The credit crunch has hit cave dwellers. A Missouri family has been forced to sell the 17,000-square-foot home they created in a cave. Instead of renting a few rooms to troglodytes or morlocks, the Sleeper family have decided to list the cave on eBay. Curt Sleeper said, "We don't want to move, but we need to protect our equity. We put everything we had into this home."

5 juveniles were arrested on burglary charges after a police officer followed a candy wrapper trail to a house where they were staying. Police were called to when a man noticed that his neighbor's glass door was broken. Inside the house police found a smashed 36-inch television, broken furniture and holes in several doors. A police officer then followed a trail of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups packages in the back yard to the house where the juveniles were staying. The juveniles, who were 14 to 16 years old, confessed to the burglary after being interviewed and told police that stolen items were hidden in the attic. Hopefully these kids will get the proper thief mentoring they need in jail because a candy trail is just embarrassing.

A dictionary has been created to help kids who are all balled up trying to figure out what some dappers are saying in their bull sessions. The authors thought the idea of a dictionary of this sort was the bee's knees, and made another while they were at it so the old timers could understand the young birds too. Nigel Hare-Scot, big cheese at Home & Capital advisers, said: "There is a vast array of guides on youth street slang to assist older people in bridging the generational gap, but nothing on the market to aid teenagers understand the language of pensioners." I say he's all wet.

Marilyn Manson's fifth birthday party and his favorite toy.

Here's a short history of the internet and internet memes from 1970 to the present. Nothing really important happens until Sept. 1998 of course, but it's still neat to see it all laid out.

The funny thing is, nobody did until the sign went up.

1sockchuck writes "Have you ever lost your patience with a server? We're not sure who was the first person to intentionally blow up a server, but plenty of others have followed in their footsteps, and many seem to have captured the event on video. The Gallery of Exploding Servers documents the sometimes incendiary relationship between man and machine. Those who prefer a kinder, gentler disposition may prefer the guide to Flying and Crashing Servers."

A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she refused to stop texting during a high school math class. The girl denied having a phone when confronted by a school safety officer, but a female cop found it after frisking her. The Samsung Cricket was recovered "from the buttocks area" of the teenager, according to the police report. The girl was banned from school property for a week, and is scheduled for an April 20 court appearance for a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. I applaud the adults involved for their discretion and temperance in this heinous case of texting without permission.

Buddhist monks have recycled over one million used bottles to build a temple in Khun Han, Thailand near the Cambodian border. The monks started collecting bottles in 1984 and gathered so many that they decided to use them as a building material. Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is a complex of around 20 buildings, comprising the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground which serve as monks quarters, all using bottles. The monks plan on expanding once they have more bottles. Abbot San Kataboonyo says, "The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make."

The day all your wildest dreams come true.

Logical Zebra writes "Australia, in an effort to curb water use during a drought, is proposing a new tax. Households would be charged per flush of the toilet. 'Some people may go as far as not flushing their toilet as often because the less sewage you produce, the less sewage rate you pay,' says Adelaide University Water Management Professor Mike Young. This policy doesn't yet have a name, but I would like to propose "If it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down."

Police trying to restrain children will use Velcro handcuffs instead of the tougher steel model to subdue disturbed or unruly children in 22 schools in northern Queens. "We would prefer never to use restraints of any kind, but in those rare instances where it may become necessary, we want a softer alternative to conventional handcuffs," Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. I wonder if the police looked into other ill-suited materials to build handcuffs out of, like wet noodles, air, or words, before deciding on Velcro.

"Attitude", a female alligator at Jungle Gardens in Sarasota, is falling in love with a city garbage truck. Caretakers noticed her unusual behavior every time the truck would come to pick up the trash. "It's very consistent. Every time they come, she'll pick her head and tail up and let out a huge roar. It's very loud and intimidating if you're not expecting it." said Julie Harder, Attitude's caretaker. Alligators communicate by bellowing with one another during mating season and experts at Jungle Gardens believe Attitude may be mistaking the garbage truck's low rumble for a male alligator's mating call. Lets hope Attitude never gets a chance to consummate her love. Wildlife officials have enough problems fighting introduced species in the Everglades without the terror of giant compacting alligators.

3 out of 4 pilots graduate.

The Dutch city of Leeuwarden has lost the municipal pornography archive and officials fear it may be gone forever. A spokesman for the city said the collection may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor. "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked." Leeuwarden shouldn't be too upset. I've found it a good practice to get rid of your porn archive and rebuild every 6 months or so.

The High Court in New Delhi is so behind in its work that it could take 466 years to clear the backlog, the court's chief justice said in a report. Even though the average case takes about 5 minutes to decide, the court still has tens of thousands of cases pending, including upward of 600 that are more than 20 years old. The United Nations Development Program says some 20 million legal cases are pending in India. "It's a completely collapsed system," said Prashant Bhushan, a well-known lawyer in New Delhi. "This country only lives under the illusion that there is a judicial system." Maybe we could stimulate the economy a little and help India out by shipping them a few hundred reality TV judge shows — we seem to have an abundance.

With midterm elections looming in July, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has come up with some unusual and creative ways of getting votes. He dumps sand at public pools to create artificial beaches. He bans cars from major roadways on Sundays. He has created the largest skating rink in the world and most importantly he has started a program that gives free Viagra to poor men age 60 and above. An anonymous recipient of the free Viagra program said, "This was a problem I thought I'd have to live with the rest of my life, but thanks to Mayor Ebrard I'm finally beating the problem, many times a day."

Managers with Gloucester's Public Works Departmint are trying to catch counterfiters by deliberately mispelling the word "official" with "offcial". Recycling cordinator Kathy Middleton says the intentional misspelling is suposed to make it easier to catch people who try to counterfeit bags. It's good to know that the spelling mistakes were intentinal and not just somebody hurring through thier work.

In addition to being really lazy, this guy is twelve-time world Jenga champion.

arcticstoat writes "Warner Bros has revealed that it plans to advertise its forthcoming shooter, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, via a clowder of black cats roaming the streets of London on the game's launch day on Friday 13th. Branded a 'cat-vertising campaign', the scheme will see the specially trained black moggies sporting F.E.A.R. 2 cat clothing. The idea, according to Warner Bros, is that the creepy kitties will 'capture the attention of superstitious passers-by,' as Friday 13th is famous for its supposed bad luck and a black cat crossing your path was listed at number 5 in a recent survey of Britain's superstitions and signs of bad luck."