Vol 968-A - Dec. 31, 2010 - Strange Special Issue - Top 40 Images of 2010! - Special Issue

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A SPECIAL E-LETTER FOR OUR BI-WEEKLY E-LETTER PALS!

Top 40 images from the Various Strange Family of websites:

These are the most downloaded - forwarded and viewed during the past few months of 2010.

None of the usual stuff - just the Best Pixs! Enjoy!

MISC - EVERYTHING - ALL CATEGORIES:

STRANGE CROP CIRCLES AND FARM FIELDS - ARTFIELD - http://www.strangefarmer.com/content/item/149659.html

STRANGE WALL CLOUD - HUGE STORM SWIRLS AROUND STATUE OF LIBERTY - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/168704.html

MEXICAN SWAT TEAM YANKS DOWN DRUG DEALER METAL GATE - ON TOP OF OFFICER! - GIF - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/163997.html

STRANGE "WATER MONSTER" SIGHTING - 4 SHOT SEQUENCE - LOCH NESSIE IN CANADIAN LAKE? - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/171763.html

GREAT LAKES FUN - LAKE ERIE LIGHTHOUSE - CLEVELAND - SUMMER AND ICE COVERED! - http://www.strangeoldepictures.com/content/item/171303.html

AWESOME LOUISIANA 3 STORY DUCK BLIND - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/170833.html

747 JET ENGINES BLOW VEHICLE INTO SAN FRANCISCO BAY! - ACTION GIF - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/164641.html

DUCK YOUR HEAD! - LOW PLANE LANDING ON ST MARTIN AIRPORT - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/160381.html

HUGE OCEAN WAVE COVERS ENTIRE BOW OF STEAMSHIP - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/168108.html

The HOTTEST Ladies - Celebrities and Stars:

SARAH HARDING - SEXY PURPLE EVENING GOWN - http://www.strangeamericans.com/content/item/170227.html

EMMA BOUGHTON - SEXY CAMOUFLAGE BIKINI - 6 - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/171666.html

SOPHIE TURNER - SEXY GOLD SILK SHOPPING DRESS - 4 - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/169991.html

SARAH HARDING - SEXY PURPLE EVENING GOWN - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/170227.html

HOT RUSSIAN SINGERS, TV ANNOUNCERS & CELEBS - RUSSIAN WORKING GIRL IN DUBAI -$1500 PER HOUR - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170829.html

COCO AUSTIN - SEXY PRINT DRESS - 2 - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170120.html

SARA BALINT EIKONA - SEXY GOLD BIKINI - ROSE TATTOO INNER THIGH - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/170102.html

SIMONA HALEP - AMAZING BIKINI - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170220.html

PLAYMATE OF THE YEARS PRIZE AUTO CHOICE - 2010 - HOPE DWORACZYK - http://www.strangeblondes.com/content/item/170257.html

ANIMALS - All Kinds From All around the world:

WORLDS SMALLEST CAT! - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/110746.html

PORCUPINE BABY - SOOOOO CUTE! - http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/6375.html

STRANGE RUNNING DOG - NOTHING TOUCHING THE GROUND! - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/171689.html

VEHICLES - Cars - Trucks - Boats -

LUCKY PILOT CRASHES GLIDER AT AIR SHOW - WALKS AWAY! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/168073.html

1924 HISPANO SUIZA NIEUPORT SPEEDSTER - 115 MPH! TULIPWOOD - http://www.strangeoldepictures.com/content/item/165202.html

STRANGE CUSTOM CARS - CUSTOM BIG WHEELS - BIG! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/147794.html

STRANGE 1936 STAINLESS STEEL FORD SEDAN - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/155249.html

SPORTS - ALL Kinds:

AMAZING BOXING KNOCKOUT - KNOCKED OUT OF THE RING - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/117158.html

WAKE BOARDER GOES HORIZONTAL - GLASS SMOOTH SURFACE - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/171280.html

MILITARY - Tanks Ships and Aircraft!

YOU'RE STANDING ON YOUR CONDO BALCONY AND SUDDENLY!!!!!!!!!! LOW F-18 SUPER HORNET - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/158015.html

SPECIAL FORCES - NAVY SEALS - HUNG OUT TO DRY? - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/103499.html

AMAZING MILITARY FLYOVER - TEXAS AGGIES FOOTBALL STADIUM! - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/120124.html

AMAZING RUSSIAN SU-33 ABORTS CARRIER LANDING - ACTION GIF - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/163895.html

COOL F-18 HORNET FLY BY - LOW SPEED PASS - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/165370.html

AIR CRAFT CARRIER CV-67 JOHN F KENNEDY - TUGS HELP IT MANEUVER INTO THE DOCK! - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/155115.html

MILITARY ATTACK! ASSAULT ON A PORT-O-POTTY! - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/125675.html

AMAZING TIME LAPSE PHOTO - MILITARY JETS TAKES OFF FROM AIR CRAFT CARRIER - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/165767.html

AIR FORCE GRADUATION DAY - FLY OVER - HATS FLYING! - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/119807.html

JOKES - TEXT - ARTICLES

Official Celebrity Bra Size List - http://www.strangeracer.com/content/item/109887.html

You Know You Are Living in 2010 When: - http://www.strangefunvideos.com/content/item/171009.html

Humor From The Deep South - http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/171010.html

Alzheimer's Test - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/170749.html

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Vol 968-A - Dec. 31, 2010 - Strange Special Issue - Top 40 Images of 2010! - Special Issue

A SPECIAL E-LETTER FOR OUR BI-WEEKLY E-LETTER PALS!

