Good week, Bad week
Good week for: Sibling rivalry, Using the full-service pump, Capitalism; Bad week for: Relationship advice; Golfing on the job; Royal etiquette
Good week for:
Sibling rivalry, after Mayor Lowell Krumnow of Elmore, Ohio, learned he would face his older brother, Councilman James Krumnow, in the upcoming election. “The last few years solidified our opposing views,” said Lowell. “I am a progressive. My brother wants limited government with only the very, very basic services.”
Using the full-service pump, after a scientific study found that gas pump handles are the most germ-infested surface that Americans touch in everyday life.
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Capitalism, after Robert and Diane Maresca of Long Island, N.Y., filed to trademark the phrase “Occupy Wall Street,” citing its potential to become a global brand. “If I didn’t buy it and use it, someone else will,” Robert said.
Bad week for:
Relationship advice, after New Jersey state Senate candidate Phil Mitsch lost the Republican Party’s support for tweeting, “Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom.”
Golfing on the job, after Vietnamese Transport Minister Dinh La Thang banned senior staff from playing golf, after noticing that officials who play the game talk and think about little else.
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Royal etiquette, after Australian Liam Warriner mooned Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during their visit to Brisbane. “Everybody’s seen someone’s butt, come on,” said Warriner, 22, after his arrest for willful exposure. “You see it on TV all the time, but yet it’s an offense to the queen?”
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feature Reptile experience; Painless budget cuts; Driving with kids
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feature Closing the sale; Calling 911; Going to the circus
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feature Asking Google anything; Misanthropes; Persistence
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Good week, Bad week
feature Torture, Irritating the cat, Being cheap
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feature Strolling in Naples; Infallibility; Mississippi
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feature Tesla; Entrepreneurship; Fortune-tellers
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feature The miracles of science; Wild times in Wisconsin; Holding hands