This story has two attractions for me.  The headline was enough for me to get my dumb-ass pen going, but the real question for me was simply this:  What is a “hooning offence”?

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The ever popular (I read his every post too) Seth Godin, uniquely qualified to make suggestions for the car industry, has an interesting idea today.  Go back to the “good ole’ days” when there were hundreds of car manufacturers.  The thought is that this would foster innovation.  While increased competition would certainly be welcome, as [...]

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Can you give me and my gun a ride to Washington, DC?
A brilliant taxi driver knew the answer, which WTF? No! So the taxi driver drops him off at the train station and calls police instead.
I can just hear the 911 call now:
911: “What is the nature of your emergency?”
Taxi driver: “Some dude with a [...]

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This poster on MarketWatch asks how Crox can be losing money by making a shoe for $0.03 and selling it for $30.  That is like asking why bottled watch frequently costs more than soda (or beer).

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[Updated 11/13/2008 from another news article]
Sometimes the pictures make the news by themselves.  Alcohol-related just jumps to mind before we even know any other details.
There is not much to do in Idaho sometimes.  Brutsche-Ely (the name speaks volumes too) evidently had about a dozen too many drinks.  She tried to hit a security guard.  Finding [...]

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Few and far between are the dumbasses that just leave me floored.  This one is a real head-fake.
First, the background.  van Tassel, former US Army Iraq veteran, dons a ski mask, grabs a nearby American flag, and a handgun.  His plan?!  To protest something from a bridge in Santa Barbara, CA.  He obviously has his [...]

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