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| Sun June 08, 2008 |
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Nothing quite like a good old-fashioned book burning
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Bad: being an albino in the blistering sun of sub-Saharan Africa. Worse: Being hunted and killed by criminals trafficking in your "magical" body parts
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Champion pigeon racer quits the sport after spies hide in his bushes trying to dig up dirt. "I am now out of it. I have given away all my old pigeons and I am in the process of getting rid of my young ones."
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Crash victims slash wrists and fling their own blood at rescuers
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"If anyone here has any objections to this couple getting married, let them speak now or forever hold your peace." *STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB PUNCH* "...duly noted."
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1000 divers spent the weekend looking for underwater debris. Discover 30 shopping carts, a lot of commodes, a couch, a traffic sign, and Batman
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As the national average for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline reaches $4, keep in mind that mere months ago President Bush accused a reporter who asked about $4 gas of liberal bias
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Virginia set to execute man that they claim is not mentally ill. Man says after he is put to death he plans to "go to Burger King and maybe ride a motorcycle."
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PETA: to Kent State: "Your golden eagle mascot is unhappy" Kent State to PETA: "I dunno, she seemed to enjoy that last meal of rats, venison and day old chicks"
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Iron Photoshop ingredient: Red
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Five average Joes that made it big. Only one is actually named Joe. If you don't know this Joe then it's a Joe you don't know
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At the Tribune Company, size matters, and reporters that want to last longer will need 3 more column inches, and harder reporting. Peabody
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Man, 84, finally gets to attend high school prom, spikes punch, knocks up the prom queen
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Bad day: scuba divers swept away in strong currents must scramble to remote island. Worse: then had to fight off Komodo dragon
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If you're a student and you like milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, gluten, penicillin, vaccinations, soy, polyester, or cotton, then here's some bad news for you
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Original Grand Canyon vs. Grand Canyon Skywalk: the canyon isn't big enough for the two of us
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All those tax dollars spent on anti-cigarette ads are working. Kids now prefer joints
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Question: what percentage of women sleeping with their students are actually "hitable"? Answer: 4 in 10 (with slideshow goodness)
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Fathers4Justice strike again: This time Captain Conception and Cash Gordon hijack government minister's roof and demand equal access to children for fathers. They won't come down until she reads "Family Court Hell"
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Early morning four-alarm fire at Texas Governor's Mansion declared arson
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Parents of the Year nominees kept their young girl on strict vegan diet; now at age 12, she has rickets and the bone brittleness of an 80 year-old
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| (Some Guy) |
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Family Circus finally figures out that sex sells. (See upper left corner)
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? ACLU to set up checkpoints to monitor the DC Police's vehicle checkpoints set up to turn away motorists who don't have a "legitimate purpose" in certain neighborhoods
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The ten brainiest places to retire. Get off my plot of Poacae
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You want to buy some spray paint? Sure, no problem. I'll just need to see some ID
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Four pensioners in Cuba are running a round-the-clock operation to stop people stealing the spectacles off a statue of John Lennon
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| (Some Guy) |
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Photoshop this colorful model
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"You are all in contempt of court. Can you hear me now?
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Canada deploys cardboard cops to deter speeding. In other news, cardboard Ferrari clocked at 150 clicks
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Coming soon to a state near you, Sam-N-Ella's Tomato Emporium, the fastest growing franchise in the country according to the Centers for Disease Control
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In an effort to spare the delicate feelings of the accused, political correctness moves into the court room
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UK smoking ban causes a spike in outdoor heaters. Government urges everyone to wear something fabulous instead
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Hillary now faces biggest challenge of her career: Crushing trauma from losing a close race. Says Jimmy Carter: "When you lose you will get depressed. I mean seriously depressed"
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Caption this sidewalk debate
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Man gets in spat with wife over "best before" date, decides to prove his point by eating increasingly out-of-date food. Additives and preservatives surrender
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| (Some Guy) |
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Dead man wandered from accident scene, was overheard mumbling something about brains
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Rabbis declare giraffes kosher
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Woman in wheelchair survives fall down elevator shaft, but is expected to remain in wheelchair
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Nineteen famous photographs done entirely using Lego bricks
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Man tragically illustrates why it's so important to bring a parachute when you go skydiving
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| (Some Guy) |
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Photoshop this unusual urban housing
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Since he knows a thing or two about choking, Mike Huckabee saves a guy by using the Heimlich
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| (Some Guy) |
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If you write a check to your cable company for the amount of "My Right Arm and Zero Dollars" and add in the memo line, "Robbing Customers Blind," don't be shocked when it gets shown to people outside the company
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Neighbors call cops on man who laughed at them. The fact that the man was masturbating at the time may have had something to do with it
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The revenge of the forty-seven Ronin is alive and well in Japan. Man stabs 14 people in Tokyo. Status of seppuku: Unknown
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Irish passenger plane overtaken by stuntman dressed as flying squirrel, who sets a new distance record for unaided flight. Drunken locals unimpressed, see this type of thing every day
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| Sat June 07, 2008 |
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City of Dallas lets residents vote on new name for Industrial Boulevard. Residents offer and choose Cesar Chavez Boulevard. City of Dallas going to ignore residents, choose their own name: Freedom Boulevard
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For the first time, the panda boinking ritual has been filmed in the wild. Basically, the female climbs a tree, and the males fight for it. "I liken it to Chewbaccas in a pub brawl" (video)
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Chicago police officers pose as civilians to catch those nasty criminals that refuse to give pedestrians the right of way
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Latest fad? Business cards. Fark? For two-year old children
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Because the Left Coast doesn't get enough attention, here is your "teacher screwing a student" story from Eugene, OR. With "who would hit that??" photo
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Experts say for the first time ever deadly bull sharks are actively targeting humans
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Man survives a 50-foot fall from a hotel balcony because his muscles were so relaxed from a cocktail of booze and drugs that he absorbed the impact
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17 year old high school student makes a threatening phone call to another high school. Gets EIGHT YEARS in prison
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Baby has tumor. Doctor forces birth, removes tumor, shoves baby back in. Baby born second time. Hallelujah?
