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659 votes | submitted 2008-12-01 01:04:16 by EmitStop | 51 comments
Miss Sally sent me out to get a broom and dustpan. I wandered up and down the broom and dustpan isle
for an hour and used a series of tests and scientific studies to determine the best broom and
dustpan combination. In the end, I picked the prettiest set.
2997 votes | submitted 2008-12-01 12:02:02 by vroom101 | 291 comments
Digger @TrevorBelmont takes a photo submitted earlier by a certain digger (who will shall remain
nameless) to teach a "Wowful" lesson. That certain nameless digger has but one word for
Professor-of-DIGGucation @TrevorBelmont: Touche!
906 votes | submitted 2008-12-01 14:08:51 by louiebaur | 103 comments
The French call it "l'esprit d'escalier," or "staircase ghost." To the rest of us, it is known
simply as the comeback, that divine and tender coincidence of all the universe's comedic forces at
the perfect moment. A truly good comeback can instantly turn tables, elevate the terminally zinged
to the status of champion, and reduce the zinger to a stu
692 votes | submitted 2008-11-29 09:46:13 by linkserf | 140 comments
Yes, IT Worker ACTUALLY IS on the list. These are dirty jobs and somebody has to do them. At least
they get paid for it. Also includes: crab fisherman, roughneck, gastroenterologist, security in
Iraq, trucker, crop duster pilot, toll collector, embalmer, and many more high paying jobs you
probably don't want.
1390 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 10:19:40 by d2002 | 105 comments
2856 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 21:50:18 by redmannine | 262 comments
From http://ni9e.com/photos/4publication/
2421 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 16:37:40 by vroom101 | 315 comments
Location: Beach in NiterĂ³i, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Photographer: neloqua
666 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 18:21:01 by sungoddess808 | 98 comments
An Australian woman says she hated snakes even before she found 14 young carpet pythons in her
bedroom. A snake catcher believes a female python living on the roof laid her eggs there and the
babies slithered down through air-conditioning vents. Since carpet pythons usually lay 25 to 30
eggs, the woman could have some more unwelcome guests.
2948 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 18:23:08 by xdvx | 269 comments
1485 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 18:34:38 by IvanB | 356 comments
Ever a day late, always a dollar short, and perpetually available for a chuckle, the custodian of
our highest office pardoned gangsta rapper John Forte yesterday, who was nabbed with $1.4 million in
liquid cocaine in 2000.
327 votes | submitted 2008-11-29 21:27:46 by KaiserArny | 29 comments
Animals will make extraordinary and often mysterious expeditions to find a good meal, sexy mates,
and the perfect place to raise a family.
663 votes | submitted 2008-11-29 16:35:46 by MakiMaki | 64 comments
In a dramatic reversal of decades-old medical wisdom, the late Dr. Albert Rossum, director of the
O'Bannon Institute For Postmortem Nutritional Studies, recommended an all-brain diet for zombies
Tuesday. "Our research indicates that live human brains are, in fact, the only food an active adult
zombie should consume at all."
957 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 14:50:13 by louiebaur | 62 comments
Everything from cocaine to human beings is waiting to cross tight borders into lands where they're
not welcome. And wherever you find them, you find an army of smugglers using every ounce of their
creativity to get them through.
1404 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 06:30:53 by jaybol | 129 comments
As I'm submitting this, I'm also watching Tropic Thunder.
1420 votes | submitted 2008-11-29 19:41:09 by jschau2 | 778 comments
When the officiant tells Claudaniel Fabien he can kiss his bride at the altar Saturday, no one will
fault the couple for a little "should I tilt my head this way, or that way?" awkwardness. It will be
the couple's very first kiss.And that night could be their very first....uh back to kiss.
3616 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 14:54:27 by xdvx | 414 comments
Peeing on a laptop
4351 votes | submitted 2008-11-30 05:19:14 by gamebittk | 374 comments
Only a scalpel away!