By The Way...

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
9:10:00 AM EDT
Hearing Atlantic -- Keane
Citizens! Consume these links at your leisure!

* When a hole in the ground is large enough to suck helicopters down into its gaping maw, it is officially a pretty damn big hole. But don't worry, America: Russia's got a big hole, but we've got one that's bigger. We've closed the gap gap!

* You know how lots of barking dogs drive you crazy? Turns out, it drives dogs nuts, too. Thing is, they could stop it. Dumb dogs.

* On this page, look at the bottom right corner where the little flags point out the various languages the site is available in. There's one flag there that's, well, not like the others. It helps to observe that the company name is "Corsair."

* The MPAA has taken to suing people for alleged internet piracy and getting them to settle out of court for a couple thousand dollars. They tried to do this to Shawn Hogan, whom they allege downloaded a movie he already owns on DVD. Hogan told them to stuff it, and because he's a millionaire, he's going to take on the MPAA in court to smack them down. Shine on, Shawn Hogan!

* Yesterday I noted that smoking pot makes you just a little dim. Case in point: A bunch of dumb kids arrested for trying to roll the world's largest joint. If they had been successful, the joint would have been 32 inches long, and, if smoked, would have required three 7-11s worth of microwave burritos to quell the munchies unleashed within. Kids, don't try this at home. Really.

* Nuns! On bikes! Fighting crime! In Amsterdam! I've used up my quota of exclamation points for the day!



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• #3 Comment from maxsox5 
  7/26/06 4:13 PM | Permalink

  OH-PLEEEASE-I CLICKED ON THAT FLAG AND THE PAGE BECAME WRITTEN FOR A PIRATE BORN IN THEM THAR HILLS OF VIRGINI!!LOL
• #2 Comment from princesssaurora 
  7/26/06 2:42 PM | Permalink

  Between the nuns and the giant joint... my brain is befuddled.... thanks for the great links!
  
  be well,
  Dawn
  
  http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/
• #1 Comment from monponsett 
  7/26/06 9:42 AM | Permalink

  A few red flags about the world's largest joint.
  
  - anything over 9 inches or so will become too resinated to smoke.
  
  - the perps were French, and were planning to use X amount of tobacco in it... disqualified
  
  - they were also using marijuana resin, which is nasty.
  
  -The biggest joint I've been in on was one rolled from the paper of a $30 cigar at some party. It was about 8 inches long, and as thick as a sausage.
  
  - 70 grams of marijuana is a lot of marijuana.. pushing 3 ounces or so. I've been smoking for some time, and a gram can last my friends and I an afternoon.
  
  - Depending on how tightly they rolled it, they might need a vacuum cleaner and a campfire to get it lit.
  
  - I'd never eat a 7-11 burrito. Smoking pot goes too well with cooking. I made a nice soup today, with linguica, peppers, stewed tomato, potato, cheese and red beans. It's simmering now to be ready for lunch, but it will require constant sampling.