Archived brainless wonders for Aug 2008
Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes humans, well, you know...
Clothing store opens bar in middle of sales floor
Aug 1 2008 - AP
A Cleveland clothing store wants to make sure its customers are comfortable, so it has opened a bar in the middle of its sales floor. M. Lang Executive Attire owner Mike Lang said he hopes the cash bar will not only help put shoppers in a relaxed mood...
Island says starfish aren't toys for dogs to fetch
Aug 2 2008 - AP
Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch.
Russ Fielden is president of the local hotel and...
Rig dumps tons of dirt when nature calls driver
Aug 3 2008 - AP
Authorities say a truck driver who spilled tons of dirt along a Seattle highway and backed up traffic for hours just really had to go to the bathroom.
Police say the driver was trying to ease the rig to the side of U.S. Highway 2 on Friday...
Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence
Aug 4 2008 - AP
A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'"...
Aug 6 2008 -
It was Katie and Darren's wedding day and they were in the clouds — strapped to the top of biplanes reciting vows 1,000 feet above the earth. Katie Hodgson, 23, took to the skies Tuesday in a full bridal gown on the top wing of red-and-white...
British couple wed strapped to wings of airplanes
Aug 6 2008 - AP
It was Katie and Darren's wedding day and they were in the clouds — strapped to the top of biplanes reciting vows 1,000 feet above the earth. Katie Hodgson, 23, took to the skies Tuesday in a full bridal gown on the top wing of red-and-white...
Wash. letter carrier going full kilt ahead
Aug 7 2008 - AP
A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men.
The idea was soundly defeated in July at a convention of his union,...
Spelling "truely atrosious," says academic
Aug 7 2008 - Reuters
Embaressed by yor spelling? Never you mind.
Fed up with his students' complete inability to spell common English correctly, a British academic has suggested it may be time to accept "variant spellings" as legitimate.