Top 40 images from the Various Strange Family of websites:

These are the most downloaded - forwarded and viewed during the past few months of 2010.

None of the usual stuff - just the Best Pixs! Enjoy!

MISC - EVERYTHING - ALL CATEGORIES:

STRANGE CROP CIRCLES AND FARM FIELDS - ARTFIELD - http://www.strangefarmer.com/content/item/149659.html

STRANGE WALL CLOUD - HUGE STORM SWIRLS AROUND STATUE OF LIBERTY - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/168704.html

MEXICAN SWAT TEAM YANKS DOWN DRUG DEALER METAL GATE - ON TOP OF OFFICER! - GIF - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/163997.html

STRANGE "WATER MONSTER" SIGHTING - 4 SHOT SEQUENCE - LOCH NESSIE IN CANADIAN LAKE? - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/171763.html

GREAT LAKES FUN - LAKE ERIE LIGHTHOUSE - CLEVELAND - SUMMER AND ICE COVERED! - http://www.strangeoldepictures.com/content/item/171303.html

AWESOME LOUISIANA 3 STORY DUCK BLIND - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/170833.html

747 JET ENGINES BLOW VEHICLE INTO SAN FRANCISCO BAY! - ACTION GIF - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/164641.html

DUCK YOUR HEAD! - LOW PLANE LANDING ON ST MARTIN AIRPORT - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/160381.html

HUGE OCEAN WAVE COVERS ENTIRE BOW OF STEAMSHIP - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/168108.html

The HOTTEST Ladies - Celebrities and Stars:

SARAH HARDING - SEXY PURPLE EVENING GOWN - http://www.strangeamericans.com/content/item/170227.html

EMMA BOUGHTON - SEXY CAMOUFLAGE BIKINI - 6 - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/171666.html

SOPHIE TURNER - SEXY GOLD SILK SHOPPING DRESS - 4 - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/169991.html

SARAH HARDING - SEXY PURPLE EVENING GOWN - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/170227.html

HOT RUSSIAN SINGERS, TV ANNOUNCERS & CELEBS - RUSSIAN WORKING GIRL IN DUBAI -$1500 PER HOUR - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170829.html

COCO AUSTIN - SEXY PRINT DRESS - 2 - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170120.html

SARA BALINT EIKONA - SEXY GOLD BIKINI - ROSE TATTOO INNER THIGH - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/170102.html

SIMONA HALEP - AMAZING BIKINI - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/170220.html

PLAYMATE OF THE YEARS PRIZE AUTO CHOICE - 2010 - HOPE DWORACZYK - http://www.strangeblondes.com/content/item/170257.html

ANIMALS - All Kinds From All around the world:

WORLDS SMALLEST CAT! - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/110746.html

PORCUPINE BABY - SOOOOO CUTE! - http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/6375.html

STRANGE RUNNING DOG - NOTHING TOUCHING THE GROUND! - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/171689.html

VEHICLES - Cars - Trucks - Boats -

LUCKY PILOT CRASHES GLIDER AT AIR SHOW - WALKS AWAY! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/168073.html

1924 HISPANO SUIZA NIEUPORT SPEEDSTER - 115 MPH! TULIPWOOD - http://www.strangeoldepictures.com/content/item/165202.html

STRANGE CUSTOM CARS - CUSTOM BIG WHEELS - BIG! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/147794.html

STRANGE 1936 STAINLESS STEEL FORD SEDAN - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/155249.html

SPORTS - ALL Kinds:

AMAZING BOXING KNOCKOUT - KNOCKED OUT OF THE RING - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/117158.html

WAKE BOARDER GOES HORIZONTAL - GLASS SMOOTH SURFACE - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/171280.html

MILITARY - Tanks Ships and Aircraft!

YOU'RE STANDING ON YOUR CONDO BALCONY AND SUDDENLY!!!!!!!!!! LOW F-18 SUPER HORNET - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/158015.html

SPECIAL FORCES - NAVY SEALS - HUNG OUT TO DRY? - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/103499.html

AMAZING MILITARY FLYOVER - TEXAS AGGIES FOOTBALL STADIUM! - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/120124.html

AMAZING RUSSIAN SU-33 ABORTS CARRIER LANDING - ACTION GIF - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/163895.html

COOL F-18 HORNET FLY BY - LOW SPEED PASS - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/165370.html

AIR CRAFT CARRIER CV-67 JOHN F KENNEDY - TUGS HELP IT MANEUVER INTO THE DOCK! - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/155115.html

MILITARY ATTACK! ASSAULT ON A PORT-O-POTTY! - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/125675.html

AMAZING TIME LAPSE PHOTO - MILITARY JETS TAKES OFF FROM AIR CRAFT CARRIER - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/165767.html

