The word “Wedgie” is being added the the next edition of Webster’s New World College Dictionary. The definition is listed as “a prank in which the victim’s undershorts are jerked upward so as to become wedged between the buttocks.”
Also added: blog, cargo pants, and Al Qaeda.
A Rhode Island principal had his decision to suspend a student overturned. Eliazar Velasquez was suspended from Central High School in Providence after posting pictures of the principal smoking outside an open door. Rhode Island laws ban smoking within 25 feet of a school building.
Gas prices crossing the $2 / gallon average is causing an odd problem. Stations are running out of “2s” to put on their signs. Turns out most companies that sell numbers for gas station signs give extra 1s in the packages, but not enough 2s. Extra numbers cost about $150 a piece. [...]
Steven Jakaitis fell asleep on the job. But, instead of being fired by his boss, he was arrested. Jakaitis was found asleep in his idling car outside a CVS pharmacy Tuesday morning with a nylon stocking over his head. Police also found a cap pistol in his pocket and a note that [...]
Authorities in Rajahmundry, India hired 20 groups of drummers. Their audience: people who are beind in property taxes. The drummers play nonstop in front of their homes with the hope that the noise and embarassment will get them to pay up. It appears to be working. In one week 18% have [...]
In my quest for the strangest USB device possible, I give you two that I came across today. Both are available at ThinkGeek.com.
First, how often does your coffee go cold while you’re working on securing a server. You need the USB Cafe Pad. Plug it in to a USB port and it’ll [...]
Attorney Emert Wyss tried to do what lawyers do - to make money. But, in taking part in a class action lawsuit,
Thieves in Fostoria, Ohio, broke into an agency that serves the poor and stole a safe. Bad news for the thieves - the safe was empty.
Maybe the cat was tired of dry cat food. A Michigan man was shot in the lower abdomen Tuesday when his cat knocked a 9mm pistol off the counter. Joseph Stanton was cooking at the time.
Russell Crowe revealed yesterday that he was targeted by suspected al-Qaeda terrorists who intended to kidnap him before the 2001 Oscars.