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29 Mar 2009 11:14

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Offbeat, World: Australians don’t like poisonous toads, by the way

  • 3,600 were killed in ritual style by Aussies source
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28 Mar 2009 14:47

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Offbeat, U.S.: Good news! A colonel wants to help fix our nation’s potholes.

Unfortunately, it’s Colonel Sanders, replete with KFC logos and advertising-ese. Sorry for being misleading. source
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27 Mar 2009 22:13

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Culture, Offbeat: Here’s our favorite parts of the ShamWow infomercial

  • “Made in Germany! You know the Germans always make good stuff.” source
  • “It just does the work! Why do you want to work twice as hard?” source
  • “Without putting any pressure, 50% of the cola, right there.” source
  • “It acts like a vacuum; and look at this; virtually dry on the bottom.” source
  • “This lasts ten years, this lasts a week!” source
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27 Mar 2009 22:03

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Culture, Offbeat: “Sham-oww! Stop biting my tongue, you crazy prostitute!”

Craziest story ever. This guy sells ShamWow towels on TV. He was with a prostitute. She tried biting off his tongue. Really. source
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27 Mar 2009 11:53

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Offbeat: Odd book titles are worthy of awards too, apparently

  • What does the future hold for these items? Well, given that fromage frais normally comes in 60-gram containers, one would assume that the world outlook for 0.06-gram containers of fromage frais is pretty bleak. But I’m not willing to pay £795 to find out.
  • Philip Stone • Charts editor of The Bookseller magazine, on the winner of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, “The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais.” That book sounds loaded with suspense. • source
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27 Mar 2009 11:14

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Biz, Offbeat: Behind the curtain is an Ikea car. Maybe.

It could be an April Fool’s joke, but if it’s real: 1) We hope it’s pre-assembled and 2) In-dash Swedish meatball dispenser! source
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26 Mar 2009 21:08

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Offbeat: This cathedral has a shadow that looks like a boob

  • 2:00 p.m. – free peep show. Protect the kids. The St. Mary Cathedral in San Francisco has a design defect which is kind of hilarious. Due to its distinct architecture, it creates a shadow at certain times of the day that looks exactly like a woman’s breast. There are times at ShortFormBlog where we just throw our hands up because the jokes write themselves: Click the link to see a boob! source
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26 Mar 2009 10:59

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Offbeat: We swear, this burger wasn’t Photoshopped

It’s bigger than your head and would probably kill you. But it looks awesome, though, right? It puts Thickburger to shame. source
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25 Mar 2009 22:17

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Offbeat: The guy who said this about a saggy pants bill gets a gold star

  • This is the ‘crack’ bill, and I think any respectable citizen would be against crack.
  • Tennessee State Rep. Joe Towns • On creating a saggy pants bill to stop the spread of drawer-revealing loose jeans. Towns co-sponsored the bill and sounds like an awesome guy otherwise. • source
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25 Mar 2009 10:45

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Offbeat: Here’s some cute photos of some murderous lil’ predators

Sure, these leopard cubs look cute now, but wait a couple years. They’ll scratch up your ugly-looking face! source
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