Not trying to be elusive. Just not very good with words. Yet.
Pakistani refused as ambassador because his name is NSFA Posted: 1 month ago by jhordie
Akbar Zeb was denied accreditation as Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia because of his name.
Apparently it means Biggest d**k in Arabic.
Hey, that rhymes.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 372 [+].
Homeless girl denied diploma Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Rosa was scheduled to take a test for her diploma on the same day her family was being evicted and needed to move into a shelter. She took it the next day, the state denied the results because they don't allow make-up tests.
Rosa was in a gifted student program.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 581 [+].
Time for some dunkin' and squeezin' Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Heinz is finally revamping the ketchup package. The old one didn't cut the mustard anymore.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 433 [+].
One more pill to try Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Researchers have identified super-genes that help people live to be a hundred, usually without debilitating diseases.
Scientists are trying to make a pill that will simulate what the gene does in the body.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 167 [+].
Former stripper awarded $100,000 Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Stripper drinks on the job. They try to stop her from leaving 3 times. She still manages to get out and drive home.
Stripper gets in a wreck.
Stripper blames employer and sues. And wins.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 309 [+].
Beware of leaping attack porcupine Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Telluride ski resort in Colorado has new resident. His name is Stickers.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 489 [+].
Queens teacher collects $100,000 for doing nothing Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
A Queens teacher who collects a $100,000 salary for doing nothing spends time in a Department of Education "rubber room" working on his law practice and managing 12 real-estate properties worth an estimated $7.8 million.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 153 [+].
Volunteer brings aloha to Haiti Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Hawaii resident Deborah Quigley is headed to Haiti for a week, her second trip in eight days, to bring medical supplies to earthquake victims.
Thought I would post a story about those helping in Haiti. This story is about a co-worker's daughter.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 24 [+].
CBS deliberating gay ad during Super Bowl Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
CBS is deliberating whether to run a controversial ad for a gay dating service called ManCrunch.
I predict a lot of TVs being shot out.
Comments: 22 Score: [-] 343 [+].
Paul Shirley loses job at ESPN Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Paul Shirley won't be contributing to ESPN anymore after writing a nasty little letter to Haiti blaming them for the disaster and telling them to use a condom.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 215 [+].
Scorned Mistress Posts Billboards. Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
One of them is in Times Square.
Kind of an expensive way to get revenge.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 163 [+].
TSA worker plants baggie on passenger Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
TSA worker pulls a baggie of white powder from a passenger's laptop bag and asks where she got it. She's in a panic. Then he tells her it was just a joke.
Uh, NOT FUNNY!!
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 820 [+].
I See Because of Dead People Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Surgeons made cadavers blink with artificial muscles, experiments that could in the future help restore the ability of thousands of patients with facial paralysis to open and close their eyes on their own.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 177 [+].
Woman in Labor Drives 3 Hours to Meet Husband Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
A woman defies doctor's orders and drives to meet husband returning from Iraq.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 88 [+].
Fake Cop Gets Arrested by Fake Prostitute Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
He was just trying to be a good citizen.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 425 [+].
One week of Japanese Art Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
A time lapse video of Japanese artwork on a wall.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 68 [+].
Champion climber helps avert cat-astrophe Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
It was this kitten's lucky day when Leclaire, 60, the oldest woman to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents, came to the rescue.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 178 [+].
Parrot loves new bunny Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Marnie the parrot loves getting new stuffed toys.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 115 [+].
7 year old boy sings National Anthem Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Incredible voice.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 76 [+].
WikiLeaks Discloses 9/11 Pager Intercepts Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts that were captured during a 24-hour period of the 9/11 attacks.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 376 [+].
Coworker attacked over perfume Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
A woman finally lost it and attacked her coworker who kept wearing strong perfume.
I know how she feels.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 312 [+].
Even the Maya are getting sick of the hype Posted: 5 months ago by jhordie
The frenzy is building over mostly Western generated misinformation regarding the Mayan calendar.
The Maya have more important things to worry about, like rain.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 550 [+].
Scaredy-cat postmen afraid of attack cat Posted: 5 months ago by jhordie
A couple is having their mail delivery halted because their cat attacks the carrier when the mail is delivered.
I would so love to set up a webcam and watch that.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 369 [+].
Barking man gets rescued Posted: 5 months ago by jhordie
80-year-old man barks like a dog to get rescued from his collapsed septic tank.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 206 [+].
Parks are not for kids Posted: 5 months ago by jhordie
The town of Kensington, Md. just banned kids over the age of 5 from playing in public parks during the day.
Now they just sit empty.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 551 [+].