Archives for the ‘World of the Wacky’ Category

American culture wanes as STDs rise. Market for battleaxes flourishes

As this American nation enters the same end state that Rome did before it fell, we begin to see signs and portents. When guns are not readily available, battleaxes will do in a pinch.
Two men were arrested Tuesday by Salt Lake County sheriff’s deputies after investigators say they attacked a teenager with a medieval battle [...]

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Boyfriend gets probation after girlfriend found stuck to toilet

Some stories absolutely disgust me. This story about a mentally ill woman who refused to come out of the bathroom for two years and became physically stuck to a toilet because of sores on her body is one of them.
Babcock’s plight became known in February when McFarren called the Ness County sheriff, expressing concern about [...]

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Randy Pausch, the ‘last lecture’ professor has died

My parents just bought me The Last Lecture as a present for graduating from college (at 37 years old I’m no whiz kid).
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.

Randy Pausch emphasized the joy [...]

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‘World’s greatest dad’ not so great

File under irony.
If you’re going to engage in pedophilia (which I do not recommend or support) you should probably not wear a t-shirt that claims you are the “World’s Greatest Dad.” Of course, people who get caught doing this sort of stuff generally aren’t armed with a very high IQ.
No one should be alone when [...]

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Frickin’ idiots with lasers

Those crazy Russians. Filed under what were they thinking when they bounced lasers off a tent roof instead of using the sky like they usually did.
According to the reports, concertgoers said the festival’s dance floor was covered by a canopy because it was raining. The lasers were pointed horizontally under the tent instead of into [...]

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