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“You are a moronic man if you do not “wear the pants in your family.””
…and other advice ‘For the Gentlemen’ at this site.
(From Pharyngula.)
“Man Accidentally Kills Wife During Botched Satellite TV Install”
Amazingly the husband, Ronald Long, was trying to use a .22-caliber pistol to shoot a hole through the wall in the couple’s home to enable them to run a wire through to the television.
Quote of the day. From 1944.
Parents may be free to become martyrs themselves. But it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children before they have reached the age of full and legal discretion when they can make that choice for themselves.
From a decision by the Supreme Court on Price v Massachusetts, via a post on Daylight Atheism about certain religious sects which advocate against receiving medical help when ill. The post is a good read, but I specifically love the passage.
April Fools from youtube
If you happen to go to youtube.com at this moment, every video you click on links to this.
April Fools Joke…or not?
Igoogleforyou.com claims that
At I Google for You, I will Google for You. You tell me what you’re searching for. I’ll go out and find it, while you go about your daily work. When I’m done, I’ll send you a link to the result page.
And later…
# Is this an April Fool’s Day joke?
No, this is an innovative Web 2.0 start-up.
Of course it must be real then…
(from Machinist)
Gmail Custom Time!
How does it work?
Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality
“All Religions Are Fairy Tales” on Billboard; business drops 66%.
Business around this billboard went down by 2/3 on Easter Sunday. Apparently, the Billboard’s owner says someone posted it illegally.