Apparently the new WonderBras are getting recalled because they have been breaking and allowing the woman’s breasts to fall free. And they act like this is a bad thing. Full Story.
Month: December 2004
Predictable News
There’s rarely a day that goes by where you couldn’t find an “old-lady/man mistakes gas-pedal for brake-pedal and runs automobile into immovable object” story. Heck, we even got on that news map when we had one in Bend a couple days ago. But a news story that is increasingly becoming more common: Man bites dog, type of stories (we’ve already had one of those locally).
This Is Depressing
Apparently deadlines multiply your risk for heart attack. I think we’re all screwed now. Link via Barney.
Military Stupidity
Six reservists have been court-martialed for scrounging up parts of abandoned trucks so they could complete their mission in Iraq. Full story.
Blockbuster Getting Rid Of Late Fees
You’ll get a one week grace period on Blockbuster rentals. That’s the good news. The bad news is that if you go past one week past the due date, you’re now buying the movie, and will be charged a small “restocking fee” if you do finally bring it back (no word on what that fee will actually be). Good commentary at Ars and SEB.
Considering the amount of money Blockbuster makes from late fees ($300-million or so) every year, this is quite the gamble, but if they’re assuming that Blockbuster renters are lazy folks, then this could be quite lucrative for them.
Woman strangles Rottweiler after attack
That’s one way to fight back. Thanks Cheryl for the link.
“Slither slither slither slither went the tongue”
American author and journalist Tom Wolfe won one of the world’s most dreaded literary accolades on Monday — the British prize for bad sex in fiction. He was nominated in part not only for the headline of this post, but for this lovely passage:
But the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns — oh God, it was not just at the border where the flesh of the breast joins the pectoral sheath of the chest — no, the hand was cupping her entire right — Now!
Full Story. Thanks Cheryl for the link.
Geek Joke
Why do maths geeks always get Christmas and Halloween mixed up?
Because Oct 31 is Dec 25.
(Please tell me I’m not the only one that actually gets that joke. Thanks b3ta for it.)
More Depressing Holiday News
I already mention how the holidays are just getting uglier, but it’s only getting worse: Christmas is the deadliest day of the year.