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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    #1456

    <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/hEYCI59.jpg" alt="hEYCI59.jpg"></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10936232.Darlington_stray_puppy_which_swallowed_Bridget_Jones_style_knickers_hopes_life_won_t_be_pants_anymore/'>http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10936232.Darlington_stray_puppy_which_swallowed_Bridget_Jones_style_knickers_hopes_life_won_t_be_pants_anymore/</a></p>

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    taniwharugby
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    #1457

    <p>Cactus spoke about feeling old...I know this is a couple of years old, but....</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><img src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/kgo/cms_exf_2007/news/entertainment/8368959_448x252.jpg" alt="8368959_448x252.jpg"></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>"Nevermind" Nirvana cover baby is now 20, just like the album</p>
    <div>
    <div>By the <strong>CNN Wire Staff</strong></div>
    <div>September 26, 2011 -- Updated 1422 GMT (2222 HKT)</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>
    <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div>
    <ul><li>As a baby, Spencer Elden was thrown into a pool for the cover photo of Nirvana's famous album</li>
    <li>Released in 1991, Nirvana's "Nevermind" launched grunge rock</li>
    <li>Elden, now 20, loves Nirvana music</li>
    </ul></div>
    </div>
    <div> </div>
    <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- As an infant 20 years ago, Spencer Elden was thrown into a pool in Southern California to be photographed, naked, underwater, appearing to reach for a dollar bill. The photo would become one of the most iconic images of 1990s music: Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover.</p>
    <p>Released on September 24, 1991, "Nevermind" catapulted the band and its music to the top of the charts, with songs including "Smells Like Teen Spirit" giving birth to the Seattle-based grunge musical style.</p>
    <p>On the 20th anniversary of the album's release, Elden, the now-20-year-old son of an artist, said in jest that now he suffers more tribulations than other famously photographed babies whose images are associated more with cuteness than grunge.</p>
    <p>"When I am introduced, they introduce me as the Nirvana baby," said Elden.</p>
    <p></p>
    <div><img height="120" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/110926053642-nr-lemon-nirvana-baby-intv-00013318-story-body.jpg" width="214" alt="110926053642-nr-lemon-nirvana-baby-intv-"><span>'Nevermind' baby grows up</span></div>
    <p>And because he was sans diaper when the famous shot was taken, there are other questions.</p>
    <p>"They usually poke fun at me asking me, 'Is it the same size?'"</p>
    <p>"I always say, "It's changed, do you want to see it?'"</p>
    <p>Elden, also an artist, said he never met Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, whose looks and demeanor epitomized the '90s Generation-X subculture, a group and a mindset chronicled in films such as "Slacker."</p>
    <p>"Definitely, I like Nirvana a lot and there are no songs that I don't like -- they all have a special place for people," Elden said.</p>
    <p>Elden said he is not swimming in cash as a result of his baby celebrity status. His father, artist Rick Elden, agreed in 1991 to work on the cover with fellow photographer Kirk Weddle. He received no royalties for the job.</p>
    <p>"My dad was an artist rigging special effects for Hollywood," said Elden.</p>
    <p>"They went to the local pool, threw me in the water and that was it. It was a friend-helping-a-friend kind of thing."</p>
    <p>On Saturday, Elden said he celebrated the historic release of "Nevermind" with friends.</p>
    <p>"We hung out ... and just listened to Nirvana music, drank beer and hung out. It was a good time," he said.</p>

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    jegga
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    #1458

    Cool story , kind of like when I hear a song on the Sound and I think "that's not old enough to be played on this staion it only came ......out ......oh right".

