Should Fake Pirates and Real Teenagers All Be in Prison?

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/10 02:52PM

The Way We Live Now: Weighing our options. Unwisely. Americans were never famous for our ability to make calm, sober choices. A recession is just an excuse to become a pirate! Or ask for donations! Or break outta jail!

Kid Discovers The Meaning of "Flammable"

Elaine Moran · 03/24/10 02:28PM

This kid somehow manages to set half of his camp site aflame, but it's the crazed laughter of everyone present that seems to suggest that the lawn chairs aren't the only ones getting blazed at this campout.

Bush Wipes the Poor Off on Clinton

Pareene · 03/24/10 02:15PM

Sure, he may be uncomfortable with the impoverished, but we should just be proud of former President Bush for making is through this whole visit to Haiti without one of his trademark hilarious verbal goof-ups, like "we don't torture.")

Little Miss Perfect: Strippers-in-Training

Devon Irete · 03/24/10 02:14PM

Just when you think dressing little girls up in glitter and hairspray was getting blasé and overdone, some redneck mom goes and ups the ante. Here's five-year-old Kyndal popping out of a box like a stripper in a birthday cake.

Milwaukee Student Arrested in the Middle of Class

Mike Byhoff · 03/24/10 01:42PM

Usually I'm not that cool with the poleezy. They're always confiscating my extensive bong collection, harassing me for driving on the sidewalk, and not allowing me to keep four wives. But this arrest of a disruptive student is justified.

Breakdancer Breaks Self

Mike Byhoff · 03/24/10 01:30PM

This girl was trying to move somethin', and she succeeded by flinging most of her possessions across the room in a desperate grasp for balance.

Food Critic Also Beaten Up by Albany Court

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/10 01:09PM

In your vengeful Wednesday media column: Albany justice does not save the media, a physically attractive journalist is found in India, Nightline is old, and the WSJ plans to cover this whole "god damn Mets" business.

Man Covers Car With Singing Fish and Lobsters

Elaine Moran · 03/24/10 12:48PM

It's called the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir, and it's made up of about 200 singing sea creatures on a Volvo. Every lobster from the marine cast of "The Little Mermaid" is rolling its eyes right now.