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"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious." - Alan Minter, Boxer

"I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness." - Alicia Silverstone, Actress

"How to store your baby walker: First, remove baby." - Anonymous Manufacturer

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"During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails." - AP report describing Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian

"Two grand slams in a week - man, that's seven or eight ribbies right there." - Bill Madlock, Baseball broadcaster

"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl." - Bill Peterson, football coach

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Strange Las Vegas Trivia

Las Vegas means "the meadows" in Spanish.
In Nevada, there are more than 209,000 slot machines normally operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The first neon sign appeared in Las Vegas in 1954 at the Boulder Club.

The bell is the oldest symbol still used on today's slot machines.

The average annual temperature in Las Vegas is 66 degrees.

It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas.

Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day. That's higher than the rest of the country combined and adds up to 22 million pounds per year.

The Stardust was the first hotel in Vegas to add a sports book to its casino.

Nickel slots on the Strip pay back anywhere from 86.9 percent to 92.8 percent of what they take in.

Las Vegas casinos never use dice with rounded corners.

It's estimated that every day Las Vegas casinos give away $3 million of freebies (more than $1 billion per year) just to get customers through their doors.

It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.

The Horseshoe was the first Las Vegas casino to install carpeting.

A vagrant once turned a $400 Social Security check into $1.6 million playing blackjack in a Las Vegas casino.

According to suppliers, purple is the favorite ink color in daubers used by Las Vegas Bingo players.

The beam of light atop the Luxor in Las Vegas is made up of 39 individual lamps. Each xenon lamp costs $1,200 and will last about 2,000 hours. The electric bill for the Luxor beam is $51 an hour.

Las Vegas has the highest number of unlisted phone numbers of any U.S. city.

The iconic, waving neon cowboy, located at Vegas' Pioneer Club downtown, is named Vegas Vic.

Frank Sinatra was the first Vegas headliner to earn $100,000 per week.

More than 110,000 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas each year.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley were married at the original Aladdin hotel.

The Silver Slipper was the first casino to hire female card dealers on the Las Vegas Strip (in 1971

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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Other than collecting belly-button fluff

>> Katie Melua vs rats <<
Hearing that Katie Melua has rats in her mind
and prawns in her ears (yuk) is far more
interesting than her twee (and probably wildly
inaccurate) claim that there are nine million
bicycles in Beijing. Squidboot's frankly
fantastic lyrics make even more sense when you
look at the slightly constipated look on Ms
Melua's pert little face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYl1pmUDic

>> Bam! <<
These plucky students could teach the admen a
thing or two. Namely that the only good ad ever
made was for Cillit Bang (big up to Barry
Scott) and that they all should basically be the
same. (Thanks Mattlees)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jQGBpAdoXFc

>> Calling all ladies: this man needs rescuing <<
We enjoyed teamfishcake's ode to the joys of
the TV dinner tray - a handy household product
if ever there was one. However, we do feel a
little unsettled by the life depicted in the
video. This poor bloke needs a good woman.
There's so much love in his heart and it's a
shame to waste it on a lump of plastic.
http://www.teamfishcake.co.uk/articles/TV_Tray_Love_Song

>> Album cover mimes <<
We once told an irritating Parisian mime to
"bog off" so we always get a frisson of
pleasure when we see chaps of this type. Quite
frankly the game is a bit beyond us but we love
the peculiar impulse that spurred Kill5 to
produce it. And those shiny black leotards are
to die for.
http://snurl.com/retards-in-leotards

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: BOOK OF THE MONTH
Popbitch annual

Readers from the very early days of B3ta will
know our long association with Popbitch.
Basically, not to pretend otherwise, we used to
work at a magazine company with the bloke who
started it. Best memory? Staying up all night
helping them write a special edition that
didn't bother with any gossip and was filled
with crap monkey jokes instead. Anyway. They've
now done a book; the theory being it'll be a
good gift for someone in your life who likes
pop gossip. Or knitting patterns for otters.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/184605382X/b3ta-21

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: QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Family Rituals

Last week we asked for the little things your
family does that make no sense to anyone else.
It's a wonder these people can breed outside
their close-knit circles of madness:
http://b3ta.com/questions/familycodes/

