Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Today in History: August 11, 1984 Not realizing that his weekly radio address is already on the air, President Ronald Reagan quips into his live microphone: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
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The latest oppressed group...
A Dutch group, Small Intestines Anonymous, has started a movement to remove the word 'thin' from the Dutch dictionary because it is insulting to underweight people.
Stating that 'thin' is an abusive term used by 'fat over-rulers' against the slender folk, SIA has gotten 3,000 signatures on a petition to have the word expunged from the dictionary and will be presenting said petition to the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Sciences.
Dictionary publishers Kramer and Van Dale are balking at the request: "We publish a dictionary of spoken and written Dutch. The word 'thin' is part of it. You don't change a language by just erasing a word."
I have 3 words for the SIA's: GET A LIFE
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Houston Man Rents Billboards To Appeal For Liver
Todd Krampitz needs a liver. Since March he has dropped 20 lbs and is in excruciating pain and docs say the only way he will survive is to get the transplant.
Not willing to wait for traditional donor methods, or even willing to go the trendy eBay way, Todd has invested in space on two billboards on the Southwest Freeway (US59) in Houston TX that say: 'I need a liver. Please help save my life.'
I think he should hook up with that Romanian guy who is selling his own body parts. Clearly he has some extra cash.
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From Lord Mutter:
Iorworth Hoare is a convicted rapist who has served sentences for rape, attempted rape, and indecent assault. Iorworth was nearing the end of his most recent jail sentence (a life sentence, by the way), when he took a prison-authorized weekend release. He purchased a lottery ticket for Saturday's 39 Million dollar Lotto Extra drawing and dontcha know: he WON!
Sadly for Iorworth, he was moved to a higher-security prison for his own safety after becoming a millionaire.
The biggest question here is: why the heck was this recidivist rapist out of jail at all? Freaky Londoners.
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Thousands of chickens block Swedish road
Feathers flew and birds were squashed Tuesday morning in Stockholm, Sweden, when a truck carrying 8,000 live chickens to their ultimate demise flipped on the highway.
"The driver was too shocked to be questioned by police after the crash," said police, and the road was closed for over 9 hours as the police and rescue workers tried to clean up the mess.
Word has it that about 2500 of the birds were killed in the crash itself or were run over by cars speeding by.
The other thousands of chickens crossed the road and got to the other side.
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Link of the day
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The latest oppressed group...
A Dutch group, Small Intestines Anonymous, has started a movement to remove the word 'thin' from the Dutch dictionary because it is insulting to underweight people.
Stating that 'thin' is an abusive term used by 'fat over-rulers' against the slender folk, SIA has gotten 3,000 signatures on a petition to have the word expunged from the dictionary and will be presenting said petition to the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Sciences.
Dictionary publishers Kramer and Van Dale are balking at the request: "We publish a dictionary of spoken and written Dutch. The word 'thin' is part of it. You don't change a language by just erasing a word."
I have 3 words for the SIA's: GET A LIFE
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Houston Man Rents Billboards To Appeal For Liver
Todd Krampitz needs a liver. Since March he has dropped 20 lbs and is in excruciating pain and docs say the only way he will survive is to get the transplant.
Not willing to wait for traditional donor methods, or even willing to go the trendy eBay way, Todd has invested in space on two billboards on the Southwest Freeway (US59) in Houston TX that say: 'I need a liver. Please help save my life.'
I think he should hook up with that Romanian guy who is selling his own body parts. Clearly he has some extra cash.
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From Lord Mutter:
Iorworth Hoare is a convicted rapist who has served sentences for rape, attempted rape, and indecent assault. Iorworth was nearing the end of his most recent jail sentence (a life sentence, by the way), when he took a prison-authorized weekend release. He purchased a lottery ticket for Saturday's 39 Million dollar Lotto Extra drawing and dontcha know: he WON!
Sadly for Iorworth, he was moved to a higher-security prison for his own safety after becoming a millionaire.
The biggest question here is: why the heck was this recidivist rapist out of jail at all? Freaky Londoners.
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Thousands of chickens block Swedish road
Feathers flew and birds were squashed Tuesday morning in Stockholm, Sweden, when a truck carrying 8,000 live chickens to their ultimate demise flipped on the highway.
"The driver was too shocked to be questioned by police after the crash," said police, and the road was closed for over 9 hours as the police and rescue workers tried to clean up the mess.
Word has it that about 2500 of the birds were killed in the crash itself or were run over by cars speeding by.
The other thousands of chickens crossed the road and got to the other side.
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