...is relished by the wisest men. Which is why we've decided to start including stories of the strange, silly, and absurd.
Republican? Democrat? Vampire?
With Halloween just around the corner, the strange, creepy, and crazies seem to come out of the woodworks, or should I say lairs? A Florida man, sorry, vampire, is not satisfied with merely being the undead… he wants to be the President of the United States. Insert your own political joke and read the rest of the story
here.
Busted by Barcodes
With our busy schedules and hectic lives, self-checkout is one of the greatest inventions! Who wants to stand in line behind the family who has done their yearly shopping in one big trip when you’ve just grabbed a few items and need to get out quickly? But there’s always one person who tries to ruin it for the rest of us. Enter one woman, who thought she could cheat the Home Depot self-checkout system. In the end, her plan was foiled by the very barcodes she tried to manipulate. Read the whole story
here.
How Do You Hide 600lbs of Trout?
Sunburst Trout Farm discovered the loss of 600 pounds of trout from one of their ponds. The local fish markets have been told to be on the look out for the stolen fish. Now, if the fish were tagged with barcodes or RFID tags, it’d be fairly easy for the fish markets to identify the stolen trout, even if the thieves were smart enough to not try to sell all of them at once. Read the whole story
here
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