Overlawyered has more on this "most litigious chimpanzee in history".

A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:23 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

Hmmm, should I go Yule shopping early?

Buyers looking to round out their evil toy collection should make room on the shelf for Mr. Clock Radio, "The Talking Robotic Clock Radio." Mr. Clock Radio will rouse you into grim consciousness with 50 variations of soul-crushing banter and music delivered in his hellish howl from the abyss.

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:20 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

What can I possibly add to this?

via Hit & Run

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:12 /Humor | 1 writeback | permanent link

It seems as though "Chicken without sexual life" has been transformed into "Steamed pullet" ... and no more "bean curd made by pock marked woman". And this is a bad thing?

What's in a name?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:48 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

Footloose in Vancouver? A five foot crime wave? Or just creme de la strange?

A severed human foot was found washed up on an island on the western coast of Canada this week, reportedly the fifth detached foot found in the area in the past 11 months, according to police and local media reports.

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:33 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

The West has no monopoly on strange ...

They never wash their clothes. They wear the same apparel for a year until it becomes damp. Neither do they wash up. 10 years ago, after the market construction, their water pipe dried up. But they decided not to ask anyone to get it fixed. Instead they started to gather rainwater and use it for cooking and drinking. They say they get enough water, because they are very thrifty: they eat and drink once a day, sometimes even less frequently – once a couple of days, and with absolutely no salt.

(link) [Pravda]

Wed, 28 May 2008 06:24 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

This is so patently ridiculous that it has to go into humor - although I daresay the authors wouldn't appreciate it's placement.

Two scientists write that obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% more food energy due to their greater body mass -- and require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat. 'Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food,' write the authors, Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the evocatively named London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Wed, 21 May 2008 20:01 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

I'm surprised that Lucas & Co. haven't sued them for copyright infringement ...

AP - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:26 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

Good grief! Despite it's serious political implications this story has to be filed as 'Humor'. But where do I start? I suppose with the obvious: they're finally literally taking candy from the mouths of babes. And it goes downhill from there:

Senator Doug Stoner pushed the bill in the Senate.

An anti-drug bill sponsored by a guy named "Stoner"? And he "pushed" it? Really? But it gets better - I can't make this stuff up:

State Representative Judy Manning said she was shocked to receive death threats over the bill to ban the candy. "Some people think their rights are their rights," she said.

Write me up as one of those folks convinced that my rights are indeed, my rights! I mean, if they're my rights, who elses rights could they possibly be? Yours? Too? What a concept!

Having read the above, I was forced to check the story over again to make sure it wasn't a belated April Fools prank - apparently, in Georgia, fools have no particularly special day, and are just as liable to appear in May as they are on the first of April. Especially in the Legislature.

But the coup de grace to this whole sordid tale of absurdity is the name of the candy being banned: Pot Suckers.

It may be begging the question, but I've gotta ask: who are the real suckers in this insane "War on Drugs"?

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a measure into law Wednesday that bans the sale of "marijuana flavored products" to minors -- anyone under 18 -- and calls for a fine of up to $500 for each offense.

(link) [WSB-TV]

Thu, 08 May 2008 06:11 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

A true icon of my generation.

Mothra vs. Godzilla makes its screen debut in Japan. Or was it Mothra Against Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Mothra or Godzilla vs. The Thing?

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:13 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

What witty comment could do this justice?

AP - A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells — she in her wedding gown — after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:38 /Humor | 0 writebacks | permanent link

I wonder. When that happens out here, we just know the Legislative's in session...

A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:32 /Humor | 1 writeback | permanent link