Doofus Of The Day #1,067

  Today’s award goes to anyone who bought this sex toy and/or allowed their lover to install it on them.  They asked for it! … the consequences of having a major security flaw in one popular sex toy could have been catastrophic for tens of thousands of users. U.K.-based security firm Pen Test Partners  said… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,067

Doofus Of The Day #1,066

Today’s award goes to two dumb criminals in Brisbane, Australia.  A tip o’ the hat to Australian reader Andrew for forwarding the link. The “spectacularly unsuccessful” robbery of a Red Rooster by two ex-cons has been singled out by a judge as one of the “most inept” she has come across. Jonte Thomas Holmes, 26,… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,066

Doofus Of The Day #1,065

Today’s award goes to Bouygues Telecom, a telephone company in France. A woman in south-west France, who received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has had the real amount she owed waived – after the company admitted its mistake. Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,065

Doofus Of The Day #1,064

Today’s award goes to an Australian academic (?) who claims that the fairy tale “Jack and the Beanstalk” is a metaphor for male sexual awakening.  A tip o’ the hat to Australian correspondent Andrew for sending me the link. When creative writing lecturer and author Claire Corbett first learned that the iconic fairytale Jack And… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,064

Doofus Of The Day #1,063

Last month I wrote an article titled “This is why you don’t fly in Third World nations… unless you have at least one First World pilot in the cockpit“.  In it, I pointed out: There are incompetent and/or inadequately-trained and/or completely untrained pilots in many Third World countries, where a bribe to the examiner can… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,063

Doofus Of The Day #1,060

Today’s award goes to the pilot of a Airbus A330 airliner of Thai Airways.  It clipped a Gulfstream IV corporate aircraft with its wing at the airport in Vientiane, Laos the other day.  The results were catastrophic for the smaller plane. The much larger airliner suffered only minor damage to its wing, and will be repaired before… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,060

Doofus Of The Day #1,059

Today’s award goes to the American Civil Liberties Union for this stupidity. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling for men’s restrooms to include tampons in order to prevent discrimination against “every person who menstruates.” . . . The left-leaning legal group argued that it wasn’t a “full or accurate portrayal” to say that… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,059