Crocodiles With Chainsaws On The Loose
Friday, April 28th, 2006Saw this one on the BBC this morning, is there any hope for humanity when the crocodiles start running around with chainsaws?
Archive for April, 2006
Today In History: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Accident
Friday, April 28th, 2006April 28th: Today in 1988 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 from Hilo to Honolulu suffered from metal fatigue which caused a huge portion of the roof of the airplane to tear off while in flight. One stewardess, Clarabelle Lansing, was sucked from the plane and killed, but remarkably thanks to a very skilled crew no one [...]
V for Vendetta, C for Cookie
Thursday, April 27th, 2006In a nightmarish future world the government tries to stop us from eating cookies, who can save us from the nanny state?!? Via Howling Curmudgeons
Today In History: Battle of Derna
Thursday, April 27th, 2006April 27th: Today in 1805 the US forces and their Berber allies won the Battle of Derna, which is where the “Shores of Tripoli” come from in the Marines’ Hymn comes from. The American commander, William Eaton became a popular hero and while the battle is often described as the first US battle on foreign [...]
Great Escapes: Retro Get Away
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006Great story in the Guardian about a police chase involving cars, motorcycles, bikes and a helicopter that fails to catch a suspect in a horse cart. Via Fark
Today In History: Bombing of Guernica
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006April 26th: Today in 1937 the first instance well publiczed instance of mass bombing of a civillian target took place in Guernica, Spain. The bombing destroyed seventy percent of the town and killed or wounded thirty percent of the population. It inspired the famous painting by Picasso that has become one of the most important [...]