Category Archives: Wacky News

Waterworld Wired

Posted on August 1, 2007 by dowbrigade

(Watertown, MA) – Tired of swimming laps with nothing but the sound of water sloshing in your ears, while your land-lubber mates work out to the latest tunes or podcasts? A Watertown company has come up with a solution: an … Continue reading →

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Bulking Up Bowser

Posted on July 14, 2007 by dowbrigade

This is Wendy the Whippet, the dog whose appearance is a long way from the usual long, lean and sleek look of her breed. She was born with a genetic defect which has left her looking like the Incredible Hulk … Continue reading →

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Los Gringos Ya No Saben Que Inventar

Posted on June 20, 2007 by dowbrigade

Bold new design or brazen attempt to inject fresh fizz into an old product, the Samuel Adams Boston Lager Pint Glass was rolled out in February . According to Koch and others who worked on the project, it’s the first … Continue reading →

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Guantanamo Hilton

Posted on June 11, 2007 by dowbrigade

Apparently, Paris Hilton can’t be kept in the county jail because it a threat to her and the other inmates, and a temptation to the jail employees. The sheriff was reduced to strip searching all guards, maintenance people, delivery guys, … Continue reading →

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Trucker Tries Unique Hood Ornament

Posted on June 9, 2007 by dowbrigade

(AP) A 21-year-old man got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph. Ben Carpenter was unharmed but … Continue reading →

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Mr. Mush’s Cure for Tummy Upsets – Live Frogs

Posted on June 6, 2007 by dowbrigade

BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid intestinal complaints and made him strong. Jiang Musheng, a 66-year-old resident of Jiangxi province, suffered from frequent abdominal … Continue reading →

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Zombies Invade Upstate New York

Posted on May 18, 2007 by dowbrigade

(May 18, 2007) — More than two years after their grim work began in Rochester, four human-tissue recovery workers and three local funeral directors have been charged with taking bones, skin and other material from corpses without obtaining consent. A … Continue reading →

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I Think My Mouse Is Dead

Posted on May 4, 2007 by dowbrigade

A US artist and inventor has combined IT and taxidermy to create a computer housed in a dead beaver. Kasey McMahon, 34, from Los Angeles, spent three months creating his Compubeaver, reports Metro News. And, in separate but related news, … Continue reading →

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Stay Away From the Chips

Posted on April 24, 2007 by dowbrigade

After years of applying for every exotic posting, niche program, foreign conference and off-shore exchange related to our professional position, the Major Boston University where the Dowbrigade has been gainfully employed since ’88 (a good year), despite our reputation as … Continue reading →

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Stoned Ponies Open for Rolling Stones

Posted on April 17, 2007 by dowbrigade

A troupe of performing horses are to be given sedatives to help them cope with a Rolling Stones gig. The horses will be in the stadium for the Stones concert at the Hippodrome in the Serbian capital Belgrade on July … Continue reading →

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Whitey Bulger Busted in Berlin

Posted on March 31, 2007 by glasscastle

MILAN— Infamous Boston mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was arrested Wednesday night at the Heavenly Acres trailer park in Milan where he has been hiding for the past three years. Striking in the middle of the night, FBI agents set up … Continue reading →

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The Dog Ate It, Doc

Posted on March 28, 2007 by glasscastle

A Chinese woman escaped jail after she cut off her husband’s penis and threw it out of the window. The man drove himself to hospital – but doctors couldn’t reattach the organ as it had been eaten by a dog, … Continue reading →

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