April Fools prank goes badly for local woman.

By , on 1 April, 2011
Facepalm

I generally don’t care for commercial radio, but NPR has been on a Libya kick the past few days and I was, frankly, sick of hearing about it so today was one of those rare days that I voluntarily turned on a commercial station.

Just as I was pulling into a parking spot at work . . . → Read More: April Fools prank goes badly for local woman.

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SEB Safety Tip: Don’t try to clean your fireplace while you still have a fire in it.

By , on 28 December, 2010
Pic of bag head on fire.

There are some things you’d think you wouldn’t have to tell people, but you’d be wrong:

COLORRADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Colorado Springs man who tried to clean his natural-gas fireplace while it was still lit nearly roasted himself over an open fire. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns.

Colorado Springs fire authorities say the unnamed man . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip: Don’t try to clean your fireplace while you still have a fire in it.

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U.K. woman dials emergency services to report stolen snowman.

By , on 3 December, 2010
Pic of a snowman thief.

Over in the U.K. when you want to report a fire or a robbery you pick up the phone and dial 999 and are immediately connected to helpful personnel who will assist you with whatever the emergency happens to be.

And, just like here in America, they have to deal with the occasional idiotic call:

. . . → Read More: U.K. woman dials emergency services to report stolen snowman.

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The play area of your local McDonald’s is not the place to masturbate while looking at porn.

By , on 1 July, 2010

There are certain things you would think would be obvious to most people. Things that people shouldn’t have to be told not to do. Things like looking at porn and masturbating while sitting in a McDonald’s PlayLand while children play nearby.

You’d think that should go without saying, but you’d be wrong:

Pic . . . → Read More: The play area of your local McDonald’s is not the place to masturbate while looking at porn.

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Those newfangled manual door locks are a bitch!

By , on 2 April, 2009

We all get used to things working a particular way so it’s sometimes easy to forget the alternatives when things suddenly stop working. Take powered door locks on cars. How the hell did we ever unlock our car doors before we had that handy invention:

A woman called Kissimmee police to say she was locked . . . → Read More: Those newfangled manual door locks are a bitch!

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“People want the illusion of control.” Online psychics raking in the cash.

By , on 10 November, 2008

Fear makes people stupid. The fact that we re-elected George W. Bush is one form of proof for that theory and another is the fact that people worried about the stock market crash have been wasting money consulting online psychics:

While it doesn’t take a psychic to see that tough times lay ahead for the . . . → Read More: “People want the illusion of control.” Online psychics raking in the cash.

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Not to suggest that Sarah Palin appeals to stupid people, but…

By , on 8 October, 2008

… they could use a good spell checker:

Found in this Flickr stream.

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