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03 Sep 2009 21:44

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Offbeat: Cash for Clunkers: Won’t anyone think of the demolition derbies?

They have to bring in cars from other state to demolish! This is such an awful, awful crime against mild entertainment. source
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03 Sep 2009 10:32

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Offbeat: People of Wal-Mart, flaunt your bad fashion choices!

It says a lot about our culture (in a good way) that a site making fun of how people dress at Wal-Mart can become incredibly popular fast. source
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02 Sep 2009 11:18

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Offbeat: This talking parrot: Officially smarter than us

  • We’ve been trying to answer questions like these all our lives, and we haven’t been able to figure them out. Cute animals – especially birds – always seem to upstage us.source
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02 Sep 2009 10:16

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Offbeat: Fighting Paris suburbs pit two one-way streets against each other

  • The conservative French suburb of Levallois-Perret, annoyed by the large amounts of traffic coming from the city, made one of its major roads a one way street, which is kind of selfish. source
  • In response to the traffic buildup caused, a neighboring suburb, Clichy-la-Garenne, made traffic go the other way on the road. At the two towns’ borders, chaos ensued. Yikes. source
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01 Sep 2009 11:06

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Offbeat: Consumer rage: Angry guy drives into a store that wronged him

CAR RAGE. This dude flipped over an unshipped mattress. And he was drunk. This is a great way to kill a clunker, by the way. source
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01 Sep 2009 10:10

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Offbeat: Question: How many times can you get arrested in one day?

  • 3 arrests in one day for one Bridgeport, Connecticut woman source
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31 Aug 2009 08:45

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Offbeat: Unfortunate headline of the day: We bet BJ Services gets this a lot

  • Baker Hughes to buy BJ Services for $5.5 billion
  • The Reuters headline for a business story • Wait, it gets better. “Baker Hughes Inc said it will … take advantage of BJ’s pressure pumping expertise.” AHAHAHAHAHAHA. The unfortunate headline company company called and said you’re paying too much. • source
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30 Aug 2009 12:08

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Offbeat: A few Navy guys put their twist on “I’m On a Boat”

  • In a few comments, some are criticizing these Navy guys for actually daring to have a little fun when they’re stuck in the middle of the ocean working. We don’t see that problem at all. In fact, we hope that they’re doing this instead of working, because they look so hard in this video that you can’t imagine any pirates would dare come up to their boat. (Props to The Lonely Island for the original, of course.)source
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30 Aug 2009 11:15

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Offbeat: Hooray! The Beer Bike can keep rolling in Amsterdam

These fixtures of the biggest Dutch metropolis were in danger after a couple of recent crashes. But they can keep going – with some new restrictions. source
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29 Aug 2009 10:20

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Offbeat: “The Shaggy Robber” caught by the FBI; did he have a dog?

  • If it wasn’t for those pesky ki … oh wait. An interstate bank robber known for his striking resemblance to Shaggy from “Scooby Doo” was caught yesterday. Michael A. Kincade, 29, was arrested in a Red Lobster parking lot in Longmont, Colorado. Kincade is accused of 17 bank robberies in four different states. His driver was also arrested. Scooby remains at large. source
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