Lars referred to rumors or news–maybe articles, stories, reports, youknowwhatImean–about a new movie on Robin Hood. I’ve seen that it will be called Nottingham, but more importantly, I have uncovered a teaser trailer for this film. It looks a bit rough, but maybe it’s a viral marketing idea. Don’t worry about the name change on Robin Hood. Hollywood feels they have to come up with something original on occasion.

Sometimes, it dawns on you over a bowl of the frosted flakes that you can’t face the day. That’s why we have comics. More at garfield minus garfield.

Why does Norwegian garbage trucks drive so fastly?

The drivers are afraid of being robbed!

So, one night, a torrential rain soaked northwestern Minnesota. The next morning the resulting floodwaters came up about 6 feet into most of the homes there.

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Hey, kids! It’s National Environmental Education Week. What NEEW this year? (heh, heh) We’re focusing on our carbon footprint. You know the earth is warming up, baking polar bears, and flooding the innocent people of Manhattan Beach because of your wasteful lifestyle. Shame on you. The government isn’t doing its part, so you have to do yours. And here’s a simple thing you can do to help the planet.

Don’t fart.

Did you know that the average person farts 16 times a day? That’s excess CO2, Nitrogen, and other gazes in our atmosphere. Not good. Let’s team up to fight global warming by not farting.

Think it’s impossible? Try avoiding food. Eating is a major cause in human farting, so maybe you should just eat a little less, if at all. For pete’s sake, people! We’re all going to die if we don’t do something, so help out a little.

Tags: global warming, climate change, neew, prevention

April Fool’s Day is Christmas Day for passive-aggressives. Roy Bragg of San Antonio, Texas, says, “The main goal of April 1 should be to avoid embarrassment. Don’t say “yes” to anything tomorrow. Question anything that appears out of the ordinary. Check everything twice. If someone appears to be goofing on you, grab the nearest blunt object and hit them in the head with it.”

Methane found on distant world, “a Jupiter-sized planet known as HD 189733b.”

Insert juvenile humor here.

Happy Easter, everyone. My four year old just told what we used to call a rip-snorter.

Why did the chicken cross the road to get the ball?

He didn’t want to be a snowflake.

Mmm, does it get any better than that?

By way of Kimbooktu, I have learned the William J. Clinton Presidential Library has a representation of Cthulhu overlook the visitors. Scroll down a bit to see a couple photos of it. It’s labeled a “Chihuly Sculpture,” but [not so] seriously, doesn’t that remind you of the biggest force of evil in this universe this side of Darth Vader?

That is, another animal that has been hit by Jared Wilson. Didn’t know that, did you? Well, there are other amazing facts I’ll bet you didn’t know, generated by The Mechanical Contrivium. The inimitable Mr. Wilson points out this spectacular device, and since I want to be like him when I grow up, I plugged in my vital data and discovered these amazing things!

1. Phil Wade was first grown in America by the grandmother Maria Ann Smith, from whom his name comes.

2. You share your birthday with Phil Wade!

3. The only Englishman to become Phil Wade was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Phil Wade from 1154 to 1159.

4. Phil Wadeomancy is the art of telling the future with Phil Wade.

5. Four-fifths of the surface of Phil Wade is covered in water.

6. Antarctica is the only continent without Phil Wade.

7. 99 percent of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as Phil Wade.

8. Bees visit over three million flowers to make a single kilogram of Phil Wade.

9. Phil Wade is actually a mammal, not a fish!

10. Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by Phil Wade.

I’ve often thought there were many bees in my yard.

A relatively new company, Buy n Large, has announced a developing line of robotic partners, called Roboti-Mates. They demonstrated the “Hubby” model in New York with a woman who had lived with the robot for six months. He acts like a normal husband, she says.

Sometimes he cries at inappropriate times and bangs his head on the wall screaming, ‘Please kill me!’ But I just quickly reboot him before the kids get upset.

I don’t think this will catch on, but I’ve been wrong before. (via Arts and Faith)