Thursday, March 24, 2005

Eat at Your Own Risk

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A Wendy’s diner bit into a human finger hidden in a bowl of chili. I think they can spin this into a new ad campaign: “Try our chili – now with calluses!”

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Those wacky scientists at MIT invented an alarm clock for super-sleepers, called “Clocky.” When you hit “snooze,” the clock falls off the table and wheels itself around the room. The idea is that you jump out of bed to turn it off, effectively rousing you from slumber. I have a better way to silence it: a little gun, called “Glocky.”

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An intoxicated driver blamed his condition on eating too many liqueur-filled chocolates; a defense that will henceforth be known as an “act of Godiva.”

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A Spaniard whose winning lottery ticket was mangled in a washing machine will be allowed to collect the prize. This must be what is meant by “money laundering.”

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Scientists in India have created tea in pill form. Be sure to take it with a crumpet capsule.

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