Miscellaneous

Jimmy Fallon Should Never Be Number 1

Posted on May 11, 2009
From OhMyGov's weekly breakdown of the best political jokes: 1. "After they finished the meal, Obama put the duct tape back over Biden's mouth." --Jimmy Fallon 2. "Six billion dollar loss. You know what that means? Somebody is in line...

"Spiderman, Tinky Winky and Oompa-Loompa spend night in the cells after fancy dress brawl"

Posted on May 08, 2009
This entry's title, was a real headline from the UK's Daily Mail. One more time: "Spiderman, Tinky Winky and Oompa-Loompa spend night in the cells after fancy dress brawl." I mean, I don't even know what to do with that....

Floridian Tennis

Posted on May 07, 2009
No, no, you got it all wrong. This guy here isn't some beat up loser. Because this comes from Florida, so he's a winner. A winner, I says. Don't believe me? Dig it. Graham Brunson was chilling out at Bayfront...

Is this a new type of loan remodification?

Posted on May 06, 2009
Russell Bileci is a real peach. The Oakland man borrowed $100 from Maurice Williams, promising to pay him back later that night. But Bileci apparently decided that he didn't want to shell out a Franklin to cover his debt, so...

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Joyride

Posted on May 05, 2009
Ah, Florida. I've missed you so. Polk County, Florida is where we find a 44-year-old deputy who was forced to resign late last month. This is because his peach of a wife and mother-in-law thought it would be a good...

Economies of Scale

Posted on May 04, 2009
So how significant is it that the Obama administration is going to trim $100 million out of the budget. Not so much, it turns out. NPR's "Planet Money" recently did a more detailed discussion about our ability to comprehend scale...

See, nationalizing the banks is an f'ing fantastic idea

Posted on May 01, 2009

Today's Story Brought to You By the Letter "D" for "Dirty"

Posted on April 29, 2009
Up in Canada, eh, a 30-year-old woman and her 26-year-old male friend were discovered by a police officer who had been called to the area because of suspicious activity. When he arrived, eh, he heard noises coming out of a...

I am so smart, I am so smart. S-M-R-T!

Posted on April 28, 2009
Many might argue that, on the whole, society's getting dumber by the minute. Well to whatever extent folks are getting dumber, lawyers are getting dumberer! This, according to some study by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation. Comparing the...

Wacky t-shirts speak the truth!

Posted on April 27, 2009
This guy's the best. Not content to just buy a hi-lar-ious t-shirt from his local Spencer's Gifts, he decided to take things to the next level by making the shirt's dream a reality. Good on ya, sir. Good on ya....

Things not to do on an airplane...

Posted on April 24, 2009
...Ram your seat back as quickly as possible the second the dinger dings and the light goes off, ensuring that the person behind you gets a swift shot to the knees. ...Call the stewardess flight attendant "Sweet Tits McGee" or...

Well how do you really feel?

Posted on April 23, 2009
Nicole Marty is a girl after my own heart. Not so much because she was arrested for crashing her car into a utility pole due to bein high on the drugs. Or because her young daughter was also in the...

Duct Tape Saves the Day Again!

Posted on April 22, 2009
Judges may want to consider keeping a roll of duct tape sitting next to them on the bench at all times. That way, if they want to follow Idaho Judge Peter D. McDermott's lead, they'll be good to go. McDermott...

David Adkins finds a way to once again be culturally relevant, sort of

Posted on April 13, 2009
You might know David Adkins better as Sinbad, that hunky dude right over there. Jingle All the Way, Good Burger, Houseguest ... he's the bringer of joy into all of our lives. But lately, he's been flying under the radar....

Nothing cheers me up on a busy work day like some Southern hijinks

Posted on April 09, 2009
Busy busy beaver at work at the moment, so let's cut right to the chase. A 52-year-old Texas woman showed up to a wake in Arkansas with a can of beer ("nothing drowns the sorrow like PBR!"). When asked to...

Let's see you do that, Twitter!

Posted on April 08, 2009
The folks that run Facebook are, if you believe the press, running amuck with concern that Twitter is the next big thing that will lay waste to Facebook's paper value and user base. But Facebook, not Twitter, is what helped...

Well fiddle-dee-sticks, this here arrest is the spot of oil done wasted my perfectly good bucket of water

Posted on April 07, 2009
(From The Smoking Gun, as always.)...

Aussie politics is so much better than our US baloney

Posted on April 06, 2009
Danny Lim is a Sydney politician (I don't understand a lick about Australian politics, but it sounds like he sits on the city council, as a representative of Strathfield, a Sydney suburb). Back in February, he lodged a motion with...

I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough and, Doggone It, The Court Likes Me

Posted on April 02, 2009
So there's still a little Senate race going on in Minnesota, even though the election was five months ago. Comedian Al Franken beat out incumbent Norm Coleman and Coleman didn't take his loss siting down. Recounts and court challenges ensued,...

Two students enter, one student leaves!

Posted on March 31, 2009
Donald Moten is the former principal of South Oak Cliff High, a Dallas high school. For two years, from 2003 through 2005, a 2008 report says that Moten arranged for student cage matches in a form of "gladiator-style entertainment." Moten...

Awwww ... I think Matt Taibbi's in love

Posted on March 30, 2009
Last week, you might have seen an op-ed letter published by the Gray Lady, wherein an AIG executive v.p. offers a self-satisfying resignation because he's not getting his big honking bonus, even though he's purportedly guilt-free and just a simple...

Whaaaaaaaaaa? You arrested who now for the what now?

Posted on March 27, 2009
(From The Smoking Gun, of course)...

So that's how they're figuring out how to fix things!

Posted on March 27, 2009
South ParkWed 10pm / 9cBailout!comedycentral.com...

Turkey basters and alcohol don't mix

Posted on March 26, 2009
One recent Tuesday afternoon, Jennifer Lighten was chilling in her apartment when her wife, Stephanie Lighten, came home (they live in Massachusetts, one of those places going to hell for letting the gays marry). Stephanie was apparently three sheets to...

Letting someone else do the dirty work -- that's the American way!

Posted on March 25, 2009
Two guys decided that the way to make some quick cash would be to rob the local jewelry store. And they managed to execute their plan flawlessly, scooping up cash and gems from the Milwaukee store. But then they ran...

Happy Puppy

Posted on March 25, 2009
Michelle Owen, of Indiana, didn't like or trust her ex-boyfriend. Concerned that he had used her laptop to search for kiddy porn, she asked the cops to take a look at her computer. But she didn't just come into the...

New Jersey almost went back to the 70s

Posted on March 24, 2009
The New Jersey Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling (aside: do all states have such a board?) recently considered a proposal which would've made the Jersey Shore a lot more, uhm, fuzzy this summer, because it would have banned the Brazilian...

Smells like Florida's own Florida had a healthy plate of baked beans for breakfast

Posted on March 24, 2009
According to The Legal Satyricon, Florida has its own Florida, and its name is Polk County. A resident of this county, 15-year-old Johnathan Locke, Jr. "has been accused of passing gas on the school bus, and for that mere accusation...

Now that's how you deal with airport security!

Posted on March 20, 2009
I love the Brits: A pilot furious at being searched before flying dropped his pants and exposed himself to security staff, then raged: "Do you want to search this?" ... A source said: "The pilot was asked to take off...

You mean the media sometimes plays fast-and-loose and doesn't keep things in perspective and context? That can't be right...

Posted on March 20, 2009
...wait, so is this suggesting that a bottle of gin and a night with your daughter is a bad thing? (Comic comes, of course, from XKCD)...

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