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    Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night

    Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking

    Video Proof Of The Man Who Grew A Tree Out Of His Lung

    Man Grows 5 Centimeter Tree Branch In His Lung

    Fake A UFO Attack, Pay A Fine

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    India's Cow Urine Soda Probably Tastes Like Caffeine Free Coke

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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/20/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    Considering some of the things hamsters eat, I'm a little leery of the cuisine...
    -Kle.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    I'm assuming that the hay is also expected to serve as the toilet, in which case this is a dream come true. I always wanted to be able to sleep in my toilet and vice versa.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    I want to go to the cat hotel, where there are things to climb, you can sleep any where, and people do what ever you want.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/19/09

    @LittleDragon: But will you be okay with meowing for your food, and then purring and rubbing against the leg of the room service person!?
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/19/09

    @Makidian: Depends on the person. You must deal with a very social cat. Most of the ones I know just look at me until I feed them and only purr and cuddle when it is convenient for them.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    Holy shit that's strange.
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    wonder what room service is like
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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night

      XKCD: human-sized hamster ball. That's all I've got.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    I forsee a flood of 'Yif-By-The-Hour' versions opening up out by the airport...
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    What's again the name of that movie where a guy and a woman wake up in the future, and people are complete idiots? Yeah, that's what this reminded me of.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    @Roklimber: It's called the next morning.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Good one! And true, too.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/19/09

    @Roklimber: Idiocracy. That is a funny depressing movie.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/19/09

    @LittleDragon: Yes, indeed. Thank you.

    BTW, how's the war to defend the Academy? (I'm sorry to have left. You may have noticed that I've been posting a lot less frequently lately, overall, because I'm quite busy these days)
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    Welcome to the Mariott Habitrail?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Like A Hamster For $150 A Night
    French Hamster Villa, where you have to wear a hamsterhat (why not do this in Hamsterdam?), or Japanese Shelf Hotels. The choice is clear: My underground Pleasure Bunker.

    Edit: If it isn't clear yet, my coffee seems to have been replaced by LSD this morning.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Underground Pleasure Bunker? I'm sold, sounds sexy.
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/19/09

    @Hahaue: ummm, might need to decode that a little.

    underground pleasure bunker = mom's basement with WiFi access

    (it really was LSD instead of coffee)
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Underground Pleasure Bunker? I'm looking to add-on the the house where can I get those plans?

    /Scraps the underground bombshelter/mancave idea.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch promoted this comment Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    @Jassen: Haha. While it's true I'm still living at home, it's also true that my kitchen and bathroom renovations finished on Monday and I'm getting furniture to furnish my new house. So you win... for now.

    *shakes fist* TECHNICALITY!!!!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: Whoa whoa, never ever sacrifice your mancave plans, especially if you have a wife and kid(s). The underground pleasure bunker is more of a, uh, bachelor thing. You know what I mean? Yeah, you know what I mean.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    11/19/09

    @Jassen: Hey, that can still be fun, kind of like being in high school again. "How much heavy petting can we get away with before mom comes down to check on us?"
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/19/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Yeah, I know what you mean.....*sigh*.....
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/19/09

    @Hahaue: I really do hate to sound like a grammar nerd but that sentence makes it sound like you and the person you were heavy petting had the same mom who came down to see which base you had gotten too.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    @Hahaue: Interesting dichotomy, though... either it's the nerd in the basement with the D&D or the jock in the basement trying to round the bases.

    Our house didn't have a basement. Just sayin'.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    11/19/09

    @Jassen: Who's to say they don't?! Maybe they're sisterlicious.

    #speakup
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    10/07/09

    In reply to Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking
    Thanks to my GF for the birthday gift, this is what I have in my backyard.

    I get to see Garden Yeti all the time now!
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    gods-n-clods promoted this comment Daveinva was starred Daveinva was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    10/07/09

    @Daveinva: I loudly exclaim NUH-UNH?! Rad!
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/07/09

    In reply to Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking
    "Witnesses have described the beast as being about 5ft tall and say that it walks on two legs."

    Don't cancel Kristin Chenowith's next show. She will become angry.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    10/07/09

    In reply to Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking
    It's only going to get harder and harder to find crappy cameras.

    What are the wackjobs going to do when they can't produce blurry videos? Learn how to us a Mac so they can add a blurry filter?
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    Image of smurph0404 smurph0404
    10/07/09

    In reply to Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking
    It's a crow. The "arms" are wings facing forward mid flight. You can clearly see that it is in front of the flowers and vegetation.
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    10/07/09

    @smurph0404: I'd promote you if I could - that looks EXACTLY like what you're talking about. What's the thing in the camera that looks like it belongs to NASA though?

    Oh and my dog likes to pace back and forth making a hole with his paws to poop in. It looks remarkably like the "foot" picture. Which also happens to be a crappy shot.
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    Image of mekki mekki
    10/07/09

    In reply to Sasquatch Update, Complete With Bigfoot Flower-Picking
    It could actually be a gorilla. People buy exotic pets all the time only to discover that a wild animal doesn't make the best companion. So, they dump them in the wild. For example, a few months ago in Florida, a zebra calf was found on the side of the highway munching on grass.
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