Eric Back on May 11th, 2009

A poster named drummerac may be on to something.

On the Finland-Live site he posted evidence of a possible conspiracy for world domination.  Be forewarned!
www.finlandlive.info/finns-finnish-culture/1076-finns-bent-world-domination.html

The Finns have:
attacked Russia twice,
Germany once,
themselves once,Are the Finns bent on world domination?
They export, ships, elevators, mobile phone technology, and networking solutions, and once every year their top agent dressed in [...]

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Eric Back on September 14th, 2008

So, with so many of the Palin/McCain statements proving flagrantly untrue, can you really see Russia from Alaska?
1) No: The Bering Strait is 53 miles across, which means you can’t see Russia across it because of the curvature of the earth. freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080507/posts
2) Yes: ”and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.” [...]

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Eric Back on September 1st, 2008

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Eric Back on August 30th, 2008

By his own admission, John McCain ”don’t know much ’bout the economy,”
By her record, Sarah Palin ”don’t know much foreign policy,”
… What a terrible presidency!

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Eric Back on July 6th, 2008

Jim Carrey entertained beach goers in Malibu recently by donning partner, Jenny McCarthy’s swimsuit.  I’d say that the outfit has a certain retro look, and perhaps even harks back to simpler times.

Above: What men wore to the beach in the 1920s and 30s.

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Eric Back on March 24th, 2007

This is a very funny skit about Canadian stereotypes…

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Eric Back on January 9th, 2007

Hmmm
If all the ”Nigerian” email scams were laid end to end how far would they reach? One could only speculate as all of us with an email address have received at least a dozen of these. The amazing thing to me is that there seems to be little real innovation in these spam [...]

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Eric Back on December 24th, 2006

Wigan, England, known for the annual world championship, pie-eating contest, has adopted a new rule in favor of healthier eating. Where winning formerly depended on eating the most meat and potato pies in 3 minutes, it now depends on eating a single pie in the shortest length of time. Gravy has been eschewed as complaints [...]

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Eric Back on October 8th, 2006

Take the nerd quiz — you’re probably nerdier than you think!

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Eric Back on September 14th, 2006

From the BBC
Les and Beryl Lailey, of Denton, Gtr Manchester, England received a tinned chicken as a wedding gift 50 years ago. Until this past February they kept the tin intact in their kitchen cupboard.
”We kept it safe, and I always said ’on my 50th wedding anniversary I’m going to eat that chicken’ – so [...]

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