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Idiocy OR Coincidence?!!

September 29th 2008 12:48

In 1883 Mr Henry Ziegland, broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who consequently committed suicide.

The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him.
The brother, thinking that he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself. However, Ziegland had not died, but simply had been grazed by the bullet which had then then lodged itself in a tree.

Ziegland considering himself a lucky decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so large and extensive that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.

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Top 10 Best Rock & Roll Movies

August 8th 2008 17:17

Here is a list of the Top Ten Best Rock & Roll Movies of all time.

What would you add to the list?
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The Questions People Ask!

July 16th 2008 10:30

Having been asked the other day whether we, as Australians, live in actual houses? (As opposed to what I don't know - tents perhaps???) I've decided to list some of the most common questions asked by visitors to Australia as were pointed out recently by one of our tourism websites.

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I've never seen it rain on TV. How do your plants grow? (UK)
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IT FELL From The SKY! MEAT!!!

July 3rd 2008 10:15

All sorts of strange and bizarre items have fallen from the sky in the past, but how would you feel if a lump of fresh meat landed in your lap?

In 1851 soldiers at a base out near San Francisco were practising drills when they were hit by blood and pieces of meat, from a cloudless sky.
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Small Toys For Office Boys

June 25th 2008 12:15

Want to know what to give the executive worker (or is that an oxymoron?) or office worker who has everything?

There's now a site which caters to all sorts of office stress relief and office toys.
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BOWL BUDDIES!!!

May 2nd 2008 16:35

Ever wanted to push George W. Bush's head down a toilet!

Well now you have the opportunity at hand, literally.
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Now Just FORK OFF!!!!

April 18th 2008 08:32

From the Associated Press comes this tidbit of exacting revenge in Iowa, USA

"When known pranksters Rick and Marilyn Jones left town for a wedding, neighbors seeking payback eyed their property and decided to stick a fork in it — a few thousand forks, in fact.
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Jokes Guaranteed To Offend

April 16th 2008 08:25

What is a Yankee?
The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone.

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Levi's are NOT Really Jeans!

February 13th 2008 10:15

When Levi Strauss invented jeans during the late 1800's, he did not call his 'strange' pants denim jeans or even jeans at all.

Supposedly these strange trousers were originally made out of sailcloth and canvas for miners and prospectors to wear as they had been complaining about how their ordinary pants would stretch and split while on the job.
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The BIRTH Of Rudolph The RED Nosed Reindeer

December 12th 2007 00:05

In 1939, the management of the Chicago based Montgomery Ward department store decided to ask one of their employees, Robert L. May, to compose a story book for the children visiting their store that Christmas.

Drawing on his own experiences as a child and drawing on the line of thought from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling", Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was composed, published and handed out to a total of 2.4 million children.
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The Simple FUN You Can Have With WORDS!!

December 5th 2007 00:05

1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

2. Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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Calling All Drivers With A Special Message For Other Road Users!

November 24th 2007 22:12

Ever wanted to give that driver behind you a special message all of your own? There's now a new invention out known as the "Plate Flipper".

Basically it allows you to have a message hidden under your car or motorcycle registration plate which can mechanically display itself to the person behind at the flip of a switch.
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MORE Than A Bit HAIRY! A CUSTODY Case Over A Man's LEG!!!!

October 4th 2007 08:37

A US man who had stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker is now locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it at auction.

John Wood's possessions were sold off at auction after he fell behind on payments at the storage facility he was using. Among the many items was his previously amputated leg, bound in wire and stored inside a BBQ smoker.
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One Recently Recorded Coincidence!

August 15th 2007 00:35

After the recent death of the world's oldest person, a Japanese woman by the name of Yone Minagawa who died a this August 14th at the age of 114, the title has now passed to a U.S. citizen, Edna Parker, also 114 years old.

By sheer coincidence Edna, now the current world title holder, also shares her nursing home accommodation with the world's tallest living woman, Sandy Allen, who at her tallest measured height came in at 7'7 1/4" or 2.32m!
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