Simply Dumb

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HuffingtonPost reports that the brown, thick-soled “Model 271″ shoe the Iraqi reporter hurled at President Bush is now a bestseller. Istanbul-based producer Baydan Ayakkabicilik San. & Tic may even look into hiring an ad agency to help with the shoe’s sudden popularity.
The company has received orders for 300,000 pairs of shoes since the Bush incident, more than four times what they ordinarily sell in a year. I wonder if the outgoing President Bush has anymore Middle Eastern trips scheduled between now and January. If so, the Secret Service is going to want to do some crack …read more

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Or, next time maybe you should check that shipment a bit more closely.
A store in Britain quickly removed a shipment of walking sticks from store shelves when they found that sticks serve double-duty as swords. A customer reported the find and TK Maxx rushed to get rid of the offending items.
The man that discovered the sword wondered why the walking stick his partner gave him seemed a bit heavy. He claimed he got the fright of his life when he found the blade.
Was there no labeling on this product to indicate that it was a weapon and not just a …read more

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No, we are really not joking here though we wish we were. Reuters reports that JetBlue, a company famous for providing passengers perks like free television and leather seats, is raising prices to cope with fuel costs.
The airline will no longer provide pillows free of charge and in fact will begin selling a pillow and blanket kit for $7. It’s OK though, because the pillow and blanket are extremely eco-friendly according to the airline.
The kit is made by CleanBrands LLC, and is supposedly “the world’s cleanest” due to its, wait for it, toxin-blocking fabric.  Well, gosh, I take everything …read more

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Criminy, Hollywood it is O.K. to leave one dollar on the table where a major film franchise is concerned. When I saw an ad for this I was hoping it was a parody and Frank Caliendo was going to pop up, but no such luck.
Let it go, guys, let it go. And didn’t the villain die in Saw 3? Come on, already. Wouldn’t it be great if a movie made money and the company said you know what, that was a unique and exciting piece of art. Let’s not ruin it by trying to reanimate this film’s corpse three or …read more

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Since the sales of Dustin Diamond’s porno tape were less than he anticipated (but exactly what everyone else anticipated) now he’s going to release a book. According to E News, TV’s “Screech” will dish all the dirt on Saved By The Bell.
Diamond promises to reveal sexual escapades, drug use and hardcore partying. Say it ain’t so, Screech! Next he’ll be telling us the Zack Attack really wasn’t singing and playing those instruments.
I’ll save you the $20. Diamond is a washed-up child star who can’t think of any other means to support himself. Like most actors cast as the “ugly kid” …read more

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OK, these weird Internet auctions are getting ridiculous. Last week some guy auctioned off his life. Now a New Zealand man has gone one better and will auction off his soul.
 Walter Scott’s auction notes that his is a “merry old soul” and not a “funk soul brother.” The soul has drawn more than 100 bids on New Zealand site TradeMe, going as high as $189 US. The winning bidder will receive a framed certificate of “soul ownership” but legal details explain you will have no actual control over Walter. I don’t know, somebody may need to exercise some control …read more

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Now I’ve seen everything. A 52-year-old woman from Los Angeles is suing Victoria’s Secret over a pair of thong underwear. I’ll just let that sink in for a second.
She claims that a metal clip flew off of the panties and hit her in the eye, causing immense pain. The metal was apparently securing a rhinestone heart.
First, do you know any 52-year-olds that shop at VS? Seriously? Or still wear thongs?
Um, honey, I hate to tell you this, but things usually only fly off of stuff like that if you’re, well, …read more

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According to the Disney book group, Miley Cyrus is going to write a memoir. She’s all of 15. She mostly seems like a nice kid, but what in the world would she have to say in a book?
She plans to talk bout her roots in the South and her rise to stardom as Hannah Montana. Cyrus also wants to emphasize her relationship with her family – how important it is to her.
Methinks Disney is doing its typical thing and marketing the heck out of its teenage star, taking advantage …read more

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It may be hard to believe, but even some of Microsoft’s top executives are upset with the abysmal performance of their new Windows Vista operating system. 
Don’t believe me?  Check out this timely article from the New York Times.
Where oh where did Microsoft go wrong?  My guess is when they left DOS in the dust.
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Coffee nut alert, this afternoon Starbucks will be shutting its doors a few hours early nationwide for employee training.  From 5:30 pm local time, all 7100 stores will lock their doors and focus on training their 135,000 employees.
But don’t worry, Dunkin’ Donuts is picking up the slack.  It announced that it will be offering small 99 cent lattes, cappuccinos and espressos “to ensure that no coffee lover is denied a delicious espresso-based beverage”.  That deal will last from 1 pm to 10 pm local time.  Way to engage in opportunistic marketing!
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