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If you like that, we can sell you a solar flashlight

From the wish-we'd-thoughta-that department:

In London, new solar parking meters have stopped working due to the lack of sun.

Ah, the wonders of technology.

There's only one solution: Three day weekend every week

Study: People in big cities are effectively working six day weeks due to long commute times.

You needed a study for THAT?

Why not a four day weekend?

In the news: Officials in Bolivia told residents to stay home in order to be counted in the country's census.

All we get is Labor Day.

Don't read the REAL cafeteria food ingredients, either

From the what-the-hell department:

A student in Michigan was suspended after reading a parody of his school's tardiness policy to a group of friends in the cafeteria.

We'll get right on that

An e-mail with the subject "FW: Why not?" wants you to know that if you send this to 7 people within the next 5 minutes, your wish will come true.

Good for Bill Gates

Reuters Headline: Toys R Us Sells Out Xbox Pre-Orders in 30 Minutes

Reuters Headline: U.S. Says No Longer Pursuing Microsoft Break-Up

Reuters Headline, December 2001: Bill Gates Buys Planet

Sharp as a tack

A man wielding a samurai sword killed one man and left two injured in northern Japan after they apparently turned up at his house to remove him from the property.

When will people learn that guns don't kill people, samurai swords kill people.

Guess they ran out of Monty Python jokes

In the news: NASA is asking people for suggestions on what to call the new space observatory that will allow scientists to search for other planets.

We recommend InteractiveSPACE.com. But only you can decide.

Sources: ABCNews.com, AP, Reuters

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Originally published: 09/06/2001

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