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Cops Make Major Hibiscus Bust

Texas cops thought they'd made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard. It turns out the tall plants with the narrow leaves arranged in a fan pattern weren't pot plants at all, but specimens of Texas Star hibiscus, which resident Blair Davis grows for his landscaping business.

That didn't convince the 10 or so members of the Harris County Organized Crime Unit who stormed around the house.

"I just put my head down, shook it and said: 'Guys, you are making a terrible mistake. That is Texas Star hibiscus, not marijuana,'" Davis told the TV station. "They just told me to shut up."

At one point, the officers discussed whether the bamboo in the window might be the demon weed as well, Davis told the Houston Chronicle. They also asked him what he planned to do with the watermelons and cantaloupes growing out back.

"What would I do with them?" Davis said he responded.

It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves - marijuana has rough leaves and dense flowering buds - in the yard and tipped off the authorities.
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Greatest comment on this story, ever:
"Awright, granny, GET ON THE GROUND! DON'T MOVE!"
"whaa..what's going o- OW!"
*slam!*
"you thought you could just distribute your goddamn cocaine pies until you died, DIDN'T YOU?"
"That...that's flour..."
"WHAT ARE THOSE CHERRIES FOR??"

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The French have better advertising than you do.

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"Left Behind": The Video Game.

That's right, dune buggies for roaches.

Taking a cue from technology that looks to biological systems for inspiration, Garnet Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball.

The original goal was to build something that used an insect and operated better than a microprocessor. Unfortunately, this wasn't the outcome. Roaches aren't the most predictable bugs. But he's happy with the results. "I think it's produced a system that's more interesting than a computer," he said. "It depends on what you use to measure it."

Hertz rotates 15 giant Madagascan cockroaches in and out of the driver's seat of the vehicle. Instead of brains, the roaches have ganglia: clumps of nerve cells on various parts of their bodies. Their relatively large size make them easier to work with than other types of roaches, and their tendency to hiss when they are upset lets him know if it's time to give one a break from playing Dale Earnhardt. They have a life span of about three years, so he has plenty of chances to let them drive.

They've hired an old exterminator, a young exterminator, and....

Pennsylvania Church has so many bees in the walls that honey oozes from them.

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World War II sniper returns mittens he stole from a Christmas tree to keep his hands warm - in 1941.

Charles Stacey, 84, grabbed the gloves from a Christmas tree as he hid from the Nazis in a family's home.

The Commando used them throughout the war but has always been wracked with guilt at denying three-year-old Anne Osmundsvaag her present. When he was invited back to Norway to commemorate the battle he decided to make amends by buying a new pair of mittens. And he was stunned to find Anne, now 67, still living at the same house.

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Forget eminent domain: City council told to approve a building project or go to jail.

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Will's Declaration Of Repudiation

Should have had this for the 4th, but, hey, still good.

BEHOLD, THE SUITCASE OF MEAT

taken from tjcrowley

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Livejournal Performance Art is AWESOME.

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BBC Parliament internal email:
NEWSFLASH:
There has been a widespread outbreak of grumbling and tutting today in London, along with a large number of people going home instead of to work, with a certain amount of guilty pleasure.

- from The Definitive Collection of Quotes from Brits speaking out about yesterday's bombing.

"No, really, we're not scared. You can try and kill as many people as you want, you're still going to lose because we're just that damn British. Also? Notice those docks and airports? Still open to the freedom loving folk. Suck it, bitch."

GREATEST LIVEJOURNAL ICON EVER

Big List, Smaller, Yadda Yadda Yadda

The bad Japanese people have NOT STOPPED MAKING PORN.

This is in direct violation of my wishes.

And your brain, if you click here.

Not work safe. It broke flemco

Speaking of things that break flemco dirty, dirty fucking furries. Don't click. Don't look at it. It's not good.

YOU MUST BUY ME STICKERS NOW.

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