A Very DIFFERENT Kind Of Love Song
11/03/09 - Hilarious
“Good luck getting this song out of your head!”
In-Car Robot Driver
11/03/09 - Odd Articles
“Driving could soon be a far more pleasant experience thanks to a personal in-car robot being developed by researchers. The Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) will be able to tell you the best route home based on traffic reports, remind you to pick up petrol and suggest places you may like to visit. The robot, which sits on the dashboard, is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with Volkswagen. Aida communicates with the driver through an expressive robot screen and will even appear sympathetic if you’re having a bad day.” w/ photos
World’s Luckiest Old Lady
11/03/09 - Unbelievable
“A pensioner had a miracle escape as she drove to church – when a 65ft tree crushed her car and she walked away uninjured. Chris Challinor, 70, got the surprise of her life when the mammoth beech crashed onto the bonnet of her Volkswagen Polo. The front of the car was completely crushed by the trunk – meaning Chris would have been killed if the vehicle was just a few yards further along the road. She suffered only shock during the incident at 10.30am on Sunday and the grandmother-of-six says she is ‘very lucky to be alive’. Chris, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, said: ‘I feel incredibly fortunate. If the tree had come down half a second later I would have been killed. ‘The whole thing is a blur because it happened so quickly. I just remember coming to an immediate stop with the huge trunk smashing into the bonnet. I was frozen in shock until the police and fire service came to release me. ‘I was sorry not to make it to church but I think someone may have been looking down on me after all.” w/ photos
DirecTV Hires More Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
11/03/09 - Hilarious
“After testing the boundaries with their Chris Farley spot, DirecTV wrangles more famous people from beyond the grave to be in commercials.”
Treat Flirt Confusion With Flirtoproson
11/03/09 - Hilarious
“Do you often mistake casual, meaningless flirting for genuine romantic attraction? Then the new drug Flirtoproson may be right for you.”
3,000 lbs. Dope Bust
11/03/09 - Wacky News
“A refrigerated 18-wheeler parked at the Flying J Truck Stop on US 59 at SH 242 Tuesday evening blended in, appearing to be a typical produce hauler. That is, except the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit K-9 Bianca. As SIU Deputy Tom Thompson walked around the parking area with Bianca, she had a strong reaction to one of the trucks, according to SIU Deputy Buddy Kellum, giving a positive air sniff alert. Kellum said running a check on the truck’s license plate revealed it was uninsured and the registration was expired… With the rear door of the trailer open, the truck still appeared to be filled with watermelons and lemons. Having partnered with Bianca for years and confident in her accuracy, Deputy Thompson climbed on top of the load and saw bundle after bundle of an illegal harvest. Hidden amidst the melons and oranges was an estimated 3,000 lbs. of marijuana, wrapped and sealed in plastic, divided into various sizes.” w/ photos + videos
Top 19 New Directions For Teapot Design
11/03/09 - Top Lists
“What could be more welcoming than a pot of tea in the morning? (Coffee drinkers, you are not allowed to answer that). From its humble beginnings in ancient China, the teapot has gone from obscurity to the height of luxury and finally to worldwide ubiquity, embedding itself firmly in the English language and becoming an object of adoration by millions, particularly the Brits. But now teapots are disappearing – at least the traditional kind are. The next generation of beverage-buckets are here and they couldn’t look more different from the norm, as these 19 examples show.”
