State Trooper To Take Control Of N.J. In Coup

When we last left the New Jersey state troopers, they were planning to launch a ticket blitz against the public for being mean to them for not killing Jon Corzine.

The troopers’ ticket blanketing apparently isn’t going through since messageboard chatter was reported by The Jersey Guys, some (probably annoying) radio DJs. But State police union leader David Jones wouldn’t have any of that, and last week responded by publicly releasing radio host Craig Carton’s address and license plate number. He says the information came from a reliable source. Well, obviously.

Jones says he was only trying to show one of the “Jersey Guys” lives in Pennsylvania — Oh no! I expect complete integrity from my drive-time radio hosts! — but he was a little more forceful at the original press conference.

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Needs More Cockroach

Do you like haunted attractions but don’t like waiting in line? Oh, well, does Great Adventure have a treat for you! This fall, Six Flags Great Adventure and other locations in the theme park chain are allowing you to skip to the front of the line if you eat a live cockroach.

Yes, that’s right, you can skip to the front of the line if you simply walk up and chow down on a live, giant cockroach. The press release even came with a candy cockroach and recipes for cockroach; I suppose this was a way of getting prepared for an expected jump in line. The release from Great Adventure also includes this fact: “Many popular movies feature cockroaches including Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Men in Black and Joe’s Apartment.”

But that’s not all! The press release from the national Six Flags chain says that it’s not just a jump to the front of the line you get, because, well, “cockroaches are extremely low in fat and high in protein.”

I’m sort of hoping this is just the first in a new theme park trend. Stuck of waiting at Space Mountain? Eat some cow brains and you can be on the next car! In the back of a really long Tower of Terror line? Frog eyeball. Want to ride that water slide right away? Drink a glass of Schuylkill River Punch.

Six Flags’ ‘Fright Fest’ Halloween Celebration Offers Guests Both Tricks AND Treats [PRNewswire]