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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Guitar_Watson

Watson reportedly felt "ambivalent" about prostituting women, even though it "paid better" than music.

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His last words were "ain't that a bitch", probably in reference to the song "Ain't that a Bitch".[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg

actual lol

every wikipedia entry that feels the need to explain that a band or album is sometimes abbreviated by fans as a 'nickname' acronym makes me die a little inside

omg puffin hunter

Is that an A-Ha album cover

The high point, in terms of well-known candy, came during the ten years Rick Santorum sat at the candy desk (1997–2007). Being a senator from Pennsylvania, he filled the candy desk with Hershey candy and Just Born products (such as Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales).[1] During this time period, Hershey shipped roughly 100 pounds of chocolate and other candy four times a year for Santorum to fill the desk.[10] When Santorum did not win re-election during the 2006 U.S. Senate elections, Kirk Saville, a spokesman for Hershey, said about the company's no longer being able to supply sweets for the candy desk, "We were pleased to be a small part of sweetening up congressional proceedings."[1]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131190/

not wikipedia of course, but i enjoyed the writer credit here and this seemed like the best home for it

feel sad for all the puffins =(

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rachmaninov.jpg/170px-Rachmaninov.jpg

Rachmaninoff in 1901. Note the hands.

Rick Ross will be wearing the coat of puffins on an album cover within the next 3 years

Limahl, and the hairstyle he sported circa 1984, was illustrator Arthur Adams' inspiration for the look of the Marvel Comics character Longshot.

A clear cola is a colorless cola that is so "crystal clear", that one can literally see right through it as though it were a clear, transparent crystal.

lol

if usernames could be that long i would use that as mine

Throughout the adventure, Hudson is foiled in repeated attempts to drink a cappuccino.

For the first time in their career the band members decided to write personal dedication notes on the album sleeve thus thanking the late Alex Sadkin who had been killed in a car crash in late 1987, the late Andy Warhol, who had died in early 1987 and David Miles, a childhood friend of Le Bon's who died of an illegal drug cigarette during the album's creation.

Despite the name, many stress balls are not spherical.

There are several common causes of poor quality conference calls:
People simply not showing up.
Lack of familiarity with behaviour and protocol.
Lack of familiarity with equipment and technology.
Background noise and disturbances.
Poor coordination by call-initiator.
Lack of moderator

lol @ "people simply not showing up" :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yingluck_Shinawatra

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/16/24/77/3756017/3/628x471.jpg

Looking up Thailand's PM and came across this:

http://i.imgur.com/z6Jwv.png

A clear cola is a colorless cola that is so "crystal clear", that one can literally see right through it as though it were a clear, transparent crystal.

this is brilliant

"mmmm, invisible cola"

Zeke and Professor Marvel (The Wizard's alter ego) are the only men wearing hats when Dorothy awakens from being unconscious.

By the end of the year, her career reached a crisis as a result of strained vocal cords and criticism of being plump.

As of mid-October, Mars and his team were still making final tweaks to Unorthodox Jukebox. The Smeezingtons' Ari Levine cues up a few new tracks as he hurriedly e-mails a batch of final mixes for the album to Mars.[7]

Despite his father being Jewish[5] while attending school he was a speaker and leader for two Neo-Nazi groups he started.[6] His success was very limited.[7]

Dan Burros' Jewish heritage had been suspected by a number of fellow American Nazi Party members. Many of Rockwell's stormtroopers distrusted Burros not only for being Jewish, but also a self-hating Jew, and for his bizarre behavior. Burros would sometimes bring knish to the American Nazi Party headquarters and make such outrageous statements as: "Let's eat this good Jew food!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp

As a high-profile gay person, Crisp defied convention by criticising both Gay Liberation and Princess Diana.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_You_More

in the music video Lady Antebellum are sing in a enchanted wood as a couple are breaking up but end up kissing under fireworks.

Jonathan Ive
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Jony" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Joni, Jonny, Johny, or Jonie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Goldblum

Goldblum follows "Eastern religions".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coastal_Migration_Route.jpeg

that is hilarious

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verde#Comparison_to_other_early_Americas_sites

The film featured Haim's signature ad-libbing at its height, of which he said: "It's one of my special things that I feel maybe I was just born with. I can turn a 'Hey, nice to see you' into 'Hey, what's up? What's goin' down, man? Good to see you' and kind of make it more real."[36]

<3 he was a special guy, it's troo

the article should als omention that his mother is a white British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.8.21.168 (talk) 09:55, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
    Why is it relevant? -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 10:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
it's relev=nt since this is a part of his personal life. what a stupid question !

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_circus

Fleas typically live only for a few months and are not trained.

dreams = crushed

A sleeved blanket is a unisex body-length blanket with sleeves usually made of fleece or Vellux material. It is similar in design to a bathrobe that is meant to be worn backwards (i.e., with the opening in the back).

Zuerlein, also known as "Greg the Leg"[citation needed], "Z Money"[citation needed], "Young G.Z." was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from Lincoln Pius X in 2006.

When zacharylevi.com is typed into the url bar, visitors are redirected to thenerdmachine.com so fans of Zachary Levi are encouraged to join the community as well as general nerds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_%28film%29#Reception

Reception

The movie received controversy.[1][2][3][4]
Box office

The movie was successful.[5]

Despite over 30 surgeries, and complications ranging from intense pain to insects infesting dead skin cells around the cancer, Freud smoked cigars until his life ended.

insects
infesting
the dead skin cells around the cancer

._.

You can't tell me that's "just a cigar"

Zuerlein, also known as "Greg the Leg"[citation needed], "Z Money"[citation needed], "Young G.Z." was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from Lincoln Pius X in 2006.

― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, December 24, 2012 7:46 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was genuinely shocked that this wasn't a member of 311

not actually in the article, but in the editing history of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man

(cur | prev) 20:59, 14 October 2011‎ Dougweller (talk | contribs)‎ . . (3,654 bytes) (-28)‎ . . (we don't and shouldn't have a category of 7150 BC deaths) (undo)

Although the other band members participate full-time in Free Energy, Sprangers continues to supplement his income with part-time employment as a bounty hunter, and as a children's fart-balloonist.[6] Sprangers also holds a record for "highest number of cases in small claims court at one time." [7]

6.^ Per personal correspondence between Sprangers and estranged roommate David Snetman, 11/14/2012.
7.^ Per personal correspondence between Sprangers and estranged roommate David Snetman, 11/14/2012.