A survey of over 1500 American adults has shown that most Americans "re-gift". That is, they take items given to them and in turn give them away as gifts to others.
Of those who took the survey, 52% admitted to re-gifting items, and 78% of those surveyed said that re-gifting is acceptible some or most of the time.
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NBC and the makers of "Veggie Tales" (a Christian-themed cartoon) signed a contract.
After the contract was signed, the makers of "Veggie Tales" were told that any references to God must be edited out of the shows.
The censorship includes the removal of the "Veggie Tales" core tagline, "Remember kids: God made you special, and he loves you very much."
NBC says "Veggie Tales" must be censored like all of its other cartoons. They say that children must be protected from negative influences.
Nevermind the fact that all of NBC's other cartoons are filled with meaningless hyperactive violence, fighting, and explosions -- apparently those don't negatively affect children. But telling a kid that God loves them is the shock of the century and simply cannot be broadcasted.
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No wonder all those Islamic terrorists say that the USA is evil.
The car theif was 14 years old. People saw that he was having trouble driving the manual shift vehicle, so they gave him advice and impromptu driving lessons.
Hilarious story. [Click Here]
The jolly man in the red suit has officially consumed too many twinkies. The ice caps at the north pole are cracking under his weight.
There is no word yet on how many elves and reindeer are in danger.
(No, really.... the ice caps are cracking)
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This article is quite interesting. It's the first fashion show to impose such a ban, and it may be setting a precedent.
Many women's groups claim that the overly-thin models create a dangerous image for young girls to imitate. They say that fashion's and Hollywood's obsession with dangerously unhealthy slim performers is contributing to the rise in eating disorders among teenage girls.
The fashion industry claims that it is merely a reflection of society.
I don't know about anyone else, but I've never seen someone this thin in my entire life. So much for being a reflection of my society. Perhaps Hollywood and the fashion world moved to a poor starving African nation without telling anyone?
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"The machine was programmed to disburse $20 bills. So, for example, taking $200 from your account would usually mean you got 10 bills. “The suspect made the ATM believe it was giving $5 bills, but the user was still getting $20s, so a user would end up with four times the amount of cash, but their account would still show only a $200 debit,” explained Va. Beach police spokeswoman Margie Long."
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is a former heroin addict, ex-convict, & divorced father of 4. And he claims to be Jesus Christ in human flesh.
His ministry, "Growing in Grace, Inc", teaches that all other faiths (Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and ALL other faiths) must be destroyed, and that the only "true race" is the race of his followers -- mostly Hispanic.
"I will be president of the biggest government that this earth has experienced," he says.
Millions of idiots believe him.
[Article Here]
[Point and Laugh at His Website]
What a crock.
Instead of crucifixion, I suggest pelting him with tacos.
Sam Thompson is a man on a mission: to run 50 marathons in 50 days to raise awareness and aid for the remaining devastation along the Mississippi Gulf Coast from hurricaine Katrina.
"Everything is not fixed."
Many families are still living in trailers. Many others still have not been reimbursed or provided housing, even as the anniversary of hurricaine Katrina nears.
And a new hurricaine season is on its way.
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A 66-year-old woman on Social Security is being charged $6,000 because her grandchildren used kazaa to download music onto her computer.
She's not alone either.
You can even get sued even if you no longer own the computer that did the downloading. You are fair game if an IP address registered in your name was ever used to download content over peer-to-peer programs. So in other words, if you are the one who "pays the bill" for your internet service, *you're* the one who is held liable for damages -- not your kids, relatives, or friends who actually download the illegal files without your knowledge or consent.
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This is simply wrong. It's like slapping the owner of a stolen car with bank robbery charges because the car thieves used it as a getaway vehicle while robbing a bank. Crimes should not be transferable to innocent people.
PHILADELPHIA - A 21-year old kid was arrested for taking a picture of police with his camera phone.
The kid heard a commotion going on outside his house. So he grabbed his cell phone (which had a camera built-in) and walked onto his porch to investigate.
He saw the street lined with police cars. A drug dealer was getting arrested. He casually took a picture of the scene with the camera built into his cell phone.
According to a neighbor who witnessed the event, a police officer then walked into the kid's yard, grabbed him, threw him across a police car, and told him "You should have just went in the house and minded your own business instead of trying to take pictures off your picture phone."
Then the police arrested him for obstruction of justice and threatened to charge him with conspiracy, impeding an investigation, and obstruction of a investigation as well.
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This would be expected behavior in a communist society ... but ... here in the US? I'm shocked.
The theives in the Indiana stolen "R"'s case have returned the R's to the local police department.
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Geez, just when our curiosity was getting peaked ...
Greencastle, Indiana has an interesting problem. Someone is going to all of the businesses around town, and stealing the letter "R" off of business signs.
One business owner exclaimed, "We've lost our Rs. And we want them back."
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Al Yeganeh, the New York chef who inspired "Seinfeld"'s "Soup Nazi" character, is planning to open restaurants in Britain.
His real-life restaurant chain surged in popularity after a 1995 "Seinfeld" episode depicted him as a strict, gruff "Soup Nazi".
If patrons did not follow his rules correctly, he would ban them from the restaurant and yell, "No soup for you!"
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In other news, Britain's Terror Alert Level surges to "Let's have a nice hot cup of tea." :)
(j/k)
Interesting story here: A man Googles his own name and finds another man with the same name living a nearly identical life.
Too strange to be true? [Find out for yourself]
Medicare is confusing enough for senior citizens. But in Florida, United Health Care made it even more complicated: A phone number listed in its provider directory was actually the phone number for a sex hotline.
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Lesson: When you pay a bunch of people minimum wage to create a directory for you, it's worth paying MORE people to go back and check the numbers.
An 81-year-old widow living on pension was confronted by two officials and fined £50 for feeding bread crumbs to pigeons.
The Nottingham city council enforced the fine after review, citing that the feeding of pigeons poses "a real health risk".
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Don't they have better things to do over there? Did someone pee in their tea? WTF?
It's becoming increasingly difficult for people to visit the US in this day and age of terrorism. This editorial by Jeremy Clarkson of the UK details his recent visit to the US.
This is a very interesting read: [Click Here]
It's interesting that a passport is required to purchase alcohol, but nothing whatsoever is required to rent a gun and ammunition ...
Article: Man Injured While Trying to Blow Up Mailboxes with Fireworks
We don't often get to hear about people getting what they deserve for being complete dumbasses.
What are the odds that the guy turns around and sues the owners of the mailbox?
Article: Man is Granted Patent for "How to Swing"
The US Patent Office actually granted a patent to a man who documented "How to Swing". You know, swinging -- what kids do on playground swing sets.
I wonder if he will demand royalties from everyone who has ever sat in a swing ...
