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25 Jul 2009 10:17

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Offbeat: A retiring soldier eats 36-year-old cake, lives to tell about it

  • I would eat it any chance I could get, but not all of the meals came with pound cake.
  • Retiring Army Col. Henry Moak • Describing the cake in a can he ate at his retirement ceremony. It was a military-issue cake he loved eating. Moak, who was issued the cake in 1973, wasn’t trying to get sick by eating the cake – “I won’t eat it if it’s black and moldy,” he said – but the delicacy actually held up OK. “It’s good, it’s still kind of moist,” he said. • source
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25 Jul 2009 09:00

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Offbeat: Some pig: Is this fugitive feral swine the libertarian ideal?

This pig has been on the run around Panama City, Fla., for five months and has a rep so bacony – it fended of tasers! – that it has a Facebook page. source
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24 Jul 2009 11:15

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Offbeat, World: Scientific method at work: Does naked girls + farming = rain?

  • That’s what some farmers in India are trying. The farmers, located in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, told their unmarried daughters to get naked and plow the fields after sunset in an attempt to embarrass the gods and convince them to bring on monsoon weather. The farmers are currently in the midst to the worst start of monsoon season in eight decades. Might as well work the nudity angle, right? source
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23 Jul 2009 21:26

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Offbeat: It’s easy to forget stuff, like what we were gonna say next

  • 3 things are forgotten by adults each day, say forgetful researchers source
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23 Jul 2009 21:04

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Offbeat: Crazy reason for unemployment #1,305: “My wife’s a porn star!”

Scott Janke, city manager of Fort Myers Beach, Fla. loves his wife. But the city didn’t like her job. So they fired him. Wonder who wears the, uh, pants now? source
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23 Jul 2009 09:26

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Offbeat, U.S.: Ah-nold: You call that budget cuts? Well, this is a KNIFE!

  • It doesn’t even matter what Arnold Schwartzenegger said in this video. We got the idea in the first second and a half. The governor of California, fresh off $26 billion in budget cuts, is brandishing a big knife. You said it all with your actions, man.source
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22 Jul 2009 10:57

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Offbeat: People say the dumbest things at job interviews

  • When you do background checks on candidates, do things like public drunkenness arrests come up?
  • A job interviewee, when asked if they had any questions • That big idiot, along with 42 other idiots (who said such wonderful things as “What do you want me to do if I cannot walk to work if it’s raining? Can you pick me up?” and “I saw the job posted on Twitter and thought, why not?”) are a big part of the reason why the unemployment level is so high in this country. Right? Anyway, read this list and laugh, kids. Laugh. • source
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21 Jul 2009 10:42

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Offbeat: This adventure-seeking guy got his roller on minus the coaster

Dirk Auer, wearing inline skates to keep his feet attached to the track, went down a German roller coaster in just over a minute. Whoa. source
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21 Jul 2009 10:37

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Offbeat: Guy covered with gasoline, tased: Pardon me while I burst into flames

  • He was carrying a lighter and pouring himself with petrol. We don’t know if the lighter set it off or something from the Taser.
  • Inspector Bill Munnee of the West Australian Police • Describing the events that led to a man being set on fire. After covering himself with gasoline, the Australian man was charging at a police officer, who set off his taser and set the man on fire. Which sounds like an insane sight to watch – if you make horror movies, steal this scene for your next one. • source
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21 Jul 2009 09:28

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Offbeat: Want to have a home funeral? Have this guy make your coffin.

Obviously, you won’t need Chuck Lakin’s coffin until your loved one dies. Fortunately, it doubles as a bookshelf. source
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