Category: Misc
What Would Happen if You Bought 25 Bottles of Nyquil?
NOTE: Source Article NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY
After selecting a bottle of Nyquil and my Husband’s favorite brand of ice cream, it was time to check-out. I elected to go through the self check-out lane. However, after I scanned my items, the computer started beeping.
“You have selected an age restricted item. Please wait for a cashier,†it said.
“What the heck?†I mused, “Ice cream and Nyquil is age restricted now?â€
A teenager with a lip piercing and bad dye job came rushing over. “Can I see your ID?†she chirped.
“What did I order that needs ID?†I asked.
She looked over my purchases and shrugged. “I guess it’s the Nyquil.â€
I sighed deeply and handed her my driver’s license. She glanced at it quickly, typed my birthday into the computer, handed it back, and scurried away. Even though I didn’t show it, I was all kinds of annoyed.
I mean, what kind of nanny state am I living in right now? I can’t even buy cold medicine anymore without the government in my business? Why is my right to privacy being invaded in favor of incompetent police officers who lack the ability to catch drug dealers without spying on the average law abiding citizen?
Then, out of nowhere, I thought, I wonder what would happen if I tried to buy all the Nyquil on the shelf?
Before I knew it, I had a small army of grocery store employees following me around the parking lot. It was surreal. I felt like I was starring in the deleted scenes of one of those Terminator movies.
My theory was that they were waiting until I got into my car so they could write down my license plate number. To me, this was odd, considering the fact that they had my name, address, and phone number written on a slip of paper behind the customer service desk.
Source (Has Profanity)
TweetAirport Security at its Finest
From aol.com:
TweetThere are certain things one should probably refrain from saying at an airport, and director Mike Figgis unfortunately learned the hard way.
Figgis, who directed “Leaving Las Vegas,” was reportedly held for over five hours at Los Angeles International airport after he told immigration officers “I’m here to shoot a pilot,” according to The Guardian. In television, the first episode of a potential television show is called a pilot. However, the agents, apprently not in-the-know with industry terms, took it to mean Figgis had plans to gun down an airline pilot.
Figgis was then held in an interrogation cell for five hours, and was released after officers figured out he had no assassination plans.
“Please keep your arms in the vehicle.”
From nationalgeographic.com:
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Seoul, South Korea Photograph by Michael Nichols
Hungry tigers stand on display atop an SUV in Seoul, South Koreas Everland Resort amusement park. The parks tigers are fed chunks of meat dangled from a tour bus so sightseers can view the staged carnage up close.
“Ghost Rider”
Even more vaguely disturbing…. I really should get the guy in the upper right with the baseball bat to go with the kids Playmobil set.
Ghost Rider, based on the Columbia Pictures movie (toys out in June from Diamond Select Toys/Art Asylum). Back row: Johnny Blaze, Roxanne Simpson, Blackheart, and Caretaker. Front Row: Mephistopheles, Ghost Rider, and Johnny Blaze
TweetThe Deep End
From typepad.com:
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In her introduction to The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian says she was inspired to create the book after seeing a film of deep-sea creatures made by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: “As crazy as it might seem, I had fallen in love at first sight. Like an adolescent surprised by the power of love . . . ” and so on. But if Nouvian seems overemotional initially, it becomes easier to understand her fervor once you brush aside the intro and skip to the meat: the photos.
Most of the book is composed of giant frequently larger-than-life-size photographs of deep-sea creatures:
