Humor
Friday Funny: Steamy Pile of Lawsuit
A mom has filed a $100 claim against the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, after her one-year-old son stepped in dog feces on city property.
Friday Funny: County Surveyor Remains Humble, Despite Awesome Power
A lot of power comes with the title of County Surveyor. Lucky for the people of Wayne County, Maryland, elected county surveyor Robert Pelaski vows not to let this awesome power get to his head.
The Economic Development Potential Of The Local Watering Hole
A newspaper beer columnist writes that a good local bar is not just a place for drinks and socializing, it can attract business too.
Friday Funny: Cop Gets Parking Ticket
After noticing a illegally parked police car, a Portland, Oregon lawyer made use of a state law provision that allows private citizens to issue parking tickets.
A Look Back At Pie In The Sky Plans
From mile-high skyscrapers and floating cities, a look back at some of of the impractical and unrealized dreams of architects and planners.
Friday Funny: A Tight Fit
These two videos show the downside of high public transit ridership.
Friday Funny: 142 Years Of Planning, But Still No Bridge
142 years after it was first proposed and with $235 million spent with nothing to show for it, the unrealized link between Sicily and the Italian mainland might be planning at its worst.
Friday Funny: The New Gentrification
The nation's gentrified neighborhoods are threatened by new trend.
Friday Funny: The 'Stupidest' Bike Lane
This video from Slate looks at the "stupidest bike lane" -- a stretch of painted bicycling road that runs for less than one block.
Friday Funny: China Celebrates Status as World's Top Polluter
This Onion TV news segment highlights Chinese pride in the country's status as the world's top producer of air pollution
What's in a Name?
The town of Slough gets no respect, but it's trying.
Friday Funny: The End of America's Love Affair with the Car
Assuming everything is fine in its long-time relationship with America, the car comes home to an unhappy surprise in this cartoon from Streetsblog.
Friday Funny: Addressing the Dangers of Texting While Walking
More and more people are injuring themselves by walking into poles while looking down at their cell phones. This video from ITN News looks at an effort in England to make the streets safer for walking texters.
Friday Funny: DOT Plans Special Lanes for Dangerous Drivers
The Onion reports on an innovative new infrastructure plan from DOT: self-cleaning special lanes for reckless drivers.
Friday Funny: Name-Calling Ticks Off Town
TV network officials have issued a formal apology for its tongue-in-cheek suggested mispronunciation of the name of the Massachusetts town of Athol in a recent ad.
Friday Funny: Man Stumbles Into 'Some Sort of China Town'
In this article from The Onion a New York man wandering through town suddenly finds himself in a very Chinese part of town.
If You Think Your Neighbors Are Bad...
This post from The Mish Mash shows pictures of some of the worst neighbors to have.
Friday Funny: Tiny Green Space Revitalizes Detroit Neighborhood
The Onion reports on the miraculous transformation of a run-down neighborhood in Detroit, thanks to the installation of a towel-sized, $150.00 plot of grass.
Friday Funny: Castle? What Castle?
A farmer in England secretly built a mock-Tudor castle on his property and kept it out of view for years by hiding it behind a 40-foot stack of hay bales.





