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Michigan police buy doughnut shop
Posted on July 4th, 2009 No commentsPolice in Clare, Michigan have decided that rather than just eat doughnuts, they should sell them as well. The decision to buy the local doughnut shop came after the local police department heard that the shop was closing down. Given the possible rift in the space time continuum that would occur if they didn’t have a ready supply of doughnuts, they wrote a check and bought the store on the spot. Of course a freshly purchased store needs to be staffed, and who better to staff it than their best customers…the police themselves. But it gets better according to local media , because not only are the police working in the store, they’re volunteering to do so without pay They’ve also changed the name of the store to (wait for it)…..Cops & Doughnuts. You can even buy t-shirts from their website here
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(Video) Scandal rocks Sesame Street: Is The Count a perv?
Posted on July 4th, 2009 No commentsRumors are swirling that long-time Sesame Street star, resident and known numerophile The Count may have a secret jones for something besides digits…
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Using a flame thrower to kill weeds is a bad idea
Posted on July 4th, 2009 No commentsA German man weeding his garden with a flame thrower managed to burn his house down Friday. Things started to go wrong for the 54 year old man when he managed to set his hedge alight. The flames spread to his garden shed, before eventually finding some excellent fuel in the form of his house. If this story isn’t bizarre enough, AFP reports that in Germany flame-throwers are used widely in agriculture and also in gardening, but “generally only for removing weeds from between cracks in paving in driveways and patios.” Remind me to be very, very careful the next time I’m visiting Germany then, because turns out they still take eradicating perceived problems very seriously.
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Amazing: Freight Train vs Tornado
Posted on July 4th, 2009 No commentsWhat happens when a tornado crosses the path of a moving freight train? This amazing video shows the result.
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Sneaky Snakes
Posted on July 4th, 2009 No commentsIt’s hard enough to catch a bite to eat when your prey consists of relatively quick moving land animals. But when you’re dealing with tiny, lightning fast fish, what can you do to improve your odds that you’ll get a meal? Turn yourself into a tentacled water snake. Scientists at Vanderbilt University used high-speed video to capture images of the snake performing an unusual trick in order to force prey to swim directly into its mouth.
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Hungover cat is lost
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsI’m sure there are many of us who can related to this picture.
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Car Tossing
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsWhen too much time meets a creative imagination. At the end, watch for the firebomb. Comments
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Jon Gosselin parodies himself with a Match.com video
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsFunny or Die continues to get the best access to people in the news with their latest effort coming from Jon Gosselin. The video is surprisingly short, but it has its moment, including Jon’s user name of JonMinus9. Match.com-Jon Gosselin - watch more funny videos
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Weird Britannia!
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsTime to point our telescopes of weirdness at “the old country”, methinks. Speaking of old, recent research carried out by the University of Michigan has revealed that US seniors are smarter than their UK counterparts. The study, lead in the US by Kenneth Langa, measured the recall abilities of over 8000 elderly Americans and over 5000 elderly Brits, and found that the yanks scored 1.4 more on the memory tests, out of a possible 24. Langa suggests that part of the difference was due to higher average levels of education and income in the US group, and higher levels of depression in the UK sample, but points out that nothing is certain at the moment. “It’s like a view from 30,000 feet” said Langa ( New Scientist )
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North Korean Beer Commercial
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsBenny-Hill-stye music, women with barely an inch of flesh showing– The North Koreans have a lot to learn! Comments
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