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Quote of the Day

Saturday, February 15, 2003 (1 post)
"I'm being harassed, it's an invasion of my constitutional rights." - Stacey Storm, who was fined $150 by Okanogan County, Washington for a noise ...

Free Beer

Saturday, February 15, 2003 (1 post)
If Rusty Wallace, driver of the Miller Lite car, wins NASCAR's Daytona 500, Miller Lite will give a free six-pack to every fan at the event, according to AP ...

Japanese Superheroes...

They're sumo wrestlers by day, crimefighters by night... full story: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=583&ncid=583&e=4&u=/nm/200302

(Yet another) Quote of the Day

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
"My mission as coach of the Iraq national football team has come to an end." - Bernd Stange, coach of the Iraqi national soccer team. It seems there ...

Dog Dancing

Here's a story on dog dancing in Rome... http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=856&ncid=856&e=7&u=/nm/20030213/od

(Another) Quote of the Day

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
"It's only rigidity and cultural backwardness. Through the crackdown, they only buy people's greater hatred and enmity." - Fariba Sabet, while ...

Quote of the Day

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
"We want Thailand to have a good product that other countries don't have." - Kasara Thepprasit, owner of Kaesara Bakery, which recently began selling ...

Sales of French cheese down in the US.

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
Reuters reports today that sales to US customers are down at web retailer fromages.com, a site specializing in French cheese, in response to the French ...

Didn't we already know this?

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
New research published in New Scientist magazine reached the following conclusion: Lions think humans are tasty.

In Britain, Jedis outnumber Jews and Buddhists...

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (1 post)
According to the Office of National Statistics, there were 390,000 Brits who listed "Jedi" as their religion in the 2001 census. That compares to Sikh - ...

New from Japan - the Nipple Scarf

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Naked Spelling

In a protest in Central Park, a bunch of naked people spell out "ivo blish", or something like that... ...

Quote of the Day

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 (2 posts)
"It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. There must be people who ...

Irony

Thursday, February 13, 2003 (2 posts)
There is a new band called "The Dead". It is made up of all the former members of the Grateful Dead who are not... umm... dead.

Mmm... Chocolate Volkswagen

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Why would anyone do that?

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 (1 post)
Stolen: 32,000 pig ears from a Danish pet store. (Be on the lookout for counterfeit silk purses being sold on the streets of Copenhagen.)

Peking Chicken - New from KFC

Monday, February 20, 2023 (3 posts)
China's Xinhua News Agency reports that the KFC restaurants in Beijing have a new item on the menu. It's just like Beijing Duck (Peking Duck), except ...

Nice Try

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 (1 post)
Lawrence Lemming, a recovering alcoholic, ordered a diet Coke in an Atlantic City casino, but was served a rum and Coke instead. According to the AP, ...

Check you spelling...

Wednesday, February 12, 2003 (1 post)
The AP reports of two men wanted by Hickory, North Carolina police for attempting to cash a forged Broyhill Furniture payroll check. They would have ...

Sea Lions Guard US Ships

Too odd to summarize, full story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030211/80/dszu5.html

British Headlines

Tuesday, February 11, 2003 (1 post)
I was recently browsing a British news site when I saw these two headlines right next to each other... U.S. is "biggest threat" to world peace ...

Slow News Day...

Tuesday, February 11, 2003 (1 post)
You know it's a slow news day when you see stories like this from the AP... Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue began a weight-loss program Monday. ...

Separated at Birth?

Monday, February 10, 2003 (1 post)
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Not the brightest protester at the rally...

Below is a picture of Frank Wright of Lanesboro, Minnesota, who is carrying a sign protesting the potential war with Iraq. The sign reads "What would Mr. ...