Two finalists. There might be notions more illogical, plans more catastrophic, or assumptions more spectacularly false, but for stupidity so obvious it's almost elegant -- so aggravating that your blood pressure will instantly go up -- it's almost impossible to top one or the other of:
1. Cell phones that blare an alarm when you call 911. Some day this "feature" will get someone killed. (Honorable mention for the Slashdot comment, modded up to the highest possible score, that begins "I call 911 on a regular basis [...]".)
2. Cops in a suburb of Sacramento will pull drivers over to reward them for driving well. (Remember when Homer Simpson invented the "EVERYTHING IS OKAY!" alarm?)
I'm seriously tempted to claim that #2 is the dumber idea, despite being less likely to result in someone's death.
Posted by Matt Bruce at December 19, 2007 06:17 PM