Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of info you’ll love to munch. By the way, much (but not necessarily all) of our delicious Popcorn comes from articles we’ve posted on our Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook, please stop by and “Like” us and we’ll keep a fairly-constant-but-not-frequent-enough-to-be-annoying stream of these coming to your virtual door!
Jokes for Smart People- UPDATED!
There’s a niche of humor built around smart people. Not jokes ABOUT smart people, but jokes you supposedly have to BE smart to understand. Maybe you don’t need to be Einstein to ‘get’ these, but you will need to think about them… each one is like a puzzle with a laugh reward for solving it. The ‘smart’ threshold varies from the obscure to the obvious, but if you run across one you don’t get just give us a call. We might not be able to explain it, but we can go find someone much smarter than us who can! And if you’ve tested yourself against Jokes for Smart People before, it’s worth another look… we just added dozens of “walks into a bar” jokes for 2024!
The World’s Fastest Drone- Fast as a Formula 1 race car
(from DroneLife.com)- “In a groundbreaking collaboration, Red Bull and the Dutch Drone Gods UAV racing team have revolutionized the way we view Formula 1, capturing Max Verstappen’s full-speed lap around the Silverstone Circuit with an advanced FPV drone. This marks the first instance of such high-speed, high-definition aerial footage in Formula 1… [This] custom-built FPV drone [is] capable of astonishing accelerations—reaching speeds from 60 to 180 mph in less than 2 seconds. This was achieved through innovative design, including a custom chassis and the use of cutting-edge motors and stabilizers…” Read the article, but check out the amazing drone footage here.
Oregon’s Connection to Dune
(from OPB)- “Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 science fiction novel Dune tells the story of a future civilization fighting to control precious resources on a harsh desert planet. The book has been praised as the first major ecological science fiction novel and spawned decades of subsequent novels and on-screen adaptations. A major new film adaptation of Dune has just been released in theaters and on streaming platforms across the world. But while the story of the clash of civilizations on the planet Arrakis is set in a time and a place far away, Herbert’s inspiration for the story came from a battle between man and nature in the rolling sand dunes of the Oregon coast…”
Fight against Telemarketers in the only way they’ll understand
We hate telemarketers. Hate ‘em, hate ‘em, hate ‘em. If you do too then you’ll be glad to know about a way to fight back. It unfortunately doesn’t involve bloodshed, but fortunately does involve pirates! JollyRogerTelephone.com will gladly provide friendly, patient audio robots to handle telemarketers for you. They chit-chat, blather, and rant about nothing, often keeping these shysters engaged for many minutes. Keeping the bad guys busy keeps them from pestering other people, but also hits them where it hurts most…their wallets…because no matter the pitch, these robots won’t buy anything. Ever. And you can get the recordings if you want to! Combine vengeance and humor at JollyRogerTelephone today!
