Google saves a man’s life; The Weather Channel could have prevented a woman from falling off a second-floor balcony (although possibly not, too). The second “could have” is a little gimmicky, since it refers to the fact that the woman fell while step outside to check the weather. Whoever wrote the article’s headline presumably thought […]
Who’s looking out for you?
Posted by Ben on November 16, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/whos-looking-out-for-you/
On snakes
An article about a snake popping up at a movie theater during a showing of (what else?) “Anacondas” has at least three juicy tidbits that lend themselves rather well to snarky commentary, what commentary you’re unfortunately going to have to supply yourself. The three bits are as follows: the snake people believe it could be […]
Posted by Ben on November 6, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/on-snakes/
More Barbie
In related (but unrelated) news, [1] Barbie fell off the list of favored Christmas wish toys in Britain, while [2] yet another artist twists Barbie’s image to her own will. All the gory details: “The Barbie doll has for the first time failed to appear on the list of toys expected to top British children’s […]
Posted by Ben on October 29, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/more-barbie/
Wipe that smile off your face
Police in the battleground state of Pennsylvania are looking for a man who robbed a bank Thursday night wearing a George W. Bush mask. (TSG: “Man Robs Bank Wearing George W. Bush Mask” [October 18, 2004])
Posted by Ben on October 29, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/wipe-that-smile-off-your-face/
Of course it’s not a bird, you ninny
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a bull moose hanging by its antlers from an electrical power line in the middle of the Alaska wilderness. This is one of those truly bizarre stories that seems absolutely hilarious until you actually think about it, at which point it turns morbid and sad. (Check out […]
Posted by Ben on October 27, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/of-course-its-not-a-bird/
With a name like Gatorama, it has to be good
Gatorama in Palmdale [FL] sells more than 15,000 pounds of alligator meat a year. The famed roadside attraction is one of Florida’s original gator farms. Owners Allen and Patty Register not only sell raw gator meat, they also have a restaurant serving gator ribs and other specialties. … Just in case visitors forget where they […]
Posted by Ben on October 25, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/with-a-name-like-gatorama-it-has-to-be-good/
The Mysterious Disappearing Handball Team
Sri Lanka is trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of its “national handball team” while on tour in Germany, but it is no easy task — the Indian Ocean island doesn’t have one. The 23-strong “team” managed to dupe the German Embassy in Colombo into issuing visas for a month-long tour beginning on September 8, […]
Posted by Ben on October 17, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-mysterious-disappearing-handball-team/
What you don’t see every day:
That’s right, fashion models rapelling down the world’s tallest skyscraper. Not down the entire building, mind you; but 154ft is still 154ft, and much more vertical than your typical catwalk. (Also: not that you were going to argue against the building technically being the world’s tallest or not, but supposing for the moment that you […]
Posted by Ben on October 15, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/what-you-dont-see-every-day/
It was an honest mistake
Really, it could have happened to anybody. A 20-ton piece of road machinery mowed down a fence and a couple of trees on property belonging to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (news – bio) after the brakes apparently slipped and the machine rolled away. “It was a freak accident,” said Michael Trujillo, director of public works […]
Posted by Ben on October 13, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/it-was-an-honest-mistake/
Freak Accident #3
…though there are obviously many more… BEIJING (Reuters) – A boiler that exploded at a Chinese sauna sailed over a six-story building and landed on an old man crossing the road, Xinhua news agency said. The 63-year-old pedestrian was killed instantly and three people injured in Sunday’s bizarre accident in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Xinhua quoted […]
Posted by Ben on September 26, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/freak-accident-3/