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Top 20 stupid deaths of the year

Here are just a few:

•  19. Debby Mills-Newbroughton, 99 years old, was killed as she crossed the road. She was to turn 100 the next day but, crossing the road with her daughter to go to her own birthday party, her wheel chair was hit by the truck delivering her birthday cake.
•  14. Megan Fri, 44 years old, was killed by 14 state troopers after she wandered onto a live firing, fake town simulation. Seeing the troopers all walking slow down the street, Megan jumped out in front of them and yelled, "Boo!" The troopers, thinking she was a pop up target, fired 67 shots between them, over 40 of them hitting their target. "She just looked like a very real looking target," one of the troopers stated in his report.
•   10. Julia Smeeth, 20 years old, was killed by her brother Michael because she talked on the phone too long. Michael clubbed his sister to death with a cordless phone, then stabbed her several times with the broken aerial.
•  8. Military Sergeant John Joe Winter killed his "two timing wife" by loading her car with Trintynitrate explosive (similar to C4). The Ford Taurus she was driving was filled with 750 kilograms of explosive, forming a force twice as powerful as the Oklahoma Bombing. The explosion was witnessed by several persons, some up to 14 kilometers away. No trace  of the car or the victim were ever found, only a 55 meter deep crater and 500 meters of missing road.
•  5. Jay Newton was killed after a co-worker at Sea World in Florida dropped a 20 ton killer whale on him. The whale had been hoisted out of his tank by a Master Tonne Crane, when the victim swam underneath to inspect the harness. His colleague, Brian Hartley, released the whale, crushing the victim instantly (and emptying a quarter of the water from the pool).

Here is the whole list.

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Cool illusions

Squares A and B are the exact same shade of gray.  Don’t believe me?  Click here and find out for yourself (it’s illusion #1).  There are two other neat illusions here also.

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Want a piece of history?

You can buy Michael Jackson’s famous white glove.   Asking price $388,000.00 

Click here to see.

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Katrina's aftermath

 
Looters stealing whatever they can get for a grocery in New Orleans where floodwaters continue to rise.

Read an up-to-the-minute blog on Katrina’s aftermath as reported by New Orleans TV station WWL’s Tom Planchet.

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Here’s another blog about Katrina from the truth laid bear

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And another photo blog here.  Pretty incredible pictures.

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Children's play slide

"Hey mom, watch me slide out the elephants ass"

40 things every drunk should do before he dies

From Modern Drunkard:

 1.) Open and close a bar.
 2.) Go on a bender.
 3.) Drink a fifth of hard liquor, by yourself, in one day.
 4.) Dance like a fool in front of a large hooting crowd.
 5.) Spend a night in the drunk tank.
 6.) Get drunk on the grave of your hero.
 7.) Buy a crowded bar a round.
 8.) Embark on an impromptu road trip.
 9.) Get 86’d from a bar.
 10.) Extravagantly overtip a bartender.
 11.) Walk up to an attractive stranger way out of your league and buy him or her a drink.
 12.) Conspire an afterhours at your favorite bar.
 13.) Make your best friend a perfect martini.
 14.) Buy, build or steal a home bar.
 15.) Get carried home by your drinking buddies.
 16.) Get drunk with your father.
 17.) Fight a good fight.
 18.) Visit the source of your favorite beer, wine or liquor.
 19.) Drunkenly watch the sun come up with your best boozing buddies and a bottle.
 20.) Sit in on an A.A. meeting.
 21.) Hit a dozen bars in one night.
 22.) Try at least one hundred different drinks.
 23.) Get loaded in the land of your forefathers.
 24.) Juice on the job.
 25.) Split a magnum of expensive champagne with your true love.
 26.) Give a hobo twenty bucks.
 27.) Get loaded and tell your boss exactly how you feel.
 28.) Send a friend a bottle of good liquor.
 29.) Eat a pickled egg from the big jar.
 30.) Go on a fishing trip with your pals.
 31.) Eat the worm.
 32.) Learn at least one traditional drinking song.
 33.) Steal some booze.
 34.) Spend half a paycheck on a single bottle of liquor.
 35.) Start your long-awaited and very personal autobiography: Me and the Booze: A Love Story.
 36.) Try absinthe.
 37.) Watch the movie Barfly with five of your closest friends.
 38.) Work at least a week as a bartender.
 39.) Make your own beer, wine or moonshine.
 40.) Go to your place of worship loaded.

