Here's a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports:
All we need to do is develop a security booth that you can step into that will NOT X-ray you, but WILL detonate any explosive device you may have hidden on or in your body.
The explosion will be contained within the sealed booth. This would be a win-win for everyone.
There would be none of this baloney about racial profiling and the device would eliminate long and expensive trials. This is so SNARKY simple that it's brilliant.
I can see it now: you're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion.
Then shortly thereafter an announcement comes over the PA system,
"Attention standby passengers, we now have a seat available on flight number........"
Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Kulula is an Airline with head office situated in Johannesburg. Kulula airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining. Above in the video are some real examples that have been heard or reported:
On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, "People, people we're not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!"
On another flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."
On landing, the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all of your belongings.. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have."
Don't panic if your Kulula pilot announces that your flight has just landed in Harare - they love joking. Kulula Airlines is one of 3 low cost carriers operating in South Africa (Mango and 1time are the others), and is known for its humorous in-flight commentary and advertisements.
The Kulula brand is owned by Comair (who also operate British Airways flights in South Africa), a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and its steadily-increasing offering includes travel, credit cards and cellphone connections.
The word kulula is Zulu for it is light or it is easy/simple. Don't believe? Check Snopes HERE
The funeral home is in Topeka , Kansas .This rig can be rented for $500 plus a dollar a mile over 100 miles. The owner of the rig sort of looks like some body from ZZ Top, doesn't he? The owner of the funeral home is the guy in the suit in the bottom photo.
Have you ever wondered what all those extra SUVs are in the Presidential or VIP motorcades? You know the ones with blacked windows that no one gets in or out of.
Well, wonder no more. They have a 6-barreled 7.62mm mini gun. They fire over 4,000 rounds per minute. The wipers need to be run to remove spent casings when the weapon is firing.
This video is from the company that makes this happen. The vehicle is also armor plated.
The Snarkies have a guest blog entry from a very cool blogger we met this week.
Michael from FiftiesNostalgia He thought this might be a little risque but we are pretty sure our readers can handle this fun post. THANKS MICHAEL!
We've probably all admired them from time to time over the years. I'm referring to woodies. The main thing about woodies is, they're big. And some are bigger than others. But some say size doesn't matter. A woodie is a woodie.
If you've ever seen one, you would remember it. They were very popular during the fifties, and they remain so today. A lot of men wanted one, and a lot of them had one. You can still see them today, but not as often as you used to.
For those of you too young to remember the woodie, it is a type of car. More specifically, it is a station wagon. And I’ll explain where that name came from momentarily.
Woodies were manufactured in the United States as far back as 1910. During the 30s, 40s, and 50s, American car manufacturers continued to build them. The main characteristic of the woodie that distinguishes it from other types of cars is the rear portion of the body. It was made of wood.
Frequently this wood is visible, since it is covered in a clear finish, either over the entire wooden area or sometimes just on the framework with the interior panels painted.
Earlier cars generally had aluminium or steel panels bolted on top of the wood framing. Woodies were originally cheaper because they didn't need these panels. Since they were less expensive, railway stations used them for moving luggage and small shipments. Hence the name, station wagon. Notice the illustration at the very top which shows a woodie at a train station. The tradition of the woodie remains in the woodgrain decals and plastic beams attached to a structural steel body of many station wagons.
This car body style was popular both in the United States and the United Kingdom. Woodies were produced from all kinds of cars, from basic to luxury, but the most popular conversions in the US were large, powerful but not highly luxurious models. By contrast, in Europe early woodies were usually built on luxury car platforms such as Rolls-Royce.
The vast majority of woodies were produced before the end of the 1950s at which time safety regulations and changing automotive fashions meant the effective end of the style.
In the 1960s and to some degree the 1970s woodies were considered undesirable and old fashioned. California surfers, among others, saw the potential of these cars because they were cheap, large enough to carry a good number of people, surfboards and equipment. And when you're at the beach and you happen upon a bunch of young girls in bathing suits needing a ride, a woodie could be very popular.
Thus, the woodie became the vehicle of the surfer. The Beach Boys directly referred to them in several of their songs. There is probably a higher population of surviving woodies in California than anywhere else.
