dwot » news http://www.dwot.com Waste time, deliberately. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 75 Percent of Oklahoma Students Can’t Name the First President http://www.dwot.com/2009/09/21/75-percent-of-oklahoma-students-cant-name-the-first-president/ http://www.dwot.com/2009/09/21/75-percent-of-oklahoma-students-cant-name-the-first-president/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:56:54 +0000 shea http://www.dwot.com/?p=577 I cannot tell a lie,  Oklahoma is a disturbingly stupid state.  75% of OK high schoolers have no clue that some dude named George who’s face is smeared all over the funny green paper in their pockets was our first President and not just some funny guy with a wig.

Stay classy red states.

75 Percent of Oklahoma Students Can’t Name the First President – NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com |.

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Vegas casino sells 2-foot, 6-pound burrito at cafe

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Brilliant and sadly almost believable.  The Onion is only getting better with age.

Fort Knox Receives $85 From Cash4Gold | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

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YouTube – leroy jenkis is a murderer!

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This has got to be the most complex multi-part handshake ever right?  How long have they been working on this?  Was this the first time they busted it out, or had they been working on it live for weeks?  Regardless, this is bad ass.

YouTube – What News Anchors Do During Commercial Breaks w/sound

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Microsoft specs out ‘pay as you go’ PC scheme

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Text Messages Cost Carriers Nothing | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

]]> http://www.dwot.com/2008/12/29/text-messages-cost-carriers-nothing/feed/ 0 Nickelcrap http://www.dwot.com/2008/11/09/nickelcrap/ http://www.dwot.com/2008/11/09/nickelcrap/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:01:03 +0000 shea http://www.dwot.com/?p=336 Without a Face is a Houston based one-man whose new tune “Nickelcrap” accurately channels the idiocy and douche-laden shittiness of Nickelback, with some more literally lyrics.  Tremendous stuff.  Hit the link below for the interview, if you want to cut straight to the tune, click here.

HandStamp: Nickelcrap and other things to upset you

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