Here’s a hint. Those who operate tattoo parlors do business in such premises for a number of very good reasons. There’s the license for the operator and premises, health and safety regulations, questions of hygiene, and a host of others. If a tattooist offers to ‘operate’ on you in the comfort of your own home,… Continue reading Doofi Of The Day #5
Tag: Funny
I get the feeling this must have been an interesting morning.
It seems that the staff of the National Parks Service are both versatile and courageous. (If that link shows later news, select the news for this date from the drop-down menu.) A few days ago Mr. Ron DeLong was driving through the Everglades National Park, FL, and stopped his SUV to watch a six-foot Burmese… Continue reading I get the feeling this must have been an interesting morning.
Does marksmanship in Australia leave something to be desired?
Two news reports from Down Under have left me shaking my head. First, Mr. Jason Grant was collecting crocodile eggs on a croc farm when he was attacked by one of the beasts. His unnamed co-worker fired two shots at the crocodile, hitting it with one but shooting his colleague in the arm with the… Continue reading Does marksmanship in Australia leave something to be desired?
The Mile High Club’s origins
It seems that the Mile High Club may be rather older than one might imagine. It’s said that the first recorded incident of mile-high mischief may have been undertaken by a pilot, one Lawrence Sperry, and his trainee pilot passenger, Mrs. (!) Waldo Polk, in November 1916. The two were airborne in his Curtiss flying-boat… Continue reading The Mile High Club’s origins
When the Force becomes the Farce
OK, some people clearly have waaaaay too much time on their hands! According to a report in the British Daily Mail, it seems that in North Wales brothers Barney and Daniel Jones have established ‘the Holyhead chapter of the self-styled Jedi Church, which claims up to 400,000 members worldwide’. Barney, age 26, is now known… Continue reading When the Force becomes the Farce
Doofus (Doofi?) Of The Day #4
Some crooks are so dumb one wonders how they’ve managed to survive so long. Messrs. Rudy Villanueva and Tony Logan are members of a Miami gang known as the Bird Road Boys. They decided, perhaps out of a misplaced sense of macho, that life wasn’t interesting enough . . . so they made a video… Continue reading Doofus (Doofi?) Of The Day #4
Surgeons and video games – a natural combination?
This one makes me wonder . . . A study by the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona has found that surgical residents performed better during simulated surgery after playing games on the Nintendo Wii console for an hour beforehand. The study found that “only those games requiring precise movements, like Marble Mania… Continue reading Surgeons and video games – a natural combination?
Make sure you’re dead before they bury you!
There seems to be a slight problem with funerals here and there . . . A few days ago it was reported that a Cambodian man went missing for a few days. He’d been drugged, robbed and dumped in the bush, and made his way home as soon as he recovered. Unfortunately for his family,… Continue reading Make sure you’re dead before they bury you!
Twenty days, 10,000 visits!
At 8.11 p.m. on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008, this blog went live. At 8.15:02 a.m. this morning, Sunday, January 20th, 2008, my 10,000th viewer arrived. In 19½ days of blogging, that averages to a little over 500 visitors per day – a wonderful start for this blog. My heartfelt thanks to all of you who’ve… Continue reading Twenty days, 10,000 visits!
At last, honest Web site excuses
A South African provincial government Web site seems to have had a Webmaster with a sense of humor – and a fine awareness of the realities of Africa today. According to a report in the London Telegraph, the error messages when a page could not be located or loaded included the following gems: The page… Continue reading At last, honest Web site excuses