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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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The Ronald Opus Story
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This is not an original story and not a very new one as such. It has been widely circulated on the web in many interesting variations since it first appeared. Most of you may have read it somewhere or the other, but we felt that it deserves to feature in this section at least once. If there is even one person who is reading the story for the first time, we rest satisfied.
The popular account of the story is told as follows:
On 23rd March 1994 a medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a gunshot wound of the head caused by a shotgun. Investigation to that point had revealed that the decedent had jumped from the top of a ten story building with the intent to commit suicide. (He left a note indicating his despondency.) As he passed the 9th floor on the way down, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, killing him instantly.
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Bizarros : Cricket For All
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Big hit
The youngest of the Grace brothers, Fred, caught Australian big-hitter George Bonnor at point off a skier so high that the batsmen were well into their third run when the ball lodged in his hands. Bonnor said afterwards that he 'ought to have it!'.
Spare balls
E.M.Grace, in his appearances forThornbury, struck so many balls so hard and so far, many of them never to be seen again, that one umpire, took to keeping up to nine spare balls. This worked will enough to preserve the continuity of play until the day 'EM' hit an earth-shaking double century and used up the entire quota in the umpire's pocket! (With no buildings as obstacles, sprawling grounds In those days were common in England).
Biggest palms
Pat Morfee, who played for Kent between 1910-12 has been credited with possessing the largest pair of hands in first class cricket. It is said that he could hold six cricket balls in one hand, though the records do not say whether his 'mitts' were renowned for their safety (while fielding)!
Change of hands
L.O.
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Man marries dog to lift curse: A Bizarro For All
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We have all heard the 'man bites dog' stories, but how about a real-life 'man marries dog' tale!
This one takes the biscuit, and it could only happen in India,
It took place for real during a traditional hindu ceremony at a temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The groom in question was a 33-year-old Indian farmer named Selvakumar, and he was wed to a female dog named Selvi.
He married his four legged bitch to atone for stoning two other dogs to death and stringing them up in a tree 15 years ago.
He believed the act cursed him and he had been suffering ever since, he told the Hindustan Times.
After he stoned the dogs he said his legs and hands got paralysed, he lost hearing in one ear, and his speech was impaired.
With doctors unable to help him, Selvakumar turned to an astrologer who told him he was cursed by the spirits of the dogs he had killed.
He could undo the curse only if he married a dog and live with it, the soothsayer warned.
Family members chose a stray female dog who was then bathed and clothed for the wedding occasion.
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