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Fashion Update

The latest in sportswear from Tel Aviv... [IMAGE]

Irony

Monday, March 17, 2003   (1 post)
Guess what was on the dinner menu at the Azores summit, recently attended by President Bush, and Prime Ministers Blair and Aznar? Anwer:  Filet Cordon ...

French Solution to Iraq War - Use the Pope as a Human Shield

Monday, March 17, 2003   (1 post)
Reuters reports today that Didier Julia, a French parlaimentarian, is suggesting that Pope John Paul go to Bahgdad to serve as a human shield to stop the ...

Maryland to offer 24x7 librarians

Tuesday, April 1, 2003   (3 posts)
If you live in Maryland, you will soon be able to reach a library anytime, night or day, according to AP reports.  Says Maryland AskUsNow! project ...

Quote of the Day

Monday, March 17, 2003   (1 post)
"Joe, I don't do nuance." - President George W. Bush, to Senator Joe Biden, when asked by the senator to consider the nuance of a particular situation.

New swimming pools installed on aircraft carriers

a picture from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln... [IMAGE]

Azores summit

From left to right Barroso, Blair, Bush, and Aznar.  (No one told Barroso he was supposed to wear a blue tie.) ...

Quote of the Day

Sunday, March 16, 2003   (2 posts)
"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." - Natalie Maines, of the Dixie Chicks, while performing in concert ...

Quote of the Day

Sunday, March 16, 2003   (2 posts)
"It's difficult to take the French serious." - Vice President Dick Cheney

Picture of Iowa's Giant Cheeto

As we reported earlier, Algona, Iowa is now home to the world's largest Cheeto.  Here's a picture... ...

Bill Clinton to be guest narrator for Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, March 13, 2003   (1 post)
Hell, just make your own joke for this one...

The Keys to the Kingdom

Thursday, March 13, 2003   (1 post)
In St. Peter's Basilica in Rome there is, as one might expect, a marble statue of St. Peter.  In Peter's left hand he holds the keys to the kingdom ...

Boston runs out of things to worry about...

Monday, November 27, 2023   (29 posts)
At the request of its citizens the Boston city council will begin looking into whether the city's population of bedbugs is increasing, according to the ...

What's in a name?

Tuesday, September 12, 2023   (4 posts)
The AP reports that a Wyoming ski resort is changing the name of one of its mountains.  The mountain known as "Mary's Nipple" will be renamed to simply ...

Quote of the Day (and the end of creativity as we know it)

Thursday, March 13, 2003   (1 post)
"There are a limited number of mathematical formulas for hit songs.  We don't know why." - Mike McCready, CEO of Polyphonic HMI, a company that ...

Creative Sentencing

Thursday, March 13, 2003   (1 post)
Reuters reports that a German court sentenced a 19-year-old who stole a laptop computer to dig the victim a new swimming pool.  Should take about three ...

"Free Iraq" T-Shirts

http://www.cafeshops.com/free_iraq

Ten Best Movie Lines

Wednesday, March 12, 2003   (1 post)
According to a poll by BBC London and mobile phone company Orange... 10. "He's not the Messiah - he's a very naughty boy" - Life of Brian 9. ...

Quote of the Day

"Of course, in good food tradition, the French claim to be the inventors of our beloved fries.  Anyway, we modest Belgians don't mind the French claim, ...

How tall is Saddam?

Myers:  About this tall... [IMAGE] Rumsfeld:  No, ...

Separated at Birth?

Thursday, March 13, 2003   (4 posts)
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Madonna to write childrens books

Tuesday, March 11, 2003   (1 post)
Entertainer Madonna has signed a deal with Penguin Group to publish a series of five childrens books.  For the first book, rumor has it she is considering ...

No more french fries in Congress

Tuesday, March 11, 2003   (1 post)
The US House of Representatives will no longer serve french fries in their cafeterias, according to the AP.  A sign by the cash register reads "Update. Now ...

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, May 30, 2023   (2 posts)
"There are lots of houses that are adjacent to our fence line or close to it. Sometimes they see and hear things that gets them nervous." -Bill Harlow, CIA ...

 

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