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Sunday, March 16, 2003 Permanent link to this day
Fish stories of the apocalypse

The end of the world is nigh! The carp said so.

Many members of the city's Jewish community are now certain that God, troubled by the prospect of war in Iraq, has revealed Himself in fish form.


Saturday, February 23, 2002 Permanent link to this day
Is it possibly a hint?

Rockers spooked by singing nuns: members of a rock band playing at Chapel Studios, a converted nunnery in Eastbourne, report hearing nuns sing everytime the band starts to crank it up.

Studio owner and band member Vince Von Bastrum, 38, said: "It's very bizarre.

"It's a high-pitched sound which can be heard over the band, no matter how loud they play.

"I have heard it myself and the funny thing is it doesn't happen with my other clients working with more relaxed music.

"It's just Cobra's rock that seems to set it off."

[via The Anomalist]


Thursday, January 24, 2002 Permanent link to this day
Pink Flamingo Boycott

Join the Plastic Pink Flamingo Boycott! Is your plastic pink flamingo authentic? Does it have Don Featherstone's signature? Not if it was released recently. Join the fight to put Featherstone's signature back in the mold. [via Metafilter]


Sunday, December 30, 2001 Permanent link to this day

Saturday, December 29, 2001 Permanent link to this day
Destroyed an Interstate? $90, please

Crash creates an inferno

The gasoline truck driver walked away with a $90 careless driving ticket. He left behind him a spectacular rush-hour mess Friday evening:

Traffic was snarled at one of Tampa's busiest highway intersections for hours as the 8,700 gallons of gasoline in John Hopkins' truck burned. Thousands of homebound commuters were caught in a gridlock that soon spilled over the Howard Frankland Bridge and Courtney Campbell Parkway into Pinellas.

Two major highways near Tampa International Airport, Independence Parkway and Veterans Expressway, will be closed until damage to an overpass, parts of which melted, can be repaired.


Thursday, December 27, 2001 Permanent link to this day
Crackdown on karaoke

Cambodia will be using tanks to shut down karaoke bars. I'm not a karaoke fan either, but isn't that just a little harsh? [via Unknown News]


Saturday, December 15, 2001 Permanent link to this day
Drunken Santas

NPR reports on this year's Santarchy, one of the many Santa Pub Crawls happening around the world.


Wednesday, November 28, 2001 Permanent link to this day
Singalong

Dictionaraoke: Online dictionaries sing your favorite song. [via Borklog]


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