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There would be a fucking miracle of god if that's what it took to ruin my day
-- Negative Nancy
Don't Think and Drive
2000-03-27 15:31:47
We just can't do ANYTHING anymore.
First it was no drinking and driving. That makes pretty good sense, although how in blazes you're supposed to get home from the bar without the use of one's automobile is one of those things I certainly never got figured out.
Then the nofunskis tried to tell us not to use cellphones on the road. Like just because we're carrying on a conversation is gonna make us bad drivers.
But now a study has shown that using your noggin while driving poses the same sorts of hazards and risks. GAR!!! What's next? No breathing while driving?
At least this study is a good excuse for explaining to the officer why you had to have one for the road before getting in the car...
T O P S T O R I E S
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Republican State Senator busted after soliciting a teenage girl
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C L A S S I C P I G D O G
The Deep Dark Underbelly of the Star Wars Myth, or Ramayana Remembered
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Spock Went, Spock Wrote, Spock Kicked Ass
Every Labor Day weekend a large portion of the PDJ staff joins 30,000 other freaks at one of the biggest and strangest art festivals in the world - Burning Man - somewhere on the edge of the Black Rock Desert. Our base of operations is always the ultra swank Spock Mountain Research Labs - the World Leaders in Beverage Science and Leisure Technology. This year, we hauled up our computers, printers and a massive digital duplicator, determined to become Black Rock City's third daily newspaper. Even Spock was surprised by our success - news will never be viewed the same on the playa. Read all seven issues of the 2002 Spock Science Monitor for yourself and see why. (More...)
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Poor Metallica. All they want is to continue to put out the same weak "Heavy Metal" they've been churning out since the "And Justice For All" days? and make gooey wads of cash in the process. The problem is, people aren't buying their bound for the heavy metal scrap heap, over-produced, uninspired, tired crap. And let's face it, their various commercial endorsements won't pay for the lifestyle they've become comfortably accustomed to. Resorting to lawsuits makes perfect sense, when you need spending money. But just one lawsuit isn't going to pay their bills. So, to aid Metallica, I've composed an open letter to the boys in the band, with suggestions as to whom else they might sic their lapdog lawyers on... (More...)
