April 2012
April 8, 2012
Chuck’s April Fool’s News Specials
Usual suspects, from last week (leaving to others any actual verifications):Due to the drought in Great Britain, some of those crazy local councils are embracing "amnesty" for turning in garden hoses. The Independent
Cooking Classes for Left-Handers Launched Daily Express (London)
Announcing the Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, the world's first luxury hotel that accepts
A photo from a one-car accident on New York City's FDR Drive, showing the overturned car and its bumper sticker, Why am I the only one on the planet who knows how to drive? New York Post
It was a prank, all right, but reported straight up by, first, out loud by the Toronto Public Health Board chairman at an open meeting, and then by Canada's CNews. Among the people who had signed up to address the Board were the gentlemen Haywood Jablome and Fu King of the Fu King Fitness Gym, along with the ladies Anita Dick-Smith and Anita Hoare. CNews
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Teenage Zombies
Why watch newfangled zombies like The Walking Dead when you can have the classics?
If you like the trailer above, watch the whole film, below.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 08, 2012 -
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Category: Horror, Movies, Teenagers, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
3D Chocolate Printer
A printer that makes 3D images in solid chocolate. Sounds like a winner!
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April 7, 2012
Chick Beards
It used to be that you had to go to circus sideshows to find women with beards on display, but apparently "chick beards" are now the hot new trend in the world of fashion. via Trend de la Creme
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling, Hair and Hairstyling
Lonely Little Teacup
Lonely Little Teacup. from Linnea Sterte on Vimeo.
No sexual metaphors here, just move along now.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 07, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Sexuality, Double Entendres and Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink
April 6, 2012
Raising The Boom
A stolen crane and a slow speed police chase left over 200 people without power late Wednesday/early Thursday in a California town. The damage was due to the suspect raising the boom on the crane during the chase. Interestingly police do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 06, 2012 -
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Pay Phones
What was once normal and not-weird becomes weird with the simple addition of that magical ingredient, "time."
Imagine an era when NYC had "tens of thousands" of payphones!
The other two segments of this video are less strange, but still worth watching.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 06, 2012 -
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Category: Communications, Money, Technology, 1940s, 1950s
Bib:Love
Bib:Love, the name of a free sex service offered by 3 college guys in a southwest German college town. The young men offer to meet stressed coeds, and if the chemistry is right, have sex with them as a stress reliever. They have an email address for contact and have fielded many emails with 7 actual meetings resulting in 5 one night stands. The name Bib:Love is an abbreviation for the German word for library- Bibliothek- and of course, love. A suggestion, how about Three Guys Sex Service?
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Golden Pig Cakes
A Chinese delicacy. Looks like a pig, and yet it's vegetarian. According to the Liuzhou Laowai blog: "The dense cake is made from lotus seed paste flavoured with nuts and sesame seeds, wrapped in a heavy sweet pastry. They are also used symbolically to ensure that the dead have enough to eat in heaven."
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Category: Food
April 5, 2012
Nuke-powered Planes
I guess I was too sanguine the other day when I said we'd never have nuclear reactors circling overhead.
Read the article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 05, 2012 -
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Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, Air Travel and Airlines, Armed Forces
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