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May 05, 2003
Hiker cuts off his own arm!?
For some reason, this story is really high there on the list of “Important news that Americans should know about.” So anyway, the story goes that this hiker cut off his own arm to escape a boulder. That’s almost as hard as ripping off your arm with the same arm! Anyway, they found the arm. The only thing that confuses me about this is that the story reports that
“The lower portion of Ralston’s right arm was recovered Sunday and taken to a mortuary, said Young, who helped move the boulder. ”
Mortuary!? Are they gonna have an “arm funeral?” What’s the deal!? Perhaps I am just ignorant of other cultures. Anyway, I hope the arm made it to arm heaven, and my thoughts are with the surviving extremeties.
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April 09, 2003
Fun with Ebay!
Back when Ebay was young, you didn’t need to actually have a transaction with anyone to leave feedback. That’s exactly what happened with this guy. There are a lot of gems, including my favorite:
Praise: Very polite, but I never spoke to him. Quick seller, yet I never bought. Hmmm.
Response by mrbean00 – Not buying or selling provides the smoothest transactions.
Follow-up by andy46477 – Technically, a big, wet, sloppy, TWAT provides the "smoothest transactions."
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February 12, 2003
All the king’s horses?
Ok, so in the nursery rhyme, we hear that “all the kings horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put humpty together again.” I can understand how it might be a big deal that the king’s men can’t fix humpty, but do we really expect a bunch of horses to be able to do it? That’s a pretty high order for a bunch of hoofed animals to be filling. Couldn’t it be “all the king’s women and all the king’s men?” Of course, then you get some innuendo concerning the king’s possible harem of women and men…
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February 11, 2003
It’s true!
Hey, remember these things? There’s a nifty valentine heart maker at http://www.acme.com/heartmaker/. I’m thinking the server is a little overloaded this week. I had to try a few billion times to make mine, but boy was it worth it!
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February 09, 2003
Which OS are you!?
For all you nerds out there, try and figure out which OS you are! I’m OS/2, supposedly. At least I didn’t turn out to be Windows ME!
