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Roping a Deer

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:56:29 -0500

Names have been removed to protect the stupid!

10 Things Your Gym Won't Tell You

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:27:04 -0400

Not all health clubs are problem-plagued, but don't be surprised if yours is filled with illness-causing bacteria, employs a poorly trained staff and makes it expensive to quit.

Cover Story: A Tenth Grader's History of the World

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:37:18 -0400

How school textbooks go from the publisher to your child's classroom.

Spring break at Wal-Mart

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:17:48 -0500

Skyler Bartels kept looking over his shoulder. It's a habit he picked up living at the Windsor Heights Wal-Mart for three days.

Really living there. Eating, sleeping, checking out the DVDs, never leaving. The plan was to spend his entire spring break there. Under the radar.

Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:24:22 -0400

(Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist)

by H. Michael Sweeney

Built upon Thirteen Techniques for Truth Suppression by David Martin, the following may be useful to the initiate in the world of dealing with veiled and half-truth, lies, and suppression of truth when serious crimes are studied in public forums.

The McDonalds' Coffee Case: The Whole Story

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:31:36 -0400

For all the folks who only heard "some woman got a kabillion dollars from McDonalds because she spilled her coffee on herself."

Twinkie Failure Testing

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:17:46 -0400

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, or Food?

In an effort to clarify questions about the purported durability and unusual physical characteristics of Twinkies, we subjected the Hostess snack logs to the following experiments:

I'm Civilized Now

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:00:12 -0400

By MSgt. Andy Bufalo USMC (Ret)

A terrible thing happened. I woke up this morning and came to the realization that I have become civilized. It has been a slow evolution to be sure, but a steady one nonetheless.

In-Santa-ly in San Jose

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:24:32 -0400

San Jose better watch out. Santacon '98, the gathering of Santa-suited hellions that has invaded cities like San Francisco, Portland, and Los Angeles in recent years, is due to hit Silicon Valley's geek ground zero 12 December. Revelers plan to carry on their traditions of drive-by caroling, inappropriate gift-giving, and general absurdity.

You Know You're Drinking Too Much Coffee When...

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:51:47 -0400

...you answer the door before people knock.
...Juan Valdez named his donkey after you.
...you ski uphill.

Cat Bathing

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:36:18 -0400

Some people say cats never have to be bathed. They say cats lick themselves clean. They say cats have a special enzyme of some sort in their saliva that works like New, Improved Wisk -- dislodging the dirt where it hides and whisks it away. I've spent most of my life believing this folklore.

50 Ways to Get Rid of a Blind Date

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:58:37 -0400

Pull out a harmonica and play blues songs when your date begins talking about himself/herself.
When ordering, inquire whether the restaurant has any live food.
Without asking, eat off of your date's plate. Eat more from their plate than they do.

Adventures With an Elk Carcass

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:03:19 -0400

From a recent thread in rec.pets...

Okay - I know how to take meat away from a dog. How do I take a dog away from meat? This is not, unfortunately, a joke.

$2 at Taco Bell

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:03:52 -0400

The case of the counterfit bill that wasn't.