<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : weird : Popular Links : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://weird.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>135943</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135943/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Peaceful Vegetarian Turns Out to be Son of Charles Manson]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this case, the apple fell far, far from the tree.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>403</score><crdate>11/23/2009 6:15:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-23T18:15:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135925</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135925/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Spit in My Face - I Will PAY You!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. And...offering money for additional &quot;bodily fluids&quot;.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>265</score><crdate>11/22/2009 12:21:50 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-22T12:21:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135867</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135867/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Church is more than a place of worship, it's now a video game!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A family shouldn&#8217;t have to wait until Sunday to worship the Lord. Now you can go to church every day without leaving your home. Participate in more than 24 unique and exhilarating Ceremonies. Be sure to try them all. The more you play, the more Grace points you collect. Then trade in your Grace points to unlock the Holy Mysteries.<br/><br/>(You've GOT to watch the video)  We've officially gone off the deep end.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>233</score><crdate>11/20/2009 8:43:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-20T08:43:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135866</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135866/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Live like a hamster in Hamster Hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[This hotel near Nantes, France, has come up with a new concept where guests can run around in a wheel, and wear hamster hats... And eat hamster food.<br/><br/>Right... Sounds fun...]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>561</score><crdate>11/20/2009 3:07:45 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-20T03:07:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135843</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135843/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Girl, 15, killed a 9-yr old neighbor to know what it feels like]]></title><description><![CDATA[evening of Oct. 21, when Bustamante strangled 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten without provocation, cut the girl's throat and stabbed her, prosecutors said.&quot;Ultimately, she stated she wanted to know what it felt like,&quot;]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>233</score><crdate>11/19/2009 3:04:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-19T15:04:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135835</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135835/1/</url><title><![CDATA[If you're going to commit violent crimes, don't put the video evidence on YouTube.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What kind of people allow their faces and names to be shared publicly on a YouTube video that documents them roaming the Twin Cities, laughing for the camera as they assault pedestrians, bike riders and children?<br/><br/>(Video in article)]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>456</score><crdate>11/19/2009 10:33:36 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-19T10:33:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135708</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135708/1/</url><title><![CDATA[~EASY-OUT!~Best reborn eyeball- removing tool I've found!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's smooth rounded edges are perfect for safetly catching the edge and releasing the eye so it can be easily removed with padded tweezers or gentle padded pliers]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>407</score><crdate>11/14/2009 5:49:09 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-14T17:49:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135605</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135605/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Clean up in aisle 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to criminal complaints, Robert E. Lee, entered the CVS pharmacy at 4:17 p.m. Police said Lee walked to the front area of the store, lifted up his shirt, dropped his pants and defecated on the floor before walking out.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>482</score><crdate>11/11/2009 8:11:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-11T08:11:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135602</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135602/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman Drives Her Car Into An Aquarium]]></title><description><![CDATA[The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>227</score><crdate>11/11/2009 7:36:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-11T07:36:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135428</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135428/1/</url><title><![CDATA[SUV Sideswipes Elephant in Oklahoma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quote from driver: &quot;So help me Hanna, had I hit that elephant, not swerved, it would have knocked it off its legs, and it would have landed right on top of us,&quot; he said. &quot;We'd have been history.&quot;]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>336</score><crdate>11/6/2009 11:28:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-06T11:28:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135396</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135396/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Swine Flu Cheerleader Who Can Only Walk Backwards]]></title><description><![CDATA[DESREE JENNINGS is a woman &#8220;convinced that a flu shot given to her has lead to a rare disorder which means she can only walk backwards&#8221;. Video in article.<br/>I couldn't find more reputable sources for this, and it's not really about the flu, but the predicament itself is heartwrenching.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>205</score><crdate>11/5/2009 7:35:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-05T07:35:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135377</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135377/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Breathalyzer Man Busted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miller's costume, which retails for about $30, includes three sobriety levels: Boring, Life of the Party, and Sotally Tober. It also includes a well-placed plastic tube with the instructions &quot;Blow Here.