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Archive for July, 2007

Are you ugly or hot?

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 by Insider

Ugly People Pictures!

There are a lot of ugly people in the world. Fortunately there is a web site for them.

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Forget “No Blowers” signs; Bikini Lawn Care Company Finding Big Demand

Saturday, July 21st, 2007 by Insider

Remember the Bikini car wash? Now we have bikini lawn care.

Tiger Time Lawn Care has been on the books for only three months but their offer to cut lawns in bikinis is already catching on.
Ladies are cutting lawns wearing bikinis, offering more attention to your lawn than it has ever seen.
Blair Beckman, 21-years-old, said [...]

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The 50’s, when men were men and women were…

Thursday, July 19th, 2007 by Insider

The images below are from a set floating around the Internet. I really should have saved them for next Father’s/Mother’s day but waiting is not a virtue we possess.
For our male readers…

And for our female reader(s)…

Source: email from Hagar

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It’s being called the worst application of all time; Second Life meets Outlook

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 by Insider

“3D Mailbox”
Here is how they describe themselves:
E-mail is the killer app, but it’s deadly boring. Have fun with 3D Mailbox!
3D Mailbox delivers a fantastic, smarter e-mail experience. Immerse yourself in 3-D as you read and write your mail. Relax to the sounds of the ocean, seagulls, and cool tunes. Hang with your mail poolside, or [...]

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One More Reason to Dislike Parking Scum Enforcement

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 by A Senior Administration Official

Parking enforcement ‘officers’ and their superiors like to pretend that they are focused on enforcing the law, and not on generating revenue for whatever city employs them.
Let this little story from Redondo Beach serve as a counterargument.
My neighbor’s old SUV — destined to be a charitable donation in the very near future — was stolen [...]

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Why you should always wear a seat belt…

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 by Insider

…because this might happen to you.

And yes it is quite real. It happened in 2002 as 27 year-old Damien Harrington was trying to get away from police after attempting to pass a bad check. If you are wondering if he survived then you really didn’t watch the video.

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Zimbabwean Economics – Hey, We’re All Starving To Death But Plasma TV’s Are Only $60.00

Monday, July 16th, 2007 by Chad

Zimbabweans are shopping like there’s no tomorrow. With police patrolling the aisles of Harare’s electrical shops to enforce massive government-ordered price cuts, the widescreen TVs were the first things to go, for as little as £20. Across the country, shoes, clothes, toiletries and different kinds of food were all swept from the shelves as a [...]

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Caption Contest

Monday, July 16th, 2007 by Insider
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LA Times Sets the Record Straight on Second Life Hype

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 by Insider

After spending the last few years shamelessly fawning over Second Life (including this recent puff piece), the LA Times has finally ceased its lightweight regurgitation of Second Life press releases and published an article that is actually critical (!) of the much-hyped virtual world.

Four years after Second Life debuted, some marketers are second-guessing the money [...]

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Prince Charles Copping a Royal Feel

Saturday, July 14th, 2007 by Insider

While there might be an innocent explanation why the royal Prince of Horn Dog is about to grab this woman’s breasts, I’m not so sure about his leer toward those luscious lobes.
Regardless, Odd Culture did it yet again sourcing this one. Good job guys.

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New favorite web site…HotGhettoMess.com

Friday, July 13th, 2007 by Insider

These images are from HotGhettoMess.com. They have an upcoming show on BET and for some unexplainable reason BET is getting heat for it.

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And you thought shin splints were painful?

Friday, July 13th, 2007 by Insider

Any guesses how painful this is?
This happened here.
Update: This qualifies as bad parenting. A father took his 10-year old son bull running.

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More Local News Hijynx: San Francisco Edition

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 by Insider

Another day another embarrassment for local news. No, not sleeping with the mayor behind his wife’s back all the while covering him. No, not frolicking with the husband of a newly missing woman in her house, also while covering him. This time it is a local news crew from San Francisco being cuffed and taken [...]

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World’s Tallest Man Marries; Future NBA Baby That Much Closer to Reality

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 by Insider

As reported earlier, Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia, met his bride earlier this year after searching high and low, sending advertisements around the world. It turns out he didn’t have to look far — 5-foot-6 saleswoman Xia Shujian hails from his hometown of Chifeng. They wed in a traditional Mongolian ceremony.
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Toxic Sludge no longer allowed in Chinese toothpaste

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 by Chad

You’d kind of hope this would go without saying, but I guess not:
BEIJING (AP) – China banned diethylene glycol—a thickening agent in antifreeze—from use in toothpaste Wednesday, one of its most significant concessions yet as it struggles to regain international confidence in the country’s beleaguered exports.
Chinese-made toothpaste containing the toxic substance, which can cause kidney [...]

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