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Wed October 20, 2010
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(Some Guy)   Photoshop this reel jig  (i626.photobucket.com) (12)
(Telegraph)   Britain's first hospital discovered, while search continues for first dental clinic  (telegraph.co.uk) (10)
(Pat's Papers)   Juror realizes why case sounds so familiar. And it's not because she saw it on Law and Order  (patspapers.com) (33)
(Mother Nature Network)   To protest a federal proposal that would limit the amount of potatoes given to schoolchildren, man goes on a 60 day all-potato diet. "I love tater tots"  (mnn.com) (66)
(MSNBC)   News: Baldness drug that works. Fark: May cause erectile dysfunction  (msnbc.msn.com) (69)
(fox8.com)   3-year-old boy learned how to save his father's life from cartoon. Oh yeah? Well, cartoons taught *me* how to defeat Skeletor AND the Shredder. TOP THAT  (fox8.com) (58)
(News.com.au)   Fark-ready headline: "Seven inches is enough, RIM tells Jobs"  (news.com.au) (80)
(Boston Globe)   60% of Rhode Island students fall below the Peter Griffin scale of intelligence. That's wicked retarded  (boston.com) (52)
(Yahoo)   Why obscenely rich people pay thousands of dollars for an Italian fungus that smells like a locker room. Bonus: Puff Daddy telling a chef to "shave that biatch"  (news.yahoo.com) (83)
(WFTV)   Obama's economy is now taking down NASCAR  (wftv.com) (136)
(Some Guy)   Internal Affairs: Officer was fired for sleeping on the job. Officer: I couldn't tell anyone where I was because I was hunting terrorists  (www1.whdh.com) (33)
(Gawker)   Textbook used by Viriginia public schools claims that blacks fought in the Confederate army. The author, who is not a historian, said she found the information on the internet and "stands by what I write"  (gawker.com) (303)
(MSNBC)   Longer cat is even loooooonger  (today.msnbc.msn.com) (101)
(Daily Mail)   Giant piranha known to eat crocOMG KILL IT WITH FIRE AND TARTAR SAUCE  (dailymail.co.uk) (124)
(Houston Chronicle)   Pilot tells the TSA to suck it, calls screenings a "make-work program that doesn't make travel safer"  (chron.com) (206)
(TMZ)   How boring is it being the Indianapolis Colts punter? So boring it might drive a man to drink. And swim through a canal shirtless. And try to get into a random woman's car  (tmz.com) (80)
(kptm.com)   Well, THAT'S gonna put a dent in your sheriff candidacy  (kptm.com) (56)
(Talking Points Memo)   Virginia Republican sent out racist email comparing blacks to dogs because he was "getting familiar with the Internet"   (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (320)
(Wauwatosa)   Grandpa, tell us again how you got the cop in a scissor hold after peeing on the tree  (wauwatosanow.com) (22)
(Some Guy)   Secret underground tunnels in Salem, Oregon have unearthed some interesting tidbits of history such as an 80s disco, a 30s grocery shop, and a 20s Stairwell to Nowhere  (katu.com) (87)
(AOL News)   "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was..." (continued on next thigh)  (aolnews.com) (73)
(Some Guy)   Cancer patients might be giving you cancer  (kptv.com) (42)
(NYPost)   Candidate running for NY governor under the Rent Is Too Damn High Party hasn't had a rent increase in five years  (nypost.com) (188)
(My Fox DC)   Calvin Klein ad could encourage gang rape. Signature omega-stitched premium stretch denim gang rape  (myfoxdc.com) (305)
(CBS News)   Remember geeky Farkers, Obama needs your vote. First Mythbusters. Now the Daily Show. Next he'll be making appearances on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fringe, True Blood, and a guest appearance as a politician on Meet the Press  (cbsnews.com) (241)
(Some Guy With Lots Of Stuff)   If you're under 45, you will need 260 different products and/or services to have a reasonable lifestyle. Subby gets by on Scooby Doo lunchbox and ability to count to potato  (yle.fi) (71)
