A Vulture Goes to the Airport...

From Trivium Pursuit comes this:

A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

*rimshot*

Friday Fun Video: Boating in a Bouncy Castle

Check out this bit of hilarity as some British pranksters crash an Italian regatta on Lake Garda.

Geek Fun: Top 10 April Fool's Pranks

AWESOME.

This Wikipedia fake entry is darn funny, but -- as usual -- it's the Brits who have the best April Fool's news prank.

Nerd Fun: How to Grade Papers

Hahaha! I've been tempted!

Holiday Hijinks: Best Christmas Decorating Pranks of the Year

The "ditto" house was inspired, but I really, REALLY like this too.

Nerd Fun: A Christmas Prank at Cambridge

Here's a Cambridge student prank right on time for the holidays!

Nerd Fun: the Zombie Attack Plan at the University of Florida

Someone still has a sense of humor! Check this out. Go Gators!

For those of you who are interested, here's the PDF version of the Disaster Preparedness Simulation Exercise #5: Zombie Attack. Granted, UF isn't the first school to ponder this. Yale did it a few months ago.

You'll recall a previous nerdy treatment of zombies by 2 Canadian universities. You know, nerds do seem to love zombies -- loooooooooooooove zombies. Maybe it's the whole brain-eating thing. Geeks do love them some walking undead too.

Geek Fun: Making a Dead Pixel for Google Earth

OK, I thought this was hilarious.

Political Humor of the Day: What's the Difference Between Palin and Obama?

This made me laugh:

Question: What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

Answer: One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy. The other kills her own food.

Plus I love how the joke takes the entire sexism-tinged media madness about Sarah Barracuda and turns it upside down.

The entire article, by the way, is also worth the time to read.

Nerd Notes: Amusing Student Prank Alert as Scottish Kids Cover Classroom Floor with Turf

I thought this prank was darn amusing (and also very creative), though clearly the officials did not. Note how the adults involved haven't the foggiest clue about the student psyche!

Perhaps the students can defend themselves by saying that they were motivated by concern for Gaia and that they only wanted their school to be environmentally friendly...