion of enforcement for when failing to heed a regulation is more just than heeding it. It's not up to him to nullify legislation, but it is up him to recognize that the legislation fit the circumstance.

That's amazing

Long Live the Queen!

Score one for the hedgehogs.

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After Patton toured the camp, he ordered the mayor of Weimar to bring 1,000 citizens to Buchenwald; these were to be predominantly men of military age from the middle and upper classes. The Germans had to walk 25 kilometres (16 mi) roundtrip under armed American guard and were shown the crematorium and other evidence of Nazi atrocities. The Americans wanted to ensure that the German people would take responsibility for Nazi crimes, instead of dismissing them as atrocity propaganda. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower also invited two groups of Americans to tour the camp in mid-April 1945; journalists and editors from some of the principal U.S. publications, and then a dozen members of the Congress from both the House and the Senate, led by Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald_concentration_camp

Reminds me of the bear attack safety rhyme: If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down. If it's white, say goodnight.

Disgusting,

This explains the whole Trump thing

I suppose those decoy shoppers didn't use the squeaky ones that insisted on turning the opposite direction you want to go, didn't get their finger slammed or the back of the heel scraped

She: You have won my heart. He: Which one?

Ducks do this as well. Give a look next time you see a line of resting ducks. The ones on the end are half asleep. Having the ability to shut down half their brains. I love nature, you can study her creations your entire life and still not touch all the wonders there are

The Victorian household was a hell of a dangerous place to be. Arsenic, asbestos, lead, etc.. it’s amazing anyone survived

This is so sad an depressing. The ghetto in Lodz, Poland’s second largest city and major industrial center, was established on April 30, 1940. It was the second largest ghetto in the German-occupied areas and the one that was most severely insulated from its surroundings and from other ghettos. Some 164,000 Jews were interned there, to whom were added tens of thousands of Jews from the district, other Jews from the Reich, and also Sinti and Roma. The ghetto, although intended to be a temporary transit facility, lasted for more than four years after the interests of local Nazis led to a decision to exploit the Jewish labor force. In the spring of 1940, the Lodz ghetto was sealed from the rest of the world by a wooden fence surrounded by additional barbed-wire fences. The Jews were packed into the ghetto with no electricity or water. Disease and starvation rapidly diminished their numbers. https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about/ghettos/lodz.html

The trauma ...

When though?

That was the premise of part of Forrest Gump.

Why have a jury system if their verdict is coerced by the judge.

Apparently you have to be in perfect health. No genetic conditions, chronic conditions, disorders, missing any body parts. Nada.

My auntie was a total genius (too bad I did not inherit any of those genes. The closest I can come is being a wise ass). She could write backwards snd forwards at the same time on two different pieces of paper. She would send my sister and I letters written entirely backwards and alternating words between each paper. Sooooo creative, caring and beautiful. She taught me how to shop to save money, spent countless hours volunteering for the disabled and less fortunate. RIP Aunty Ev.

Loki was a shapeshifter who also changed genders when it suited him.

Thats 5 actors totally kicking themselves and a win for cinema goers everywhere.

HEY, hands off my cheese. The Nottingham cheese riot (also known as The Great Cheese Riot)[1] started on 2 October 1766 at the city's Goose Fair. The riot came at a time of food shortages and rising prices in England. Violence broke out when local citizens intervened to prevent Lincolnshire merchants taking away Nottinghamshire cheeses they had bought at the fair. A warehouse, shops and a cargo boat were looted; and hundreds of cheese wheels were rolled through the streets. The army was deployed when the mayor was unable to restore control. One man was killed and others wounded as soldiers opened fire on the crowds. Order was eventually restored after some days of unrest.

That was widely reported at the time.

Wow I thought we took all those words from English! I did recently learn however that khaki comes from the Urdu word khaak, meaning dust or earth. But what's up with cheetah, we don't even have them here. We call leopards cheetah lol.

Please don’t get started on the appalling abuses of power rampant on earth.

I remember seeing this for the first time in a non-chain movie theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. People were super reactive during the move, it was great. Sounds of cringing, yelps, oh-my-goshes, etc. At one point, the Mom is in the kitchen and hears scary noises upstairs. We all know what that means. The scary thing comes down and attacks the Mom while she cowers in fright. So, we were all so surprised when she looked up at the ceiling, then at the knife block, then PICKED UP THE KNIFE. And headed UPSTAIRS. The entire theater erupted with encouraging sounds and "Yes!" and the like. It was so awesome. First time I ever saw a woman plan to fight back in a movie in my life. I will never forget it. Best in-theater movie experience of my life.

Surely having horses trample you would spill blood

Also, the coastline - which played such a major part in the battle (helping to create the chokepoint that allowed the Greek force - which was 7000 from multiple Poleis, not just 300 from Sparta - to hold off the much larger Persian force) has also moved over the past 2500 years. It's now almost 6 miles from it's ancient location.

That POS and his followers.