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Woman chooses pet crocodile over husband Posted: 1 month ago by ruthstark
An Australian woman, Vicki Lowing, says she divorced her husband after he asked her to give up her pet crocodile, Johnie, which she says is "like a child" to her
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Ready to eat your face and scream Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Sort of like the Republican National Convention, but with better makeup.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 149 [+].
Letters of Note Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
"Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Scans/photos where possible. Fakes will be sneered at. Updated 2-3 times every weekday."
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 140 [+].
O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
OCTOBER 13--Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly! On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details.
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Florida Beach Closed due to Mile-Long Trail of Manatee Turds Posted: 1 month ago by Pazez
Manatees are so annoying!
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Former refugee recycles US hotel soap for Uganda Posted: 1 month ago by ruthstark
Kayongo has collected several tons of lightly used soap bars under a plan to melt them down, sterilize them and reshape the soap for shipment to refugees in Uganda to help curb disease.
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Train drags German mooner half naked along tracks Posted: 1 month ago by ruthstark
A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
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Warship Built From WTC Steel Complete Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
The building of the new Navy warship, the USS New York, has finally been completed and the ship is leaving the Louisiana shipyard for the Big Apple today. The 684 feet long and 105 feet wide ship, constructed by Northrup Grumman, was built with 7.5 tons of steel from WTC wreckage.
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One bazillion colour photos of Nazi Germany Posted: 1 month ago by Mithridates
One bazillion colour photos of all aspects of Nazi Germany in one long post.
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The Lost Golf Balls of Loch Ness Posted: 2 months ago by Pazez
My Theory: Angered Scotsmen drive balls at Nessie who blows raspberries and dives into the depths before anybody can take a picture.
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Internet addiction Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Can be as bad as drugs.
*"Do you have Wi-Fi here?"*
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 257 [+].
Girl Kills Unhappy Parents And Cuts Them Into Pieces Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
How to deal with your parents divorce: Chapter 1
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How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
In addition to assorted bad breaks and pleasant surprises, opportunities and insults, life serves up the occasional pink unicorn. The three-dollar bill; the nun with a beard; the sentence, to borrow from the Lewis Carroll poem, that gyres and gimbles in the wabe...Whatever!
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Woman describes using air freshener to fight off robber Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
"This is when I picked up this can of Glade spray and I kept spraying it in his eyes and he grabbed me and threw me down on the hall floor," the woman said.
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Smelly, fat, seat-kickers worst plane passengers Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
So...for this we need a survey?
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 107 [+].
Ozzy Osbourne gets his driver's licence Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Incredibly, it's NOT from Florida.
Key Quote: "Some examiners would say, 'I'm not even f***ing getting in the car with you'."
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 190 [+].
Typhoon remnants threaten to bring Central Valley flooding, mudslides, weather service says Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
The remains of super typhoon Melor, which is barreling across the Pacific at high speed today, threaten to bring flooding to some areas of California's Central Valley and mud slides in recently fire-ravaged areas, the National Weather Service reports.
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Homegrown Pot Threatens Mexican Cartels Posted: 2 months ago by bingo
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico.
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Meet the Pigeon Lady Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
Meet the Pigeon Lady, an East Village pigeon fancier who's been stealing pigeons from prized coops for nearly a decade. From drug dealers using pigeons to carry illicit messages to bird wars and the sociopaths who fight them, the Pigeon Lady breaks down the New York City pigeon scene and explains where exactly to find it. Includes video in article.
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A Historian Is on a Quest to Locate Lost Events Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
SPOILER: He survived. But I think 1000 writers could probably do a lot with what could have happened if he hadn't. Now, the job of speculative fiction authors everywhere has become somewhat easier, thanks to Here Is Where, a project to locate and map the sites of little-known, relatively unimportant historical events in the United States.
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"F U" Sign Can Stay Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
A Connecticut couple doesn't have to take down a 100-square-foot sign with giant "F'' and "U'' on it, that's directed at neighbors they've feuded with.
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Drink With Your Teenagers Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
A study shows that allowing your teenagers to drink at home moderately helps "prepare themselves for life in an adult environment dominated by this drug"
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Secretary fired over meatball snack after 34 years on the job Posted: 2 months ago by ruthstark
A German secretary is fighting for her job of 34 years after being fired for snacking on a meatball from a conference buffet on the job
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Girl drowned because father kissed a friend Posted: 2 months ago by ruthstark
2 year old Rebecca Hopper was in a double buggy with her baby brother when they fell into the water, while their father was kissing a friend he met.
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George kissed his parents goodnight. A few hours later he was dead, killed by a tumour that grew as he slept Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
At 10.30pm, George gave his mother, Jane, a goodnight kiss and headed for bed.
Three hours later, she was woken by George calling out that he couldn't breathe. They were his last words.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 536 [+].
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