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$100 bill signed by Ringo Star sells for $50

A hike through Manhattan's wilderness: the High Line railbed has been out of service since 1980, and provides an interesting look into what urbanity would become if left unattended to nature's tendency to reclaim.

Lust for Bust is an amusing little diversion -- sometimes it's pleasing to see the beer companies being unapologetic about their chauvinistic leanings.

Free Apple Macintosh Computers and iPods! ...made of paper. Still very cool.

Japanese develop 'female' android. ... and so the Japanese come ever closer to their goal of replacing themselves with robots - because that would be the only way for them to have sex with each other without actually having sex with each other. I think the Japanese hate the human element that seems unfortunately associated with having sex. They're so obsessed with doing it in costume, or with unnamed or inappropriate partners, or with attachments, etc... It's a miracle their population continues to grow at all.

The subject of today's Fark Photoshop contest is an image of two capoeira dancers..

Posted by Hamish on July 29, 2005 09:30 AM |

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Actually the Japanese population started shrinking recently. As is in fact the case in most developed countries. The difference is that they accept immigration, but Japan does not really. Though I hear they are starting to relax the rules now.

Posted by: Victor Vorski | July 31, 2005 06:35 AM

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