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10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List
New York Times ^ | July 29, 2008 | JOHN TIERNEY

Posted on 07/29/2008 2:51:24 PM PDT by Popman

For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, so I’ve rounded up a list of 10 things not to worry about on your vacation.

1. Killer hot dogs
2. Your car’s planet-destroying A/C
3. Forbidden fruits from afar
4. Carcinogenic cellphones
5. Evil plastic bags
6. Toxic plastic bottles
7. Deadly sharks
8. The Arctic’s missing ice
9. The universe’s missing mass
10. Unmarked wormholes

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: anxiety; fearitself; moronalert
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To: Popman

I am more worried about the unmarked a—holes in newspaper stories than I am about unmarked wormholes. You know, the corrupt a—holes who should be marked with a D after their names but who are just called corrupt politicos.


21 posted on 07/29/2008 3:39:23 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Tax-chick

Bought mine from Wal-Mart and paid to have it built with illegal immigrant labor, than sent their asses back to Mexico by telling them there were free burritos on the other side

22 posted on 07/29/2008 3:41:45 PM PDT by Popman (McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
"(Did the missing no-longer-black hole wormholes spit it back out?)

You must not have received the memo..."black hole" is no longer a term to be used in civil discourse.

23 posted on 07/29/2008 3:44:15 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Dutch Boy
Bummer.... No wormholes...

What a second here, the article says, unmarked wormholes so they nmay be wormholes after all, probably where all the GOP spines and cajones fell into

24 posted on 07/29/2008 3:46:54 PM PDT by Popman (McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
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To: Popman

Dang, you’re good! My homeowners’ association wouldn’t let us have one.


25 posted on 07/29/2008 3:56:24 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Kudzu: A successful government program!)
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To: Popman

That sure would explain a lot....


26 posted on 07/29/2008 3:59:58 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Popman
9. The universe’s missing mass.

Ebay.

27 posted on 07/29/2008 4:04:33 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Popman
1. Killer Hot Dogs


28 posted on 07/29/2008 4:11:28 PM PDT by Popman (McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
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That will leave us more time to focus on the real threat ...

Robot attacks!

29 posted on 07/29/2008 4:14:30 PM PDT by x
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bfl


30 posted on 07/29/2008 5:00:05 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
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To: Popman

The fart in the next car.


31 posted on 07/29/2008 6:30:14 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: Hazwaste

What about Happy Fun Balls? Or deoderant destroying the ozone? Those were biggies for a while.


32 posted on 07/30/2008 8:59:06 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (Just say "uh, uh, uh" to Uhbuhmuh, LOLOL!)
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