Finally, a reason to go to Vegas

The World’s Largest Buffet:
Forty soups, 100 salads and 150 desserts perched upon a 500-foot (152-meter) maze of tables.
It was enough — 510 different dishes in all — to qualify on Tuesday for a Guinness record for the World’s Largest Buffet.
“I’m interested in trying some of the desserts [...]

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The next FOX reality show

How about “When Super Models Attack“?
Supermodel diva Naomi Campbell went ballistic on her assistant Thursday, flinging a cell phone at her assistant’s head, sending her to the hospital, police said.
The 41-year-old assistant wound up with four stitches and the 35-year-old Campbell, among the highest paid models in the world, wound up at the Midtown [...]

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That’s not Mountain Dew

A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
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The saddest addiction of all

A disease I probably don’t need to worry too much about: “workaholism”. From Reuters:
Sam used to sneak into his office before dawn so no one would know how many extra hours he worked. Charles goes on all-night work binges to meet deadlines, and Susan can’t say no to volunteer projects, social clubs, bridge games, [...]

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Best headline ever

Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames 

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City Worker Sues Self For Negligence

This is a little confusing, so pay attention. Curtis Gokey sued the city of Lodi, California, because a city worker backed a trash truck into his parked car. The city worker in questions was…Curtis Gokey. That’s right, Mr. Gokey was suing himself. Sort of. Maybe you should just go read [...]

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New York Times drops ball on hairy lobster

According to the New York Times, the newly discovered hairy lobster would “probably taste like rotten eggs.” Well, “probably” isn’t good enough, New York Times. The world wants to know for sure what the hairy lobster tastes like. And no melted butter, either.

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Beer on tap

I’m moving to Norway!
OSLO, Norway –It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer.
Now, if only they could figure out how to get pretzels from the ice dispenser.

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Welcome to my Murray

Obviously, I haven’t been writing column length humor in a long while. I’ve been busy with my ant farm (or some other excuse that’s more believable). So I’m going to try something new here. I’m just going to make a bunch of frequent posts. They’ll usually be short, and sometimes I’ll [...]

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New site design

I’ve gotten this site organized into some semblance of usability. Hey, I’m as shocked as you are. Over on the right, you’ll see links for “Blog Home”, “Columns Home”, and “Cartoons”. The “Blog Home” link will take you to the blog home page, which is updated daily. The “Column Home” [...]

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Latest Column

A Night On the Town

I recently took my wife out for drinks. Hey, don’t look so surprised — I’m as spontaneous and romantic as the next guy (assuming the next guy is Fred Flintstone). So after work one Friday, I looked into my wife’s eyes, smiled boyishly, and said, “We’re out of toilet paper, dear.”
That’s how we [...]

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