The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

As of next month there'll be another Languishite on the dole. 

[The Brain]

As of next month there'll be another Languishite on the dole. 

[Grey Fox]

The Google IO is pretty interesting.

I like their idea of Hangouts.

[Liep]

The Google IO is pretty interesting.

I like their idea of Hangouts.

Wearing Google glasses makes you look like a douchebag even at a Google conference.

[Grey Fox]

Well, yeah.

[merithyn]

Brain??? Are you okay???

A man in Sweden has died after trying to have sex with a hornet's nest on his farm outside Ystad.

The 35-year-old, known only as Hasse, had 146 sting marks on his body, including 54 to his genitals, News Sweden said.

His body was found by a neighbour, who said Hasse was so swollen he initially mistook him for a whale carcass.

Hasse was unconscious when he was found but died an hour later from the injuries he sustained.

Neighbour Bertil Ståhfrääs said he called over to his neighbour to ask what he was doing: "At first [I thought he was lying there by] of choice, so I called 'Hasse' to ask what the hell he was doing.

"I walked up to the body and then I recognised his tattoo on his neck.

"I have never in my life seen such a swollen pelvic bone. It hid the whole package [and] the scrotum was enlarged. Right now it feels heavy and unreal. We did not talk very often, but he was still my neighbour."

Hasse sustained over 50 stings to his genitals (wiki commons)An autopsy of Hasse's body showed semen on some of the dead wasps and a number of the victim's pubic hair was found at the entrance of the nest. His fingerprints were also found on the nest, leading the police to believe he had been trying to have sex with the hornet's nest when he was stung to death.

"To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea," Siv During Livh, a psychologist and expert on sex fantasies told the news website.

"I don't even think about the pain he must have suffered both within himself [from his fetish] and incurred by the wasp attack."

Hornet stings are more painful than typical wasp stings because of their venom. They can also sting multiple times.

The stings are not normally fatal to humans unless a person is allergic to their venom, in which case they can go into anaphylactic shock.

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[Malthus]

 

The good news is, Brain isn't in any danger.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/15/man-reportedly-tries-to-have-sex-with-hornets-nest-and-dies-3760129/

However, it now appears as though the story was too good to be true, albeit not for the unfortunate Hasse, as he is said to not even exist.

The original source for the story has now been traced to a satirical website in Sweden, which reported the stinging tale back in September, 2012.

It was originally reported animal rights campaigners were concerned about the wellbeing of the hornets, but we are now fairly sure no hornets (or men called Hasse) were harmed in the making of this story.

[DGuller]

Yeah, the first thing I thought of was the Polish dentist pulling out all the teeth from ex-boyfriend story.  Unfortunately, I didn't post my suspicions in time, so I don't get to look smart. 

[merithyn]

Real or not, I was right to be concerned for Brain.

[Jacob]

Palestinians use secret tunnels to smuggle KFC into the Gaza Strip: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0515/KFC-smugglers-bring-buckets-of-chicken-through-Gaza-tunnels?nav=88-csm_category-topStories

[The Brain]

I was worried for my health there a minute until I realized I haven't actually died.

For future reference the Swedish word "ståfräs" (fancy made up nameesque spelling in the article: "Ståhfrääs") means hardon.

[CountDeMoney]

What's it called when it's buried in the dirt for 9 months before it's eaten?

[The Brain]

What's it called when it's buried in the dirt for 9 months before it's eaten?

I don't last 9 months.

[Ed Anger]

WHO INVITED THE DAME INTO OUR CLUBHOUSE?