VOL 1077 - Jan. 15, 2012 - Strange Words and Their Origins

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I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet. Rita Rudner

If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer. - Sharon Osbourne

The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears. - Sir Ian McKellen

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. - Dolly Parton

They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery. - Cybill Shepherd - 55-year-old actress denying she had plastic surgery and flattered because people thought she had.

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Strange Words and Their Origins

The term "moron" entered our vocabulary when Molière, in his play La Princesse d'Elide, gave a dim-witted character the name Moron.

The phrase, "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride," actually comes from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash. The text was written by Milton Feasley and first appeared in 1925. The advertisement was so successful that it ran for more than 10 years.

Limousines originally got their name because they were first built in the Limousin region of France.

Caterpillar" means "hairy cat" in Old French.

"Pez" (as in the candy) comes from the German, PfeffErminZ, meaning peppermint.

"Squash" comes from a Native American word, "isquoutersquash," which means "green thing eaten green."

Spain literally means "the land of rabbits."

The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise na ked."

The word "mafia" was created as an acronym for Morte alla francia italia adela, meaning literally "Death to the French is Italy's cry."

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish word "aguacate," which in turn is derived from the Aztec word "ahuacatl" which meant test icle.

The "ZIP" in "ZIP code" stands for "Zoning Improvement Plan."

According to an old Egyptian text, a delicate nerve runs from the fourth finger of a person's left hand to their heart, thus explaining the origin why that finger is the "wedding finger."

If you knock on wood, the spririt in the tree will protect you.

The sh*tty end of the stick? Well,you got that when you grabbed the wrong end of the pole used to lift the bucket in the outhouse. bummer!

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* STREET ART - best of 2011
* SLOTH - drip-dry baby
* SOCIOLOGISTS - review children's books

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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Other than making dirty protests

>> Have you forgotten what happens? <<
"Have you forgotten what happens when you eat
Kellogg's Cornflakes?" queries ratbanjos. If
you have, here's a flashback.
http://upthear.se/flakes

>> Me and Reg <<
Enjoyable shaggy dog tale from 'freelance
locksmith' cidercomic. "Apologies for length,"
he stutters.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/A_short_film_we_made_the_other_day

>> Tumbleweeds <<
Save this link for when your jokes go down
badly. A montage of tumbleweeds from various
films and tv shows. Via dunk3d.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Tumbleweeds

>> Harrison Ford watches 'Harrison Ford watches
Indiana Jones for the first time' for the
first time << "A lot of people have been
getting angry at the vid I uploaded last week,
that it was a hoax and faaake," explains
dogfood. "Thought I'd put a nail in the coffin
of those rumours."
http://upthear.se/fordy

>> I've got a house that looks like me <<
"This is a factual song about a factual
situation," claims exploding stallion Joel
Veitch. "At least, it will be fact when I am
rich enough." Lovely bit of vid by Butters.
NSFW: Cock.
http://b3ta.com/links/Ive_Got_A_House_That_Looks_Like_Me

>> The Ballad Of Worrall Thompson <<
Fans of disgraced, bearded TV chefs have been
glued to the news outlets as Antony Worrall
Thompson's shoplifting saga continues to
unfold. Here's a Fat Boab song and b3ta folks'
photoshops of a man we predict as a future
Celeb Big Brother contestant.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/The_Ballad_Of_Worral_Thompson

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: QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Books 2012

We always need something to read. There's only
so much staring at naked people's bits we can
take:
http://b3ta.com/questions/books2012/

* OM NOM - "'In the light of the moon, a
little egg lay on a leaf.' The humble origins
of the 'little' egg and 'tiny' caterpillar and
his quest for nourishment can be seen as a
metaphor for sexual growth, where desire
cannot be sated until, having sampled a
smörgåsbord on the Saturday comprising 'one
piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone,
one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one
slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of
cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one
slice of watermelon', he can take no more and
becomes a 'big, fat caterpillar'. The Freudian
depictions of the food - and of the
caterpillar himself - reinforce the metaphor:
size (and shape) is everything. Previous
suggestions (Catface, 2010) that the story is
a literal reading of
eating-overeating-transformation can be
dismissed as both reductionist and
essentialist. The transformation, when it does
occur, deals briefly with the liminal state as
a necessary transition into full awareness and
power - a phallocentric triumph. I have read
this book to my child an estimated 485 times.
That's about 484 times where I've had to
pretend to sound enthusiastic about a bug.
Don't even start me on 'We're going on a
motherfucking bear hunt.'"
(crackhouseceilidhband)

