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Forum: Amusement Bark 24 May 2013, 01:27 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 859
Posted By snopes
Jaded It's really quite easy to drive a car around an...

It's really quite easy to drive a car around an oval-shaped track over and over, yet millions of people pay to see others do just that.
Forum: Religion 24 May 2013, 12:09 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,138
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Beaver Once Upon a Time, the Catholic Church Decided That Beavers Were Fish

In the 17th century, the Bishop of Quebec approached his superiors in the Church and asked whether his flock would be permitted to eat beaver meat on Fridays during Lent, despite the fact that...
Forum: Amusement Bark 24 May 2013, 12:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 95
Posted By snopes
TV Not to put too fine a point on it (because Jerry...

Not to put too fine a point on it (because Jerry Lewis probably wasn't making such a distinction), but there is a difference between a comic and a comedian. Groucho Marx, I think, said he didn't...
Forum: Horrors 23 May 2013, 11:57 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 21
Posted By snopes
China Beijingers haunted by late night ghostly phone calls

Beijing residents claim they have been terrorized by a spate of late night scary phone calls from a local number, in which they hear cries for help, a woman screaming, or a baby crying.

If they...
Forum: Police Blotter 23 May 2013, 10:33 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,994
Posted By snopes
Ponder In other words, she went out and did exactly what...

In other words, she went out and did exactly what the teacher had said they couldn't do, simply substituting one pair of reactants for another.
Forum: Amusement Bark 23 May 2013, 10:22 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 914
Posted By snopes
Hello Kitty How could they afford to do that? Were they...

How could they afford to do that? Were they independently wealthy, or was the travel cost part of the price of the cats?
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 10:19 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 606
Posted By snopes
Roll eyes No one person has the power to end terrorism,...

No one person has the power to end terrorism, war, poverty, hunger, drug abuse, racism, disease, or any of the other many ills in the world, so by your reasoning those are all obviously intractable...
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 05:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 359
Posted By snopes
Reporter Here's the original article: ...

Here's the original article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324787004578493274030598186.html

It seems a rather foreseeable outcome that some employers would resort to offering...
Forum: Rantidote 23 May 2013, 05:06 PM
Replies: 829
Views: 87,600
Posted By snopes
Icon02 Costco's snack bar switched from Coca-Cola to...

Costco's snack bar switched from Coca-Cola to Pepsi.
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 05:03 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 581
Posted By snopes
Ponder There is a theory that the celibacy requirement...

There is a theory that the celibacy requirement fosters a higher rate of pedophilia:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130473
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 04:32 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,863
Posted By snopes
Military Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides

The Boy Scout national council plans to vote on whether to lift a ban on gay Scouts. Whatever the result, both sides vow to continue their fight.
...
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 05:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 516
Posted By snopes
Icon27 Yes, Oklahoma Truthers Think Obama Used His Anti-Scandal Weather Magic

On Sunday, six days after a furious and deadly tornado, President Obama will reportedly head to Moore, Oklahoma. It took less than 48 hours for the truthers to furiously accuse the White House —...
Forum: Business Bytes 23 May 2013, 02:40 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 159
Posted By snopes
Fight Man finds comic book worth $100,000 being used as wall insulation

While remodeling his newly purchased home in Elbow Lake, Minn., David Gonzalez noticed something unusual amid the old newspapers that had been used as wall insulation.

It was a copy of Action...
Forum: Soapbox Derby 23 May 2013, 02:23 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,731
Posted By snopes
United States And the image of one or two of his cabinet...

And the image of one or two of his cabinet members being involved in scandals obscures the more important fact that Harding also appointed some very capable men (e.g., Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew W....
Forum: Social Studies 22 May 2013, 07:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 341
Posted By snopes
Icon401 Photographer's stunning images of alopecia sufferers

It's a hair loss condition that often robs sufferers of their self-esteem and confidence.

Now a photographer has taken this stunning gallery of images of people with alopecia to raise awareness...
Forum: Business Bytes 22 May 2013, 07:04 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 926
Posted By snopes
New Zealand Actually, that incident involved a traveler who...

Actually, that incident involved a traveler who was already a passenger on a London-to-Auckland flight but was supposed to change planes and continue on to Oakland when the flight made a stopover in...
Forum: Amusement Bark 22 May 2013, 06:26 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 11,820
Posted By snopes
United States I just saw a commercial for America's Tire...

I just saw a commercial for America's Tire (showing people driving across the U.S.) that uses "America the Beautiful" as its soundtrack, but in the commercial the lyrics skip from "America! America!"...
Forum: Techno-Babble 22 May 2013, 06:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 95
Posted By snopes
Borg Robot exoskeleton suits that could make us superhuman

If you've been dreaming of strapping on your own "Iron Man" armor, you might have to wait a while longer. But revolutionary "bionic exoskeletons," like the metal suit worn by comic book hero Tony...
Forum: Announcements 22 May 2013, 05:45 PM
Replies: 408
Views: 92,166
Posted By snopes
Icon18 http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/dambrosio.asp

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/dambrosio.asp
Forum: Amusement Bark 22 May 2013, 05:11 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 133
Posted By snopes
Chicken Sergio Garcia apologizes for saying he'd serve Tiger Woods 'fried chicken'

The feud between golfers Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia took a turn for the worse when Garcia, asked at a European Tour awards banquet whether he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open,...
Forum: Business Bytes 22 May 2013, 04:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 115
Posted By snopes
Icon605 Steak 'N Shake Waitress, Gets Huge $446 Tip on $6 Meal

CeCe Bruce said she's known for years that it pays to be nice. But she never realized just how much it could pay off until this week, when one of her regular customers rewarded her with a huge tip.
...
Forum: Announcements 22 May 2013, 03:58 PM
Replies: 408
Views: 92,166
Posted By snopes
Icon81 http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/hylands.asp

http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/hylands.asp
Forum: Moot Court 22 May 2013, 03:50 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 471
Posted By snopes
Icon84 Singer Sues McDonald's for Allegedly Ruining Her Voice

A Brooklyn gospel singer says she bit into a piece of glass bigger than a penny while eating a chicken sandwich at a lower Manhattan McDonald’s and it ruined her voice.
...
Forum: Business 22 May 2013, 08:02 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 344
Posted By snopes
Devil In Spite of Old, False Satanist Accusations, P&G Put a Moon Back Into Its New Logo

Procter & Gamble very quietly unrolled a new logo this year that adds the sliver of a moon to the P&G letters

Years of false rumors [stated] that P&G's logo was a sign that the company supported...
Forum: Announcements 22 May 2013, 07:50 AM
Replies: 408
Views: 92,166
Posted By snopes
Icon605 http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/hasansalar...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/hasansalary.asp
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