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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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Can’t make this stuff up
Cultural Diversity Sweden’s army turned down 600 draftees in July, claiming that it did not have enough officers to supervise them, but about 350 of the conscripts launched a formal […]
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Diary of the planet
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Whackronyms
“Whackronyms”–familiar phrases, incidental initials. by Matt Jones You need Java enabled to view the crossword applet. If you do not have Java installed you can obtain it from java.com. If […]
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You cannot be serious
The Entrepreneurial Spirit! World of Warcraft, too, is an online game as popular as Second Life, with warrior-players amassing digital gold coins from every opponent they vanquish, and the greater […]
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Diary of the planet
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Not My Fault (1) Amy Mueller filed a lawsuit recently against Samy’s Bar and Grill in Joliet, Ill., after she willingly tried to climb onto the bar to dance in […]
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“Bowling for Dollars”
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“The Dr. Is In”
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Earthweek – A Diary of the Planet
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Government in Action! In April, Britain’s Office of Work and Pensions acknowledged to the Daily Mail that the multiple wives of polygamous husbands who are legally in the country routinely […]
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Can’t make this stuff up
The Continuing Crisis Widower Charlie Bonn Kemp, 77, of Vero Beach, Fla., took especially hard the loss of his wife, Lee, in 2006 because she was unquestionably the love of […]