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(pics &amp; video at site)<br/><br/>As someone points out, very odd (lucky?) that they had cameras ready and were able to put it out within 30 seconds.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>39</score><crdate>12/24/2006 4:26:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-24T16:26:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1911</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1911/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Easter Eggs for your default XP games.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love easter eggs.<br/>And I also enjoyed smashing the all time record on pinball, a record left by my bro 2 years ago. :D<br/>Result.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/2/2006 6:30:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-02T18:30:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41533</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/41533/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Red &amp; Green Christmas Lights to be Banned as &#8220;too religious&#8221;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doesn't stop there either. &quot;...the recommended language does not specifically address Christmas trees by name, but the consensus was that they would not fall within acceptable decorations&quot;<br/><br/>Not addressed by name. No, hey, imagine that! Foul language in an official document! Pfff...]]></description><comments>18</comments><score>225</score><crdate>11/13/2007 2:34:10 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-13T14:34:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15896</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15896/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Parrot attempts to hatch Easter eggs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stupid birds. <br/><br/>&quot;Pippa has become so protective of her new eggs that she used her beak to throw one at a man who was trying to take her photograph.&quot;<br/><br/>Sorry, throwing your eggs at someone is not being protective :o)]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>62</score><crdate>4/11/2007 12:43:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-11T12:43:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>105714</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/105714/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Just in time: 12 Creative Ways to color Easter Eggs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a collection of some great ideas for coloring Easter eggs, rather than just dipping them in some dye.  There are pictures of some really neat results, and links to tutorials on how to do them. <br/>(click on the links below the pictures)]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>153</score><crdate>4/8/2009 9:45:50 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-04-08T21:45:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>83937</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/83937/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman Keeps 37 Christmas Trees In Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Minnesota woman who calls herself the &quot;queen of trees&quot; has 37 decorated Christmas trees in her house.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>83</score><crdate>12/8/2008 3:05:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-12-08T15:05:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7526</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7526/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Golden showers protect Christmas trees from poachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;It is a strong odor, and it smells just like what it is&quot;]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>25</score><crdate>12/13/2006 12:16:27 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-13T00:16:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>44981</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44981/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Boy, 9, banned from school Christmas party - 'because he didn't believe in Jesus']]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers banned a nine-year-old schoolboy from attending his class Christmas party - because of his lack of religious beliefs. Sobbing Douglas Stewart was forced to stay at home while his friends got presents from Santa and tucked into ice cream and jelly. His parents were told he wasn't welcome at the celebration because they had pulled him out of religious eduction earlier in the year.]]></description><comments>29</comments><score>597</score><crdate>12/21/2007 11:15:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-21T11:15:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15558</id><url>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/15558/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Easter Eggs Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[People have dyed their eggs in beautiful colours and zany ways &#8212; see their hard work.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>88</score><crdate>4/8/2007 10:35:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-08T10:35:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>44823</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44823/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas? No. Mary Christmas!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to you, Mary Christmas. That's what the former Mary Young is hearing this holiday season, after she married Brian Christmas earlier this year.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>274</score><crdate>12/20/2007 8:10:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-20T08:10:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>14954</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14954/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Adios Easter Bunny...maybe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environmentalists want to turn the Easter Bunny into the Easter Kiwi...I guess it would make the idea of Easter eggs more conceivable :)]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>14</score><crdate>4/2/2007 7:33:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-02T19:33:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135815</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135815/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Terminal Boy Gets Early Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;We don't have much time left with Dax, don't know if he will make it to Christmas, so we wanted to have Christmas early,&quot; Julie Locke told local news station WMBD.&quot;]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>113</score><crdate>11/18/2009 6:26:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-18T18:26:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>85202</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/85202/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Christmas Decorations: From the Beautiful to the Notorious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazing Christmas trees, brilliant light displays and lovely holiday decorations attract attention from scores of people across the country because of their beauty, and sometimes, because of their excess. 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