(3 News New Zealand)   As Paris burns, in New Zealand they're taking to the streets over how much actors should be paid in the new Hobbit movies. No, really  (3news.co.nz) (41)
(YouTube)   Bloomberg TV interviews a noted economic expert on the need to consider precious metals as part of a complete personal finance and investment strategy, pities the fool who doesn't  (youtube.com) (60)
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)   After a horrific crash during a snowstorm that resulted in 60% blood loss and the amputation of one of her legs, woman receives a bill for the damaged guardrail from PennDOT. Yes, there is a picture of Miss Hotness  (post-gazette.com) (233)
(SMH)   The next time anyone criticises you for being indecisive, point them to this story of the man who had TWO sex change operations  (smh.com.au) (73)
(News.com.au)   Bad: Getting hit by a car. Worse: The driver is a cop. Fark: He was drunk. TRIPLE HOLY FARK: The ambulance coming to help runs over you  (news.com.au) (69)
(Some Guy)   Please help epic cleavage girl pay her court fine so she can avoid jail. Yes, this is real. No, you have no chance with her  (thesmokingjacket.com) (lots)
(Some Guy)   Photoshop this guy walking out of the White House  (cache.gawkerassets.com) (27)
(Daily Mail)   Handless model that posed in brassiere for disability awareness becomes overnight sensation, says it's hard to come to grips with fame (w/ handy pic)  (dailymail.co.uk) (128)
(NW Florida Daily News)   Not news: Drunk woman walks outside her motorhome to use the bathroom. Fark: While it was driving down Interstate 10  (nwfdailynews.com) (30)
(UPI)   Large bag of marijuana found floating in Massachusetts river. Cops knew immediately knew it was pot since the tide was high  (upi.com) (58)
(Capital Times)   What better way to celebrate the end of your court hearing for an OWI than to have some beers on the way home  (host.madison.com) (28)
(Washington Post)   19-year-old man leans out of moving pickup truck to say hi to friends. You forgot pole-land  (washingtonpost.com) (63)
(Metro)   I would crawl 500 miles and I would crawl 500 more  (metro.co.uk) (29)
(SacBee)   With all of the city's problems solved, Sacramento's mayor finds time to compete in this year's Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year award. No, seriously  (sacbee.com) (31)
(Daily Mail)   The Department for Education has determined that 1 in 4 boys requires special needs education. They would like to remind you that's like half, and it's not the school system's fault  (dailymail.co.uk) (53)
(Canoe)   Old men more likely to favor legal prostitution. There goes your inheritance  (cnews.canoe.ca) (96)
(WWSB ABC 7)   If you threaten to blow up your kids elementary school because they informed DCF about a burn on the child's arm....you might be a Floridian  (mysuncoast.com) (27)
(The New York Times)   NATO is securing road routes, and even flying high-level Taliban officials into Afghanistan for super high-level talks to end this meandering clusterfark of a war  (nytimes.com) (123)
(Dayton Daily News)   Things expected during a driving test: Starting, stopping, turning, parallel parking. Things not expected: Naked man walking around the test area  (daytondailynews.com) (24)
(Some Guy)   Protip: If you are planning on shoplifting jeans at Wal-Mart, try to remember to take your wallet and ID out of the old jeans you left in the dressing room  (wsmv.com) (19)
(Wall Street Journal)   Photoshop these key steps  (online.wsj.com) (16)
(CBS Dallas/Ft. Worth)   After raising over $13K for a Boy Scout pack last year dad told he can't head the popcorn fundraiser and had his leadership shirt taken away because he is gay  (cbs11tv.com) (366)

Tue October 19, 2010
(Daily Mail)   Wallabies might look like great rave partners, but they don't tend to hold up very well  (dailymail.co.uk) (27)
