NZ students to be allowed to use ‘text-speak’ in exams WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand’s high school students will be able to use “text-speak” – the mobile phone text message language beloved of teenagers – in national exams this year, officials said Friday. Text-speak, a second language for thousands of teens, uses abbreviated …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Who Says There’s No Such Thing As Bad Publicity?
Living in the crazy and uncertain world that we call home, it’s nice to know that now and then it is still possible to stumble across an absolute, irrefutable fact. So in that spirit, I present just such a thing, in the form ofpossibly the worst advertisement for any product in the history of product …
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Another One For The "Do We Really Need That?" Files
If you’re one of those people who thought that the SMS tea kettle was a great idea, then you’re going to love the new self-stirring mug. As for me, I think I need a good cry.
Somebody Tell Quality Control To Stop Working Off The Clock
B.C. LIQUOR WORKERS WARNED TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES AT AWARDS DINNER I can’t speak for anyone else, but this sounds like a pretty fun night to me.
Wear Pants Next Time
Roofer nails testicle to roof
Are There A Lot Of Kidnappings In Spain Or Is This Guy Just An Idiot?
Woman “kidnaps” son four times for ransom MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish woman staged fake kidnappings of her son four times and got his father to pay her more than a million euros ($1.26 million) in ransom money, newspaper El Mundo reported Friday. Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville arrested the woman and …
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Oh Shut Up!
This is one of those stories where, I hope anyway, you read it and just say to yourself, “you’ve got to be kidding!” It seems that the mother of a Muslim grade 5 student in Edmonton is very upset because the new issue of a booklet used to teach students about current events had the …
So…
It’s early on an average Saturday morning. Outside the window, there is a quiet, sunless, breezeless yet cool and somehow sticky 17 degree day. Inside the window, there are 2 angry blind people trying to figure out how it is that with no heat on in the apartment, there could possibly be an atmosphere best …
When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go
Man urinated on cash till. There are certain things in this world that I don’t even try to understand. This is one of them.
I Guess This Is The Part Where I’m Supposed To Make The Joke About Him Getting Off
Charges dropped in sex aid-bomb mixup. CHICAGO (AP) – Prosecutors dropped all charges against a man who said an airport security guard misunderstood him when she thought he said a sexual device in his backpack was really a bomb. Mardin Amin, who appeared in court Wednesday morning, has said he actually told the female security …
