I get as frustrated with airport security as the next guy (and I’m plenty doubtful of its effectiveness), but really, if you don’t yet know liquids aren’t allowed, and you hold up the one security line at a small airport at an ungodly early hour, it’d be nicer if you didn’t laugh like a kid [...]

Posted July 14, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches. Tags: airline security, airport security, annoying, liquids. Be the first one.

Engadget calls it “skull-shattering fun” and Gizmodo labeled it “ear shrapnel.” It’s available at Paladone.com and Boy’s Stuff, though nobody seems to have yet found a domestic supplier. From the catalog page:
The Sonic Grenade features three different levels of the most noxious sound since the last Westlife album. To launch, pull the pin and throw [...]

Posted October 7, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: annoying, boys stuff, ear shrapnel, engadget, evil, evil joke, funny if it isn't you, gizmodo, grenade, joke, noise, noise grenade, paladone, prank, skull-splitting, sonic alarm, sonic grenade. 3 Comments.

Via Gizmodo: a CD of annoying sounds at Gadgets.co.uk. Twenty “ear splitting” sound effects and a pair of earplugs “for your sanity and protection” for £14.99. What 20 sound effects?

Drill
Party (at least 200 People)
Orgasm (Outstanding)
Train
Drum (Played by a Child)
Inhuman Screams
Walking (High Heels)
Domestic Squabble
Doors Banging
Bowling
Unhappy Dog
Practicing a violin
Traffic Jam
Garbage Truck
A screaming newborn baby
Phone Ringing
Ball Game
Pigeons
Spring house [...]

Posted August 10, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: annoy, annoying, cd, earplugs, insanity, noise, noises, revenge, sanity, sound effects, sounds. One Comment.