Here’s a creepy scam from Snopes. It’s running rampant in the UK, but who knows who might start it up here. someone calls up and says he’s from British Telecom. He says you owe on a bill and he’s going to cut you off if you don’t pay. If you still don’t believe him, he …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Unsafe Gun Safety Lesson
Here’s a case of someone who’s going to be scarred for life. an aptly named man named James Looney decided that he had to give his girlfriend a lesson in gun safety. His method? Hold a gun to his own head and ask her if when he pulled the trigger, it would go off. the …
Flyin’ The Sousena
It’s a good thing this ended well, it could have been much, much worse. In germany, a man decided to go for a flight in his Cessna. He also decided to pack some beer and wine and drink while he flew. He ended up getting so off course that air traffic control folks had to …
Nokia Braille
I heard about something that, in concept, sounds cool. Nokia Labs has created an experimental app called Nokia Braille that is supposed to read text messages to you in braille. But it’s not exactly braille, it’s vibrations that would form braille letters. Here’s a video demonstrating it. Yes, he is speaking English, although at first …
go On, Take The Money And…Walk?
How does an old dude on oxygen manage to rob a bank and get away? And they never mentioned a getaway vehicle. He just handed the teller a note, they gave him money, and he walked out of the bank. What the?
It’s way Better Than Chewing Your Food, It’s Wendy’s!
John Manley needs to learn to eat and drink slower. If he had, he wouldn’t have inhaled an inch-long piece of plastic, with the Wendy’s logo still on it, into his left lung. I wouldn’t have cared much about this story, except he said he hadn’t contacted Wendy’s yet. And why the hell would he? …
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So Many Questions, No Answers
Ok, explain to me why a bunch of fellows who are locked up because they’re criminally insane needed to go to a county fair. Or, explain to me why 33 of ’em were sent with 11 supervisors. A 3 to 1 ratio is ok when you’re talking about kids, but I think these guys need …
Instead Of Getting A Piggy Back Ride, He’ll Have To Put His Hands Behind His Back And Take A ride
The reporting in this story is sketchy, but I had to post it just because this guy asked a high school student for a piggy back ride! Can you imagine? He somehow persuaded the student he could help him with a college term paper interview. Then they said he started behaving strangely. How was he …
Does Your James Hang Low?
Hey there James Lowe. When you bring your clothes to the laundry, you’re still supposed to wear pants. It certainly doesn’t help your case when you start flashing people and you’re sitting there sluggin’ back the booze outside the laundromat. I think police are less likely to buy your story that it was really your …
Large Babble-Fest Comin’ Your Way
It’s been a little while since I’ve talked about whatever I wanted without a singular focus, and the mood struck me to do it, so here I am. Mother Nature is a miserly old witch this year. She gave us a short summer, and then, right on schedule, brought the fall! There is something in …
