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The legend of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis and the no hitter he pitched on LSD against the San Diego Padres on June 12, 1970 is an enduring one. There's spare corroborating evidence for it, of course -- it is Ellis' story and his alone. Now, we have a hilarious animation that illustrates it, with accompanying audio in which Ellis describes that interesting day.

"Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the Big Leagues, we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid," reads an excerpt from the text on the video's YouTube page.

Btw: It's doubtful that the acid provided any kind of magic groove that helped Ellis pitch flawlessly that day. He struck out six, walked eight (and hit at least two batters). According to Ellis, he could see catcher Jerry May's signals only because May put reflective tape on his fingers.

Enjoy!

This is an interesting story out of Kentucky about a library employee who objected to an adult comic book (i.e. "graphic novel") on the shelves of her employer.

When the library board declined her entreaties to remove it because of certain explicit bits, she checked it out -- for forever. She still has the book, but not her job.

The book is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume IV: The Black Dossier.

Kentucky.com has the story:

It all started in the fall of 2008, and she is still doing it. The proof is in her knapsack, in a bright yellow flexible file folder, hidden from prying eyes. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier. It has pink and yellow highlighter tags sticking out, marking the pages that contain explicit sexual content.

It is the Jessamine County Public Library's copy, which she has checked out and not returned. She is being fined 10 cents a day for her breach of library contract — and for her moral stand.

She was, she says, simply appalled that a child could find a book that contained so many outright visually obscene graphics in the Jessamine library where she worked.

The story's a good one, and worth a read. No word yet as to whether WorldNetDaily is frothing about it.

What do you think, folks?

Here's a story guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of most men, and cheers of 'you go girl!' from most women: The female victim of a wanker waver at an outdoor bar on a Greek island tossed hooch on his you-know-what then set it on fire. Ouch!

"A 26-year old Greek woman has become an overnight national hero after setting fire to the genitals of a 23-year old drunken Briton who allegedly tried to sexually assault her in a crowded bar.

...According to a police statement issued last night the incident occurred at a club in the notorious coastal resort of Malia, which is dominated by young Britons seeking all-night revelry.

It alleged the Briton took down his trousers and started waving his genitals at a number of girls. He then specifically "forcefully fondled" the 26-year old Greek woman, asking her to take hold of his genitals.

After asking him to stop harassing her, the police said, she poured the alcoholic drink Sabucco on his genitals (an Italian brand type of Greek ouzo or French Pernod drink).

This again allegedly failed to stop his advances, so the woman seized a lighter and set fire to the alcohol-drenched genitals, local press reports said."

The answer to the question on your mind is: second-degree burns.

So what do you think, folks? Did the guy deserve it? Did she do the right thing?

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