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Skunk nails the cop who helped it

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 21 Aug 19

Have you ever heard the expression: No good deed goes unpunished? On the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space 9 it was one of the Ferenghi Rules of Acquisition. A policeman in Cambridge, Massachusetts learned it firsthand:...

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From the bad personal choices department...

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 9 Aug 19

Putting any animal you are not familiar with on your face is never a good idea. She was lucky. There are some small species found in tidal pools which can kill...

really bad ideas

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July 14th, 2018

Katt Rocketman @PeachieMew (881) • Cleveland, Ohio 14 Jul 18

Today I learned that apricot preserves and sunflower seeds don't mix. Peanut butter and whipped cream, however, do.

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The Pirate craze. Do people really know what they're supporting?

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 5 Aug 11

I am using the recent interest in all things "pirate" to make this point but feel free to comment on any similar situation. I recently went to a music store and saw a huge banner welcoming Pirates. It was a generic banner...

encouraging bad behavior

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Thumbs down to the whole 'longer school year' idea!

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 27 Sep 10

Once again I see a news article with Obama touting 'a longer school year' as a solution to some problem. While reading the article, of course I see that both kids AND parents are resistant to it - and for good reason! Why would...

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Guns on tv and in the movies

okkidokitokki @okkidokitokki (1736) • United States 27 May 09

What is it with TV and movie characters placing a gun in the fron of their pants. It seems to me like a very bad idea. To add to that it is usually the male characters who do this. I would be afraid I would shoot myself. Anyone...

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Bad Signs...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 10 Aug 08

Some ppl, I’m one of them, tend to watch the signs of things around me. If I’m planning something and things keep going wrong, I take that as a sign that it’s not a good time to do what I’m planning on. I’m not sure if that’s what...

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It seemed like a good idea...

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 23 Apr 08

My roomie got a new shirt that says "It seemed like a good idea at the time" and when she showed it to me I said, "I've said that before." For the life of me, I can't remember about what, but you know what I mean... Your...

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Have you ever done something that you thought was a good idea....

dangnabit67 @dangnabit67 (2021) • United States 22 Apr 08

but wasnt? How do you deal with it?

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Would you fly overseas to marry someone you met online?

cartoon4umaniacs @cartoon4umaniacs (1648) • United States 26 Nov 07

I recently had a long discussion with one of my good friend. He said he has had it with girls here in the US all the girls he come across only want him for his money. So he met this girl online which btw he didn't know she was not...

love by first sight

marrying overseas

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