* PLANTS - "Once when Terry Pratchett was
doing a Q&A thing at a signing for 'The Last
Continent' there were about 50-100 people
present. There was time for one more question;
I raised my hand. 'You, with the glasses at
the back,' said Sir Terry. 'Fuck', thinks I,
'I didn't expect to have a question answered
and all the good ones pertinent to the book
and his previous writings have been asked...
Ah, I know, he keeps carnivorous plants, I'll
ask him how they're doing.' Silence greeted
the question. Followed by, '...They're doing
well, thanks.' And that's why I asked him to
sign my copy 'To the idiot with the question
about plants.' As a constant reminder that I
shouldn't talk, ever." (Funkenschlag)

* SPOILERS - "We read Of Mice and Men at
school. A great book, somewhat tempered by the
fact that come chapter 3 or thereabouts,
someone had scrawled 'I don't want to spoil
all the fun but Lennie gets shot on page
113.'" (The Silent Channel)

>> This Week's Question - Messing with People <<
What have you done to fuck with people? Was it
a long, carefully-planned piece of
psychological warfare, or do you favour quick,
off-the-cuff comments that confuse the
terminally gullible? Have you been dicked
with, and only realised many years later? Are
you being dicked right now? Talk to us here:
http://b3ta.com/questions/messingwithheads/

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

>> Useless stock photos <<
Not out-of-focus pics of Oxo and Knorr cubes
but library photos so specific and odd you
can't imagine placing them with any story. You
might laugh. If the internet hadn't deadened
your capacity for joy at anything that isn't
misfortune.
http://bit.ly/hPlKhV

>> Restart nostalgia <<
If you're addicted to watching old PCs reboot
then have we got a website for you. Fill your
boots, reboot obsessives.
http://www.therestartpage.com/

>> Bestest comic strip ever <<
A fantasy about how adverts could be improved,
ending with the immortal line, "All
commercials are now just a flaming baby skull
barking ethnic slurs." A parable for our
entire culture of poshlost. (Google the word
poshlost. It's a very good word that we all
should learn.)
http://bit.ly/AF3Dar

>> Street Art - Best of 2011 <<
The transformative quality of art can make you
see the world anew. Walk your streets and
imagine how a bit of tinkering could make
people smile with joy.
http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=5982

>> "Tiny things I hate" <<
Great blog listing in extreme detail the
author's pet hates. Here's a quick list of our
own.
1. People who press the pedestrian crossing
button even though we've already pressed it.
It's like they're saying we're rubbish at
button pushing. Rude.
2. People who talk to us from another room
without raising their voice expecting us to be
able to hear. Or walk in so we can hear. Rude.
3. People who email B3ta with "I've got an
idea for a website, if we built it, would you
cover it?" Er.. no idea. Build it and then
we'll know if it's any good. Rude!
http://tinythingsihate.blogspot.com

>> Total Perspective Vortex <<
Or as Carl Sagan put it, "Our posturings, our
imagined self-importance, the delusion that we
have some privileged position in the Universe,
are challenged by this point of pale light.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great
enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in
all this vastness, there is no hint that help
will come from elsewhere to save us from
ourselves." Happy new year.
http://www.scaleofuniverse.com

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: PODCASTY BOLLOCKS
Stick this in your CD Discman & walk in traffic:

You've probably heard it by now but the
American Life podcast on Foxconn - the Chinese
company that manufactures much of our
electronic gizmos - shines light into dark
heart of globalism. Highlights include:

* Unions illegal except for the official state
union who, if you go to them with a complaint,
puts you on a blacklist and you don't work
again

* Employee smashes hands in equipment -
resulting in disability, before being fired
for slowness.

