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Sep. 30th, 2008 06:57 pm
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"Yves Rossy nicknamed the 'Jet Man', is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is both the first person to build and the first person successfully to fly a jet engine-powered wing strapped to the back.... On 26 September 2008, Yves successfully flew across the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in under 10 minutes."

"I am the Grammarian about whom your mother warned you" T-shirt.

Metal cut-outs to take in your luggage past X-ray machines. The top two are the writing "Nothing to see here", and a cut-out of a Stars-and-Stripes.

Gene Weingarten excellently parodies a typical comment thread in response to a newspaper article.

When Birmingham Council tried to instil pride in recycling efforts, it had the clever idea of sending out 360,000 flyers showing the city skyline. Unfortunately the leaflets actually had a picture of Birmingham, Alabama, on them. 'I can't believe nobody noticed,' said resident Jon Cooper, who spotted the blunder.

Quantz (of Dinosaur comics) has the Ghostbusters theme song in bulleted list format:
  • Things I ain't afraid of:
    * no ghost
  • Strange things in the neighbourhood (partial list):
    * seeing things running through head
    * invisible man sleeping in bed
  • Things that make me feel good:
    * bustin'
  • Who you gonna call:
    * Ghostbusters
    * I can't hear you
    * Louder
Excerpts from a dog's and cat's diary. "Dog food! My favourite thing" "Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to torment me with bizarre little dangling objects..."

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