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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:55 PM
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BREAKING NEWS on Fox, OMG
Cat falls 80 feet. Next-up, State Trooper removes 'roadkill' possum from the center of the interstate, live at the site, with an interview with the post captain explaining the importance of keeping the roads clear, and how this vital function performed by the troopers justifies an increase of 100% in the number of troopers and 4 extra HMS coordinators.

Hmmm, I wonder what 'news' was preempted to air these earth shattering news stories.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:56 PM
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1. I bet if it was YOUR cat you would care!!
:sarcasm:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:57 PM
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2. or your possum roadkill
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:58 PM
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4. Especially if it was dinner
:)
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:02 PM
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9. Seriously, the only way to preserve its edibility is to get it
RIGHT OFF the road. Unreasonable delays due to trooper inavailability are the NUMBER ONE cause of roadkill spoilage.
:hi:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:18 PM
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14. I only eat roadkill when I see it hit.
Heh. And that has happened exactly once, to a chicken. And she was delicious.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:17 PM
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13. Not if it took off the way that cat did
In fact, I had cats who took huge falls out of trees, and just like that cat, were able to jump up and run like hell. They didn't even get the wind knocked out of them. Later on, when I caught them, there was never a sign of injury, no tender ribs, no limp, no sign of internal injury. They're pretty durable little critters.

I'm sure Pox is ecstatic over the footage, though. It means they can ignore Stupid's dreadful performance for another day.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:20 PM
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16. The terminal velocity of a cat is about half that of a human
In addition, they instinctively spread out as the fall, slowing themselves down further.

Here's a link all about people and cats falling from great heights:
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web.stuff/Kuhns/terminal_velocity.htm

Ain't the net great?
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 11:09 PM
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31. That is WAY cool!
Cats fly, who knew?
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 11:04 PM
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29. Was it a pretty, white cat?
Black cats don't seem to create the same sense of urgency.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:58 PM
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3. I guess Fox has given up on Bush
Fox' propaganda can no longer save him. They're reduced to just reporting non-news, CNN style.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:58 PM
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5. I can only hope this was local news
The depths to which the media that leases our airwaves has fallen continue to astound me.
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BlueAlert Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:59 PM
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6. Fox News is slow
CNN showed the video this morning
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:00 PM
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7. Just trying to avoid the REAL roadkill
Their God and spritual mentor just blew a gasket on national TV - and they can't process the information.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:00 PM
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8. LOL!!
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:02 PM
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10. But what about Aruba?
And that missing white girl, Natalee?
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:25 PM
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22. Satellite photos have shown that Aruba has Natalee and if we invade and
fail to find her, it is because they moved her to Antigua or St. Croix to avoid detection.

We will not rest until we bring her back alive to take her rightful place in the next GIRLS GONE WILD in Ft. Lauderdale video.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:03 PM
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11. Sorry watching that cat fall and surviving was amazing
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:26 PM
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23. Well, yeah it was
notice how the cat sread its legs and the wind kinda caught in the flaps of skin between the legs.

I'd say that cat needs to be bred, maybe we could end-up with flying cats in a few generations.

To bad about hitting that branch at the bottom of the fall though.
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:05 PM
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12. What about the Iraqi Foreign Minister who was spying on Saddam
and told us (via France) that he had no Nukes and was not close to developing any.
Story broke yesterday at NBC.
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harpo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:19 PM
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15. there is a thing called "parental controls"...use it to block faux...
so you don't accidentally watch them
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:21 PM
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17. damn, that beats my best CNN day: runaway bride, lost girl in Aruba, and
Michael Jackson
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:22 PM
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18. WTF, the cats tail was auto rotating??? DAMN....
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:22 PM
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19. Did you see great Fox News parody in V FOR VENDETTA?
It was dead on, from O'Reilly-like commentator, to vapid over-spun news.
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:28 PM
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24. Haven't seen the movie yet, sounds like a good movie. n/t
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:37 PM
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28. somebody should send it to Bush but tell him its a wrestling video
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:22 PM
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20. Maybe they should send their cameras over here. I have a dead skunk
in my bushes and the condo association although notified yesterday, still hasn't removed the poor thing. I am now being promised first thing tomorrow morning. Thank goodness it's been freezing here....

Should I call Faux?
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:24 PM
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21. I got a hang nail, have they reported on that yet?
It hurts!:cry:
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guinivere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:30 PM
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26. Yes. Right after the story about my closet
door being jammed.
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:30 PM
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25. Please, don't post on this idiotic thread
It will only get kicked back to the top!!!
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:33 PM
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27. I totally agree!
tee hee
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 11:06 PM
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30. Thought it was FOX news not CAT news!
LOL!
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