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Teachers under investigation for shouting at students to "put that down'', "leave him alone'', "sit down'' or "pick up those papers.''
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Garbage men are not allowed to tie stuffed animal mascots onto the grill of their trucks in case children run out into the streets to touch them
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Photoshop these... uh... military guys doing something weird
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Norwegian man fined $1300 for not having bomb when passing through airport security. Maybe he should've brought one
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Tokyo coffee lovers get a brewed awakening
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High school dropout finally gets a college degree. With "that explains everything" picture
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Some prankster/artist goes around Italian town fixing holes in the walls with lego bricks
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Motorists restricted to idling for three minutes to stop air pollution. And now this headline is longer than the article. Go journalism
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Florida High School uses more water per year than Sea World, Universal Orlando
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Legislative Candidate discusses the issue of video games. To be more specific, she talks about her level 70 Orc Hunter
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Two major Interstates closed, dams bursting in Indiana as massive flooding continues. (w/photos and live video coverage)
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Autistic child voted out of his Kindergarten class may now have another vote. This one by a jury
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School names monkey god as school chairman. WHERE IS YOUR RECESS NOW?
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Preventing an illegal Payday, clerk Skors win over Butterfingered robber by thowing candy at gunman. Mangement say he's no Mr. Goodbar; insists that in a Crunch clerk should have taken the Milky Way and let the robber have his Bit-O-Honey
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If you're going to try to impress jurors at your murder trial by wearing a nice suit, smearing feces all over your face will probably negate said impression
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As if scaring people away from tomatoes wasn't enough, Salmonella outbreak may also dent demand for bacon. Salmonella, that's one typhi little bacterium
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The Washington Post's take on the new millennial graduates: They're loud, They're proud and they're ... more qualified than any other generation alive was?
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Boston drivers upset over ad that compares them to fish. Lighten up, Nemo
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Your Clinton Concession Thread - get-cher popcorn, peanuts, hot dogs, beer here
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Movement encourages people to openly carry guns in public. Sees cop challenges as a badge of honor. What could possibly go wrong?
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Istanbul re-emerges as Beacon of Bosporus. Even old New York was once New Amsterdam, why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way
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Today's teacher having sex with a student on the "Edge Of Seventeen" brought to you by America's wang. Victim wished she'd "Stop Draggin' His Heart Around" (with mugshot)
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Four years of high school? [√] Passed the exit exam? [√] Cap and gown? [√] Two cancer surgeries? [√] Radiation treatment? [√] One remaining summer school class? [√ ] FINE, GO AHEAD AND GRADUATE
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Scottish health experts are urging Scots to give up on chips for mushy peas and cut drinking down to only 5 days a week. So all they are saying is give peas a chance?