* Staff exposed to chemicals that means their
hands are permanently shaking - screwed by the
time they are 26.

It's hard to think of a positive angle on
this. Large parts of the West's manufacturing
base have been shut down, destroying
communities and their jobs given to slaves.
Way to go power elite - loving your work.
(Sent from an iPhone).
http://upthear.se/miserypodcast

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: SOME JOKES TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD AFTER LECTURE
(We wrote these ourselves, can you tell?)

* Knock knock. Who's there? Lucy? Lucy who?
Loo seat is broken, can I borrow your bog?

* What goes ha ha ha ha bonk? A laughing
prostitute.

* What do you get if you pour boiling water
down a rabbit warren? Six months to a year.

* Doctor Doctor I feel like a pair of
curtains. Then pull yourself together. That'll
be £5,000 please. Privatisation innit.

* Waiter waiter there's a shit in my soup.
Well yes, this is a coprophagiac restaurant
and you ordered shit soup.

There you go. B3ta newsletter is all cheerful
again. Yay kittens.

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: THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO AAHH
Baby sloths!

@Tannice_ writes, "this, without doubt, is the
best drip-drying baby sloth video you'll ever see."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1mAGQAw3Oc

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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
A tiny cinema, where the usherette is Mr Clippy

>> Culinary Propaganda <<
Totalitarian Chef Bartek tells you how you
will eat. With inexplicable guest appearances
from what appears to be Odin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZd-Oge5_E

>> Pizza boomerang <<
A lot of ads emphasise the positive qualities
of the product. Junk food makers tend to go
with "the world is an absurd collection of
unconnected events, so eating our food might
not kill you. Also, isn't Bill Lumbergh hot?"
http://youtu.be/GrKSWocbbdw

>> A Cappella Prodigy <<
Full-on choir performs a medley of electronic
dance hits, using only their voiceboxes.
Wisely, they avoid doing 'Charlie Says', which
really fucks up your throat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuYutmFPPK4

>> "The Page Turner" <<
If Heath Robinson had invented the Kindle -
maximum effort for absolutely minimum, but
delightful, result.
http://upthear.se/pagey

>> An HONEST James Bond theme <<
The lyrics to the 007 theme turn out to be
Bond boasting about banging bitches and being
suave.
http://upthear.se/bondytwat

>> Fotoshop by Adobé <<
The beauty industry's best-kept secret
revealed, or at least ridiculed for sniggering
geeks.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Fotoshop_by_Adob

>> The Lambshank Redemption <<
Successful chef Antony Worrall Thompson's
world changes forever, when he's sentenced to
life imprisonment at Lambshank Penitentiary.
NSFW: Poignant. Er, we mean NSFW: norks.
http://upthear.se/cheftwat

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: AMAZON REVIEWS THAT MAKE YOU GO HA!
Sociologist reviews Mr Men books

Let's just quote his entire review of Mr Messy
- it's 100% brilliant:

If '1984' or 'The Trial' had been a children's
book, Mr Messy would be it. No literary
character has ever been so fully and
categorically obliterated by the forces of
social control. Hargreaves may well pay homage
to Kafka and Orwell in this work, but he also
goes beyond them.

We meet Mr Messy - a man whose entire
day-to-day existence is the undiluted
expression of his individuality. His very
untidiness is a metaphor for his blissful and
unselfconscious disregard for the Social
Order. Yes, there are times when he himself is
a victim of this individuality - as when he
trips over a brush he has left on his garden
path - but he goes through life with a smile
on his face.

That is, until a chance meeting with Mr Neat
and Mr Tidy - the archetypal men in suits.
They set about a merciless programme of social
engineering and indoctrination that we are
left in no doubt is in flagrant violation of
his free will. 'But I like being messy,' he
protests as they anonymize both his home and
his person with their relentless cleaning
activity, a symbolism thinly-veiled.

