Simply Dumb

We’re constantly hearing about high-speed police chases where someone runs from the cops and is pursued all over the place in an attempt to capture said person. Because if somebody runs, they have something to hide.
So it tickled our funny bone just a little bit to hear of a low-speed chase in northern Australia. With golf carts. Turns out that a group of boys grabbed a golf cart from a resort and took it for a joy ride. So two resort employees gave chase. In another cart.
We picture an OJ-esque chase down the street in super-slow-mo as the resort employees …read more

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This is like something out of Wild Kingdom meets the Three Stooges. The Associated Press reports that on Saturday Australian Jason Cull was getting mauled by a 16-foot shark in the waters near Middleton Beach. He wrestled with the shark and finally escaped by poking it in the eye.
Now he, folks, is a man and a half. That’s right, he took a page from Nature Boy Ric Flair’s playbook. While the shark severely damaged Cull’s leg, obviously things could have been much, much worse. I can’t imagine actually having the presence of mind to process things and semi-calmly …read more

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New South Wales has banned laster pointers. Now why would a major Australian state go and do something like that? Because some dummies have decided that it’s fun to shine the high-intensity lasers into cockpits. The temporarily blinded pilots don’t think it’s nearly as funny though. And neither does the government, which has assigned a jail term of up to 14 years for anyone caught carrying them without a permit.
Several pilots recently reported instances of high-powered lasers being shown into the cockpit during landings and take-offs. Just a moment of blindness could cause serious consequences. So serious, in fact, that …read more

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If you’re an arachnophobe, you may just want to move on from this post. That is, if the picture didn’t already send you scurrying on your way. A small Australian hospital had to close due to an influx of venomous spiders. We’re already shuddering at the thought.
The Baralaba Multi Purpose Health Service planned to close for fumigation to get rid of redback spiders. Warm weather caused more eggs to hatch than normal, and a large number have planted themselves inside the hospital. The spiders have a painful bite and poisonous venom, but they are rarely fatal.

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