AIR FORCE GRADUATION DAY - FLY OVER - HATS FLYING! - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/119807.html

JOKES - TEXT - ARTICLES

Official Celebrity Bra Size List - http://www.strangeracer.com/content/item/109887.html

You Know You Are Living in 2010 When: - http://www.strangefunvideos.com/content/item/171009.html

Humor From The Deep South - http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/171010.html

Alzheimer's Test - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/170749.html

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Vol 968 - Dec. 29, 2010 - The Official Moron Test

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

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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STRANGE WATER SPORTS - FARM QUAD TABLE SURFING - http://www.strangefarmer.com/content/item/171312.html

STRANGE RIOT SQUAD FUN - BEWARE THE CLOWN! - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/171358.html

STRANGE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE STATUE MYSTERY - PPS PRESENTATION - http://www.strangeamericans.com/content/item/171762.html

STRANGE "WATER MONSTER" SIGHTING - 4 SHOT SEQUENCE - LOCH NESSIE IN CANADIAN LAKE? - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/171763.html

STRANGE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS - 3-D CROP CIRCLES! - http://www.strangefunvideos.com/content/item/171764.html

STRANGE ISLAND OF MOLOKINI - NATURAL STAR AND CRESCENT - BETWEEN MAUI & KAHOOLAW, HAWAII - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/171765.html

USAF THUNDERBIRD'S - FLYBY DISNEY WORLD - 5 - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/171776.html

STRANGE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL - EXTREME BUMPING HELMET? - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/171787.html

WISDOM SIGN - WHERE DO YOU FIT? - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/171796.html

STRANGE RUSSIAN "BARBIE DOLL" - LENA - HER PINK CAR IN BACKGROUND - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/171805.html

STRANGE LIGHTNING STRIKE TO GOLF GREEN FLAG! - http://www.strangegolf.com/content/item/171815.html

HARRIER JET ACCIDENT - LANDING GEAR JAMMED - GROUND CREW STACKED MATTRESSES - SUCKED INTO ENGINE! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/171821.html

STRANGE OLDE STARS & CELEBS - MARILYN MONROE - NORMA JEAN DOHERTY - LUCKY SAILOR - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/171828.html

STRANGE OLDE STARS & CELEBS - ELVIS PRESLEY WITH HOT BLONDE - 1975 - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/171838.html

STRANGE SNOWY HIGHWAY - SIDES MUST BE 25 TO 30 FEET TALL! - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/171862.html

JOHN DILLINGER GANG'S WEAPONS CACHE - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/171863.html

STRANGE BATS HANGING FROM CAVE CEILING - http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/171864.html

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The Featured Pix Category This Week - CARS - TRUCKS - MOTORCYCLES - BOATS - ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES

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The Top News Articles & Humor for the Week

University Students Cheat On Ethic Essay - http://www.strangebusiness.com/content/item/171865.html

Police Banned From Carrying Water Pistols - http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/171866.html

Strange Fetish: Certain Words Makes Man Snap - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/171867.html

Man Killed For Sarcastically Applauding Student at Karaoke Bar - http://www.strangefunkidz.com/content/item/171868.html

"Dumb Lawsuit" Bonehead Award - http://www.strangebusiness.com/content/item/171869.html

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Ivory Queen of Soul Teena Marie dies, 54

Ivory Queen of Soul Teena Marie dies, 54

Teena Marie, one of the great voices of R&B music, and the rare white woman to make it big in the field, has died of “natural causes” according to CNN, while Rolling Stone reports that she died in her sleep of unknown causes, age 54. She was found by family members 26 December.


She was born Mary Christine Brockert in California and entered show business as a tap dancing child on the TV show “Beverly Hillbillies” but when she was 19 she was signed to a music contract. Rick James, often described as a funk legend, was a close friend and collaborator before his death in 2004. Teena Marie was briefly hospitalized in November after a grand mal seizure and she was planning to return to the stage soon in what would have been her first performance after the seizure.
Teena Marie’s first major hit, “Lover Girl” shot her to fame in 1984:

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Misc Strange Quotes:

"Do not envy the one you admire most, instead, try to make yourself one that can be envied"

"Love starts with a hug, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear!"

"The lesson is in the struggle, not in the victory!"

"Only those who can see the invisible can do the impossible!"

"Its ok to kiss a fool, its ok to let a fool kiss you, but never let a kiss fool you!"

"Friends are gods ways of apologizing for our families"

"You only live once...but if you live it right, once is enough"

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it"-Jonathan winters.

"Knowledge talks, wisdom listens"

"To control others is to have power, to control yourself is to know the way" - Lao Ma

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Funny Things Said by Police

1. I'm sorry Ma'am, but with the unlicensed gun in your purse plus the DWI, you ARE a real criminal.

2. Hey John, get out of the cruiser and come over here to say "Thank You." We stopped the guy who pays OUR salary!

3. Yeah, I do have bank robbers to catch, but that might be dangerous, so I'm going to play it safe and write you this ticket.

