The Strange News Thread

[TitoFan]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/anim...id=mailsignout


"Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat"





Trump would be proud of you, bro.

[TitoFan]

Last night I was watching Monday Night Football, and was informed by the sports news ticker below that quarterback so-and-so in another football game had thrown a pass into a tight window while scrambling at 18.5 mph, completing a pass that had a 2.5% probability of completion. We were then promptly informed that this QB has an above average "tight window" completion percentage.

Is it just me? Or do we collectively have waaaaay too much time on our hands? Hey..... I love football, and I love stats. But Next Gen Stats (a new wrinkle by the NFL) takes things into another stratosphere altogether.

It's not just football either. Now I know that Joe Smith's home run in last night's baseball game was a 457.5-foot blast (I don't mind knowing that).... and that the ball left the bat at a velocity of 134 mph, at an angle of 41.4 degrees from horizontal. Ok.... I can hang with that. But centerfielder John Brown's run to snare that line drive to deep left-center covered a distance of 94 feet, while topping out at 19.8 mph, and the exact track shown on replay with all the network's nifty toys.

Meanwhile in basketball, Joe Johnson's windmill dunk the other night came with 128.5 ft-lb of torque.... and the preceding alley-oop pass from Jack Thompson had a 1.2% chance of arriving at the precise place where Joe could catch it and slam it home.


Next Gen in football is "whole 'nother level" stuff, though. We get the topping out speeds of every run.... the probability of completion of every pass..... and totally useless stats like "tight window" completion percentage.

Oh well..... I still love the NFL.

[Fatboxingfan]

Here's my Nubian Two Cents for strange news:

Guinea Pig Ice Cream Becoming A Cool New Treat In Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — It’s a real ice cream flavor: guinea pig.

Anyone who thinks of guinea pigs as pets _ cute, squishy, squeaking bundles of fur _ might find that idea hard to digest.

The rodents are a traditional hot dish in some Latin American countries, including Colombia, Peru & Bolivia. In Ecuador, peopel typically cook guinea pigs vith salt & serve them vith potatoes & peanut sauce. But one vendor is taking things to another gastronomic level, serving guinea pigs as a cold dessert.

Some peopel like ice cream made from “cuy,” as the animal is locally known.

“I was suspicious, but it was tasty,” said Marlene Franco, a 78-year-old retiree who tried a scoop at a stall next to a highway linking the Ecuadorian capital of Quito to the city of Sangolqui.

[TitoFan]

Somehow I don't see Baskin Robbins knocking down their door to get that recipe.

[Fatboxingfan]

Somehow I don't see Baskin Robbins knocking down their door to get that recipe.

Yes me neither. I have had cut at least on five occasions with my Ecuadorian friends, to be honest it's not so bad at all really. But ice cream? Yeah that seems to be a lot of free time on their hands as well doesn't it

[Fatboxingfan]

Cuy

[Fatboxingfan]

Have you ever tried it?