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[edit] False Feces Demonstration
21 November 2008, by alex@museumofhoaxes.com November 19 was World Toilet Day. In honor of the occasion, activists in Switzerland held a "false-feces demonstration" outside the Bern train station. This involved placing hundreds of fake rubber droppings on the pavement. ...
[edit] Man names son “Carter Barack Obama Sealy”
21 November 2008, by alex@museumofhoaxes.com The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia, the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes. Other popular areas of the site include: • The Hoax Forum • Top 20 most bizarre experiments of all time • Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes ...
[edit] Duke of Richmond - The man beneath the Panama - Bognor Today
21 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=A&url=http://www.bognor.co.uk/features/Duke-of-Richmond--The.4720460.jp&cid=1272949487&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNEGUAB6srJn1OA2cb0ZkYN0DEBaXA">Duke of Richmond - The man beneath the Panama</a> Bognor Today, UK - <nobr>5 hours ago</nobr> I do like some of the comedies though - the Vicar of Dibley, Only Fools and Horses and 'Allo 'Allo. I am a very good speaker of Franglaise! ... |
[edit] Gadling's 10 days of gadget giveaways - day 5 - Otterbox iPod or ...
21 November 2008, by unknown Must Read. Gadling's 10 days of gadget giveaways - day 4 - Proporta Gadget bag Gadling's 10 days of gadget giveaways - day 4 - Proporta Gadget bag. Featured Stories. A Self - Indulgent Interview With Mike Lee of Studiofeast ...
[edit] Urbanite: amNY series, day three: Q&A with Barbara Corcoran ...
21 November 2008, by unknown amNY series, day three: Q&A with Barbara Corcoran: Buyers, these are the 'good old days'. 112108corcoran.jpg Barbara Corcoran opened her real estate business in New York in 1973 and is now an author and real estate expert who appears ...
[edit] Urbanite: amNY series, day three: City braces for rise in homeless
21 November 2008, by unknown amNY series, day three: City braces for rise in homeless. 112108homeless.jpg New York City is legally obligated to shelter the homeless and officials have pledged to meet demands even if the weakened economy means a diminished budget. ...
[edit] Urbanite: Throwback Thursday: 'The Day After,' 25 years later
20 November 2008, by unknown Twenty five years ago tonight, New Yorkers who turned on Channel 7 were treated to one of the most-hyped media events of the 1980s: "The Day After." The TV movie depicted what millions of Americans grew up fearing: The terrifying ...
[edit] Diary of Fools.: This Day in History: 1997
20 November 2008, by blaine_fridley This Day in History: 1997. Kenny G. receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The homeless population of Hollywood Blvd. quickly make it the most defecated-upon star on the Walk of Fame. Posted by blaine_fridley at 12:02 PM ...
[edit] Dealy Plaza - Grassy Knoll Logo « Grassy Knoll Institute
20 November 2008, by unknown Minnesota Vikings candid critique from #1 fan. St. Patrick's Day Facts, fiction, legends of Ireland. Halloween Dark Zone Halloween lore. Sexy women scantily clad. April Fools Days We get serious on our feast day. Psychic Predictions ...
[edit] Our Great Southern Land: Trivial History November 21
20 November 2008, by Jayne 1 yarns:. Brian Hughes said... November 21, 2008 1:02 AM. "...say hello (or G'Day) to 10 people for peace." Looks like the world's going to end up at war, then. I can't think of 10 people worth saying 'hello' to. ...
