The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921
January 11th, 2012Hostess, maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, files for bankruptcy
January 11th, 2012Hostess Brands, the storied American manufacturer of snack cakes, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday December 10th 2012.
The company, based in Irving, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York
The company has about 19,000 full-time and part-time employees, including 10,413 hourly workers and 8,436 salaried workers, according to a court filing. About 83% of the employees are union members.
image: Not even the cream-filled blue balls of Optimus Prime can save Hostess this time.
Full Story HERE
Trust the Good Ol’ USA to Screw Up A Good Thing Once Again
January 6th, 2012There was a good chance Iran was going to blow its collective stack and do something that many in the betting pool have been waiting for. And then the USA goes and screws that all up by being all decent and rescuing some Iranian fishermen who had been held captive by (mostly Somali) pirates for upwards of a month.
image: The US meddling in Iran and Somali affairs yet again.
Full Chest Beating Story Here
Pingu’s The Thing
January 5th, 2012.
Man gouges out eyes instead of watching Jersey Shore
January 4th, 2012A northern Illinois man is suspected of gouging his own eyes out instead of being forced to watch Jersey Shore with his girlfriend.
Officials with the Will County Sheriff’s Department say they were called to a Joliet Township home on New Year’s Eve where a deputy found the 32-year-old victim with blood streaming from his eyes and a smile on his face.
The (Joliet) Herald-News reports that authorities say the man’s eyeballs were protruding from his eye sockets and that the victim told deputies his girlfriend insisted he sit and watch Jersey Shore with him, so he had to pry his eyes out with his thumbs.
“Both of his eyeballs were swollen, dislocated and were protruding approximately a quarter-inch from the eye sockets, but he was glad he did not have to watch that dreadful show.” police said.
Sources told The Herald-News that the man is now blind in his left eye and will require additional surgery to restore limited vision to his right eye.
The man was arrested on a charge of insulting reality television and denying Snooki her rightful gawking. A judge ordered him held on $1 million bond Tuesday.
image: morning crusties of the dead
Full Story HERE
How to have your cake and evolution, too.
January 4th, 2012.
Osama bin Laden’s buddies looking for new places to set up camp
December 28th, 2011
Kris Humphries’ Pen is On Sale
December 27th, 2011Kris Humphries’ pen is on sale.
Yes, collectors, you read that right.
The five-inch ivory-white pen Kris Humphries used to sign his marriage contract to Kim Kardashian is now on sale on eBay. The only thing more valuable would be if Kris Humphries cock a doodle doo’ed on live television.
Kim Kardashian’s pen is a donkey-inch black model and her pen is not for sale.
image: proof Kris Humphries’ pen is huge.
Ode to Plumbing by Michael Straker
December 21st, 2011Ode to Plumbing by Michael Straker
There’s plumbing for water, refreshing and cold
And plumbing for knowledge, before we grow old
So pay close attention, there’s a tale to be told
Of a brave urban plumber, turning sewage to gold
Lance wasn’t always a plumber. He was once merely a surfer/stockbroker. But one day, he woke up and it struck him: “Plumbing! I shouldn’t be surfing and stockbrokering, I should be plumbing! The wrenches, the pipes, the fittings and hoses, the dashing young construction workers… Yes, plumbing is the ticket!”
So Lance sold his surf boards and donated his suits to the Salivation Army. He bought some low-hanging plumbing pants. And he opened his plumbing contractor business, “Lance’s Plumbing, Inc.” Within weeks, Lance was knee deep in plumbing accoutrements: sump pumps, showerheads, copper fittings and valves… He was plumbing his way to fortune. Lance the plumber never looked back.
Plumbing construction and plumbing design
Wholesale and retail, if it’s plumbing it’s fine
“I’m a plumbing contractor”, Lance said with great pride
If your toilet is running, invite me inside.
Drip irrigation, plumbing contracts galore
Victorian faucets, brass products and more
How Lance delighted in his plumbing invention
Making his fortune in backflow prevention.
King flopper Luis Suárez banned for eight matches for racial abuse of Patrice Evra
December 20th, 2011This may not mean much to anyone, but Luis Suarez is a dick who needs to be suspended as often as possible.
Fool’s story HERE
