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Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Okay, I understand what you're saying.
We're talking about being a careful reader and looking for "spin" in a new story. That's good advice. I advocate that. Yes, it's your fault if you are a sloppy reader. Life isn't a passive activity. I remind you that they aren't technically telling a lie, just throwing a vague suggestion out there and hoping that you're a sponge that absorbs anything, without assessing it's toxicity.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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if you know that a source regularly lies yet you choose not to apply a very critical view of all new information they give you, then yes - you are to blame for being fooled.
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
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This really made me laugh.
I keep reading it and snorting. From here Louis Galvan at the Fresno Bee reports: Quote:
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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That is some funny shiznit.
supervisor: "how'd you get that bruise on your head phil?" Phil: "I don't want to talk about it." Super:"And what's that smell? have you been cooking?" Phil: "I don't want to talk about it." Super: "Did you hear about that weird burglary last night?" Phil: "Shut the hell up, I don't want to talk about it!"
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
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snopes says this one is false, but it makes me laugh anyway.
[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:"Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early one Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-gigging trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. A replacement fuse was not available, but Wallis noticed that the 22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. 'Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off, or we might both be dead,' stated Wallis. 'I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened,' said the investigating officer. On being notified of the wreck, Lavinia Poole asked how many frogs the boys had caught and whether anyone had gotten them from the truck!
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Hey Mythbusters did that one early on:
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#172 |
Larger than life and twice as ugly.
Join Date: Apr 2004
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dar, I first heard that one from Lewis Black.
Don't care if it's real or not, it's funny as hell.
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. ![]() ![]() Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years |
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Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you.
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Quote:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unle...homeowner.html
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#174 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
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They lol-ed atop the wall...
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#175 |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Headlight circuits don't have fuses, but yes, it's a great story.
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Looking forward to open mic night.
Join Date: Oct 2006
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I urge PETA to quit acting like dumb asses.
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The future is unwritten
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I vote for implode.
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