For details on each item click here.

Note: I’m ashamed to say I’ve only done one-fourth of them.  Some drunk I am.

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It's a boy!

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Aquarium toilet

 Aquariass - Aquarium toilet

Add a little life to your bathroom with this live aquarium. The fully functioning tank fits American Standard bowls. Custom bowl installation is available.

3/8" acrylic tank
1.6 gpf. (federal standard)
22" x 14" x 9" deep

 email us for ordering information

8 weeks for shipping
Fish and aquarium components sold separately.

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Why is "colonel" pronounced "kernel"?

 Mainly to continue the tradition of making English as incomprehensible as possible, thereby keeping the spelling bee industry in business. (Believe me, there's millions in it.) Colonel comes from Old Italian colonello, commander of a column of troops, which in turn derives from colonna, column. It wasn't always spelled the Italian way, though. Four hundred years ago English followed the Spanish practice and spelled the word "coronel," sensibly pronounced the way it looked. Eventually this was corrupted to ker-nel, still not bad considering we're talking about the British, who pronounce "Featheringstonehaugh" "Fanshaw."

But it couldn't last. Some nameless busybody decided coronel ought to be spelled "colonel" to better reflect its Italian origin, doubtless out of the same misplaced love of precision that gave us 16-1/2 feet to the rod and 27 and 11/32 grains to the dram. It's just the Anglo-Saxon way, I guess. How these people conquered an empire I'll never know.

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Sniper Detection System

 Not to be flip, but pretty soon NATO is going to be walking into battle zones in AT-ATs. This sniper detection system is just incredible. It’s an array of microphones aimed in different directions that can pick up and triangulate the location of sniper fire even in noisy locations. They’re currently testing them on Hummers in Iraq and a processing unit estimates the direction, elevation, and distance of a sniper after the first shot fired.

Read article about it on Gizmag.

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Lovemaking tips for seniors

1. Put on your glasses. Double check that your partner is actually in bed with you.
2. Set timer for 3 minutes, in case you doze off in the middle.
3. Set the mood with lighting. Turn them ALL OFF!
4. Make sure you put 911 on your speed dial before you begin.
5. Write partner's name on your hand in case you can't remember.
6. Keep extra polygrip close by so your teeth don't end up under the bed.
7. Have Tylenol ready in case you actually complete the act.
8. Make all the noise you want. The neighbors are deaf too.
9. If it works, call everyone you know with the good news.
10. Don't even think about trying it twice

 

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They're not what they appear to be

 
Click on one to find out.

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A Car That (Really) Drives Itself: The 2008 Opel Vectra

 RUSSELSHEIM, Germany — General Motors is preparing to launch a revolutionary self-driving system on the 2008 Opel Vectra.

The car will be capable of piloting itself at speeds up to 60 mph in heavy traffic without any input from the driver sitting behind the steering wheel.

GM claims the system, called Traffic Assist, will make driving safer and more relaxing. It uses lasers, a video camera and plenty of computing power to "see" signs, bends, other vehicles and lane markings, and to control the engine, steering and brakes to keep the car in the correct position on the road and maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front.

The system is to become available on more models by the end of the decade — initially other cars on the Epsilon platform, including the next Saab 9-3, Cadillac BLS and Saturn Aura. Whether it will be launched in the U.S. will depend on whether administrators deem it safe — product liability laws are different in America.

GM expects the package to be about 50-percent more expensive than conventional active cruise control radar equipment, which controls distances but cannot steer the car.

What this means to you: No, it's not April Fool's Day; GM really has developed a self-driving system. Great for traffic jams, but we're not sure about a car driving itself at 60 mph!

Here a link to this story.

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Hurricane Katrina bears down on New Orleans

Now packing winds of 175 mph this catagory 5 hurricane is expected to hit New Orleans on Monday. Get the latest from The Weather Channel.

