Dave Barry's Blog

IF THIS DOESN'T BOOST TOURISM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL

'Biggest Public Toilet In The World' Now Good To Go In Japan

(Thanks to Skip Franklin)

THERE IS NOTHING LOWER THAN A WALLABY HARBORER

Pennsylvania man gets year of probation for harboring a wallaby

(Thanks to Ralph)

AND NOW HE KNOWS

Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.

(Thanks to jon harris)

THE TARANAKI BRIDE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

She has our vote.

(Thanks to Bill Moore)

WE NEED TO LICENSE THOSE THINGS

A woman defended herself with a "pooper scooper" for nearly a half-an-hour while a man tried to hit her with another pooper scooper in Plymouth Pilliars Park early Thursday, according to the Seattle Police  Department.

(Thanks to Craig Roberts)

IDAHO DINING UPDATE

New rules approved on how to handle road-kill

(Thanks to Craig Roberts)

WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE RED LIGHT FEATURES

IN Nimwegen, Holland, the green traffic light features a couple having sex.

Key Police Statement: "We had quite a lot of rear end shunts."

(Thanks to Ralph)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

'I kissed her breasts... there was nowhere else for my face to go'

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

SEATTLE DINING NOTE

Fire reveals 474 pot plants inside Seattle restaurant

(Thanks to Craig Roberts)

THIS IS NOT REASSURING

A man who operates reactors at a nuclear power plant was “thrill seeking” when he put on a mask and hijacked a woman’s car at gunpoint, DuPage County authorities said Friday.

(Thanks to Randy Voges)

IT'S STILL BETTER THAN 'JERSEY SHORE'

Is this the most boring experiment ever? Scientists watch drops of pitch form - and there have been eight in 75 years

(Thanks to Jeffrey Brown)