* HO JOKE - "Every stripper scene in a movie;
Every time a woman kicked ass and took names
on TV, posing afterward covered in blood with
bosom heaving; Every cheap and tawdry sex scene
in some back alley, motel room or prostitute
laden opium house... My father would say,
"And that boys, was how I met your mother."
(Allisade)

* CEREAL KILLER - "I used to lay down in the CHAIR
OF TERROR (tm) where our friendly Dr. De'Ath
would say "Aaaaaah, Weetabix/Frosties/Alpen
this morning young Prescott". I was regularly
amazed that he knew what brand of cereal I had
even though I had brushed hard and it was 4pm.
Fast forward. Same dentist, my kids. He asks
me what they had. And I tell him."
(prescottsflu)

* PRINCESS TOADSTOOL - "Whenever my girlfriend
is cooking something with mushrooms, and we
take out a mushroom from the 'work in progress'
to taste it, you must make the Mario power-up
mushroom noise. If it tastes really good, run
around the kitchen singing the "bonus level"
music."
(gordonjcp)

>> This Week's Question <<
We'd like your most cringe-worthy moments.
GordonJCP's is above, tell us yours here:
http://b3ta.com/questions/cringe/

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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates

>> Google racism! <<
It's easy to feign surprise that Google
autocompletes reveal a lot of racist questions.
Er, but hang on, it's us (us meaning you) that
make them. We also suggest trying searches on
the French, the Japanese and the Germans - the
main question that emerges about our sausage
loving neighbours is "why do Germans love David
Hasslehoff?"
http://snurl.com/google-hates-you

>> Gay-tabases <<
Whatever your thoughts on the pros and cons of
gay marriage, spare a thought for the poor
database engineer who has to re-jig a load of
standard forms to recognise that two men (or
two ladies) can live together in wedded bliss.
This is a bit geeky, but we liked it.
http://qntm.org/?gay

>> Second-hand cheese <<
"I work for an Oxfam bookshop," squeaks Doctor
Butcher, "and recently one of our volunteers
bought in a piece of cheese that appears to
have the face of Greek god Zeus in the mould.
We decided to do the only thing such a miracle
deserves, and eBay the sucker. I was wondering
if you could possibly feature the auction in
your newsletter? All proceeds of the auction go
to Oxfam." Oh, ok then. Although why not cut
out the middleman and send the cheese to the
starving children of Africa?
http://tinyurl.com/5wd7r7

>> Cooking with spunk <<
We're big fans of spunk at B3ta Towers and were
therefore delighted to see a cookbook extolling
its many nutritious qualities. A truly seminal
work.
http://www.lulu.com/content/4956212

>> Bacon ice cream <<
Fatties the world over will be licking their
chubby chops when they clock this recipe for
bacon ice cream. We think it sounds pretty rank
but then we have strange food issues and could
have a whole series of Freaky Eaters to
ourselves. Next week: sausage cupcakes.
http://snurl.com/beercanbacon

>> Charlie Says <<
We love bitter and twisted TV genius Charlie
Brooker (probably because we're mildly envious
of him) and think his word is law. So we liked
this, even though there is more than a whiff of
scary fan art about it.
http://charlian.dracos.co.uk/

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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
We're backing betamax

>> Ross Kemp on Gangs<<
This says everything we've ever wanted to about
Ross's slightly silly Sky One series. The high
pitched, Welsh voiceover is pure genius.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_P5Aq8aB0

>> Freestlye rap battle translated <<
A treat for both rap fans and rap hatas, this
pretty much does what it says on the tin.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Freestlye_Rap_Battle_Translated

>> Chicken head thingie <<
Who'd have thought you could have so much fun
with a chicken? This has a slight redneck
quality to it, but because the science is
solid, we can't totally mock it.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Chicken_head_tracking_DD

>> Sweaty Shatner <<
Anything with Shatner in it always raises a
cheap laugh with us and this is no exception.
He brings new layers (or should that be slices)
of meaning to the word "hammy".
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Shatner_Reaction_to_new_Star_Trek_Trailer

