Isn't this eerie? It's a picture from the NYT showing life today in the no-man's-land around the old Fukushima nuclear power plant after its triple-meltdown in 2011. Doesn't it remind you of that National Geographic Channel show Aftermath: Population Zero about how nature will take back over after humans become extinct?
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Now this is just downright evil: It seems there are pregnant women doing a booming business selling "positive" home pregnancy test kit results on Craig's List. *
The visual ones selling for $25....
The digital ones going for $50.
I can only think of 2 reasons women would want to buy these. One, they want to trick their boyfriends into marrying them; or two, even more dastardly, they want him to cough up money for an abortion.
OK guys, two can play this game. I'm announcing my new venture....home vasectomy test kits that show negative results. **
Here's how it works: For $50 I'll send you my home vasectomy test kit with a negative readout proving you're shooting blanks. You just stick it in your ear (which everyone knows is where sperm hang out when on they're on standby) and in seconds you can show her the results, "98.6" being the code for "all play, no work". Even a couple of degrees higher should still give you time to make the airport. ;)
* This part is real.
**This part isn't.
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Have you ordered yours yet....your "anti-surveillance" clothing? A guy named Adam Harvey has introduced his line of clothing made with some sort of metallic-cloth blend material that supposedly hides your body heat signature from drones flying overhead.
"Top Gun 3 to base....ahh, yes, my screen is showing a couple of unattached arms walking down the sidewalk without a body....I think we've found our guy....over...."
He's also offering a cell phone case made from a similar material that prohibits your cell phone from emitting signals that can be tracked. "No electronic signal can get out" (or in, I presume), Adam proudly announced at the unveiling of his "Stealth Wear" line.
Umm....Adam....haven't you just turned your smart phone into a dumb rock?
I think Adam needs to keep his day job on the loading dock.
Hump Day. Yea!
S
If he puts some sleeves that thing could go over well in the Middle East for women. The abortion thing actually makes sense because wouldn't you have to actually get pregnant soon or else the guy might start to wonder why you aren't showing. I guess you could say you miscarried. But really I think they did this on Days of Our Lives back in the 90s.
ReplyDeleteYou are on a roll Scott!
ReplyDeleteI loved Aftermath:Population Zero. I recall one episode that explained how holiday fruitcake will last for thousands of years.
ReplyDeleteHa! That's hilarious. I especially love the vasectomy tester :)
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck does "hump day" mean to a retired person???
ReplyDelete:-)