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A squirrel enjoying his day in sunny Jones, Oklahoma burst into flames when it touched two power lines, subsequently falling to the ground and sparking a fire. The fire burned 5 acres in the area, causing the evacuation of the local elementary school. There were reports of minimal damage as a few trailers near the school burned to the ground and no injuries were reported.
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“Gosh, what to give a kitty that has everything?!”
I know you all have asked yourself this very question on many occasions before. Well, fret no longer because Kitty Wigs comes to the rescue! Pick from four stylish models, and sleep with one eye open from now on. I am convinced your feline companion will do her very best to claw your face off and spit out a colourful hairball after the deed.
Look at more pictures of pissed off kitties here: Kitty Wigs
Awesome. I couldn’t possibly explain this any better. I mean, not awesome for the poor dogs tied into costumes and forced to act as humans of course, but awesome nonetheless. Whoever thought of this bizarre mess should have won an Oscar. Named The Dogway Melody, this was a dog-only spoof or parody, or something, of the first all-musical film, The Broadway Melody, released in 1929 and is also available as an extra on the Broadway Melody special edition DVD. Dogway Melody picks up with Mr. Cur, a Broadway producer, who puts on a show and makes a play for the leading lady. Played by various, dogs. So, uh, enjoy?
I had a hard time trying to source this back to The Onion or something, but, it appears real.
A recent home invasion in Washington DC turned weird, ending in the invader sharing a glass of wine with his victims and then leaving with only his glass of wine, an apology and a group hug. A group of friends and family were enjoying a late dinner on their patio when a hooded man came through an open gate and put a handgun to the head of a 14 year old girl, demanding everyone hand over their money. It all seemed straightforward, until a guest invited the criminal to join them for a glass of wine. The home invader, impressed by the Chateu Malescot St-Exupery, was offered the whole bottle and some cheese when he put his gun away and apologized, stating he thought he was in the wrong house and then asked for a group hug, which the guests complied with. The intruder walked away quietly with his glass of wine and has yet to be identified by police.
Read more: Home invasion ends in group hug
So you just can’t get enough of Swedish country-techno ‘artists’ REDNEX and have a few million dollars to blow? Then your prayers have been answered! Rednex AB, the holding company which owns all of the trademarks, recordings, contracts and rights to the Swedish techno legends is on the chopping block over at eBay, with a starting bid of $1,500,000 US. Small change my friends, small change. The company is debt-free and carries an average $4,000 – $5,000 a year in administrative costs. Naturally all royalties on previous recordings also have to be maintained. Currently the company is run by original lead singer Mary Joe (Annika Ljungberg) with power of attorney running until 2008.
In case you have a few million and are seriously considering this, watch the video for “Cotten Eye Joe” after the jump, you’ll change your mind…
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Hoax from the land down under? You decide. Australia’s Courier Mail are reporting that the U.S. has recently begun enforcing a ban on the import of Vegemite, the salty food paste made from yeast extract that Australians seem to love spread on their breakfast toast. With reports of Vegemite checks at border crossings, import shops and airports, Australians reportedly are beginning to feel the crunch. Vegemite, a brand now owned by food conglomerate Kraft Foods, is said to contain Folate, an ingredient which is only allowed in U.S. breads and cereals.
Read more: Vegemite banned in the U.S. | Vegemite @ Wikipedia
We know that many of you secretly wish to speak fluent Klingon, come onnnn, admit it! Ok, I’ll go first, I tried for quite some time as a youngster, but, then realized I sounded like a car wreck and decided maybe to move on and eh, there was just nothing like TNG anyways. For those of you still trying, there’s The Sounds of Klingon web archive, a wonderful audio tool created by the Klingon Language Institute (an actual non-profit institute) intended to aid those interested in learning the proper pronunciation of the Klingon language. The archive features audio samples of all pronunciations contained within the Klingon language and is achieving major steps towards uniting our two peoples in peaceful relations.
Aspiring dictators call up your agents cause your perfect home has just come onto the market in the Pacific Northwest and for only $595,000! For that price you get a lovely and conspicuous 3 bedroom / 1.5 bath 1900 square foot suburban home that hides what could be one of the creepiest / coolest things I’ve seen in awhile. The previous owners have built-in a four (4) story underground dungeon, fully furnished and completely stocked to act as both a bomb/nucleur shelter or as a normal extension of the home. The fortress is 4 levels deep (45 feet down, below sea-level), adding an extra 1600 square feet of living area and hundreds more square feet of passages and secret rooms. The walls are 3 feet thick 5-bag concrete (20% denser than normal concrete) and give the owner 5 “known” ways of reaching the dungeon, through false doorways, secret passages and drop chutes. The dungeon is also fully furnished and has a completely functional air-circulation system, a giant diesel-powered generator, a 4-pump system to keep the dungeon dry in case of flooding, a 1-ton blast door and a 3-ton motorized door that seals you in from the outside world. My mind, it is a blown.
Read more: Home for sale featuring underground fortress
To be filed in the “when hell freezes over” category, India’s highest court last week demanded that Coca-Cola, along with PepsiCo, supply details of it’s chemical composition and ingredients, after a study there claimed they both contained high levels of pesticides. According to the report, the amount of pesticide residue contained within the soda has grown more than 25 times the amount found 3 years ago in a similar study performed by Indian researchers. The two companies are regular targets for politicians in India, who regard western food products as a threat to Indian heritage and aren’t too happy with the two companies’ relative monopoly of the Indian soft-drink market. It’s highly doubtful that either company will reveal their recipes, so really all anyone can do is sit-back and see if Indian officials are able to actually pass a law banning the sale of the two largest soda-brands on the planet (or see how thick the envelopes full of cash handed to them will be). According to some reports from Coca-Cola, the only two people in the world with access to the bank vault containing Coke’s secret recipe aren’t even allowed to travel on the same aircraft together. The last time a report like this surfaced, schools banned cola sales and Coke’s sales dropped by 11% in the subsequent financial quarter.
Read more: Coke and Pepsi might have to reveal their secrets in India
A brilliant idea turned into a sub-par hoax, don’t go planning a trip to Florida with fluffles just yet. The idea behind Dog Island is that abused, homeless and abandoned dogs of all shapes and sizes have a wide-open, natural habitat free for them to roam around and enjoy the life of a dog. The island has a full-time staff, running an immunization center, an injury/trauma center, and much more. Natural prey are released onto the island as a main source of food, with supplemental foodstuffs being available for the more passive canines. The idea was brilliant (in my honest opinion), this coming from someone who wants to open his own dog farm in Montana, but unfortunately, the doggy island paradise is not to be. Several years ago, Snopes AKA the internet detective agency, ruled Dog Island to be a hoax. They also confirmed that land prices on the REAL Dog Island off the coast of Florida are insanely high.
Read more: Dog Island – Free Forever | Dog Island @ Snopes
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