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Couple dragged before court after they forget to feed a rat. Related story: Old lady who swallowed a fly faces animal cruelty charges
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| (Some Guy) |
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Photoshop this outdoor eating area
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Old and busted: Stealing copper for resale as scrap. New hotness: Stealing grease for resale as fuel
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Bear breaks into house, steals bread, milk, pic-a-nic basket
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The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat
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British MP who used expenses to pay her nanny states she's done nothing wrong. In other news, this is the first ever Fark headline to use the words 'Nanny State' correctly
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Nice sculptures made with toothpicks. For some of them it was needed more then a two years to be made
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58% of parents don't care about harmful side effects, they want Little Precious pumped full of psychotropic drugs so they can get some peace and quiet (stats in sidebar)
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The NY Times knows that women with children put out
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Woman who had her camera stolen got a close-up of the thieves when photos they took of themselves were automatically uploaded to her computer
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Pubs in Yorkshire have been ordered to ban people from wearing flat caps or other hats so troublemakers can be more easily recognised on CCTV
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Never mind what the article is about, there's a picture of a kitten and her mommy that's so adorable you'll probably explode just by looking at it
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The military's solution to the stress of repeated tours and harrowing ordeals much like that of the average American: pop some pills and don't call me in the morning
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Twenty-five precious little snowflakes have the role of Snow White in the school play
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Ask for a receipt from a couple returning a boat motor? ...That's a stabbin'
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Man wrestles grizzly, gets his hands chewed, escapes, picks up rifle and kills it. Absently pops dislocated shoulder back into place before driving to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. You want to try dating his daughter?
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Teen arrested for bringing her pony to school. This is why little girls should not have a pony. Not yours
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Piano craze hits China where 30 million children are taking lessons. If only there was an easy piano piece that could help Asian children relate to the instrument. Pianist
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If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening. But I would no longer take it to gunfights
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Scientists blow off that whole "cure for cancer" thing and work out method to keep beer fresh longer. Hero tag stands up for missing AWESOME tag
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Photoshop this space shuttle tank
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Tucson officials warn cyclists to keep their clothes on lest they be cited, chafed
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The Drive-in theater turns 75: Archaic entertainment destined for parking lots?
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| (Some Guy) |
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Ain't superstitious, Fark Party crossed my path... NYC Fark Party at Crocodile Lounge on 6/13. DIT, LGT what we will be seeing a lot of
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| (Some Guy) |
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How to make a Diet Coke and Mentos booby trap
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UN issues strongly worded report rapping US for cruising WalMarts for underage youths from minority groups, poor or single-parent families
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Escaped prisoner congratulates police on fast response time
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Abortion: $400. Medical costs for birthing the baby you thought you aborted: $35,000. Having to explain it to the kid: Priceless (w/ "you did WHAT?" pic)
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City of Los Angeles sues Time-Warner cable for shoddy customer service. Company executives promise to appear in court sometime between 8:00 and noon
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| Fri June 06, 2008 |
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The Smoking Gun celebrates one year of end-of-week mugshot goodness with Mugsapalooza LIII
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As if you needed another reason not to fly, San Diego airport to raise parking fees. to $18 per day
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WWII US D-Day invasion tank unearthed in France. French army takes one look at it and surrenders
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Bum who spent $100 on color copier and paper and attempted to make enough fake $10 bills to buy $90 worth of pot arrested in his counterfeiting lab: a mall restroom
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Two WWII vets linked only by a codeword live their lives in the same city and meet 67 years later due to the very same codeword
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Cuba offers residents free sex changes. You can't even get a rectal exam for free over here
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No matter how potent the mushrooms are that you ate, you should not get naked, burst into your roommate's bedroom, and tell her "I want to have sex with you, and I love you, and I want to marry you."
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Chemical plant mishap creates world's largest whippit. Local residents still hearing the echo-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O
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You know who else had family members living under an assumed name in Long Island for over 50 years?
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Man accused of leaving kids unattended while stalking the wild asparagus. Euell Gibbons unavailable for comment
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New BMW program offering blind drivers chance to get behind the wheel. This should end well
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Actual headline: Accused sex teacher sends letter to Hulk's jailed son
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Churches want to ban Sunday morning youth sports because exercise and competition are worse for kids than hearing they're going to be punished for eternity if they don't love a 2000-year-old man's invisible father
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Philly newspapers punk entire city by launching fake airline called Derrie-Air. "The more you weigh, the more you pay."
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Medical examiner rules death of steroid dealer who named NFL names a suicide. First he shot himself in the abdomen so he could do a little suffering before he ended it with a shot to the head. Ray Lewis still unavailable for comment
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French Army is "falling apart." This is not a repeat from 1815, 1917 or 1940
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NYC's chief crane inspector arrested for taking bribes
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Photoshop these partners' pow wow
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Boulder duo tries to float alternative to alternative transportation, touts "tubing to work." (w/ "wet suit" pic)
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Fark joked about, but CNN actually said it: "Oil prices shot up [because of] a forecast that oil would hit $150 by July 4."
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Michigan joins the ranks of the states considering legislation to preserve the academic freedom to present nonsense as Science
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Not News: Man gets Harvard doctorate. News: It's his 11th graduate degree. Fark: He's working on six more. Kraf: He's dyslexic
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TB is making a comeback in America thanks to 'mexican bathtub cheese'
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Meet Samir Kahn, a Muslim extremist calling for the death of America. Fark: From his mom's basement in NC
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A police officer stops and questions you. Do you: A) Answer him? B) Slowly back away? Or C) Hurl the baby at him and run?