(Life.com)   No sane person would argue that Picasso, alone in a dark room with a flashlight, was the inspiration for Firenze the centaur. But Dobby the house-elf? Bald, bulging eyes, scantily clothed? We have a winner  (life.com) (24)
(Canoe)   Canada to declare war on KFC's Double Down sandwich  (cnews.canoe.ca) (180)
(Some Guy)   Look at me. Look at your man, now back to me. I'm in a horse  (greenwichtime.com) (128)
(News on 6)   Felon disguises himself as cellmate to escape jail. Sideshow Bob unavailable for comment  (newson6.com) (32)
(WIVB)   How do you give back to the community after a pizzeria owner commits tax fraud? You sentence him to deliver 12 sheet pizzas to the City Mission once a week for the next year, THAT'S how  (wivb.com) (52)
(Boston Globe)   Shockingly enough a 747 buzzing the Golden Gate Bridge reminds people of 9/11  (boston.com) (152)
(Daily Mail)   Woman claims to be the £113m Euro lottery winner but her husband threw away the ticket. Fortunately she still had her notepad where she wrote down her numbers as proof  (dailymail.co.uk) (66)
(Some Guy)   If your front yard Halloween display includes limbless dolls covered in blood hanging from trees, you may be upsetting your neighbors. "Every time I drive by I always have to look at them and it's not right"  (kapptv.com) (198)
(CNN)   Great Pumpkin weighs in at 1,535 pounds. No word on the Great Dolemite, Applehead  (ireport.cnn.com) (39)
(Some Guy)   Pentagon sends 2nd carrier to help surge into landlocked country, Army begins testing tanks against submarines  (airforcetimes.com) (141)
(Wall Street Journal)   Photoshop this old oddball  (online.wsj.com) (27)
(ABC News)   Two bullets strike Pentagon, apparently fired by the invisible man as no one seems to have seen a thing  (abcnews.go.com) (120)
(KNBC 4 Los Angeles)   California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman wants you to watch this dude in a tutu play his sweet bass. Seriously  (nbclosangeles.com) (57)
(Washington Post)   89-year-old woman presumed dead, then found alive, is now dead. Coroner's office hoping to get the paperwork straightened out by December  (washingtonpost.com) (16)
(AP)   This is your captain speaking. If you look out your left window, you'll notice we just hit a deer  (hosted.ap.org) (57)
(NYPost)   BMW salesman and potential John Fitzgerald Page stunt double sues fish packer and supermarket after he finds out eating 10 cans of tuna a week caused his mercury poisoning  (nypost.com) (208)
(Yahoo)   Peregrine falcons being checked for Gulf Coast taint. How to safely check a falcon's taint, subby has no idea  (news.yahoo.com) (53)
(LA Times)   Could WikiLeaks have prevented Dick Cheney from blowing up the World Trade Center?  (latimes.com) (182)
(Telegraph)   Bored at work? Can't be bothered to go in for the day? Just phone in a bomb threat, that's sure to work  (telegraph.co.uk) (34)
(CSMonitor)   Remember when officials who detained American citizens without charges were held accountable for their actions? Yeah, me too. Good times  (csmonitor.com) (133)
(CNN)   Johnson & Johnson recalls another batch of tainted medicine. This is not a repeat from...well, pretty much this whole past year  (cnn.com) (45)
(Philly)   Baggy jeans foil casino winner robbery  (philly.com) (61)
(TMZ)   Tom Bosley is back with the angels  (tmz.com) (318)
(Some Guy)   Don't be THAT guy on Halloween: Star Wars edition  (nedhardy.com) (182)
(SlashFilm)   Glee creator and Eat, Pray, Love director Ryan Murphy being courted to direct a Rocky Horror remake by Fox. Don't, just, don't  (slashfilm.com) (174)
(FARK)   Colo-rectal smoking, the Gap's huge casual tee, and I'm thinking RVs: Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week 10/10 - 10/16  (fark.com) (19)
(WBIR)   Dumb: using a kitchen knife in a jewelry store holdup. Dumber: while wearing a garbage bag over your head. Dumbest: your getaway vehicle is a wheelchair  (wbir.com) (32)
