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Quite Possibly The Best Personal Ad Ever Written
You're probably already thinking I'm a woman with missing teeth, sitting in her trailer park with her 15 cats, desperately trying to get "Dancing With the Stars" to come in while I mess with the bunny ears on the TV I fished out of the dumpster, all while I'm screaming at my bastard children who are running around naked with ten-day-old Kool-Aid mustaches.
Close. Well, not really.
Security Changes Man's Marriage Proposal
A man in Prince George, British Columbia, thought he had the perfect way to propose to his high school sweetheart. Instead of popping the question on a moonlit Caribbean beach this week, though, Aaron Tkachuk, 24, wound up popping the question to Jennifer Rubadeau, also 24, at an airport security screening station.
A screener at the Prince George airport, Adam Buhler, insisted on having a closer look at the contents of a small box in the toe of a sock. Inside the box was a white gold, diamond and ruby ring.
Oakland trade school teaches people how to grow pot
OAKLAND, Calif. — You know you're in a different kind of college when a teaching assistant sets five marijuana plants down in the middle of a lab and no one blinks a bloodshot eye.
Welcome to Oaksterdam University, a new trade school where higher education takes on a whole new meaning.
Who Has the Optimism? The Have-Nots
The future looks bleak in much of the developed world. It looks bright in the developing world.
Two opinion surveys released in connection with the World Economic Forum here showed optimism among corporate chief executives and the public in many emerging markets. But there are doubts in many of the world’s leading economies.
In the United States, just 27 percent of the people questioned in the Gallup International Voice of the People survey said they expected the next generation to be more prosperous than the current one, while 43 percent expected less prosperity.
Man Saves His Trash For The Entire Year
Ari Derfel leads a trashy life. He just wants to remind everyone else that they do, too.
The 35-year-old Berkeley caterer said he has saved every piece of trash he has generated over the past year to see how much garbage one person creates. In his case, it was about 96 cubic feet.
The experiment began as a way to examine his own consumption habits, Derfel said, but grew into a statement about consumerism and the environment.
President Chavez Creates Own Time Zone For Venezuela
Venezuela creates its own unique time zone on Sunday, putting the clock back half-an-hour on a permanent basis.
President Hugo Chavez says that an earlier dawn means the performance of the country will improve, as more people will wake up in daylight.
"I don't care if they call me crazy, the new time will go ahead," he said.
But critics say the move is unnecessary and the president simply wants to be in a different time zone from his arch-rival, the United States.
Company Tells Employee They Can 'No Longer Tolerate' His 'Severe Breath Odor'
Opening the door to the Gracie Garden Apartments, a four-story building on E. 89th Street, and greeting tenants is what 60-year-old Jonah Seeman lives for.
"I just say, 'Good morning, have a nice day, smile, feel good, don't worry about anything,'" Seeman told CBS 2 HD.
But despite being very popular among the building's residents, Seeman was suspended from his job as doorman for one day, without pay, for having bad breath.
"It's embarrassing," Seeman told CBS 2 HD. "It hurt my feelings."
10 Coolest Book Titles That Have 'Fuck' In Them
1. Fuck, Yes!: A Guide to the Happy Acceptance of Everything
Stupid Shit People ACTUALLY Put On Their Resumes
None of this is made up. People really did put this stupid crazy shit on their resumes or job applications.
1. I am very detail-oreinted.
2. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable.
3. Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty!
4. Enclosed is a ruff draft of my resume.
5. It’s best for employers that I not work with people.
City Contemplating A Rabbit Limit Law
POWELL, Wyo. — A proposed city ordinance limiting the number of rabbits per household has some City Council members in this northern Wyoming community hopping.
The council gave initial approval last week to an ordinance that limits rabbits to three breeding pairs a household.
"I know that rabbits are very big in Powell, and it's about time we got something like this on the books," Mayor Scott Mangold said.
Councilman Tim Sapp doesn't agree.