>> Choose your own adventure YOUTUBE stylee <<
Following in the illustrious footsteps of the
"Warlock of Firetop Mountain", this video asks
the viewer to choose their own ending. If you
enjoyed this game, please turn to issue 357
next week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8rJ1WML60Y

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: FUNNY NAME CORNER
Kill us now. No more please

* GOATSE MACHINE - "A truck used as a snow
cannon at the Budapest airport" informs
goldenAXE.
http://m.blog.hu/be/belsoseg/image/unimogtali08/uncsi19.JPG

* MMM... GOATSE - "Saw this at my local
Portuguese restaurant", drools Johan, "Don't
think I'll be ordering that in a hurry."
http://snurl.com/in-a-stew

* BET HE WAS BULLIED AT SCHOOL - Arnon Shimoni
points out this unfortunate name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandeep_Dikshit

* TAKE A RIDE ON MY PENIS - "I love roller
coasters", trills Nick Tropy, "and here's a
nice little phallic logo for you that I found
at the Roller Coaster DataBase."
http://rcdb.com/

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: COOKING WITH TOASTERS
Only the finest features for the b3ta table

Last week we casually mentioned cooking other
things than bread with your toaster. Little did
we know that you're all at it, you cooker-less
studenty scummers.

YOUR TIPS:

* "Generally veggie burgers give best results."
(Vipros)

* "Don't try cooking burgers in a toaster. My
friend did this in the halls of residence at
Coventry University about 12/13 years ago after
coming home drunk. The alarms went off and the
fire brigade came and evacuated the building.
All 15 floors or so at 3 in the morning."
(crazyjude)

* "If you line the inside of the toaster with
tinfoil, you can in fact bake individual slices
of bread in a toaster. Works better if you
break the little thing that makes the toast pop
back up so you can time it yourself. Really you
can make just about anything that is prepared
in an oven, just flat and very tiny. I
recommend cookies and baked potatoes." (mprtech)

* "Turn toaster 90deg so it's on its side, so
the bread lays flat" (minimart)

* "Potato waffles in a toaster, fresh or
frozen, it is marvellous"(Greg)

* "Findus Crispy Pancake tip - the key is to
let them defrost fully first, either in the
microwave or at ambient temperature (unless you
like your FCP's with a 'surprise' nugget of
frozen brown goo inside - not actually that
bad, kind of like a gravy-based reverse baked
alaska. Num)." (Muffrat)

* "A general rule of thumb - if its covered in
crispy crumbs and is thinner than ten
beermats, defrost slightly and toast away."
(Muffrat)

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: SPACE HIJACKERS PLEA
Invade TopShop

Robin from Spacehijackers asks -

"I know it's not particularly web geeky so may
not qualify for the newsletter, however I
thought I'd drop you a line about our latest
project anyway. I know lots of B3ta types have
been coming along to our events for years so it
may appeal."

"The Space Hijackers are organising a special
TopShop SwapShop in the Oxford Street flagship
store this weekend."

"Simply turn up at TOPSHOP on Oxford Street
wearing an outfit you wish to upgrade, then on
the stroke of 2, marvel as hundreds of fashion
moguls offer to trade your clothes with you."

"2pm Sat 29th November – Topshop Oxford Street"
http://www.spacehijackers.org/html/welcome.html

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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the Recreating Album Covers Challenge

Last week we asked you to spurn photoshop and
re-make album covers using the power of art.
You did us fucking proud. You basically rocked
this challenge like a fucking horse.

Your favourites included:

* Beck's Odelay, recreated with a kitchen mop.
(Dog Horse)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8954506

* Primal Scream's Screamadelica as a tasty cheese
and tomato dish. (i_yam_bucket)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8960252

* Bob Marley's Legend from a biscuit. (q4nobody)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8959851

All these images, and the highest as voted by
you can be found here:
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/recreatedalbums/popular/

>> New challenge: B3ta Christmas cards <<
Hoping that you'll make some stuff we can send
to everyone we dislike (and that's a lot of
people) we're asking you to make our Xmas cards
this year. Get to it kids.
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/xmascards/

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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories

* LEGO GARDEN SHED FAIL - "You asked for a
garden shed made of Lego", bleats Numma
Supplies, "We tried and failed, mainly due to
lack of funds. Lego, as a construction
material, is surprisingly more expensive than
concrete or bricks per square metre."
http://shacklemore.blogspot.com/2008/11/build-house-out-of-l.html

* DATE RAPE WIKI LOLS - "I wish I could take
responsibility for having done this", moans
mrmajorisin85, "The Wikipedia article on date
rape comes under 2 categories: rape and dating.
I knew I wasn't the only one who saw it that
way."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape

* STEPHEN FRY SAYS HELLO - Last week we
featured Wordbombs video starring the Fry, who
got in touch to say, "You!! Why I oughter... V
funny. Only objection the number of people
who've tweeted me the URL. Damned smart tho:
compliment -( I think?) x. Stephen Fry." Mr
Wordbomb was dreadfully pleased about this and
has been skipping about all week.

* MORE PISS JUG STUFF - mrdirtylegs trickles,
"In newsletter 355 you passed on Ruddles'
kitchen jug tip for measuring piss. Well,
that's just not good enough. I piss my best
when out drinking, and almost never have a
kitchen jug with me. The logical method for
quantifying piss would be to pick up all the
empty pint glasses on the table, and take them
with you to the loo. Line them up, either in a
long urinal or perhaps against a wall, then
pass your water into the glasses. This method
would make for easy calculation of a
beer-in:wee-out ratio."


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: FRIDAY GAME
Energy bouncing

Our abilities to describe flash games decrease
as the years go by. Um, there's this whitish
stuff that's a bit like water, and you position
some thingies to make it bounce to the end bit.
You'll like it.
http://www.playauditorium.com/#index

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: STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE

Make something cool and tell us about it. If
you are in it then people will see your stuff.

Things we'd really like to see include

* DAILYMAIL COMMENT DRINKING GAME
... 1 drink for "I demand we boycott them"
anytime a corporation makes a simple error
...1 drink for "This country has gone to the
dogs. Get out now before it's too late" from
an ex-pat
...1 drink for "More evidence of what Nu
Labour has done to this country"

* WHICH KIND OF MOTHER/SON RELATIONSHIP DO YOU
HAVE QUIZ
...Dot Cotton and Nasty Nick (Just another
cup of bleach tea ma)
...Norman Bates and Norma Bates (Murderous
tranny obsessed with dead mum)
...Peg and Noel & Liam Gallagher (Council mum
who'd give her kids a clip round the ear but
do anything for them)

* DURAN DURAN SONG PARODIES
"My tummy is growly and I'm seeing red.
Like wolves getting angry when they're not
being fed
do do do do DO DO
My insides are hollow I'm in a malaise
But I've got a spoon and a jar of mayonnaise
do do do do DO DO etc"

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THANKS:

This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David
Stevenson. Stuff sent in by DrPoppers, geekcat,
mvilrokx, lesbilicious, Boxy8su Top Tippery by
bugger it kev. Additional linkage and image
challenge by Fraser Lewry. Well not this week
as he was in Iceland eating a puffin. The
economic issues means tourism is dirt cheap and
puffin is just as tasty as it ever was. Mike
Trinder is QOTW bloke.

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TOP TIP:

If you are doing fuck all at work, but surf the
internet make sure you print off a page of
something resembling work every now and again.
Leave this on the printer so when a colleague
prints something they'll see your stuff and ask
who's it is and you can claim it and pretend
you were so busy you forgot to collect it.

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SICKIPEDIA:
"Is the cup half full, or half empty?"
For fuck's sake just buy the bra, Kylie.
http://www.sickipedia.org/

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QUOTES & TOASTS of the DAY - TURKEY DAY TOASTS!!!!

A Toast for Friends & Family

Here's to friends both near and far:
Here's to woman, man's guiding star:
Here's to friends we've yet to meet,
Here's to those here: all here I greet:
Here's to childhood, youth, old age,
Here's to prophet, bard and sage,
Here's to health to every one,
Peace on earth, and heaven won!
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"Real abundance is found when we join hands with those we love." anon

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. - E.P. Powell

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing. - George Carlin

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. - Erma Bombeck

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - A History of Thanksgiving

A History of Thanksgiving

1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers America, unless you count the native peoples already living there. Columbus doesn't. Columbus and crew celebrate by holding a dinner, giving thanks for their safe arrival. Embarrassment ensues when every Indian brings maize, and nobody brings pumpkin pie.

