Dave Barry's Blog, page 113

BACK IN THE SIXTIES THIS WAS A STANDARD DRUM SOLO

Northern Ireland man plays drums for over 150 hours straight

Related: This is a video of musician Eric Carr playing the drums he set up in the style of QWERTY keyboard, so as he types something out with his drumsticks, he���s also performing a drum solo.

(Thanks to John Lobert)

PSST DUDE

Wanna do some cheese?

(Thanks to Steve K.)

HAVE IT YOUR WAY, SIR

Man points gun at Burger King workers in Wisconsin after they were unable to take his order, police say

(Thanks to EricY, who says "special orders do upset him.")

IMAGINE HOW THE SNAKE FELT

Woman freaks out after going to the toilet and realises she just peed on a huge snake

(Thanks to Ralph)

TAKING ON THE PATRIARCHY

Woman dressed like Barbie attacks man, dog with 2x4

(Thanks to Ralph)

WE'VE HAD COOKIES LIKE THAT

Trader Joe���s recalls two types of cookies because they may contain rocks

(Thanks to The Perts and Asher Scheiner)

WE THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME

Georgia's Big Peanut Returns To Roadside After Hurricane Felled Earlier Goober

(Thanks to The Perts, EricY and John Lobert, who says he saw Earlier Goober open for Charlie Daniels)

THE REAL SHOCKER HERE IS THE DISCOVERY THAT NEW YORK CITY *HAS* A SUBWAY ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR REPAIR TEAM

A senior member of NYC Transit���s subway elevator and escalator repair team was fired after taking multiple weekday flights to a second home in Florida while he was on the clock, a report from the MTA���s Office of the Inspector General says.

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson, who says "He's a multi-tasker, OK?")

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

A team of researchers just got a $600,000 grant from Australia's Office of National Intelligence to study ways of merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence.

(Thanks to Allen at Division)

AS AN ANXIOUS WORLD WATCHES

'We're Getting Closer': Texans Using Horses, ATVs To Track Down Missing Rodeo Goat

(Thanks to Matt Filar and John Lobert)