(Redding.com)   "..the manager at Bartel's Giant Burger on Lake Boulevard called 911 to report that a man with a blue cast on his right arm had just urinated on the side of her freshly painted building. He also was carrying a black bucket"  (redding.com) (31)
(My Fox DC)   This figure may highlight the impact illegal downloading has had on record sales. It may also highlight the fact that this band just sucks  (myfoxdc.com) (168)
(BBC)   Fiji has lost it's "birth certificate", bring legitimacy of state into question. Draw parallels to the right ------  (bbc.co.uk) (63)
(Think Progress)   Rep. Calvin Hill (R-otating vibration head) sells sex gadgets; he just doesn't want public universities teaching you what they're good for  (thinkprogress.org) (85)
(Echo News)   Family of four have lucky escape after fridge explodes and fills their house with toxic fumes. Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance  (echo-news.co.uk) (33)
(Sun Sentinel)   "Is Miley Cyrus too trashy?"  (sun-sentinel.com) (298)
(Washington Post)   What happens when you gather a bunch of whiny cheapskates onto the same website and whip them into a penny-pinching frenzy? Nothing good, as Groupon is discovering  (washingtonpost.com) (68)
(Toronto Sun)   Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of a city's financial problems  (torontosun.com) (14)
(Orlando Sentinel)   Burglar terrorizes family,makes off with just a pot roast. Discription of suspect is as follows: Wears a heavy fur coat and has big ugly teeth (pix )  (orlandosentinel.com) (24)
(Investors Insight)   Home prices are likely to fall another 20%, may not bottom out before 2012. And then there's all the broken chains of title in the foreclosure paperwork mess  (investorsinsight.com) (105)
(Telegraph)   A giant, £15,000 stone tub of Marmite was unveiled yesterday, much to the bemusement of local people. It also tastes better  (telegraph.co.uk) (27)
(Yahoo)   Air Force pilot in charge of flying the Canadian equivalent of Air Force One, is revealed to have some unusual hobbies such as rape, cross-dressing, burglarly, panty theft, rape, and serial killing  (news.yahoo.com) (151)
(NW Florida Daily News)   Protip: If you're tossed out of a nightclub for groping some girl's butt, don't complain to the police. Especially if you have 112 Oxycontin and two warrants out for your arrest  (nwfdailynews.com) (34)
(NYPost)   In order to protect his emergency chute from unwanted turbulence, former JetBlue steward Steven Slater will not tell the DA to take his plea deal and shove it  (nypost.com) (23)
(The New York Times)   Former Madam and candidate for NY Governor: "The difference between the MTA and my escort agency is that I had only one set of books and provided quality services that were on time" BURN  (nytimes.com) (39)
(11 Alive)   Authorities seize 105 tons of marijuana. Police estimate street value at just enough to cover the budget deficit  (11alive.com) (60)
(Talking Points Memo)   "Hey guys, have we ever considered just flat out telling minorities to not vote?"  (talkingpointsmemo.com) (276)
(BBC)   Saudi Prince guilty of murdering servant and being gay. Guess which is worse under Islam  (bbc.co.uk) (123)
(The New York Times)   Bank of America reports $7.3 billion loss, because of new LIMITS on Debit card fees. In other news Bank Of America was fleecing Debit card customers to the tune of $10 Billion a year  (nytimes.com) (117)
(Yahoo)   Goat that fatally gored Washington hiker long had a reputation as a baaad kid. Why it didn't therefore also have a reputation as a tasty slab of gyro meat is not immediately clear  (news.yahoo.com) (42)
(Some Guy)   Only four days left in the LeBron James Poetry Contest  (outofbounds.nbcsports.com) (41)
(Cracked)   Five things you won't believe aren't in the Bible  (cracked.com) (255)