1620 - Pilgrim men invent sport of football to avoid helping clean up after Thanksgiving dinner.

1671 - First embarrassing drunken relatives at Thanksgiving dinner, as Captain John Smith's parents tell Pocahontas the "hilarious" old "I got lost in the maize" joke for the hundredth time.

1701 - At a historic Thanksgiving dinner, Dutch settlers unveil historic "Indians Give Us All Of Their Land Treaty." Due to an unfortunate oversight, the Indians are left off of the invite list, and the treaty is signed without them.

1776 - Excited that his British in-laws finally agreed to meet him for Thanksgiving dinner, silversmith Paul Revere rides through Boston announcing the news. Unfortunately, many colonists misinterpret his cry "the British are coming!" as a warning, leading to the Revolutionary War.

1812 - At an international Thanksgiving dinner, King George of England, still hurting from losing the Revolutionary War, challenges United States President James Madison to "best 2 out of 3."

1860 - At a Senate Thanksgiving dinner, the seven-year-old son of Alabama's Senator Richard Applebee insults the Senators from Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, sparking the Civil War. The tradition of the "children's table" is instituted in 1861.

1903 - Canada steals idea of Thanksgiving holiday, placing it in October, so they can say it was their idea first.

1928 - To commemorate "our nation's greatest era of prosperity that will last forever and ever," President Herbert Hoover dumps ceremonial ten thousand turkeys into the Potomac River.

1929 - Following the Great Stock Market Crash, thousands of men go Turkey Diving in the Potomac River.

1957 - Declaring her spicy stuffing "a communist threat to undermine my health via heartburn," Senator Joe McCarthy has his wife placed under arrest as a Soviet saboteur.

1969 - The world's largest Eat-In event goes sour. Thousands of hippies start having bad trips when bad "brown gravy" gets passed around.

1991 - When Dan Quayle takes ill on Thanksgiving; a turkey is sworn as Vice President for three days. No change is noticed.

1997 - Strong natural tranquilizer tryptophane is discovered in turkey. A Colombian cartel immediately starts selling "pure" turkey on the streets for $500 an ounce. Turkey farmers get involved in drive-by shootings, and the U.S. government declares a national fowl emergency.

2002 - America is on a terrorist alert. It is now against the law to stuff a turkey since anyone is suspicious of hiding explosives. Saddam Hussein is caught trying to smuggle Turkeys filled with WMD's in containers bound for the US.

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A Rude Parrot Learns About Thanksgiving! - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/145232.html

Thanksgiving & Turkey Trivia - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/25140.html

After Thanksgiving Meal Poem - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/20644.html

-Things That Sound Dirty on ThanksGiving, But Aren't - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/25141.html

A Thanksgiving Poem - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/112129.html

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Cops - Police - Criminals - Felons - http://www.strangepolice.com/

Weird and Goofy People - http://www.strangepersons.com/

All Your Favorite Folks- http://www.strangecelebrities.com/

Autos - Trucks - Nasty Accidents http://www.strangevehicles.com/

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Quotes About "Movies"

Alfred Hitchcock - "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."

Clint Eastwood - "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

Alfred Hitchcock - "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."

Roger Ebert - "Every great film should seem new every time you see it."

Kareem Abdul-Jabar - "My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay."

Kenneth Tynan - "The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society."

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - The Official Moron Test

1. Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or no?

2. How many birthdays does the average man have?

3. Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?

4. How many outs are there in an inning?

5. Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?

6. Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10. What do you get?

7. There are 3 apples and you take two away. How many apples are you left with?

8. A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?

9. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?

10. How many animals of each sex did Moses bring with him on the ark?

11. A butcher in the market is 5'10" tall. What does he weigh?

12. How many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?

13. What was the President's name in 1960?

Here are the answers:

1. Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or No?
...Yes. It comes right after the 3rd.

2. How many birthdays does the average man have?
....One (1). You can only be born once.

3. Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
....Twelve (12). All of them have at least 28 days.

