CNN reports that Atlanta is installing urine detectors in subway system elevators, which will set off an alarm, and lead to the arrest of elevator-urinators! 3 More Things We’d Like To See Installed In Subway Systems 1. Bathrooms! We bet that may… Read More ›
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Funniest Travel News Headline Of 2013?
Sometimes a headline is so good that reading, or in this case viewing the news story could only lead to disappointment. And our new favorite headline comes from King5.com: “TSA agent confiscates sock monkey’s pistol.” We could read on about… Read More ›
Man Wakes Up In Dark, Empty Commercial Airliner, And It’s Not A Zombie Movie!
QMI Agency reports that a man fell asleep on a United Express plane, and woke up in a “cold, pitch-black cabin” in a parked plane in Houston after nobody noticed he was asleep in his seat when the passengers and… Read More ›
If A Basketball Team Bumps You Out Of Your Airline Seat, Will A Referee Call “Traveling?”
The Gainesville Sun reports that Delta bumped all of the passengers off a flight from Gainesville to Atlanta to allow a University of Florida basketball team to fly on the plane instead. Reportedly the passengers noticed something was up when… Read More ›
New Plane In Works Could Give You Thrilling Ride To Boring Destinations
Yahoo reports that a new supersonic plane being developed by Boeing and other companies could travel 2,500 miles per hour, almost twice as fast as the Concorde. This could get you from London, England to Sydney, Australia in about four hours,… Read More ›
3 Things We’d Like To Magically Adjust In Hotels
Business Insider reports that by making some secret adjustments to a hotel thermostat, you can get it to display “VIP” and set it to whatever temperature you want. Here are 3 things we’d like to adjust: 1. Block the hotel invoice… Read More ›
Kid Flies To Vegas Without Boarding Pass, Which Is More Interesting Than The Hangover 3
CNN reports that a nine-year-old boy somehow was able to sneak on to a plane from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, without a boarding pass. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Will someone please lower the gambling age to… Read More ›
Man Tries To Smuggle Turtle In Hamburger Through Airport Security
South China Morning Post reports that “a man tried to smuggle his pet turtle through security in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport by hiding it in a KFC hamburger.” 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. KFC serves hamburgers in China? How… Read More ›
Students Trick Yacht’s Navigation System. Interestingly, This Is Not How The Kardashians Ended Up In A Yacht All The Way In Greece On Their Show Last Night.
The Houston Chronicle reports that a professor and some University of Texas students were able to take control of an $80 million dollar yacht by overriding the yacht’s GPS signals with fake signals. All of this was done with the… Read More ›
Allegedly Drunk Man Swims From Canada To Detroit… At Night… We Only Wish Someone Asked Him If He “Had Anything To Declare” At The Border!
The Windsor Star reports a man was charged with public intoxication after swimming across the Detroit River to Detroit late Monday evening and trying to swim back to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Apparently he didn’t swim to a border crossing, where… Read More ›
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