Eight-Year-Old Comes Home From Trick-or-Treating With Bag of Meth
California police are investigating one eight-year-old's Halloween haul after a small bag containing .1 gram of meth was found amongst her candy.
Airplane Pilot Averts Passenger Mutiny by Buying Everyone Pizza
Storms Monday night forced a flight heading to Denver from Washington to make a pitstop in Wyoming for several hours. Flight attendants had served all the food on the plane, so the pilot pulled the only surefire trick to keep fussy passengers from revolting: ply them with pizza. He ordered Domino's, enough for each…
The Website Counting Down to Gangnam Style's Billionth Hit Turned to Porn Ads When It Happened
If you were counting down to "Gangnam Style"'s one billionth YouTube view on the site BillionCount.com, you might have been a little confused at what happened when the counter hit 1,000,000,000: it turned into a porn site: the "Xpress Cougar Dating Club." "When it was getting closer to 1 billion views I figured I had…
The Best Way to Fool Your Ankle Monitor: Fake Leg
Stuck at home on a drunk-driving conviction waiting for a "private security firm" to attach a court-mandated ankle monitor? Try this foolproof trick: Don't have a leg!
Real Democrats Beat Fakers In Wisconsin Recall Primaries
Wisconsin Democrats have easily fended off a Republican ploy in the state Senate recalls, with the official Dem candidates in each of six races easily defeating Republican activists who also filed in the Democratic primaries. But Republicans have not failed to reap some advantages from the situation.
Basketball Prodigy Dribbles Through ESPN Hallways
12-year-old basketball prodigy Jordan McCabe brought his impressive ball-handling skills to the hallways of ESPN the other day... and no one really cared. For a network dedicated to watching sports, they are surprisingly uninterested.
Weed-Laced Halloween Candy Threatens California Kids
Southern California parents be warned! This Halloween there's an increased risk of finding pot-laced candy in your kids' trick-or-treat bags, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The candy is produced in L.A. area "clandestine labs and residential kitchens." Yum!
If You Think That's Cool, You Should See It When They Switch Places
[A man carries his dog on his back while riding a bicycle during Colombia's Animal Day celebration (Pic by AP)]
Scandal: Pinch Sulzberger Says Bad Word
New York Times publisher Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger has been working up his aggressive gumption lately, which he'll need to win the newspaper war with Rupert Murdoch, who is a genuine surly bastard. Pinch, lesson one: Don't cuss at Murdoch employees.
The Greatest Party Trick of All Time
This kid, who has an uncanny resemblance to Ash from Pokemon, uses his own little Pikachus to demonstrate what could possibly be the next big magic schtick. I choose you!
Sarah Palin’s Toxic TV Show Pisses Off Another Celebrity Guest
First LL Cool J wanted out. Now country singer Toby Keith is upset about being on Palin's new show, Real American Stories. With one out of three "marquee" guests already gone, will the Oklahoma crooner jump ship, too?
Is this "Extreme Beer Pong" Video a Fake?
This game of beer pong takes its players all the way into the sky...but is that really possible or is this all just editing tricks?
Daredevil Skydiver Does Loop-De-Loops With Parachute
This skydiver amazes the crowd by flipping over his parachute again and again. For some people, plummeting out of the sky just isn't enough of a thrill.
'Cocktail Geniuses' Show Off Behind the Bar
Meet the "Prestwich Crew," touted on YouTube as "Record-breaking Cockail Geniuses". Tricks featured here: the "Six-setting Throw" and the old "Seven-flaming-Saumbuccas-in-8-seconds" trick. Are we to believe this staff has nothing better to do with their time?
Make a Bottle Disappear Using Glycerin
A bottle of tabasco sauce. An empty container. Two bottles of glycerin. One sweet party trick.
How to Make Your Warm Beer Cold in Two Minutes
Some may say the secret ingredient is "salt". Others say it is gypsy magic and the proprietors of this video must be hunted down and tortured for their beer-cooling secrets.
Al Franken's Stupid Political Junkie Trick
Boing Boing came across this recent video of Franken drawing all 48 states (of the continental U.S., geography nerds) from memory at the Minnesota State Fair, and ever the paranoid types, wondered if Franken is faking it: "it would be easy to create indented trace-lines by using a pen with no cartridge in advance."…
Media Wishes It Had Pushed That Obama Muslim Conspiracy Issue More
During the campaign, the polite and respectable liberal media steered clear of all the "Obama is a secret Muslim!1!!" stuff. Now he's given his first TV interview as president to Al Arabiya. Who loses?
Politicos Eager To Meet Dictator, Of Course
Are politicians unscrupulous, money-hungry backslappers who would treat even the worst dictator like a visiting dignitary if they thought it might land them a nice photo-op and some municipal donations that they could tout in their campaign literature? Yes, according to a mischievous prank. Islom Karimov is the…
American Apparel Needs Models To Show Their Junk
You'll be kicking yourself for missing this party in an LA American Apparel store last Friday. It was not just an event in honor of gay pride; it included a contest to "win" a chance to "Show Your Stuff" in an American Apparel ad. "Winner chosen @ Stallion after party." Isn't that how it always turns out? Dov Charney…
