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A Grandma Is Selling Suicide Kits Online

8:00AM May 1, 2011 | Casey Chan

A 91-year old Grandma is selling $US60 suicide kits over the Internet. The kit is rather basic actually, it’s a large plastic bag with an elastic band opening and a slot for a plastic tube to be inserted. The tube is supposed to be connected to a helium tank and then pumped into the bag. Helium, when inhaled in its pure form, is deadly. More »


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Kidnapping And Beheading A Ronald McDonald Statue Can Get You Arrested

10:00AM February 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

A group of artists kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue and staged a spoof Al Qaeda-style hostage YouTube video. Their demands? That McDonald’s answer questions on how it produces their food. If the questions were not answered, Ronald McDonald would be executed. More »


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This Is Probably The Worst Way To Teach Self-Defense

6:00AM January 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

It’s probably smart and necessary to teach your children self-defense. The world is crazy scary! But it’s probably dumb and unnecessary to buy them a Kick Dummy so they can practice kneeing perps in the nuts. The world is scary crazy! More »


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Orthodox Jewish Couple Imprisoned By Superstition, Blames Motion-Sensing Light Instead

6:00AM July 20, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Was that headline mean? I’m sorry, but the silliness of this story, which centres around one couple’s quest to annoy/sue the hell out of their entire apartment building, warranted it. The ridiculous story unfolds like this: More »


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Thoughtful Packaging

9:20AM May 22, 2009 | Jason Chen

Toothpaste for Dinner has a take on the ridiculous packaging phenomenon, where Amazon (or whoever) sends you a box that you can shove a toddler into for an SD card. [Toothpaste For Dinner via Consumerist]

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One Cheeseburger Equals 15,000 Google Searches, Environmentally Speaking

3:30PM May 12, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

If that sounds like an absolutely insane comparison to you, you’re right. But congratulations to Google, for being more environmentally conscious than the dastardly orange juice and cheeseburger industries.

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