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* The existence of the [[Thememobile|Pope]][http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Popemobile |Mobile]]. It actually translates to Popemobile.

* [http://mad-chicken86.livejournal.com/3738.html This] Livejournal post. [[Wo WWoW]] meets [[The Lord of the Rings]].

* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Bible:Wicked Bible|The Wicked Bible]]. Best. Typo. Ever. For the record, its {{spoiler|Thou shall <s>not</s> commit adultery}}.

** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_errata:Bible errata|errors in bible printing weren't that uncommon back in the day]] another mistake is "The Fools Bible": where it states that ""the fool hath said in his heart there is a God" more examples in the link and the [[Good Omens (Literature)|Bugger Alle Bible]] is mentioned in the fictional errors section.

* The [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster:Boston Molasses Disaster|Boston Molasses Disaster]]. A 2-million-gallon molasses tank burst and flooded Boston, killing 21 people. Yes, it's a tragedy, but it is ''kind'' of funny.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QixDSEoxig0 800$ BOOM]: An ''[[In theThe Groove]]'' tournament finalist forgets to lift his feet off the arrows to avoid the point- and life-reducing [[Demonic Spiders|mines]] at the end of the song, [[Oh Crap|costing him a big first-place cash prize]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

{{quote| 03:54:43 <Mook1> eartch magnet stuck to 5 piercings on your left ear...<br />

03:54:44 <Mook1> SUCKS<br />

03:54:48 <Mook2> Owwww<br />

03:54:51 * Mook1 pokes back all growly<br />

03:54:55 <Mook2> D:<br />

03:55:01 * Mook2 sniffles, runs off crying<br />

03:55:04 <Mook3> Mook1 you okay? ._.<br />

03:55:09 <Mook1> slide... OWOWOW...SLIDE..HOLYFUCKIM STUPID...SLIDE..OWOWOWOW<br />

03:55:18 <Mook1> removal of earth magnet<br />

03:55:25 * Mook1 frowns and follows Mook2<br />

03:55:33 <Mook3> Dude where did you get an earth magnet!?<br />

03:55:43 <Mook1> used them at work ...<br />

03:55:43 <Mook2> You can buy them. o.o<br />

03:55:44 <Mook4> I'll guess hard drive<br />

03:55:50 <Mook1> small magnets... but totally powerful<br />

03:55:53 <Mook3> oh..<br />

03:56:02 <Mook1> had one in my hand, when i was gesturing..<br />

03:56:07 <Mook1> next minute is CLINK<br />

* Canadian [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_O%27Dea:Brian O'Dea|Brian O'Dea]] began smuggling marijuana and cocaine to the United States, Great Britain and Canada, and by the 1980s had skillfully built his "business" into a multimillion-dollar operation, becoming a very rich man in the process. Unfortunately, by the end of the decade he was addicted to drugs and was finally captured by the Drug Enforcement Administration and convicted. While in prison, he cleaned himself up and became a legitimate businessman after being paroled. The Crowning Moment comes when, in an effort to find work, he took a series of ads in ''The National Post'' advertising his services as a business manager and executive, openly admitting his criminal past as a drug dealer and claiming that his success in building his dope-smuggling ring as proof of his management skills. What makes this even more hilarious is that he got almost 600 job offers in response.

* While traveling to Belfast for a promotional screening, [[Matt Smith]] (a.k.a. [[Doctor Who (TV)|the Eleventh Doctor]]) was stopped by security at Heathrow Airport after a scanner revealed a "potential weapon" in his luggage. The "weapon" in question? His [http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/monkey_doctor/NewSonicScrewdriver.jpg sonic screwdriver.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024231928/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/doctor-who-airport-security-stop-matt-smith-over-sonic-screwdriver/ The joke really writes itself.]

* British actress Joanna Lumley - of The New Avengers and ''[[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]]'' - has long been a supporter of the rights of Britain's Nepalese Gurkha soldiers to settle in Britain and receive the same benefits as British-born servicemen. After being dicked around by the government for several years, and accused of being a shill for the opposition, she held a BBC press conference to set out her case in May 2009; the government attempted to overshadow this by holding their own press conference at the same time with Immigration Minister Phil Woolas. By coincidence Lumley and Woolas bumped into each other on the way to the studio, and in full view of the press cameras the formidable Lumley proceeded to intimidate a flustered Woolas into granting all the concessions she had demanded, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/07/gurkhas-joanna-lumley-phil-woolas live on TV]. Photographs memorably showed the MP visibly flinching from Lumley's withering [[Death Glare]].

* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Berwick-upon-Tweed#Relations_with_RussiaRelations with Russia|The fact that it is entirely conceivable that the English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, due to constantly changing hands, could still be at war with Russia.]]

{{quote| On the day of the canceled Westboro Baptist Church picket, there is still extra security around the school<br />

'''Student:''' Shame, isn't it? All this preparation and nobody shows up.<br />

{{quote| '''Pilot:''' Holy sh''[censored]''.<br />

* Stalin allegedly found [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_Was_Here:Kilroy Was Here|"Kilroy was here"]] graffiti in a VIP bathroom, prompting him to ask his aides who this "Kilroy" was.

* Anytime a promenintprominent Politician or someone running for public office "gaffes" it's this. They are sometimes either [[Dude, Not Funny]] or riddled with [[Unfortunate Implications]], so your mileage may vary.

* Just look up [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_<!--:Jack 28activist29Thompson (activist)|anything from Jack Thompson's career as a lawyer]] while remembering he was taking this stuff very seriously. My personal pick is when he sent out photocopies to his legal opponents of his driver's license where he pasted {{[[Batman}}]]'s face over his own. -->

{{quote| Dance Commander: can Kirk be blocked for taking life to seriously? Or at least have the link to his website removed? Link his comments, the website is bitter and a real buzz kill<br />

{{quote| Yayy, I finally found a new website to read when I'm bored (or in the toilet).<br />

I'm never bored while on the toilet. Eh, eh? (Pooping is fun!)<br />

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{{quote| Where's the funny?<br />

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{{quote| I thought the same thing when the little sister gave her back the pin. I would've set it on fire and buried it ten feet underground. That s**t is cursed.}}

{{quote| I kept having nightmares about little angels pooping on my grill. I would come out back and open it up and there it would be, angel crap every freakin where. So then the tremors started...and the night sweats...then the hot flashes. Mainly had the hot flashes when little demons started giving me tips as to where these pesky angels were hiding. Long story short I ended up grilling the angels in their own crap and eating just their heads. Last few times I woke up with and of course I pooped the bed but what are u gonna do its 2012 who cares.}}

{{quote| Popcorn became famous in movie theaters when fat people started to become addicted to the drugs they put in it. The drugs are microscopic and have no taste or smell, so most people don't even know they are there. The drugs are more effective on fat people because of the juices in their stomachs. But very rarely the drugs can kill healthy people instantly. Source(s): True rights only love living}}

{{quote| Less demand means that it is less economically viable to produce meat. Farmers go broke, farm disappear, it's nor much but a start. Of course the fire bombings and vandalism help to drive our message home, so we will win eventually.}}

* Quite a few laws in many nations, many of these are based on legitimate concerns that are long outdated. For instance, the one in New York City where it is illegal for you to wash your donkey in a bath. But then there are others that make zero sense no matter what time they were written in, such as the law in Ohio forbidding it's citizens from fishing for whales...but only on sundaySunday, the rest of the week you are in the clear. Or the laws regarding intoxicated fish.

* Many of the CIA's plots against Fidel Castro in the 1960's and early '70's were truly hilarious and bizarre and read like material from a [[Saturday Night Live]] or [[Monty Python]] sketch. Several of these were not even assassination plots but attempts to merely humiliate Castro in the hopes that the Cuban people would no longer take him seriously and would then throw him out of power on their own(and presumably clear a path for a puppet dictator that the US could install). One such plot would have involved spraying the air ducts of the radio station where Castro made his weekly radio broadcasts with a hallucinogenic drug that would have caused him to have an acid trip and make a fool of himself on the air. Another plot--which is actually alluded to in the Oliver Stone film ''[[JFK (Filmfilm)|JFK]]''--was a scheme to have a CIA operative, disguised as a shoe shiner, "clean" Castro's boots with a hair removal agent that, once Castro put the boots back on, would have caused his beard to fall out, hopefully destroying his macho image and charisma that way. Yet another plan, which actually involved taking Casttro's life, was to disguise a bomb as a conch shell in a bay where Castro was known to go scuba-diving. However, for one reason or another, none of these plots ever came to fruition, obviously.