As if increasing flight fares and excessive baggage fees weren't enough to bring out our inner crankypants, airlines are beginning to seriously (and unfairly) crack down on what folks choose to wear on flights.
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Don’t tell me not to wear my belly shirt on your plane!
Regardless of political affilations or persuasions, every human being with a working set of lungs, eyes and nostrils can agree that the world is worth saving. Some of these actual ideas, however, make me wonder if our brains are beyond being rescued. 1.) Pass some more of scruffy, please Agent Smith from “The Matrix” (I know that’s probably the least intelligent source for literary criticism since the Bush Administration cited “24” in a torture memo , but hear me out) described humans as a “virus,” an organisms who’s single purpose in life is to use up all of the resources around it and move on to the next host. It turns out he was wrong
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8 dumbest ways to save the environment
The Army has officially banned “toe shoes.” Not because the glove-like shoes are inferior or pose a health hazard to soldiers but because old people think they look silly. Here's the Army's official statement: There are a variety of minimalist running shoes available for purchase and wear. Effective immediately, only those shoes that accommodate all five toes in one compartment are authorized for wear. Those shoes that feature five separate, individual compartments for the toes, detract from a professional military image and are prohibited for wear with the IPFU or when conducting physical training in military formation.
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Banning military footwear because of how it looks is dumb
This infomercial should have been the first warning that America is bored with being wealthy and powerful, which is what happens to empires right before they puke on their shoes and pass out in the gutter.
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This is what infomercials are like in hell
In 1979, comedian Steve Martin published a book of short works called Cruel Shoes , which included an essay by the same name.
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Offbeat bras poke fun at society’s dumb standards of beauty
From weapons of mass destruction to plagiarism to outright journalistic fraud , one of the more shameful hallmarks of this decade was the repeated sacrificing of accuracy for efficacy. Perhaps nothing illustrated this trend better than the story of James Frey, the author of a 2003 “memoir” of addiction entitled A Million Little Pieces .
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Dumbest Moments Of The Decade: Oprah Tears Author James Frey ‘A Million Little New Ones’
Last month I was taking a flight with my infant daughter strapped to my chest in a sling. After removing my shoes and placing them on the conveyor belt, a security officer stopped me.
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Dumbest Moments Of The Decade: The Shoe Bomber Ruins It For Everybody
According to a report in The Local, a website that translates Sweden's news into English, an outspoken Swedish pastor and opponent of gay marriage named Dag Sandahl caused a stir with his foul-mouthed outburst about anal sex last October. The whole thing is certainly pretty dumb.
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Searching For Something Dumb, Finding Something Dumber.
For this couple in Witchita, KS , the question remains, which was stupider: to have a sexual tryst inside a Dumpster, or allow yourself to be robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the wallet by two men who are nearly senior citizens.
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Bin There, Done That
To go where no newspaper has gone before…USA Today says the Steelers “refuse to be phased.” Too bad they meant fazed . In the words of Joe Loong , who found this, set phasers on #dumbthings. UPDATE: They must've heard us mocking because they changed the word! Luckily, we got a screengrab . Choo-choo uh-oh: Long Island Railroad prints a ticket on old card stock, leading to a woman on her way to meet friends for dinner in Manhattan getting hauled off the train, accused of forgery. The railroad allegedly took her to a police holding cell for three hours, removed her shoes, cell phone battery and belt. The woman claims that after three hours they realized the ticket was indeed real, she was given a free replacement 10-trip ticket and sent on her way. But she's suing for $500,000, which will get her a heck of a lot more rides . Heck she might be able to buy her own rail car if she wants.
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Dumb This & That