I had hopes...

[Robbo_the_Hood]

...for this kid (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/20/missing.scout.ap/index.html) until I saw what lake he was near.

[Dave]

what lake is that?

[Matthew]

"The mountainous area being searched is just 15 miles from where 12-year-old Garrett Bardsley vanished last summer while camping near Crystal Lake"

I believe that was the lake in "The Blair Witch Project"

[Dave]

no, no it is clearly from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I don't know how i missed that sentence.

[highriskrc]

I can't believe that they brought the Scouts back there again after that kid was lost there last year.

[karmattack]

Crystal Lake is from Friday the 13th.

[psychofiend]

Christ almighty the kid looks retarded enough to be jason, too. I deem that lake haunted, spooked and just overall fucked! There will be no sex within 10 miles of it, no drug use and no saying you'll be right back... under penalty of death.
http://www.5starpsychicadvice.com/files/jasonboyopti.jpg

[Omaru]

Christ almighty the kid looks retarded enough to be jason, too. I deem that lake haunted, spooked and just overall fucked! There will be no sex within 10 miles of it, no drug use and no saying you'll be right back... under penalty of death.


Drinking and Skinny Dipping are still okay though right? Well not together obviously. Whaddya take me for, stupid?

[Jason_Brown]

Christ almighty the kid looks retarded enough to be jason, too.
Hey! Screw you, buddy! ;)

[ILovePapaSmurf]

Christ almighty the kid looks retarded enough to be jason, too.

Yeah, um, you are a moron. That is just too mean.

I hope this kid is found soon so his family can have peace.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

Christ almighty the kid looks retarded enough to be jason, too. I deem that lake haunted, spooked and just overall fucked! There will be no sex within 10 miles of it, no drug use and no saying you'll be right back... under penalty of death.
http://www.5starpsychicadvice.com/files/jasonboyopti.jpgAt first I thought you were posting a picture of young Master Voorhies, and saying it was a picture of the kid that was lost. That would have been funny. Perhaps this kid will grow up to be the next Jason, like that Tommy fella from parts IV, V, and VI.

[psychofiend]

At first I thought you were posting a picture of young Master Voorhies, and saying it was a picture of the kid that was lost. That would have been funny. Perhaps this kid will grow up to be the next Jason, like that Tommy fella from parts IV, V, and VI.
Here's the real thing though, about Friday the 13th that I just thought of. Does anyone else find the continuity a little fucked in that movie. In the 1st one, Mrs. Voorhees is the killer until the end when a child Jason pulls the redhead under the water. Jason died in 1950 something and he was still a kid in 1980. Then in the next Friday the 13th film Jason is a man and it is 1981. What a difference a year can make, huh? Maybe that's why none of those movies were ever nominated for Academy Awards. Who am i to fuck with those films, though? I own all 10, the only one i don't have is Freddy Versus Jason.

[Jason_Brown]

Here's the real thing though, about Friday the 13th that I just thought of. Does anyone else find the continuity a little fucked in that movie. In the 1st one, Mrs. Voorhees is the killer until the end when a child Jason pulls the redhead under the water. Jason died in 1950 something and he was still a kid in 1980. Then in the next Friday the 13th film Jason is a man and it is 1981. What a difference a year can make, huh? Maybe that's why none of those movies were ever nominated for Academy Awards. Who am i to fuck with those films, though? I own all 10, the only one i don't have is Freddy Versus Jason.
The scene with Jason, at the end of the first film, was a dream. So, the age he appeared to be in the first film is irrelevant.

[Dave]

At first I thought you were posting a picture of young Master Voorhies, and saying it was a picture of the kid that was lost. That would have been funny. Perhaps this kid will grow up to be the next Jason, like that Tommy fella from parts IV, V, and VI.


I wonder why they never followed thru with that story line? Tommy was clearly crazy at the end of whatever movie that was (it has been years since i have seen any of them) and could have easily taken over that machete and hockey mask from Lark :p Vorhees.

The last movie in that series i watched was Jason goes to Hell, and i was disappointed because i wanted the movie to be about Jason going to hell and killing a bunch of demons and stuff and Satan basically saying "Screw this", and sending Jason back to earth to stalk nubile teens again.

