I’m getting scared. Now, the University of Florida has developed neural implants that can think on their own. The initial use, if the technology makes it beyond rats, is to help paraplegics use their limbs again, which is very cool. But there is some serious not cool potential here. Oh look, it’s Transcendent Man again.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
I Think He Just Made A New Drive-Through Lane
Whenever I see this story, I giggle a little. A 20-year-old man did something usually reserved for the elderly. He mistook the gas for the brakes, and slammed his beautiful BMW through a Taco Bell. Where he ended up is what makes me laugh. He came to rest right under a sign that said Drive-thru …
Continue reading “I Think He Just Made A New Drive-Through Lane”
The Customer Is Always Right, Unless He’s Missing His Right Arm
Here’s an example of stupid policies gone wild. A man walked into a Burger King and ordered a Whopper. He asked them to cut it in half for him, because he only has one arm. After the kid serving him looked at his manager, the response was “No we can’t. It’s against policy. but here, …
Continue reading “The Customer Is Always Right, Unless He’s Missing His Right Arm”
Cereal Litigant
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new stupidest person in the entire world,Janine Sugawara. Over a 4 year period, Sugawara had been purchasing and enjoying “Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries” cereal. However, when she discovered that Crunchberries were not an actual fruit, she was not amused, and you know what that means. Yup, lawsuit time! …
According To The Government, Literacy Isn’t For Everyone
Here’s a sad statement that shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it still sucks. USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people’s access to written material Yup, publishers convinced a bunch of government folks that it was not a good idea to allow a few people with various disabilities that make reading …
Continue reading “According To The Government, Literacy Isn’t For Everyone”
You Are Carrying A Banana. Do You Want To Eat It?
John Steven Szwalla is a strange individual. he decided to rob a store. His weapon? A banana! He hid it under his shirt and made it look like a gun. Unfortunately, he picked the wrong guy to rob, because he was swiftly grabbed and held down by the store’s owner and another patron, and the …
Continue reading “You Are Carrying A Banana. Do You Want To Eat It?”
Stop In The Name Of The Pseudolaw!
I think William J. Reese enjoys his job just a touch too much. He was working as a civilian jailer, and for some reason was driving around in a marked police car during his work hours. For shits and giggles, he decided to pull a car over for a traffic stop even though he had …
>Proofreading? What’s That?
>We often talk about the horrible lack of proofreading in newspapers, advertisements, and all other things that are written down. Ann Adams sent me a nice pile of these examples. She knows how to make me laugh. *Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say?* Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and DaughterThis one I …
What Fine Role-Models She Has
Here’s another example of a doomed baby. This poor baby’s mother was put in prison after she tortured an elderly woman for 48 hours before killing her and wheeling her body around the city and dumping it in a canal. She committed this crime at the age of 15. The dad might be a little …
Guinness Book Of World Riches
Our old friend Jonathan Lee Riches is doing what he does best, suing! Who is he suing now? I can’t stop laughing. He’s suing…*snort*…the Guinness Book of World Records. Why is he suing them? I’m not sure. Most obviously, it seems that he doesn’t like the names they’ve stuck on him, names like “The litigator …
