The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Lobsters Live To Be Caught Another Day http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/lobsters-live-to-be-caught-another-day http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/lobsters-live-to-be-caught-another-day#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:46 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/lobsters-live-to-be-caught-another-day Trickery and deceit! "A Gloucester blogger admitted yesterday that he knew a group of lobstermen were only joking around about trying to catch lobsters that were tossed back in the ocean late last week by some Buddhists seeking good karma." Related: Gloucester Blogger would be a terrible name for a band.

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]]> Trickery and deceit! "A Gloucester blogger admitted yesterday that he knew a group of lobstermen were only joking around about trying to catch lobsters that were tossed back in the ocean late last week by some Buddhists seeking good karma." Related: Gloucester Blogger would be a terrible name for a band.

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]]> The Wales domicile that bears an apparent resemblance to the 20th century's most genocidal tyrant has taken the Internet by storm, reports the Sun. But who noticed the similarities in the first place? Step forward youth worker Charli Dickenson, 22: "I walk past the house all the time – but I'd never noticed the Hitler likeness before. But then, at the weekend, I was in the car with my boyfriend and we were stuck in traffic – and I just said to him: 'That house looks like Hitler'. We both laughed about it. I took a picture and posted it on Twitter." And thus a legend was born. [WARNING: Link includes groan-inducing Sun pun.]

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]]> Following up on that very important story from earlier, the stolen goat discovered in California during a DUI bust is reportedly doing well. As for his abductors, "It just sounds like they were on a drunken joyride, and the goat became their new buddy along the way,” says a spokesman for the Riverside County Animal Services Department. Well, sure. We've all been there.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/authorities-shotgun-riding-goat-just-fine/feed 11 Every Woman In Britain Is Drunk Right Now http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/every-woman-in-britain-is-drunk-right-now http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/every-woman-in-britain-is-drunk-right-now#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:15:20 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/every-woman-in-britain-is-drunk-right-now Vomiting ladette"A DRUNKEN young girl's night out ends with her hunched and heaving in the road – next to a poster urging moderate drinking," reports Britain's Sun of an incident that took place, of course, in Cardiff. "Figures show British women drink twice as much as in any other nation – increasing their risk of alcohol-related death, crime, sexual diseases and accidents." So for those of you inclined to tut-tut the paper for cheap sensationalism, be aware that this is an actual news story pegged to Britain's terrible female drinking problem. Anything else? "The sickening scene in our main picture was in Cardiff. But there are similar degrading sights across Britain every weekend – as this investigation by The Sun reveals. See slideshow, below, for pics of lashed-up lasses." Ah, yes, the slideshow! Thanks for that! (Below, in at attempt at gender equity, a recent Sun piece that shows the men of Knifecrime Island can be just as staggeringly drunk as the women.)

How much do I love this headline?We need to use the word "lout" more on this side of the pond, don't you think?

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]]> Vomiting ladette"A DRUNKEN young girl's night out ends with her hunched and heaving in the road – next to a poster urging moderate drinking," reports Britain's Sun of an incident that took place, of course, in Cardiff. "Figures show British women drink twice as much as in any other nation – increasing their risk of alcohol-related death, crime, sexual diseases and accidents." So for those of you inclined to tut-tut the paper for cheap sensationalism, be aware that this is an actual news story pegged to Britain's terrible female drinking problem. Anything else? "The sickening scene in our main picture was in Cardiff. But there are similar degrading sights across Britain every weekend – as this investigation by The Sun reveals. See slideshow, below, for pics of lashed-up lasses." Ah, yes, the slideshow! Thanks for that! (Below, in at attempt at gender equity, a recent Sun piece that shows the men of Knifecrime Island can be just as staggeringly drunk as the women.)

How much do I love this headline?We need to use the word "lout" more on this side of the pond, don't you think?

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