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Chicago suburban school board member attempts to ban books from the required reading list… Without having even read them herself.
My eyes are swollen with tears of hatred at your dumbness, lady. You aren’t just dumb. You’re dum. You don’t even deserve a “B” at the end of the word of what you are.
The article says that various church groups have allied themselves with this woman. If I were them I would backpedal as far away possible. Doesn’t having stupid people arguing for your side only serve to invalidate your position?
Via Poe-News, scientists have developed and deployed a siren that emits a noise that only kids can hear; people twenty or older tend to not be able to hear the frequency. It’s similar to a dog whistle for kids.
This is being used in malls to annoy away gangs of teenagers.
In a twist of counter-technology, now some kids are actually using the noise as a ringtone in order to be alerted to incoming calls without their teachers knowing.
Here is the sound. Play it for yourself and see if you can hear it.
We had dinner at Mao’s Kitchen in Venice. Everything was pretty good, and I recommend it. If only it wasn’t named after a mass murderer!!! 
More themed restaurant ideas: Stalin’s Steakhouse, Andrew Jackson’s Trail of Tears Tavern, The Hot Pol Pot.
Plus Mao wasn’t a fan of brushing his teeth. EVER.
UPDATE: Through scientific experiments, Kim has proven that The Sound is audible to hamsters as well as children. When played, her hamster stops running in its wheel. When turned off, the hamster continues on its merry way. Good job Kim!
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Ahhh what the hell is that noise?!
weee weee weee weee weee weee weee weee
“The Hot Pol Pot”
love it. I like Mao’s food too, it’s healthy Chinese, if there was ever such a thing.
Mao’s kitchen is pretty good. What else is funny is that we were the only asian people in the joint, (which was really busy too!) thus adding credibility to the place.
okay i ahvenàt read your entire post yet but mao’s kitchen is BAD FOOD!!! nonoNONONONO!!! this is coming from a place of concern, not judgement. sometimes i get concerned about you like when you eat at yoshinoya too much.
The voodoo noise on your website did this to me: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/elbastardo_/Puppy/DSC01711.jpg
Now I am just the empty husk of a puppy.
As retribution to my most excellent humans, you must send them one million dollars, a case of Liv-a-Snaps and the boxed set of The Best of Carson Daly, immediately. WoooOOOOoooo. The ghost of puppy hath spoken…
Oh no! Poor puppy! Someone restore that puppy’s soul!!
So now we know that this noise:
- Annoys children
- Annoys hamsters
- Steals puppy souls
- Makes Dave feel old
It is the closest thing we have to magic.
I heard some background noise. I don’t know what I should be listening for. Eh, maybe I’m too old for that.