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The $2 Bill Posted: 2 years ago by doggylives
A guy stops off at his local Taco Bell after work and decides to pay with a $2 bill instead of a $50 to make things easier for the cashier.
Hilarity and Asshatery ensue.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 139 [+].
Senate won't bother reading health care bill Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
They may skim it, but Harry Reid refuses to allow a week to pass so that all the public can review the bill - much as they did with the stimulus bill. All this despite the promise Obama of a 5-day wait before any bill was signed into law.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 260 [+].
Barnacle Bill, Bimbo & Betty Boop - 1930 Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
"Who's there knocking at my door? Who's there knocking at my door? Who's there knocking at my door?"
"It's Barnacle Bill, the sailor"
This is an early version of the Betty Boop character.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 194 [+].
Russell Crowe to play Bill Hicks? Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
In a recent interview Russell Crowe let slip that he is involved in a Bill Hicks biopic.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 179 [+].
Ten Thousand Cents Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. Workers were paid one cent each via Amazon's Mechanical Turk distributed labor tool. Site also has a video with all 10,000 parts being drawn simultaneously.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 518 [+].
Fla. woman chooses to go to jail over $7.45 bill Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 313 [+].
Verizon Willing To Let Man Die Unless Cops Pay $20 Of His Overdue Bill Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
The cops got a call that the man was rampaging around his house and breaking windows. When they arrived, the man had fled, taking bottles of pills with him. The sheriff contacted Verizon to ask them to turn the man's cellphone service on so they could track his signal, but the operator said the missing man's bill had to be paid first...
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 447 [+].
Bill O' Reilly to quit radio Posted: 12 months ago by bernardblack
[sarcasm]I know this will make many of you cry[/sarcasm] but Bill O'Reilly has announced that he will step down from his very successful syndicated radio show.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 242 [+].
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote Posted: 3 weeks ago by shuallyo
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 248 [+].
A Colorful $5 Bill Is Coming Your Way Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Coming soon to a cash register near you: a new $5 bill sporting some touches of color for the first time.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 273 [+].
Woman's one cent bill paid in full Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An outstanding utility bill could have caused an elderly blind woman her property. But, thanks to some kind citizens, her debt has been settled. Update on this post.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 452 [+].
Mesa boy, 7, gets bill in bike-van crash Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
Jessica Brovitch was relieved when her 7-year-old son was only scraped and bruised after a van collided with his bicycle on Nov. 9. But she was shocked when the child later received a bill for $650.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 174 [+].
The rare early works of Bill Watterson Posted: 2 years ago by titojuante
Here's a collection of rare early Bill "Calvin and Hobbes" Watterson's toons from The Kenyon Collegian, his college paper from Kenyon, Ohio. They're a little edgier than the Calvin and Hobbes strips (but not as funny)
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 401 [+].
Bill Gates Sets His Sights On Controlling the Weather Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Truly this is the age of Greenfinger: Billionaire Bill Gates has patented the idea to halt hurricanes by decreasing the surface temperature of the ocean.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 302 [+].
And Then There Were Two - WWI Veteran Bill Stone Died Aged 108 Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket
Born in 1900, Bill Stone first tried to enlist in the Navy when he was 15 to serve his country. He successfully enlisted aged 18.
He stayed in the service until 1945 and was the last veteran to have served in both WWI and WWII.
He is survived by Henry Allingham, 112, and Harry Patch, 110 who both served in WWI.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 676 [+].
10 Best Bill Hicks Stand-up Moments Posted: 9 months ago by theclansman
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of comedian Bill Hicks. 10 of the best Bill Hicks stand up moments, gotta love it.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 372 [+].
The best Fire Marshall Bill Ever Posted: 1 year ago by MeLip
Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill on the Star Ship Enterprise.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] -6 [+].
Bill Gates Just May Be Cooler Than Steve Jobs Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
At least in this video he is. Bill Gates is retiring from Microsoft to spend full time on his immense charity.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 343 [+].
Bill Bailey Kraftwerk Tribute Posted: 2 years ago by PumpkinSeeds
Klassik Bill Bailey.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 17 [+].
Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle Posted: 5 months ago by bingo
President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 360 [+].
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