This brings back memories of Hurricane Charley (just one year ago this month) where my aunt lives in Port Charlotte Florida. I went down and drove my aunt to my cousin’s house near New Orleans. I’m wondering if I need to go down there and take my cousin to my aunt’s in Florida now. Here are just a few pics I took after Hurricane Charley last August.

Here are all the pictures I took of Hurricane Charley’s aftermath.

Digital photo key chains

 

Load up to 56 of your favorite digital pictures on this unique digital picture key chain. View them anywhere in full color.

• Store up to 56 photos
• 2 viewing modes: browse and slideshow
• Lightweight and durable
• Easy to use software
• Long-lasting rechargeable battery
• Transfer jpeg pictures form your PC using USB cable

And… only $59.99

TAO Electronics

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How Krispy Kreme's are made

WARNING: You’ll be hungry after looking at this site.

How Krispy Kreme Donuts are made

From How Stuff Works via Growabrain

Hard Rocks -- Hmmmmm

Rock in Arches National Park in Utah

Another rock in Arches National Park

Stones of the world

Early days of computing

Post Secret

See a secret…. Share a secret at Post Secret

 PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

Some are quite amusing while others are sad.  Here are just a few samples:

Lysol kills germs EVERYWHERE

 

To view enlarged copy click here.

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100 greatest pop songs since 1963

Here are the top ten according to MTV and Rolling Stone Magazine:

•  01 The Beatles - yesterday (WMA Download)
  02 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (WMA Download)
  03 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (WMA Download)
  04 Madonna - Like A Virgin (WMA Download)
  05 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (WMA Download)
  06 the Beatles-I Want To Hold Your Hand (WMA Download)
  07 Aretha Franklin - Respect (WMA Download)
  08 U2 - With or Without You (WMA Download)
  09 the Jackson - I Want You Back (WMA Download)
  10 Backstreet boys - I Want It That Way (WMA Download)

Here is the complete 100 song list and free download links.

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Who needs doppler radar when you've got a Pope John-Paul barometer?

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Best BBQ sandwich in the country

According to the September 2004 issue of Maxim Magazine, the best BBQ sandwich can be had in my home town, St. Louis MO, at C&K Barbecue.  I’ll check it out and report back later.

 The Combo ($5.35)
C&K Barbecue, St. Louis, Missouri
In this tiny BBQ shack on a lonely stretch of I-70, the Brantley family bakes pig snout until it’s good and crunchy, then they simmer rib tips and plop it all on Wonder Bread. In Barbershop Cedric the Entertainer informs his boys that they haven’t had good BBQ till they’ve had C&K. He’s right. A sign reads, THE SECRET’S IN THE SAUCE. We agree, and we’re not ashamed to say it! (4390 Jennings Station Rd., 314-385-8100)

Check out Maxim’s Top 10 Meat Hogs

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Excuse me, you gonna eat that?

Choco Dogs
 My friend's sister has been known to dip raw hot dogs into chocolate shell and eat them after they have been refrigerated.
My own sister loves icing and will eat it plain and warm. At one point we caught her with a tub of icing she had been keeping under her bed for four monthes and was still eating out of!

 Mustard Crunchies
When I was a kid I had a friend that ate mustard on everything: ice cream, jello and other oddities. But the grossest thing was waterbugs... she'd dip um in the mustard and crunch um... yuck! Thats how I remember her name.
Darla Campbell

 Sunflower Worcestershire Delight
My husband used to eat this as a snack all of the time. He would take unhulled sunflower seeds, drench them in Worcestershire sause and then sprinkle garlic salt on it for some added flavoring. He had to eat it up before his mom found out, though, she thought it was too gross.

 Chedder Coffee
My friends mom has always been "unique" in general, so it didn't surpise me that she enjoys putting slices of chedder cheese in her morning coffee. When the coffee is gone, she slurps down the glob of melted cheese.

