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07 Oct 2009 10:37

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Offbeat: Erectile dysfunction lawsuit jokes hard for us to pass up

  • $9 million awarded to guy who kept it up for far too long source
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04 Sep 2009 10:22

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Politics: Glenn Beck can soon unlock any door in Mount Vernon, Washington

Bro’s being given a key to the city … for some unexplained reason. It was probably because he got better ratings than “Mad Men” last week. source
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27 Jul 2009 14:16

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World: Is an award from U2 Aung San Suu Kyi’s get-out-of-jail-free card?

  • Bono has the midas touch sometimes. Tonight U2 will present Burma’s pro-democracy leader with a pretty special award in Dublin – Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award. The only catch is she’s still in Burma, still on trial for violating the terms of her house arrest and will most likely still land in jail. But, *fingers crossed*, this’ll make them think twice about pulling any major jerk moves. That’s what Amnesty International is hoping anyway. 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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