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Anyone up for a swim? Body 'unseen in Massachusetts swimming pool for days' Authorities in the US state of Massachusetts are trying to find out how a body lay unnoticed in a swimming pool for more than two days as the public continued to use the facility. Marie Joseph, 36, had used a slide at the Ve...

Man brings gun to South Memphis birthday party after his kids don't get any cake By Mike Mueller Memphis Commercial Appeal Police arrested a man in South Memphis on Saturday after he allegedly threatened the host of a child’s birthday party with a gun because his children didn’t get any cake or...

Man high on bath salts kills neighbor's goat, police say By Gary A. Harki The Charleston Gazette Mark Thompson, 19, of Alum Creek, is charged with animal cruelty CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Police say an Alum Creek man high on bath salts killed his neighbor's pygmy goat and that neighbors found him in his...

Woman, 92, fires gun after kiss refused A 92-YEAR-OLD Florida woman was arrested yesterday after she fired a handgun into her neighbour's house when he refused to give her a kiss. Helen Staudinger told Marion County sheriff's deputies that she had walked next door to speak with her neighbour, 53-ye...

Jude wrote:

Same difference, irregardless.

For all intensive purposes, yes.

Breast milk ice cream goes on sale in Covent Garden A restaurant in London's Covent Garden is serving a new range of ice cream, made with breast milk. The dessert, called Baby Gaga, is churned with donations from London mother Victoria Hiley, and served with a rusk and an optional shot of Calpol or...

I'll have remember to be extra-careful next time I go for a walk with my snake: Snake has no charm for angry diners FIVE people in Melbourne ended up in a brawl after an argument sparked by a snake. Police said the fracas began when a man passed a table outside a cafe in trendy St Kilda carrying a s...

I've nothing against Paul, but I think that the movement that he represents needs to start thinking about a new leader. I like statesmen with age and experience behind them, but I think that your late 70s is getting on a bit to be starting a Presidential campaign.

Yes, I have to admit that I find the article arguing that one space after a full stop is correct pretty persuasive, not least of all because it refers to so many sources and because the rationale makes sense. I've never seen a modern style manual argue for a double space after any punctuation mark. ...

I've always used one space after a full stop. Never heard of using two. That said, I learned to type on an electric typewriter, then a computer, both of which render writing perfectly legible with one space.

Jude wrote:

Read the reviews from Maria's link

See this Cracked article as well:

8 Stupid Amazon Products with Impressively Sarcastic Reviews

The Daily Mail might be worried about offending all the respectible elderly lower-middle class ladies who make up their readership.

Wanker presumably.

Who's a pretty naughty boy? Barney the foul-mouthed parrot teaches other birds how to swear at tourists First he told the mayoress in rather forthright terms to go away. Then Barney the swearing parrot used more Anglo-Saxon language on a vicar and two police officers. But, worse still, he is now te...

Brain injury turns binge-drinking lout into perfect man AN ABUSIVE, heavy-drinking man was transformed into a teetotal perfect husband after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Ken Merryweather, 44, from Glossop in Derbyshire, central England, used to go out on all-night drink binges before returning hom...

I hear Ed Miliband is the new leader of the Labour Party.

Men a visual beings and have been programmed to believe beauty is what the media tells them it is. I saw a large survey a while ago that showed that men find just about half of women moderately nice looking or better. Per your post on HoF here . http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/your_looks_and_inbox/Male-...

TheMary wrote:

It sucks that it's socially acceptable for men to be fat and ugly and it's not for women.

Not sure if I want to try to untangle that, but let's just say that I don't agree

When that one guy started shoving everyone, I thought the cops went over to yell at him. Instead they start shoving with him! :w00t: <-- this mah crazy face. Just omg... Aside, but they're not cops. There are people in Japan whose job it is is to push people onto trains so they all fit. You can tel...

'Bongo Jesus' bashes critic with guitar From: NewsCore September 11, 2010 2:25PM A STREET musician dubbed "Bongo Jesus" has reportedly used his guitar to smash a man over the head during a violent rampage sparked by criticism of his musicianship in Madison, Wisconsin. The 31-year-old musi...