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One would think that London would have enough bomb worries with all the terrorist alerts in the UK.  Unfortunately, they never succeeded in cleaning up all the old bombs from the last big war which targeted the British mainland… that is the Second World War.  Apparently the government estimates there are 100s of unexploded bombs from that era all around the country which are dug up from time to time in construction sites.  I think there was something about this in the old movie, Bedknobs & Broomsticks.  Now I’m dating myself.  Anyhow, hope they cleaned this up carefully!

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According to the folks at CNet’s NewBlog, the Governor of Nevada has accidentally published his Outlook password on the State’s official website!  This in an MS Word file which gives step-by-step instructions to the Governor’s aids about how to send out his weekly email updates.  Aparently it has since been taken down, but imagine the mischief one could have gotten into.  Nice to know that security in the great state of Nevada is so up to snuff.  With a 28% approval rating, this guy can hardly afford any more dumb mistakes!  Read more about it on CNet.
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I always knew there was something nefarious about Harry Potter; I just haven’t been able to put my finger on it.  Like all awful things in this world, according to Iran, it’s all a Zionist conspiracy.  Read about here.

In an article, the Iranian daily Kayhan, which is identified with Iranian Supreme Leader ‘Ali Khamenei, criticized Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry for approving the distribution of the new book in the "Harry Potter" series.
The paper said that "Harry Potter" was a Zionist project in which billions of dollars had been invested in order to disrupt the minds of young people.

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We here at Simply Dumb get literally 100s of spam comments a day which our filters must separate from the real ones.  It’s really a marvelous piece of software.  Every now and again, of couse, things do get through, but for the most part we are proud to say that this is a spam free site.  Here you will not see ads for viagra, cialis, porn, or pyramid schemes, just plain good old fashioned fun stupid news.  Today, however, we came across a real diamond in the rough.  This spam comment was so delicious that we felt we had to …read more

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Dumb news fans, break out the hankies.  The famous tabloid that brought us the ever important news stories of batboy, alien invasions, and other improbable, unlikely, and truly impossible "facts" is closing its door and printing its final issue.  Weekly World News, you will be sorely missed…

Weekly World News, the newspaper of record for the deranged, announced this week that it was folding on Aug. 3, leaving Bat Boy, Zombie Elvis and P’lod, the extraterrestrial who had an affair with Hillary Clinton, homeless. No reason was given by American Media for shutting down the almost-entirely fictional, magnificently trashy supermarket …read more

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I’m not making this up.  Thanks to dumb.com, I have stumbled across this interesting recently sold auction item on Ebay.  It certainly will make quite the conversation piece for whomever purchased it.  As always dear readers, if you come across fun items such as these please send me an email or leave a comment!

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Just when it looked like Iraqis finally had something to be united and proud about, "insurgents" had to come and spoil all the fun.  Something gives me a feeling that this no longer has anything to do with the "Evil American Occupation"TM and perhaps a bit more to do with an already crippled society facing an ideology of mass murder.  That is unless someone can explain to me why Iraqis celebrating a soccer victory over South Korea in the Asian Cup semi-finals is 1) anti-Arab, 2) anti-Muslim, or 3) imposed by foreign infidels.  Anyone?  This should make everyone very upset.

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Isn’t this just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?  You see, gerbils/hampsters/mice/whatever these things are can be video game addicts too.  Just need a small enough screen.  Maybe Apple could come out with a new even smaller iPod to make this little creature’s dream a reality.
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After being booked on earlier drunken driving charges last Thursday, Lindsay Lohan has been arrested again this Tuesday.  Apparently Lindsay was driving chasing another car when the tip was called into the Police.  When stopped, she apparently had a .12-.13 BAC and was found with a "powdery substance" stashed in the car.  Will she ever learn?  Once is a publicity stunt, twice is obnoxious, three times is almost a career killer particularly this many times in a row.  Well, I suppose she could fall back on her other, um, talents.  What were those again?

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To say that this story is creepy just doesn’t quite cut it. Perhaps this trend of Japanese men turning to sex dolls is a product of oversexed manga, unrealistic expectations, and extreme social reservedness? But to make that argument, one would have to assume that we don’t have these things here in the US as well… and we do. Still, two thumbs down for just plain icky. Note the main interviewee’s last sentence: “Sex with human girls was better, but I hate the process of dating.” Sounds like this guy is really just looking for …read more

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