26th May 2005, 2:30 PM
Hmm, I just thought of an idea so brilliant my head would explode if I even BEGAN to know what I was talking about!
*later on the news*
Reporter: A horrible series of accidents has occurred today on roads across America, with lives lost totaling in the thousands. Chopper Dave, over to you.
Chopper Dave: Thanks Lucy. I actually have a number of things to report. First of all someone who's had it with being cut off all the time has started putting land mines at the end of merging lanes. Those of you who always wait until the last second may want to get your affairs in order. Also some clever soul has discovered a new fad that's sweeping across the nation. Apparently if you spray a parked police car with automatic gun fire as you speed by, there's at least a 50% chance they won't chase after you. Finally, an entrepreneur in the field of advertising has discovered an amazing new way to get ads noticed. This person, going by the name of "Dark Jaguar" (ooh scary, must be some Goth) has begun throwing flyers coated in super glue on the windshields of cars as they pass under bridges. The death toll has been nothing short of catastrophic but the site owners have justified the practice by noting a 10% increase in site hits. Back to you Lucy.
*later on the news*
Reporter: A horrible series of accidents has occurred today on roads across America, with lives lost totaling in the thousands. Chopper Dave, over to you.
Chopper Dave: Thanks Lucy. I actually have a number of things to report. First of all someone who's had it with being cut off all the time has started putting land mines at the end of merging lanes. Those of you who always wait until the last second may want to get your affairs in order. Also some clever soul has discovered a new fad that's sweeping across the nation. Apparently if you spray a parked police car with automatic gun fire as you speed by, there's at least a 50% chance they won't chase after you. Finally, an entrepreneur in the field of advertising has discovered an amazing new way to get ads noticed. This person, going by the name of "Dark Jaguar" (ooh scary, must be some Goth) has begun throwing flyers coated in super glue on the windshields of cars as they pass under bridges. The death toll has been nothing short of catastrophic but the site owners have justified the practice by noting a 10% increase in site hits. Back to you Lucy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)