Steve found an article in the CNIB’s version of the Guelph Mercury that’s just weird. I can’t find it on the site, but here it is. Information on suspicious man sought by police as precaution City police are urging residents to be wary of a man approaching people. Police received several complaints recently of people …
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>That Name’s Gonna Spell Embarrassment
>You know how you hear about some women hyphenating their names? Well, here are some examples of hyphenations that were really really bad ideas, and perhaps should have been thought through before they became legal. In case anyone has trouble with the slide show, here we go. Traylor – HookerHardy – HarrPoore – SappLooney – …
Fortune-Taker
Here comes another bad psychic similar to Sylvia Mitchell. This one’s ploy kinda makes me laugh. Apparently, Nancy Marks managed to convince a bunch of, well, marks, I guess, to hand over large amounts of cash because money is evil, so she should take it and make it suffer. Excuse me? And people fell for …
Some Things Just Shouldn’t Be Automated.
I just saw a video of something called the Robospanker. I’m sure the intentions are probably some kind of sex game, but I’m getting horrible visions of what this thing could cause when in the wrong hands. I know anything can do harm when in the wrong hands, but this sounds like it would be …
You Bastards, Get Off My Lawn
Wow. That’s quite the neighbour who would kill someone for messing up his lawn. Joshua Funches was walking his puppy, the puppy ended up peeing on Charles J. Clements’s lawn, Clements came out with a pistol and yelled at Funches and then shot him. I know it’s good to take pride in one’s home, but …
"I’m Not Going To Jail And You Can’t Make Me!" "Oh Yeah? Betcha I Can!"
What is up with people shoplifting with their kids? We had the doctor and his wife, the chick stealing the ‘101 ways to be a great mom’ book while her kids watched, and now, we have a mom who wouldn’t mind making her getaway without her kid. Luckily, a quick-thinking customer grabbed the kid and …
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Have You Ever Felt The Uncontrolable Urge To Stab Someone With A Toothpick?
In “So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish,” Wonko the Sane said the reason he went mad was because he read the instructions on a box of toothpicks. He felt it was enough to drive one insane that people needed instructions for such an item. I think he would go even madder if he …
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English As She Is Mangled On Chinese Signs
Wow. Usually, translations are mangled but decipherable after giggling, but some of these mangled English translations in Chinese are completely hopeless. Cash-recycling? What’s Jew’s ear juice? How did a sausage become an enema? But I do like “The little grass is sleeping. Do not disturb.” I also had to laugh that Racist Park got mentioned …
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Shave And A Hair Cut, Boom Boom
You know the other day when I talked about dog hair oil booms, and I didn’t think hair could be shipped across the border? Well, I have been officially proven wrong. There’s a hair-dresser in Guelph that is doing just that, and she’s shipping the clippings to the very charity I was talking about. Trix …
When They Have The Lunch, Will Crow Be On The Menu?
It wouldn’t be that newsworthy that the U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service had to cancel an annual lunch and ceremony because they were busy dealing with the giant oil spill…until you realize that the luncheon was to celebrate the safety record of offshore drilling. Wooops. Looks like that lunch needed to be canceled anyway. …
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