A Really Stupid Stick-Up

True story from our dim-witted criminals department:

A man walked into a convenience store, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the ...

A Negative Result

Seen on a bumper sticker: I took an IQ test and the results were negative.

Six Slits Sink Ship

Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash, sank the Titanic.

The opulent, 900-foot cruise ship sank in 1912 on its first voyage, from ...

Don't Be Too Foolish

There's an overweening confidence in the young, a kind of invincible optimism that tells them the future is theirs and it will come in their generation. ...

Transit Troubles

Several years ago, the London Transit Authority had a problem. Buses were going right past passengers who were waiting at designated places to be picked ...

The Unconsciously Incompetent

To be unconsciously incompetent is far from blissful ignorance. In fact, when I think about areas of my life where I don't know and don't know ...

Doing the Wrong Things

We try too hard to do the wrong things. No matter how much effort or ingenuity you put into the wrong mode, you still fail.

Don't Fear the Light

Four members of a family in Haiti cowered at home during the February 1998 solar eclipse and were found dead the next day by what officials said was accidental ...

Alien Insurance?

If you think you might be abducted by aliens someday, you can always take out an insurance policy.

No joke. For $156 a year, a London company (called Goodfellow ...

Poor Substitutes for God

When people do succeed in breaking free from belief in God, they simply create another religious belief to replace it. We always assimilate religion or ...