I see you sitting listlessly, slumped back in your office chair with your foot violently twitching as if it was begging to be liberated from your work-appropriate, closed-toed loafer. You stare blankly at the florescent lights, praying for blindness as the phone begins to ring you think your job can’t be worse…think again.
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101 Jobs to make you appreciate your own more
October 24, 2007Composite face of 15 attractive women
October 24, 2007Face Research Lab creates the average attractive face based on ratings.
Wackiest and Biggest Roadside Attractions (PICS)
October 24, 2007Minnesota has the world’s largest man-made ear of corn. Michigan has the world’s largest tire. Alabama has the world’s largest chair. Does your state have any odd and rather large roadside attractions? Be sure to check the gallery of 96 pictures and see if you can spot it.
Wheel chair gets stuck in 18 wheeler front grill guy goes for ride! 50mph
October 24, 2007WTF! This has got to be the weirdest story ever. The wheel chair of a 21-year-old man became lodged in the grill of a semi truck as the vehicle pulled out of a gas station. The semi then began driving down Red Arrow Highway, with its new and unusual hood ornament still attached. Speeds of 50 mph were reached, picture included.
Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair
October 24, 2007Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.His destination: Idaho, a mere 193 miles from the comfy confines of his backyard.
The Pirate Bay Goes Simpsons
October 24, 2007The popular BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, celebrates the release of the first illegal CAM version of “The Simpsons Movie” with a new logo and t-shirt design. Yet another slap in Hollywood’s face.
Debt Collectors Punch Mom In Face While 5 Year-Old Watches
October 24, 2007We realize that you need to repossess that 2000 Ford Focus, but it’s just not necessary to punch a woman in the face in front of her 5 year-old daughter. The woman, Sara Bradley, 25, was was sitting in her car when a debt collector trying to repossess the vehicle attacked her, grabbing her necklace and punching her in the face
Boys face sex trial for slapping girls’ rear-ends
October 24, 2007Two middle-school students in Oregon are facing possible time in a juvenile jail and could have to register as sex offenders for smacking girls on the rear end at school.
The Age of Consent Around the World
October 24, 2007This table lists different countries around the world, and shows the ages in at which people of different sexualities can legally have sex.
Amazing: Grow Your Own Furniture!
October 24, 2007You can grow a stool or a table frame like these.
Fruit growers have been training trees to shape since we don’t know when, and furniture has been made of wood for thousands of years, so why not train trees to make furniture? I’ve proved that it can be done. All you need are three saplings, a plywood jig, instructions and a little patience.
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