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23 Dec 2009 15:37

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Offbeat: Stealing an ambulance sounds more fun than it really is

Some guy walked out of a New Hampshire hospital, stole the ambulance and drove it around. It was all fun and games until some jerk cop pulled out a taser. source
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23 Dec 2009 13:57

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Offbeat: This story about duck mating habits should scar you for life

    • It’s so weird, we’re just gonna tell you to click the link. On an average day, how much do you think of the mating habits of ducks? A lot? Not much at all? Well, prepare to learn more about it than you ever expected, thanks to MSNBC.com’s overly-detailed article on the subject. Thank us later, guys. source
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    21 Dec 2009 21:47

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    Offbeat: Google is responsible for this 3D-rendered Santa atrocity

    • You know, usually we’d think something like this was kinda cute in its primitive nature. But it’s made by Google, so the fact that it looks cheesy only makes us want to make fun of it more. In other news, click this link to read an intriguing story about how NORAD has wasted its resources to track “Santa” (i.e. the Russians) on Christmas Eve since 1955. source
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    21 Dec 2009 21:08

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    Offbeat: Hot stuff in the art world: This 94-year-old former recluse

    Carmen Herrera, formerly of Cuba, has been painting for nearly 60 years. She sold her first painting five years ago, and now crazy arthounds can’t get enough of her. source
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    20 Dec 2009 22:24

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    Offbeat: Protip: Don’t bring a gun to a snowball fight, Detective Hard@$$

    • awesome A bunch of people decided to organize an impromptu snowball fight in D.C. via Twitter yesterday. It looks like a load of fun.
    • laughable A cop pulls through in his Hummer (above) and pulls out a (#^!#(& gun to show how awesome and manly he is, apparently. source
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    20 Dec 2009 11:31

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    Offbeat: Ben & Arthur: The worst film we’ve ever seen. God, it’s bad.

    • Next time you watch a film and claim it’s the worst ever, don’t forget “Ben & Arthur.” Shot on an almost nonexistent budget with actors who have nonexistent acting abilities, this piece of gay-themed cinema (which, by the way, plays the “gay” card a bit too heavyhandedly and in hilarious ways) holds a spot in the Top 10 of IMDB’s Bottom 100 – and deservedly so. Sam Mraovich, the director and main actor, is largely at fault for the awfulness. Fortunately, it’s the kind of awful you can laugh at. So laugh, guys, laugh. source
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    19 Dec 2009 13:29

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    Offbeat: This girl falls on a bouncy ball, and you laugh. We promise.

    • You know, seeing people fall is one of those things that should get old, but never really does. Especially when it’s on a ball. Especially when nobody really gets hurt. She didn’t get hurt, right?
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    19 Dec 2009 10:41

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    Offbeat: Beating the odds: Yale offers a set of quadruplets early admission

    Kenny, Martina, Ray and Carol Crouch are not only quadruplets – really smart ones at that – but were born over two months premature. Awesome. source
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    18 Dec 2009 16:23

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    Offbeat: Techno Jeep: A stroke of musical brilliance in the form of a SUV

    • It takes an insanely creative mind to come up with something this randomly beautiful, and Julian Smith (in the driver’s seat) apparently fits the bill. All the sounds come from the jeep, and you can buy said sounds in ringtone form if you’re interested in having this around everywhere you go. (Thanks to our boy Micah Pearson for the find.) source
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    15 Dec 2009 23:00

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    Offbeat: This coconut-wielding octopus is a big-time show-off

    • Because, really, why not? This octopus proves exactly how brilliant its species supposedly is. It can use this coconut shell as shelter and as a tool for digging. And it also can do some craaaaaazy things with its tentacles, too. source
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