ISPs agree to block access to child porn sites, newsgroups Internet service providers Verizon Communications, Sprint Nextel, and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet newsgroups and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported Monday. The move–part of an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo expected to …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Those Evil Airlines Are Discriminating Against The Computer Illiterate
I’m no fan of the airline industry, but if the point of this tale of woe is that I’m supposed to feel sorry for this woman, well, all I can say is epic fale. That’s what happens when you don’t check your work before you hit the button. It’s not the company’s fault that you …
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The Police Can’t Do Their Job If You Confess
I need somebody with more legal smarts than myself to help me make sense out of this one. Corey Willis drove his SUV through a house the other night. He says his brakes failed, but no mechanical fault was found with them. He also admitted to police that he had been drinking earlier in the …
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How’d You Die?
Two men waiting at the Pearly Gates strike up a conversation. “How’d you die?” the first man asks the second. “I froze to death,” says the second. “That’s awful,” says the first man. “How does it feel to freeze to death?” “It’s very uncomfortable at first,” says the second man. “You get the shakes, and …
Howard The Doc
Howard had felt guilty all day long. No matter how much he tried to forget about what he had done, he couldn’t. The guilt and sense of shame was overwhelming. But every once in awhile he heard a soothing voice inside his head trying to reassure him: “Howard, don’t worry about it. You’re not the …
I’m Gonna Be Rich!…If I Go For This About 10000000 Times
I hate to be so harsh, but any person who falls forthisquite simply needs to be killed for the good of the planet. Ok, you caught me, I don’t actually hate to be that harsh. Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:13:57 +0200 From: peterwong2@tiscali.cz Subject: Att To: undisclosed-recipients I am peter-wong from Bank hang seng …
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Another One Beats The Dust
Here’s one for the somebody needs an editor files. Freddie Mercury has been voted the ideal frontman in a dream rock band. In a survey carried out by GigWise.com, the late singer of legendary rock band Queen beat off Mick Jagger and Kurt Cobain for the title. Well, you gotta win ’em how you can …
Beer: Breakfast Of Champions
This is the best news I’ve heard all day. Hell, it could wind up being the best news I hear all year. Drinking alcohol is not only good for the heart – it is good for the joints too. A regular tipple cuts the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent – and …
Headlines
Things have been kind of slow around here lately, so to give you all something to do until we come up with more ideas,here’s a fine collection of newspaper and advertising stupidity. I love the comments on each item. Whoever did this is pretty funny, even if a lot of the source material was lifted …
You Win Some, You Lose Some
There is nothing wrong with naming a boy Lego, but calling a girl Elvis is completely out of the question, so sayeth the Swedish government.