4. Hurry it up? Sure, I'll just go back to the cruiser and write the citation. Do you have food and water in the car? This shouldn't take more than six hours.

5. Do you know why I stopped you, or do you THINK like you Drive?

6. What do you mean I won't believe you? Just because you've got three kilos of smack and two bodies in the trunk doesn't mean there isn't a perfectly reasonable explanation.

7. No, you've got that WRONG. I'm even TOUGHER without the badge and gun.

8. Of course you didn't DO it. You just happened to start your wind sprints in front of the department store, the VCR is extra weight, and the security guards were providing MOTIVATION.

9. She STARTED it? That's the best you can do? My four-year-old does better than that when I ask why his sister is crying.

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[b3ta] B3ta review of the year 2010 A to Z

 

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B3ta Review of the Year 2010 A to Z
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We weren't going to bother writing a newsletter
the day before Xmas as we quite fancied the day
off. Then an email came through offering to buy
some last minute advertising and a thought
occurred to us: this is the best job in the world.
Someone is offering money to sponsor the
newsletter and we can write what the hell we want.

So let's pretend some fancy newspaper has been
stupid enough to commission us to write a review
of the year. Think of us as some kind of "Cyber
Clarkson" (on a 100th of the pay) and you're
halfway there already.

There's a version formatted on the B3ta site with
pics which you can read or just keep scrolling and
keep it old school:
http://b3ta.com/features/b3tareviewoftheyear2010atoz/

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A is for Apps
-------------------------------------------------

People keep asking us, "B3ta, what are your
favourite iPhone apps of 2010?" Actually, they
don't, but here's a quick list, just in case they
might:

1. Official Twitter app. Addicted to this until
our eyes are melting. Official B3ta Wife says,
"put down that bloody phone, it's 12:30am and
you're worse than our eldest child and his DS."

2. Scrabble. We played so much scrabble this year
that on seeing an Esso garage we thought, "what a
waste of S's"

3. Spotify. Yeah it's £10 per month but having
billions of random tunes in your pocket is worth
it.

4. Air Video. Stream your DIVX collection (legally
sourced of course, officer) to your phone or iPad.
Top fucking notch.

5. Hipstamatic. Yeah, like every other tosser on
the internet we went through the phase of making
our crappy phone snaps look like they were taken
in the 70s. Despite basically loving it, we
finally knocked it on the head upon realising how
naff we'd think our parents were if all our
childhood pics had been specially treated to look
like old, brown sepia prints.

6. Maps. Yeah this is built into the iPhone, but
for the first time in our sad lives we've been
able to get around London without doing the "walk
in a random direction and hope to hit a Tube stop"
method that we first developed when moving here in
1997 and never bothered improving on.

7. Kindle. Fuck buying an actual Kindle. They are
shit and the buttons fall off. But the Kindle app
on the phone? Great! Catch 10 minutes bonus
reading time on the bog / tube / whatever without
having to remember to lug a book / extra device
with you. Because, if you're like us, your phone
is always in your pocket, giving brain cancer to
your right ball bag.

8. Fuck this list. Screw the tyranny of lists
having to have 10 items. We're stopping here, as
we'd start having to write absolute horsewank
about loving Cut The Rope when we only played it a
couple of times and got bored. We were shit at
Angry Birds too. Sorry.

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B is for Brian Blessed-enabled satnav
-------------------------------------------------

Brian Blessed is one of those B3ta memes that
never die. His image is never off the board, Jonti
booked him for real on his Weebl & Bob DVD, and we
once fantasised about getting him to do the
audiobook version of the Sick Joke Book.

But B3tan Richard Gardner managed to do the
impossible. He turned a whimsical idea from a
Facebook campaign into a real product. You can now
buy this bloody thing, in the shops.

Richard then got in touch asking whether we wanted
Mr Blessed to do something for B3ta - and although
"The Brian Blessed Swearing Keyboard" would have
probably been the iPhone app hit to make us all
rich beyond the dreams of Rupert Murdoch, we
forgot to suggest that and instead did a phone
interview.

If you've got a spare half an hour, copy this to
your MP3 player and listen us chatting with Brian.
We burst into manic giggles after putting the
phone down as the whole experience was so very
very peculiar. "WE'RE ON THE PHONE TO BRIAN
BLESSED!"
http://www.b3ta.com/links/B3ta_Interviews_Brian_Blessed

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C is 4 Chan
-------------------------------------------------

Very, very much loved the campaign this year to
send Josef Fritzl Christmas cards.
http://goo.gl/RVbLx

BTW: We've stopped calling B3tans B3tards because
people were getting confused with B/tards.

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D is for Dan Bull
-------------------------------------------------

2010 was Dan Bull's year, we just lived in it. We
couldn't decide which song to pick so watch his
whole YouTube channel. EVERY LAST BASTARD ONE.
Then listen to his album on Spotify. He's ace.
http://www.youtube.com/user/douglby

BTW: Dan is known on our boards as B3tanhousewife,
and on YouTube as Douglby. It's confusing innit?