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Drunk, naked and stuck in the holding tank of a Port-O-Jon is no way to go through life, son
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"I was drinking alcohol there, and then I don't remember what happened after that." Cops remember assault, unlawful sexual contact, obstruction of a telephone, indecent exposure and Chicago Bears Crocs
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Investors find out what the Trump name is really worth
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Stripper refuses to go home with you, do you: a) leave, b) argue with her until she does, or c) come back with your gun,shoot the place up, lead police on a chase, roll your H2 and shoot a cop? (With video)
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The official cheer for the Chinese Olympics has just been announced: "Olympics! Add petrol! China! Add petrol!"
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Last week: Consumer spending is up, factory orders are up, EVERYBODY CELEBRATE. Today: Unemployment up 0.5 percent, EVERYBODY PANIC
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Standing naked in the road proclaiming to be both Jesus Christ and George Bush? That's a tasing
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Israeli prime minister says major incursion to Gaza Strip is "looking more likely." Strictly for security reasons, of course, and not because he's being investigated for bribery and facing calls for his resignation
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For sale: 2BR/2BA w/garage, free anti-tank rocket in yard
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Actual letter from the governor of CT to the attorney general. Penis
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Photoshop this sculpture holder
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Good news: Only 12 percent of married women said their husbands resembled Homer Simpson. Bad news: 50 percent saw striking similarities with Alan Harper on "Two and a Half Men." D'oh
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How to beat high gas prices: Buy gas now, store it in closet for later. What could possibly go wrong?
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Engineers at Indian car maker Tata have been putting the finishing touches to the world's cheapest car. It costs about $2,500, or double that if you have it delivered with a full tank
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Katrina evacuee, whose hotel room and three meals a day are paid for by FEMA, just hasn't had the "energy or pep to get a job" since the storm. Her entrepreneurial fellow evacuee at least created a meth lab in his room
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Police in Harare, Zimbabwe, release Robert Mugabe's political opponent after detaining him for the second time, but tell him he can't campaign today. Said candidate's spokesman: "Woo-hoo, three-day weekend"
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Because you folks Down Under apparently haven't gotten the message yet: ǝqnʇnoʎ uo oǝpıʌ ǝɥʇ ʇsod uǝɥʇ puɐ dn ʎpoqǝɯos ʇɐǝq ʇ,uop
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I-Mockery discovers the most sinister looking snack food mascot ever. Naturally, it's from Japan
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You've worked all your life for your high school diploma. One problem, though. It's for your achievement in "educaiton"
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Instead of making an omelette from the three emu eggs a woman bought while on holiday, she decided to try hatching them. 52 days later: One baby emu (with awwwww-inducing pic)
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WWII hero who joined the Marines at age 14 and won the Medal of Honor at age 17 by jumping on TWO hand grenades, has passed away today. Semper Fi
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Swedish couple win the right to call their child Lego. Neighours already report that he's a bit of a blockhead
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Caption this most excellent trailer park cat fight
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Woman upset, neigh, distraught, after postal service lost her dead thoroughbred horse
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Crucified Jesus spotted on French Fry. In other news, more Christians dying of clogged arteries (video)
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If you're going to take more than 30 times the normal dosage of cough syrup and go for a walk, you probably shouldn't do it at a park with steep cliffs
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Next door neighbor survived being shot while at Utah Beach on D-Day. For years we shared a drink on June 6 to mark the day. Since he's no longer with us (raises glass), here's to you, Pvt. Tidwell
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Seattle parks considers banning beach bonfires because they warm the entire world
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Turkey upholds ban on women wearing headscarfs at university. Stuffing oppression down the throats is easy as pie for politicans, but the whole concept is just corny
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Photoshop this American in Paris
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Myanmar government arrests comedian who aided cyclone victims. Hopeful U.S. immediately dispatches Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia to head relief effort
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Why guys fist-bump
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Not news: Woman upset over high gas prices. News: She lights a gas station on fire. Fark: And a Starbucks, just for good measure
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KMart starts selling abstinence sweatpants
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Injured Thai elephant given prosthetic leg. While this is a good thing for pachyderms, for most mammals this would be considered a faux paw
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Bees vs Arthur 'Two sheds' Jackson. It's a tie
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Barack Obama spending the evening at Hillary Clinton's house. Agenda to include a pint of Ben & Jerry's, a good cry, and a spirited pillowfight
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Phuc n' Bich: Who would have guessed it would end in disaster?
