Digital Practice of Law: Fun Sites

Lighter Side: Dumb and Dumber

Easiest Bust Ever
MAN CAUGHT WITH MARIJUANA AT COURTHOUSE

"A man going through a courthouse metal detector emptied his pockets,
tossing a small bag of marijuana into the security tray. When Clyde
Lamar Pace II realized what he had done, he tried to flee. But he ran
the wrong way from Polk County deputies into a locked revolving door."

January 16, 2004 in Fun Sites | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Lighter Side - Stealing Does (NOT) Bite!

"Man Bitten After Putting Snake in Pocket

GREENWICH, N.J. (AP) - A man who police say stole two snakes from a pet store was bitten by one of the reptiles as he drove home from the Franklin Township store.

The tiger python snakes were not poisonous, and the 20-year-old man, whom police declined to identify, did not seek medical treatment for the bite to his groin area.

Police said the man took the snakes last week, slipping them into canvas bags he had rigged in his pants pockets. As the man headed home, one of the snakes wriggled out of the bag, wrapped itself around his leg and bit him."

January 12, 2004 in Fun Sites | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

1930 Security Issues

Just for fun...

"I travel a lot and have lots of flight and security issues, but just consider what they dealt with in 1930 when the flight attendants instruction manual included these helpful hints:

1. Keep the clock and the altimeter wound up.
2. Carry a railroad timetable in case the plane is grounded.
3. Warn passengers against throwing their cigars and cigarettes out the windows.
4. Keep an eye on passengers when they go to the lavatory to be sure they do not mistakenly go out the emergency exit. (This was my favorite.)
- adapted from A Treasury of Humor, by Eric W. Johnson (Prometheus Books)"

December 25, 2003 in Fun Sites | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Watchful Eyes

Do you ever feel that someone is watching you?

December 12, 2003 in Fun Sites | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The Plain English Campaign Awards

Each year the Welcome to Plain English Campaign site presents awards in their effort fighting for public information to be written in plain English.

Previous wnners:

"2002: Actor Richard Gere who said: 'I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe and somebody said I was a snake, I'd think 'No, actually I am a giraffe.''

2001: Artist Tracey Emin, who explained 'When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in terms of art - and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.'

2000: Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone for her comments quoted in the Sunday Telegraph.

'I think that [the film] 'Clueless' was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.'"

December 03, 2003 in Fun Sites | Permalink | Comments (0)