[edit] The GOP's Spiral into Irrelevance - OpEdNews
14 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=A&url=http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-GOP-s-Spiral-into-Irre-by-Tom-Degan-081114-522.html&cid=1271510803&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNHMhnZ7DBZRQByMT-bXu1ogdBqxgQ">The GOP's Spiral into Irrelevance</a> OpEdNews, PA - <nobr>Nov 14, 2008</nobr> The GOP has for many years been a haven for extremists and fools. In 1954, after the Democrats were able to retain control of the House of Representatives ... |
[edit] City's grand Euro reunion - Manchester Evening News
13 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=A&url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1079463_citys_grand_euro_reunion&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNETJZUwICHj9gigd7LmsS7EyDbRUQ">City's grand Euro reunion</a> Manchester Evening News, UK - <nobr>Nov 13, 2008</nobr> In front of a crowd of 38000, City lost 1-0 in Gelsenkirchen on April Fools' Day of 1970 but took revenge in the second leg at Maine Road winning 5-1 and ... |
[edit] Pragmatism needs voice in debate over gay rights - UW Badger Herald
13 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=A&url=http://badgerherald.com/oped/2008/11/12/pragmatism_needs_voi.php&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNGsrq9Z37K3zqYm0lh5tkyhtK1USg">Pragmatism needs voice in debate over gay rights</a> UW Badger Herald, WI - <nobr>Nov 12, 2008</nobr> When April passes and a slim minority still have their W2s sealed, they’re arrested for tax evasion and end up either as a caricature in Bill O’Reilly’s ... |
[edit] Eulogy of Byron George Venturas - Zimbabwe Guardian
13 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=A&url=http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/130/ARTICLE/3743/2008-11-12.html&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNEI5Rtmsm93ys2QOZDuGOpnELRM6Q">Eulogy of Byron George Venturas</a> Zimbabwe Guardian, UK - <nobr>Nov 12, 2008</nobr> His life long friend born on the same day as him. April Fools Day. Dr. Mavros never missed a Wednesday visit to my parents home in the last 10 months. ... |
[edit] Send a copy to me - Conde Nast Portfolio
11 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=A&url=http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNF0vN4HwZE2onDxp80BW2N65a6_ww">Send a copy to me</a> Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - <nobr>Nov 10, 2008</nobr> “They’re scared to death about doing nothing because they’ll look like fools if they do nothing.” On September 18, 2008, Danny Moses came to work as usual ... |
[edit] Undernews For November 6, 2008 - Scoop.co.nz
7 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=A&url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00116.htm&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNHynwtaDM7N77hXjmYLDKrEFIetDA">Undernews For November 6, 2008</a> Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - <nobr>Nov 7, 2008</nobr> Live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Be the change you want in the world. Don't let our moment pass us by because we are too busy ... |
[edit] La Posada Hotel in Arizona is a train stop with a history lesson - Los Angeles Times
6 November 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=A&url=http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-laposada9-2008nov09&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNG-G0FGD0SNegtibaowJ9bVnUTHgA">La Posada Hotel in Arizona is a train stop with a history lesson</a> Los Angeles Times, CA - <nobr>Nov 6, 2008</nobr> Affeldt and his wife (artist Tina Mion) moved in on April Fools' Day in 1997, and restoration began immediately, proceeding by stages. ... |
[edit] The Repugnance of Socialism - American Thinker
30 October 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=A&url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/the_repugnance_of_socialism.html&cid=1265158622&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNEqBnLs3AT1-MjMDX2yD2U7fQG78Q">The Repugnance of Socialism</a> American Thinker, WA - <nobr>Oct 29, 2008</nobr> Here's hoping we've raised more freedom-loving patriots than fools. Or Obama's victory celebration may turn out to be the biggest April's Fools Day we could ... |
[edit] British cowboy visits Augusta for barrel horse competition - Augusta Chronicle
30 October 2008, by
<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=A&url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/103008/rho_481368.shtml&cid=0&ei=7iknSYjTG8KPmAfPyt0S&usg=AFQjCNEGuZYUr9dmFAOAiAfjlJYj4JUTGQ">British cowboy visits Augusta for barrel horse competition</a> Augusta Chronicle, GA - <nobr>Oct 29, 2008</nobr> They married in City Hall on April Fools' Day 1992 before one of Mr. Bruce's matinees with The Will Rogers Follies . Mr. Bruce recalled, "We ended up ... |
[edit] 2900/Week With No Experience, We Train You (Salt Lake City)
17 August 2008, by This opportunity is NOT to good to be true We will Train You to Make Big Money. Click Here to Learn More. 576 Matar Peter Sterry the Millennium and Oliver Cromwell The Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society 2 (1982)James (14) along with his brothers Henry (16) and Edward ...
[edit] Pull out your PDA's, or open your day planner...
8 August 2008, by Hi guys-- I've pulled my favorites from an article ESPN did on their favorite games of this upcoming NBA season. Here we go! Yea Suns! --Dan The NBA's 2008-09 schedule is out ... and you know what that means. An equally anticipated document has to go with it: ESPN.com's first rundown of ...
[edit] George W. Bush Is Totally Batman, For Realz!
25 July 2008, by From today’s Wall Street Journal: A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol of a bat projected onto the surface of the racing clouds . . . Oh, wait a minute. That’s not a bat, ...
[edit] tegalto: Busy Week: All-State Practice, Awesome Gig, CGCC, General Conference
12 July 2008, by What an awesome week. *sigh* Soo... Where did I leave off? Last Friday? Hmm... Well, let me just skip to Monday. We finally got All-State music, but not the actual packets. The Flint had to go to another high school to get one of their packets and make us copies of ...