4. How many outs are there in an inning?
... Six (6). Don't forget there is a top and bottom to every inning.

5. Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?
...No. He must be dead if it is his widow.

6. Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10. What do you get?
.... Seventy (70). Thirty (30) divided by 1/2 is 60.

7. There are 3 apples and you take two away. How many apples are you left with?
.Two (2). You take two apples, therefore YOU have TWO apples.

8. A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
.....One hour. If you take the first pill at 1:00, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:00, the pills have run out and only one hour has passed.

9. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?
.... Nine (9). Like I said, all BUT nine die.

10. How many animals of each sex did Moses have on the ark?
..... None. I didn't know that Moses had an ark.

11. A butcher in the market is 5' 10 tall. What does he weigh?
.... Meat ... that is self-explanatory.

12. How many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?
..Twelve (12). How many eggs are in a dozen? Twelve. It's a dozen.

13. What was the President's name in 1960?
..Georgw W. Bush. As far as I know, he hasn't changed his name.

So, how did we do?

13 correct.........GENIUS...you are good.

10-12 correct....ABOVE AVERAGE...but don't let it go to your head.

7-9 correct........AVERAGE...but who wants to be average?

4-6 correct..........SLOW...pay attention to the questions!

1-3 correct..........IDIOT...what else can be said?

0 correct......CONGRATULATIONS, you are a certified MORON!

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This Week:
* VID - Hitler BNP tantrum
* SONG - Perverts on the Internet
* ESCAPE - Penguin v whales

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Find him and win his Dell Inspiron Mini 9
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Hitler, Perverts and Pirates

>> Hitler's leaked BNP membership <<
Shit hits the fan in the Fuhrerbunker when
Hitler finds out that the BNP membership list
has been posted over the internet. Much kudos
to qwghlm for a great bit of rewriting and
subtitling.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNUuqlG1a0

>> Perverts on the Internet <<
Kunt and the Gang sing the plight of many randy
young chaps trying to pull via teh interwebs.
Disturbing mask of Kunt's mum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCQPhqsmeME

>> Somalian Pirates <<
A rare venture into topical commentary from
Jonti and Wonchop, with a peculiar take on
recent events in Somalia. Is there no event so
bad it can't be lightened with cheery Northern
singing?
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Somalia/

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: QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Procrastination

We are lazy bastards here at B3ta and this
question was only asked to make us feel better.
Go read tales on laziness here, especially
BOATongism's creepy tale at number 1:
http://b3ta.com/questions/procrastination/

* SPERM - "My girlfriend wants to have my baby.
Yay! She's had a few problems with her lovely
lady bits and so I have had to have a few tests
carried out too to make sure I'm firing on all
cylinders. General health assessment - check.
Blood tests - check. Semen count - err, well, I
actually kept putting that off. Not because I
have a problem about wanking in public places,
it's more because the doctors gave me a number
of a clinic on Euston Road to phone and sort
out my own appointment. This was back in early
September. I only got round to ringing them
last week. I was supposed to go down there
today armed with a fresh batch of my man juice
for them to count, quaff, whatever they do with
it. I slept in. Got up late. Quickly knocked
one out. (You're not allowed to cum for three
days before giving them your best dairy
produce, so it didn't take too long), and then
legged it down to the tube with my man juice in
a little container under my arm so I wouldn't
miss my appointment. I made the appointment -
just - at ten thirty... Only my specimen
didn't... If you happen to be on the Northern
Line, High Barnet branch today and see a small
container containing what looks like spunk,
well, yes, it is actually spunk..."
(SpankyHanky)