(NW Florida Daily News)   Things we've always wanted to say to a cop but probably shouldn't #41: "Kiss my (expletive) and talk to my (expletive) lawyer"  (nwfdailynews.com) (42)
(Mother Nature Network)   In order to retain your eco-tourist hipster cred badge this year you need to stay in a tree hotel. "I imagine myself as an eagle in a roost"  (mnn.com) (25)
(Telegraph)   British Navy's newest aircraft carrier will never carry aircraft  (telegraph.co.uk) (165)
(BBC)   Man, since taking this drug for Osteoporosis my bones have been so much stroaaggghhhhhh  (bbc.co.uk) (16)
(Yahoo)   Will this Sunday's rash of head-shots lead the NFL to finally ban spawn-camping?  (news.yahoo.com) (141)
(Gawker)   Horror stories from Walmart employees. Always poor treatment. Always  (gawker.com) (196)
(NPR)   NYC's Bacon-Palooza: "We have bacon-flavored lip balm; we have a bacon-shaped wallet, bacon air freshener, bacon soap so you can smell like bacon." ; the bacon burlesque striptease where the pasties were - you guessed it - bacon  (npr.org) (27)
(Some Guy)   Mother of a Marine killed in Afghanistan continues to send care packages of goodies to Marines serving there. Hero tag can't wait to open the mail  (wtkr.com) (66)
(Some Guy)   The most redneck city in Canada elects another old white dude. No, wait, it's a young gay Muslim. WHAT?  (calgaryherald.com) (143)
(Miami Herald)   North Miami Mayor seems to have trouble remembering exactly who it was that gave him a shiny new Porsche  (miamiherald.com) (12)
(Yahoo)   The O'Donnell-Coons debates continue to generate such gems as: "tell me where THAT is in the Constitution" "Uhh.. Right here in the First Amendment" "OH c'mon that's not in there. It is? ..oh"  (news.yahoo.com) (974)
(AZCentral)   You know that opening scene in 'Ghostbuster' where the books float off the library shelves? That's exactly what's happening in the library in Scottsdale, Arizona. "I've had books fly at me, so I've seen it"  (azcentral.com) (103)
(Variety)   Jane Fonda and Ted Turner reunite to save the planet. We're doomed  (variety.com) (54)
(Some Guy)   Man throws cat from sixth floor, over a parking garage and pool, where it lands at the feet of a cop. Good distance, bad aim  (newsherald.com) (76)
(The Macomb Daily)   The perfect crime ... wait, where's my two-year-old? Darn, left her at the store  (macombdaily.com) (11)
(io9)   Iron Man, Captain America, Thor take over TRON  (io9.com) (77)
(Telegraph)   Bob Barker and Drew Carey ask that you spay and neuter your meth addicts  (telegraph.co.uk) (58)
(MSNBC)   Cheetos in your shirt and Ho Ho's in your pants. What could possibly go wrong?  (msnbc.msn.com) (10)
(Yahoo)   In a letter to its employees, Boeing blames healthcare reform law a steep rise in the amount they're charging employees for their health plans. Unfortunately, the part of law they are blaming doesn't take effect until 2018  (news.yahoo.com) (99)
(USA Today)   Infants ignore robots unless adults show them otherwise. Dude, they're not gonna like that  (content.usatoday.com) (11)
(Metro)   Police reportedly "unhappy" with man who threw his washing machine out of an eighth floor window. The washing machine itself is completely broken up over the rejection  (metro.co.uk) (8)
(Some Guy)   Gas odor reported at Ben Dover Jackson School  (theday.com) (14)
(Yahoo)   Having solved their pesky problem with child-loving priests, the Vatican finally addresses the burning question, "Are Homer and Bart Simpson Catholic?"  (news.yahoo.com) (61)
(Washington Post)   So it turns out that part-time workers aren't doing as well as full-time workers in this recession. THE HELL YOU SAY  (washingtonpost.com) (40)
(Yahoo)   Seriously? Do you really feel the need to even ask that question?  (news.yahoo.com) (117)
(WPXI)   A 4 yr. old accidentally shoots himself with his dad's gun. I would say something about the importance of gun owners knowing proper gun safety, but you would think a state trooper would already have that covered. (Tag is for the dad)  (wpxi.com) (91)
