It makes me chuckle (in a “that’s so sickening if I don’t laugh I’ll cry” sort of way) when I get spam that offers software or services to end spam. *sigh*

The title alone justifies blogging this article.

Flying Underpants Cause Highway Crash

“BERLIN (Reuters) – A pair of flying underpants caused a crash on a German highway when they landed on a driver’s face and blocked his view, police said Tuesday.”

Oh goody. Just what we need – more disposable goods for our landfills.

This movie will self-destruct
A new twist on an old polymer

“Time’s up, Mr Phelps”

“EVERY time Jim Phelps, the leader of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ team, picked up pre-recorded details of his latest assignment, he was told: ‘This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.’ And lo-and-behold, with a puff of smoke, the tape turned to cinders. In August, fact will follow fiction with the arrival of the first real-life self-destructing recording medium. This has been made possible by tinkering with the molecular structure of a plastic that is even older than the television series.”

Move over Deepak Chopra?

Why We Die, Why We Live: A New Theory on Aging
By NICHOLAS WADE

“As you write yet another check to cover your children’s ruinous college bills, there is definitely a bright side to consider: if you weren’t doing this, you’d long since be dead.”

This is like Spielberg’s movie, Duel, come to life. Only this version stars the men from MTV’s Jackass.

SUV rampage poses big question: Why?
Car rammed, motorcyclists run off the road and a man beaten
By Michael A. Fuoco

“Gary Hudson’s mind was racing as fast as his feet early yesterday morning. Why had a green Ford Excursion cut him off on Forbes Avenue, Uptown? Why did it chase him onto a dead-end street? Why was it repeatedly crashing into his abandoned car as he ran for his life?”