Patent No. 8,246,454: Say “McDonald’s” to Make It Stop
There's just something very wrong with this: I guess I'm worried that at some point it'll no longer be optional. Via Eurogamer.net and @Glinner.
Articles by Kevin
Witness: “I Bite Him. Bad Man. He Tasty.”
According to officers at the West Midlands Police Station in the UK, the Crown Prosecution Service repeatedly insisted on getting a written statement from "Police Constable Peach" despite having repeatedly been told that "PC Peach" was actually PD (Police Dog)…
Mississippi Finishes Up the Paperwork on 13th Amendment
A mere 148 years after the end of the Civil War, Mississippi has become the last state to send in its paperwork on the 13th Amendment, which as you may recall was the one that abolished slavery. AMENDMENT XIII Passed…
City Workers Paint Handicap Space Around Car, Then Tow It
According to CNN Headline News, a sign had been posted three days before the incident depicted below saying that the parking space in question "would be turned into a handicap space." But it's not clear whether the sign said when…
Australian Experts Report First Known Quintuple Negative
A person whose native language is said to be English created the following sentence recently: The grounds of appeal announced on Monday state Justice Sifris erred in not finding Mr Goldberg was wrong in failing to set aside the summonses….
Client: Attorney Gave Me Bad Advice, Tried to Kill Me
This lead-in by Courthouse News Service caught my eye: WOODSTOCK, Ill. (CN) – The attorney a man hired to represent him in a child custody dispute had an affair with the mother of the client's child, then tried to hire hit men…
A Couple Reasons for Concern About Arizona’s School-Protection Posses
1. Posse members received training from Steven Seagal. While it may make some Phoenix parents a little nervous to know that thousands of heavily armed volunteers are patrolling around schools in Maricopa County, it must have calmed their nerves to…
Chubby Checker Suing Over “The Chubby Checker”
Chubby Checker, a.k.a. Ernest Evans, a.k.a. the guy who sang "The Twist," is suing the makers and sellers of a smartphone app for Palm devices known as "The Chubby Checker" for trademark infringement. While possibly the most dramatic revelation resulting…
Can the Pope Legally Resign?
Other than by dying, I mean.
Why Donald Trump Is Wrong (This Time)
Bill Maher was not required to pay Trump $5 million just because he proved his dad was not an orangutan.