This process is so thorough that by the end of
it he is unrecognizable - a homogenized pink
blob, no longer truly himself (that vibrant
Pollock-like scribble of before). He smiles
the smile of a brainwashed automaton, blandly
accepting what he has been given no agency to
question or refuse. It is in this very smile
that the sheer horror of what we have seen to
occur is at its most acute.

Somewhere behind this blank expression though
is a latent anger - a trace of self-knowledge
as to what he once was - in the barbed
observation he makes to Neat and Tidy that
they have even deprived him of his name.

The book ends with a dry reminder from
Hargreaves that just as with the secret police
in some totalitarian regime, our own small
expressions of uniqueness and volition may
also result in a visit from these sinister
suited agents."

More here, comrades:
http://upthear.se/funnyreviews

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: FOLLOW FRIDAY
Your guide to Twitter "lols"

@StealthMountain alerts Twitter users who've
typed "sneak peak" when they meant "sneak peek"
then favourites the replies. Very gentle
trolling, basically.
https://twitter.com/#!/StealthMountain/favorites

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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the Stamp Challenge

Last week we wanted you to make stamp designs
for the Royal Jubilee. Apparently it's 1977
again and the Queen wants us all to have a
street party or something. Anyway, good excuse
to thumb our noses at the old Nazis.

Our favourites included:

* KATE MIDDLETON GETS MAIL - BTW it was her
birthday this week so happy birthday Kate
Middleton! We'd buy you a gift but we're a bit
skint after helping pay for your wedding.
Which you didn't invite us to.
http://b3ta.com/board/10650658

* CHARLES HAS BIG EARS - you know why he has
big ears? Because Noddy wouldn't pay the
ransom. (ha ha ha circa 1977 again)
http://b3ta.com/board/10655021

* QUEEN AND CORGI - if you see a Queen doing
this it's a sure sign of worms. Crush some
Bob Martin worming tablets into her delicious
meaty Queen-chow.
http://b3ta.com/board/10656094

All these images and the highest voted by
you can be found here - because we have real
democratic elements in B3ta. Yay.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/jubileestamp/

>> New challenge: Right to Parody <<
This week we're supporting the Open Rights
Group and their "Right to Parody" campaign.
It's about getting UK law changed so we don't
get sent to prison for making shit photoshops.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/righttoparody/

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

* CASHPOINT EASTER EGGS REFUTED - Mat, who
assures us he does this stuff for a living,
writes, "The comment in the newsletter about
'typing an amount not divisible by 5 at an ATM
will reveal how much in the machine' is indeed
complete, unadulterated bollocks!

"Replenishment figures and cash levels are
never displayed except in 'supervisor' mode --
which can only be entered by opening the
cabinet or safe.

"Typing an amount not divisible by the lowest
denomination in the machine will simply result
in the ATM's workflow branching to a screen to
inform you that you need to try again.

"Some ATMs show a 'current screen ID' which is
a four-digit code (sometimes in hex) in the
top right corner - for exception/error
screens. I bet the bloke who told you this saw
that and thought he'd seen something secret.

* CASHPOINT EASTER EGGS CONFIRMED - Nirmeth &
HarleyQuinn1234 write, "Me and the missus were
at the ATM tonight and thought to check the
cashpoint easter egg mentioned in the
newsletter. And it works!"
http://neilmasters.co.uk/images/cash_machine_value.jpg

BTW: We suspect this figure doesn't represent
the total amount in the machine but something
else. Maybe something to do with lizards.

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: FRIDAY GAME
Slowest pee ever

When you pee it normally turns into a torrent
pretty damn quickly - can you train your urine
muscles only to dribble it out? We don't mean
stop/start, that would be rubbish, but control
the volume per second. How long can you make a
piss last? Great game for all the family.

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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

* RACE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - Do white people
disproportionately follow white people? Has
anyone studied following patterns? Are our
communities mixed but our social networks
following some unconscious apartheid?

* APP IDEA - 'Cassette Deck': Record up to
90 mins of audio in two 45 mins chunks.
Additional C90s available as in-app purchase.

