(Cybertek Wings Version 2)
Much better than first generation wings
Posted by Ben on September 4, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/much-better-than-first-generation-wings/
Compelling explanations
Winnie-the-Pooh, a panther, and a mouse rob a passer-by of $160. Also questionable: the robbers were wearing their costumes on account of “they had run out of clean clothes.” (Although… probably not actually $160, as the setting of the crime in question is Tokyo.) Related: Winnie-the-Pooh, Soviet style. (via Reuters: “Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery?” [12 […]
Posted by Ben on August 26, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/compelling-explanations/
What people ask when they can ask anything
Forget the Golden Gate Bridge and House of Nanking and Zeitgeist on a summer night — the heart of San Francisco beats loudest on the carpeted second floor of that South Van Ness building you thought was Bank of America. … “Thank you for calling San Francisco 311, this is Kyle speaking, how may I […]
Posted by Ben on August 6, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/what-people-ask-when-they-can-ask-anything/
Useful information, by any standard
No child should touch a gun or pistol, or on any account present one at another person. We behold a little boy shooting his sister dead! And: Here we see the danger of playing with lighted candles. One little girl has set the bed-curtains on fire, and the other her hair; and both are in […]
Posted by Ben on July 24, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/useful-information-by-any-standard/
Ride Accidents
With headlines like “Octopus ride accident injures two” and “Ferris wheel catastrophe kills five”, it will be hard to look at amusement park rides in quite the same light. Not that they ever seemed on par with the safety of something like, say, bonsai gardening. (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on June 25, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/ride-accidents/
Aww
Caption reads: “Louis cuddles his Mr Potato Head”. (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on February 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/aww/
The possibly gruesome fate of D.B. Cooper
Interesting enough for the subject matter — the mysterious skyjacker who disappeared from a plane1 with some gracious amount of money, never to be found again (the skyjacker that is; some of the money was found, maybe) — this article from the AP is probably best for the very last sentence: “Maybe a hydrologist can […]
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-possibly-gruesome-fate-of-db-cooper/
But what about the pterodactyl?
When police asked the man what caused the accident, his one-word answer was “pterodactyl,” Smith said. … The man was treated and released at Central Washington Hospital, hospital officials said. No word on the pterodactyl’s injuries. (HeraldNet: “Man blames car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile,” by Rachel Schleif [29 Dec 07]; via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on January 10, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/but-what-about-the-pterodactyl/
Drop a spoon, save your life
Yes, it can happen to you. Well, maybe not you, but someone else: Dropping something may have saved Joy Horton’s life. The 73-year-old woman was preparing some food in her western New York home on Monday morning when she dropped a spoon on the floor of her kitchen. When she bent down, her house exploded. […]
Posted by Ben on December 16, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/drop-a-spoon-save-your-life/
Very clearly, guys need to step up to the sink.
This quote from a “spokesman for the soap industry group” — a little suspicious, admittedly. But seriously, Americans’ hands are getting dirtier. (Reuters: “Americans getting lax about clean hands?” [18 Sept 2007])
Posted by Ben on December 16, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/very-clearly-guys-need-to-step-up-to-the-sink/