Dave Barry's Blog

BLENDING RIGHT IN

Escaped racehorse joins commuters at train station - and stands behind yellow line

(Thanks to MrX)

IT'S A MIRACLE

Chicken dons tiny glasses to watch solar eclipse, lays an egg

(Thanks to MOTW)

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY NASA MAINTAINS A STRATEGIC STOCKPILE OF ROLLED-UP MAGAZINES

Could our first alien contact be with intelligent spiders?

(Thanks to Jim Kenaston)

THESE WORDS APPEAR VERBATIM IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS

Arguing that he was not subject to arrest, a Florida Man told police that he “was allowed to be drunk and disorderly and sit naked in a trash can on the public sidewalk,” according to an arrest affidavit.

(Thanks to Ralph)

GET THAT NOBEL PRIZE READY

Scientists Accidentally Made a Mouse Grow Legs in Place of Genitals

(Thanks to Gregory Snow)

R(IBBIT).I.P.

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ dies

(Thanks to Al Barkafski)

BASICALLY IT SAYS YOU'RE CANADIAN

The way you pronounce Calgary says a lot about where you're from

(Thanks to The Perts)

SPACEBALLS

Mexican TV outlet accidentally airs man’s testicles during solar eclipse coverage

(Thanks to Annette and Ralph)

HE'S HARMLESS; STORMTROOPERS NEVER HIT ANYTHING

Reported armed man at Scottish train station was 'Star Wars' Stormtrooper

(Thanks to MOTW and Emily, Leslie and w and John Lobert)

IS WE GETTING STUPIDER?

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

(Thanks to GJ)

IT MAY BOOST THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AWARENESS SO MUCH THAT THEY FLY TO THE WRONG CITY

SFO and San Francisco officials are upset with Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, which is in the process of adapting its official title to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” in an effort to boost “geographic” awareness among travelers.

(Thanks to Nancy Gill)

YOU SHOW SOME INITIATIVE, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET

The museum in southern Germany on Tuesday confirmed that it had fired a member of its technical services team after he was found to have hung one of his own paintings in a part of the gallery dedicated to modern and contemporary art

(Thanks to Doug Ogg)