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    jegga
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    #1459

    Davis-Monthan air force base, aka the military aircraft graveyard.<br><br>
    <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.google.com/maps/preview#'>https://www.google.com/maps/preview#</a>"!q=Davis-Monthan+Air+Force+Base&data=!1m4!1m3!1d1078!2d-110.8681224!3d32.1405788!2m1!1e3!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x86d6653db2375c9b%3A0xdf50c8f87748ce38!3m8!1m3!1d6687!2d-116.996088!3d33.070859!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d32.155285!4d-110.860593&fid=7

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    red terror
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    #1460

    <p><img src="http://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/epaselect_brazil_weather_rain_87303069.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" alt="epaselect_brazil_weather_rain_87303069.j"></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><span style="font-size:24px;"><strong><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://nypost.com/2014/01/17/lightning-breaks-finger-off-christ-the-redeemer-statue/'>Lightning breaks finger off Rio’s Christ statue</a></strong></span></p>

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    red terror
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    <p>

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    taniwharugby
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    #1462

    <p>I love these<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://vimeo.com/82845229'> time lapse </a>clips!</p>

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    Luigi
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    #1463

    <p>Funny, if you're aware of UK politics and current affairs.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/01/19/ukip-shipping-forecast/'>http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/01/19/ukip-shipping-forecast/</a></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>For background:</p>
    <p> </p>

    UKIP councillor blames storms and floods on gay marriage
    

    <div><img height="261" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72371000/jpg/_72371295_davidsilvester1.jpg" width="464" alt="_72371295_davidsilvester1.jpg"></div>
    <div> </div>
    <p class="">A UKIP councillor has blamed the recent storms and heavy floods across Britain on the Government's decision to legalise gay marriage.</p>
    <p>David Silvester said the prime minister had acted "arrogantly against the Gospel".</p>
    <p>In a letter to his local paper he said he had warned David Cameron the legislation would result in "disaster".</p>
    <p>UKIP said Mr Silvester's views were "not the party's belief" but defended his right to state his opinions.</p>
    <p><span>Divine retribution</span><span>UKIP spokeswoman</span></p>
    <p>Mr Silvester, from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, defected from the Tories in protest at Mr Cameron's support for same-sex unions.</p>
    <p>In the letter to the Henley Standard he wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war."</p>
    <p>He added: "I wrote to David Cameron in April 2012 to warn him that disasters would accompany the passage of his same-sex marriage bill.</p>
    <p>"But he went ahead despite a 600,000-signature petition by concerned Christians and more than half of his own parliamentary party saying that he should not do so."</p>
    <p>He then went to on blame the prime minister for the bad weather:</p>
    <p>"It is his fault that large swathes of the nation have been afflicted by storms and floods."</p>
    <p>He went on to say that no man, however powerful "can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it".</p>
    <p>A UKIP spokeswoman said: "It is quite evident that this is not the party's belief but the councillor's own and he is more than entitled to express independent thought despite whether or not other people may deem it standard or correct."</p>
    <p>Independent thought made the UK "a wonderful, proud, diverse and free country".</p>
    <p>Henley's Tory MP John Howell, said: "I thought Mr Silvester's letter was not the sort of thing that he should have written in today's age.</p>
    <p>"He really needs to consider his position."</p>

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    mariner4life
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    #1464

    <p>god it infuriates me that these people not only still exist, but hold positions of authority. just fuck off you backward old fluffybunny. </p>

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  • TimT Away
    TimT Away
    Tim
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    <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/tDZMsc1.png" alt="tDZMsc1.png"><br><br><img src="http://i.imgur.com/1pBUbwS.png" alt="1pBUbwS.png"><br>
     </p>

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    raznomore
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    #1466

    <p>That is hilarious although I have absolutely no idea what this means...</p>

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    raznomore
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    #1467

