Simply Dumb

November 7th, 2007

Star Trek Seeking All Weirdos

Here’s a fun story from FilmGecko.com about recent casting news for the upcoming Star Trek film.
The latest casting call is seeking "talent" with odd bodily features like big heads, emaciated builds, triplets and quintuplets, large ears, and small eyes. 
It sounds like it’s time to take of the shackles in your parents’ basement and see […]

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October 31st, 2007

Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Have $ To Run with GOP

Your hero and mine, satirist Steven Colbert, apparently does not have the necessary cash to run as a Republican in the South Carolina presidential primary.  The cost is $35,000!!! 
Running as a Democrat requires a mere $2500 or 3000 signatures, but for each candidate on the ballot, the state party is required to pay the state […]

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October 15th, 2007

YouTube Party Gone Awry

If there is one piece of advice everyone should draw from this mess, it’s this: don’t advertise your parties on YouTube.
Maybe they took YouTube’s motto just a bit too seriously?  Here’s a better idea, don’t broadcast yourself!  Don’t even try.
Didn’t anyone ever teach these people not to give their name, number, and address to strangers?  […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Spam Showcase: Do Not Spam List

As most of us here in the United States know, a few years back Congress passed a law allowing residents to put themselves on a national "do not call" registry.  So the argument goes, if you are bothered by telemarketers after putting your name on the list, you can sue them for the offense and […]

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September 30th, 2007

China Takes Sexy Off-Air

As the Chinese government increases its clampdown on the free press and free commerce, it seems that "intimate apparel" is getting the axe.  China has just banned all radio and television ads promoting such diverse items as push-up bras, sex toys, and "figure-enhancing" underwear.
Apparently, all these things represent a grave threat to Chinese society.  According […]

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September 26th, 2007

Geico Cavemen Go Primetime

This is the oddest entertainment story I think I’ve ever happened across.  I’m sure all us ardent television watchers out there are familiar with the Geico Insurance caveman ads: "So Easy a Caveman Could Do It." 
The flustered and emotionally distraught butt end of these jokes, the cavemen themselves, have now been given an unprecendented opportunity […]

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September 17th, 2007

Spam Showcase: Middle Class Guestbook

Those spammers are at it again.  Sorting through the latest deluge of spam comments, I came across this beauty:

from Bush: Your guestbook is example of middle-class guestbooks. Congratulation! I�ll show your site and guestbook to my friends.i

Anyone have any idea what a "middle-class" guestbook is?  If they really want to make these things look real, […]

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September 13th, 2007

Work at Hooters

Check out this dumb commercial we saw this evening. At first it looks like one of those online college commercials, then the interviewee takes off her coat. What a career; I hear the wings are excellent.
Tags: dumb news, dumb commercials, hooters, job opportunity
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September 8th, 2007

Best Anti-Piracy Ad Ever

I’m not sure where this is from, but this is one of the best spoofs on those anti-piracy ads that have been running in movie theaters the last few years.  Enjoy. :-)

Tags: dumb news, dumb video, anti-piracy, stealing
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September 4th, 2007

Job Interviews in Second Life

In the virtual world of “Second Life,” things are getting very real. This Sims-like online community has become so strangely expansive that it has its own currency which is actually worth money, stocks to be traded, online relationships, and now “real” job fairs which include interviews for actual positions in the real-life business world.
Maybe […]

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