Fine line between genius and madness

"Psychologists have discovered that creative people have a gene in common which is also linked to psychosis and depression.

They believe that the findings could explain why 'geniuses' like Vincent van Gogh and Sylvia Plath displayed such destructive behaviour.
The gene, which is called neuregulin 1, plays a role in brain development but a variant of it is also associated with mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Viagra

"Grandma and Grandpa were visiting their kids overnight...

When Grandpa found a bottle of Viagra in his son's medicine cabinet, he asked about using one of the pills.

His son said, 'I don't think you should take one Dad; they're very strong and very expensive.'

'How much?' asked Grandpa.

'$10.00 a pill,' answered his son.

'I don't care,' said Grandpa, 'I'd still like to try one, and before we leave in the morning, I'll put the money under your pillow.'

Later the next morning, the son found $110.00 under his pillow. He called Grandpa and said, 'I told you, each pill was $10.00, not $110.00.

'I know,' said Grandpa. 'The hundred is from Grandma!'"

Florida Car Alarm

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Cthulhu Cologne

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. ("In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.")

H.P. Lovecraft

But Mom, I Look Like A Duck!!!

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In Case Of Emergency

"Although this married couple enjoyed their new fishing boat together, it was always the husband behind the wheel on the boat. He was concerned about what might happen in an emergency.

So one day out, on the lake he said to his wife 'Please take the wheel, dear, Pretend I am having a heart attack, you must get the boat ashore and dock it.'

So she steered the boat ashore and docked it.

Later that evening, the wife walked into the lounge room, where her husband was watching TV.

She sat down next to him, took the remote, and changed the channel and said to him.

'Please go to the kitchen dear, pretend I am having a heart attack, and set the table, cook the dinner and do the dishes.'"
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A fish which looks like Homer Simpson

A fish that has mysteriously popped up on the internet that is claimed to look like cartoon character Homer Simpson. What do you think?

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Vintage Sexism: 1943 Guide to Hiring Women

"1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they're less likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.

2. When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It's always well to impress upon older women the importance of friendliness and courtesy.

3. General experience indicates that 'husky' girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.

4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job."
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Pepe le HUGE

"A pet skunk has been put on a crash diet after ballooning to double his size - by scoffing bacon butties.

Mr Bumble tips the scales at nearly 15lbs - twice his recommended weight - after being fed up to two bacon sandwiches a day by his previous owners.

They handed him over to the RSPCA because they were unable to control his weight gain and he is now on a strict diet of fruit and vegetables with two walks a day."
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What is something you wish you had, but can't have?

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Mel Gibson jogging with his hand in a beaver puppet.

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Let's play doctor

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Woody Allen interview

"Downbeat, self-effacing and desperate for rain, Woody Allen is making his fourth film in London. He talks about his doomed search for perfection ."



“When you first start out you’re always striving for greatness and perfection and then after some years reality sets in and you realize that you’re not going to get it,” he says.

“One of the things that’s so fascinating about an art form is that it may be good, mediocre or terrible but it’s not perfect, so when it’s over you’re constantly impelled to try another one because you suffer from the delusion that you can get perfection. Intellectually, I’ve given up and I’m happy that the picture is not an embarrassment. I start out thinking it’s going to be the greatest thing ever made and when I see what I’ve done I’m always saying, 'I’ll do anything to save this from being an embarrassment.”
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Pole Dancing

What did God say after creating man?

'I can do better.'

Very Hungry

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So what do you see in this picture?

If you saw a normal picture of three girls, that's fine, if you saw something else in the pic, then you're just a little pervert!

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I Only Wanted A Light Snack

The Cuban tree frog took a gulp of the bulb and wouldn't let go.

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Astonishing photos of rare Bengal Tiger at feeding time

"Photographer Birte Person captured these spectacular shots as the tiger and five others did the closest thing they could to hunting at Singapore Zoo."
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Can snuggling up to your pet give you MRSA?

"MRSA is a form of staphylococcus bacteria which have become resistant to antibiotics as a result of the medicine's overuse.

The first cases were reported in Seventies but these were relatively isolated. However, in the Nineties there was a huge increase in the number of cases, mainly in hospitals. But today MRSA is also found in the community - spread by the sheer number of people going in and out of hospital.

An estimated one third of us carry the staphylococcus bacteria at any one time, and two per cent of that third carry the MRSA form.

While we are healthy and our immune system is strong, the bacteria is harmless and quickly shed by our body (either washed off or dying within a week) but before this happens it can be passed on to others who then become carriers.

Now it appears humans have passed this bacteria on to pets and the pets are passing it back to us - what experts are calling the ' flipflop' effect.

'When you handle an animal you acquire organisms from it and that will include bacteria,' explains Professor David Williams, head of dermatology at the Royal Veterinary College in London.

'They will also acquire organisms from you."
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Pets Rock 2010 calendar: animals with personality

Ozzy Osbourne
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Punishment

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Doctor's Advice

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Sins

"An elderly man walks into a confessional.

The following conversation ensues:

Man: “I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Yesterday, I picked up two college girls, hitchhiking. We went to a motel, where I had sex with each of them three times.”

Priest: “Are you sorry for your sins?”

Man: “What sins?”

Priest: “What kind of a Catholic are you?”

Man: “I'm Jewish.”

Priest: “Why are you telling me all this?”

Man: “I'm 92 years old ..... I'm telling everybody!”"

Naughty Pets - Regina

"2 or 3 years ago, or maybe 4. Regina was a bilingual secretary in a HUGE company and had to deal with very important people. She was HAPPY. She had completely forgotten how ugly she was when her boss hired an incompetent and mean supermodel to manage all the office. Regina hated her. So she went out to look for a mutt dog and found the uglier dog ever. The plan was to give it to the enemy so she could catch some disease! Thing is Regina herself fell in love with the dog. You know, they were both so ugly and so clever that she felt safe with him. Well, she quit her job. And SUPERMODEL (the dog) is still with her. And so it was. So this is the story Regina tells everybody. Truth is she went to this place & simply found the perfect dog. You think the story is not that spicy, ha? Make up yours! Adopt a naughty pet!!!"
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AIR-MAN

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Creepy

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Please Don't Feed

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