    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Luigi" data-cid="411154" data-time="1390311875">
    <div>
    <p>Funny, if you're aware of UK politics and current affairs.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/01/19/ukip-shipping-forecast/'>http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/01/19/ukip-shipping-forecast/</a></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>For background:</p>
    <p> </p>
    UKIP councillor blames storms and floods on gay marriage
    <div><img height="261" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72371000/jpg/_72371295_davidsilvester1.jpg" width="464" alt="_72371295_davidsilvester1.jpg"></div>
    <div> </div>
    <p>A UKIP councillor has blamed the recent storms and heavy floods across Britain on the Government's decision to legalise gay marriage.</p>
    <p>David Silvester said the prime minister had acted "arrogantly against the Gospel".</p>
    <p>In a letter to his local paper he said he had warned David Cameron the legislation would result in "disaster".</p>
    <p>UKIP said Mr Silvester's views were "not the party's belief" but defended his right to state his opinions.</p>
    <p>Divine retributionUKIP spokeswoman</p>
    <p>Mr Silvester, from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, defected from the Tories in protest at Mr Cameron's support for same-sex unions.</p>
    <p>In the letter to the Henley Standard he wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war."</p>
    <p>He added: "I wrote to David Cameron in April 2012 to warn him that disasters would accompany the passage of his same-sex marriage bill.</p>
    <p>"But he went ahead despite a 600,000-signature petition by concerned Christians and more than half of his own parliamentary party saying that he should not do so."</p>
    <p>He then went to on blame the prime minister for the bad weather:</p>
    <p>"It is his fault that large swathes of the nation have been afflicted by storms and floods."</p>
    <p>He went on to say that no man, however powerful "can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it".</p>
    <p>A UKIP spokeswoman said: "It is quite evident that this is not the party's belief but the councillor's own and he is more than entitled to express independent thought despite whether or not other people may deem it standard or correct."</p>
    <p>Independent thought made the UK "a wonderful, proud, diverse and free country".</p>
    <p>Henley's Tory MP John Howell, said: "I thought Mr Silvester's letter was not the sort of thing that he should have written in today's age.</p>
    <p>"He really needs to consider his position."</p>
    </div>
    </blockquote>
    <p>This is funny no matter what regional politics you follow. I would normally expect this type of thing out of the States though.</p>

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    red terror
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    #1468

    <p>Another fascinating 30-For-30, "No Mas."</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>After obsessing for 33 years, Sugar Ray Leonard travels to Panama to ask the "Hands of Stone" why he quit on him.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>

    </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>It was the first pay-per-view event I ever saw. Howard Cosell called it "the most inexplicable thing" he'd ever seen in the ring.</p>

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    raznomore
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    #1469

    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://themetapicture.com/dear-neighbor/'>http://themetapicture.com/dear-neighbor/</a></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>Hilarious!</p>

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    Wairau
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    #1470

    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vshw2/iamarnold_ama_20/'>http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vshw2/iamarnold_ama_20/</a></p>

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    taniwharugby
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    #1471

    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="411229" data-time="1390357281">
    <div>
    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://themetapicture.com/dear-neighbor/'>http://themetapicture.com/dear-neighbor/</a></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>Hilarious!</p>
    </div>
    </blockquote>
    <p> </p>
    <p>Pretty sure those dates have been changed as I reckon I've seen that a good 3 or 4 years ago, still funny as though!</p>

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    jegga
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    #1472

    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Kea" data-cid="411280" data-time="1390370974">
    <div>
    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vshw2/iamarnold_ama_20/'>http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vshw2/iamarnold_ama_20/</a></p>
    </div>
    </blockquote>
    <p> </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>Cheers AMA is bloody addictive.</p>

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    Stockcar86
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    #1473

    <p>

    </p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>Great music video of a singer being photoshopped in real time while singing</p>

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    red terror
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    #1474

    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/ric-flair-north-korea/'><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">"<strong>190,000.</strong> I didn’t even know they had a facility that would hold [that many people]. <strong>It was huge</strong>."</span></span></a></p>

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    Stockcar86
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    #1475

    <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theflatteringman.com/'>http://www.theflatteringman.com/</a></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>It's worth staying to the end of the ad for more similar websites</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><img src="http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/822/68/68822/1390447556-0.jpg" alt="1390447556-0.jpg"></p>

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