Ninjas battle invisible frogs in Hitler's San Diego bunker

Hitler's secret hideout has been rumbled, and two years after the discovery (got to give the Führer time to make good his escape) the US Navy, who own the building, are to spend $600,000 remodelling it into a less totalitarian shape. A number of you decried this as a waste of money, but the more level-headed of you launched into conspiracy theory mode:

I have to ask - how did the architect fail to see this when designing the building?

Perhaps Hitler decided to take his artistic talents into the building sector? :P

Anon

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It may well have been designed by Albert Speer. I believe he got out of Spandau around then.

Charley

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The Woman Formerly Known As Mrs Larrington - herself an architect - and I have long maintained that Hitler was doing a bit of architecture on the side. Proof of this can be found in the swastika motif in the windows of the Walthamstow Assembly Hall.

Mr Larrington

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When I went to the Carlsburg brewery (Copenhagen, Denmark; very tasty!) a couple of years ago they some of these similar figures carved in stone on the the sides of some of the walls. They had pre-dated WW2 by quite some time, when the figure was "more fashonable". That silly crazed leader of Germany a while back really screwed it all up.

Of course, if one wants to look for symbols, there are reverse sides (tails) of pre 1945 USA dimes ($.10) that have the facist symbol of an axe wrapped in a bunch of sticks. I don't see them recalling those (most are in the hands of collectors, or melted for silver content). Oh, well. Live and learn!

Tom

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I imagine the architect probably designed the four L-shaped buildings as four L-shaped buildings in a nicely symmetrical pattern. If you take out the trees etc in the middle, it looks a lot more like four separate buildings.

Must have been quite a forehead-slapping moment when he realised what it looked a little bit like. If he ever did.

And Tim's absolutely right. It's a disgraceful waste of $600,000. How many robotic pack mules could be developed with that kind of cash?

David S

A rather unlucky teenager sent a text message offering weed to the West Virginia State Police. He had thought the number still belonged to a friend, but it had actually passed into the coppers' hands. He was duly picked up and cuffed, and charged with delivery of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver. You shook your e-heads at this silliness:

Reefer? I seem to recall thats a sort of jacket worn by certain young types such as Marlon Brando :)

Graham Lockley

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Hey, just because it was ridiculously easy, doesn't mean the guy shouldn't have been busted. When you're that clueless, you *deserve* to be busted - For once, stupidity was punishable. Can't fault the cops for shooting the fish in the barrel, when said fish tries so hard to be obvious.

laird cummings

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well that sucks for him talk about bad luck still if your trying to sell contraband it's best not to use text messaging as you can't be sure who will read it.

Alan Donaly

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I wonder if his phone is one of those that also allows the user to speak to another person? This feature might have saved him some embarrassment...

James Pickett