 Rocky Mountain Oysters
I grew up in Wyoming. We were at a restaurant one day ( I was like 10) and my father orders a plate of Rocky Mountain Oysters. Now, ladies and gentlemen, these are NOT real oysters. Of course, I didn't know what they were, so when the plate of deep-fried things came out (they look kind of like chicken tenders) I dug right in. After I'd eaten like 5 of them (they do taste kind of like chicken) my father tells me what they really are. This could only happen in Wyoming. Rocky Mountain Oysters are deep-fried bull testicles. Ew. Even though I like the way they taste, I can never quite get passed that.

 Bisquick Ick
A really great dish, actually: Make a couple of pancakes with Bisquick or whatever. Put a slice of any cheese in between (make sure it melts well) -- then cover the whole deal with a decent spaghetti sauce.
Like a lot of the stuff on the list, it's really not as weird as it seems.

 Hot & Sour Shake
1. You need hot peppers (what kind doesn't matter), half a dozen cups of lemon juice, 1/2 a cup of hot sauce, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and a cup of milk.
2. Chop hot peppers before putting in blender.
3. Put ingedients in blender until smooth.
4. ENJOY!

 Clams Sunday
Fried calms and a hot fudge sundae, clams, sundae; clams, sundae. It still sounds strange, even to me and I've been enjoying it for years.

 Pinto Pie
My Dad demands to eat his cherry cobbler mixed with his Pinto beans.
He says it's delicious. He grosses us OUT!    That's it.

Strange Recipes
I get cravings for peanut butter, mayonnaise and bacon sandwiches every now and again. I also enjoy going to Wendy's and ordering french-fries and a chocolate milkshake, and dipping the fries into the drink. When I get in this kind of mood, my friends ask me if I'm pregnant!!

 Spam Shake
1 can of Spam
1 tin of anchovies
2 12oz cans of beer
4 oz tomato juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup chopped up parsley
1/4 cup chopped scallions
dash of Tabasco
salt (if you'd need it), pepper to taste
put it in blender and blend until smooth
serve chilled with celery stick

For more check out Utterly Outrageous Recipes

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World's Hottest Hot Sauce

 Worlds Hotttest Sauce Registered at 7.1 Million Scoville Units.

 On the heat scale: Off The Chart (855,000+ Scoville units)

Customer testimonial:
"I have just received The Source Hot Sauce. I have tried it for the first time, and I have one thing to say: WOW! Even one drop may be too much for a lot Of people. This stuff is unbelievably, wayyyy-too hot! Hehe, I love it!!!"   — Kenneth

And it’s on sale for $79.99 for a 1 ounce bottle

Get it at Original Juan Specialty Foods

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You want fries with that?

 

Best country music song titles

Here are a few:

•  Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
•  She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger
• Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart
•  If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You
•  Thanks To The Cathouse, I'm In The Doghouse With You
•  You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
•  Get Your Tongue Out Of My Mouth, Because I'm Kissing You Goodbye
•  I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me
•  I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
•  I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!
•  How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me?

Here’s the whole list

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Things that are disappearing or have disappeared

• Rabbit ears
• Cassette, 8–Track, reel to reel tape recorders
• Coffee cans with keys
• Roller skates with keys to adjust the size
• Metal ice cube trays
• Eagle Stamps
• S&H Green Stamps
• Postage stamps you lick
• Cotton diapers
• Metal keys for hotel rooms
• Typewriters
• Typing paper (It’s called printer paper now)
• Carbon paper
• Mimeograph machines and that smelly fluid
• Prince Albert tobacco in a can
• Floppy disks
• Dot matrix printers
• Gas stations with rubber hose that dings when you drive over it
• Drive-In theaters
• Lawn Darts (Jarts)
• Rotary dial phones
• Free glasses with a fill-up at the gas station
• Gasoline at 30 cents a gallon
• Film strips at school
• Part lines (on your phone)
• Smoking in public places (OK by me)
• 8mm movie film
• 45 RPM records
• All vinyl records… albums too
• Rotary TV channel changers
• Wired television remote
• Air was free at the gas station
• Flash bulbs and flash cubes
• Instamatic cameras
• going to the library to use the encyclopedias
• Soda in glass bottles
• Soda bottle deposits
• Soda pop tops that came off when you pulled them
• Milk in glass bottles
• Meeting someone at their airport gate
• $2 bills
• Window cranks in your car
• Penny candy
•  They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did
•  Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box
•  Getting  your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time
•  Ladies nylons that came in two pieces
• Going to the movies for a quarter… and seeing two movies
• Ugly girl’s gymsuits at school  (the suits were ugly not the girls)

I could go on and on…. and I just might.

