2005/12/09

Misc. Friday Ramblings...

I shall taunt you...a second time-a...
  • What Kind of Food Are You?
    You Are French Food

    Snobby yet ubiquitous.
    People act like they understand you more than they actually do.

    Bite Me. Hat tip Ken.

  • It's Photoshop Friday.
    A plane...into the house....

  • Air Marshal Kills Passenger, Citing Threat
    An agitated passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday after he bolted frantically from a jetliner that was about to take off, officials said. No bomb was found.

    The man, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen, was gunned down on a jetway just before the American Airlines plane was about to leave for Orlando, near his home in Maitland.

    It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal had shot at anyone, Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said.

    According to a witness, the man frantically ran down the aisle of the Boeing 757, flailing his arms, while his wife tried to explain that he was mentally ill and had not taken his medication.

    The passenger indicated there was a bomb in his bag and was confronted by air marshals but ran off the aircraft, Doyle said. The marshals went after him and ordered him to get down on the ground, but he did not comply and was shot when he apparently reached into the bag, Doyle said.
    I can hear it now. Why was he shot? Why wasn't he stunnned? Why wasn't he tackled? Why were we delayed? Why were we treated so badly? When the complaints start, I have something for the complainers...

  • Europe at night from space.
    Smoking lamp is lit...

  • Know where to sit on any make of plane.
    Sit down, shut up, and enjoy the flight.

  • Send your name to an asteroid onboard a spacecraft.
    Phone number costs extra. E-harmony dot com unavailable for comment.

  • Lion at Rome zoo treated for arthritis with injections of gold. Yelps "Au!"
    Fark headlines rule.

  • Most popular Christmas light show this year shut down.
    If it is causing a nuisance to the neighborhood, then limiting it or shutting it down isn't quite a bad idea. I'm not being a grinch here, but if there are 300 cars lined up down your rural street, traffic is a bitch. There is the noise and litter that comes along with it. Heaven forbid if you actually have to get out and go somewhere. Public road means for everyone, not just the ones enjoying the light show.

  • Cartoon Network pot ring shut down.
    Dexter's Meth Lab?

Friday FIREPOWER!
Shooting, Liberian Gansta style.
Images from the battle for Monrovia, Liberia, where use of iron sights is known to be strictly prohibited. Also prohibited are aiming, assuming a supported firing stance, and any common practice of marksmanship whatsoever. Hip-Hop/Rapper/Gangsta shooting stances are mandatory, the "Glock Foh-Tay" hold being the most popular. lethality is acheived by subjecting the target to a wide swathe of area fire, simliar to unaimed indirect artillery, or scaring the enemy away with gesturing and aggressive hip-hop style dancing while firing. Points are awarded for artistic effort, style, fearsome facial expression/vocalizations and blue duct tape.

Cue Kenny Loggins. Everbody cut Footloose!


Stop, hammer time.

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