I think it’s fair to say that it wouldn’t be out of line to expect a story headlinedFight breaks out in car driving on U.S. 19, man batters another with fish tank and beer bottle, cops sayto be pretty damned awesome, and boy oh boy does this one not disappoint. Daniel L. Winter, 26, spent …
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This Post Is Brought To You By…People Who Can’t Write Ads.
A little while ago, I put up a compilation of stupid commercials Steve and I had noticed. Here we come with more. Have you ever noticed in a certain commercial for Everest College, there’s a spot where the girl says “The man behind me? he taught me everything I know…” but the way she says …
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Advertising Fails
Here are some things Steve and I have noticed in commercials that bug the hell out of us. Yeah, I think we think too much. There’s a commercial for Delsym cough syrup that says “When America coughs, America has Delsym.” So, I should take from that wording that Delsym is the name of the cough? …
Apparently Fuck, Marry, Kill Is A Credit Course Now
Who thoughtthiswould be a fine idea for a school project? Better yet, who thought it would be a fine idea to assign it to kids in grade 4? The assignment for the Grade 4 students at École Mont-Carmel in Ste-Marie-de-Kent was based on the notion that the planet was about to explode. The students had …
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He’ll Get 9 Lives For This
Here comes another one of those food fight stories. This one started because of animal food, but I figure that counts. Ian D. Johnson, 33, has appeared in court on a charge of felony assault witha weapon after an argument with his father about contributing to the household turned into an argument over a 60-cent …
Oh I’m So Easily Amused
Oh man. We have ourselves a double wammy. the headline is awesome, and there is an aptly-named fellow in the story. The headline? Cop makes arrest in bathroom after smelling crack. So now they don’t just respond to toe-tapping, eh? And the name of the arresting officer? John Lines. Hahahahahaha. Awesome. A story doesn’t get …
Your Best Headline Ever For Today
Police rub out Beaver County massage parlor Nice work, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Yes, you are in fact the only one who thinks you’re making a clever massage joke, you pervert.
Apostrophes Dont matter? Thats A Stupid Claim
Guess where this is from. did you guess the UK? If you did, give yourself a big gold star. The city of Birmingham has decided that there shall be no apostrophes on its street signs. why is this? Because they’re too confusing, you see. Confusing? I would think having no apostrophes would make things more …
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If You Slipped in a Bathtub and Can No longer View Images, You May Be Entitled To A Huge Random Blog Post
I had a few thoughts going through my head, so thought I’d write them down. Every so often I get the CNIB newsletter, and at the top, there’s a link that makes me chuckle, cackle, giggle and guffaw. It says “If you have trouble seeing images, click here.” Heeheeheehehehehe. I know what they’re trying to …
Total Nonstop Yacktion
I have a question for anybody who watches Impact as it happens on TV. How do you do it? Between all of the yammering in the ring, all of the yammering backstage, all of the recap videos and the commercials, I can’t pull it off. I either overload my brain trying to follow everything that’s …