Archive for March, 2006

Looking to start a war? Amazon helps

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Amazon.com offers the JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank for $19.999.95. With shipping at $14.99.
The armored-shell Badonkadonk insures that you’ll be the envy of every Jawa in the neighborhood with its 6-horsepower Tecumseh gasoline engine (40mph top speed), 400-watt premium sound system, “plush” interior, external camera, and enough cargo room for five people internally or on the […]

Giant mutant lemons take over Cyprus!

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Androulla Charalambous and her granddaughter Evangelia Stavrinou pose next to lemons in Psevdhas, some 30 kms south-east of the Cypriot capital Nicosia last weekend. Lemon trees in a village in Cyprus have stunned their owners by suddenly bearing fruit so huge they’re almost as large as footballs!
One tree has clumps of lemons with diameters ranging […]

Bill Gates verbal beating by US anti-trust lawyers unveiled

Monday, March 27th, 2006

This is Bill Gates before Microsoft was declared an illegal monopoly in 1998. In the below video Bill Gates is apparently being grilled by a tough US government anti-trust lawyer. This video was thought to be scrubbed off the Internet after 1998, so someone must be an insider to get this. Apparently the autistic rocking […]

New Kleptones CD “24 Hours” free to download

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Mashup kings The Kleptones have released a double-disc album called “24 Hours” that you can download for free as individual tracks, whole-disc torrents, or as large MP3 files engineered for CD burning. We figured this sort of new-age viral promotion from the band deserves your attention. You’ll need a BitTorrent Client like Azureus to download […]

Russian spies in Iraq provided American intelligence to Saddam, during 2003’s invasion

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday. A Pentagon report said Russia provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans.
The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing […]

French university research building devastated by huge explosion, 1 death

Friday, March 24th, 2006

One person was killed in a huge explosion that destroyed a research building at a French university in the eastern city of Mulhouse on Friday, the fire brigade said. Rescue workers faced thick smoke when they arrived at the ENSCMu institute of chemistry on the university campus, a Reuters witness said.
The reason for the blast, […]

A Stradivarius violin stolen in 1985 returned to The Dallas Symphony

Friday, March 24th, 2006

A treasure thought lost forever will soon be returned to the Dallas Symphony. A Stradivarius violin which was stolen from a Dallas musician’s home in 1985 has mysteriously turned up in a London auction house.
When instrument maker Antonio Stradivari died in 1744, he left a legacy of more than 600 of the violins. They’re considered […]

Carpool dummy sells for $15,000 on eBay

Friday, March 24th, 2006

A makeshift mannequin that failed to fool police monitoring the high-occupancy vehicle lane on a highway has fetched $15,000 in an auction on eBay, with proceeds going to charity, the buyer announced.
A company called Video Professor bought the Styrofoam head, coat hanger, and clothing stuffed with newspapers from carpool-lane scofflaw Greg Pringle, 53, said Brian […]

Statue of nude Britney Spears giving birth

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Monument to Pro-Life: “The Birth of Sean Preston” is a life size statue by artist Daniel Edwards. A nude Britney Spears on a bearskin rug while giving birth to her firstborn marks a ‘first’ for Pro-Life. Pop-star Britney Spears is the “ideal” model for Pro-Life and the subject of a dedication at Capla Kesting Fine […]

Dutch family get dogtax for barking doorbell

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

The Bruintjes family says a city inspector was barking up the wrong tree when he handed them an €80 (US$100) bill for the Dutch dog tax. The family insists it does not have a dog, only a barking doorbell!
It was the second year in a row the family had a run-in with authorities over their […]