PETS OF THE ONE PERCENT “The worshipful treatment of pets may be the thing that unites all Americans,” wrote an Atlantic Magazine blogger in July, describing the luxury terminal for animals under construction at New York’s JFK airport. The ARK will offer shower stalls for traveling horses, “conjugal stations” for ever-horny penguins, and housing for nearly […]
NOTW: Nude university classes and murder contract law
GREAT ART CLASS! Among the requirements of “Visual Arts 104A” at the University of California, San Diego is that, for the final exam, students would make a presentation while nude, in a darkened room. Professor Ricardo Dominguez (who would also be nude for the finals) told KGTV in May that a nude “gesture” was indeed […]
Urinal Tech And Fight Church And Nessie Proves Existence Of God
URINAL TECH Two Brazilian firms collaborated recently to test a whimsical device that could perhaps lessen splashing on men’s room floors: a urinal containing a fretboard that makes musical sounds as liquid hits it (if the stream is strong enough). According to a May report in the Brazilian edition of Billboard magazine, versions were set […]
Why Illegal Snakes Will Ravage Hawaii
By Jacob Shafer Though he inspired one of the world’s great drinking holidays, St. Patrick never actually drove the snakes out of Ireland. Turns out, there never were any snakes to begin with. Hawaii, at the moment, finds itself similarly serpent-free. Then again, our isolated island chain was once bereft of mosquitoes, rats, mongooses, cats, […]