Meanest/funniest Christmas prank!!

Seen on Twitter. (From the US - I promise I didn't do it outside my house!!)

“Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after two days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by. Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn’t realize that it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of the many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn’t take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard.”

Crash at Madrid Airport

Air crash at Madrid Airport - many confirmed dead.

Australian Grand Prix

As you can see from these pics, Sunday's Australian Grand Prix got the season off to a spectacular start.
The main reason for this was the change to some of the rules:

• Each car has to use a standard ECU which has NO TRACTION CONTROL!
• There are some changes to the rules around engine failures
• Gearboxes now need to last 4 races!

Rather than reproduce the race here, follow these links to get all the info you need.








The drivers' positions after the first race are:
And finally, a word from our sponsors!

British Airways' Flight BA038

You couldn't have failed to hear of the remarkable events at London's Heathrow Airport this week where a Boeing 777 crash landed short of the airport's southern runway.

I'm going to let the news videos tell the story.

Video 1 - An overview of what happened.


Video 2 - SkyNews talking to a passenger soon after the incident.

Video 3 - The speculation begins.

Video 4 - Another view

Video 5 - A progress report

Video 6 - A word from the Captain

BA Jet To Be Moved From Runway
Updated:08:14, Sunday January 20, 2008

The wreckage of the British Airways plane which crash-landed at Heathrow Airport will be removed from the southern runway this morning.

Crash investigators will move the Boeing 777 and continue their research into the incident from the eastern BA hangars at the airport.
A spokeswoman for the Air Accident Investigation Branch said the plane would be moved between 8am and 11am.
It will remain at the hangars for the duration of the investigation, she added.
BA Flight 038 dramatically crash-landed after its engines lost power on Thursday afternoon.