* THE ONLY WAY IS CHINA - a documentary about
the pampered lives of the children of Chinese
industrialists. Are they having tit jobs? No
idea, but we like the title anyway.

Send contributions via the mail form.
http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/

BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't
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THANKS:
This issue was written by Rob "I've got tits"
Manuel with David "I've got a minge"
Stevenson. Stuff sent in by @qwghlm ,
@ImVincentMurphy, Fluffster, judderman,
Stashie, h7dd3rs, maryepworth, @jongomm,
@qwghlm, @tadd31, @HurricaneMedia,
quadraspazzed on a lifeglug, @ricardopresto
Top Tippery by SonoraAeroClub. Additional
linkage and image challenge by Fraser Lewry.
Mike Trinder is a good bloke.

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STRANGE BRITISH ROYALTY & CARS

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Strange British Sayings – British Slang – British Words:

Wanker: Wanker - Time For A Little Anecdote. My English Friend and I were Driving Along When a Maniac Almost Took off the Side of My Car. In Unison We Both Yelled WANKER Out the Window. It Was A Thing of Beauty!

Cheeky Bugger: Cheeky Bugger! - Naughty. Someone Comments That You've Got A Nice Pair (Rack, To The Americans), Call Them This!

Get Knotted!: Get Knotted! - A Not So Polite Way to Tell Someone Who's Being a Bit of a Nuisance to Get Stuffed.

Get Stuffed! – Faff Off Not Doing the Trick, Then? Try This Slightly More Obvious Expression. This Cool Design Gets Funny UK T-Shirts Stamp of Approval. Don't You Wish You Had a T-shirt Like This at School? Could Have Saved You the World of Time!

I Don't Give a Toss: I Don't Give a Toss - A great British Slang phrase that simply means, "I don't care".

Chuffed to Bits: Chuffed to Bits - This is another great British Slang Term. It means very pleased with or very happy about something and is very similar to another British Saying, "Pleased as Punch".

Chip Butty: Chip Butty - This unusual British Slang word is actually a food group unto itself in the UK. It is beyond fattening in its construction. Made from a bread roll, spread lovingly with lashings of butter and stuffed to the rafters with chips, it is guaranteed to clog up those arteries in a hurry. Dieters be for warned!

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - You Might Be British IF..............

Being British

Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a

Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all?

Suspicion of all things foreign!

Only in Britain can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in Britain do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET Coke.

Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in Britain do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.

NOT TO MENTION...

3 Brits die each year testing if a 9 Volt battery works on their tongue.

142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.

58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.

31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.

19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.

British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after Xmas cracker-pulling accidents.

18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth.

5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars.

And finally...

In 2000 eight Brits were admitted to hospital with fractured skulls incurred whilst throwing up into the toilet.

If you are proud to be British, send this on!

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STRANGE OLDE INDY 500 PACE CARS - INFAMOUS 1971 DODGE CHALLENGER - CRASHED INTO PHOTOGRAPHERS END OF PIT ROW - http://www.strangeracer.com/content/item/180417.html

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The Featured Pix Category This Week - ST - GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND - IRELAND - SCOTLAND - Dublin - London - Glasgow

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The Top News Articles & Humor for the Week

- The Strange Dynamics of Racing a Top Fuel Dragster - AWESOME! - http://www.strangeracer.com/content/item/180915.html

- Strange British Humor - Letters To The Editor..... - http://www.strangetrabel.com/content/item/114121.html

- That Strange British Humor - Actual Announcements that London Tube Train Drivers have made - http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/124522.html

- Strange Sports Announcements on British TV - http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/160501.html

- British Army Voice Mail Instructions - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/21906.html

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- British Army Fitness Reports - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/21569.html

- British Courtesy - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/24785.html

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VOL 1075 - Jan. 08, 2012 - What Women Say ---- And What They REALLY Mean

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Strange Quotes: When Insults Had Class

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -- John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -- Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -- Paul Keating

"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -- Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."-- Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -- Oscar Wilde

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - What Women Say ---- And What They REALLY Mean

ARE YOU WILLING TO: This means you better do it.