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E is for Ed Vaizey
-------------------------------------------------

Being old men of the internet, we've taken to
writing crank letters to government ministers
about their frankly dreadful proposals to fuck up
our internet. In this case it's Ed Vaizey who
wants an "anti porn lock" on all web content, a
concept that would likely categorise B3ta and lots
of forums as porn, as it's based on a shitty thing
they already do on mobile phones and it doesn't
work there either. We even managed to get The
Telegraph to quote our letter, which was fun:
http://goo.gl/Btwmm

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F is for Fotoshopping (saving P for something
else)
-------------------------------------------------

After nearly 10 years of furious keyboard pounding
the B3tans have lost none of their enthusiasm for
imagefwapping.

Here's the top 10 photoshops this year (by your
votes)

1. Advertising in the Science Fiction Universe -
Tart cards (An Eagle in Your Mind)
http://b3ta.com/board/9928536

2. Parallel Universe - a b3ta in-joke. (McPete)
http://b3ta.com/board/10196308

3. Big Ben on the pull (Bad Horsey)
http://b3ta.com/board/10130915

4. Infographics and Flowcharts: how to vote. In
retrospect it's amusingly Lib Dem. How things have
changed. (benito vaselini)
http://b3ta.com/board/10016663

5. A periodic table of memes - something to print
out for your wall if, like us, you do webby shit
for a living. (Mighty Nibus)
http://b3ta.com/board/9983709

6. Inappropriate Memorabilia: The second
appearance of the twin towers in our chart. B3tans
love those towers. http://b3ta.com/board/10256480

7. Make Art More Awesome: Pong vs Mondrian
(custurd) http://b3ta.com/board/9971945

8. Remaking Films With Animals: The Shinning.
(Faceburger) http://b3ta.com/board/9989723

9. Opposite Films: Downs. OUCH - this makes us
cringe more than any 9/11 gag. (Mystery Bob)
http://b3ta.com/board/9953731

10. Animated Albums - Beatles Get Back. Actually
this looks like a great challenge that we'd
totally forgotten about, make sure you check out
the others. (E Dubya)
http://b3ta.com/board/10068074

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G is for GODS of B3TA
-------------------------------------------------

There's a big list of people who work tirelessly
behind the scenes at B3ta, and here's us saying
thanks and suggesting you follow them on twitter
just to make them paranoid.

Mike Trinder - he runs the QOTW and recently gave
£80 to a tramp.
http://twitter.com/chthonicionic

Fraser Lewry - image challenges, and runs websites
for Word Magazine and Mixmag.
http://twitter.com/blogjam

Alistair Coleman - the QOTW second in command, he
has a book out you know.
http://twitter.com/duckorange

Cr3 - he mends the board when it breaks, also the
secret ruler of the internet.
http://twitter.com/cr3

Rob Tinsley - he also does codey stuff. Very
clever, awesome stuff.
http://twitter.com/robtinsley

David Stevenson - newsletter co-writer, stand up
comedian and brilliant illustrator.
http://twitter.com/divstivs

And of course, your Ginger Fuhrer:
http://twitter.com/robmanuel

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H is for Hexachordal
-------------------------------------------------

Good old Tom Milsom, he posted about 16,000
messages on our site, wrote some songs that we
stuck in the newsletter then actually became a
proper pop star with bright blue hair, billions of
followers on Twitter and really selling records
and stuff. Go Hexy, Go!
http://twitter.com/hexachordal

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I is for "I Made This"
-------------------------------------------------

On our links board, dreadfully creative people
make the most amazing shit then click "I made
this" to make it clear, well, that they've made it
and it's not just some another crappy thing off
the web.

Thought we'd do a little top three of the best
stuff from 2010 as made by B3tans and as voted for
by B3tans.

1. LEGO PRINTER - so ingenious that we got media
enquiries FROM THE MEDIA asking us help hunt
'squirrelfantasy' down so he could do awesome shit
for telly too. http://b3ta.com/links/Lego_printer

2. CYCLES - Cyriak has pegged out a corner of
animation that's entirely his own - take a loop
and see how far you can push it. We wish he'd do
us a video for one of our poxy tunes so it would
get a bazillion hits on YouTube.
http://b3ta.com/links/Cycles

3. CAT VS PRINTER - Slurpy J proving the best
stuff on B3ta isn't always about showing off your
crazy tech skills, but a nice bit of V/O work on
an already great YouTube vid can do the job very
nicely indeed.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/The_cat_vs_the_printer_Translated

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J is for Julian Assange
-------------------------------------------------

* For reminding us of that exciting moment in the
90s when geeks got together and muttered, "OMG.
The internet will change everything."

* For living out a story better than any fiction
that we've read in yonks.

* For giving us crazy shit to read. We recommend
anyone who's run a website to read the mailing
list stuff that an ex-Wikileak person leaked, from
when they were setting up the site in 2006/7.
These people are nerds arguing about logos. This
is what our life is like - except ours doesn't
involve mind-boggling plans to change governments
using a truth bomb.

* For getting himself arrested on (possibly) rape
charges for what amounts to shagging the fans.
Long-term b3tans will remember the lesson of John
[*1]. Never, ever, shag the fans.

