the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[SD_Eagle5]

I had nothing better to do today (no class this week) so I put my Christmas shtein up. You're all jealous.

[Yeti]

farg, I knew I had to do something today.

But before that I will view "Random musings" 108 times until it turns over to 100,000 views.

[mussa]

I had nothing better to do today (no class this week) so I put my Christmas shtein up. You're all jealous.

Make sure you still have a fleshpop while putting up whatever you do for xmas

[Susquehanna Birder]

I had nothing better to do today (no class this week) so I put my Christmas shtein up. You're all jealous.

It's a good thing to do before the weather gets cold.

[SD_Eagle5]

Link

Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down
COLLEEN LONG

The Associated Press

NEW YORK - A worker was killed in the crush Friday after a throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said.

At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island was closed.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a "tragic situation" and said the employee came from a temporary agency and was doing maintenance work at the store.

"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," co-worker Jimmy Overby, 43, told the Daily News. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too. ... I literally had to fight people off my back."

Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m. The man's name was not released and the cause of death was not immediately known.

A police statement said shortly after the store's 5 a.m. opening time, shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the ground."

A metal portion of the door was crumpled like an accordion.

Shoppers around the country lined up early outside stores in the annual bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday. Many stores open early and stay open late, and some of the most dramatic bargains are available in limited quantities.

Among the bargains offered by Wal-Mart for Friday were Samsung 50-inch high definition Plasma TVs for less than $800.

Witnesses told the Daily News that before the store was closed, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the worker's life.

"They were working on him, but you could see he was dead," said Halcyon Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation, and she and the unborn baby were both reported to be OK, said Sgt. Anthony Repalone, a Nassau County police spokesman. Four or five other people suffered minor injuries, he said.

Ellen Davis, a spokeswoman at National Retail Federation, said the group knew of no other incident where a retail employee has died working on the day after Thanksgiving.

Wal-Mart is working closely with police, company spokesman Dan Fogleman said.

"The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority," Fogleman said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families at this difficult time."

[rjs246]

What the farg is wrong with people. Getting up at 4AM and then bum-rushing a farging Wal-Mart? Nuke the humans.

[SD_Eagle5]

Here they are giving the guy CPR

Nice that they're laughing and joking about it while the guy lays there and dies

[shorebird]

I hope those people got the bargin they were looking for. No matter that someone dies, as long as you can sit down this weekend and watch your 50" HDTV that you bought for a great price.

[SD_Eagle5]

I hope those people got the bargin they were looking for. No matter that someone dies, as long as you can sit down this weekend and watch your 50" HDTV that you bought for a great price.

Those people were told the store was closing and they threw a fit because they had been waiting outside since 4 AM. Who cares that someone was just trampled to death.

[Geowhizzer]

I hope those people got the bargin they were looking for. No matter that someone dies, as long as you can sit down this weekend and watch your 50" HDTV that you bought for a great price.

Only $798!

[MadMarchHare]

C'mon, he's already dead.  Shutting down isn't going to bring him back.

Besides, he worked as a holiday temp at Walmart.  He's probably better off dead anyway.

[phattymatty]

Happy AIDS Day!!

[Father Demon]

Happy 38th Birthday!

[Phanatic]

Hit...

[Phanatic]

Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_fe_st/odd100_mph_wreck_1

SAN ANTONIO – A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."

The truck rear-ended the car on U.S. Highway 281, both vehicles spun across a median then came to a stop along a barrier in the opposite lanes. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries.

"He just said God said she wasn't driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road," Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Coleman said in the online edition of the San Antonio Express-News. "God must have been with them, 'cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal."

The pickup driver did not tell police how the woman was driving. Police could not find alcohol or drugs in either driver.

A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a man