Saturday ONT (9/23/17) Screw Current Events Edition

The Addams Family meet The Ramones.

Why don't you 'ettes bring us some sammiches? It's a science experiment. Do it for the science.

Stanwood Elkus one pissed off dude.

Twenty-five years ago, Stanwood Elkus checked into a Veterans Affairs hospital in Long Beach, Cailfornia, for a surgery to correct a urethral stricture.
He checked out after a botched surgery with incontinence, a low sex drive, and erectile dysfunction. He spent the next twenty years letting his anger snowball– all the way to murder.

September 23, 1977, David Bowie released 'Heroes' as a single. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track features King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and has gone on to become one of Bowie's signature songs. via thisdayinmusic.com

September 23, 1980, Bob Marley collapsed on stage during a concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Marley had collapsed in New York's Central Park while jogging, two days before and was told to immediately cancel the US leg, but flew to Pittsburgh to perform one final performance. This was the last time Marley ever appeared on stage performing, Marley died of cancer on in May 1981. via thisdayinmusic.com

September 23, 1930, Born on this day, Ray Charles, singer songwriter, (1962 UK & US No.1 single 'I Can't Stop Loving You' plus over 30 US Top 40 singles, 2005 US No.1 album 'Genius Loves Company'). Charles died on 10th June 2004 aged 73. via thisdayinmusic.com

This is the big North America Moron Meetup weekend in Vegas. Confessions Of A Las Vegas Stripper Wonder how many Morons will run across her? You do have the right to remain silent.

It pays not to wear pants. Especially when they explode.

FEW PROFESSIONALS ASK MORE OF their trousers than farmers. Their rugged, often dirty work no doubt taxes the cleanliness and durability of any garment. Perhaps the least a farmer can ask of his pants is that they don’t spontaneously burst into flames. But in the case of a number of agricultural workers in 1930s New Zealand, it turns out, that was indeed too much to ask.

Fans of Discovery’s long-running science-and-explosions show, Mythbusters, might be familiar with the strange spate of self-immolating trousers that briefly plagued New Zealand farmers in the 1930s. What’s less commonly known about this unusual saga is that it all began with a weed called ragwort.

Social Media. The downfall of many Genius Award Winner.

Not all kids are jerks. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

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