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Old 11-27-2011, 09:04 PM
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On this date, 1978, at the weirdest murder trial in history, the jury found Dan White not guilty of the premeditated murder of San Francisco mayor George Mascone and Harvy Milk, even though he came right up to them and pulled the trigger, because he had been eating too many Twinkies, too much sugar.
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Old 11-27-2011, 09:11 PM
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Old 11-27-2011, 09:19 PM
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In a very strange coincidence, I was also found not guilty of a premediated murder but it was in 1990.

The reason for the jury's decision was that obviously anybody would be taken over with a murderous rage when finding out their favourite chocolate bar was to be renamed as a "snickers" bar.
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Old 11-27-2011, 09:38 PM
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On this date, 1701, at Uppsala, Sweden, Anders Celsius was born; later he would create a system of measuring temperature, with zero degrees as the boiling point and 100 degrees as the freezing point; this scale would be reversed by Carl Linnaeus a year after Celsius' death, and was long referred to as the Swedish thermometer.

In a weird coincidence Swedish thermometer is also the slang term for a sexual act involving having intercourse with one's hand while a twinkie, frozen to zero Celsius, is inserted in the rectum, and the other hand is used to post a new thread on the internet.

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On this date, 1701, at Uppsala, Sweden, Anders Celsius was born; later he would create a system of measuring temperature, with zero degrees as the boiling point and 100 degrees as the freezing point; this scale would be reversed by Carl Linnaeus a year after Celsius' death, and was long referred to as the Swedish thermometer.

In a weird coincidence Swedish thermometer is also the slang term for a sexual act involving having intercourse with one's hand while a twinkie, frozen to zero Celsius, is inserted in the rectum, and the other hand is used to post a new thread on the internet.
When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
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If it is not Imma flyin' into a murderous, depressive rage, and look forward to my defense at the trial.
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If it is not Imma flyin' into a murderous, depressive rage, and look forward to my defense at the trial.
Your only chance is to pay a psychologist to swear you had diminished capacity, or irresistible impulse. Jurors, not wanting to look dumb, will always vote for acquittal.
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Old 11-27-2011, 10:39 PM
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I always knew Dr. Theopolis was a backstabbing son of a bitch. Oh, sure, he talked all peacful and bullshit, but I know he resented having to be carried around like a goddamn refugee. So, of course, it was only natural that he'd lash out and have his faithful companion, Twiki, killed. Sadly, however, Dr. Theopolis had an chronic case of not having fucking arms and shit with which to kill anyone. And the connection between "him" and the actual murderers of Twiki were never proven "beyond a reasonable doubt." But you could tell. The smug way his lights blinked off an on. You knew it.


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Default Re: The Twinkie Murder Trial

Coincidentally, I was party to a notable trial myself, back in the late 90s after I was driven to eat excessive quantities of junk food by TWiki. The excessive caloric intake, combined with my being largely sedentary, caused me to become extremely obese, so I sued both the direct contributors to the TWiki project, and Perl developer Larry Wall, and I was awarded a large settlement as compensation for the damages I suffered.

I have never been charged with premeditated murder or found guilty of any type of negligence resulting in death.
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Coincidentally, I was party to a notable trial myself, back in the late 90s after I was driven to eat excessive quantities of junk food by TWiki. The excessive caloric intake, combined with my being largely sedentary, caused me to become extremely obese, so I sued both the direct contributors to the TWiki project, and Perl developer Larry Wall, and I was awarded a large settlement as compensation for the damages I suffered.

I have never been charged with premeditated murder or found guilty of any type of negligence resulting in death.
Luck has many faces, this has been one of them.
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I believe that the real verdict was not guilty by reason of gay victim.
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Default Re: The Twinkie Murder Trial

In Dan White's defense... the Twinkie defense was a bit more nuanced than that. The idea was that the fact that he was eating Twinkies, the sort of junk food he fastidiously avoided under normal circumstances, suggests that he was not in his right mind at the time.

Of course, I still think that's BS, but it's not as ludicrous BS as it's often portrayed.
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On this date, 1701, at Uppsala, Sweden, Anders Celsius was born; later he would create a system of measuring temperature, with zero degrees as the boiling point and 100 degrees as the freezing point; this scale would be reversed by Carl Linnaeus a year after Celsius' death, and was long referred to as the Swedish thermometer.

In a weird coincidence Swedish thermometer is also the slang term for a sexual act involving having intercourse with one's hand while a twinkie, frozen to zero Celsius, is inserted in the rectum, and the other hand is used to post a new thread on the internet.
When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
Dude, who the fuck wants to know that?

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because he had been eating too many Twinkies, too much sugar.
Not even close, but still, cool story brah.
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When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
I do not understand this question (emphasis shows why).
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On this date, 1701, at Uppsala, Sweden, Anders Celsius was born; later he would create a system of measuring temperature, with zero degrees as the boiling point and 100 degrees as the freezing point; this scale would be reversed by Carl Linnaeus a year after Celsius' death, and was long referred to as the Swedish thermometer.

In a weird coincidence Swedish thermometer is also the slang term for a sexual act involving having intercourse with one's hand while a twinkie, frozen to zero Celsius, is inserted in the rectum, and the other hand is used to post a new thread on the internet.
When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
Dude, who the fuck wants to know that?

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Surely the wife that eats the Twinkie, yes?
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When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
Sure, but you might want to warm the rectum a bit before serving.
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When the frozen Twinkie comes out of the rectum is it still edible?
Sure, but you might want to warm the rectum a bit before serving.
Ok, what'll we use, a bum warmer?
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