* For creating real-world theatre that shows us
how the world works. Hippies go, "it's a fascist
dictatorship man" but when you've got the US
Airforce closing down access to the Guardian
newspaper - well, isn't this literally the actions
of fascism? The world has been given a mirror and
it's ugly.

* For making us believe that the Guardian
newspaper is something worth fighting for. Balls
of steel. They should have a tip jar where we
could give them money or something. 'Coz it's not
like we want to buy the actual paper, as it's all
papery, and paywalls just remove you from public
debate. So, yeah, a big "IF YOU LOVE US, SUPPORT
US" button.

* For being a twat who turns up in comedy rap
videos. Osama never did this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbCwq4ewBU

[*1 We changed the name to protect the innocent.]

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K is for Kunt and the Gang
-------------------------------------------------

We've been the main supporters of Kunt in his
obviously doomed attempt to drive his song "Use my
Arsehole as a Cunt" to be UK Christmas number 1.
Here are our campaign highlights:

1. Getting Kunt to re-record his song to make it
about Nick Clegg - as the official B3ta wife
reckoned the chorus was a perfect fit for Clegg's
political compromise. Watch the video:
http://goo.gl/WCTxH

2. The track charting at number 66. Kunt writes,
"It's official - we have a hit on our hands! Use
My Arsehole As A Cunt is no. 66 in the Official UK
Chart! I know it wasn't top 40 but because we
finished in top 75 it is registered as a hit and
will appear in the Guinness Book of British Hit
Singles!"

3. Seeing the #66 news spread like crazy across
Twitter and forums with messages like, "Have you
seen what's at number 66? WTF?"

4. Backing Kunt's new campaign to get a top 40
entry by Boxing Day. Suddenly everyone is talking
about Kunt and this seems possible.

5. Organising 20 or so people off Twitter to do a
letter-writing campaign to various newspapers to
complain about Kunt. "My daughter was on iTunes
and was disgusted to find..." etc. This worked for
Joe Orton in the past and it might have worked for
us. As far as we know nobody actually printed
these mental, but oh wonderful letters, but if you
hear differently please let us know. (BTW: Thanks
to the legend that is CCC for this idea.)

6. Recording a podcast (ok just a phone call) with
Kunt. Best line? Kunt saying, "You make a deal
with the devil and you end up fucking yourself up
the arse."
http://goo.gl/iN228

7. THEN BOO HISS. iTunes booted off the
best-selling Nick Clegg mix without giving a
reason, probably dooming our chances for a higher
placement. Kunt believes there are dark political
forces at work.

Anyway - for Boxing Day placement please buy the
single (any of the 7 mixes) from Amazon.
http://goo.gl/T3R0h

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L is for LOL SLANG
-------------------------------------------------

Our favourite bits of new slang we heard in 2010
include

KMT - meaning 'kiss my teeth' as in 'Nick Clegg is
a twat. KMT' ENDZ - meaning where you live. "I'm
getting me bus to me endz" REFUGEE PHONE - meaning
a Nokia, as favoured by, well, refugees. MEGALOLZ
- sometimes just saying lol isn't enough.

And our favourite playground joke:

"Why did Nick Clegg cross the road? Because he
said he wouldn't"

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M is for Mutated Monty AKA Cyriak
-------------------------------------------------

Prodigy69 writes, "Respect to Mutated Monty for
still making things for b3ta and for the TV and
for not fucking off and leaving us as soon as he
found a bit of fame."

Mutated Monty is better-known to the world under
his real name Cyriak, and his latest gig is an
animation for the American TV company Showtime -
who make everyone's favourite serial killer rom
com Dexter.
http://goo.gl/A7i4e

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N is for Nina (aka Jessie)
-------------------------------------------------

Barryheadwound writes - "The massively-loved b3tan
and Derby Bash supremo was tragically taken from
us in May of this year, and Prof Kenny Martin now
faces the daily bummer of life without her. Big
thanks to Mrs. Trellis for sorting out the whip
round that realised over 2 grand in her memory.
And to Jahled for christening a baby snow leopard
after her."

Nina is beautiful:
http://goo.gl/Tk7VP

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O is for One Joke Tumblr sites
-------------------------------------------------

2010 was truly the year that Tumblr stopped being
whatever it was designed for and became the home
of single gag photo memes. We're sure the owners
are so proud.

Here's 8 of the best:

http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/
http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/
http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/
http://breadpeople.tumblr.com/
http://davidmitchellwithpizza.tumblr.com/
http://julianassangeisgorgeous.tumblr.com
http://gifsofpopularrappers.tumblr.com/
http://sexyalevels.tumblr.com/

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P - is for Person of the Year 2010
-------------------------------------------------

Your nominations are a little eccentric and
occasionally in-jokey but it's what you voted for
and we didn't flush them all down the bog like
Time magazine:

1. Julian Assange - internet "terrorist"

2. Some guy who robbed a Range Rover off a
dangerous driver who'd nearly mowed down a
cyclist.

3. Jessie - sadly-missed B3tan

4. Terry Pratchett
5. Cr3 who does codey stuff for our lovely site

6. YOU, yes you dear B3tan.

7. Jahled for naming Nina, the snow leopard, Nina.

8. Beekeepers who set bees on hippies

9. Aung Sung Suu Kyi for showing us all that
incredible things can be achieved by staying
at home and not speaking to anyone.

