BBC News reports that a South African man has not had his work visa renewed due to his 286 pound weight posing a potential drain on health care resources. To make matters worse, the man has lost weight since he… Read More ›
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Poll: 4% Of Americans Say Reptilian People Control The World
A recent Public Policy Polling national survey asked American registered voters whether they believed in various conspiracy theories. When asked: “Do you believe that shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining political power to… Read More ›
Obama Makes A Sci-Fi Faux-Pas By Referring To A “Jedi Mind Meld,” Otherwise Known As A Normal Conversation-Opposite-Of-Faux-Pas
Yahoo reports that President Obama made an error today, combining nerdy concepts from Star Trek and Star Wars in a speech explaining why he can’t just use his mind to achieve consensus in Congress. Actually, we disagree with the idea that… Read More ›
Olympic Gold Medals Are Made Mostly Of Silver And Copper!
If you were planning on making an old joke today about dumb athletes having gold medals bronzed, hold up! There’s hardly any gold in those gold medals, as CNBC reports that Olympic gold medals contain the following metals: Silver 92.5%… Read More ›
We Will Never Get Writer’s Block As Long As People Continue Killing Spiders With Blowtorches.
As we continue our week of celebration of our readers, we read a blog entry by novelist Candace Knoebel entitled “Caught In The Writer’s Block Web,” where she offers some great tips to avoid getting writer’s block, which she hopefully… Read More ›
3 More Confusing Ring Sizes Jewelers Could Try To Sell You Instead Of “Q And A Half”
As we continue our week of writing entries inspired by our readers, we move on to our next entry we found in our WordPress Reader entitled “Half a letter for a finger… Confusing title, eh?” This witty entry about the… Read More ›
Is Mitt Romney Inadvertently Implying A President’s Job Can Include Doing Nothing?
A recent series of Boston Globe articles reported that despite telling the public that he “left Bain Capital in 1999” and “relinquished all management authority” that Mitt Romney was the CEO of Bain Capital, according to SEC filings in 2002…. Read More ›
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