[Gotherella]

"We have nothing to go on," Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds said.
I find it funny that this guy is a sherrif now. ;)
http://www.coolforever.com/temp/daveedmunds_riffraff.jpg

[Matt1]

A happy ending. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_re_us/missing_scout)

[psychofiend]

The scene with Jason, at the end of the first film, was a dream. So, the age he appeared to be in the first film is irrelevant.
Nope, because when the girl wakes up the sheriff says that the people found her inside the pond, and something about how she must have fallen out of her boat.

[Jason_Brown]

Nope, because when the girl wakes up the sheriff says that the people found her inside the pond, and something about how she must have fallen out of her boat.
I still say the gauzy "Liz Taylor perfume commercial" lens filter on the scene, plus the fact that she wakes up, means it was a dream.

Anybody else want to weigh in?

[Dave]

I too think it was a dream, but meant to be a "but was it?" type of ending.

[jjcourtright]

A happy ending. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_re_us/missing_scout)My favorite part of the story is that he was hiding from strangers, aka rescuers. He didn't want them to "steal" him.

[FanGirl]

I'm just waiting to hear the kid say he had been talking to the ghost of the kid who disappeared there last year.

[TLS]

Sometimes lions are nicer than humans.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8305836/?GT1=6657

[Threadkiller]

My favorite part of the story is that he was hiding from strangers, aka rescuers. He didn't want them to "steal" him.Kind of ironic that the media, even during this search is always making people worry about being abducted by a stranger even though statistically its very unlikely. That same fear is what kept this kid from being found for four days.

I'm not saying that you should tell your kids to talk to strangers. But maybe it's a bad thing that kids are so afraid of strangers they grow up assuming everyone out there is trying to get them.

[jjcourtright]

Is it safe to assume that everyone in and around Salt Lake City is out to get me?

[Peoria]

The lion story made me think of a new disney movie "The Lion King 3: Simba vs. pedafiles"

[karmattack]

Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the marriage custom in Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that more than 70 percent of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, practiced in rural areas where most of the country’s 71 million people live. Let's just say by "most," they mean "a little more than half."

36,000,000 people

And let's make up a generous figure (that also devides into 36 nicely) and say 1 in 6 people are women who will marry.

that's 6,000,000 women who will marry, or 6,000,000 marriages.

70% of 6,000,000 = 4.2 million marriages by abduction.


All these figures are estimates from the get-go, but that's a fucking crazy thought. Is my math off? How in the hell could that be possible?

[Matt1]

Let's just say by "most," they mean "a little more than half."

36,000,000 people

And let's make up a generous figure (that also devides into 36 nicely) and say 1 in 6 people are women who will marry.

that's 6,000,000 women who will marry, or 6,000,000 marriages.

70% of 6,000,000 = 4.2 million marriages by abduction.


All these figures are estimates from the get-go, but that's a fucking crazy thought. Is my math off? How in the hell could that be possible?
You're math, while the figures are speculative, seems alright to me. In fact, I'd wager you're underestimating the situation.

How could that be possible? Because outside of the US, the world is, by and large, a pretty fucked up and awful place. Poverty, war, disease, famine are usually the rule and not the exception.

Some other fun stats on Ethiopia from the CIA World Factbook:

Population: 73,053,286
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, and hepatitis E
vectorborne diseases: malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)

Economy - overview:
Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, accounting for half of GDP, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices. Coffee is critical to the Ethiopian economy with exports of some $156 million in 2002, but historically low prices have seen many farmers switching to qat to supplement income. The war with Eritrea in 1998-2000 and recurrent drought have buffeted the economy, in particular coffee production. In November 2001, Ethiopia qualified for debt relief from the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Under Ethiopia's land tenure system, the government owns all land and provides long-term leases to the tenants; the system continues to hamper growth in the industrial sector as entrepreneurs are unable to use land as collateral for loans. Drought struck again late in 2002, leading to a 2% decline in GDP in 2003. Normal weather patterns late in 2003 helped agricultural and GDP growth recover in 2004.

Population below poverty line:
50% (2004 est.)

[jjcourtright]

"malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis" sounds like fun.