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When you cash a forged check at a bank, don't go back to the same bank and ask for directions
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Che Guevara's children angry at use of his image. Would rather their father be remembered as ruthless, murdering, totalitarian revolutionary instead of hipster marketing icon
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The opus is unremarkable
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Economic bad times are hurting the uber rich..."the wealthy are cutting back on luxuries like $350 highlights and $10,000-an-hour jet rentals." EVERYBODY PANIC
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Air ambulance pilots concerned that military is getting all the night vision goggles. If only there was some portable source of artificial illumination they could use
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Right wing blogosphere asplodes on news that Keith Olbermann owes past due taxes in New York. Olbermann reportedly owes less in taxes than what Limbaugh spends on OxyContin for a weekend
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Finally, a Boston-fan sportswriter that acknowledges they're all insufferable douchebags. Bill Simmons unavailable for comment
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Like a redneck with a stimulus check at Wal-Mart, Canada blows its money on iPods and liquor
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UK newspaper photo shows theater's resident ghost. Pic is provided in the link. You provide the face palm
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Second man today now climbing NY Times building in New York's latest fad
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US approves export of sensitive surveillance equipment to Chinese authorities to help with Olympic security. Bonus: bumper sticker on van in photo
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Teacher arrested for telling a student he would rip out his eyeballs, pee on him, and kill his family. Sounds like somebody's ready for summer vacation
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Your girlfriend's dog bites you. Do you: A) Discipline it? B) Put it up for adoption? C) Have some drinks, wait an hour, then shoot it with a razor-tipped arrow and later tell police you were trying to "wash" it?
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Waitress laid off after shaving head for cancer. Some customers say they would be "appalled" to be served by her
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Man who killed his wife with a crossbow fails on his saving throw against a PMITA spell cast by the Judge
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It was my last wish to walk right into a wine store, ask "What goes good with venison?" and then leave. You should have seen the look on their faces, good times
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Actual headlines appearing on the same page of the newspaper: "Clinton pullout likely Saturday"; "Decline in tenn sex levels off, survey shows". Submitter wants to know if the two have anything to do with one another
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Photoshop this choppy guy
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Palm Bay voting to add heavy restrictions on arcades. Also on the agenda are a resolution supporting President Reagan's reelection campaign and vote on funding for a Members Only Jacket fashion show
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Jesus found hiding in the bushes
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Not news: BBC 1 O'Clock news shows stills from new photo exhibition. News: Photos have "adult themes." Fark: Theme is woman getting it on with a zebra
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Philadelphia-area atheists set up billboard to attract more non-believers, neglecting to tell them atheism has no holidays, 13-year-old girls to marry or 72 beautiful virgins in heaven if you blow up
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Judge understands why the plaintiffs wouldn't want to go into Arkansas where many residents are still seeking retribution for 1969 football loss
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed complains that courtroom artist didn't capture his nose, asks her to redraw it like the one in FBI photo
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Judge: "Repeat sex offender, you may have exposed yourself to yet another group of girls yet again, but kudos on a fine defense"
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Newspaper asks: When police find you lying on a downtown sidewalk without shoes and a shirt, covered in vomit and able to only utter one word, is that the mark of a bad night, or a good one?
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Gold jewelry swallowed by woman at pawn shop, uhhh, "returned" to owner
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Woman, 61, accused of driving around and aiming her gun at pedestrians. Her logic: ''They're going to kill me, so I might as well kill them''
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Stephanie from "Full House" lives out Bob Saget punchline
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Not news: Teacher fired. News: For putting a student in a storage closet. Fark: Again
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FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women vs. Maxim Hot 100 smackdown: An in-depth analysis
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If a television show about serial swingers wearing wet bikinis interests you, you're finally old enough to watch CBS
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CNN: Black presidents nothing new to Hollywood. "Idiocracy" strangely omitted
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If you tried to play grab-ass with some lady in a motorized wheelchair, Hereford police would like a word with you
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Today's "female teacher getting freaky with her students" story brought to you by Polk County. She had sex with two boys 10 times in one night. Giddyup
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When air guns, BB guns, paintball guns and some firearms replicas are outlawed, only outlaws will have air guns, BB guns, paintball guns and some firearms replicas
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County commissioners in a small TN town throw punches and brawl in city hall after a string of humorous name-calling (audio)
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Ahhh, Montana. Such a peaceful place. Except for that guy holding off police at his house with 36 guns and 10,000 rounds. Bonus: Homemade shooting range in basement
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Skipping school, that's a spankin'... delivered right in the courtroom
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Fuel economy myths debunked: Even if you keep your windows up, your AC off, lose 50 pounds -- you're going to get the same crappy mileage
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For those who missed it, one of the few reviews of Drew's book that actually got the message right: Fark founder Drew Curtis flattens the fourth estate, by Jack Shafer
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"It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News" is now out in paperback, link goes to Amazon page. Buy it now before everybody panics
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Salon asks the most pressing question this election cycle: Are you too dumb to vote?