&quot;]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>289</score><crdate>11/4/2009 6:21:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-04T18:21:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135360</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135360/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Vets baffled by bald bears]]></title><description><![CDATA[All the female bespectacled bears at a zoo in Leipzig Germany have lost almost all their hair. The reason for this dilemma is not fully understood yet although various ideas are being floated]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>547</score><crdate>11/4/2009 12:19:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-04T12:19:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135309</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135309/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Odd Organizations &amp; Movements that only Thrive Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most celebrated functions of the Internet is an unprecedented ability for people to connect. This has led to social networks, online dating, and, it turns out, a lot of people connecting over really strange things. Here are some of the more interesting clubs that the internet has helped give life to.]]></description><comments>24</comments><score>405</score><crdate>11/2/2009 9:40:24 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-02T09:40:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135213</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135213/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Why can't you tickle yourself?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nice study paper explaining why you can't tickle yourself.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>265</score><crdate>10/29/2009 2:35:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-29T14:35:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135210</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135210/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Singer killed by coyotes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wile. E Coyote was not available for comment after a singer was killed by coyotes while hiking in an east coast national park.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>317</score><crdate>10/29/2009 2:15:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-29T14:15:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135161</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135161/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Library complains of crossed-out curses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Workers at a Tennessee library said someone has been using blue ink to completely scratch out curse words from books in the collection.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>647</score><crdate>10/27/2009 10:58:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-27T22:58:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135146</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135146/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Colonel Sanders Meets the President of the UN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Red-faced United Nations officials on Monday admitted to a major security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken's &quot;Colonel Sanders&quot; gain access to restricted areas.<br/><br/>Apparently they didn't know he was decades dead.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>425</score><crdate>10/27/2009 10:13:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-27T10:13:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135112</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/135112/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Whisky on (Antarctic) Ice, Anyone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservators in Antarctica are toasting to a fascinating discovery: buried under the frozen Antarctic ground , they found two intact cases of Scotch whisky left behind a century ago by Sir Ernest Shackleton from a failed expedition in 1907.<br/><br/>The cases of Charles Mackinlay &amp; Co. whisky won't be retrieved until January, when the Antarctic Summer sun can melt the ice around them. In the meantime, we will all be left to wonder what century-old, Antarctic-iced Scotch tastes like.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>345</score><crdate>10/26/2009 1:57:08 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-26T13:57:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134994</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134994/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Ice Skating Bear Kills Trainer]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ice-skating bear turned on its trainers, killing one and seriously wounding another. A visiting Russian troupe was rehearsing for a show in Bishkek when the attack occurred Wednesday.]]></description><comments>13</comments><score>503</score><crdate>10/23/2009 10:09:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-23T10:09:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134839</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134839/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bear Heads Straight for the Beer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shoppers in a Wisconsin grocery store got an unexpected surprise when a 125-pound black bear wandered inside and headed straight for the beer cooler.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>285</score><crdate>10/18/2009 10:24:18 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-18T10:24:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134810</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134810/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Man tries to euthanize dog -- dog's owner tries to euthanize man]]></title><description><![CDATA[A motorist hit a dog and tried to &quot;put the dog out of its misery&quot; using a hammer and a machete. The dog's owner ran over, grabbed the implements and started attacking the motorist, police say.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>615</score><crdate>10/17/2009 1:34:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-17T13:34:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134804</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134804/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Killer Wears Picture Of Victim On His Shirt During Sentencing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man convicted of killing his girlfriend apparently decided that the best thing to wear at his sentencing was &quot;a T-shirt with his victim's picture and the words 'R.I.P. Love You Forever.'&quot;]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>539</score><crdate>10/17/2009 11:46:30 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-17T11:46:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134756</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134756/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dead Man Mistaken for Halloween Decoration]]></title><description><![CDATA[For four days, 74-year-old Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed was seen slumped over his balcony in Marina del Rey. Neighbors, who saw him on Monday, didn't think much of it--it was a dummy for Halloween, after all.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>403</score><crdate>10/16/2009 2:14:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-16T14:14:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134741</id><url>http://weird.plime.com/weird/l/134741/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Ever Dream This Man?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life. The woman swears she has never met the man in her life.<br/><br/>That portrait lies forgotten on the psychiatrist's desk for a few days until one day another patient recognizes that face and says that the man has often visited him in his dreams. He also claims he has never seen that man in his waking life...]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>735</score><crdate>10/16/2009 11:41:39 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-16T11:41:39+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>