DaftGretel was born to daftiness.At an early age, she engaged in experimental treatments programs to treat the moderately insane tortoises, with the result that she retreated into a large, homemade shell from the age of 9 until just recently.Shockingly, this didn't prevent her from functioning well in school and life, and many have commented on her go-git-em attitude, interests in obscure trivia not withstanding.Since joining Plime, DaftGretel has inspired countless dozens to greater perusal of inane facts. (thanks Maven!)_____________________________________________A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. ‘Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. ‘I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes." - Anonymous

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Italian doctor may have found surprisingly simple cure for Multiple Sclerosis Posted: 1 day ago by Jerry520
It's generally accepted that there's no cure for MS, only treatments that mitigate the symptoms - but a new way of looking at the disease has opened the door to a simple treatment that is causing radical improvements in a small sample of sufferers.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 748 [+].

Neil Gaiman asks: Heard any good books lately? Posted: 2 days ago by lynxears
Author Neil Gaiman reflects on the value and future of the audiobook.

*I wish I could listen to this now -- I LOVE his voice -- but even the written version is fabulous.*
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 206 [+].

When Geckos Get Constipated Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
"In explaining why I’d be late that day, I didn’t quite know what to tell my editor, so I told him the truth: I was taking my son’s gecko for what I presumed would be an enema."
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 434 [+].

Stacy Horton Abandons Son to Save Drowning Wife Posted: 3 days ago by iamamaniac
As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 526 [+].

4 police officers killed in Wash. coffee shop Posted: 3 days ago by detectivebag
A gunman walked into a coffee shop and shot and killed four police officers Sunday morning in what sheriff's officials described as an "execution." Update:Suspect may have been killed
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 567 [+].

A petabyte is a lot of data. Posted: 4 days ago by Jerry520
I’m just sayin’…
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Underground Psychology Posted: 4 days ago by Bornbad
Researchers have been spying on us on the subway. Here's what they've learned.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 347 [+].

Autocomplete me Posted: 5 days ago by Bornbad
Cause I Really, Really Want TO...
Google has an answer for everything.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 489 [+].

Where's The Wiener? Posted: 5 days ago by 2manyusernames
How many times have you and your mates asked yourself where is one of those there wienermobiles? Well ask no more. Now you can instantly see the location of all 6 of the classic wienermobiles on the road.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 176 [+].

Man Conspired With Gunman To Have Sex With Relative Posted: 6 days ago by 2manyusernames
Lee Craddock really wanted to have sex with one of his relatives. Lee came up with a plan that involved hiring a man to accost himself and the woman, using a gun to force the two of them to have sex while the gunman watched.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 566 [+].

Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food Posted: 6 days ago by jLoSsDh
People who have been ripped off by bailed-out banks' schemes to trick late fees out of their customers will recognize what Utilities Inc. did to the people of Middlesboro and Clinton. In the summer of 2008, as AIG was teetering and desperate for funds, it "upgraded" its billing system, and suddenly a slew of late fee charges hit the struggling locals.

Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.

Comments: 1 Score: [-] 203 [+].

The Shining II Posted: 6 days ago by pocksucket
Son of Shining. No. Not really. However, Stephen King has let slip that he's considering a sequel to The Shining, first published in 1977.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 545 [+].

Doctor in trouble for being "Blunt" Posted: 1 week ago by hoosker
He told his patient she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and relying on taxpayers to cover another pregnancy after giving birth less than a year earlier.
But what really made her mad, was when he poked her thigh and told her she was fat.
Comments: 37 Score: [-] 919 [+].

Police: Census worker staged death to conceal suicide Posted: 1 week ago by hoosker
Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.


Update to this
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No "Full-Frontal Hugging" until AFTER marriage! Posted: 1 week ago by icepigs
If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.

<---not going to hell
Comments: 25 Score: [-] 545 [+].

Peaceful Vegetarian Turns Out to be Son of Charles Manson Posted: 1 week ago by choco
In this case, the apple fell far, far from the tree.
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 638 [+].

Best Product (Reviews) EVAH Posted: 1 week ago by meggysue
This laptop steering wheel desk is the most amazing product ever. Product reviews make it extra special!
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 528 [+].

Breast regeneration after mastectomy Posted: 1 week ago by meggysue
Currently in human clinical trials, the experimental stem cell breast-growing technique - called Neopec - could replace breast reconstructions and implants within three years, and could regrow removed breasts within 6 months.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 332 [+].

In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone Posted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad
It's rare a story about banning gay marriage actually has a silver lining.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 405 [+].

How grandmas may play favorites Posted: 2 weeks ago by ThirDeye
Paternal grandmothers share an X chromosome with their granddaughters but not with their grandsons. Not very surprisingly the data cited in the paper suggests that having a paternal grandmother nearby improves the survival of granddaughters compared to grandsons. Boys seem to have a greater chance of survival if they live with their maternal grandmothers.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 173 [+].

Man had a nightmare about a burglar and woke to find he had strangled wife Posted: 2 weeks ago by tigertony
He “dreamed that an intruder had broken into their motor home”. He tackled the 'intruder' but instead strangled his childhood sweetheart and wife of 39 years.

A very strange story
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 681 [+].

Caught on Dashcam: Cop vs Kitten Posted: 2 weeks ago by TraumaMamma
Get your daily cute right here, folks!!
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 797 [+].

96 Year-Old Photographer Throws His Own Wake Posted: 2 weeks ago by DaftGretel
"Well, why not?" he said. "Why bother when (I'm) dead?"
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 458 [+].

Would-be Ninja Impales Self on Fence Posted: 2 weeks ago by DaftGretel
Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 636 [+].

Conjoined Twins Operation Success Posted: 2 weeks ago by Ankabout
For 25 hours a team of 16 physicians operated on Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, who were joined at the head. The operation was apparently successful, even the delicate operation of separating the girls' brain tissue.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 402 [+].