Darwin Would Be Smiling

It seemed everywhere I looked for news and amusing bits today, there was a story of stupidity. It just wouldn’t be right to not share them with you. After all, if the laws of nature are true, these folks might not be with us all that much longer. Best enjoy their antics while they’re here!

Next we might not be so lucky: Aussies ignore tsunami warning

A major tsunami warning for Australia’s east coast did little to deter people from flocking to beaches.

In Sydney, many travelled kilometres to try to get a glimpse of the “big wave” that never came.

Sirens sounded, lifesavers warned people off beaches and the Quiksilver pro surfing competition on the Gold Coast was postponed following yesterday morning’s warning by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre.

The alert for Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania followed the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday night, sending a tsunami racing across the Pacific Ocean at nearly 700km/h.

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The tsunami had been predicted to hit the coast around Sydney as early as 8.45am (AEDT). However, by 9am, those braving the water’s edge at Bondi Beach were still awaiting its arrival.

Gabby Stevenot, 27, said she had travelled more than 20km from West Ryde, in Sydney’s northwest, to watch the tsunami and was “disappointed” she couldn’t see anything.

“That’s why I came down here — I wanted to see the big waves and the big show but there’s not really much happening at all,” she said.

The tsunami warning was finally called off about 5pm.

Source: news.com.au

The most expensive inflight meal

AN AIRLINE passenger became so irate that he could not claim his 10,000 euros ($15,000) winning scratch card when on board the flight that he took rather odd action.

Cabin crew on Thursday’s FR1724 flight from Krakow, Poland, to the U.K.’s East Midlands airport congratulated the winner and advised him to claim his prize directly from the company which runs the lottery, as it was such a large sum.

But he apparently became so upset that he was not able to collect the prize mid-flight that he decided to digest his winning scratch card … invalidating his claim.

The airline was asking visitors to its website to decide which charity should get the €10,000 prize.

“Passengers have always been delighted to claim their large cash prizes after returning home,” Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said.

“Unfortunately our latest winner felt that we should have his €10,000 prize kicking around on the aircraft.”

Source: The Australian

Why Tweeting Your Location Is Like Saying ‘Please Rob Me!’

The Web sites that seem to provide the best fresh robbery opportunities, according to this site, are Facebook, Twitter and a fairly new site, Foursquare, which shows your friends and followers where you are in the world.

Foursquare’s goal is to tell folks your location in case they just happened to be nearby, so you could hang out, grab a sandwhich or see a movie.

In theory, these communications are supposed to be harmless and protected, so they’re only viewable to just those you choose – but if you are here or there in the city or at the airport, guess where you are not: At home!

Some folks, especially teenagers and young adults, tend to have too much personal information on their Web sites. Some even include their home addresses.

That’s why Please Rob Me was put together by a group called Forthehack. Creators Bob and Bart said they are trying to prove a point.

As an example, they put in the words “left home” in a search engine, and found thousands of hits on social networking sites.

Can you say “robbery invitation”?

Source: cfnews13.com

Dumb Robber Leaves Own Car

The suspected thief got such a fright on Friday afternoon when he realised people were watching as he and his mates were breaking into a house in broad daylight, that he left his car – with the keys still in the ignition – in front of the house and fled on foot.

The police say the Ford Fiesta belongs to the man who ran away… and they expect to have him in custody soon.

Two of his mates were arrested after the burglary which took place at about 13:00.

Source: news24.com

I could spend all day doing this for you fraccers, but it’s just occurred to me that my time might be better spent on Twitter. The kids have been bugging me for a new computer and someone is bound to have updated their status to let me know they’re not home…