10. A German student who mooned a group of Hell's
Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping
on a stolen bulldozer.
http://www.b3ta.com/questions/b3tapersonoftheyear2010/

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Q - is for QED: Question.Explore.Discover
-------------------------------------------------

QED is a weekend celebration of science, reason
and critical thinking. Featuring top speakers like
Jon Ronson, Jim Al-Khalili and Robin Ince, QED
will be held in Manchester on Feb 5th-6th 2011.
Because science is awesome.
http://qedcon.org/xbSM

BTW: This is our second sponsored link. And it's
very handy that it's filled up our Q for us as
what the hell could we have stuck here? Quims?
Anyway, this QED thing sounds like something we'd
have happily linked to without sponsorship, so yay
for good people supporting B3ta and bunging us
money. AH FUCKING HELL. Obviously Q should be
Question of the Week. Let's have TWO Qs. No one
will notice.

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Q - is also for Question of the Week
-------------------------------------------------

The best story on QOTW in 2010 as voted for by YOU
was for "The Tale of the Cornflake" by
frightfullybored and, for those who didn't read
it, here's your chance.

"Many years ago, my aunt had a friend who was a
serial complainer/consumer terrorist. She used to
fire letters of complaint off to all manner of
unsuspecting companies regarding their shoddy
wares or, in this case, food. The usual response
was a fistful of money off vouchers or a cheque
from the unsuspecting company to calm the rabid
bitch's fevered brow.

"Anyway, one day, Kelloggs appeared on her radar
because they'd committed the heinous crime of
palming a large box of cornflakes off on the
unsuspecting masses (in this case her) with a
burnt cornflake in it.

"The sternly-worded letter of complaint was duly
written and dispatched post-haste to those fine
people at Kelloggs. She really went to town on
them over how outrageous it was that such a fine
upstanding company should be peddling this sub
standard filth on the general public and what were
they going to do about it regarding compensating
her for this impurity in her breakfast cereal.

"Their response?

"A 'With Compliments' slip with a single
replacement cornflake taped to the top right-hand
corner..."

If you fancy reading the best ever QOTW answers,
this link is your friend: every single answer, of
all time, in order of votes. Print it out and
stick it in your toilet. It would make a great
book.
http://b3ta.com/search/answers/everyone/best

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R is for Rim Jobs
-------------------------------------------------

No, nothing to do with licking your lover's anus
with your tongue, but a bizarre bit of marketing
from Blackberry phones - how can they not know?
http://goo.gl/4lRgw

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S is for Sodding it up
-------------------------------------------------

Here's a story about when one of our sponsored
links went wrong.

Someone approached us to buy unused ad space in
the newsletter by suggesting that we stick in a
link to their video chart for viral ads and we'd
get pennies for each click.

Anyway - one week we didn't get an ad and linked
them up and we thought to maximize click-throughs
we'd take the piss out of an advert. "Look at this
worst ad ever. It's just embarrassing shit" being
a much more compelling phrase than "woo hoo!"

It was an ad for some Barclays thing at the height
of the banking crisis and we threw in a few extra
digs about spending money on rotten advertising
being probably part of the reason we were all so
fucked.

Barclays saw it and got very angry that they were
paying to have their brand rubbished. Oops! And
that was the end for us and the viral chart.

BTW: The newsletter is funded by advertising. This
year has not been easy due to both the recession
and increased competition. However we've survived
in no small part to our wonderful readers, who
keep suggesting us to their clients and also the
even more wonderful W00tmedia who make special
efforts to ensure we don't wither away and die.
Thank you. Especially Bex and Austen. We love you.

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T is for Twitter Hate Mobs
-------------------------------------------------

"Twitter is like uploading a collective liberal
super ego to the cloud - a critical and moralising
voice with the amplifying power of retweeting", we
said pompously.

In 2010 twitter hate mobs came for

Jan Moir - Homophobia Keith Chegwin - Tweeting
stolen gags Stephen Fry - Heterophobia The
Guardian - Lily Allen insensitivity Paperchase -
nicking some art

In 2011 they're coming for you.

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U is for unused A-Z suggestions
-------------------------------------------------

A is for Anonymous calling us an "internet cunt" B
is also for Baldmonkey. King of /talk. C is for
Hunt as in Jeremy Hunt F is for Fwapping. J is for
JMG. King of /talk. K is for Kate Middleton's
lovely norks. P is for Paywalls.

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V for Vuvuzela
-------------------------------------------------

Apparently there was some kind of World Cup going
on but we didn't know because we're sad internet
cunts who got picked last at games.

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W is for Wanking
-------------------------------------------------

Keen internet masturbators tell us that in 2010
they've mostly been tugging off to the porn tubes
that have sprung up. Still, it beats waiting for
30 minutes for some GIF of Pamela Anderson to
download, like what we had to in the 90s. Or, like
we did in the 80s, the fashion pages in Cosmo.

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X is for X Factor
-------------------------------------------------

We didn't watch it. Sorry. If you want shit like
that try a different internet newsletter.

