Here’s one for the drug side-effects irony files. It’s a class of drugs to prevent osteoperosis, but in rare cases, they can cause another condition called bone necrosis. So, instead of having your bones break, some people can have them die. Dandy! I know it’s a rare condition, but how ironic is that?
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You Live By The Sword…
Here’s today’s dose of fantastic irony. An un-named 26-year old man attempting to shoplift $300 worth of hunting knives from a Meijer store in Michigan got into a scuffle with security workers who tried to stop him, during which he fell and wasstabbed in the stomach by yes, you guessed it, the knives he was …
DNA, Baby, That Spells Hahahahahahahahahah!
This is just too funny. James Watson, one of the guys who figured out DNA and its structure, started making racist assumptions and trying to back them up with science. He said that Africans, and black Americans who descended from them, just weren’t as smart as white people. Then, he decided to put his genome …
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Today’s Dose Of Irony
A group of scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago recently conducted experiments on animals to try to determine whether homosexuality is hard-wired genetically or can be turned on and off using a combination of gene manipulation and drugs. And what sort of animals would you suppose these scientists used for these experiments? If …
This One Seems Too Easy, But What The Hell
Accused of embezzling nearly $20,000 from the company she worked for isMary Puccia Crook.
Close, but No Cigar
Well, this one’s just too close to not go into the fitting names in the news files. There’s a doctor who has designed a device to use to see if someone who said they’ve quit smoking actually has stayed away from the bad stuff, or if they’ve been sneaking a few ciggies. The doctor’s son’s …
Close Enough
Facing charges of assaulting a government official after he allegedly coughed in the face of a police officer who was issuing him a ticket is Kent Kauffman.
More From the Annals Of Unfortunate Nomenclature
Recently arrested and now facing more than 30 child porn related charges including possession, felony eavesdropping, prowling and peaking [the last of which I’ve never heard of anyone being charged with before] is 34-year-oldJeffrey Brice Ogle. I swear, the name gives you away every time.
Another Great Name In The News
Charged with arson after setting her own apartment on fire last month isLori Natalie Sparks.
Now We Know Why They Named It That
A 45-year-old man from New Westminster, British Columbia lost control of the van he was driving Friday night, crashing through a concrete median and going over an embankment before coming to rest at the edge of a cliff about 30 metres above get this,Wreck Beach. I know it’s not the name of a person like …