FINE: This is the word women use to end an argument when they feel they are right and you need to shut up. Never use "fine" to describe how a woman looks. This will cause you to have one of "those" arguments.

FIVE MINUTES: This is half an hour. It is equivalent to the five minutes that your football game is going to last before you take out the trash, so it's an even trade.

NOTHING: This means "something" and you should be on your toes. "Nothing" is usually used to describe the feeling a woman has of wanting to turn you inside out, upside down, and backwards. "Nothing" usually signifies an argument that will last "Five Minutes" and will end with the word "Fine".

GO AHEAD (With Raised Eyebrows): This is a dare. One that will result in a woman getting upset over "Nothing" and will end with the word "Fine".

GO AHEAD (Normal Eyebrows): This means "I give up" or "do what you want because I don't care". You will get a "Raised Eyebrow Go Ahead" in just a few minutes, followed by "Nothing" and "Fine", and she will talk to you in about "Five Minutes" when she cools off.

LOUD SIGH: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot at that moment, and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here arguing with you over "Nothing".

SOFT SIGH: Again, not a word, but a non-verbal statement. "Soft Sigh" means that she is content. Your best bet is not to move or breathe, and she will stay content.

THAT'S OKAY: This is one of the most dangerous statements that a woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before paying you back for whatever it is that you have done. "That's Okay" is often used with the word "Fine" and in conjunction with a "Raised Eyebrow Go Ahead". At some point in the near future, you are going to be in some mighty big trouble.

PLEASE DO: This is not a statement, it is an offer. A woman is giving you the chance to come up with whatever excuse or reason you have for doing whatever it is that you have done. You have a fair chance with the truth, so be careful and you shouldn't get a "That's Okay".

THANKS: A woman is thanking you. Do not faint. Just say "you're welcome".

THANKS A LOT: This is much different than "Thanks". A woman will say "Thanks A Lot" when she is really ticked off at you. It signifies that you have offended her in some callous way, and will be followed by the "Loud Sigh". Be careful not to ask what is wrong after the "Loud Sigh" as she will only tell you "Nothing".

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The Top News Articles & Humor for the Week

- Strange Questions and Answers - Student Who Obtained a 0% on an Exam - http://www.strangeracer.com/content/item/180766.html

- Presidential Sex Quiz - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/24716.html

- A Strange Little Quiz - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/24828.html

- Just How Dumb Are You Quiz - http://www.strangefunvideos.com/content/item/24853.html

- Are You Normal? These Stats Will Tell You! - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/25171.html

- Compatibility Test For Lovers - http://www.strangefunkidz.com/content/item/25405.html

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VOL 1074-A - Jan. 06, 2012 - Special E-Letter - Last Quarters Best -

Most Viewed Images and Humor

NEW FOR 2012 - PREVIOUS QUARTERS HOTTEST AND MOST VIEW IMAGES AND INFORMATION ITEMS!

Beginning this January 2012, we will be sending "Special" periodic e-letters highlighting the most frequently viewed images - photos - and information articles and humor. We continually track what is popular and being accessed the most - and will now will be sharing that information with you. Let us know your thoughts and what are your favorite categories and images.

Happy New Year and let's make 2012 the most successful EVER!

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STRANGE CONTRAST - 66 YEARS LATER - HIROSHIMA JAPAN - vs DETROIT MICHIGAN - http://www.strangepolitics.com/content/item/180714.html

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STRANGE HEAVY DUTY SHOPLIFTING - INDIAN WOMAN HIDES CASE OF BEER BETWEEN HER LEGS UNDER A LONG SKIRT AND WALK OUT OF STORE - ACTION GIF - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/180715.html

GREAT WHITE SHARK - ROARING OUTOF THE WATER - http://www.strangedangers.com/content/item/148802.html

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KARI BYRON - SEXY BIKINI - MYTH BUSTERS GAL – 2 - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/129728.html#theContent

RACHEL RAY - FOOD CHANNEL HOTTIE - WARDROBE MALFUNCTION! - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/140175.html#theContent
TAMARA ECCLESTONE - HOT WHITE BIKINI - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/174882.html#theContent

