A 15-foot-wide sinkhole opened up near Tracy, California last month, so officials set up plenty of "ROAD CLOSED" warnings with "clear, visible, and unobstructed" signs and barricades. But that didn't stop a couple of defiant gentlemen from challenging the cautionary advice and continuing on their merry way — straight into the sinkhole. — Read the rest

The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper interviewed random MAGA folk in Michigan before the midterm elections only to find out they are no different from the rest of America's red-capped pod people. Just as U.S. elections are rigged unless a raving mad conspiracy monger wins, polls showing Michigan Gov. — Read the rest

Back at the tail end of the aughts, I was on a team designing a monitoring system for cell phone towers. It was during that time a cell phone tower company executive regaled us with tales of craziness that had caused him to seek us out in the first place. — Read the rest

At 3:30am on Sunday morning, two gentleman in Iberia Parish, Louisiana attempted to illegally haul a home by truck down their residential street without a permit or the proper equipment. Along the way, they knocked over telephone poles, tore down power lines, and hit trees and mailboxes. — Read the rest

Here is a 1920 rogue's gallery of mugshots taken in Calgary, Canada of gentlemen wearing dapper hats. From Vintage Everyday:

After the defeat of the Paris Commune in 1871, the Prefecture of Police of Paris hired a photographer, Eugène Appert, to take portraits of convicted prisoners.

Casey William Kelley, age 42, enjoyed the good life for a few days when he came up with the idea of printing phony checks, say police in Florida. They accused  Kelley of using one of the fake checks to buy a swell-looking Porsche 911 Turbo for $139,203.05, and another check for $61,521 to buy three Rolex watches. — Read the rest

Tesla cars have a "sentry mode" feature that amounts to dashcams pointed hither and yon: useful for video-recording accidents, road ragers, and vandals.

Entire right side of car keyed and dented. Merica

The vandals' self-satisfied grinning really makes it. According to Reddit's crack team of investigators, it was at this location in old Town Sacramento and they were driving a Silver or Grey Dodge Ram pickup.

If you're looking for some gentlemens' hosiery, the Men's Sexy Pantyhose Tights Hosiery Seamless Lingerie at Amazon is a well-rated and inexpensive option. But would you look at that product photograph? That man's butt crack has been filled in with Photoshop—by David Cronenberg. — Read the rest

Crazy Carts are souped-up electric go-karts with rear wheels like the ones on the front of shopping carts. Some goofballs decided to turn a real car into a Crazy Cart by replacing the rear tires with caster wheels.

Four chaps needed to be rescued from the highest mountain in England over the weekend because they couldn't walk. No, they hadn't injured themselves in any way. They just got too stoned to hike back down the mountain.

Stranded on Scafell Pike's 3,210-foot peak, the men called for help Saturday evening. — Read the rest

Breaking into a truck, WCGW ? from Whatcouldgowrong

A motorcycle with three riders drives up behind a large truck at night. One of them snaps a lock with bolt cutters, and dismounts the bike to board the bus. But when he steps off the motorcycle, he knocks it off balance, causing the remaining two riders to crash and fall. — Read the rest

Weird and unsettling UK sitcom League of Gentlemen is to return to our screens as a series of specials, reports the BBC.

The three episodes will once again star Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss, who have written the new scripts alongside co-creator Jeremy Dyson.

Sleep tight.

An "ecstatic and personal exploration—in loopy, gross-out comic form—of the essence of faith in cosmic religious vision itself."

On October 28, my friends in the Afghan Whigs are reissuing their classic album Gentlemen packed with 21 bonus tracks, including almost all the record's unreleased demo tracks, lovingly remastered by bassist John Curley, several B-sides, and three live tracks. A deluxe triple vinyl edition will be available at your favorite independent record store on Record Store Day, November 28. — Read the rest

JOHN WILCOCK returns to Boing Boing for Chapter Six, with the first of two installments on Lenny Bruce.

Your attention please… Happy birthday to my friends in the Afghan Whigs whose masterpiece album Gentlemen turns 20 this week!

The Art of Manliness has reprinted "37 Conversation Rules for Gentlemen" from a 1875 book entitled, A Gentleman’s Guide to Etiquette by Cecil B. Hartley. The rules are still valid!

33. When asking questions about persons who are not known to you, in a drawing-room, avoid using adjectives; or you may enquire of a mother, “Who is that awkward, ugly girl?”

Screengrabbed by @Ryden before its inevitable deletion.

Update: Trump has ""regained control of his account" from "hackers".

Does tomorrow's cover of UK tabloid The Sun not possess a certain je ne sais quoi? The subtle alliteration, dancing down the page in distinctive formal juxtaposition against the stark prosody of the headline itself. The exquisitely photoshopped composition, its 1990s GIF-style cutouts echoing memories of better days. — Read the rest