* ELOPED - "Several decades ago, I got married.
Since we were living far away from family, and
couldn't afford a big deal wedding, we simply
visited the local Judge one day. We were going
to call the folks that night, and tell everyone
what we'd done, but it slipped our minds. The
next day she thought I would call, I thought
she would call, so neither of us called. We
decided that it was not appropriate to say "We
got married the day before yesterday" via a
phone call. So, we planned a trip home the next
weekend, when we would tell everyone. Things
came up, and we couldn't make the trip. Before
we knew it, we were a month married, and nobody
except our local friends knew. We went home at
Christmas with great resolve, but both families
were so unkind to 'that person you're living
with', that we chickened out. Next we decided
to actually have the big deal wedding, on or
about our anniversary. Unfortunately, neither
of us spent much time planning or arranging the
event - so it simply didn't happen. We finally
told them on our first anniversary: "Mom, Dad -
we're married." "Oh, no!" "This is a -
surprise." "-----!" "What? When did that
happen?" "Um, we got married last year. Today
is our first anniversary." I don't recommend
eloping for a full year. It doesn't ingratiate
you with anyone, really. Plus, no wedding
gifts. Still, it's been 30 years, so we must
have done something right." (danalan)

* SHIT - "I came upstairs because I needed a
shit. It was 7.30pm. I noticed Mrs Norris had
left the PC on in the spare room. I thought
"Ooh, I haven't read qotw on B3ta for ages,
I'll have a quick look." It's 11.20pm. I still
need a shit." (Soapy Norris)

>> This Week's Question <<
We'd like to know all about your family codes
and rituals. Talk to us here:
http://b3ta.com/questions/familycodes/

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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates

>> Let me google that for you <<
Who hasn't been on a messageboard and seen
someone ask a really simple question that would
have taken more time to post than it would to
simply google in the first place? Help is at
hand with this fantastic new Patronise 2.0
service.
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/

>> How young are your ears? <<
Teenagers - like bats - communicate in
frequencies too high-pitched for grown-ups to
hear. Find out if your ears are young enough to
enjoy Emo, sniffing glue and fingering in this
rather neat collection of piercing frequencies.
http://snurl.com/we-are-ears-older [journal_plasticmind_com]

>> Tattoo fails <<
Seeing as we have nothing positive to say on
the subject, here's three tattoo-themed jokes
to get you in the mood for looking at some of
the worst body art ever:
* My ex-girlfriend had a tattoo of a sea shell
on her inner thigh. If you put your ear to it,
I swear you can smell the ocean.
* Elton John goes to a tattooist and says "I
want a Rolls Royce tattooed on my cock". "You'd
be better off with a Land Rover" replies the
tattooist, "It won't get stuck in the shit".
* Fashions come and go, I know. But don't you
think it a bit odd you never see Jewish people
with those trendy little number tattoos on
their wrists these days?
http://flabbergastedly.com/?p=148

>> Random recipe generator <<
Don't know what to cook and fancy trying
something new? Extra credit to anyone who
actually follows any of the recipes this site
comes up with and provides documentary evidence
of themselves eating it. We genuinely lolled.
http://jamesoff.net/site/fun/random-recipe-generator/

>> Betting on real world events <<
The interesting thing about betting is that it
reveals predictive information. Say most people
are betting a win for Arsenal then there's a
good chance they will win. What betting shops
don't tell you though, is how other people are
betting. This all changes here. Fascinating,
and potentially disruptive stuff. Even if it is
all for fun and not cash.
http://www.hubdub.com/

>> 25 Websites that became books <<
We're only linking this for the vague
irritation that it doesn't include any UK sites
which have taken this path. We could do an
answer article with Nicecupoftea, Kittenwar,
B3ta (yay!), Law of the Playground etc but we
simply can't be arsed. Maybe you can? Stick in
a fuckload of amazon affiliates and you'll make
a couple of hundred quid probably.
http://snurl.com/yanky-book-twats [www_avclub_com]

>> Congratulations to the happy couple <<
"I finally did it, married my girlfriend of 5
years. She means the world to me, I can't
believe what a lucky guy I am. I never thought
I would find true love, but now that I have my
life is complete. Here are the pictures from
our ceremony." We're saying nothing.
http://snurl.com/talk-board-wedding [www_sherdog_net]

>> 118 118 live feed <<
You can now text 118 with questions and they'll
reply back, the interesting bit is watching
what people ask. The really interesting bit is
that we tested the service with the ego-led
question "who is rob manuel?" And got back an
unattributed cut-and-paste from Wikipedia.
Which, we suspect, if you can be arsed to cause
some trouble, COULD cause them some trouble.
http://www.text118118.com/livefeed.html

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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
Stuff not ripped from textfiles.com

