E. Thomas Drakes

  • skydiving

    Skydivers collide during memorial jump for fallen skydivers

    Perhaps proving that no good deed goes unpunished, a skydiver in Riverside, California is dead after accidentally colliding with another during an ‘ash dive’ to honor the memory of two fallen skydiving instructors. In both incidents, the skydivers’ parachutes became entangled on descent; luckily for the most recent pair,...
  • drunk baby

    Today’s not-so-frivolous lawsuit brought to you by Applebee’s

    Last week’s viral Applebee’s headline, in which a one-year-old toddler was accidentally served margarita mix in his child’s drink and later registered a BAC of 0.1, has been followed up by – you guessed it – a lawsuit. Now the two parties, parents Taylor Dill-Reese and Dominic Wilson and...
  • blackjesus

    Article asserting Jesus was gay gets less-than-positive feedback

    Of all the things one could say to a Christian in order to ensure never being invited to their dinner parties ever again, “God is dead” and “Judas was actually the hero” might be on top of the list – right behind “Jesus was gay.” The Guardian, in an...
  • samantha

    School administrator outed for porn stardom

    Samantha Ardente found employment nine years ago at a school near Quebec City as an administrator.  Secretly, however, she was also employed as an adult actress, and kept this job under wraps until it was outed by a 14-year-old student. Reportedly, the boy asked Ardente for her autograph after...
  • failsafe

    Disabilities recipient caught playing golf

    Chris Mowatt collected over $26,000 dollars from the British welfare system over the course of three and a half years; he claimed that a slipped disc in his back kept him from walking more than 25 yards at a time.  The best part: Mowatt suffered from no real disability....
  • neeley

    Resolving conflicts like a boss: Teacher pepper sprays students

    Sometimes, telling your students to sit down and be quiet just isn’t enough. Barbara Neeley, a teacher’s aide and teacher in Georgia, was caught on camera employing pepper spray to discipline a pair of students who refused to sit down in class.  The kicker: While one student was unaffected,...
  • cowtipping

    Old and faded: Shark attacks; New and deadly: Cow attacks

    While the media paints a terrifying picture of sharks as man-eating predators, most Americans don’t know that you’re twenty-seven times more likely to be slain by a murderous bovine. It’s true: Between 2003 and 2008, four shark fatalities have been reported in the United States, compared to a whopping...
  • charlene johnson

    Today’s ‘Nudist charged with DUI’ story brought to you by Florida

    When Charlene Johnson was pulled over in Martin County, Florida, deputies found exactly what they’d expected: Johnson’s BAC over twice the legal limit and marijuana in the vehicle.  But what they didn’t find was clothing. Johnson was stopped after a deputy noticed that she was having trouble staying in...
  • Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me [Job Offer]

    Somebody obviously familiar with Safety Not Guaranteed traveled back in time on April 1st to February 13th, 2011 and posted a very serious ad to Craigslist.org. Evidently, wherever this mysterious time traveler is going, cats aren’t welcome and heavy lifting is essential.  Sounds like 1983 to me!  ...