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Hecklerspray Oddities: The World’s Worst Court Defence

by C J Davies

Hecklerspray once tried faking a heart attack.

We weren’t very good at it – all that foaming at the mouth, flailing our arms around and screeching out incomprehensible wails and grunts simply made people think that we were some sort of Pete Doherty tribute act, whereupon they either gave us a tenner to scurry off and buy a bag of heroin or just slapped us in the face repeatedly. Mainly the latter.

Still. Our attempt was, like, six million billion times better than that of Keison Wilkins. Who he? He’s the chap who, after deciding to defend himself in court, thought that the best course of action was to fake a heart attack and hope for a mistrial.

He failed.

And was sentenced to 42 years.

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A Friday Quickie, To Tickle Your Comedy Gland

by Ian Dransfield

There are times in life when things look bad, when you don't see the point in much and when, well, you just downright hate things. Then something happens that picks you up, makes you happy again and fills you with a beaming smile that somehow manages to envelop your entire body, filling your whole physical [...]

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Awesome Or Off-Putting: Theories of the Ancient Astronaut

by Shawn Lindseth

Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, myths, ancient artifacts, religion, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. In today's world, it's not uncommon to talk about human beings orbiting the earth, walking on the moon or sometimes [...]

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Awesome Or Off-Putting: The Boy Who Started Fires With Only His Eyes

by Shawn Lindseth

Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, myths, ancient artifacts, religion, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. In 1982 Benedetto Supino, an Italian adolescent boy, discovered something quite strange about himself. He was sitting in a dentist's [...]

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Postcards From Gabrielle On Vacation, Sort Of #4: Gab’s Parents Quite Hesitant

by Shawn Lindseth

Oh Joy of Joys, today is the last day of absentee-Stu. Sorry, we meant Gabrielle. He’ll be back on Monday lampooning all things celebrity as his masculine hands brush over his keyboard with a man-like determination. We mean she’ll be back on Monday lampooning all things celebrity as her masculine hands brush over her keyboard [...]

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Postcards From Stu On Vacation, #3: Stu Becomes A Woman Forever

by Shawn Lindseth

Awake, for the dawn is almost upon you. And when it’s sweet light falls upon your face, it shall be in the form of a postcard from Stu Heritage, a man so many of us miss dearly. Though he’s gone only for a short while, complete lack of contact is simply more that most of [...]

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Postcards From Stu On Vacation, #2: Stu Gets His Stomach Banded

by Shawn Lindseth

Word from Stu on vacation is like a sweet breeze in the broad expanse of a desert. It’s like finally dancing before the king after literally years of practice and anticipation. It’s like pooping when you really had to go. And in this we are lucky, for today we have heard from him again. Todays [...]

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Postcards From Stu On Vacation, #1: Stu Falls In Love With A French Hog

by Shawn Lindseth

We had a very close call today. Matthew Laidlow nearly died after crying into his oatmeal so long he actually started to inhale the stuff. It was a slow process really, he knew what the end result would be, and yet he refused to lift his face out of the bowl. It’s because he misses [...]

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Disney Sued By God-Fearing Young Sikh

by Shawn Lindseth

Normally, Disney World is a magical place where pixies float through the air on fluffy pink tufts of cotton candy, fairies bless each child with things like good fortune and longevity, and hat-wearing man-dogs do stuff too. Sometimes though, the place is just a target for lawsuits that state it has religious undertones that persecute [...]

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Awesome Or Off-Putting: Jacques Aymar, The Murder-Solving Dowser

by Shawn Lindseth

Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, myths, ancient artifacts, religion, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. When mental imagery of a divining rod is conjured up in one’s mind, the picture of a man and a [...]

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