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When gas prices go up, Americans whine a lot but deal with it. In India and Malaysia, they get burny
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Miley Cyrus dating 22-year-old backup singer. Yes, she's still 15
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After successfully surmising that winter could be cold, Environment Canada goes out on limb with latest prediction: Summer could be hot
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Guy's alibi to a quadruple murder? He was at a different house, selling drugs
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Orange County deputies are on the lookout for three men who wear shirts on their heads
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News: Hit and run leaves pedestrian critically injured. Fark: Surveillance video shows residents' apathy, including a frustrated driver who had to make a U-turn because someone went and left a damn body in the middle of the damn road
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Sheriff deputies force new recruits to act out nursery rhymes, and then it gets weird
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CNN wonders, is Obama's fist bump the new love tap? It's not news, it's CNN
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Jesus must have taken the week off from appearing on random stuff
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Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood wants to hire dwarfs for his daughter's wedding to perform stunts like stealing ladies' hats
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Children of Mormon sect in Texas back with their parents, or, in the case of the 13-year-old girls, back with their middle-aged husbands
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Walleye poaching earns men three days in jail, $4,600 in fines and a lifetime of mocking by anyone who reads this
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Ted Kennedy reportedly in good spirits after operation. Spirits said to include high octane scotch, bourbon and gin
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Q: Why are there so many divorces? A: Because they're worth it
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Are your dead people still showing up on voter registration rolls? Well, you aren't alone
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As tempting as it may seem, choosing c) "tape the student who won't sit down to his chair" is not the correct answer
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"Writer's Strike I: The Beginning" was such a market success that its sequel, "Actors Strike, The Reckoning," may be released earlier than anticipated
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The U.S. Navy is pinning its hopes of winning support in Japan for deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington on a manga comic
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Photoshop Hillary "kickin back"
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State troopers use Taser to clear path to french fries
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Bushnell offers $1 million for an undoctored pic of Sasquatch. Lobster Boy still not worth the $2 admission price
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One way or another, Comcast is always robbing you
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Reporter dicovers that you can meet hookers on Craigslist. Romero gives props
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Maps of Toronto showing vaccination exemption percentages in schools prompted by the highest outbreak of measles in years. Where is your God now?
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Nursing home stops Alzheimer's patients from escaping. Fark: By installing a fake bus stop for them to wait at
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Poodle shaved and dyed to look like a cockerel. Your dog will bite you in the ass if you do this. The Sun is there. (With pic)
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Two Biblical scholars write book examining sexual and scatalogical innuendo in the Bible. Ask probing questions such as "Which BONE was Eve made from?" Get it? Bone? Ha ha ha snort penis
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New Zealand scientists claim to have developed anti-flatulence innoculation for sheep, which will lead to huge savings in dry cleaning bills for farmers' pants
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Headline: "Alleged thieves foiled by professional clown." Bonus: With toy gun. Bonus bonus: While imitating Clint Eastwood. Bonus bonus bonus: While in full costume, including leather chaps
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Fearful Japanese / Scrap in literary ring / Poetry not punches
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News: Surfer finds 70 pounds of dope. Fark: HE TURNED IT IN TO THE COPS
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Welsh criminals fear being banned from the pubs more than they fear court, pointing out that even court's tolerable after your 10th pint
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Silver-colored dental fillings may be unhealthy, chew more aluminum foil
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Metal thieves steal plaster Jesus thinking it was made of copper. If there were only some sort of list of rules, or maybe commandments, that they could have read to know they hadn't thought this through properly
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Parents encouraged to bring children to grand opening of sex shop in Brooklyn. Wait, what?
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Photoshop estos luchadores
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Not content with poisoned tomatoes or spinning blades, the media now warns you can drown 72 hours after being in the pool
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Theme of Farktography Contest No. 161: "Trees." Difficulty: No titles or descriptions. Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme
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Brothers caught after night raid of girl's locker room. Meat and PeeWee's alibi they were at Porky's still unconfirmed
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First polar bear seen in Iceland for 20 years. Don't worry, they shot it. Al Gore's slide show still accurate
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Meet your new Stanley Cup Champions - the Detroit Red Wings
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Cops protect small town from drunk driver of a motorized cooler. "We were told it can do up to 12 mph."
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Thieves phone up security and tell them to ignore alarms, which they do. Hilarity ensues
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Meet Daniel: A medical student and combat amputee taking a road trip around the U.S. to see the land he dedicated eleven and half years of his life to and meet his fellow Americans
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It done blowed up REAL good
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Cell phone users secretly tracked, whereabouts monitored. So why is it that when I lose my phone, they won't tell me wtf it is?
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Get to da Gahdenhoze
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Woman discovers lottery tickets have barcodes for a reason
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Hillary will not ensue
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Twelve food additives to avoid - that are in everything. Begin PANIC in three... two... one
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To the surprise of absolutely no one, airlines are raising summer fares "drastically" on non-stop flights. Then again, who wants to fly on a plane that never stops?
