I agree on the bit about it probably appearing in Reader's Digest soon. I can imagine this popping up in the Sunday paper's Parade section as a "new phenomenon".

Ummm, that is what she said zlogblog.

I'm just wondering what other traditional foods we can shoot at people now that we've harnessed the power of compressed air. Cracker Jacks? Beer? Maybe a home version where you can launch apple pie across the living room.

I could easily imagine a model on a runway in those Chanel light bulb heels breaking through them and crashing hard into some glass shards. No thanks.

And the Enterprise fits handily into the docking bay of a star destroyer?

I'm a sucker for vintage photos too. Awesome dachshund balloon back in '32. Scary clown men though.

Poor Henrí, his opposable thumbs are non existent too.

I've seen durian, but I don't think I've ever tried it. I have had a similar fruit though, Jackfruit. The jackfruit is mostly just a physically larger version of the durian, spiky on the outside, smells like rotting onions, but it is sweet on the inside. You eat the flesh around the large seeds. The interesting bit occurs after you've eaten the fruit, because it leaves a sticky silicone like sap on your hands that will not come off with any kind of soap. You first have to rub oil on your hands then clean it all of with dish soap. Oh, and it's also the largest tree bourn fruit in the world (up to 80 lbs).
I'll pass on most everything else on your list though.

Just make sure you don't wear it around your favorite pie enthusiast.

Hee hee, fake dinosaur bones. That trickster.

Oh, and @ shawnisboring, no, the truck Indy was drug behind was a Mercedes.

I agree with Phil on the EFI comment. Maybe they meant 1958 instead of 1978, because even Japanese cars like the Datsun 280Z had fuel electronically controlled Bosch L-Tronic Fuel injection in 1975.
I didn't know that the fender fell off of one of the lunar rovers though.

I like it. It's not very often that you can find any cheap accessory for an iPod. Especially if it comes from Apple.

I'm still waiting with anticipation for mine. I don't really care what I get 'cause I know it'll be neat.

I can't really imagine what that thing is like to drive. Especially if it only had the 67hp 1.1 litre four cylinder instead of the 102hp 1.9 All of those heavy body add ons and the entire satellite navigation system, stereo and speakers to the hilt, SNES, and alarm systems. That would be one seriously underpowered car.

Louis Slotin's story is also written about at damninteresting.com
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=102 or "Bitten by the Nuclear Dragon"