Mother Nature Network reports that Britain’s Advertising Standards Agency has received over 50 complaints for a “frightening” and “offensive” IKEA ad in which a couple decides to ditch their garden gnomes and the gnomes fight back, leading to the type… Read More ›
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Poop Scoop Part 2: Spanish Town Mails Unscooped Dog Poop To Dog’s Owners
The Telegraph reports that a town in Spain successfully launched a campaign where they watched dog owners who failed to poop-and-scoop; struck up conversations with the dog owners to ascertain the names of the dogs; checked the dog names and… Read More ›
Chicken Poop Scoop!
CBC reports that the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada is apologizing after spreading chicken manure in a place the homeless gather, in an apparent attempt to rid the city of its homeless. “What an originally terrible idea!” you might… Read More ›
Gawker Reports Alleged Rob Ford Crack Video May Be “Gone.” Gone Fishin’ We Hope!
Gawker reports that its source indicates that the alleged video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack, that Gawker raised over $200,000 in contributions to buy (minus thousands in fees to PayPal and IndieGoGo) is “gone.” From the report:… Read More ›
A Bunch Of Rob Fords Resign, But Not The Alleged Crack-Smoking One. Does This Make It A Better Or Worse Time To Name Your Baby “Rob Ford?”
WLTX reports that South Carolina State Senator Rob Ford has resigned after an Ethics Committee heard things related to ethics, including allegations that he used campaign money at two adult stores. Meanwhile, the National Post reports Rob(ert) Ford, U.S. Ambassador… Read More ›
Study: Acting Like You Know What You’re Talking About, When You Have No Clue About What You’re Talking About, Will Get People To Believe You! Trust Us, We Know It’s True!
Yahoo reports that a study by graduate students from Washington State University indicates that people tend to believe what you say, whether verbally or in writing, if you use loud, confident language… even if you have no clue what you… Read More ›
Zombie Apocalypse Might Not Stop You From Driving Your Electric Car!
Investor’s Business Daily reports that Tesla Motors, maker of electric cars, has been building “supercharge” stations which can or will use solar power to charge Tesla vehicles in about 20 minutes. How awesome is that? This awesome, according to the… Read More ›
Capitals Is Actually A Good Team Name. Awww, We Still Love You Washington.
In our last instalment of our series examining Washington, D.C. sports team names, it’s time to look at the city’s NHL team, the Washington Capitals! That’s actually a pretty appropriate name, Washington. But could you have picked a more appropriate… Read More ›
Maybe If There Were Fewer Wizards Casting Useless Spells, Your Basketball Team Would Have Won More Than 29 Games This Season!
In the wake of members of Congress asking the politically incorrectly named Washington Redskins to change its team name, we continue our series making fun of the other D.C. area team names. Washington Wizards? Look, we understand the tougher sounding… Read More ›
Washington D.C. As Good At Naming Sports Teams As Passing Laws Voters Want
The Associated Press reports that 10 members of Congress have written a letter to the owner of the Washington Redskins, the NFL Commissioner, and the owners of every other NFL team, asking the team name be changed as it’s offensive… Read More ›
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