>> Penguin escapes orcas <<
A boatload of tourists get front row seats as a
wily penguin confounds the entire pod of killer
whales pursuing him.
http://snurl.com/p-p-p-pickupapengiun [www_b3ta_com]

>> Candle project <<
Step-by-step instructions to build a simple,
little toy from just a tealight and a length of
copper tubing. Excellent.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Look_what_mums_getting_for_Christmas

>> Cat + robot cleaner <<
Looking like a feline equivalent of the Mekon,
a surprisingly serene cat sits atop one of
those automatic vacuum cleaner jobbies as it
spins and whirls around the carpet.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/THIS_IS_THE_FUTURE

>> Stupid exercise machine <<
Investor video for a fitness device so oddly
misguided it beggars belief. There is such a
thing as thinking too far outside the box. A
treadmill that - get this - moves along as you
run.
http://www.burbia.com/node/2113

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: FUNNY NAME CORNER
Double shaft rollover week, bonus balls

* MORE COCK LOGOS - "thought you might like
this logo I saw while driving yesterday" (The
Elcat)
http://snurl.com/lol-penis [s35_photobucket_com]

* SHADOW PENIS - "My cock-fixated girlfriend
snapped this glorious array of todgers made of
pure sunlight at Westminster Bridge, London."
(twmdavies)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandmaiden/2938543486/

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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE

Results from the Daily Mail Challenge

Last week we gave you three words: The Daily
Mail.

Your favourites included:

* EXPRESS - rather brilliant exposé on the
science of headline creation (zeltergiset)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8934955

* SITH - sometimes, the foreigners are from
further away than usual (plentyofants)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8935538

* DOG - how the papers see the news differently
(Checkinguponmeagain?)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/8931581

All these images, and the highest as voted by
you can be found here:
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/dailymail/

>> New challenge: Recreating Albums <<
Using just what you have about you, recreate
your favourite album cover. Photoshopping album
covers doesn't count.
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/recreatedalbums/

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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories.

* IMPROVED 80s NUMBER ONES QUIZ - Frankie
Pigeon: "Loved guessing the number 1s of the
80's last week, but it took half an hour to
listen to and had loads of lyrics in that gave
the game away. To make amends I have created a
perfectly sequenced 80's quiz using musical
bits only (no lyrics) which will only take 5
minutes to listen to, but might just keep you
wondering about for hours." If you get all 36
you are officially old/sad/musically
well-informed (delete as applicable)
http://www.b3ta.com/links/246559

* SPIDER vs. BANK INTERVIEW - A Perth newspaper
caught up with the bloke who tried to pay off
his overdraft with a sketch of a spider, as
featured an issue or two ago. Thanks to ex-pat
Pat for the link to a nice little interview.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,24675590-948,00.html

* "WE FOUND A TROLL" LIES! - As many of you
pointed out, last week's QOTW story of
drug-addled revellers was, and is, a great big
urban legend. "It's Snopetastic," said
deane1980:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/closet.asp

* TOILET PISS MEASURER - We demanded a way of
telling just how huge our mighty pisses really
are. "The easy way to do this is to piss into a
kitchen measuring jug," informs Ruddles. "I can
tell you that a normal piss is about a pint.
Remember to wash the jug afterwards." Or
Madonna will be round, licking the inside of it.

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: FRIDAY GAME
Mental cooking thing

"PETA have apparently lost their minds and made
a parody of a game called Cooking Mama for the
DS.", writes n.d.turton, "They were upset with
the fact that it features too much meat, so
they made an ironic version which called
'Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals'. I think
they intended it to be shocking, but it's
actually rather cool and I imagine much better
than the original."
http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp?c=pcmgb08

BTW: We've stuck up an archive of all the old
Friday Games. Thanks Cr3 for coding that for
us. Woo hoo.
http://b3ta.com/funstuff/games/

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calzone pizza?

* MAKE YOUR OWN GLUE - glue's traditionally
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which threw flames! How cool is that? This
issue was written by Rob Manuel with David
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Additional linkage and image challenge by
Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke.
Subjlols via Barbarossa.

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SICKIPEDIA:
We were saddened to hear the news of Baby P's
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