Last September I alerted you to the fact that the British government was considering redesigning or banning the traditional pint glass, in an effort to keep British people from trying to kill each other with them. As one report put it, "British…
A lawsuit that we can hope nobody wins.
The Louisiana legislature, always on the lookout for important problems to solve, appears likely to pass a bill that would make it a criminal offense to send an electronic message with the intent to "harass" or "embarrass" any person under…
They finally found someone to take it off their hands.
Also in Australia this week, a man who tried to abscond with an expensive comic book from a store in Adelaide was apprehended by an ad hoc team of superheroes and turned over to police. Unfortunately for the villain, he…
1. When marrying an additional wife, consider not having pictures taken at the ceremony. This can be expensive, and in your case, incriminating. 2. If you must have pictures taken, they should be displayed in a simple but tasteful frame, not, for…
I hope that since April 26 you have been able to spend some time contemplating the stupendous ginormitude of the one sentence that comprises the Mittal Steel Point order, each of its 538 words so carefully chosen and placed with…
I am trying out some blog-redesign ideas. Please do not be alarmed. Actually, you should be very alarmed, just not by this. (Recently I learned that the country is at Threat Level Orange! So this is probably the least of…
A restaurant that refused to seat a blind patron because its workers allegedly believed his seeing-eye dog was gay has been fined $1,500 by the Australian Equal Opportunity Tribunal. The restaurant, located in Adelaide, also agreed to provide a written apology to…
Roy Werbel and his counsel are back with yet another attempt to call out Kellogg USA for its dastardly marketing of "Froot Loops" cereal. As you may recall, Werbel sued Kellogg in state court in San Francisco last October, alleging that…