A Little Friday File Fun (08/29)

August 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that a picture is worth a thousand words...

Well, here’s a couple of thousand…

Here’s something that will creep you out – a picture of a coconut crab, which apparently is the biggest arthropod that lives on land.  MORE at http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/photoshops/crab2.jpg


If you’ve ever lived near the flight path of a major airport, you’ll appreciate the “predicament” of folks on the Island of St. Maarten.  The airport has a particularly short runway that ends just 40 feet from beach, leaving large planes just barely enough room to land. 

It’s a miracle nobody has been vacuumed up off the beach!   

If you can’t view the above, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo

Well, here's a couple of thousand....

There are some places you just shouldn't go...

If you can't access the above video, try  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xtvt2lx22g&feature=related

A Texas man has found the image of Jesus in an unusual place.     

The Olympic Spirit:   Sometimes you wonder how anybody walks away.    

 

And here's another thousand...

- - - In Dartford, Kent, UK, John Pearce, 32, is now being referred to as Great Britain's most inept burglar - - - after he smashed his way through the front window of a Victorian terrace home here - - - and then got his foot caught - - - and then was left hanging upside down for the world to see - - - when owner Paul Ives arrived home, John, who was "armed" with a hammer - - - claimed that he had spotted someone else trying to break in - - - and had selflessly attempted to catch the scoundrel - - - nice try - - - you can see John in "action" at http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/22/article-1048026-0261856100000578-657_468x628_popup.jpg

Contrary to popular belief, Captain Kirk never said, "Beam me up, Scotty," in any television episode.

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