Eric Back on July 6th, 2008

Wondering what to do with all those leftover party balloons?
Don’t miss the video of Oregonion, Kent Couch’s launch for a 200 mile journey across the Oregon desert! He made it successfully, unlike the tragic flight of Brazilian Priest, Adelir de Carli whose body was recently found 100 km off the Brazilian coast after his helium [...]

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President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to cut off the heads of those who practice homosexuality in Gambia. He maintains that Gambia is a nation of believers, a Muslim country, and homosexuality will not be tolerated. As of today he has given homosexuals ”24 hours to get out of Gambia” and has ordered all landlords [...]

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Eric Back on June 13th, 2007

Pepsi, with only 15% of the Japanese cola market, has released ”Pepsi Ice Cucumber,” a product that sells the image of the favored, summer, salad gourd though containing no actual cucumber essence.  It is artificially flavored to simulate ”the refreshing taste of a fresh cucumber,” according to Aya Takemoto, spokeswoman of Japan’s Pepsi distributor, Suntory Ltd. [...]

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Eric Back on March 3rd, 2007

Sharon Naismith, 45, was sentenced Friday to nine months of community service for smuggling fish into the country… under her skirt. Above is the frequently posted photo of the specially made apron that was seized by Australian authorities.
Australian, newspaper, the Herald Sun, reports that the woman was obsessed with tropical fish and was spotted slipping [...]

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Eric Back on January 12th, 2007

Here is the link, read for yourself: ”Virgin Mary Seen in a Texas, Grocery Store Freezer.”

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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 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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Eric Back on May 7th, 2006

In an article entitled ”The Baby Boomer Heart: The Riskiest Generation” I read another awe filled statement about aging baby boomers, ”And, as hard as it is to believe, the generation that coined the phrase ”Never trust anyone over 30″ is now rapidly approaching 50 – or even 60!” Having read this blithe sort [...]

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