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Water filled plastic bags on trees scare bugs away?

April 15, 2008 4:31pm

This reminds me of a viral behavior from a few decades ago where a plastic milk bottle filled with water placed on a (presumably well-manicured) lawn would keep neighborhood dogs from defecating on it
(http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/lawn.asp)
i recall seeing several lawns with a dozen of these on it. was that less unsightly than the pile of crap that it supposedly scared away (but didn't)? [shrug] (peoplz iz kwazy)

Argentinian "gnome" scaring the bejezus out of kids

March 13, 2008 10:35am

that's no "pointy hat"... that's his head! his... head!! (com'on folks - ockhams motorola razor and all)

"Satan's Ice Cream Truck" prowls Los Angeles

March 10, 2008 12:42pm

it sure sounds like a famous British military march piece to me. i can fairly hear the fife n' drum.

Two-wheeled Nazi mine-sweeping Vadermobile

March 6, 2008 12:15pm

yeah, but he was already a bad actor (y'know, like iran)

TED 2008: Brian Cox of Large Hadron Collider at CERN

March 2, 2008 2:09pm

...wait, it's a guy?
(and who is "Presenter: Brain Cox"? sounds like a fake porno name at Stanford)

TED 2008: Irwin Redlener on surviving a suitcase nuke

February 28, 2008 5:16pm

why don't you want to move upwind (rather than follow the fall-out "downwind)?

Jesus hit by lightning

February 14, 2008 10:50am

what would be more amazing to me (keeping in mind that i'm easily amazed) would be if such lightening strikes never occurred there

We Lost. The Telcos Won.

February 13, 2008 3:51pm

oh crap. nevermind. we did lose. damn congress. -sigh-

We Lost. The Telcos Won.

February 13, 2008 3:15pm

maybe i've got my bills crossed (cf. that one special episode of the venture bros.) ...but i think "we won" thanks to the house:
http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&rec=0&ncl=1127879014
but for how long? ..for ..how ..long?

Honor student suspended for bringing multitool to school

January 22, 2008 12:36pm

there have been blade length regulations here and there for a very long time, and i've occasionally wondered if the function dangerous(blade_length) has any sensible basis. the carotid can be cut with a 1cm exacto blade, and a claymore would be hard to conceal, (are the kiddies allowed butter knives or glass objects in the cafeteria?) let's establish the reasonable risk foundation (or RRF)

SimCity goes free software

January 12, 2008 3:16pm

Los Angeles' traffic is spread-out misery; for truly concentrated traffic hell just head due north. Seattle's traffic misery is second to none - we've even got a Loma Prieta earthquake horror all set to happen ("the alaskan way viaduct"). and yes every citizen of seattle that recently voted against mass transit should be forced to play SimCity until they "get it" [wheeze]

Thermochromic toilet seat

January 2, 2008 11:43am

subscribe to my newsletter to learn how one can get the SARS (and yes, the larry-craigs) via body heat transfer (or BHT). turns out, that viri can be communicated via caloric fluids (i calls 'em phlogistonal viruseses) - it's all just a form of information, people!

Drum Buddy

January 2, 2008 10:28am

for the sake of public discloser i think the brand of tomato juice from which "the center can" is made need be explicitly stated. del-monte or V8?! it could make all the difference in the fundamental psychoacoustics

Star Trek's "Galactically Hot" women

December 18, 2007 9:07am

and nuth'n green?? double-lame!

Famos Vegetable Peeler

December 14, 2007 11:52am

so what's the dorsal sharks-fin prong for?

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