Archive for September, 2006

Assmann Polyethylene Tanks

This has got to be top 10 worst business names ever. Assmann Polyethylene Tanks appears to be a real business with a terrible name.
On second thought, maybe it’s brilliant – there’s a fine line between stupid and brilliant. I’m linking to ‘em and so did CollegeHumor.com, and there’s bound to be more.

Some teachers are just too arrogant

Sure, kids are wrong sometimes. But read the letter below. The teacher makes an issue out of a student correcting him. And yes, it could be a fake but I couldn’t find it on Snopes.

3-year-olds and eBay

The parent of a 3-year-old child looked away while the kids was near her computer. In that time the boy went to eBay and bid on a Pink Nissan that was up for auction.
Fortunately for his mother, Rachel Neal, the seller, David Jones, found the humor in the situation and is not holding little [...]

Teddy bear a killer, of 2,500 fish

A teddy bear caused the death of 2,500 trout at a hatchery in New Hampshire. The bear was dropped in a pool and found its way to a pipe that blocked air getting to the fish. Hatchery workers do not know who dropped the bear.
The deaths prompted a new sign – “RELEASE OF [...]