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News, current events, general weirdness - ripped from today's headlines


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... and the driver survived

NASCAR Busch series driver Mike Harmon walked away from this spectacular crash at Bristol Motor Speedway... ...

Unclear on the Concept

Thursday, August 22, 2002   (1 post)
Michael Kocur was convicted of driving his riding lawn mower while intoxicated.  It was his fifth offense, although the first involving gardening ...

Quote of the Day

Thursday, August 22, 2002   (1 post)
"Initially, the decree has been remarkably well followed." - Gil Bernardi, mayor of Le Lavandou, France, who has officially banned local residents from ...

He picked the wrong car...

When Tyrone Jermaine Hogan of Los Angeles was looking for a car to car-jack, he should have left the minivan full of college kids alone.  I suppose they ...

Darwin in action...

Monday, August 19, 2002   (1 post)
Look for this guy in the next set of Darwin Award's nominees... Edward McBride was being pursued by Tulsa, Oklahoma police who suspected him of robbing ...

Studies of the Obvious

Monday, August 19, 2002   (1 post)
Glasgow University professor Barry Jones has scientifically proven that two pints of beer will increase the attractiveness of the opposite sex by about ...

Terrorist Abu Nidal Dead

Monday, August 19, 2002   (1 post)
The AP reports that Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal was found dead in his Baghdad apartment, from multiple gunshot wounds to the head.  (He was reportedly ...

Old Age in Turkmenistan

The AP reports that Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov has issued a new edict declaring that "old age" begins at age 85.  Unfortunately for his ...

Quote of the Day

Friday, September 30, 2022   (3 posts)
"When we die, we don't go to purgatory. We just land up on the roof and lay there." - Frisbee inventor "Steady" Ed Headrick, who passed away Monday at ...

Odd Site of the Day

Dog Goggle (Doggles) http://www.doggles.com/

I don't know...

[IMAGE]

Wanted - Professional Hermit

The successful applicant will be expected to live in a cave on the grounds of the estate and abandon human contact, except for scaring visitors - and will ...

Personal Business

Thursday, August 8, 2002   (1 post)
I think we've all done something like this - leave work in the middle of the day to take care of some personal business, say depositing a paycheck at the ...

Quote of the Day (normal life)

Monday, August 5, 2002   (1 post)
"People think we have a life that is so glamorous, but it couldn't be more normal. We paint, read scripts, read books, watch movies and have quiet dinners." ...

News Flash - Prostitution Alive and Well in Iran...

... even in remote areas closed to the corrupting influence of Western culture.  They've come up with a unique solution to the problem... set up ...

D'oh!

Monday, August 5, 2002   (1 post)
Reuters reports today the story of British couple Emma Dunn and Raoul Sebastian, both 19, who wanted to take a dream vacation to Sydney.  They booked their ...

Quote of the Day

Saturday, August 3, 2002   (1 post)
"The will to live was definitely in this person." - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Jeff Flindall, speaking of David Parker, 62, who when attacked ...

Quote of the Day

Monday, July 29, 2002   (1 post)
"I would have preferred to invent something which helps people and makes life easier for farmers.  A lawnmower, for example." - Mikhail Kalashnikov, ...

Website Pick

http://www.sabbatum.com/ I don't know if this is really cool and just really weird...

 

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