Last Friday, the north Mexican town of Los Ramones inaugurated a brand new police station.
On Monday night, gunmen from one of the local drug cartels pulled up in front of it, sprayed 1000 bullets and lobbed half a dozen grenades. Incredibly, no-one was killed.
On Tuesday morning, the entire police force of Los Ramones resigned.
Now here’s Mihuaxiutl with the weather…
Every Cop In Town Quits (MSNBC)
James Kennedy (right), who is charged with making corrupt payments to politicians, arrives this morning at the Central Criminal Court to be served the book of evidence. How does he plead?
Not me, m’lud.
Still. Gotta love that jammer:
(Photocall Ireland, Bentley photo by Frank McGrath, Irish Independent)
As part of his innovative attempt (brains, you see) to promo his new zombie apocalypse novel Rise Again, author, Ben Tripp is offering a downloadable sheet of zombie wounds on his site. Ben sez:
Print them on full-sheet sticker paper, then cut, peel, and stick. You can also find some zombie eyeglasses on the site for the instant undead look.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5LlSKKG3M&feature=player_embedded
If you like things falling over and hitting other things which then fall over, you’ll love this.
A commercial by Arizona used-book seller Bookmans featuring a domino-run with thousands of used books.
They’re a cross breed. Part Daft Labrador/ Part KKK.
For more of the best Halloween pets, do click on this rather excellent slide gallery.
Man in cupboard: It’s a Polish word, as it happens.. Comes from de Yiddish, written as ‘hucpa’.
Us: Thank you
Man in Cupboard: Most welcome.
Ahern Warns Poland On Need To Rein In Financial Institutions (Irish Times)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNf9_0w5qzw&feature=player_embedded
A redux of Michael Jackson’s Beat It where the iPhone gang faces off against the iPad gang, complete with a running commentary of tweets.
A perfect storm of geeknacity.
We still like Weird Al Yankovic’s version.
