I hate doing these things, but I would hate having that generic humility phrase on here more...Gnikgnok by the gnumbers:10+ years of marriage to a strange, funny man. We'll never divorce because neither of us wants the kids alone full time9 pets8 ummm... can't think of an eight right now[edit]Look! Eight people on my friend list before I wandered off and lost interest in adding everyone I like because it would take too long (thanks, muse)7 speeding tickets I've gotten, three of which I deserved6 times I've moved since I've been married (I have recurring box avalanche dreams)5 classes completed for a degree in... something computerish4 children - three of whom are cool, one who is a little jerk.3 sports I like to play, watch, and coach: baseball, soccer, and sport stacking 2 part-time jobs1 college schedule0 free time (after Plime-ing, of course)

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A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
So that’s how we discovered that a “cylinder one-er” can also be known as “Coke bottles” or a “golden wiper.” Or that an “upper” is also a “bow” or a “cannon,” or a “four-studded upward slope.”
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 428 [+].

“Where are all the white guys?” Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
“Do I have the right to refuse this search.”

I can relate to this post, and that disturbs me.

Comments: 5 Score: [-] 298 [+].

How Mr.Q manufactured emotion Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
He felt it necessary to assure me multiple times that ambient sound was one of the most important parts of the park: That park was Disney World .
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zoomquilt2 Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
Yup!
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After 60 Years in an Iron Lung, Woman Loses Her Battle Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 445 [+].

Not Your Typical Comic Book Costume Posted: 1 month ago by analumass
I found this to be so creative. Take a common comic costume, and take it to the next level! Great idea!
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 720 [+].

How to memorialize friends who have passed away on Facebook Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
If you have a friend or a family member whose profile should be memorialized, please contact us, so their memory can properly live on among their friends on Facebook.

*Pretty cool*
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10-foot Shark Nearly Bitten in Half by 20-foot Shark Posted: 1 month ago by bingo
A 10-foot Great White Shark had been hooked already by a baited drum line off the coast of Queensland, Australia when it was attacked and bitten by a much bigger fish. Based on the bite marks, the attacker is presumed to be a 20-foot long Great White shark.

What a picture!
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Dolphins play football with a jellyfish... Posted: 1 month ago by bingo
...caught on camera.
Dolphins have been filmed playing an impromptu game of football... using a jellyfish as an improvised ball.

A team of marine biologists were astonished to see a dolphin swim under a jellyfish and with a quick flick of its tail shoot it out of the water.
Comments: 14 Score: [-] 706 [+].

Six-Year-Old Sells Her Toys to Aid Local Police Dogs Posted: 1 month ago by ruthstark
A six-year-old Virginia girl loves dogs so much she raised money to buy five bullet-proof vests for the Newport News K-9 division
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 580 [+].

Ah, Excuse me.. Has anyone lost a missile launcher Posted: 1 month ago by ruthstark
He was surprised at the amount of work it took to get the military to pick up its lost missile launcher.
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Body Identity: Wannabee Amputee Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad
"The next time I woke up, it was absolute ecstasy," he says. "The leg that I wanted to get rid of for all those years was reduced to a little bandaged stump."
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 395 [+].

10 Fascinating Reattachment Surgeries Posted: 5 months ago by equinox
This list includes some of the more interesting and dramatic reattachments of body parts due to accidents and assaults.
Not for the weak of heart, some of the stories and images are yucky and moderately graphic.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 323 [+].

An entire line of no longer living beastly accessories and jewelry Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
Nothing says you are at the height of fashion like a dead, taxidermied guinea pig hair comb, I always say.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 274 [+].

Teen pregnant after ‘swimming in pool’ Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
At least that is what mom believes. She is suing the Egyptian hotel that offered a "mixed pool", presumably one that men and women can swim in. Mom is adamant that her daughter did not meet any males and was impregnated by wandering sperm.
Comments: 20 Score: [-] 876 [+].

Sign baby is born to be wild Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
MUM-to-be Caroline Barnes shows that her unborn baby could be a real wild child — by making a V-sign in the womb.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 363 [+].

Floundering budgie rescued swimming off Devon coast Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Perched inside an aviary in Exeter is the luckiest budgerigar in the world.

The budgie is the survivor of a dramatic sea rescue that took place half a mile off the South Devon coast, where it had been bobbing between the waves on the brink of death.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 339 [+].

The 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads Of All Time Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They have all been used to sell stuff in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!
These are real, untouched advertisements from the good old days.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 195 [+].

The Bizarre and Twisted Evolution of HH Holmes Castle of Horrors Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
The most glorified and sadistic killers of all time could never compare to a house, or rather a castle, constructed with only one sole purpose.

This was the case of H.H. Holmes. Holmes appeared to be anything but the devil with his dashing goods looks and gentleman's attire. He was also a shrewd business man, a con artist, and the most organized of all serial killers known throughout history.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 444 [+].

Caes-hare-ian section: Animal lover cuts open body of dead hare to rescue its unborn baby Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
A woman who found a pregnant hare lying dead in the road performed an emergency operation to deliver its baby.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 494 [+].

Can a man live without grilled cheese sandwiches? Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
A man writes in with a concern about his fiance. In order to keep it family-safe certain phrases have been replaced with euphemisms. The 142+ comments all follow suit and use euphemisms as well.
Comments: 26 Score: [-] 990 [+].

Fire Down Below: Centralia Posted: 7 months ago by Bornbad
I was staring directly into the fissure — a gory, ragged scar that ripped across the face of the asphalt and heaved up mounds of broken black rock on either side of the opening like a cartoon gopher trail leading off into the swaying scrub that grew alongside the weed-dotted road.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 380 [+].

Alligator In Love With A Garbage Truck Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
Attitude the alligator had raised herself out of the water, head and tail pointing upward. Powerful contractions of her mid-section forced a series of low-pitched bellows resounding through the park.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 356 [+].

Inmates Baby-Sit Toddler Found On Highway Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
Authorities in Maryland said a prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway.
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A flask that held hot milk may sell for £60,000 ($86,000) Posted: 8 months ago by bingo
To understand why, you need to know the backstory:
The harrowing story of a father who shinnied down a rope to deliver his wife and daughters a flask of hot milk in one of the Titanic’s lifeboats has emerged 97 years after his death.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 246 [+].