A pair of bank robbers burst into tears and collapsed choking in Poland after they tried to use pepper spray on a cashier in front of an air conditioning unit. The wind blew the spray back over the pair, who staggered from the bank in the south-western city of Wroclaw empty handed. A local police …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Irrepressible Bad Boy Slays Seven
The writing herereminds me way too much of the crap oneTalk Daily,the one ironic difference being that it’s actually entertaining.
I Think the Daily Mail Has A Fear Of Good Questions
How is it possible to write an entire story on afamous chef with a food phobia so intense that all he could eat was cookieswithout asking him why, if the fear was so bad, he decided to build his entire life around cooking? Call me crazy, but it seems to me that would be the …
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Believe It Or Not, Record Companies Make Mistakes
Whenever there’s a chance to rag on the utter stupidity of the music industry, I’m so there. So in that spirit, here is Blender’s list ofthe 20 biggest screw-ups in its history.I’m sure they could have stretched it out longer, but who’s got that much time? Anyway, this list is a great read. Passing on …
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English As She Is Spammed
I’m not sure what “fractured pidgin language” this is written in, but I think I might know where they learned it. From: akstctheworkwearstoremnsdgs@theworkwearstore.com Subject: Search of competitors Date: March 12, 2008 4:13:40 PM GMT+01:00 Good time of day. You are disturbed by the charitable company Redd Cross of Slovenia. We have the business offer for …
Stop The Bus
I really need to stop being surprised every time the people entrusted with the job of running the world manage tobungle the simplest of tasks. The Municipal Railway will not use buses from its new hybrid fleet on one line that runs through the public housing projects in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood until officials …
At Least It Wasn’t A Full Blown Hullabaloo
87 Killed In Violent Kerfuffle
The Front Fell Off
This is hilarious, not to mention frighteningly close to what it sounds like when real politicians decide to reassure the public.
If This Ain’t The Deal Of The Century, I’ve Officially Lost Touch
Right now on eBay, somebody is selling a Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim cup that hasn’t yet been rolled. What’s that? Yes, of course I’mserious.I’d never lie to you, you know that. High bid at this moment is 99 cents. Yes, somebody actually bid on the thing. People never cease to amaze me, they …
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Let Me Tell Ya ‘Bout The Birds And The Bees…Cuz It’s My Job Now
Quebec education reforms cutting back sex ed Sweeping Quebec education reform is eliminating class time for sex ed and asking teachers to talk about the birds and bees in all classes, from math to gym. Math to gym? Well ok, Gym I can kind of understand because hey, sex is exercise, but math? What’s that …
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