Yes. You read that right.
A farmer in Norfolk (England, I presume) found out his old, traditional scarecrow wasn't scary enough to keep the birds out of his crops. So he made one to look like Amy Winehouse. And it's working.
Hopefully, his field isn't next to a road, because I'd think you'd now have a problem with people in your sugar beets.
Full article here.
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Via Thought Gadgets.
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So bear with me or give me your opinion. :D
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Fricking AWESOME movie. I'm going to go see it again. Maybe tonight.
Interestingly enough, I was almost attacked by bats on Friday night.
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Yes, this is gorgeous packaging.
But is my heritage shining through when I think that I'd feel very redneck drinking wine out of a can?
Just me? And well, it reminds me of this.
It starts about the 3:50 mark and it's just audio, but the whole thing is funny...
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Um, how does Facebook know that they should be selling Ouija Boards to me? Am I part of a Ouija Board demographic and I not know it?
Is there a large market for hand-crafted Ouija Boards?
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Tears area welling up in my eyes as I try not to laugh...
more graph humor and song chart memes
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My ModaDiMagno necklace is super awesome! Talk about the perfect way to cheer me up from a so-so day. It's like an old typewriter key... and there's a "quote" charm on it too!
Go buy stuff...
And yes, I'm a bit sunburned...
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I was a little skeptical when I saw the Discovery Channel update on Facebook about users re-creating their "Boom De Ya Da" commercial. I haven't looked through all of them, but you gotta admit this one's funny...
Although some, are just unfortunate:
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OK, no I don't have a mockingbird that can mimic ambulance sirens - but I do have a loud, fat cardinal that wakes me up at 4:45am.
Alison Talbot, a sales assistant, says she has been woken up at 5am every day by the bird since it arrived in April.
She said: 'It's only a tiny bird but the sound is so incredibly loud, there is no drowning it out.
Full article.
Apologies for the lack of usual meaningless posts. I'm trying to be productive. :)
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