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These three caught my fancy. Not that I fancy any student’s parents. Or could keep a student back. Or find teens sexy. Or play cello. But funny nonetheless.

This one tickled my fancy, so to speak. See more on PostSecret. For Jason: No Panties

Got this one from Boing Boing:

I was hunting for some artwork for some iTunes tracks tonight (very nearly this morning), and I came across this page for the album There is a Way to Fly, by Coda. According to this, people who listen to Coda are likely to be on drugs! Or maybe I just misinterpreted it: maybe Coda is an addiction I need to kick.

The Offer • [Augie March][2] • [Sunset Studies][3]

[2]: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Augie March%22 [3]: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sunset Studies%22

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing on Iraq. He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.” “OH NO!” the President exclaims. “That’s terrible!” His staff wait, stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion exactly?”

Saw this on Drunkenblog, just had to snaffle and post it here.

Boing Boing: Interesting words from around the world My favourite: bakku-shan: a girl who appears pretty from behind but not the front. Japanese.

If I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop? This is something I needed as a kid. Remember digging holes at the beach, and wondering whether you could “dig right through to China”. Well, if you dig straight down from Robe, South Australia, you end up in…the middle of the ocean. Oh well. Nice idea while it lasted. Won’t be able to pull the wool over little Jack’s eyes in the future…

Boing Boing: Human cannonballs Great timing on this one: there is a Human Cannonball happening at this year’s Royal Adelaide Show. Apparently they do a test where they put some sandbags weighing the same as her (yes, her) into the cannon and test-fire. But some joker left them out in the rain, and the weight was much more. So they test-fired, and then when they really fired her out she overshot the net by 25 metres and had to go to hospital. That’s why it’s exciting, isn’t it? Because deep down, you hope she does hurt herself…

New Scientist News - Baby comes with brain repair kit for mum Excellent. Does it fix ‘Mummy Mind’, or the tendency of new mothers to make inane comments?