Gross Me Out!

This deer was hit by a car and killed along a country road.  Notice the holes by its front leg, in its gut, and by its tail.  You could look inside this little “cave” full of thousands of flies.

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There is considerable debate about whether it can rain oil.  Some oil industry officials claim it’s impossible because oil cannot bond to water, and therefore oil cannot be carried high up into the atmosphere to eventually fall as rain. 

But a report by the beleaguered and now-renamed MMS says that up to 75% of light crude oil can evaporate.  If oil can evaporate, then perhaps it can be carried up into the cloud as vapor, condense, and fall with water as rain.

It’s also been noted that oil which has been treated with certain chemical dispersants changes properties so that it does bond to water.  In which case, it seems possible that dispersant-treated oil could eventually fall as rain.

Regardless, this video and many others on YouTube claim to show it raining oil.  We may find out for sure with a new tropical storm building in the Gulf of Mexico.

Here is a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” written for the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Lyrics written and performed by Jamie of SomaCow.  I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at this video.  Warning: Adult Language!

It appears this groom had a bit too much to drink at his bachelor party.  He’s forced to take a seat during the middle of his own wedding ceremony, and moments later he pukes a night of hard drinking onto the back of his bride’s beautiful dress.

There’s a special place in hell for people who torture defenseless animals.  It’s going to be a long, hot eternity for the evil doer who used a nail gun to pound a dozen 3-1/2” nails into the head of a cat in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The female cat was found dead last month.  The local SPCA spokeswoman hoped information from the public would lead to an arrest.  “When the puss first came in, that was bad enough,” she said.  “To actually see the nails in its head in the X-ray is even more sickening and disturbing.”

Story at Stuff.NZ

Authorities found the body of a 71-year-old woman under eight feet of garbage in her Jacksonville, Florida home.

Family members alerted police when they hadn’t heard from Carina E. Decampo in a while.  When police arrived at the scene, they discovered “unbelievable squalor” and a stench that made them ill.  After searching in vein for 20 minutes, they requested breathing gear and search dogs, then ultimately found her body buried deep in the rubble.  Cause of death has not yet been released.

Eight feet of trash doesn’t just suddenly appear out of nowhere.  This poor woman must have lived in squalor for months or years.  Where was this woman’s family?

Story at News4Jax

Recently we purchased some rural land that has a mobile home on it.  The structure itself was in decent shape, but the interior was destroyed by the last renter, who happened to be the sister of the home’s owner.  Turns out she and her husband were meth addicts.  The owner told me that the home is just as she left it — a total disaster. 

It’s beyond me how anyone could live in a pigsty like this.  Is her home a mess because she’s high on drugs, or is she high on drugs because her home is such a mess?

Remember kids, stay in school and just say no to drugs, or you may grow up to live in a shithole like this.

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If you think your job is messy, it’s probably nowhere near as bad as some of the dirtiest jobs on the planet.  For all the gross things in life — poop, bile, garbage, sludge, maggots, blood, guts and more — there is somebody out there who has to work with these substances and clean up when we’re done.  In this spirit, EverydayCareer examined the top 25 dirtiest jobs on Earth.

For example, consider the sewer cleaners.  All the waste that’s flushed down our toilets flows through a massive series of underground pipes to a processing plant.  But occasionally, sh** happens, and stuff get stuck.  And when sewers back up, there are two possible outcomes.  1) The waste will spew right back out of the drain, or 2) some poor schmuck has to climb down into the stinky, dirty sewer and unclog it.  Since we rarely see raw sewage spew onto the street, you can believe there are some thankless souls performing very dirty jobs to keep our streets and bathrooms clean.

25 Dirtiest Jobs on Planet Earth

A bizarre half-man, half-goat was born in Lower Gweru, Zimbabwe.  The abomination stood upright, had a huge head and face that resembled a human, and an odd body with goat legs and a tail.

Villagers said the beast was so scary that even dogs were afraid to go near it.  The goat’s owner called police after the birth.  The goat-man lived only a few hours before it died naturally.  Villagers immediately burned the corpse, fearing it was an evil sign.

The local governor claims the creature is the result of sex between a man and a goat.  “This incident is very shocking.  It is my first time to see such an evil thing.  It is really embarrassing,” the governor said.

Story at Daily Telegraph

Lakes and streams in the upper Midwest are becoming polluted with an ugly, smelly and toxic blue-green algae, created by drought and fertilizer runoffs from farms.  The toxic brew has killed dozens of dogs and sickened many people.

State officials warn people who live near algae-covered waterways to close their windows, stop taking walks along the shore, and prevent their dogs from drinking the water.

Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin’s Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the “cockroach on the water.  It is like living in the sewer for three weeks.  You gag.  You cannot go outside,” McAloon said.  “We have pictures of squirrels that are dead underneath the scum and fish that are dead.”

Blue-green algae is common and relatively benign until “man-induced” nutrients like phosphorous are added to the mix.  The result is deadly toxins released by the algae.  Symptoms include rash, hives, runny nose, irritated eyes and throat irritation.  Many people have become ill, though no human has died yet.

Story at FoxNews