I couldn’t help giggling at this tweet yesterday from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. I can’t help wondering what happened to prompt that tweet. Can any of our readers in Oklahoma enlighten us? If so, please leave a comment. The possibilities appear endless! Peter
Tag: Mistakes
A Doofus follow-up
Last week I posted “Doofus Of The Day #1,092“, about a municipality in Japan that mistakenly transferred a large sum of money to a recipient who – mirabile dictu! – “could not” return it. Well, now we know why he couldn’t. The blunder happened when … 463 low-income households were meant to receive 100,000… Continue reading A Doofus follow-up
Doofus Of The Day #1,092
Today’s award goes to the municipal officials of Abu, a town in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan. A tip o’ the hat to Francis Turner, who posted the link on MeWe. Last month, the town … sent 100,000 yen [about US $768] each to 463 low-income households affected by the pandemic. But in the process,… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,092
Er… no, a Covid test, it ain’t!
Found on Twitter, via MeWe (click the image to be taken to the tweet): Do click over to the tweet and read the responses. Some of them are hysterical! Peter
A sports car test drive after a vasectomy? Sure, why not?
This is why not. You’ll have heard how the Alpine A110’s combination of lightness and rightness has earned the admiration of evo’s tillermen. And that’s all well and good, but what’s it like if you’ve just had a vasectomy? To find out, I went to a central London clinic and invited a large, medically… Continue reading A sports car test drive after a vasectomy? Sure, why not?
Doofus Of The Day #1,091
Today’s award goes to two “local diversity advocates” in Arizona, who forgot to engage their brains before putting their mouths in gear. This week, an ASU instructor, and a librarian, who hold themselves out as being Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) gurus, falsely accused a Black DJ of wearing blackface during a charity event… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,091
No s***, Sherlock!
I’ve watched people try to throw their weight around with serving staff. It seldom ends well, as Stephan Pastis reminds us. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the comic strip’s Web page. Peter
If they can do it for a sex cult, why not for Epstein and Maxwell?
It’s amusing to watch the brouhaha over the Justice Department’s mistaken publication of a student prostitute’s customer list in the Sarah Lawrence sex cult case. New York’s business elite was left shaking in its boots Tuesday after a list of alleged clients of the student prostitute in the Sarah Lawrence ‘sex cult’ case was… Continue reading If they can do it for a sex cult, why not for Epstein and Maxwell?
Of eggs and nuclear physics
The latest XKCD cartoon made me smile, but also reminded me of the darker side of the history of nuclear physics. The mouseover text on the cartoon’s Web page reads: “The foil on the toothpick represents the blue flash”. The “blue flash” refers to what became known as the “demon core”, used in two… Continue reading Of eggs and nuclear physics
Gravity wins, every time
Courtesy of Aesop, we find this video compilation of Wile E. Coyote’s encounters with gravity. It’s ten minutes of self-inflicted mayhem, including several excerpts I’d never seen before. Very satisfactory to the destructive little boy inside many men. He never learns, does he? Sadly, most of us guys don’t, either – but like Wile,… Continue reading Gravity wins, every time