Last year we brought you the questionable paint job on a Lamborghini.  This year, we bring you a questionable paint job on a much less expensive ride – a 1993 Saturn.  What started as an effort by Jill Bell, the car’s owner, to cover up a scratch exploded into the picture you see below. After [...]

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The copper-headed stepchild of the currency world is at the center of a dustup in Readington Township, NJ. A group of 29 eighth graders played a prank disguised as civil disobedience by paying for their lunch all in pennies. After the fact, they said it was to protest a shortened lunch period. I guess I [...]

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It’s headlines like this that make me proud to be a lifelong resident of Wisconsin: Man Arrested For Restraining Son With Tape For Not Wearing Packers Jersey  Too many comments floating in my head.  I will sum them all up with a hearty WTF?!?! Technorati Tags: Wisconsin, Packers Jersey

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Ok, I’ve forgotten many things in my life – keys, birthdays, appointments, phone numbers, instructions, anniversaries, my name, etc… but a dead body? That’s what one Charles E. Gross of Pueblo, Colorado claims. Sure, he admits to shooting the guy in the head 7 years ago, but he shoved the body under his mobile home [...]

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As I may have mentioned, TubaPants comes at you from the frozen tundra of Northeast Wisconsin. And, like it or not, the Green Bay Packers are more than just our team, they are a way of life for many. Open the phone book, and you’ll be dumbfounded by the number of businesses that have “Packerland” [...]

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Best parade of all time… in Modesto, California… with ninjas! NINJA PARADE! Technorati Tags: parade, Modesto, California, ninjas

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two things are happening around Wisconsin that are alarming to me on a certain level. 1-  There seems to be so much resistance in cleaning up the mess that the local factories have dumped into our waters.  There are signs posted all along the Fox River stating the fish, and that you can only eat [...]

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Hey, if you’re not doing anything on Saturday, you might wanna head over to Whalan, Minnesota for the annual Stand Still Parade. Here’s the dealio… the main drag in town is barely two blocks long, which would make for a pretty short traditional parade. And with a population of around sixty, they don’t have any [...]

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Once again, truth is stranger than fiction. The Police Calls section of the Green Bay Press-Gazette from this past Friday yielded a number of gems… • Theft: Three hubcaps were taken from a Dodge Stratus parked in the 600 block of South Adams Street on March 22. Loss estimated at $125. OK, so did the [...]

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There’s been a pile of whacked headlines in the local papers of late.  So let’s get right to them, shall we? McBusted: City man arrested for 5th OWI – in McDonald’s drive-through lane – Sheboygan Uh, no, you don’t deserve a break today. Teen busted after posting pix of pot on MySpace.com – Sheboygan Ah, [...]

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A smattering of real live news headlines from the newspapers of Northeast Wisconsin: Man stabbed in buttocks during fight What an asshole Alan Parsons to perform in Sheboygan He’s still alive? Man waives hearing in kitten deaths Yea, apparently they were too ‘psycho’ Prosecutors: Neenah woman left baby in car while gambling You’re all class, [...]

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This week’s pile of real live news headlines from the newspapers of Northeast Wisconsin: Police respond to pig on U.S. 41 – Green Bay Sometimes it’s really hard to fight the stereotypes people have about Wisconsin. Beer Fest highlights brewing’s value – Stevens Point Hooray for beer! Weston mother learns head-lice lessons – Weston Some [...]

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This week’s pile of real live news headlines from the newspapers of Northeast Wisconsin: 3 charged with drunken driving for fifth time – Fond du Lac A trifecta of complete losers. Berlin woman charged for murder-for-hire plot – Berlin I said, put the toilet seat DOWN, dammit! St. Nazianz man proud to be ‘Undertaker in [...]

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Yet another installment of headlines ripped from the newspapers Northeast Wisconsin… Woman charged in alleged blackmail scheme – Appleton That’s one classy lady right there… Grand Champion animals go to market at fair – Manitowoc Betcha they don’t have stories like this in the New York Times… Night in Old Vienna wraps up Buttermilk Festival [...]

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A little light this week, but here they are… more hard-hitting headlines pulled from the newspapers of Northeast Wisconsin. More ATV users mean more crashes – Wisconsin Rapids No shit? Student seeks $1 from 20,000 people to pay for college – Wausau Intriguing idea, but $20k for Bible school? Ostriches on Weston farm part of [...]

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