Clarification: Monkey v. Ape
While I dearly wish that "Monkey v. Ape" was the name of a reported case, or maybe something you might be able to see on pay-per-view, here I am using the phrase to refer to a question raised this weekend…
October 2008
Father Has Son Prosecuted for Laziness
The Nigerian state news agency reported on October 17 that a frustrated father had hauled his 20-year-old son into court and asked that the boy be prosecuted for idleness. The person who sent me this item said he has printed…
Faked Evidence Fails to Conceal Ape’s Whereabouts
Greater love hath no man for his marmoset.
Fashion Heir Fights Like “Man Possessed” on Air France Flight
Mathias Guerrand-Hermès, described as the "heir to French fashion house Hermès" and a "transatlantic polo organizer and financier," whatever that means, was arrested for air rage on October 16 after a drunken mid-air brawl. The fight ended with Guerrand-Hermès cuffed…
. . . And Equal Time to the Other Guy
Since I posted an admittedly unfair but comical photo of Senator McCain, in the interest of neutrality here’s an admittedly unfair but comical photo of Senator Obama too: Everybody looks stupid in bowling shoes, but this may have been the…
Why We Wait For All Cameras to Leave the Room
You have to sympathize with someone letting off a little steam after what had to be an incredibly stressful event, but still: Turns out McCain was just reacting to having started to walk off stage in the wrong direction, but…
Well, It Sounded Like “Rodent” to Me
From the archives, here’s an appellate ruling on a claim of error by the defendant, Mr. Roden: "Appellant asserts that the prosecutor referred to him as ‘Mr. Rodent’ on at least three occasions. This claim is unsupported by the record."…
Case Against God Dismissed; Plaintiff Considering Appeal
Plaintiff’s thinking about taking this one to a higher court.
Florida Couple Secedes
Didn’t go well in the 1860s, isn’t going to go well now.
“Mail Goggles” Designed to Prevent Regrettable Emails
Here’s another great idea being tested by Google Labs. As many of you may know from bitter experience, the well-known phenomenon of "drunk dialing" has been partly replaced by drunk emailing, although the latter is worse because the email evidence…