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The story of how Eric Drew battled cancer and identity theft at the same time will make you count your blessings. Then there’s a surprise twist at the end.
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Texans Build World’s Most Powerful Laser. It’s so powerful for such a short period of time that they had to make up new words like “petawatts” and “femtoseconds” to describe it.
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The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time. You might want to bookmark this, because it could take days to enjoy it all.
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First Frog Without Lungs Found. This Indonesian frog gets the oxygen it needs directly through its skin!
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The 5 Most Ill-Advised Dating Sites on the Web. Avoid these, even if you are desperate.
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No matter how many hurricanes you survive, it’s the one you’re not prepared for that that will affect you. And not enough people are prepared.
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Extreme Chain Surfing. It looks dumb, but you have to admit he’s good at it.
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The Many Uses for Gummi Bears. Besides eating them.
This list ranks older sketches higher up. Usually its the opposite. No one knows how to balance their choices. I would also have added harry caray: space, the infinite frontier
posted by thatswhack on 4-10-2008 at 2:02 am
Okay, so for some reason I read that “frogs without lungs” link as “frogs without LEGS” and I thought: now that’s some news!! I developed this vision in my head of a little lump of frogginess kinda rolling around in the swamp. So I clicked on the link…I was so disappointed to see that the little guy had limbs. :)
posted by Higgins on 4-10-2008 at 12:59 pm
That story about Eric Drew is very inspirational! That’s an amazing battle he took on there. And now he can get away with crimes or maybe at least get them confused for awhile.
posted by CK on 4-10-2008 at 1:35 pm
Regarding The 50 Greatest Comedy Scetch’s, I have always used the A$$ Pennies gag to prepare when giving a presentation at work. It cracks me up and it eases my nerves. Although I have never done it, it comforts me to know someone probably has. Keep the change by the way.
posted by Don on 4-10-2008 at 3:18 pm
I’m so happy that The State got some credit on this list — they truly were brilliant (and unappreciated).
posted by MH on 4-10-2008 at 4:19 pm