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Black Friday Sales Websites for the Devoted

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Are you one of those people who love to get up at 4:00 am the day after Thanksgiving to compete with a sea of humanity for great deals on stuff? With ‘Black Friday’ being the official start of the holiday season, there are some deals to be had for sure.
But who wants to […]

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Crazy Florida Kids Get High From Sniffing Poop

November 6th, 2007 · 23 Comments

The Smoking Gun reports the Collier County Sheriff’s Department in Florida has issued a strange bulletin warning citizens of a new drug derived from poop and pee.
The bulletin states that the crazy kids of the sunshine state are enjoying a new drug called ‘Jenkem’ which is said to cause hallucinations and ‘euphoric highs’. Jenkem is […]

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Best Buy HDTV ad takes CYA to the absurb

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Back in 1993 some guy named Keith Long purchased a new computer with a shiny new monitor. You know the ancient CRT kind that you can’t get rid of and have to pay somebody to ‘recycle’.
The monitor had an advertised screen size of 14 inches. The trouble was the actual […]

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Illinois Middle School Bans Hugging

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

It’s not just no drugs, it’s also no hugs allowed at an Oak Park Illinois middle school.
See the CBS 2 Chicago report for more coverage.
The Principal of Percy Julian Middle School Victoria Sharts had a problem with “hug lines” in the halls so she decided to ban hugging.
Sharts said that hugging was “more appropriate for […]

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Don’t Tase Me Bro Remix Songs

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s not funny, no not at all. But there are some people out there lacking a moral compass. Several insensitive people have made some funny ass remixes using poor Andrew Meyer’s involuntary tasering.
First off is Can’t Tase This, using MC Hammer’s mega hit from the 80s. Its ‘Tase Time’! […]

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Hey Little Sparta aka The Mean Kitty Song Lyrics

September 7th, 2007 · 284 Comments

Want to sing along with Cory “Mr. Safety” Williams in his YouTube hit video Hey Little Sparta aka ‘The Mean Kitty Song’? The words to this song have been lovingly transcribed for your entertainment.

Hey Little Sparta aka The Mean Kitty Song
I got this little kitty about 2 months back,
He was the […]

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Miss Teen USA 2007 Miss South Carolina Transcript

August 29th, 2007 · 12 Comments

Poor Lauren Caitlin Upton, this will be a month she’ll be trying to soon forget. Thanks to YouTube her on air blunder has been seen nearly 8 million times.
Aimee Teegarden “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this […]

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University of Vermont adds Gender Neutral Bathrooms

August 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The University of Vermont in Burlington has built ‘gender neutral’ bathrooms in its new student center.

“It also has gender-neutral bathrooms, a feature added to accommodate transgendered people, as well as those with some disabilities. The four single bathrooms in the new Dudley H. Davis Center — each with a toilet, sink, shower and lockable […]

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Best Chocolate Rain Parodies

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Tay Zonday’s original song Chocolate Rain has inspired dozens of parodies and ‘homages’. Here are a few of the better ones.
Fast Food Chain
Perhaps the funniest of the parodies so far, a young Carl Jessee places an order at a ‘fast food chain’ and hilarity ensues.

Green Day’s Tre Cool Performs Chocolate Rain
Runs a bit […]

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The Secret tops Hitchens god is not Great

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

This week’s top 10 list of nonfiction books has the house a bit disturbed and perplexed.  Seems the metaphysical claptrap known as the Secret is still number one beating 6th place Christopher Hitchens’ atheist manifesto god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
Let me save those curious about the Secret a little time and money. […]

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