Dave Barry's Blog

THERE ARE JOB ACTIONS...

...and then there are job actions.

(Thanks to Geoff Scott)

*SO* MANY USES

2:30 p.m. A transient man said he had a dead badger in a sled that he was keeping because it has “multiple uses.” He said he would be moving along shortly and taking the badger with him.

You know the county.

(Thanks to Mary Smith)

IF HE'D BEEN GOING FASTER HE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT

13 foot RV attempts to cross under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, Mo.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

WE'RE CONVINCED

Loch Ness Monster 'spotted on webcam in China' in latest reported sighting

(Thanks tp pharmaross)

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, PEOPLE

What’s For Breakfast? Nutritionist Says Cold Pizza Is Better Than Sugary Cereal

(Thanks to Ralph)

YOU LAUGHED AT 'SHARKNADO'

But you're not laughing now.

(Thanks to EricY)

BRILLIANT

Dog invents automatic backscratcher.

(Thanks to man tom)

BUSINESS NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER

Some of Australia’s most high profile investors have jumped on board the Who Gives A Crap train as it raises capital for the first time, securing $41.5 million in the process.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

TO GET TO THE OTHER HIDE

Why are Yellowstone wolves biting grizzly bears' butts?

(Thanks to Peter Metrinko)

YET ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

Scientists Suspect Massive Unknown Predator at Bottom of the Sea Capable of Eating an Alligator

(Thanks to Rick Day)

AND IN SPORTS

Jerseyman attempts Guinness World Record by running marathon as a brain

Do click on the video.

(Thanks to Ralph)

YOU HAVE TO CATCH THE LITTLE BASTARDS BEFORE YOU CAN ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS

Scottish charity asking for public's help with squirrel survey

(Thanks to Ralph and Le Petomane)

'SPEED-TOADING,' DUDE

Tourists Are Now Smoking Toad Venom in Mexico’s Hipster Town Tulum

(Thanks to Asher Scheiner)

CSI: FUKUOKA

Elderly man in Fukuoka Pref. city bitten in buttocks by monkey, 18th case since Aug.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED

Vegan Men Fart Seven Times More Than Non-Vegans, Study Finds

(Thanks to Asher Scheiner)

PENGUINS FROM SPACE

The strange revelation came after traces of a chemical known as phosphine were found in the bird’s poo.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE DEATH PENALTY

Bud Light rolls out pumpkin spice hard seltzer

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

WITH A MOOLOO HERE, AND A MOOLOO THERE

Scientists potty train cows to use ‘MooLoo’

(Thanks to many people)

WE’LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING

Experts admit there's no evidence the erogenous zone said to give women powerful orgasms actually exists

(Thanks to Roberto)

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

 Lab-grown woolly mammoths could walk the Earth in six years if geneticist’s new start-up succeeds

(Thanks to Alkali Bill, The Perts and Jeff from Pittsburgh)