MEGAN HAUSERMAN - SEXY BLUE BIKINI – 1 - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/157510.html#theContent

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The Top News Articles & Humor for the Quarter:

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

Strange List of Senior Citizen Discounts - Some Start at AGE 50! Must Read! - http://www.strangegolf.com/content/item/180232.html

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STRANGE HOLES IN THE EARTH - BIG HOLES - SINK HOLES

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LINDA VAUGHN - MISS HURST SHIFTER - 1970'S WORLDS HOTTEST PRODUCT MODEL!

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STRANGE PET CEMETERIES & TOMBSTONES

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A woman went to a plastic surgeon and asked him to make her like Bo Derek. He gave her a lobotomy. - Joan Rivers

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso. - Rita Rudner

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.
Rita Rudner

If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer. - Sharon Osbourne

The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears. - Sir Ian McKellen

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. - Dolly Parton

They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery. - Cybill Shepherd - 55-year-old actress denying she had plastic surgery and flattered because people thought she had.

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - - Strange Insights and Deep Thoughts

1. ON METAPHYSICS
Deja Fu: The feeling that somehow, somewhere, you've been kicked in the head like this before.

2. ON DEEP THOUGHTS
A day without sunshine is like night.

3. ON PARADOX AND RETURN POLICIES
There is a CD out entitled "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane". If you buy this, take it home, play it, and enjoy it, should you take it back and demand a refund?

4. ON HIGHER EDUCATION
College is a fountain of knowledge... and the students are there to drink.

5. ON MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMS
A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.

6. ON YOUTH
Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk.
-- Stephen King, 3/8/90

6. ON PROBLEM SOLVING
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-- Abraham Maslow

7. ON MATERIALISM
He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.

8. ON RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Photons have mass? I didn't know they were Catholic!

9. ON INFINITY
If you had everything, where would you keep it?

10. ON ECONOMICS
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

11. ON PUBLISHING OR PERISHING
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.
-- English Professor, Ohio University

12. ON REVISIONIST HISTORY
What was sliced bread the greatest thing since?

13. ON DATING
When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the occasional division by zero.

14. ON POETIC LOVE
When you're swimmin' in the creek
And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray!
-- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

15. ON MODERNISM
Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly colored machine tools.

16. ON MATERIAL SCIENCE
Character density: The number of very weird people in the office.

17. ON EXTINCTION
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

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Vol 1073 - Jan. 01, 2012 - Strange New Year's Resolutions for Pets

Twice weekly E-letter - StrangeCosmos.com -

Happy New Year!

A Few New Years Eve Toasts for your pals!

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The Lord gives our relatives,
Thank God we can choose our friends.

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Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one!

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May you never lie, cheat, or drink.
But if you must lie, lie in each other's arms.
If you must cheat, cheat death.
And if you must drink, drink with all of us
because we love you.

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May we live to learn well, and learn to live well.
May you live as long as you want,
and never want as long as you live.

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Strange "Father Time" Quotes:

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. - Hector Berlioz

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. - Margaret Bonnano

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. - Jorge Louis Borges

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. - Dion Boucicault

Oh Time! the beautifier of the dead, adorer of the ruin, comforter and only healer when the heart hath bled... Time, the avenger! - Lord Byron

One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities. - Thomas Carlyle

Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. - Lord Chesterfield

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - New Year's Resolutions for Pets

New Year's Resolutions for Pets

1. Have a torrid one-night stand with a street mutt.

2. I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.

3. Circulate petition that Leg Humping be a juried competition in major dog shows.

4. Call PETA and tell them what that surgical mask-wearing freak does to us when no one is around.

5. Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.

6. Hamster: Don't let them figure out I'm just a rat on 'roids, or they'll flush my butt.

7. Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.

8. Get out of the castle more, maybe swim counter-clockwise this year.

9. January 1st: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock! January 2nd - December 31: Re-live victory over the sock.

10. I will NOT chase the damned stick unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND.

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