Too Stupid for Words category archive

This poor railroad engineer will have to live with the memory of this the rest of his or her life, and it wasn’t his or her fault.

As my two or three regular readers know, I worked for the railroad for over two decades; this sort of stuff happens every day because persons carelessly (and sometimes intentionally) put themselves in harm’s way, forgetting that the railroad is a place of business, not a scenic overlook or a nature trail or a shortcut to where they want to go.

Don’t take chances with trains.

If it’s a tie, you lose.

Have now reached peak twit?

Generally, my local rag does a pretty good job, but, really, now . . . .

This was yesterday’s headline.

This is today’s headline.

You can click on a picture to read the associated story.

She’s back.

Injudicious twits.

Men are pigs.

When I was in college, I thought briefly about joining a fraternity. Then I realized, why the hell should I pay dues to get drunk, when I could get drunk quite nicely on my own for the cost of a six.

I guess I missed the part about exploiting co-eds to make myself feel like a Real Big Man.

Jeopardized twits.

Playing the trump card.

Groomzilla.

Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up.

Facebook facilitates foolishness.

The resident curmudgeon at my local rag wonders why drivers rush in where angels dare to tread–tread water, that is.

Oh, my.

Wedding gone wild.

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Scholastic twits.

Then they took it back.

A woman who believed that a St. Petersburg hair salon owed her money decided to get revenge by stealing the business’ barber’s chair, police reported.

Here comes the judge.

Immigrants from the south flee death.

The northern horde simply wants to go to the beach.

A Quebec man who admitted that he attempted to smuggle his wife into the United States last month to vacation with family in Florida was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to time served and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Stupid droners drone on.

A tourist seeking to take pictures of Yellowstone National Park crashed a camera-equipped drone into its largest hot spring, possibly damaging the prized geothermal feature, a park official said on Wednesday.

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The National Park Service in June announced a ban on so-called unmanned aerial vehicles, but officials say premier national parks in the U.S. West are reporting a sharp rise in the number of drones buzzing bison and boaters.

Asking for it.