WTF Stories of the Week

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

You can try that mix again!

The more I think about it, the less I want to find out.

When I went to Farrell's it was when I was in high school and the Marching Band always went after football games. My memories are romanticized versions of what took place 30 years ago - I doubt that today's experience would even come close and I think I would rather not spoil the memories.

[Kevy Baby]

NASA finds cocaine in shuttle hangar

The Whole Story

Which I provide only so that I can follow up with (from Woot):

My God, It's Full Of Booger Sugar: 15 Signs That NASA Had A Cocaine Problem

1. Suspicious number of recent Space Shuttle flights to Bolivia.
2. Mission Control keeps going to the toilet as a group.
3. Where do you think the nickname "Buzz" came from?
4. Space station radio transcripts include two straight hours of chatter about how beautiful everybody is, followed by three hours about how the Space Shuttle could totally kick Jupiter's ass.
5. Mars Rover solar panel covered with white smears and razor marks.
6. Planned lunar lander to be named after Fleetwood Mac's dealer.
7. CIA now much more involved in funding of NASA missions.
8. Last launch countdown: "10... 9... 8.. 7.. 6. 5. 4 3 21BLASTOFFOHMYGODTHATLOOKSSOAMAZING"
9. Astronauts keep ducking into the Space Station "real quick," staying for 3 days.
10. Constant giggling while bouncing around the "moon landing" movie set.
11. We should have known those tiny spoons weren't for freeze-dried ice cream.
12. You ever see how clean the inside of that Space Station is?
13. Crew members radioed Mission Control about being "40,000 miles high" before shuttle had actually launched.
14. Why else would you drive straight through from Texas to Florida wearing diapers?
15. C'mon. They're shooting MONKEYS INTO SPACE.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I lol'd just at the term "Booger Sugar" (I'd never heard it before)

[Kevy Baby]

Okay, not really a 'story', but it seemed like as good of a place as any to put this:

Anybody want a $4,000.00 pair of sunglasses?

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Okay, not really a 'story', but it seemed like as good of a place as any to put this:

Anybody want a $4,000.00 pair of sunglasses?

I'll take them off your hands

[alphabassettgrrl]

For that price, they'd better shoot laser beams or something.

[Prudence]

The more expensive the sunglasses are, the faster the Rat loses them. Those would last about 90 minutes.

(cf. his Home Depot safety sunglasses, which stick around long enough to actually wear out.)

[Kevy Baby]

I found that I prefer more expensive sunglasses as I DON'T lose them - I am too paranoid about losing an expensive item. The ones I have now I've had for several years and they are beyond worn out.

[Alex]

I don't lose expensive sunglasses.

However, what I've learned is that I don't take any better care of expensive sunglasses than cheap sunglasses. Use of the case will not extend beyond the first week. To the extent that expensive sunglasses stand up to wear better that's ok. But they're all going to scratch when then end up in a pocket with my car keys.

But I had a pair of expensive sunglasses for almost five years before they broke. Then in the two months following I went through (losing them) five pairs of convenience store sunglasses.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think I've finally found the magic combination for me. An intermediate-priced pair ($40) with a cloth pouch. I have had them for quite some time now, always keeping the pouch with me and have yet to lose or damage them. I think it helps that they fold up very flat and the thin pouch doesn't add any bulk, so I can comfortably slip them into my pocket when I'm not wearing them. It means I don't sit on them, drop them, leave them laying on a table.