The McBournie Minute: The fine line between creepy and creepy

Halloween is always kind of hit-or-miss for me. Either I’m into it that year, or I more or less act like it doesn’t exist. There are years when I’m thinking about my costume weeks in advanced, and then there are years where I wonder if I can just ignore the trick-or-treaters at the door and keep the candy for myself.

I have no idea what I did last year, which probably means I did nothing. So it made sense that this year would be the opposite. Fellow Guy Rick Snee and his wife, SG webmistress Julie, hosted a costume party at their place over the weekend. It got bloody, it got creepy, I drank something out of a test tube I hope was alcohol, and someone brought a bottle of absinthe. In other words, it was an all-around success.

But at what point do you reach the age where dressing up doesn’t feel right anymore? Continue reading The McBournie Minute: The fine line between creepy and creepy

You’re not even safe on the toilet

Since it’s more or less hunting season for one animal or another throughout the fall and winter, it’s time for a reminder that sometimes the hunter can become the hunted, or just really need target practice.

In Norway, a man was out elk hunting, which is surprising, because it seems like they should be hunting reindeer instead. He carefully cocked his rifle, aimed at his prey, and we can only assume then closed his eyes and fired at random. Incredibly, he missed the elk, and instead hit a nearby cabin. The bullet traveled through the wall, into a bathroom, and struck a 70-year-old man who happened to be using the facility at that moment.

The man is in serious but stable condition in the hospital. The elk seemed to have gotten away. The guys are still suspicious that the elk tricked the hunter into such a terrible shot.

When is a bomb not a bomb?

Trudeau International Airport security is still looking for the "kaboom," adding, "There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom."
Trudeau International Airport security is still looking for the “kaboom,” adding, “There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom.”

Police held an unnamed 71-year-old man for questioning at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport after finding inside of his carry-on luggage everything” needed to construct a bomb. Well, except explosives, which is what separates pretty much any Home Depot shopping trip and international terrorism.

They also evacuated his neighborhood to search through his home. Because there’s nothing worse than realizing you forgot to pack that one essential thing after you arrive and get detained by security. Turns out there was “nothing obvious” there.

The search also grounded 16 flights.

A noble, nay, noble pils rescue nearly ends badly

Walter Serpit knows where his priorities are. The children are important. The family is important. But the beer? The beer is pretty important too.

That’s why, after the children were taken out of a burning house first, Serpit, who uses a cane to walk, ran back into said burning house to rescue beer.

Luckily, he did not die. He did manage to save some cans of beer without being burned. Not all the beer, but some. Shed a tear for those lost ones.