Headline of the Day

[Empty Wallet]

Thou SHALT shoplift: Priest tells congregation it's better than robbery or prostitution

Poor people who are desperate for cash have been advised to go forth and shoplift from major stores - by an Anglican priest.

The Rev Tim Jones said in his Sunday sermon that stealing from successful shops was preferable to burglary, robbery or prostitution.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-shoplift.html

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Tubby turkeys stuff up orders

TASMANIAN butchers say they are facing the nightmare of irate customers and financial losses thanks to over-sized turkeys.....

Home cooks who ordered a 3kg turkey for Christmas Day are likely to find themselves battling to get a bird that will fit in the oven.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article...food-wine.html

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Orgy Minister, 86

A TOP politician AGED 86 has quit after a video of him allegedly romping with three women was shown on TV.

Narayan Dutt Tiwari was forced to stand down as pressure grew over the four-in-a-bed scandal.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...r-sex-vid.html

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$5m man lives in van, fixes potholes, rides bike

A MAN who won $5 million in Lotto still lives in a caravan and has no plans to retire from his local council job fixing potholes.

Paul Cousins, 52, the nation's most frugal multi-millionaire, who lives in Western Australia, only spent $50 on a carton of budget beer and a Chinese takeaway meal to celebrate the win two months ago

http://www.news.com.au/national/m-ma...-1225815589105

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Well, I can' think of any use for this on the interwebs ...

US company invents, sells sarcasm emoticon symbol SarcMark

EVER wanted to send an email or document with a little sarcasm, but didn't want to risk being misunderstood?

Enter the sarcasm mark or "SarcMark," an emoticon symbol being sold online

http://www.news.com.au/technology/us...-1225819156911

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From CNN today:

"Unions like one bite of a Twinkie"

There are more ways to interpret that incorrectly than I care to contemplate.

[Fencergrl]

We had the name first! Why can't we just have the Internet change?

http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enoug...e-in-the-mail/

Honey, did my Beaver come in the mail?

It turns out The Beaver, a venerable history magazine in Canada, is changing its name because of the unintended sexual connotation, which has caused it to become snagged in Internet filters and has turned off potential readers.

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Giant porn film stops traffic in Moscow city centre

AN enormous television screen showing a pornographic film caused a midnight traffic jam in central Moscow on Thursday as stunned motorists slammed on the brakes to gawk at the writhing naked bodies.

http://www.news.com.au/world/giant-p...-1225820280937

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You can never have enough cougar, or New Zeleand, news:

'Cougar' sex campaign lands Air NZ in hot water

A campaign that portrays single middle-aged women as "cougars" who prowl bars looking for sex with young men has landed Air New Zealand in hot water.

The country's national carrier was already causing turbulence with its latest uniform range, which critics say make women look like drag queens in Russian military garb.

Now they've ruffled the feathers of women's rights groups and rape prevention organisations with a risque online promotion portraying the mating habits of the mature single woman.

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...ml?autostart=1

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'11 years of casual sex ... but he wasn't my boyfriend'

A WOMAN has denied she was in a de facto relationship with a man, claiming they were just living together and having casual sex for 11 years.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/201...91_ntnews.html

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Fishermen fight off croc to save catch in the Northern Territory



http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-fr...-1225824697190

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Mac Banker busted ogling at naked woman during live TV cross


http://www.theage.com.au/national/ma...0203-nbmp.html

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Perhaps some of the Brits can explain this.....

'A slice of quiche? I'll need to see some ID.. '

A British supermarket was left with egg on its face after insisting a woman shopper show proof of age.. for buying a slice of quiche.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100203...s-6058bda.html

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Prison Inmates Get Refund On TV Charges

A Liverpool prison has refunded almost £10,000 to inmates who were overcharged for watching TV in their cells.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100206/...r-870a197.html

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Man 'used landmines to protect garden'

A RUSSIAN man who was so fiercely protective of his garden that he planted landmines to defend it from intruders has been convicted on weapons charges, prosecutors said today.


http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1225829823726

[JackOfHearts]

As seen on CNN.com


But apparently he really likes his dog.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02...-dog/?hpt=Sbin

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Give up your iPod for Lent, bishops urge

Church leaders are encouraging people to give up their iPods for Lent, instead of more traditional vices such as chocolate, to help save the planet.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100216...d-011ccfa.html

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Man attacks bus with Spam, brick

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1225831442165

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BBC demotes Royal Family members on 'death list'

http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/blog/article/407452/

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Ah, the socialist Canadian education system exposed:

Teacher's lapdance caught on tape, watched by world

during a well-attended pep rally for Grade 9 through 12 students, shows students giggling, gasping and screaming as a female teacher -- identified as Chrystie Fitchner -- receives a strip club-style lap dance from a male teacher.

It's believed the male teacher was a substitute.

(Substitute "what" I ask.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bre...-85182872.html