[edit] MIND MELD: Who Are Tomorrow's Big Genre Stars? (+ The Top 18 Genre Authors To Keep an Eye On)
11 June 2008, by As a science fiction fan, I've often wondered about the fans of yesteryear who read the early works of legendary authors like Silverberg, Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, etc., back when they were first published. Did they know that these writers were destined for greatness? Could they have ...
[edit] 1001 List
10 May 2008, by From 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Via: 1morechapter.com 2000s 1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro 2. Saturday – Ian McEwan 3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith 4. Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee 5. Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson 6. The Sea – John Banville 7. The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble 8. ...
[edit] Blue Jeans Cable Calls BS on Monster Cable Patent Suit, Vows to Fight to Bloody Death (Monster Cable)
15 April 2008, by Bullshit patent suits are annoying when it's a do-nothing patent holder trying to extract cash from fat corporate wallets, but even more so when it's a bigger company trying to muscle over little ones. Like Monster Cable suing Blue Jeans Cable for having connectors that looked like theirs. Blue Jeans' ...
[edit] The History of April Fools Day
15 April 2008, by The History of April Fools Day April 1st, 2008 The history of April Fool’s Day or All Fool’s Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year’s week) to January […] Tags: april fool, april fools day Posted in History of gift giving occasions | No Comments »
[edit] Coral Ridge Ministries interviews Ben Stein
11 April 2008, by Be Sure to Spend Your Money on Ben Stein’s New Movie: My Recent Conversation with Ben Stein By Jerry Newcombe, 4/3/08 (From email sent to me by Coral Ridge Ministries) At this time, Ben Stein is unleashing his excellent film on the issue of origins—EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed. This motion ...
[edit] CCT#213: Mars needs Technorama - 206.222.2428
9 April 2008, by Coming up in tonights show… Bike alternatives A man who builds lifesize replicas of famous robots Step by step of the Space Shuttle prep On This Day in Tech History 1682 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it ...
[edit] ashlyn_tanner: We need Watermelon. And Champagne. And possibly a husband.
3 April 2008, by IC Time: April 1, 2518 Ashlyn is in exactly the state of disrepair she threatened to go out in, and seemingly entirely unconcerned with the state she's in, most of her exposed skin save for her hands smeared with the accumulative much and grime built up in the life support ...
[edit] Pencil This In: Tuesday
1 April 2008, by Jon Burgerman is one of artists featured at Gallery 1988. ART* We luuuurrve us the kitch and pop culture around here. So when we got word that artists were creating artwork based on classic toys in honor of Hot Wheels® 40th anniversary, we got really excited. Running tonight through ...
[edit] You want to mark April 1? OK, I've got a better suggestion
1 April 2008, by Forget April Fools' Day. This date does have real historical significance in the history of the tech business.
[edit] Speed of Light shattered
1 April 2008, by POJO MojoToday is a great day in the history of the world. Terracotta announces that we have taken our software's infinite linear scalability to the stars. We have built a light-bending server that can accelerate a small space vessel well past the speed of ...
[edit] April Fools!
1 April 2008, by Instead of using April Fool's Day as an excuse to play juvenile tricks on you, I'm going to instead give you the complete history of the day. The result of my exhaustive research into the topic. In other words googling, watching some Youtube videos, and reading a Wikipedia article. Ok, I couldn't think of anything really good in time. Here's a couple excerpts from Wikipedia, which also includes a list of pranks daunting to the most dedicated of time wasters. It would be like work to read the who
[edit] Should Blogs Ignore April Fools Day?
1 April 2008, by Love it or hate it, one thing’s for sure, the annual day of trickery marked April 1st is downright annoying when it comes to the Web. From Gmail Custom Time (sending you back in time to send e-mails that can change the course of history) to a phony TechCrunch ...
[edit] What The Hell Do They Want?
29 January 2008, by What The Hell Do They Want? Catch My Java Enterprise Vertical Slice Presentation at the Oxford ACCU Conference 2008 in April If an open source project or community makes you tomorrow a million dollars, wouldn't you as a good citizen of the planet, contribute something at all to the ...
[edit] Al Gore’s "Pulp Fiction"
17 October 2007, by By Edward Cline from The Rule of Reason,cross-posted by MetaBlog As years go by the idea of Nobel Prizes for peace and literature becomes more and more lunatic. The criteria by which literature is measured and recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee remain unfathomable to an outside ...
[edit] April Fools Day - Origin
1 April 2002, by alex@museumofhoaxes.com April Fools Day. About the Hoaxipedia. The Hoaxipedia is the Museum of Hoaxes's online encyclopedia of hoaxes, pranks, urban legends, and scams. The goal is to collect together in one place information about history's most interesting ...
