Street workers Build themselves into a corner

Edinburgh street workers erected bollards to prevent cars from mounting the pavement but forgot to move their van first.

They had to demolish one of the poles to get out!

Slow 'Net to China - China Internet Users gotta be the most Patient

Come on man! The Bamboo Fields are open already. How long does it take to download the National Anthem anyway?

Due to congestion on China's backbone networks and the time it takes for communications to travel across undersea cables to the United States and Europe, travelers find a noticeable difference in the responsiveness of the Internet in China compared to the rest of the world.

Source: James Fallows, "The Connection Has Been Reset."