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Best Headline of the Day (and a quote)

Hungry Ferret Terrorizes Train "[The ferret] then got into the driver's cab and ate his lunch - a cheese sandwich I think - before he realized what ...

Best laid plans...

Saturday, May 17, 2003   (1 post)
It was a simple plan...  The five Colombian men would sneak onto a cargo ship docked at the port of Buenaventura.  After hiding on board for five ...

Celebrity Trifecta.

Tuesday, June 3, 2003   (4 posts)
Any guesses on the next to go? 1.  Robert Stack 2.  June Carter Cash 3.  ???

Quote of the Day

Thursday, May 15, 2003   (1 post)
"I don't think women exposing themselves is part of family fun." - Craig Larsen, of the Wenatchee, Washington Chamber of Commerce, commenting on a plan ...

World Health Organization - War not so dangerous after all

Wednesday, May 14, 2003   (1 post)
The WHO just released a list of deaths due to injuries for the year 2000.  #1 on the most dangerous list - traffic.  War came in at #6.  Here are ...

Maybe our religions are not so different after all...

It seems perhaps Muslims and Catholics are a lot more alike than we thought... ...

Website - See great tits live

Wednesday, June 4, 2003   (1 post)
(It's not what you think...) www.piip-show.no

Quote of the Day

Wednesday, May 14, 2003   (1 post)
"What we really need is more training in Latin." - Father Reginald Foster, Latin-English translator for the Vatican.

How much is £1 worth on eBay?

Wednesday, May 14, 2003   (1 post)
About £1.20 so far.  According to Reuters, someone put a handful of ordinary £1 coins up for sale on eBay's UK site.  Bidding for one of the coins ...

Kangaroo hit by car and killed in Austria

Wednesday, May 14, 2003   (1 post)
That's right, not Australia - Austria.  Apparently they have kangaroos there too.  (Ok, so it's a slow news day.)

Update - iLoo, the Internet Toilet that was, then wasn't, then was again, but now isn't

iLoo - A portable toilet with a high-speed wireless Internet connectivity.  First it was real.  Then it was a hoax.  Now it is real again, but it ...

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, May 13, 2003   (1 post)
"I have been involved with badgers for 24 years and I have never heard of anything like this." - Mike Weaver, chairman of the Worcestershire Badger ...

Quote of the Day

Friday, May 16, 2003   (2 posts)
"Obviously, English isn't their first language." - Mike Phillips, researcher at Plymouth University, commenting on the difficulties of getting six ...

How do I get this job?

Monday, May 12, 2003   (1 post)
Researchers at Plymouth University (England) are studying whether or not there is any truth to the old saying that an infinite number of monkeys sitting at an ...

Klingons wanted

Tuesday, May 13, 2003   (2 posts)
If you speak Klingon and enjoy working with crazy people (and who doesn't?), then Multnomah County, Oregon has a job for you.  The AP reports that the ...

Strangest Headline of the Day

The Trouble with Shatner's Semen It's an article about a lawsuit stemming from an arrangment William Shatner has with his ex-wife to share horse ...

Better late than never

Thursday, May 8, 2003   (1 post)
The AP reports that the town of Glassport, Pennsylvania was dragged kicking and screaming into the '60's last month when their city council decided to ...

Didn't I see this on 'The Simpsons'?

School bus driver calls police to report a burglary.  Tells cops his marijuana, among other things, was stolen.  Says he was saving it to smoke when ...

Necessity is the mother of... well... something

Thursday, May 8, 2003   (1 post)
The SARS epidemic has caused a shortage of surgical masks in Taiwan.  Reuters reports that resourceful locals are improvising by strapping bras to their ...

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, May 20, 2003   (2 posts)
"Get over it: Spam is here to stay." - Doug Wood, a lawyer specializing in online advertising (according to USAToday).  If you disagree with Doug, ...

Quote of the Day

Wednesday, May 7, 2003   (1 post)
"I don't know that it's written anywhere that you can't have carpet on your front lawn." - Steve Nadwairski, of Port Richey, Florida, who had a ...

New SARS fashion...

From the Hong Kong collection of Dorian Ho (seriously)... [IMAGE]

That would look suspicious

Tuesday, May 6, 2003   (1 post)
A man walking down the street in Aachen, Germany, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his sister-in-law, according to Reuters.  What tipped them ...

Is this REALLY necessary?

Tuesday, May 13, 2003   (4 posts)
Portable toilets with high-speed Internet connections will begin appearing sometime this summer, according to Reuters.  These are the brainchild of the ...

 

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