Inspired by article on Harris Online

 

The class of 2009

Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987.  Here is part of the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2009.  These fine young folks:

•  Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
•  They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
•  Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.
•  They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.
•  Voice mail has always been available.
•  They may have fallen asleep playing with their Gameboys in the crib.
•  Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
•  American Motors has never existed.
•  They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
•  They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
•   Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
•  Digital cameras have always existed.
•  CNBC has always been on the air.
•  Entertainment Weekly has always been on the newsstand.
•  Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
•  America's Funniest Home Videos has always been on television.
•  Lever has always been looking for 2000 parts to clean.

Here’s the complete list.

via Harris Online

Umbrella for your dog

Dog Umbrellas are also available with its matching People Umbrella.
The Dog umbrellas keep dogs dry and comfortable in rain, sleet or snow. Umbrella features include a clear oblong arc trimmed with classic plaid waterproof fabric and ergonomic, angled handle with padded comfort grip. An umbrella leash with hook attaches easily and quickly to your dog's collar or harness. Clear umbrella body allows full view of pet. People umbrella sports matching fabric and features automatic pop-up button.

Only $16.99  (This is legit.)

Get one for your spoiled rotten dog here. 

Wanna throw more money away?  Send me a check.

 

The official urinal etiquette test

Do you have what it takes to stand with the big boys?

This urinal configuration is in a sample men’s room.  A red stick man standing at the urinal indicates that that position is occupied.  You are to identify correctly, based on urinal etiquette, at which stall you are to stand.  Good Luck!

Take the urinal etiquette test.

 

Which came first -- the chicken or the egg?

Which came first — the chicken or the egg?

The question has a reputation for being difficult, perhaps even impossible, to answer. Philosophers treat it as a conundrum. But in the hands of an experimental scientist, the question is simple and straightforward, and the answer is easily obtained.

I doubt that I am the first to solve the chicken-and-egg problem, but a search of the scientific literature turned up surprisingly few accounts — none, in fact — of previous work. Here, then, is an account of my work on what turns out to be a trivial question.

How the Problem was Solved

Which came first — the chicken of the egg? I tackled the question experimentally, using a chicken, an egg, and the United States Postal Service (USPS).

I mailed the chicken and the egg, each in its own separate packaging, and kept careful track of when each shipment was sent from a post office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and when it subsequently arrived at its intended destination in New York City.

Details of this experiment are here.

Wipe away your frustrations

Put you ex, or your boss on rolls of full color personalized toilet tissue. 

Wipe her or him away! 

Only $3.50 per roll for 10 or more rolls.  $1.88 per roll in lots of 100 or more.

X-Wipes

 

Incredible pencil carving

Very inticate pencil carving.

40 reasons it's wonderful to be a woman

Here are just a few:

 1. When a ship sinks, women (and children) get off first.

 7. Women live longer than men.

10. Women mature earlier than men (some men never mature at all).

 14. Women know the truth about whether size matters...

 19. Women can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.

 27. Women know who their children are without having a DNA test.

 32. Women can get drunk quicker and cheaper than men.

Here’s the complete list.

via Coolio’s Weblog

20 Years ago on Edgadget BBS

These are but a couple examples of the things that were posted on the Endgadget BBS (way before the internet) back in August of 1985.

Te Apple Lisa was renamed the Macintosh XL.  It didn’t go over well at all.  My recollection was that it sold for about $4,000.  But it was cool at the time.

The Nokia Mobira Talkman weighted in at a mere 11 pounds.

Grolier’s Encyclopedia was the first commercial CD-Rom software available.

More recollections await you at Edgadget.

via Coolio’s Weblog

Stupid Monkey Ball Chad

This is so stupid it’s funny.   It’s a guy named Chad who was so infatuated with Sega’s Super Monkey Ball Deluxe that he decided to live in a ball.  Hillarity ensues.

Super Monkey Ball Chad.

via The Presurfer