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Jack Thompson quietly and respectfully sits through his disciplinary hearing, accepts the judge's decision. Just kidding, he actually said the judge didn't have the authority to hear his case and walked out on his hearing
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Dr. William Gray sticks by his forecast of 15 named storms and 4 major hurricanes this season, then begins to froth at the mouth before tipping over backwards
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Study by Center for Disease Control shows more teens lying to Center for Disease Control
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Nashville hotel provides complimentary six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon, pork rinds, RC Colas and moonpies for visiting tourists
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If you're going to let your kid drive you home because you're drunk, at least make sure they have a license...okay, as long as they're old enough to drive...okay, old enough to reach the pedals...okay, no longer breastfeeding
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Electrician tries to kill wife in the shower. Woman shocked
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Man declares himself an "ombudsman for for all citizens (who) are victims of the Trojan Horse in the Battle of Troy which allows Red Bank to promote slavery" and takes town to court over red-light cameras
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Photoshop these runners
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Q: How do I retire on a low income? A: Live like a college student
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In Connecticut, the sentence for running over a disabled person with your moped while fleeing the police after having left a strip club is just one year. Suspended
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Actual headline: "Using a cinder block as a driver's seat not a good idea. Especially if the car doesn't have a brake pedal"
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Library board member who voted to remove "The Joy of Gay Sex" from public library thought he posted an anonymous rant on local website - finds out how the 'tubes work. Oops
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Thieves return to the scene of the crime. This time the Lord is waiting
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Endangered leopard cub gets her shots (w/ awwwwww-fully cute pic of endangered cub)
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Once thought destroyed, Cape Cod lighthouse from 1881 found. In California. And it's still in use by the Coast Guard
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Spider-Man arrested
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Anti-energy drink gaining popula
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Papers, please? D.C. to seal off neighborhoods with checkpoints and demand identification from visitors
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I can has UR cheezburger?
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Three boys suspended from school and barred from graduation because they were waving a Confederate Flag on school grounds before the school day started
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Gasoline thieves are targeting large semi-trucks since they have more than 10-20 gallon tanks
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From the "wait, he did what?" file: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia calls for an end to Islamic extremism. Cool tag emerges victorious in battle royal with Unlikely, Hero, Scary, Dumbass, and Stupid tags
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It's not a too-mah, it's a 25-year-old surgical towel
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Indiana teen and 33 year old guy plot Colombine-style school shooting in order to "break current shooting record" for "instant recognition"
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Boy burns feet in park when ground spontaneously combusts
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If you think the SAT was tough, you're lucky you aren't a student in China and taking a two-day test that basically decides your very future
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Jesus helps man solve energy crisis by running his car on water, getting 100 miles per OUNCE
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Sociologist Charles Moskos dies. Who is he? Don't ask. Know how he died? Don't tell
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Rule #11 When Purchasing Weed From A High Schooler: Don't show up at the kid's school toting a gun and baseball bat expecting to settle your deal
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Makeup makes male birds sexier, Billy Joe Armstrong might not be such a douche after all
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"I cannot imagine not driving a Hummer. I would cut back on other expenses before I would cut back on driving it."
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In the face of declining income, American's are saving more. And that's bad, really really bad
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"We are atheists and for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place"
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Police hunt for underground railway busking pole dancer
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"Dear Diary, today was smelly. Not as funky as the day before, mind you, but more putrid than last week. Tomorrow is expected to be fetid as well, with a good chance of malodorousness tomorrow."
