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Officer fires at man armed with chinese food

Thursday, April 4, 2002 (2 posts)
The commander of the Jackson County (Oregon) narcotics unit has been placed on administrative leave because he shot at a man who tossed a box of Chinese food ...

Smart Glass radios waitress to bring you another beer

Thursday, March 31, 2022 (3 posts)
from Rueters... "Drink up that beer - another will soon be whisked to the table thanks to a hi-tech pint glass that tells bar staff when it needs ...

Quote

Wednesday, April 3, 2002 (2 posts)
"Considering they had ten years to plan it, and had six-monthly rehearsals, they made a total balls-up on Saturday." - an unamed BBC newscaster, referring ...

Which is more stupid

Wednesday, April 3, 2002 (1 post)
DJ's at an Olathe, KS radio station announced that the city's water supply contained high levels of a naturally occurring substance, dihydrogen ...

Fishing on Sunday

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (1 post)
According to The Guardian, on the island of Orkney (UK) it is illegal to fish for Salmon on Sunday. Recently about 100,000 salmon from a local fish farm ...

Microsoft anti-Unix website is running Unix

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (1 post)
from c|net... A Web site sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer big companies away from the Unix operating system is itself powered by Unix ...

Ann Coulter on Halle Berry

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (1 post)
She [Halle Berry] had spent weeks complaining about one time she did not get a role because of her color. It was the part of a forest ranger. Arnold ...

what is it?

Friday, April 5, 2002 (3 posts)

Unclear on the Concept

Monday, April 15, 2002 (2 posts)
From the "unclear on the concept" department comes this... According to Rueters, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada caught 31 students cheating on an ...

Kentucky to form its own Navy

Monday, November 8, 2021 (1 post)
from http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/02rs/HR256/bill.doc A RESOLUTION encouraging the purchase and vigorous use of the USS Louisville 688 VLS Class ...

Lyle Lovett breaks a leg (literally) with his uncle Calvin Klein... his uncle?

Thursday, March 28, 2002 (2 posts)
from Rueters... [Lyle] Lovett, 44, and uncle Calvin Klein were struck by the bull while they were in a cattle pen at the farm at Klein, Texas, near ...

Dudley Moore, Milton Berle, and ???

Thursday, March 28, 2002 (3 posts)
Dudley Moore and Milton Berle both passed away Wednesday (3/27). Very sad. Any guesses on who will be number three?

Is Speedy Gonzales offensive?

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (4 posts)
Speedy was banned by the Cartoon Network. Is he really an offensive ethnic stereotype?