Explode-a-Toad

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:50 pm

So, the US Government finally uses that "Goliath Serum" from Venture Brothers.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:20 pm

Here's something else interesting... maybe they're related?

Mystery meaty-fatty substance found in water mains in Carroll, IA...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ ... CTION=HOME

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:07 am

It serves the fromgs right for stealing Fire from the Gods in the first place.

Edit: I saw this today and thought it cool in a similar vein to exploding frogs:

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm
In short: It's a new form of malaria that restarts your heart a couple of hours after you die of it (and boy, do you ever die of it; 100% fatality in 2 days) and you start acting crazy becaue of some chemical or other.

Col · Post by **Col** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:26 am

That picture of the sacrificed dog doesn't help relieve the reader. Here come the zombies.

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:30 am

I'm not wholly convinced it's real, though, to be honest. If you replace the numeric IP with bbc.co.uk it gives a 404.

Edit: Apparently, the IP inthe URL reverse-resolves to baserape.com, whatever that is. (I'm sure as hell not looking at it.) It's a good story, though.

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:41 am

Yeah it's gotta be fake. I search the BBC and there is no mention of a place called Quan'sul at all, let alone with zombies.

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:49 am

It could just be a coverup. baserape.com probably archived the content before the Government made the BBC take it down.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:16 am

OH GOD ZOMBIES?!!! *whips out emergency zombie beating bat and begins beating random roommates senseless*
...oh wait, they're just hung over.
yeah I'm calling bullshit. that doesn't sound like a bbc article. for one thing it mentions Condi but makes no mention of a British offical.

Turi · Post by **Turi** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:32 am

Because crows are intelligent, it is quite beliveable: If the local crows have developed a taste for toad liver, they will quickly learn the technique from each other, once discovered.

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:45 am

grabmygoblin wrote:OH GOD ZOMBIES?!!! *whips out emergency zombie beating bat and begins beating random roommates senseless*
...oh wait, they're just hung over.
yeah I'm calling bullshit. that doesn't sound like a bbc article. for one thing it mentions Condi but makes no mention of a British offical.

It's also too short, and it makes the unforgivable mistake of refering to Malaria as a "parasite". The fake writer didn;t even get their science right. Come on, that's the FOUNDATION of a good zombie idea. One that is firmly rooted in either hard science or magic, or one that is completely ambiguous as to it's cause (ala George Romero).

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:53 pm

It must be a government conspiracy.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:36 pm

generally the links on the right of a bbc news article link to related stories. So it's safe to say that Laos is in lebanon now. or syria.

Steverules · Post by **Steverules** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:51 pm

AndrewTaylor wrote: http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

I know it's probably a hoax, but what's sad is I want to believe.