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Old and busted: Marrying the Berlin Wall. New hotness: Marrying the Eiffel tower
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Someone has discovered the perfect way to take money from gullible Christian fundamentalists
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Diver stranded miles from shore signals coast guard by shoots himself with a .357 magnum, wait what? oh...Florida
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Teenager who wrote her first book at age 14 tipped to become the next JK Rowling, only much, much hotter
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UK cyclists are to be allowed to ride the wrong way up one-way streets - but motorists will face prosecution if a collision occurs. Darwin looks on, nods approvingly
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Former homeless man who works at the hostel that took him in wins £2.6million on the lottery. First purchase will be a 10-bedroom cardboard box
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More than 40 people have been caught trying to break into UK prisons in the last five years
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Government education officer recommends that schools should stop teaching "middle-class subjects" like history, geography and science, and should instead teach energy saving and civic responsibility courses
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Shirkers are ditching the time old 'going out for a smoke' break and wasting time on social networking sites instead
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Bono says Africa can learn from Ireland. Photoshop how this might be so
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Swedish authorities refuse to let couple name their daughter "Elvis". Metallica still okay
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Not news: Graduating seniors stage food fight in cafeteria. News: 15 students suspended, 1 told she won't graduate. Fark: Girl who won't graduate wasn't even in the cafeteria
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Not news: Australia's strip clubs and hookers expecting big boost in business thanks to international convention. Fark: The convention is Catholic World Youth Day
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World leaders at the global hunger summit dine on puff pastries with corn and mozzarella, pasta with pumpkin and shrimp, rolls of thinly sliced veal, cheese mousse, parmesan risotto, lemon mousse with raspberry sauce, and white wine
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Dentist who continued practicing despite suffering from Alzheimer's is to have her license revoked. Patients say they feel sorry for her but sometimes the tooth hurts
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The English male is either a repressed homosexual, a drunkard whose alcohol intake renders him incapable, a boarding school product deprived of his mother's love too early in life, or simply a woman-hater
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Professional football player puts another notch in his bedpost
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Not News: Police confiscate $173,000, two guns and a plasma TV from dwelling of a convicted murderer. Fark: The raid was on his prison cell
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There are "no more great writers" declares Nobel laureate you've never heard of
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The coolest Mercedes hand crafted from PU-foam you will see today
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In America, a man buys a cheap commemorative cup from McDonald's to celebrate the Olympics in his country. In China, a man sticks 2008 needles into his head to celebrate the Olympics in his country
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Photoshop Speedy
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Woman marries the ex-wife she originally married as a man nearly sixty years before
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8 year old with one leg enjoys playing little league baseball. Great story w/video
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50 mpg from a Honda Accord? This guy does it, and claims you can too with "Hypermiling"
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Todays recycled fear-mongering story for those that missed it the first 1,000 times: anti-bacterial soaps can and will kill you
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You're peeved about bottles of urine tossed on the highway. Do you a) Help pick them up, b) lobby for more garbage receptacles, or c) threaten to toss them at the legislature building
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Finally a study that says it's okay to hook up with your hot cousin
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Police officer comes under fire for making graffiti offenders wear a pink vest while painting over their tags because somebody compared the vests to pink triangle badges used to identify homosexuals at concentration camps in Nazi Germany
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Photoshop this pleased lobsterman
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If you've lost a pet goat that likes to ride public transport, Portland Bus Officials would like a word with you
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Not news: Valedictorian gives cheesy graduation speech. News: He plagiarized it from an internet news site. Fark: The site was The Onion
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While high gas prices are hurting small market motorsports, it's less of an issue for NASCAR teams. In fact, fans will hardly notice the minor changes to next year's Daytona 50
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Mexican fashion takes a new twist: bulletproof business suits and biker jackets that can stop a .44 magnum
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Japan has come up with a brilliant plan to save energy: shower faster. Article neglects to mention a better plan: Bathing together
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PETA wants Lowe's to stop selling glue traps. So, what do they do? Put a hittable young lady in a bikini and mouse ears and lay her on the ground. PETA protest trifecta in play (contains SFW photos of the hittable little mouse)
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High fuel prices have one Florida county pondering four-day school weeks, likely leaving more free time for student/teacher hookups
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Goddard College invents Masters in Consciousness degree to study eastern religious traditions. Actual Buddhists, Hindus in China and India lift heads from engineering textbooks, smile, get back to work taking over world
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The generation that "always won a trophy, win or lose" and were coddled by their parents are now entering the workforce. Corporate America: "Oh %$#@..."
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Behold the real dark side of bacon: Bacon in a can
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California high school has its own teacher/student sex trifecta in less than one year. With quite hittable pic
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Who would disagree with a principal asking kids not to simulate anal sex on the dance floor?" Apparently, "bigots, racists, aginners, anti-establishment folks, those [with] some sort of obsession, people opposed to authority"
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Whatever happened to stripper-client privilege?
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Four years of high school? [√] Passed the exit exam? [√] Cap and gown? [√] Two cancer surgeries? [√] Radiation treatment? [√] One remaining summer school class? [ ] Sorry, you can't participate in graduation
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What now? You can't even eat raw TOMATOES? WTF?
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Happy couple didn't know they'd been divorced for 10 years. Then it gets weird
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A sure sign of summer: The annual "machines with spinning blades are dangerous" article
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Australian Broadcasting Company website tells children they are tiny little CO2 hogs and should therefore die to help save the Earth. Surprisingly, someone has a problem with this
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PETA wants jail to house first "Lobster Empathy Center" to show how lobsters suffer as much as human prisoners
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Ugly-ass baby lions born at Zoo Atlanta (with pics)
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Coffee snobs among leading water-wasters: Every cup of cold joe thrown out = 37 gallons of wasted virtual water. Western over-consumption trifecta possibly in play
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Greece sees first gay marriage. At least, in its modern history
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AP officially calls the Democratic nomination for Sen. Barack Obama
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