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Old 2008-03-13, 17:25   #100
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Default The importance of the comma

The latest victim was Townsville man Barry Jeffries, who was killed by a monster croc in Lakefield National Park in August 2005 while fishing, with his wife, out of a canoe.

.... while fishing, with his wife out of a canoe. <comma removed after 'wife'>
... this scenario should have made the wife the victim.

.... while fishing with his wife, out of a canoe. <comma removed after 'fishing'>
... ditto here but the wife was also the bait.
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Old 2008-04-07, 19:27   #101
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Old 2008-04-11, 11:21   #102
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The loser of the decade?
http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/cops/hall_g_c
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Old 2008-04-12, 00:23   #103
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I think that effort should be submitted for a Darwin Award honorable mention!
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Old 2008-04-12, 06:27   #104
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"The Great Forgetting"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/op...64e&ei=5087%0A

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They say the 21st century is going to be the Asian Century, but, of course, it’s going to be the Bad Memory Century. Already, you go to dinner parties and the middle-aged high achievers talk more about how bad their memories are than about real estate.
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Old 2008-04-25, 02:30   #105
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I like the paper one. :)
http://www.ieee-huntsville.org/y2002/lw0208tough.html
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Old 2008-04-25, 03:11   #106
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Confirms my opinion, that David Brooks can be quite witty and entertaining, even though he generally seems to be on the "wrong" side of most political issues!
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Old 2008-04-25, 05:50   #107
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Wow, those are hilarious

A version of the cruise control one was on the movie Darwin Awards
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Old 2008-04-28, 19:33   #108
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Gmail "web clip", this morning:

"State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles"
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN4O32105020080425
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Old 2008-06-30, 17:53   #109
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