August 29, 2010
From the Total Irony Department, some North Carolina ghost hunters were killed when the ghost train they were searching for turned out not to be a ghost but a real iron and steel locomotive. In a shocking turn of events, one ghost hunter was himself killed and turned into a ghost.
The Ghost Train, a play by Arnold Ridley, 1925. When will people learn to stop messing with ghost trains?
The incident happened at the intersection of Stupidity Street and Gullible Avenue, where the train tracks run along a trestle high above a river. Twelve amateur sleuths were caught standing in the middle of the tracks listening for the sounds of a ghost train dating back to an accident in 1891, where a group of people standing in the middle of the trestle listening for a train were killed. Somehow, they managed to miss the sounds of the absolutely-not-a-ghost train bearing down on them.
One man was killed, two people were seriously injured, and the other nine deserve some serious slaps to the back of their heads and a chorus of “what the fuck were you thinking?”
Local officials claim that the wannabe Scooby Gang never saw Stand By Me.
In other news….
Wyclef Releases Protest Song
Wyclef is using music to voice his feelings over the recent ruling that he is ineligible to run for president of Haiti. The former Fugees rapper has released a song in Creole called “Prizon Pou K.E.P.A.,” which means “Prison for the Electoral Council” in English. Clef announced the release of his song on Twitter Wednesday night by saying, quote, “We want equal rights and justice!” The song can be heard at Jean’s blog, WyclefJean.wordpress.com. Last Friday it was announced that Wyclef didn’t meet Haiti’s residency requirements and was ineligible to run in the November 28th election. Earlier this week it was reported that he will not be able to appeal the decision.
Glad he’s writing songs we can all relate to, because I can’t be President of Haiti either. Who needs protest songs about civil rights? This one will catch all of our hearts. And in Creole! The man is a genius. Sheesh.
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
The only way that ghost hunters story could be any more perfect is if the original group had been out there conducting a séance.
Also, nothing wins you a presidential nomination like threatening to send people to prison via song. Don’t you recall Nixon’s rock ballad “You won’t have Nixon to kick out the jams anymore”?
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On the other hand, Bill Clinton’s cover of “The Theme to Shaft” probably won him the election.
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You made that up, right? 🙂
BTW, in my opinion two of the greatest lines in moviedom come from Stand By Me.
1. “He’s crazier than a shithouse rat.”
2. “It was a complete and total barfarama.”
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I couldn’t make that up (check the link) but I could embellish just a little.
As for Stand By Me, that’s just one of the films everyone must see.
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I read this story over the weekend, when I should have been reading up on the Duffy Cut stuff. I liked how the article mentioned most of the “ghost hunters” had fled because they were trespassing on railroad property. Couldn’t they have just said that they were embarrassed by the results this obviously well-thought out plan. Oh wait…
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Wyclef is really hot to get that Presidency. I guess he wants to be the next guy who has to hightail it out of there ahead of the angry mob storming the Presidential palace.
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He he he.
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