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• Woman Says She’s Too Pretty To Work. “Right,” Says Fred, “I Have the Same...

  The mail reports that a 33-year-old science grad has quit her job, to live off her parents, because she is “too pretty to work.” Her parents pay for her... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• If You Get So Drunk That Your Bra Is On The Ceiling, Good News, It May Not Be A...

  WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee reports that the decision of an inspector banning bras hanging from a local bar ceiling due to fire hazard worries has been reversed. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ke$ha Drinks Own Urine On TV, Proving Putting Dollar Signs In Your Name Does...

  Gawker reports that pop star Ke$ha urinated into a bottle and then drank it as part of an MTV reality show. Because, apparently, MTV’s definition of reality,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A&W Paying Five Bucks To Some People To Put Ads In Their Beards (Offer...

  Business Insider reports that A W is putting mini-advertisements in an unconventional location. For $5 a day, men can be paid to walk around with an... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Florida Snail Invasion!

  CNN reports that Florida is being invaded by Giant African Land Snails, a breed of snail that has no natural predator, and loves to eat anything that grows in... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• If A Lumberjack Disappears In A Forest For 102 Years, And Nobody Is There To...

  Earlier this week, we wrote that Swedish taxation authorities reportedly took 102 years to declare a missing lumberjack to be dead.3 Philosophical Questions Tha... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Gawker Trying To Raise $200,000 To Buy Video Of Toronto Mayor Smoking Crack…...

  As we wrote yesterday, a report indicated Gawker had been shopped a video of Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, Canada, allegedly smoking crack cocaine. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Blast From the Past: Alleged Video Of Toronto Mayor Returns Relevance Of Phrase...

  According to the Huffington Post, reports in the Toronto Star and Gawker indicate that sources at those media outlets have been offered a video of Toronto... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• President Gives Press Conference… In Rain… Under Umbrella-ella-ella!

  Today, U.S. President Barack Obama held a press conference, in which a marine held an umbrella over his head. According to CNN, this is rarely done. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Expert: People Who Take Pictures Of Things Like Things

  Today’s news tip came to us via email from blogger Indy Tony. You can check out his blog, “A Way With Words” here. Now, to the news! Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sorry For The Confusion, Ma’am, But It’s Not Called “American Idol Airlines!”

  When people follow us, we try to follow back and read their blogs. And today, we were quite pleased to see a news story from Ken Hegan, who reported for MSN tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Swedish Newspapers: Always The Place We Can Find The Most Current Breaking News!

  The Local reports that the Swedish National Tax Agency has declared a lumberjack who has been missing for 102 years to be dead. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• That’s So Not Raven! Disney Reportedly Applied To Trademark “Day of the Dead!”

  CNN reports that the Walt Disney Company ”filed an application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to secure the phrase ‘Día de los Muertos,’ or ‘Day of... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Good Will Haunting

  Earlier this week, funny blogger Diatribes Ovations nominated this blog for the WordPress Family Award.That blog has a tagline: “Because RantsAndRaves was... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• “Every 105-Year-Old’s Doing It, Why Can’t We?” We’d Imagine 1990s Rockers The...

  Yahoo reports that a 105-year-old woman from Texas proudly eats bacon every day!3 Additional Seemingly Unlikely Things Someone Could* Do To Live To Be A... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Gerbil Beauty Pageants: Better Than Other Trump Organization-Affiliated Pageants?

  The Associated Press reports that the American Gerbil’s Society recently held its annual pageant in Massachusetts to determine “top gerbil.”3 Pageants We’d... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Bad Boys Whatcha Gonna Do When A Smaller Network Comes For You?

  The Associated Press reports that after 25 years, the TV show Cops is leaving the Fox Network for Spike TV. 3 Worse Places The TV Show Cops Could Go1. Your... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Yeah, But Does This Company Give A Severance Package For My Cats, Too?

  MarketWatch reports that Yahoo Inc. is offering a new incentive employees: gifts for their cats and dogs!What could the gifts be? Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Swedes Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts, Which May Be Why They Punch Them In The...

  The Local reports that working as a ghost in a Stockholm theme-park fun-house is ironically not so fun.Apparently, when workers dressed as ghosts scare... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY

• If You Have Never Been Deported From A Country, You May Not Be Handsome.

  Time reports that men visiting Saudi Arabia have been deported for being “too handsome!”3 People Who Will Never Be Deported For Being Too Handsome1. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY