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    They have found just a hundred cods left in the North Sea

    They have searched the deep seas below,

    Found a hundred cods left in the North Sea .

    The count cannot be all that wrong surely 

    By ten deep sea divers on ten fingers ,you see.

    They take no chances with their headlines 

    And rely on own fingers for tens and nines.

     

    According to  The Telegraph   headline there are “just 100 codleft in the North Sea”.

    http://goo.gl/BAOP2

    http://goo.gl/BAOP2

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    No doubt a standing piss is pure bliss

    No doubt a piss while standing is pure bliss 

    And you piss sitting and be taken for a miss.

    You piss standing and give it a hit or a miss 

    Who will clean the seat and the mess, pliss? 

    Is it an unnecessary form of emasculation or a reasonable

    expectation of men in the modern age? The minister of

    Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has

    said that men should sit down when urinating.

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/taiwanese-minister-wants-men-sit-

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/taiwanese-minister-wants-men-sit-down-while-urinating-190048564.html?ucs_notif_popupsignin=1

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    Dental prose

    We love his purple prose for its dental excellence 

    Here our mother nature is a victim of gingivitis 

    And the writer is getting to the root of her canal.

    But with so much decay ,her teeth cannot be saved.

    There is not much to choose between a mum’s gums 

    And a loving wife’s unrelenting waves of halitosis.

    A systems analyst in Canada has been honoured for his

    intentionally dreadful purple prose.

    Here is his winning entry:

    “William, his senses roused by a warm fetid breeze, hoped it 

    was an early spring’s equinoxal thaw causing rivers to swell 

    like the blood-engorged gumlines of gingivitis, loosening 

    winter’s plaque, exposing decay, and allowing the seasonal pot-pouris of Mother Nature’s morning breath to permeate the 

    surrounding ether, but then he awoke to the unrelenting waves 

    of his wife’s halitosis.” 

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2012/08/15/20105686.html?ci

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2012/08/15/20105686.html?cid=rssnewsweird%20news

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    Will the innovating lads throw some light on this vitalarea?

    Placing ad on tissue is not the real issue 

    But before or after? This is the main issue 

    We are confused, do we read it before the act 

    Or after it, when it will become a non-issue? 

    Will the innovative lads get their act together 

    And throw some light on this vital area? 

    ( Two brothers from a New York City suburb have an advertisingconcept that’s on a roll — a roll of toilet paper)

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    This Murrah bull is a hot favorite of Haryana cows

    The murrah bull has earned big moolah for the owner 

    This prince of bulls is cows’ hot favorite in every manner 

    A dream mate for Haryana cows he is a prize bull for men 

    Famous for the excellent quality of his guaranteed semen 

    Let us all shout hurrah for this really hot bull of murrah 

    CHANDIGARH: This is no cock-and-bull story. A murrah bull,

    Yuvraj, is a virtual money-spinner for its owner Karambir

    Singh, 44, of Sunariya village in Kurukshetra. Singh claims he

    has earned more than Rs 12 lakh in eight months by selling thesemen of Yuvraj.

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    As a fine art, pen-stealing ranks higher thansword-stealing

    Pen-stealing is a fine hobby for any practicing bobby 

    When it comes to filching , a sword is not that mighty 

    Haven’t we always held a pen is mightier than a sword? 

    Power of a sword is in fact felt less than of a writ word 

    More importantly, pen is easier hid in a corner cupboard.

    OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 23 (UPI) — Illinois office supply company

    Paper Mate says its national survey found 100 percent of

    respondents admitted to stealing pens from colleagues.

    http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/02/23/Poll-Pens-most-stolen-in-the-

    http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/02/23/Poll-Pens-most-stolen-in-the-office/UPI-47831330037985/

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    This Nefertiti daily served her hubby a lengthy spaghetti

    He had nothing against his wife or her spaghetti 

    It was her ringing phone that got his stinky goatie 

    Her talk stretched so much like a lengthy spaghetti 

    She had been feeding him daily like queen Nefertitti 

    CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 22 (UPI) — Police in Arizona said they

    arrested a man who allegedly threw spaghetti at his wife and broke

    her cellphone because he didn’t like her cooking.

    http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/02/22/Police-Man-threw-spaghetti-at

    http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/02/22/Police-Man-threw-spaghetti-at-wife/UPI-73281329952001/

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    date, they invite each other to head over to the pipeline,” he

    informed his colleagues. It’s apparently the equivalent of being

    wined and dined. And that has resulted in a tenfold caribou

    population boom, he concluded.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/louie-gohmert-best

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/louie-gohmert-best-caribou-wingman-ever/2012/02/07/gIQAIj2dwQ_blog.html

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    The bomb threat was only from a long-winded bum

    Harold Hadley is not in fact a terrorist deadly 

    He was talking about only wind-breaking, sadly 

    He had no terrorist leaflets on his body and limb 

    Except a roll of toilet paper announcing a bomb.

    It was basically a foul bomb threat from a bum 

    A bum can be pretty long-winded from his bum.

    ELLISVILLE, MS (WDAM) –

    Bond has been set for a JCJC student who was arrested for a

    hand written note claiming there was a bomb on campus.

    Judge Billie Graham set a $20,000 bond for Harold Wayne

    Hadley Jr., 19. Hadley was arrested at his home in Seminary on

    Tuesday after the note was found in a bathroom at the

    industrial services building on the JCJC campus. In all, 11

    agencies responded to the threat, but no bomb was found.

    Officials said Hadley was arrested after they matched hishandwriting to the note, which was written on toilet paper. His

    family says the word “bomb” is often used by Hadley in

    reference to a bodily function and not an explosive device.

    “He was in the restroom doodling on some toilet paper and I

    am going to just let modesty go and tell you we are from the

    country, and so he calls passing gas, bombs,” said Hadley’s

    Aunt. “So, he was doodling on the toilet paper and put I passed

    a bomb in the library, talking about passing gas and somebody

    come in and found it, give it to the teacher that recognized his

    hand writing and it blow all out of proportion.”

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    In their loos the Brits can, with their morals, be quite loose

    The Britons love to use their loos 

    To drive away all domestic blues.

    It is here they can be quite loose 

    With their morals, stay a recluse,

    Escaping from dishes with no ruse 

    And any other human right abuse.

    According to men in Britain, the bathroom is the only place where

    they can be sure of absolute privacy by hiding behind a locked door.Twenty percent said they’d been told off for taking too long and over

    a third confessed they spend more time in the toilet than with their

    partner.

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    They promise to scream more if he comes again

    Tom ,Tom ,you had cruised from far and came to our holy land 

    We have no clue who you are but you deserve a welcome with band 

    We love you for the money we have got for screaming Tom, Tom 

    And we promise to scream louder if you come again ,Hey Ram.

    Mumbai: When Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise landed in Mumbai

    he was elated to find fans teeming outside the Mumbai airport to

    greet him. The star smiled and waved at his fans and got inside his

    car and left for his hotel. Moments later his so called fans were paid

    by a coordinator for turning up at the airport.According to a news website, around 200 people were paid Rs 150

    for playing the role of screaming fans at the airport when the

    Hollywood star arrived. A model coordinator had arranged for the

     junior artists to play the ‘role’ of Tom’s Indian fans.

    Funnily enough, most of them had no clue who Tom Cruise was.

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    Yes sir, yes sir, three palms full.

    The walmart guys think we are a bit dense 

    When it comes to our basic number sense 

    They do not absolutely mean any offence 

    As we are not brown sheep full of of wool 

    It makes sense to us to say three palms full 

    That way we grasp better their “fifteen” rule 

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    He often works without interruption

    “As always, I work without interruption and if occasionally I happen

    to look a beautiful girl in the face, it’s better to like beautiful girls

    than to be gay,” he tells a meeting at a motorcycle industry show in

    Milan (Berluscuni)

    When it comes to pretty girls,

    Berluscuni is a real workaholic 

    He often works without interruption 

    In any matter of fun and frolic.

    Occasionally he looks at them In the eye as a gesture symbolic.

    In widely reported wiretapped conversations, Berlusconi brags of

    fending off a line of young women outside his door and “doing only

    eight girls, because I couldn’t do more.”

    Berlusconi is no doubt a handsome hunk mainly Who can make a sassy lassie feel pretty lonely.

    Unluckily he can do girls upto a maximum of eight 

    Not one more humanly, weighed down heavily 

    You see, by many pressing matters of the state.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-italy-berlusconi-gaffes-idUS

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-italy-berlusconi-gaffes-idUSTRE7A82WX20111109

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    Google is so much like wife

    I know I’m not the only one who finds it irritating at times. How many 

    of you have been typing in your search terms and all of a sudden 

    Google completes the phrase for you with most “interesting” words.

    I have to laugh out loud at most of them, but that will be a post for 

    another time. If you have any good ones, use the comment section 

    of this post to share them.

    http://www.thecrimsoncrow.com/2011/10/dear-google/ 

    I love this google thing which is just like our dear wife .We hardly get to complete a sentence in our whole life.

    Both google and wife know  what really we want to say 

    And suggest it helpfully as they care for us night and day.

    They save our breath, with no strain on our minds, hurray.

    http://www.thecrimsoncrow.com/2011/10/dear-google/

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    Mid-day lunch will spoil the kids’ appetites for supper

    They wanted to shape pre-schoolers into blooming red apples 

    A mid-day lunch would spoil their tender appetites for supper 

    Going hungry in between lessons would sharpen their faculty 

    Fed funds can be used for housing,that is a national priority.

    A Staten Island couple stole at least $2.5 million in federal

    funds meant for nutritious meals for preschoolers, siphoning

    off the money to their own housing,

    prosecutors asserted in a criminal complaint unsealed on

    Friday.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/nyregion/couple-accused-of-stealing-

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/nyregion/couple-accused-of-stealing-food-money-from-red-apple-preschools.html?_r=1&src=mv&ref=general

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    His hurricane reports are stinking

    The reporter is a sucker for realistic reporting 

    When the hurricane Irene hit the Maryland coast 

    All of a sudden he realised that shit had hit him 

    As an angry sea roared and poured raw sewage.

    Not to be outdone,he called it just organic matter 

    It doesn’t taste great ,says he, in friendly chatter.

    http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/fox-reporter-gives-update-covered-in-

    http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/fox-reporter-gives-update-covered-in-sea-foam-20110827?yuck

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    Mahatma Gandhi was so poor he had no money for salt

    Mahatma Gandhi was so poor that he had no money for salt 

    Gandhi had to walk all the way to Dandi to collect free salt 

    So poor was Mr. Gandhi, he had to walk barefoot on asphalt 

    With no money to travel from Sabarmati to Dandi, what a jolt! 

    Coming from indigent circumstances was surely not his fault 

    This must be borne in mind by every patriot worth his salt.

    MK Gandhi lead the Dandi march for what main reason? 

    Lack of salt – Kedar Bhatia, Ruia College (Mumbai) Gandhiji wanted to collect clothes – Nitin Rao, SIES College 

    (Mumbai) 

    The result of a quiz conducted recently among college

    students on the occasion of India’s Independence day.The

    ignorance of the country’s history is hilarious.Or was that

    deliberate act of modern day cynicism?

    Mahatma Gandhi had led India’s struggle for independence

    against the British and as part of the non-cooperation

    movement he launched the salt satyagraha i.e.marching to the

    sea shore at Dandi to make salt to protest against the

    imposition of the salt tax by the British government.

    http://www.indiancolleges.com/campus-stories/buzz/Indiancolleges/Sonia

    http://www.indiancolleges.com/campus-stories/buzz/Indiancolleges/Sonia-Gandhi-is-grand-daughterinlaw-of-MK-Gandhi/543

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    They have a right to post lewd pictures

    Thank God our kids’ democratic rights are protected 

    And no moral depravity on the part of the girls detected 

    Their right now stands vindicated to post pictures lewd 

    It ensures their academic growth ,enhancing their mood.

    Fort Wayne – A federal court judge has ruled that an Indiana

    school district has violated the First Amendment rights of two

    teenage girls who were barred from participating in

    extracurricular activities after posting lewd pictures online

    taken at a summer sleepover.

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310494

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310494

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    Fitch upgrades standards of poor to rich

    America is triple A once again after an anxious week 

    The S&P guys were not right to rate its future bleak 

    They had found the country’s fundamentals rather week.

    Luckily the Fitch guys are nice fellas with positive views 

    Their outlook is stable ,beating S&P in blacks and blues.

    They have restored the triple A ,the nice guys from Fitch 

    America is richie-rich again, in this switch from Fitch 

    God’s there in heaven ,all’s right with it, not a hitch,

    Truly a stitch in time ,upgrading by Fitch by a notch.

    Else, on its fair name there would be such a big blotch.

    (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday it affirmed the

    United States’ top-notch credit rating at AAA, giving the

    world’s largest economy a reprieve after it was downgraded by

    Standard & Poor’s little more than a week ago.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-usa-rating-fitch-idUSTR

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-usa-rating-fitch-idUSTRE77F3B320110816

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    The red dress folk are on beer runs for social redress

    The red-dress folk are on beer runs for social redress 

    Just a drinking club with a running problem,God bless 

    They merely like to drink and sing bawdy songs on beer 

    They are not here to oggle goggle-eyed girls or to leer 

    But only to do some good in charity and spread cheer.

    “The Harriers, who style themselves as a “drinking club with a

    running problem, ” have recruited thousands of guest runners,

    walkers and layabouts to wiggle into crimson gowns and make

    their way from bar to bar in the French Quarter and FaubourgMarigny on Saturday.

    Now in its 17th year, the New Orleans Red Dress Run has

    soared in popularity since its debut, growing from an initial

    field of about a dozen to a sprawling romp that draws

    participants from as far away as Chicago. About 7,500 men and

    women registered for the 2010 event, raising close to $200,000for charity. Proceeds were divided among 50 local nonprofit

    organizations”

    http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2011/08/new_orleans_dress_run

    http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2011/08/new_orleans_dress_run_a_beer-f.html

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    Her legs are for your eyes only

    They are no sluts but have a leg or two for guys 

    God has given women legs to show and men two eyes 

    Just to see and admire them to say how really nice 

    But remember, their pretty legs will not be spread.

    Men should stick to their eyes only, and not be misled 

    If upto funny business ,they will be red and dead.

    Controversy’s favourite child – Poonam Pandey – sure knows

    how to steer a storm. Hot on the heels of turning down amulti-crore offer to strip on national television, Poonam has

    decided to champion the cause of women through a Slut Walk

    in Mumbai in September.

    What encouraged her to take on the cause was the alarming

    rate of crimes against women. Rapes, eve-teasing, molestation,

    have been on the rise in most cities across the country. Andeach time for some reason or the other, the woman is blamed

    for the crime.

    “It’s almost like the woman was at fault that she was raped.

    How can we let such heinous crimes go unpunished and berate

    the victim instead for it,” said Poonam.

    Seeing an urgent need to organise and support the cause of

    the Slut Walk, the leggy lass volunteered to lead the march in

    September.

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    “This is the first time that I am supporting a cause and it’s high

    time that people come forward and voice their opinions against

    the atrocities against women,” she says. She adds, “Showing

    my legs doesn’t mean I will spread them. God gave women

    legs, so we show them off. God gave men eyes to see, so

    please stick to that!”

    http://www.sify.com/news/poonam-pandey-to-show-off-her-legs-on-a

    http://www.sify.com/news/poonam-pandey-to-show-off-her-legs-on-a-slut-walk-news-national-liirNcbdcbf.html

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    The grammar man will be after you, tongs and hammer

    He is no jungle outlaw nor a spiderman in his gear 

    Nor even a flying superman in his blue underwear.

    He is the grammar man who can strike everywhere 

    On toilet walls or bandstands, wherever you dare 

    To commit grave murders of the language, beware 

    You graffitti louts ,watch your spelling and grammar 

    Grammar man will be after you ,tongs and hammer.

    A MYSTERY superhero is leading the fight on graffiti louts heaccuses of MURDER – of the English language.

    Grammar Man wields his white marker pen to correct misspelt

    scrawls and criticise the writers.

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3736999/Mystery-super

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3736999/Mystery-superhero-leads-fight-on-louts-he-accuses-of-MURDER-of-the-English-language.html

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    Putting it all away for Putin

    Mr.Putin’s army of young girls looks barmy 

    With fewer clothes ” put in” on their bodies 

    They are not bein’ smarmy, the harmless ladies 

    It is an emotional thin’, a matter of believin,

    That for Russia’s future Putin is the best thin’,

    Strippin for Putin’s election win is not much sin; 

    A bikini car wash is the right thin’ for his win.

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is currently

    contemplating a run for a third presidential term ahead ofelections in March of 2012, and the stoic authoritarian has an

    interesting support-building team in his corner. Attempting to

    mobilize votes through sex appeal, a group of nubile young

    women called “Putin’s Army” has formed around a Russian

    social-networking site called V Kontakte. Earlier this month,

    “Putin’s Amazons,” as they’ve been dubbed by Russian media,

    shot a racy video in which they stripped in support of their guy.

    Following that stunt, Army members showed their devotion by

    offering free bikini car washes outside of a Moscow State

    University building.

    http://www.nerve.com/news/tv/watch-awkward-exchange-between-n

    http://www.nerve.com/news/tv/watch-awkward-exchange-between-news-anchors-after-watching-scantily-clad-russian-girls-wash-cars

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    When media moguls are in trouble, it is the wifey whosaves their lifey

    When you marry, you should marry a Chinese woman. In

    times of danger, she will act,” added Loulan Loulan.

    When trouble brews for media moghuls in shaving cream 

    While taking hacking blame in the Commons , it would seem 

    It is the wifey who saves their lifey, in a manner most hi-fi.

    When you marry , surely a Chinese woman you should marry.

    When a hacking scandal is murky you will cut a figure sorry 

    And ducking shaving pie becomes a front page media story.

    Wendi, who came from middle-class China to marry one of the

    world’s most powerful media moguls, gave a dramatic

    stand-by-your-man display. She was dubbed ‘Smack Down

    Sister’ on Chinese websites.

    The Yale University business school graduate, yoga devoteeand former News Corp employee reacted faster than anyone

    else seated around Murdoch, including his son James, when

    the incident took place.

    The hearing in the News of the World phone hacking case by a

    British parliamentary panel was interrupted by a man throwing

    a shaving-cream pie at her 80-year-old husband.

    She sprang from her seat behind her husband to smack the

    assailant, in a scene witnessed by millions around the world on

    television on Tuesday.

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    Shedding clothes for the amazing Putin is not much of asin

    Shedding clothes in Russia is not just routine 

    And when they are gladly shed for the amazing Putin 

    It is a different thin’ , when likely bringin’ a lucky win 

    Of a gleamin’ i-pad and is surely not much of a sin.

    MOSCOW – Young Russian women are being urged to shed 

    their clothes as a way of showing support for their Prime 

    Minister Vladimir Putin, The Independent reported Monday.

    Read more: 

    http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/russian-women-urged-to 

    http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/russian-women-urged-to-get-naked-in-support-of-putin-ncxdc-071811#ixzz1SXx9ODqN

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    Remember you cannot have sex with someone unlessthey are wide awake!

    .

    The Navy has always a thing or two to tell us about sex 

    Often we do not take enough precautions and become lax.

    The Navy tells us you can have sex only with some one awake 

    Do not ,therefore, try it with a sleeping partner for God’s sake.

    Don’t forget: you can’t have sex with someone unless they are

    awake!”-A tip on sexual assault prevention by the U.S.Navy in its

    Facebook page

    Read more:

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/15/facebook-poster-on-sex

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/15/facebook-poster-on-sexual-assault-has-navy-revamping-its-message/#ixzz1SFKugx7M

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    Mumbai blasts are not on account of intelligencefailure,but lack of transparency on the part of the terrorists

    We can’t pin the blame for Mumbai blasts on intelligence 

    failure 

    Our intelligence guys are doing a splendid job, we are very 

    sure 

    Whoever had done the dastardly job worked very clandestinely 

    We hold them solely responsible for their lack of transparency.

    “Whoever planned this attack worked in a very, very

    clandestine manner,” he told reporters Thursday morning. “It’snot a failure of intelligence.”-

    India’s Home Minister on the recent Mumbai blasts

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    The spelling bee has left its sting on our copy editor

    The seventh grader winds her spelling bee to our copy editor’s 

    glee 

    Seventh-grader girls wind their bees a lot, though it is rather 

    silly 

    It looks like the bee has left its sting on our copy editor 

    permanently.

    An AP story with the headline :7th grader winds National

    Spanish spelling bee

    http://apple.copydesk.org/2011/07/10/why-the-associated-press-need

    http://apple.copydesk.org/2011/07/10/why-the-associated-press-needs-a-copy-editor/

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    They have googled for the information about scorpionbites:meanwhile the gentleman will please enjoy a nice

    flight

    Scorpion-bites are poisonous and risky on our flights 

    And they could even turn fatal as they show in movies 

    In Alaska our knowledge of scorpions is only skin-deep 

    Not to worry,we have already googled for the information 

    As we get to know it we shall arrange for medical help 

    Meanwhile the gentleman will please enjoy a nice flight.

    All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 9,000 metres

    in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on a

    flight to Alaska.

    He repeated to himself that a doctor said he’d be fine —

    probably.

    Ellis first had to wait 30 minutes to see whether he succumbed

    to anaphylactic shock

    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1018048–snakes-on-a-pla

    http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1018048%E5%B3%AEakes-on-a-plane-not-man-stung-by-scorpion-on-u-s-flight

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    Curry can boost male sex drive by 28%

    If your nightly performance is below par, do not at all worry 

    To work up your appetites,we have a special, hot and spicy 

    curry 

    Guaranteed to boost your libido and make your life really 

    merry.

    The lowly fenugreek is, not Latin and Greek even for a 

    “die-hard” geek 

    When the fenu is on your menu ,love’s prospects are not all that bleak.

    Brisbane – Looking to spice up your sex life? New research

    has found that fenugreek – a herb often used in curries –can

    increase male sex drive by 28 percent.

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308209

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308209

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    Don’t fret if you are in the Turkish prison :On the brighterside it has the fastest internet in Euroasia

    You must thank your stars if you find yourself in a Turkish 

    prison 

    The prison may not feel as cosy as a Turkish bath and as 

    steamy 

    But OMG the internet here is the fastest in Eurasia of this 

    season 

    You can view the best porn in a jiffy, and feel really,really 

    horny.

    Turkish Prison: The Bright Side

    Claire Berlinski,

    This place has the best, fastest Internet access I’ve found in

    Eurasia. Thumbs-up, Silivri! Between that and the pretty views

    of the Turkish countryside, I’m pretty happy in this parking lot.

    http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Turkish-Prison-The-Bright-Side

    http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Turkish-Prison-The-Bright-Side

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    Even Shakespeare will fail to get admission in this college

    Our proud college admits only those who have secured a 

    minimum of 100% marks 

    So high are their standards that Shakespeare will be classed as 

    one of the dorks 

    We are sure that in English grammar and literature the bard 

    would have plunked 

    And incurred a shortfall of one or two marks in 100%, due to a 

    few classes bunked.

    New Delhi: Taking a dig at the 100 percent cut-off at a DelhiUniversity college, Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M)

    leader Sitaram Yechury said Wednesday even Shakespeare

    would not get 100 percent if he were to write an exam today.

    ‘Even if Shakespeare were to come back and give an English

    exam today, he will not score 100 percent,’ Yechury said.

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    The worst is behind us

    The minister says he has now solved the crisis of E-coli 

    He states that the worst is already behind us and hopefully 

    The damn thing is not in our behind, stealthily, illegally.

    London : Germany’s Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on

    Tuesday there was reason to be cautiously optimistic that an

    outbreak of a deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 23

    people had peaked.

    “There are some arguments suggesting the worst is behind

    us,” Bahr also said, adding the rate of new infections hadslowed.

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    Bin laden (with grain) collapses

    A bin laden with many bushels of grain crashed in Altush 

    Between the bearded bin with the gun and this metal one 

    There is nothing much that is common except some jaded pun 

    It is just that one concerns the bushels, the other a bush.

    A bin containing 268,000 bushels of grain collapsed Sunday at

    Humphreys Co-Op in Altus, but nobody was injured in the

    incident.

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    He sold a kidney for an I-pod

    He has sold his kidney for a gleaming I-pod to impress dames 

    He still has another one for a home theater and some fine 

    games 

    With no kidneys he will then not be disturbed by frequent leaks 

    He will have time to do texting, twitter and other things of 

    geeks .

    ( A boy in China has sold off his kidney to buy an I-pod)

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    He swallows bribes and then swallows documents

    We do not hide our money in the deep pockets of our coats 

    We love our bribes and our stomach is full with currency notes 

    Yet we are gluttons for more and soon our stomach bloats 

    If they catch us we swallow whole documents in our throats.

    What do you do if you’re a government official and you’ve been

    caught red-handed with incriminating documents? Well eat

    them up. Atleast that’s what an executive engineer working

    with the Public Works Department in Jaipur did.

    Read more at:

    http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/engineer-swallows-documen

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    We have now to honor all our IOU’s as the world is aliveand ticking

    It is now six P.M. and we are all still there 

    Our radio-stations blare in the orange glare.

    Our creditors are asking their money back 

    All our IOUs will hold, in white and black.

    It looks this sinful world is still there, alas,

    Creditors will not now let their chance pass.

    The world ,it seems, did not end on the 21 st,May,2011 ,as the

    Rapturists had predicted. We have to re-pay all our credit carddebt after all.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/21/us-apocalypse-prediction-i

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/21/us-apocalypse-prediction-idUSTRE74I3KS20110521

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    We are all wirelessly tethered

    In our company we are all wirelessly tethered 

    Within a blue-tooth distance of yards and twenty 

    Our human faculties are already much-withered 

    Luckily we have our bird-brained tweets aplenty 

    To kill office time that hangs on us , quite heavy 

    Secured by a strong rope we do not wander away 

    In these days of utter lack of personal security.

    Companies such as Intel have experimented with tactics to

    persuade workers to use technology less and keep themselvesfresh, Powers says. But tricks such as no-e-mail Fridays

    haven’t helped, he says.

    “We really have managers captured 24/7,” says Mike Brezner,

    uSamp senior vice president. “We’re all tethered — wirelessly

    tethered.”

    http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/05/18/20110518Tec

    http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/05/18/20110518Tech-distractions-for-workers-add-up-to-millions.html#ixzz1Mm31bPgy

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    Dollars are not legal tender in God’s heaven

    We h ave spent our life’s savings on the apocalypse message 

    Of what use is this money after we all go, from town and village 

    The world is truly going to end on the 21 st , this May at dusk 

    We can spend every cent of ours before that without any risk 

    Thereafter it is all rapture for us and our brethren in God’s 

    heaven 

    Where the system is barter and dollars are surely no legal 

    tender.

    The dedicated followers of Harold Camping have spent theirsavings to spread the message.

    Before joining Harold Camping’s Family Radio, Guy Von

    Harringa was an atheist attending the University of California,

    San Diego. Today he spends what he says will be his last week

    on Earth co-ordinating an international outreach campaign

    from the small two-storey headquarters of Family Radio inOakland, Calif.

    Von Harringa is just one of the many devotees who have

    thrown their life savings on the line to warn the world of the

    upcoming Rapture on May 21. The humble organization has

    posted billboards around the world and placed billions of ads

    online. As a result, the unconventional claim has received

    unprecedented attention.

    http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5220-advertising-the-apocalyp

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    Tattoos on employees should be treated as part of thecompany’s branding strategy

    We love tattoos on our employees as they are nice and 

    sprightly 

    We do not understand why some employers find them 

    unsightly 

    The designs are really pretty and guys deserve their jobs 

    rightly 

    We feel tattoos should be part of the company’s “branding” 

    strategy.

    (A news report says that in order to help reduce unemployment

    the government may consider reimbursing the jobless with the

    cost of erasing tattoos from their bodies, to make them

    acceptable to employers)

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306550

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306550

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    The university takes care of all their needs

    Our university takes care of our education needs well 

    They also look after our physical needs equally well 

    When we become drunk and we puke and piss in flowerpots 

    Our peers lovingly baby-sit us and get us out of the hots.

    CAMBRIDGE, England — Britain’s elite University of

    Cambridge was offering to pay sober students to “babysit”

    drunk undergraduates Tuesday at balls and garden parties

    held on campus.

    Read more: h t t p : / / w w w . n y p o s t . c o m / p / n e w s / i n 

    t e r n a t i o n a l / u n i v e r s i t y _ o f _ c a m b r i d g e _ p a y 

    s _ s t u d e n t s _ B D Q l c U P J p S G y 0 e X z N d P 6 g M # i 

    x z z 1 M 1 I o Q E Y f 

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    Borrowing dulls the edge of his husbandry

    Baron Guttenberg is not the famous printer-inventor of his 

    country 

    But another famous doctor and copy-paste master of this 

    century 

    Who swears by the wisdom of the masters buried in the 

    internet 

    With a deft hand at lifting blocks of others’ text with ease ,you 

    bet.

    Mr Guttenberg, a baron, was one of the most popular ministers

    in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet and tipped by some as a

    future German leader.

    But he came under pressure after a Bremen University law

    professor began reviewing his thesis with the aid of the

    internet.

    Allegations arose that he had lifted a passage from a

    newspaper article word-for-word, and included a paragraph

    from the US embassy’s website without attribution.

    Upon further scrutiny, it was claimed more than half of the

    475-page thesis featured large sections borrowed from others’

    work.

    The scandal led to the minister being nicknamed Baron

    Cut-and-Paste, Zu Copyberg and Zu Googleberg by the

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    Luckily he did not call the city shitty

    The planner did not have much praise for this hot city 

    Coming from the city planner that sure is a great pity 

    In tweets he called it an arm-pit, a thing that is sweaty 

    But luckily he did not call it shitty to sound more witty.

    The Lufkin Daily News reports that Cantrell tweeted in March,

    “Lufkin is an armpit.” Months before, he tweeted, “Just waiting

    for the heat to leave for good. Of course, Deep East Texas will

    still be a (expletive) hole.”

    http://www.newschannel10.com/Global/story.asp?S=14536112

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    The fed chief gave his high-performance speech

    Luckily ,the Fed chief is at his usual vague best in his brief 

    He delivered his brief without emotion,to our utter relief.

    We surely can do with some nice jargon and high fundas.

    But we wish him a nice sabbatical in walking shoes of Adidas 

    In the pacific islands where he can polish his next speech 

    And impress the natives with his florid skills on the beach .

    WASHINGTON – The script was repetitive. The lines were

    delivered without emotion. There wasn’t even a twist.The reviews for Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke’s unusual

    press conference Wednesday would have sunk a Hollywood

    blockbuster. As the head of the famously vague central bank,

    though, he nailed it.

    “I would give the chairman high grades for his performance

    today,” said Dana Saporta, an economist at Credit Suisse. “I

    was a little relieved.”

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    She forgot to put on her pants

    Cindy struck a mighty pose for the spring Vogue 

    She had managed that with absolutely no fatigue 

    The pretty Cindy did that just with a cool undie 

    But in a hurry forgot her pants, isn’t it a pity? 

    Cindy Crawford has set a spring trend on Vogue Mexico”s May

    issue by striking a mighty pose without her pants on.

    The 45-year-old supermodel is seen wearing a black bustier, astudded leather motorcycle jacket and a pair of black panties,

    reports the New York Daily News.

    http://www.samachar.com/Cindy-Crawford-goes-pantless-for-Vogue-

    http://www.samachar.com/Cindy-Crawford-goes-pantless-for-Vogue-le1sNfbcghb.html

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    But sir, we did it only two hours ago!

    The P.M. has been, on the table, extremely busy 

    Doing business with secretary in confidentiality.

    He was getting old ; she would jog his memory 

    But sir, it was only two hours ago we had done it! 

    It is not true that he has forgotten about the last time 

    Or that his memory has turned itsy-bitsy lately.

    These serious matters cannot simply wait, you see.

    Controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been

    filmed making a lewd joke about his secretary.

    Berlusconi, who is facing a charge of paying a 17-year-old for

    sex, cracked the lewd joke while being interviewed – before

    asking the media persons to make it off the record.

    The billionaire tycoon was asked to recall the best manager to

    lead AC Milan, the Italian football club he is president of. “LookI am getting old. This morning I was chasing my secretary to

    do her on the table and she said: ‘Prime Minister we only did it

    two hours ago.’ So you see my memory is going,” the Daily

    Mail quoted him as saying in the film.

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/Berlusconi-jo

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/Berlusconi-jokes-about-doing-secretary-on-table/Article1-688746.aspx

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    Be determined and get pregnant

    If you are not getting pregnant do not lose heart 

    But keep at it again and again and do your part 

    Getting pregnant is indeed both a science and an art 

    Remember it does not always happen in an instant 

    Especially if your boy friend is generally reluctant 

    In the end it is sheer grit that makes you pregnant.

    At the launch of fertility specialist Dr Firuza Parikh’s book The

    Complete Guide to Becoming Pregnant, movie director Farah

    Khan said that the key to becoming pregnant is to bedetermined — and not complain.

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    The defense is now much weaker

    When we say we welcome the weaker sex 

    We don’t mean women are not the strong ones 

    In our homes it is they who wear the pants.

    We are merely saying our sex is so much weaker 

    In view of the Board’s advanced age profile .

    The chairman of French defense company Safran hailed the

    arrival of the “weaker sex” on the company’s board Thursday

     — triggering accusations of sexism from France’s best-knownshareholder activist.

    http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-safran-sexism-idINTRE73

    http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-safran-sexism-idINTRE73K56V20110421

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    We take our liberty seriously

    We have gone to extremes in our obsession with liberty, lately 

    We have recently shifted our liberty lady to Vegas, in our 

    philately.

    The lady now beckons tourist gamblers to a casino, intimately.

    A new stamp issued by the US postal service meant to depict

    Lady Liberty in fact features a replica which is mounted

    outside New York Hotel in Las Vegas.

    Three billion of the 44-cent, first class stamps have been

    issued showing a close-up of the world famous statue’s head.The image however is not of the original in New York’s Liberty

    Island but the half-sized model based outside a casino in Las

    Vegas.

    Read more:

    [http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305693#ixzz1JpwMRxwe]

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305693#ixzz1JpwMRxwe]

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    It is wrong to say he is sleeping through the President’sbudget speech

    We love our president’s speeches that call for deep thought 

    His scholarly budget speeches inspire all of us quite a lot 

    Yes we can ,says our dear president, balancing our budget.

    When his speech is finished the gaping deficit is totally met.

    Slowly ,we open our eyes to clap in thunderous applause.

    Biden was caught sleeping on camera as US President Barack

    Obama was delivering his speech at the George WashingtonUniversity Wednesday.

    Read more:

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305654#ixzz1Jh5RnuQV

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305654#ixzz1Jh5RnuQV

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    Patriotic models going nude will boost sportsmen’sperformances

    Patriotic models going nude before sportsmen boosts 

    Their morale and improves their performance,on-field 

    And off-field as well , with a therapeutic effect on them .

    Our foreign exchange earnings will go up significantly- 

    Indeed a novel way to shore up the country’s image.

    Similar patriotic performances can be planned to boost 

    Our lackluster performances in the Olympics events .

    Young model Poonam Pandey has sure got a lot of mediaattention as well as lucrative offers from international

    magazines that want her to pose naked. The aspiring actress,

    who has grabbed headlines for stating that she will bare all if

    Team India wins the World Cup, has been flooded with offers

    from foreign glossies. But she has rejected them saying she

    will strip only for the Indian team.

    On Friday she sent an official letter to the board, saying going

    naked for the team would have a “therapeutic” effect on Team

    India and help them win.In the letter, she wrote: “..I want India

    to win the Cricket World Cup 2011 and am willing to go the

    extra mile to do anything so that India wins the World Cup. I am

    ready and willing at any place and time of the Indian teams

    choosing to go in the nude to boost their sporting spirit to

    perform better.

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/poonam-s-bare-only-for-team-india/

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/poonam-s-bare-only-for-team-india/article1-680884.aspxhttp://www.hindustantimes.com/poonam-s-bare-only-for-team-india/article1-680884.aspx

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    We kick our balls right into men’s hearts

    Proud of our lingerie football we do not mind not getting paid 

    We kick our balls right into men’s hearts ,when sparsely clad 

    We reach our goals faster , with much less money on clothes.

    Toronto – The Lingerie Football League (LFL) is busting into

    the city of Toronto for the upcoming 2011 season. Women, who

    are unpaid, wear lingerie and protective gear and play

    American football, much to the delight of men everywhere.

    Read more: [ h t t p : / / w w w . d i g i t a l j o u r n a l . c o m / a r t i c l e / 3 0 5 6 1 9 # i x z z 1 J b O P I a f g ] 

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    Pen is flightier than State

    President Claus is no Santa Claus come with gifts for Chilean 

    kids 

    A nice pen was too much of a temptation for the itching 

    presidential pockets 

    Ho,ho, he would say , I would pocket this pen nicely when 

    nobody is looking 

    As for Christmas gifts I shall bring them for your kids in the 

    next season.

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus has become a global internet

    sensation after he was caught on tape stealing a pen during a

    state visit to Chile.

    A video of Czech president Vaclav Klaus ‘pocketing’ a

    ceremonial pen encrusted with semi-precious Lapis Lazuli

    stones during a visit to Chile has gone viral. The video whichwas aired by Czech broadcaster eská televize

    shows the President sheepishly pocketing a pen and closing

    the pen box to cover his tracks during a press conference with

    Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. The video clip has been

    viewed by more than 4 million people in 5 days.

    Read more: [ h t t p : / / w w w . d i g i t a l j o u r n a l . c o m / a 

    r t i c l e / 3 0 5 6 5 5 # i x z z 1 J b F s u h 8 Q ] 

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    Think out of the box

    She paints your loved one’s memorial portraits in their remains 

    “You must think out of the box” ,in black humor she explains.

    Raven Collins puts her heart and other people’s souls into her

    art.

    The 37-year-old Thonotosassa artist has been sketching for

    more than 15 years, specializing in detailed hand-drawn

    portraits. Nowadays, most of her commissioned work

    incorporates an unusual ingredient: Cremated remains —ashes — brushed right into the portrait.

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/apr/04/PMENEWSO1-loved-ones-l

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    They prefer hot water bottles

    The Brits are not all that romantic 

    And to the fairer sex,often phlegmatic 

    They rather prefer hot water bottles 

    Often found useful for pains rheumatic.

    A new study by the psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman

    claims that British men are less likely to make romantic

    gestures than men from other parts of the world — in fact, they

    are less likely to pay compliments, be inspired to write love

    poetry or take their loved ones away for surprise holidays thantheir foreign counterparts.

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    Bum truth

    For a year he has not spoken a single lie 

    But when it comes to the wife’s bum 

    He could neither speak the “big” lie 

    Nor keep mum: one does not know why.

    A Swansea man is about to complete a year without telling a lie

     – but admits he came unstuck when his wife asked: “Does my

    bum look big in this?”

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3185840.html?menu=news.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3185840.html?menu=news.quirkies

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    Lloyds is not pants

    The man chose as password “Lloyds is pants” 

    But Lloyds is not the one who wore the pants.

    A man who chose “Lloyds is pants” as his telephone banking

    password said he found it had been changed by a member of

    staff to “no it’s not

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    Nuns need not be old and sad looking

    Nuns need not be old and sad looking 

    They can be beauty queens as well 

    Walking the ramp instead of the aisle.

    A Catholic priest is staging the first ever beauty contest – for

    nuns.

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    Nicked male

    Naturist Nick Male will do your painting in the buff 

    Besides painting some really exciting naked stuff .

    A Lincolnshire naturist by name “Nick Male” has launched

    Britain’s first naked painting and decorating service

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    When the mood is not right he cheers himself up bysetting cars on fire

    This man is a stripper by night, when in a sprightly mood 

    Other times he cheers himself up by setting a few cars on fire.

    A male stripper is being investigated as a suspected spy after

    setting fire to a car “to cheer himself up”.

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    A penis is not a mere appenage but is a whole state ofmind

    The surgeon has unjustly severed 

    His penis which is worth a fortune 

    A penis is not a mere appendage 

    But is a whole state of mind,you know.

    A court has ordered a surgeon to pay $795,000 in

    compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed

    during an

    operation.“You don’t have to be an expert to realize that the 33-year-old

    victim does

    not have a good state of mind,” said the victim’s lawyer.”

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    A chronic case of “guestritis”

    This honored guest has talked for 30 hours without break 

    Her friend is sick with chronic “guestritis”,what the heck.

    “A desperate German woman finally called emergency services

    to rescue her after a friend visited her and talked for 30 hours

    straight, authorities said Tuesday.”

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    Stealing a thong was not such a wrong thing but stealing atearaway pants is rather too much

    It was not such a wrong thing to steal a thong 

    But snitching tearaway pants is entirely wrong.

    “AUSTRALIAN male strip review The Thunder From Down

    Under has had to cancel parts of its US tour because they’ve

    got nothing to wear after their van was stolen.

    The strippers were in Annapolis, Maryland, on Friday night

    when the van went missing.

    The van contained thousands of dollars of equipment,

    costumes and merchandise and the strippers have promised a

    US$5000 ($5230) reward to whoever can help them get it back.

    “They were shocked,” said Bradford Singh, a manager at the

    Ram’s Head Tavern where the troupe had been performing,told the Annapolis Capital.

    “Maybe it was one of the ladies who just wanted a thong.”

    Annapolis Police Department officer Hal Dalton spoke with a

    representative of the group about the missing items, the

    Annapolis Capital reported.

    “It was kind of humorous. She said there were costumes,

    equipment and the merchandise they sell on tour. But she

    wondered what anyone would want with tear-away pants,” he

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    An Aussie man went for his peaceful roadside leak

    An Aussie man went for a peaceful roadside leak 

    Lurking,alas, was a snake waiting to bite his dick.

    A man had a shock in Australia when a deadly snake bit his

    penis during a roadside toilet break.”

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2873859.html?menu=news.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2873859.html?menu=news

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    There was nothing else available within reach

    An angry mom hit her lazy son with a meat cleaver 

    There was nothing else available within easy reach.

    OCALA – Brenda Hecht said she’s tired of her son’s behavior.

    She said her 18-year-old son, Chamborg Hecht, hasn’t worked

    for four months and sleeps all day. And when she goes to work

    at night, she said he plays video games until she returns home.

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    The brainy chicks are not much fun in the bed,rain or heat

    For the sexy babes the brain takes the back seat 

    The brainy ones are not fun in the bed ,rain or heat 

    Finally we sacrifice gray matter and settle for the meat.

    “BRAINY babes find it harder to have an orgasm – because

    they are too busy thinking, a study claims.

    The German survey found that the more educated a woman

    was, the less likely it was that she would be satisfied by sex.”

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1090275.ece

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1090275.ece

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    Beer thou art and unto beer shalt thou return

    Beer lover Bill Bramanti loves Pabst Blue Ribbon permanently 

    Beer thou art and unto beer shalt thou return,saith he biblically 

    He made a custom made beer can casket for his final journey.

    “SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – Bill Bramanti will love

    Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he’s got the custom-made

    beer-can casket to prove it.”

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    Vinny the mobster is verily the pulchritudinous friendster

    Vinny mobster is very gorgeous, but inside the prison Vinny 

    who ? 

    These days Vinny the poo practices his sharp-shooting in 

    prison loo 

    Vinny is now a great scholar ,both pulchritudinous and 

    platitudinous 

    He tells his son do’s and don’t s and has hobbies truly 

    multitudinous.

    NEW YORK (AP) – He’s known as Vinny Gorgeous, butconvicted mob boss Vincent Basciano might want to trade up

    to Vinny Photogenic or Vinny Pulchritudinous.

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    They have used their bared bottom instead of a C.D.Rom

    The Lacross team liked to invite this lovely lass for the school 

    prom 

    For the invite they have used their bared bottom instead of a 

    C.D.Rom.

    “ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Thirteen members of a high school

    lacrosse team have been disciplined for baring their bottoms

    on which was written a prom invitation from one player to a

    girl.”

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    Jack landed him in Jail

    The lawyer suggested to the judge just a simple jack off 

    procedure 

    His defense was strong but it was the Jack which landed him in 

    Jail.

    “AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A flick of the wrist has landed an Austin

    lawyer in jail for contempt of court. A judge sentenced defense

    attorney Adam Reposa to 90 days in jail on Tuesday for making

    a lewd gesture and simulating masturbation while standing

    before a County Court-at-Law judge in March.”

    Judge sentences lawyer to 90 days for lewd gesture

    https://hasya.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/jack-landed-him-in-jail/Judgesentenceslawyerto90daysforlewdgesture

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    The brides you meet on the internet are actually grooms

    This farmer from Germany had picked up his pretty bride on 

    the net 

    On his first night she was actually a whiskered man in her 

    pants.

    “A German farmer who married a woman he met on the internet

    has asked for the marriage to be annulled after finding out

    ’she’ was a he.”

    Ananova – Lonely farmer’s wedding night letdown

    https://hasya.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/the-brides-you-meet-on-the-internet-are-actually-grooms/Ananova-Lonelyfarmer%E0%B3%B7eddingnightletdown

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    You have to believe the story as it came straight from thehorse’s arse

    In Tampa they booked a man for whacking a horse in its arse 

    It is no surprise the whacking happened in Ybor at unearthly 

    hours 

    You have to believe the story as it came straight from the 

    horse’s arse .

    TAMPA – Police arrested a Lakeland man early this morning on

    charges that he punched a police horse in the rear end.

    It should be no surprise the incident occurred about 3:15 a.m.in Ybor City.

    The Tampa Police Department report said the officer and horse

    were clearing the street and sidewalks in the 19th Street area of

    Seventh Avenue.Carl Coward, 24, of 111 Hodges Road,

    Lakeland, balled his fist and punched the horse in the right rear

    hip area, the report states.Coward was charged with battery of

    a law enforcement animal and is being held at the Orient RoadJail on $500 bond, jail records show.The report does not

    indicate whether the horse suffered any serious injury.”

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/apr/06/man-jailed-after-punching-

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/apr/06/man-jailed-after-punching-police

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    When the tax bill came ,he really needed a big tonic andgin

    There was a young man from Lynn whose tool was the size of a 

    pin 

    In view of this size , ogling naked babes should not be a big sin 

    But when the tax bill came he really needed a big tonic and gin.

    “COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It could cost more to see naked

    babes in South Carolina. At least that’s what one state senator

    wants in the Palmetto State.

    Greenville Republican Mike Fair wants to impose 20 percent

    sin tax on magazines like Playboy and Hustler. ”

    http://www.ksdk.com/news/watercooler/hot_topics_article.aspx?stor

    http://www.ksdk.com/news/watercooler/hot_topics_article.aspx?storyid=143376

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    He felt sad and forlorn, watching all alone the porn

    He felt sad and forlorn,watching all alone the porn 

    He actually liked all of you to feel equally love-lorn 

    And screened the stuff for all ye,high-born and low-born 

    “A TECHNICIAN at a French Polynesian television station has

    been suspended from work after accidentally screening a porn

    movie he thought he was watching alone”

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    Florida teens believe that mountain dew preventspregnancy

    All through the night we make passionate love under the 

    stars,me and you 

    Our torrid love affair goes on ,duly protected by the mountain 

    dew,

    In the friendly company of the mountain goat and the sheep 

    and the ewe.

    ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida

    teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and ashot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted

    lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the

    state.”

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    Poo analysis is a scholarly pursuit which will stimulate theintellectual in you

    It is true poo is serious stuff not merely belonging to the loo 

    Poo smells a lot but tells a lot too, useful like the didgeridoo 

    View it like a regular for a scatological analysis in the privacy 

    of your loo 

    These scholarly pursuits will stimulate the intellectual in you.

    Get grossed out, laugh or act like you’re too refined to discuss

    this. Go ahead. The truth is, poop is serious stuff. If you’re

    willing to peek into the toilet bowl once in a while, local doctorssay you can learn loads about your health and detect problems

    ranging from poor diet to colon cancer. “It’s one of a few

    things you can do without a doctor’s help. You can’t do blood

    work on yourself … but you can look in the toilet,” said Dr.

    Anish Sheth, a gastroenterologist and co-author of the book,

    “What’s Your Poo Telling You?” and the soon-to-be-released

    sequel, “Poo Log”.

    http://nutritionalconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/02/worried-about-your-

    http://nutritionalconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/02/worried-about-your-health-try-waste.html

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    It is unknown how Mr.Greco took his coffee that day

    In the donut shop you forget to wear your pants 

    You have a problem on hand with the blasted ants.

    “Yorktown: Careful with that coffee! Police say a man placing

    an order in a suburban New York doughnut shop’s

    drive-through lane didn’t have any pants on.They say a Dunkin’

    Donuts worker saw John Greco’s exposed genitals in the

    February 27 stunt and then noted the make of his car and his

    license plate number.

    Police say the 46-year-old Croton-on-Hudson resident was

    arrested last week and has been charged with misdemeanour

    public lewdness. He’s due in court March 27.Police released a

    statement on Thursday saying it was “unknown how Mr. Greco

    took his coffee that day.”

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    All the world is a stage and all men and women merelyplayers

    Without booze and fag we cannot think of a bar

    If we cannot have our bar without nicotine and tar

    we shall deem our bar as Shakespearean theater.

    All the world is a stage and men players says the bard.

    Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,

    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

    And then is heard no more .

    It is a tale told by an idiot full of smoke and fury

    Our lungs are black like Macbeth’s dark deeds

    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 

    The way to dusty death.

    “Bars in Minnesota are declaring themselves theatres to getaround a public smoking ban.

    The state ban allows actors to light up in character during

    theatrical productions.

    So the bars are declaring themselves theatres and their

    customers performers, reports the Daily Telegraph.”

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2761092.html?menu=news.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2761092.html?menu=news.quirkies

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    Our town is named Athol butt we are not that

    Our town is named Athol butt we are not that 

    We are surely not what we think below your hat 

    We are sick of being the butt of everyone’s jokes 

    We put our butt to better use ,we promise, blokes.

    Athol, Mass., residents are sick and tired of people making fun

    of the town’s name.

    Town selectmen wrote a letter of protest to Comcast SportsNet

    for putting an advertisement in area newspapers that read …

    “We can pronounce Worcester … without sounding like anAthol.”

    Comcast quickly pulled the ad which appeared in the Boston

    Herald and other papers to promote Comcast’s regular sports

    analysis and interview programs.”

    http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/03/athol-residents-tired-of-bein

    http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/03/athol-residents-tired-of-being-butt-of-jokes

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    You get banned from tennis if you grunt loudly in play

    You get banned from tennis if you grunt loudly in play 

    For such noises distract the other players all day 

    Less distracting sounds like passing the wind seem okay.

    Maria Sharapova has been criticized over her extremely loud

    grunting during play, but you can bet they won’t try this with a

    champion like her. A 9-year-old Australian girl has been

    banned from playing tennis at her local club over the grunting

    noises she makes during play.

    Lauryn Edwards was told last weekend that she could nolonger play after an opposing player complained about her

    grunting”

    http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2008/02/9-year-old-sharapova-wanna-b

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    It is the plumbing problems that plague their performance

    The Kiwis concerns are neither less libido nor lack of chance 

    It is the plumbing problems that plague their performance.

    “Lack of sexual desire and infrequent intercourse are among

    the most common sexual problems experienced by New

    Zealanders, according to a new academic study.”

    http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/kiwis_seek_therapy_for

    http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/kiwis_seek_therapy_for_low_sexual_desire_541798

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    It is a foul and a dastardly act to leak before the PoliceDepartment

    The cops are polite guys with a friendly public face 

    It is a dastardly act and is surely a cognizable case 

    If a guy chooses to leak right in front of their place.

    “An apparently drunk man picked the wrong place to tinkle.

    Appleton, Wis. police arrested the man Friday afternoon after

    he reportedly relieved himself in front of the police

    department.”

    http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/drunk.urination.police.2.662680.html

    http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/drunk.urination.police.2.662680.html

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    In our country we vacuum our underpants off and on

    A vacuum cleaner is the most gorgeous thing in town 

    Its going is good and smooth ,under and down 

    In our country we vacuum our underpants off and on 

    It is a normal practice as you would have known.

    A Polish worker had been caught in the act with a vacuum

    cleaner and when asked what he was doing with the machine

    ,he claimed that he was vacuuming his underpants, which was

    a normal practice in Poland.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/n

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/nhoover103.xml

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    The humbled lion now stands on the herald without itsmanhood

    Women will have none of this male stuff on the herald 

    So there is now no penis in the lion’s loins, O my God 

    The humbled lion now stands without penis on the herald.

    “Protests from female soldiers have led to the Swedish military

    removing the penis of a heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic

    Battlegroup’s coat of arms.

    The armed forces agreed to emasculate the lion after a group

    of women from the rapid reaction force lodged a complaint tothe European Court of Justice, Göteborgs-Posten reports.”

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    A she-goat is not acceptable looking to the gravity of theoffence

    The first lady Kibaki has whacked him allegedly 

    Nothing less than a he-goat and an apology 

    Is what the victim demands from the first family 

    A she-goat is not acceptable looking to the gravity.

    “Amidst the political unrest that has ravaged Kenya, elders are

    demanding a goat from the President as compensation for an

    alleged assault by his wife.”

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    Gorski from Gliwice twice made guttural noises over thegherkin

    Gorski from Gliwice spluttered over an ill-gotten gherkin 

    “I could not resist having a snack ,” the jerk said jerkin’ .

    A burglar in Poland who stole a dozen jars of home-made

    pickles was caught after choking on his ill-gotten gherkins.

    Piotr Gorski was found spluttering and blue in the face just two

    streets away from the crime scene.

    Police had to hit him on the back to dislodge the vegetable

    before arresting himGorski, from Gliwice, said: ‘I just couldn’t resist having a quick

    snack.’

    http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=99014&in_pa

    http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=99014&in_page_id=2

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    A fling or two in office is a good thing

    A fling or two in office is a good thing with rising productivity 

    It improves quality of output but sadly reduces overall quantity.

    “HAVING an office romance IMPROVES your quality of work, a

    survey claims.

    Researchers found the thrill of a fling “raised energy levels and

    led to better professional capacity”.

    One in five people quizzed by Italian sexologist Serenella

    Salomoni admitted to an affair at work.

    She said: “We discovered that people who had an officeromance said they were happier, more energetic and more

    productive.”

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    You can now soar in the nude like an eagle

    You can now fly in the nude in special nude flights 

    Like an eagle that soars up and up in dizzy heights 

    You can now feel the brisk breeze on your bare bum 

    The flights are pricier but you’ll thoroughly enjoy ‘em.

    “German nudists will be delighted to know that they can now

    be nude at a higher altitude than ever before, as an airline

    launches special nude flights.

    The flights of nakedness are a nostalgic throwback to the daysof Communism in East Germany, when naturism was permitted

    and found widespread popularity. The company,

    OssiUrlaub.de, is specifically targeting former East Germans

    pining for their old, clothing-optional ways

    But at around £372 (€499) for a trip between Erfurt in the

    south-east and Usedom in the Baltic Sea, the naked soaringwill not be for everyone.

    http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=87854&in_pa

    http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=87854&in_page_id=2

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    Double fun on double time ,even if one were a Woodcock

    The Aberdeen council staff work very hard managing their 

    leisure 

    They are required to have double fun on double time in good 

    measure 

    You will agree how tough it is for Woodcock to achieve any 

    pleasure.

    “Senior Aberdeen council staff were on double time while

    having sex in the workplace, it has been alleged.

    Former council manager Tom McNeil, 52, is claiming at atribunal hearing he lost his job after revealing two colleagues

    were involved sexually.Witness Pat Fraser said she could hear

    then director of leisure, Brian Woodcock, and a female

    employee having sex behind a partition screen”

    BBC

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    He is a police department official with extraordinaryinterest in matters religious

    Findler Tom is not a peepling Tom 

    He findles all the thrills flesh is heir to 

    On the holy computers of church episcopal.

    “HAMILTON, N.J. (AP) – A civilian State Police employee was

    accused of sneaking into a church to look at pornography on a

    nun’s computer. Police arrested Thomas G. Findler Wednesday

    and charged him with burglary and theft.

    Authorities said Findler had been sneaking into Grace St. Paul

    Episcopal Church in the night over the last three weeks to look

    at pornography.”

    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UHAES00&show_article=

    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UHAES00&show_article=1&catnum=9

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    We are grateful to the cows for participating

    The research studies gases greenhouse 

    Released by belching cows 

    We are grateful to the cows 

    For participating and helping this noble cause.

    “STOCKHOLM, Sweden – A Swedish university has received

    $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases

    released when cows belch.

    About 20 cows will participate in the project run by theSwedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, north

    of Stockholm.

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    Mr.Paxman cannot be blamed for not being brief

    Mr.Paxman cannot be blamed for not being brief 

    Complaining of lack of support for the fig leaf 

    Slackness in the gusset is not a small matter 

    What is at stake is the vital issue of men’s honour.

    “Jeremy Paxman is not known for staying silent when vexed by

    an issue. Having finally despaired of what he says is the

    declining quality of Marks & Spencer underpants and socks,

    the Newsnight host finds himself a reluctant flag-bearer for thelegions of British men being let down by sub-standard briefs.

    Riled by his disintegrating undercrackers – he complains of a

    certain slackness in the gusset – Paxman wrote an email last

    week to the M&S chief executive Sir Stuart Rose to complain.

    Something “very troubling” had happened, he explained,apologetically and somewhat ironically for a man whose

    interviewees would be forgiven for wearing reinforced

    undergarments. Marks & Sparks pants, the presenter said, “no

    longer provide adequate support”. Pray tell! Too small? Too

    big? Do they get twisted inside his waders, as he stands

    waist-deep in an Oxfordshire river, fishing for salmon and

    trout?

    Yesterday afternoon, after finishing his Sunday lunch, the BBC

    interrogator elaborated. “This is not just about the weak gusset

    issue,” said Paxman. “It is about the separation of the cotton

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    It is their womanly curves that make them want to be inmen’s trousers

    These women cops do not flaunt terrifying bums in their 

    trousers 

    It is just that they look large and menacing along with their 

    tasers 

    In fact it is curves that make them want to be in men’s trousers.

    (Dozens of female officers complained to trade magazine

    Police Review that they wore men’s trousers because they

    looked better.They were particularly aggrieved by the Simon Cowell-style

    high waistbands which cover up curves and the bulky, ill-fitting

    material which makes it difficult to run after offenders.One

    West Midlands policewoman complained: “It does wind me up

    that we get these terrible trousers – they make your bum look

    huge – they are massive around the hips.”)

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    We do not ogle now; we only google

    Pretty girls we have stopped ogling 

    We have now turned to googling 

    We collect stocks info like a honeybee 

    Turned on by the crisp remnimbee.

    “BEIJING (Reuters) – The names of three banks and the word

    “stocks”

    beat “sex” to become four of the most Googled words in China

    last year,

    according to a Google China list seen on Thursday.”

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    The soccer manager has his foot in the mouth, far awayfrom the ball

    The soccer manager shoots off mouth faster than his foot 

    His foot is often found in the mouth,instead of in his boot.

    “LONDON (Reuters) – Former England soccer manager Steve

    McClaren fought off tough competition from U.S. President

    George W. Bush to win a dreaded “Foot in Mouth” award on

    Tuesday from the Plain English campaign.”

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    The cop is highly useful when you have no tissue

    Friend,do not fret if you do not have a tissue 

    When you have a cop close by that is no big issue 

    DUNBAR, W.Va. – Sometimes you need a police officer;

    sometimes you need a tissue.

    Confuse the two, and it could cost you. A woman in

    Charleston, West Virginia, is facing battery charges after

    allegedly wiping her nose on the back of a police officer’s

    shirt.”

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    He says he is alive but records speak otherwise

    This Romanian man affirms he is alive but records say 

    otherwise 

    The poor man is suffering from amnesia and is not speaking 

    lies.

    “A Romanian man was not allowed to renew his identity papers

    because official records said he had died eight years ago.

    Gheorghe Stirbu, 61, was told a death certificate existed stating

    that he had died on March 3, 1999 from breathing difficultiesand had been buried on March 22.

    Mr Stirbu said he was not ill at the time, and the death

    certificate does not appear to be a case of mistaken identity.

    He now hopes to show a court that he is still alive, and finally

    get his official ID updated.”