Tag: real-life
Thieves caught after police track their footprints in the snow
Thieves were caught after police tracked footprints they left behind in the snow. Two men held up a store in Whitnash, Warwickshire last Saturday morning (March 23, 2013) and left with money and lottery scratchcards. Authorities showed up to investigate and taking advantage of the snowy conditions, followed the thieves’ footprints to a nearby block…
No kidding – a 2002 patent issued for a swing hanging from a tree branch
Given the ongoing thermonuclear patent war between Google (Samsung) and Apple over trivial things like pinch to zoom and rounded corners on icons, you gotta wonder if the patent system is prime for a rework. Here’s further proof – a 2002 patent for a swing suspended by chains hanging from a horizontal tree branch.
Germans ban laptops in parliamentary meetings so Pirate Party shows up with typewriters instead [Photo]
In an apparent throwback to elementary school days, the German Council of Elders banned all laptops from parliamentary meetings. In protest, the Pirate Party showed up with typewriters instead (see photo).
Real world court exchanges
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
