Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Girl Found in locked room after missing for YEAR!!
a 15 year old girl that has been missing for a year was found locked in a secret room in a couples house....its great to see a story like this end positive ( the girls alive) and not recovering a dead body!!
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Florida bureaucrats force restaurant to remove 'joke' restroom signs
McGuire's Irish pub and restaurant has signs on its bathroom doors that say "Ladies" in big print and then "This is the men's room" in smaller print. A father complained to the state after someone walked in on his teenage daughter. The state then threatened to close the establishment, which has, Feasting, Imbibery & Debauchery written on its door.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Caffeinated Soap?
Ok, this might be a good idea for some people who have a hard time waking up in the morning and are especially lazy. Caffeine in your soap. It is a regular bar of soap with peppermint oil and caffeine that is absorbed through the skin to get you going in the morning. Personally I prefer to drink coffee in the morning, the warmth of it coursing through my bloodstream. What if you used caffeinated soap and drank coffee... wouldn't that be the equivalent of smoking with a nicotine patch? I think this soap would be PERFECT for 13-year-olds who don't yet drink coffee... Get to school, kid!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Croc Bites off Hand of Zoo Worker
TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 13) - A zoo worker had his forearm reattached Thursday after his colleagues recovered the severed limb from the mouth of a 440-pound Nile crocodile, an official said. [From AOL News]
Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday the 13th
The origins of "Friday the 13th" and its superstitions.
Some people expect bad luck on Friday the 13th, so if you get fired from your job today, or smash up your car, you can blame it on Friday the 13th. Superstition provides us with an excuse for explaining away our mistakes. It's an easy way to rationalize the screw-ups for which we are responsible.
So where does it come from -- the fear of 13? Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe.
From that mythological start, the number 13 has been bad luck through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Fridays haven't been any better. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for some phopics.
Skyscrapers and hotels have no 13th floor; airplanes have no 13th aisle. But the joke is on triskaidekaphobics, fear of the number 13, since the 13th aisle is sitting right there behind the 12th, obviously -- it's just labeled as 14 to trick you into relaxing.
But triskaidekaphobia isn't an exclusively American affliction. Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery. There is an organization in France whose exclusive purpose is to provide last-minute guests for dinner parties, so that no party host ever has to suffer the curse of entertaining 13 guests.
So how bad can the phobia get? Donald Dossey, director of the Phobia Center in Asheville, N.C., says that the various effects of triskaidekaphobia can range from a mild, nagging sense of doom to full-blown obsessive behavior. Some people refuse to get out of bed on Friday the 13th, Dossey says.
Some people expect bad luck on Friday the 13th, so if you get fired from your job today, or smash up your car, you can blame it on Friday the 13th. Superstition provides us with an excuse for explaining away our mistakes. It's an easy way to rationalize the screw-ups for which we are responsible.
So where does it come from -- the fear of 13? Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe.
From that mythological start, the number 13 has been bad luck through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Fridays haven't been any better. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for some phopics.
Skyscrapers and hotels have no 13th floor; airplanes have no 13th aisle. But the joke is on triskaidekaphobics, fear of the number 13, since the 13th aisle is sitting right there behind the 12th, obviously -- it's just labeled as 14 to trick you into relaxing.
But triskaidekaphobia isn't an exclusively American affliction. Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery. There is an organization in France whose exclusive purpose is to provide last-minute guests for dinner parties, so that no party host ever has to suffer the curse of entertaining 13 guests.
So how bad can the phobia get? Donald Dossey, director of the Phobia Center in Asheville, N.C., says that the various effects of triskaidekaphobia can range from a mild, nagging sense of doom to full-blown obsessive behavior. Some people refuse to get out of bed on Friday the 13th, Dossey says.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
Are You as Smart as a Fifth-Grader?
There have been a lot of articles, posts, T.V. shows and interest in testing adults' knowledge of fifth-grade education lately. I dismissed them as silly, and didn't read any until today. My curiosity got the better of me, so I took the 5th grade science test. To my horror, I failed miserably! But to redeem myself, I took the 9th grade vocabulary test and passed with flying colors! See how you do, it's quick and easy. Fifth Grade Science Test
High School Freshman Vocabulary Test
High School Freshman Vocabulary Test
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Very Cruel April Fools Day Pranks
These are actually very mean and cruel "jokes" that have been played on people.
Online Museum of Hoaxes lists the Top 10 April Fool's Day "jokes" to celebrate April Fools Day. But it's worth remembering that sometimes the holiday inspires attempts at humor that don't turn out so well. Some attempts are, in fact, truly awful. [Link]
Online Museum of Hoaxes lists the Top 10 April Fool's Day "jokes" to celebrate April Fools Day. But it's worth remembering that sometimes the holiday inspires attempts at humor that don't turn out so well. Some attempts are, in fact, truly awful. [Link]
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Ten of the Best April Fool's Day Hoaxes
NEW YORK (AFP) - From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history.
Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped. [Read Them Here...]
Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped. [Read Them Here...]
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Toad the Size of a Small Dog Captured
DARWIN, Australia (March 27) - A "monster" cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured by an environmental group dedicated to wiping out the toxic amphibian, which has killed countless animals since being introduced to Australia in the 1930s. [Read More, See Pic...]
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
GIANT Spider!
This is a REAL spider found in the desert in the Middle East. I wouldn't want to find this in MY bathroom!
Friday, March 16, 2007
Shamrocks Banned in Boston?
C'mon, some Americans are set to ban the Shamrock in Boston following complaints from minority groups? They have bizarrely compared Ireland's three-leafed emblem to the Nazi swastika. Now the shamrock will become a thing of the past as the emblems are torn down from playgrounds, doors and windows in housing developments all over the city. The decision has been made by Boston Housing Association following complaints from blacks and Hispanics. [More]
Study: Women Concentrate on Faces, Men Concentrate on Crotches (Pic)
This is why your eyes will inevitably gravitate towards George Brett's uh, pants.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
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