Funny Stuff From Dave Barry

"On a recent Sunday afternoon on Biscayne Bay in Miami, I watched as twenty-eight teams of courageous young people - and here I am using the word 'courageous' in the sense of 'completely out of their minds' - competed in an event called 'Flugtag.' Flugtag (pronounced 'floog tog') is sponsored by Red Bull-brand extreme energy beverage, which tastes like Limp Bizkit sounds. I tried one, and it gave me a refreshing lift. I hope to be able to sleep again by Halloween. In Flugtag (which is German for either 'Flying Day' or 'Make Sure Everybody Signs a Liability Waiver') competitors build experimental, human-powered aircraft, then push them off a thirty-foot-high platform and see how far they can fly. The answer is: not very far."