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Y is for Yazz and the Plastic Population
-------------------------------------------------

2010 was another heartbreakingly poor year for
Yazz in the pop charts. The only way isn't up, is
it Yazz? Where's your plastic population now,
Yazz? Melted, Yazz, like your chart dreams.

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Z is for zebra bastard zebra zebra zebra zebra
fucker
-------------------------------------------------

Despite nearly 10 years of B3ta history, we're
probably still known best for the swearing
keyboard. Here's some facts about it we'll be able
to stick in our memoirs one day:

1. Somebody once sent us a photo of a bit of
graffiti they'd spied with a drawing of a
Xylophone and a cock with the label "Xylophone
buggery". This still makes us proud.

2. Xylophone buggery was the official B3ta wife's
idea. We'd previously tried 'Xylo cock"

3. Rectum is Joel Veitch and me, Rob Manuel,
singing in harmony together. Joel did the lower
note and me the higher. Which is probably how we'd
have sex too.

4. Why Buffy? We knew Popbitch founder Neil loved
Buffy and we were trying to make things he would
link to, so people would notice our site.

5. We've got less compressed versions of the audio
kicking around somewhere, and outtakes too, so
should anybody want to pay us about a billion
pounds to release DVD extra special director's HD
cut or something - send the cash to the usual
address: http://www2.b3ta.com/buffyswear/

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currently got a word count of 3,800 words which is
about 10 words per minute, so... not so impressive
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Vol 966 - Dec. 22, 2010 - Strange Christmas Quiz - Can you Name These Carols?

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"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal." - Lenore Hershey

"Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit." - Kin Hubbard

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." - Garrison Keillor

"Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year." - P. J. O'Rourke

Strange Quotes About Santa:

Let me see if I've got this Santa business straight. You say he wears a beard, has no discernible source of income and flies to cities all over the world under cover of darkness? You sure this guy isn't laundering illegal drug money? - Tom Armstrong

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. - Shirley Temple Black

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year. - Victor Borge

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be coming into my neighborhood after dark. - Dick Gregory

Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, He must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, Must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking? - Arlo Guthrie

I played Santa Claus many times, and if you don't believe it, check out the divorce settlements awarded my wives. - Groucho Marx "The Groucho Phile"

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Christmas Quiz - Can you Name These Carols?

CAN YOU NAME THESE CHRISTMAS SONGS?

1. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas

2. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres

3. Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling

4. Wanted in December: top forward incisors

5. The apartment of two psychiatrists

6. The lad is a diminutive percussionist

7. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis

8. Decorate the entryways

9. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element

10. Oh small Israel urban center

11. Far off in a haybin

12. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole

13. Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of the yuletide season

14. Leave and broadcast from an elevation

15. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season

16. Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully

17. As the guardians of the woolly animals protected their charges in the dark hours

18. I beheld a trio of nautical vessels moving in this direction

19. Jubilation to the entire terrestrial globe

20. Do you perceive the same vibrations which stimulate my auditory sense organ?

21. A joyful song of reverence relative to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck

22. Parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster

23. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans

24. Rose-colored uncouth dolf is aware of the nature of precipitation, darling

Answers

1. Oh Holy Night

2. Jingle Bell Rock

3. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

4. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

5. The Nutcracker Suite

6. Little Drummer Boy

7. Silent Night

8. Deck the Halls

9. Silver Bells

10. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

11. Away in a Manger

12. We Three Kings

13. The Twelve Days of Christmas

14. Go Tell It on the Mountain

15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

16. Hark the Herald Angels Sing

17. While the Shepherds Guarded Their Flocks By Night

18. I Saw Three Ships

19. Joy to the World

20. Do You Hear What I Hear?

21. Carol of the Bells

22. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

23. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

24. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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*So what have we learned in 2,065 years?**

* "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC

* Evidently Nothing !!!*

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Vol 965 - Dec. 19, 2010 - Strange Christmas Facts

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Strange Christmas Facts

Saint Nicholas of Myra, the original Santa Claus, was the patron saint of children, thieves and pawnbrokers.

Based on previous surveys, 17 percent of you will embarrass yourselves in some way at your office Christmas party.

A Mongolian wild ass can run 8 mph faster than a reindeer.

It's Donder, not Donner.

Christmas pudding should be stirred from east to west.

56 percent of Americans sing holiday carols to their pets.

53 percent of Americans plan to "re-gift" this year.

1 in 3 men will wait until Christmas Eve to finish their shopping.

1 in 6 men would like to get rid of all the "gift-giving nonsense."

A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

On Christmas Eve in 2001, the Bethlehem Hotel had 208 of its 210 rooms free.

It's "God rest ye merry, gentlemen," not "God rest ye, merry gentlemen."

There are 1.76 billion candy canes produced every year.

Kris Kringel, a man in his 40s, lives in North Pole, Alaska, and delivers pizzas for a living. He drives a 1984 Ford Tempo.

Based on a 1999 estimated population count of North America and Europe, on Christmas Eve of that year Santa Claus had to visit 42,466,666 homes in a 12-hour period -- that's 983 homes per second.

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