(11 Alive)   Baby born during morning traffic in Atlanta. Fellow commuters unable to count any toes, but can spot at least one middle finger  (11alive.com) (26)
(AOL News)   Astrologer reviews charts of candidates in tight races, predicts outcomes. "Will Neptune give Blumenthal the same magical aura that it provided for Palin in 2008, or will Saturn in Libra deliver the victory that McMahon has earned?"  (aolnews.com) (26)
(Yorkshire Evening Post)   Q: Dear employee are you an illegal immigrant or asylum seeker? A: No, I've worked for you for past 53 years  (yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk) (24)
(ABC)   Long Island town tables mosque plan approval to investigate whether burqas violate mandatory big-hair/orange-skin regulations  (abclocal.go.com) (164)
(Some Guy)   It may be your lucky day when a man approaches you and offers you $1000 to pretend you're Tiger Woods and sleep with his wife. "I was in it to make a couple bucks and have sex with a pretty lady"  (couriermail.com.au) (32)
(News.com.au)   Unicorn footage revealed to be hoax by the Ontario Science Centre  (news.com.au) (61)
(Some Guy)   Ballet dancer stabs a retiree in the neck with a broken beer glass while chastising him for kicking a neighbor's cat. No, this is not a headline generated by Mad-Libs  (couriermail.com.au) (20)
(Metro)   Town breaks world record with 230-foot enchilada while trying to distract attention from world-record drug violence  (metro.co.uk) (8)
(CPSC)   I'm stuck to my bath toy submarine. I'm so very scared. Help  (cpsc.gov) (57)
(Some Cucurbitaceae)   Photoshop this great pumpkin  (bigpicture.ru) (21)
(News.com.au)   Australian professional surfer gets amped and hangs eleven. Police not stoked  (news.com.au) (15)
(NPR)   Lose your medical license due to those pesky professional misconduct charges? Worried about finding new work? Don't fret, Doc, the pharmaceuticals are hiring  (npr.org) (21)
(News.com.au)   G'day mate, and welcome to Australia. Can I just have a quick look at your porn?  (news.com.au) (74)
(Metro)   Motorcyclist doing a building crossing 1600 feet in the air, stops and finally asks himself "Wire we doing this?"  (metro.co.uk) (28)
(The Local (Sweden))   Apparently asking a teen female trainee to dance naked for a good review is wrong ... even in Sweden  (thelocal.se) (59)
(BBC)   Cat dumping woman fined £250 for "causing unnecessary suffering to a cat"  (bbc.co.uk) (57)
(Wall Street Journal)   Photoshop these angry Asians  (online.wsj.com) (10)
(The New York Times)   Seized by the feds in a $35 million Medicare fraud bust: rifles, shotguns, handguns, a bat'leth, brass knuckles, pistols, collapsible ba-- wait a minute, go back a couple  (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com) (75)
(Fox News)   Crystal Cathedral megachurch files for bankruptcy. God only knows what will happen next  (foxnews.com) (178)
(News.com.au)   London bombers were really big fans of... *spins the Wheel of Random TV Shows* ... The A-Team  (news.com.au) (21)
(Capital Times)   This is why we lock our doors  (host.madison.com) (206)
(Washington Post)   Airline delays cost you $17 billion last year. Keep complaining about paying for a pillow, though  (washingtonpost.com) (52)
(Some Guy)   Photoshop this Roosevelt Island tram  (s.wsj.net) (28)
(LA Times)   Disney's Gravityland ride claims its first victim of the season  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (94)
(Fox 4 KC)   Homeownership 101: A) Buy a house in a flood zone. B) Bypass insurance C) Sue the city when your house floods  (caller.com) (85)
(Komo)   Firefighter to keep $13 million injury award despite being seen dancing, chopping wood, diving into money bin  (komonews.com) (60)

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