Archive for the 'You can’t make this stuff up.' Category
17th June 2009
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Hilaire Purbrick, 45, has inhabited the seven-foot cave he dug on his plot and dined off the land for the past 16 years.
But after having the dwelling checked by the fire brigade, Brighton and Hove City Council decided it did not have enough exits and sought an injunction banning him from entering it.
I swear, it must be something in the water.
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15th June 2009
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1st June 2009
George McGovern give the Obamassiah some advice.
Of course, this is like getting advice from Jimmy Carter on how to handle the economy and relations with Muslim states.
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18th May 2009
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This must be seen to be believed. If Tsar Nicholas had a computer, this is the sort of computer he would have.
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21st April 2009
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Maybe we can hook them up with the tribes united against climate change. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
What we really need is a bionic walrus….
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20th April 2009
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Now that’s comedy.
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6th April 2009
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You never know what can happen when you fly the friendly skies….
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4th April 2009
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And there you have the modern world in a nutshell.
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22nd March 2009
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With online social networks becoming ever more important in our lives, they’re also becoming an important element in our deaths. Mr. Spangenberg, who died suddenly from an abdominal aneurysm at age 57, was unprepared, but others are leaving detailed instructions. There’s even a tiny industry that has sprung up to help people wrap up their online contacts after their deaths.
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16th March 2009
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16th March 2009
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13th March 2009
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You can find anything on the Internet. Wait until the end to see who it’s sponsored by.
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9th March 2009
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7th March 2009
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What a metaphor for the entire history of U.S. policy toward third-world countries.
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6th March 2009
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6th March 2009
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Hey, this is important stuff.
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20th February 2009
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We have the technology.
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17th February 2009
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Apparently she has decided to sue search engines because searches on her name lead to malware and porn. (Her husband is a lawyer, which may explain the lawsuit but probably hasn’t got anything to do with the results of the searches. Probably.)
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18th January 2009
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Darwin Award: We have a winner.
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15th January 2009
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Will Charlie Brown try to kick Lucy’s football once again?
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8th January 2009
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6th January 2009
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I thought that these wierdos only lived in America.
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29th December 2008
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Can you say “Darwin Award”? I knew you could.
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28th December 2008
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I say we go them one better, and feed the entire family to the shark. I’m sure they would want it that way.
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22nd December 2008
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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
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21st December 2008
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Guess Joe Stockbroker is just as quick as Joe Sixpack to resort to violence to preseve his way of life.
Reminds me of Ted Kennedy and his liberal friends turning into NIMBYs when it was proposed to put a wind turbine farm (“Alternative energy good! Oil and coal and nukes bad!”) where it would spoil their view.
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21st December 2008
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Good luck with that.
“Well, we don’t believe in legs, but we want to walk anyway, so we’re searching for alternatives.”
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19th December 2008
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16th December 2008
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15th December 2008
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15th December 2008
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California — the gift that keeps on giving.
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11th December 2008
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- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in California.
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10th December 2008
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- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in New York.
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8th December 2008
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Imagine the insurance claim form.
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8th December 2008
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We have the technology.
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5th December 2008
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Raw talent will out.
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4th December 2008
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4th December 2008
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- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in D.C.
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2nd December 2008
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As soon as the pirates showed up, the “security staff” jumped ship. You can’t make this stuff up.
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17th November 2008
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Well, if you’re serious about bacon….
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11th November 2008
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3rd November 2008
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No doubt the hard-core cases will get the Comfy Chair.
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2nd November 2008
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Bureaucracy — straining at gnats and swallowing camels since before recorded time.
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1st November 2008
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1st November 2008
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30th October 2008
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30th October 2008
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Now how many governments can cause that kind of change so quickly?
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25th October 2008
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16th October 2008
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Sounds like a great plot for a movie.
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7th October 2008
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Good thing he’s not a Mormon or he’d be in real trouble.
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