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31 May 2009 23:11

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Offbeat, U.S.: “Hello, President Obama’s office. How may I help you?”

Darienne M. Page is the White House Receptionist – she gets paid $36,000 a year to sit at a desk and run Obama’s life. That’s low for D.C. money, BTW. source
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31 May 2009 11:54

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Culture, Offbeat: How a kid somehow built a career out of this stupid video

  • Brandon Hardesty translated the modest success of this video into a lucrative film career in just over two years. He now stars in “American Pie” sequels and Adam Sandler movies. We kid you not.source
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30 May 2009 18:50

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Offbeat: Today’s a slow news day, so here’s a photo of a cute moose calf

Awww. No really. Awwwwww. Seriously. Awww. That’s tlike the cutest thing ever. AAAWWWW! *cute overload* source
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30 May 2009 16:34

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Offbeat: We wasted our first graphic on bacon shoes. We suck.

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29 May 2009 21:50

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Offbeat: A bunch of sad clowns send out a fellow fallen clown

We’re not sure whether to laugh or cry when looking at this funeral photo, so we just choose to be scared. Surreal. source
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29 May 2009 21:20

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Culture, Offbeat: Should Obama have the right to eat at greasy burger joints?

  • Why he should Because he’s American, and eating burgers and french fries with all the fixins chosen his way is the American way. And what better way to feed oneself than to do it at a greasy spoon? source
  • Why he should Because he’s American, and eating burgers and french fries with all the fixins chosen his way is the American way. And what better way to feed oneself than to do it at a greasy spoon?
  • Why he shouldn’t Because he makes a scene every time he shows up at one in D.C. (in this case, Five Guys), which is kind of annoying. Today, he showed up with NBC news anchor Brian Williams. source
  • Why he should Because he’s American, and eating burgers and french fries with all the fixins chosen his way is the American way. And what better way to feed oneself than to do it at a greasy spoon?
  • Why he shouldn’t Because he makes a scene every time he shows up at one in D.C. (in this case, Five Guys), which is kind of annoying. Today, he showed up with NBC news anchor Brian Williams.
  • Our take Personally, we think it’d be awesome if Obama was a fan of a more obscure food dish, like Ethiopian cuisine. There’s a lot of Ethiopian restaurants in D.C. to check out, dude. source
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28 May 2009 10:53

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Offbeat, Tech: Yelp is saying “Gulp” after ticking off an anti-rape advertiser

“Put the fun between your legs” perhaps wasn’t the right headline for an article on biking sponsored by an anti-rape organization. *oof* source
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28 May 2009 10:39

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Offbeat: Forget sex and drinking. Teens are getting pressured into hugging.

Hugging is incredibly popular with teens nowadays, and those who don’t like it will be assimilated. Just you wait. source
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26 May 2009 08:54

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Offbeat: Today’s clown DUI story comes from Wheeling, West Virginia

  • I’m not allowed to drink in costume and I should have never went, because I was too upset.
  • Patricia Ingalls • Who was arrested Friday night for drunken driving while in her clown getup. Ahahahahahahahaha. LOL. Ingalls has been a clown for 17 years and was told never to drink while in costume. And of course, there were kids around. “They were all hanging on me and saying, ‘Don’t take the clown,'” Ingalls recalled. Oh boy. • source
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26 May 2009 01:29

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Offbeat: Guinness’ most-litigious man sues … wait for it … Guinness

  • I’ve filed so many lawsuits with my pen and right hand that I got arthritis in my fingers, numbness in my wrists, crooked fingers. I flush out more lawsuits than a sewer.
  • Jonathan Lee Riches • A man currently incarcerated in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit in Eastern Washington against the Guinness Book of World Records for saying he’s filed more lawsuits than anyone in the history of mankind. Riches, who goes by such nicknames as “Lawsuit Zeus,” “Johnny Sue-nami,” and “Troy McClure,” claims that they plan to print false information about his feat. Dear Johnny Sue-nami, please sue us! We want to be next! • source
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