…and you thought the Super Scope was obscure? Meet the MACS Multipurpose Arcade Combat Simulator for the Super Nintendo - perhaps the rarest video game and accessory in existence. Developed for the U.S. Army to increase the firing accuracy of recruits, the game uses an M16 replica of authentic size and weight for an input device, rather than a plastic approximation. picked by cloudboy 9 months ago

A cute little cartoon fish is one of the mascots for the Beijing Olympics. But this sick tourist trinket shows a shocking contempt for the creatures – with a live goldfish stuffed into a
tiny plastic bag on a keyring. picked by muppet 4 months ago

Scientists using an electrically charged needle have electrospun nanosize threads of cells encased in plastic polymers to create living microfibers that promote tissue regrowth. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A Two-year-old Perth girl suffered serious head wounds and needs plastic surgery after she was hit with a wheel lock in a road rage attack on her mother's car. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The American socialite has been nicknamed the Bride of Wildenstein and dubbed the world's scariest celebrity by a plastic surgery website. picked by PulsisX 8 months ago

The fake pumpkin has been stuck on the animal's snout for at least several days. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Although David Ritcheson seemed to have been recovering from a brutal attack in which he was beaten unconscious and sodomized with a plastic pole by a man shouting "White Power!", he leaped to his death from an upper deck of a Carnival Cruise ship on Sunday morning. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

7-year-old Ben Mathenia saved a fellow student from choking on a plastic toy. KSDK's Cordell Whitlock reports picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

I was standing in the return line at Wal-Mart Wednesday afternoon when I heard plastic shatter. A split second later I felt the pain of my now broken toe come screaming up my leg. picked by Techted 11 months ago

Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago hen he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median. 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos still in their plastic sleeves spilled into the median and roadway. Video at link. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Dole is recalling bagged lettuce tainted with e. coli today, so you'll want to check your fridge lest you develop bloody diarrhea. The e. coli tainted product is Dole's "Hearts Delight" bagged salad mix. It has a "best if used by (BIUB)" date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B" stamped on the package. The "best if use... read full post picked by 1krazykorean 1 year ago

The odor wasn't the distinctive hemp odor of the burned weed, but the musty plant smell of ground sweet leaves. It was so noticeable and so distinctive that a bank teller put the cash -- $4,000 in bundled bills -- into a plastic bag. Police tested the bills, then arrested the man when he returned to the bank to make a withdrawal picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

"They were often handcuffed, tethered together with plastic ties and allowed to soil themselves, investigators say. They had scars on their wrists. Some had burns. None appeared to have more than a fourth-grade education, not even the adults in their 20s. All were starving." picked by karmalilly 1 year ago

Apparently one of the voting machines had a plastic stylus instead of an ink stamp. The pollworkers apparently overrode the machine when it said the ballots were blank.... It only affected 20 ballots, and somehow they were able to contact those voters to return and re-vote.... And you thought LA was bad! On the LA news, I heard this was a deliberate act, and that it was a LOT of voters, and oh... read full post picked by bcgrote 8 months ago

Just get a plastic bottle and some old pens... picked by orion1977 11 months ago

Frenchman Jean-Yves Blondeau, aka Rollerman, and his plastic "Buggy Rollin" suit ridding in the streets of Paris and in bobsleigh track. 31 wheels all over his body picked by wildminou 1 year ago

Real love is hard to find for one Japanese man, who has transferred his affection and desires to dozens of plastic sex dolls. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The eventual result will be strong, lightweight plastics that would degrade in a landfill. That's "Good wood", right? picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

The Citarum River in Indonesia is so polluted that ""Their occupants no longer try to fish. It is more profitable to forage for rubbish they can salvage and trade -- plastic bottles, broken chair legs, rubber gloves -- risking disease for one or two pounds a week if they are lucky." picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The GINA concept uses a textile fabric starches over a wire frame, instead of the traditional steel and plastic body shell. Even if you don't care much about car, it's impressive picked by wildminou 4 months ago