As the metalwork on top indicates, it's for shooting annoying cyclists.

I've done it twice (although not last year), and although what I wrote wasn't very good, it was a lot of fun to do. One of my plots-- vaguely about a man who hated superheroes-- was based on a dream I'd had about a month before

(Point of interest: I went to see Chris Baty promote his book about NaNo a while back, which is called "No Plot? No Problem!" You ought to be fine. Good luck.)

That's quite possibly the worst front page I've ever come across. (Or am I the only one who sees the tiny "enter" button for a split second?)

Planning on testing the theory, torrance?

It's used to mark those little crosses on communion wafers.

FYI, since people seem to be misunderstanding me: != is the INEQUATION symbol (like ?, which I typically don't take the time to look up). Yes, I *do* think that this does much more to raise "awareness" than it does to somehow promote animal slaughter. As I said, I don't think it's especially gross myself.

Er, you *are* aware that posting a link != endorsing animal slaughter? At least, I don't see the connection.

I second the armadillo impression, and it didn't seem especially gross to me. So sue me, I think cute little baby lambs are tasty.

JET-- and does SFW imply that one could skive off work to read Neato with impunity?

...wow. Now I really want to start a campaign in which all the players are political figures. It would be almost as fun as dividing laser tag teams into Allied and Axis powers!

If I recall correctly, students in Poland are required by law to visit the Auschwitz sites in fifth grade. I think it's a good idea to make it a little more personal, but it's true that this proposal might be a bit much.

probinu- the problem inherent with the USB pregnancy test is the requirement, as it said-- in order to profit, they necessarily need a good number of female consumers.

(Disclaimer: I *am* a female consumer at ThinkGeek, if only occasionally. If you've ever seen the fit of their 'ladies' shirts, you'll know they don't do much for that demographic.)

Whereas the more "normal" comic book characters do things like punch time, shoot shampoo arrows, and speak in rhyming couplets...?

It's probably worth noting that many current members of urban society would do well to keep these rules in mind...particularly the underpants one.

I also like the tradition of Romans engraving curses onto tablets, often of lead, and dropping them-- where else?-- into wells.

@Dan- Perhaps you should also examine the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's graph concerning the correlation between pirates and global warming?
FYI, correlation != causation. Beginning-level stats.

Actually on topic, Language Log featured a sci-fi short story not long ago with a similar idea-- that we could accidentally decimate an alien race by introducing the concept of suicide:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005416.html