San Antonio, Tx., Woman Sees St. Peter on a Rock
I want to know two things: How the heck does she know what St. Peter looks like? And… …why doesn’t she see Skeletor like I do? Read more @ kens5.com »
news of the unusual, weird and just plain stupid
Student Sues Princeton for Not Getting Double Time to Take Exams
April 5, 2010
She claims she’s got learning disabilities. Elsewhere in the news, students with higher IQs whine about being given only half the time to take the same tests. Read more @ centraljersey.com »
Flight Attendants Strip Naked for Back Wages
April 1, 2010
Seems these Spanish female flight attendants haven’t been paid in months, so they said: OK, here, we’ll take our clothes off for your viewing pleasure. Now pay us. Um, can someone please tell them they got the sequence wrong? Read more @ Reuters »
76yo Woman Says Her Toyota Made Her Crash Into Building
March 31, 2010
Poor Toyota is now the “go to cause” for every accident, isn’t it? I wouldn’t be surprised if she forgot that she happened to be driving a Honda. OK, I made that up. But seriously, if you see one coming down the road, get the heck out of the way! Talk about a Get Out of Jail [...]
13yo UConn Student Mature for his Age
March 31, 2010
“I have the emotional maturity and composure of an 18-year-old,” he says. Um, kid, that’s not exactly something to brag about. Just ask the auto insurance industry. Read more @ Boston Globe »
Elderly Couple Busted for Jell-O Pudding Tampering
March 30, 2010
They’d buy a few boxes, take out and keep the good stuff, put in plastic baggies of sand and salt, and return the boxes for a refund. The sand we could live with, but the salt just makes this totally criminal! Honestly, I still can’t figure out why they even bothered with the salt. Read more @ New [...]
Snake Parts Found in Frozen String Beans
March 30, 2010
“When I saw it was a snake’s head, I just threw it down and called my kids and said, ‘I got a snake’s head in the green beans… Everybody said, ‘Oh Lord, you’ve got a snake head in the green beans!’” Lordy lordy lord lord… I don’t care how well you write, no way no how [...]
More on NASA: It Spends Too Much on Snacks
March 30, 2010
According to a study by the NASA inspector general’s office. Around $60K per conference. I don’t know why they’re surprised — last I checked, dehydrated astronaut foodstuff doesn’t come cheap. Read more @ St. Louis Globe-Democrat »
NASA to Study Toyota Problems
March 30, 2010
This is cool. I’m also starting a passalong email and Twitter campaign to get them to officially investigate the Loch Ness monster and Sasquatch too. Hell, with their Constellation back-to-the-moon program losing funding, they got nothing better to do. Read more @ Washington Post »
April 5, 2010