Dave Barry's Blog

'IT WAS A DIFFERENT DAY AT WORK'

A Beach Cleanup Crew Thought They Found a Sea Snake. It Was Actually a Whale Penis

(Thanks to pharmaross)

A PERSON'S GOTTA EAT

A Brooklyn bank robber on the run was busted with the loot he stole Friday morning after he decided to stop for breakfast at a Lower East Side Chinese restaurant, police said.

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

ALWAYS CARRY ONE

A surgeon at a crisis-hit NHS trust used a Swiss Army penknife to open up the chest of a patient because he claimed he could not find a sterile scalpel.

(Thanks to John Lobert)

THEY WANT TO MATE WITH THE TARANTULAS?

Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community

(Thanks to Ralph)

YET THAT IS EXACTLY WHY 911 WAS CREATED

Man faces charges after he called 911 on someone who lit a scented candle

(Thanks to EricY)

THAT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT

Clearest footage yet shows ‘Bigfoot’ chilling in the woods

(Thanks to pharmaross and Emily, Leslie and w)

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Incredible plan for world’s first AI passenger plane with NO PILOT where travellers can sit in cockpit & enjoy the view

(Thanks to Al Barkafski)

AND IN OUTDOOR SPORTS

Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear

(Thanks to Ron Wylie and The Perts)

FRANCE ON HIGH ALERT

An American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a crater on the taxiway

(Thanks to The Perts, who say "It's not over yet.")

THIS HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN

Woman faces milk carton assault charges after seagull capture

(Thanks to Ralph)

FLIES HAVE BRAINS?

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

(Thanks to many people)

CELEBRITY LIFESTYLES UPDATE

Elton John, 77, lists organs he’s had removed: ‘Not much’ of me left

(Thanks to pharmaross)

HE'S A *SEASONED SKIPPER*, PEOPLE -- WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU NEED?

Has Nessie finally been FOUND? Seasoned Loch Ness skipper shares images of monster-like shape caught on sonar

(Thanks to pharmaross)

"monster-like"

WE'RE WITH THE BIRDS ON THIS

Ancient painting revealed in Egypt beneath layers of bird poop

(Thanks to John Lobert, who says "Always the last place you look.")

WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO TELL THIS BLOG THAT NOTHING IMPORTANT EVER HAPPENS IN CANADA

...this blog replies, quote, "Oh yeah?"

(Thanks to John Lobert)

STREET-LEGAL IN FLORIDA

NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover

(Thanks to Suzie Q Wacvet)

THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS

Your Next Cowboy Hat Might Be Made of Swamp Rat

(Thanks to MOTW)

NOT THAT WE'LL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

Fathers can pick out their children based on smell

(Thanks to Emily, Leslie and w)

WAIT... THERE WAS A PYTHON IN THE STREET?

Drunk man picks fight with a python in the street and it ends how you’d expect

(Thanks to Ralph)

WE THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER, UM, ARRIVE

Just Eat hooks up with Lovehoney for sex toy deliveries

(Thanks to Ralph)