Here’s another story update for you. A few weeks ago I wrote about the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s brilliant plan toarrest people in bars because they’re drunk. Well, after almost 2000 arrests and seemingly a lot more public outcry, the program, which they ended up naming Operation Last Call, has beencalled off,hopefully for good.
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Gun Safety Update
Remember thegun safety videothat I posted a link to a couple of months ago? Well, the star of that clip, Drug Enforcement Administration officer Lee Paige, is nowsuing his employer for letting the video get out. Here are the important parts of the story, just in case the link doesn’t stay active for very long, …
Nice Going, Captain Hook
Bad idea: Using artillery shells as paperweights.Worse idea:Using those paperweights to crush bugs. There’s nothing I could ever hope to add to this other than I’m glad this guy was never a teacher of mine, and how great would it be if the bug ended up surviving?
The Terrorists Have Won
High School officials in Fort Myers, Florida haveturned down an invitation from the organizers of London’s 2007 New Year’s Day parade,because they feel that the members of their school band would be “safer in America” than they would be in England due to a greater likelihood of being victims of a terrorist attack there. “What …
Arresting People For No Good Reason, What’s More American Than That?
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has announced that the State has begunsending undercover police officers into bars to arrest drunk people for being drunk. According to commission spokesperson Carolyn Beck, the first of the sting operations, which are designed to prevent drunken mishaps before they happen, took place recently in a suburb of Dallas and …
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Who Knew?
Scientists: masturbation not as good as sex More details on this developing story will be published in the next issue of Duh Magazine.
I’m A Professional
Given all of the talk in the media recently about the rising number of gun-related incidents in Toronto and elsewhere, I thought it was only proper that we here at the Vomit Comet use our vast world-wide influence [hahaha] to spread the message that guns, even though they may seem to some to be fun …
Who Put the Car in Career Fair?
Does this annoy you as much as it annoys me? I’m a university graduate. I’m looking for a job. I get an email and it says, “Guelph career fair.” I get excited! Woo! I can go and look at things. Then I read a little further down, and the damn thing is in Waterloo! That’s …
Wacky Days Are Here Again
Check out this year’s Wacky Warning Labels Contest winners. This year’s winner was a heat gun/paint remover which reaches temperatures of over 1000 degrees. The ever so helpful label on it cautions us ““DO NOT USE AS HAIRDRYER.” Wow, that was close. More hilarity/stupidity above.
How Did They Miss That?
Woman sent to male prison. According to police in Buenos Aires, Mrs Aguilera was checked by several policeman but none noticed she was a woman. A police spokesperson said: “She looks and acts exactly like a man, it was impossible to see that she is a woman. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the …