As I woke up Christmas morning, I though how it would suck to have your birthday this time of year and get one gift to cover both your birthday and Christmas. And guess who the first victim of this was...
According to the Washington Post, recent concern over the environmental impact of printing, mailing and delivering cards has fueled an increase in e-cards.
BULLSHIT! It's cheaper. Use the convenient 'green' share button to email this card to people for FREE!
Wikipedia Trivia: In Saudi Arabia, in 2002 and 2008, religious police banned the sale of all Valentine's Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, as the day is considered a Christian holiday. In 2008 this ban created a black market of roses and wrapping paper.
This doesn’t quite qualify as a Darwin Award, but it comes pretty close…
PADERBORN, GERMANY - Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally let fly — and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop!
Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive-oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him like a dump truck full of mud.
'The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock and lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top of him,' said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern. 'With no one there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an hour before a watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated. It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that happen sometimes — a billion-to-one shot, at least.'
The heartbreaking tale of constipation and tragedy began April 23 when the conscientious zookeeper noticed that his prize, 8,000-pound African elephant didn’t seem to be producing his usual poop aplenty.
'Friedrich had actually been concerned for several days because he knew that severe constipation can kill an elephant,' assistant zookeeper Kurt Herrman recalled. 'He told me he was going to stay late that Thursday night to treat Stefan with laxatives and possibly give him an enema. I offered to help, but he sent me on home, saying he had everything under control.'
But two hours later, horrified night watchman Walter Pleuger found Friedrich lying lifeless under a mound of muck, his body visible only from the knees down. 'I had never really thought about it before,' Det. Dern said. 'But obviously, giving an elephant an enema can be a very dangerous activity and not something that should be attempted alone.' Shrugging, he continued, 'Well, at least the elephant feels better.'
What do you get the Messiah that has everything. Apparently gum resin.
Definition of MYRRH : a yellowish-brown to reddish-brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter slightly pungent taste obtained from a tree (especially Commiphora abyssinica of the family Burseraceae) of eastern Africa and Arabia
Definition of FRANKINCENSE : a fragrant gum resin from trees of a genus (Boswellia of the family Burseraceae) of Somalia and southern coastal Arabia that is an important incense resin and has been used in religious rites, perfumery, and embalming
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Save money on gift wrap this season: Use the comics section of your local paper instead (with crappy cartoons facing the box).
I bought my friend some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the gift-wrap counter and told them to wrap it, but in different paper, so he'd know when to stop unwrapping.
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