Reminds me of an old Far Side cartoon where the detective announces to the gathered suspects that he's convinced the butler killed the murder victim by goring and trampling him to death, ignoring the elephant in the trench coat.

For any Civil War buffs out there, the US officer Pickett mentioned in the story is, yes, the guy who went on to be involved in Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

I always buy a form-fitting plastic cover for my keyboards. It's much easier to wash, and can stave off catastrophe if you spill something.

While they are indeed generally peaceable, Koalas do have an impressive collection of long sharp claws (to aid in tree-climbing), and will use them in defense if they have to.

The exterminator hero of Big Ass Spider deserves an honorable mention as well.

I've actually read the one about shopping carts, which I came across at the local library. And the drug-dealer book reminds me of the late and still much lamented Loompanics book catalogue.

Life imitates art:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unseSFWjuqs

Random Carson trivia: In an episode of Get Smart, he played the conductor on board the Orient Express.

Charles Addams did an amusing cartoon on this, showing a Snidely Whiplash-type villain heading down into a subway station with a coil of rope and damsel slung over his shoulder.

Someone put together a collection of the "winner's" death scenes, though it's now four years out of date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE

The Great Glass Elevator finally becomes a reality..

Some more reactionary elements in the US have attempted to re-appropriate the day by labeling it "Law Day" and/or "Loyalty Day". The latter is officially recognized by the government, the former is not.

Evidently the first time someone depicted this in a film was in the original version of The Thing From Another World, where the human heroes try doing it to the titular menace. It doesn't kill it, but it's still an impressive scene.

You've got the wrong link there.

Maybe the article mentions it, but Burtt played the Imperial officer in Return of the Jedi who gets hit in the face by Han Solo and falls over a railing. He does an imitation of the famous Wilhelm Scream on his way down.

The strawberry huller they show is indeed rather silly, but you can get a simpler pinch-model that works faster than a knife or straw and really doesn't take up that much space.