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Umm, next time check Urban Dictionary first

December 14th, 2006 · Comments Off

I know what they meant to be saying here, but I’m guessing no one checked the language of the day before sending this out, right?

Or, they could have just watched Clerks. Thanks, Chris!
Oh, by the way. This is probably totally NSFW.

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Long leads lead to long laughs for some

November 28th, 2006 · Comments Off

Chris Thilk let me know this morning about what the HuffPo wrote up as a bit of a boo boo by GQ when it named Pam Anderson and Kid Rock its “newlyweds of the year” in the whole “Of The Year” issue. Online, GQ.com’s item says “We called them the Newlyweds of the Year with […]

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Headline of the day: AP

August 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

Actual AP hed of the day:
Hugh Laurie plays U.S. doctor on ‘House’
Wow. Just wow.
[update] Okay, okay, spoke too soon.
From E! Online:
Madonna Not Nailed Over Crucifixion
Enjoy!

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Go Sting!

June 5th, 2006 · Comments Off

This morning, I rec’d an email from my pal Jon Selikoff, saying “Maybe he can get The Police back together now?”
Of course, looking at this on my BlackBerry, it was a bit out of context not seeing the image that was attached.

What a guy. Check out the original article here.

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Okay, so I’m on an IM binge

May 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off

[16:24] Chris: Amanda C just held up a sign that said “the NSA is still listening”
[16:24] Chris: I almost shot Coke out of my nose
You, too, can experience Coke shooting out of your nose while watching today’s excellent (shocker!) episode of Rocketboom.

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BBC puts cabbie job applicant on air instead of tech expert

May 15th, 2006 · Comments Off

OMG.
In what has to be the funniest thing I’ve seen all year, the BBC apparently ran an interview with a man who was supposed to be Guy Kewney, a technology expert, but instead put a taxicab driver job applicant who was in the lobby of the network at the time on the air. (You can […]

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Mmmmmm

April 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment

[link via Baristanet]

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Best. Poll. Ever.

March 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

Man, I’ve taken some funny surveys before, but none come close to the one that Anil Dash points out from a CNN story about the whole Dubai Ports World situation in the U.S. You know, the one that has pretty much ended when the company chose to sell off the assets in the States that […]

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And you thought hockey gear smelled bad before..

March 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

Over at The Ice Block, David is having a bit of fun with a story from this weekend, when news came out that the New York Islanders had a bit of a problem with the plumbing in the Nassau Mausoleum Coliseum… Needless to say, you should drop by and share your own headline for this […]

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OMG Dave is 50

March 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

You know when you read something and your brain latches on to the most unimportant thing that was written?
Well here is another one of those cases. By my math, Dave is 50. Just thought all of you should know. Happy 50, Dave!

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