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Archive for the 'Not the conventional wisdom' Category

Can Someone Explain Why “Panda Porn” Returns 1,940 Images in Google Image Search?

Saturday, April 7th, 2007 by Insider

If this turns you on and you are not a panda, please leave now.
Is the world this sick?
Now you might be wondering why I was searching for “panda porn” on a late Saturday night. I was looking for a photo to accompany this legitimate news story:
(AP) CHIANG MAI, Thailand Chuang Chuang the panda has […]

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It’s Amazing What You Can Learn in a Prison Shower

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 by Insider

There is no such thing as a bad ‘women in prison’ movie
Imagine the surprise of the inmates and guards at the Hamilton County Jail when they discovered that the person booked in the case as Alexander David Cross was actually a woman also known as Elaine Ann Cross. Yep, the man they had been holding […]

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World’s Tallest Man Gets Married

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 by Insider

The world’s tallest man, whose search for a bride covered the world, ended up marrying a woman from his home town nearly half his age and more than two feet shorter, Chinese media reported on Wednesday.

Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7-ft, 9-inch) herdsman listed by Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, married a […]

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Child prodigy wins Monster Jam Mullet Contest

Friday, March 16th, 2007 by Insider

As Odd Culture says…
You see, some families become successful in the business world, the stock market, real estate, doctors, lawyers, scientists. Other families win mullet competitions. Of course this came out of Jacksonville. Where else would it come from?

From the Camden County Tribune and Georgian:
Kingsland has a celebrity of sorts living within its royal walls; […]

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Scanning for genital herpes with your cell phone

Friday, March 2nd, 2007 by Insider

A new “Web 2.0″ company called Check Tonight is being launched that combines several trends:

1. The proliferation of cell phones.
2. The proliferation of social communities.
3. The proliferation of “weenie rot”
As with MySpace, members set up profiles (wise guys will call them “member profiles”). But instead of listing the music one likes, users post medical records […]

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Trading in the Prius for a flying saucer

Thursday, March 1st, 2007 by Insider

Move Over Al Gore, Help Has Arrived
Former Canadian defense minister Paul Hellyer, 83, is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change.

“I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation […]

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What’s that white stuff in a twinkie anyway?

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 by Insider

Here’s what we know and the Twinkie:

It’s 160 calories.
It’s been around since the 30s.
We liked them as kids but find them unbelievably disgusting today.

But we never really knew what they were made of. Until today that is.
technorati: twinkie

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Help Save Chrysler

Friday, February 23rd, 2007 by Insider

At least Chrysler has one nice looking model in its product line.
I was at a Chrysler dealership today (don’t ask) and I don’t think there is any saving the mediocracy . But Joe Sherlock, who will be familiar to the people person who reads us, came up with a plan to save Chrysler involving timeshares.
Actually, […]

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This is how I want to die…in front of the tube

Monday, February 19th, 2007 by Insider

From the UPI:
Police on the east end of New York’s Long Island found the body of a man dead more than a year sitting in front of his television, which was still on.
Vincenzo Riccardi, who was blind from diabetes, had apparently not been seen or heard from since December 2005, Newsday reported. But his neighbors, […]

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Girl Power Exposed

Thursday, February 8th, 2007 by Insider

So true.
Money is power and sex is power. Therefore getting money for sex is just an exchange of power. ~ Samantha (Sex & the City)
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” ~Shirley Chisholm
Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There’s just […]

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‘Banned’ GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad

Friday, February 2nd, 2007 by Insider

GoDaddy gets so much mileage from the online viewing of their ads that it’s more than likely that what they call ‘banned’ were never intended to air on broadcast TV. You have to give them credit though, it beats putting LiteBrites in Boston.
Link to ad on YouTube.

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Black inmates outlive counterparts outside prison

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 by Insider

I don’t know if this means that the problems with prison health care aren’t as bad as they are reported or perhaps that they need to be put into context of what dangers people face outside prison walls. Whatever the reason, it is surprising to hear that.

State prison inmates, particularly blacks, are living longer on […]

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Change your life on eBay? Surfer dude lifestyle for sale

Sunday, January 21st, 2007 by Insider

Having a midlife crisis? Then why not become this guy?

Among the things you’ll get along with your new life:
- Clothes
- Roughly 300 CDs
- Surfboard
As well as lessons:
- Surfing (Expert)
- Climbing (Intermediate)
- Skateboarding (Novice)
- Handstand Skills (Expert)
Note that according to the eBay auction (now over AU$30k), the following provisions apply:
- A friend owes me $20. Another […]

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Mannequin chests are getting bigger

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 by Insider

According to the Metro UK Mannequins’ breasts are growing to cater for the number of women who now have plastic surgery (or men’s increased fondness for gigantic boobs). Shop mannequins with 40″ DD breasts are now being used. Given that breast augmentation surgery has increased by 700 per cent in America in the past 10 […]

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70-year old grandmother hired as bouncer in German brothel

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 by Insider

As the world’s working population, at least in developed countries, ages it is going to be important for economies to address age discrimination so as to employ as many of the able, though elderly, workers as possible. This is just one of many reasons to enjoy the story of “Mumsy” the 70-year old bouncer […]

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