We’ve all done the walk-and-text, an awkward dance that involves fiercely mashing your phone while looking up every so often to make sure you don’t collide with the nearest lamppost. But some unfortunate citizens are so absorbed in their little screens, or so oblivious to their surroundings, that their multitasking attempts result in calamity and/or hilarity.
Today in things that seem like a joke but aren’t:
Anti-circumcision activists in San Francisco have created a new superhero — Foreskin Man. The comic book is proving controversial, partly because one of the villains is a sneering rabbi named Monster Mohel. The Anti-Defamation League is calling the entire thing anti-Semitic.
Willie Nelson may evade pot charges with a song
When U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped Willie Nelson’s tour bus in rural west Texas last November, they found several ounces of marijuana onboard. But although Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett could have made an example out of Nelson — recommending the maximum 180 days in jail and $2,000 fine allowed under Texas law — he suggested a plea deal of $100 instead… plus a courtroom performance by Nelson of his 1975 hit “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” “You can bet your ass I’m not going to be mean to Willie Nelson,” Bramblett said.
Would hate to be on that cleanup crew…
Smokey, the “world’s loudest cat,” has a purr that reaches 92 decibels — the same volume as a lawnmower, a hairdryer, or even a descending Boeing 737, as heard from the ground.
Note: Jordan Yerman at Now Public points out that prolonged exposure to anything over 95 decibels can cause hearing loss. That’s one loud cat.
