Man Ticketed For Changing Red Lights To Green
Man says defice bought on eBay cut his drive to work.
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And I think you can buy one of these devices here.
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What happens when a foam firefighting system doesn’t shut off
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PoopDollar Experiment
Would you pick money up if it had dog poo on it?
Read about the experiment here.
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500 lb Potato Battery
I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system.
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World Record for Typing Numbers in Words
After 16 years at the typewriter, Les Stewart from Mudjimba (Australia) is a millionaire. On 25 November 1998, he reached his goal of typing all numbers from one to one million – in words (not numbers) on his manual machine.
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Decapitated by an elevator
PITTSBURGH – A construction worker was decapitated by an elevator car Thursday as he peered into a freight-elevator shaft, police said.
The accident happened at the site of a nine-story former warehouse that is being converted into 140 apartments for students at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
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Another reason why I can’t stand Greek organizations
Chi Omega at KSU on probation after group gives award for “blackest member”Â
Kent State University officials have placed the Chi Omega sorority on probation for giving a “blackest member” award to a white woman.
The sorority will not be able to hold social functions while officials investigate the incident, which occurred at a formal dinner-dance at the Student Center Ballroom on Saturday.
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Ministry to Bears
Got this cute little story from my friend Bone . . .
A priest, a Pentecostal preacher, and a Rabbi, all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn’t really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they’re all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages, goes first. “Well,” he says, “I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation.”
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed,
” WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don’t sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God’s HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus.”
They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast, and traction, with IV’s and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape.
The rabbi looks up and says, “Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start.”
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