Extra, extra! Left-handedness no longer freakish; Citizen no longer Vigilant! Meanest Girls: A 15-year-old girl in Blackburn, England, was devastated when her online boyfriend, Jaydon Rothwell, committed suicide. On his Facebook status, Jaydon had written that he was going to kill himself with a fatal pill/alcohol overdose because she had accused him - falsely -... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
In Soviet Russia, Game Boys play you. The collecting-worthless-items-for-charity hoax strikes yet again. A nun in Pennsylvania has been collecting plastic bottle caps for about a year, in the belief that every 1000 caps would go towards chemotherapy for children with cancer. Conspiranoid quote of the week: “All Americans are low-level Satanists; the philosophies of... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
From the program schedule of a conspiracy-themed radio show: "Myrna & Sondra Marshak created The Phonics Game; Junior Phonics & The Comprehension Game their latest Phonicsopoly, is a board game for all ages, if you think your kids are doing good in school and can read and understand, your kidding yourself. One out of two... Continue Reading →
Some Totally Pointless Hoaxes
Some bored StarCraft fans got sick of waiting around for the StarCraft II beta, so they created a convincing mock-up of an invite and managed to fool thousands of other fans. Then their moms called them up from their basements for dinner. Some 20something Australian douche has been charged for leaving a note about a... Continue Reading →