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You are correct, it specifically had to do with the transportation, not the kiwi itself. GTA's humour was not lost on me. Nor do I take responsability for the poor english--I simply reproduced the chapter headings of the book.

Thank you for your contribution oliver, but I was thinking more along the lines of the title of the book from which the facts came from: 50 Facts That Should Change The World. Maybe I should have included this in the title of the thread. The facts you present, though some are surprising and...

Cartoon Joel Pett cartoon: click here

The average Japanese woman can expect to live to be 84. The average Botswanan will reach just 39. A third of the world's obese people live in the developing world. The US and Britain have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world. China has 44 million missing women. Brazil has...

Craiglist ad Also, as has been discussed in this thread (but the link is down so I`m reproducing it here). Woman posts ad on Craigslist:What am I doing wrong? Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25-year-old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m...

From: http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family-relationships/articles/dating/josey-vogels/cash_advance_2007-11-22 Cash advance By Josey Vogels C'mon admit it, you've thought about it. Find yourself a nice rich guy, settle down, never cook again... Well, if you think marrying rich is the easy way...

From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/sarah-palin-will-never-be_b_143036.htmlSarah Palin Will Never Be President -- Trust Me by Frank Schaeffer The small smear of red on the otherwise blue electoral map looks more like a minor bloodstain on a dirty Band-Aid than anything...

From the Montreal Mirror - November 20, 2008 Sex, violence and justice by Matt Jones This Wednesday, Nov. 26, the Montreal courthouse will be hearing the case of Giovanni D’Amico, who is alleged to have assaulted several sex workers on the streets of Montreal between 2001 and 2008. And...

I had the opportunity to attend a fascinating symposium recently and wanted to share one of the interesting ideas discussed with you. It was explained to me that in Athens, to mark the occasion religious festivals, hundreds of cattle were slaughtered at one time. Not only as a sacrificial...

A few quotes from this this New York Times article: Little-Noticed College Student to Star Politician Talking about her 'style' as a basketball player:

From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_moneyPalin stylist draws higher pay than policy adviser By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palinforeign policy adviser. Amy...

More Palin humor Thanks for re-bringing his to my attention, Korbel. I saw this last week and thought it was funny... and it will probably continue to be so since it is updated daily as 'current affairs' change! (I only noticed the note at the bottom now). More Palin humour: From...

Someone should turn this into a Facebook application. :D ;)

Absolutely Korbel! Again, theatrical is good, red paint would have been extremely effective (though I think Kissinger deserves that one), but is it enough? Animal indeed, he even looks like a pig...

Thank you for your anwser EB. You beat me to it, you edited your post to add that Libby's sentence was commuted... To me this defeats the purpose of the legal system. So it is now on record that he commited something illegal. So? 'Scooter' can't be elected to office or practice law or... So...

View the footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ili0jgn_JD4 Everyone knows that Karl Rove is one of the sketchiest figures in U.S. politics (ever?). His 'arguments' during the 'debate' are a farce that aren't even worth addressing. That protesters showed up is no surprise... but this...

Someone left out this part of his letter: Recently, on the front page of Section C of the Wall Street Journal, a hedge fund manager who was also closing up shop (a $300 million fund), was quoted as saying, "What I have learned about the hedge fund business is that I hate it." I could not agree...

The Onion: Executive Quits Fast Track To Spend More Time With Possessions

Why I fired my secretary... Why I fired my secretary... Last week was my birthday and I didn't feel very well waking up that morning. I went downstairs for breakfast hoping my wife would be pleasant and say, "Happy birthday!", and possibly have a present for me. As it turned out, she...

Obviously, no one decides, "Hey, I have an idea! Let's go to Ikea for dinner!" :D You go buy furniture, and if you make a day out of it you'll be hungry eventually, so you drop by their cafeteria... shouldn't be hard to not fail, but they manage to. I'm more amused that Jeremy and Vinita...