万花筒 2010-03-06&03-08 怪趣新闻串烧

Ten years ago today, British soccer great Sir Stanley Mathews died just 35 years after he played his last game. He was 85. It's right. He played for Blackpool and Stoke City until he was 50 years old. He played for 34 seasons. At an age 47, he was voted player of the year. So Stanley had one regret “I retired¹ too early.”

Let's play Oddball.

Man, more Olympics. Is it the freaking hockey? Sorry, we're beginning in the Harz Mountains near Braunlage in Germany. Harz mount like a bird seed? This is not Olympic topless downhill sliding. We've used the entire 2010 blurring² budget to bring you this video, 15 men, 15 women, wearing only shoes, a hat and tightly tiny weenies, riding slides down the snowing mountain this weekend. This is the second annual topless toboggan race. 14,000 spectators turned out to see this event live. They were expecting like 200. As a result, Sporel Arrow will cover your ears, but keep watching, a guy named Christian³ won the first prize and took own the novelty check. This well-fared older gentleman with a ridiculous moustache to match his ridiculous hat, finished out of the money.

A restaurant in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil where today's special was brick oven pizza topped with dirty burglar's feet. Dirty burglar's feet? This unnamed 19-year-old man was attempting to enter the store during non-business hours when he became wedged in the chimney of the restaurant's brick oven. The would-be robber was heard moaning by neighbors who called the police. He should thank his lucky stars that didn't call the tickle⁴ monster. Attempts to yank the man out of the oven failed, so police had to bust⁵ him out and here comes the sledge⁶ hammers, the half-naked perp. The half-naked perp was arrested on attempted burglar charges and banned from next year's topless sled racing⁷ in Germany.

Finally it's a shirtless tri-factor. The man in the hood⁸ is trying to stick up Clainm's Glad gas station in Manchester, New Hampshire. The crook⁹ asked for all the money in the register what he didn't bargain for was some heroics from a cashier named Cashman. Bill Cashman.

My response was to try to pit him till the cops got there. So I grabbed him and pulled him towards me and he managed to wiggle out of his shirt and get away from me.

He was wearing a shirt, a black shirt. When his yellow belly¹⁰ was exposed, the perp slipped out of the door with 45 dollars and some M&Ms,  while Cashier Cashman had the perp's sweat shirt, his cellphone and of course his sacred pride.

1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 blurring   

n.模糊，斑点甚多，（图像的）混乱v.（使）变模糊( blur的现在分词 )；（使）难以区分

参考例句：

• Retinal hemorrhage, and blurring of the optic dise cause visual disturbances. 视网膜出血及神经盘模糊等可导致视力障碍。 来自辞典例句
• In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages. 另一方面，圣经又限制了清教时期的作品，使它们显得晦涩沉闷。 来自辞典例句

3 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 tickle   

v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒

参考例句：

• Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
• I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。

5 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

6 sledge   

n.雪橇，大锤；v.用雪橇搬运，坐雪橇往

参考例句：

• The sledge gained momentum as it ran down the hill.雪橇从山上下冲时的动力越来越大。
• The sledge slid across the snow as lightly as a boat on the water.雪橇在雪原上轻巧地滑行，就象船在水上行驶一样。

7 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

8 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

9 crook   

v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)

参考例句：

• He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
• She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。

10 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。