Origami Spring

Not the season, the device.

Success

In FRANCE, Jacques LeFevrier left nothing to chance when he decided
to commit suicide. He stood at the top of a tall cliff and tied a noose
around his neck. He tied the other end of the rope to a large rock.
He drank some poison and set fire to his clothes. He even tried to shoot
himself at the last moment. He jumped and fired the pistol. The bullet
missed him completely and cut through the rope above him. Free of the
threat of hanging, he plunged into the sea. The sudden dunking
extinguished the flames and made him vomit the poison. He was dragged
out of the water by a kind fisherman and was taken to a hospital, where
he died of hypothermia.

First Robot Fly

First one that flies, that is.
It's here.

Vladimir Kush

Delayed Conclusion

Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man. Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him. (Source: Ripley's Believe It or Not!)

Big "Back to Communism" Parade in Russia

Basse Couture

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...Next Two Miles

Let's Go Riding

It's a '36 knucklehead, folks...the bike, that is.

Let's Go Flying

Barbie Getting Older

She should have developed her mind more.

Quick Shopping Device

Ordinary?

Nothing unusual here, except that everything in this photo is made of wood.

Jux Ta Pose

Poster Boys

Auction Lennon's Glasses

...for about $750,000, or so the buzz.

Don't Forget to Brush

Speaking of Bad Chinese Food....

Here's a site that shows some pretty vile foodstuffs...
"Food from the darkside...."

Swords into Ploughshares

Chuckin' Chuck

Notice how there is an official television news voice and a real voice. One is a few notes higher than the other. Guess which. But hey, we've all been there, right?

Pic of the Week