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Funny story: Accountant Bernard Shoft, 39, Drowned in Red Ink

Accountant Bernard Shoft, 39, Drowned in Red Ink

Bernard Shoft, a third shift accountant at The United States Mint at Philadelphia, loved to entertain his fellow workers with his antics. Saturday night that tradition came to a sad end as he fell into a vat of red ink and drowned before he could be...

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Funny story: 85,000 Jobs Hit the Streets but Employers Upbeat

85,000 Jobs Hit the Streets but Employers Upbeat

Despite the recent December job loss announcement, employers remain upbeat about the future in 2010 and their ability to recover quickly once the economy shows signs of growth. Speaking to a joint congressional sub-committee on Economic Growth, se...

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Funny story: Thousands of Frozen Bank accounts reported

Thousands of Frozen Bank accounts reported

Thousands of people all around the country are reporting they have frozen bank accounts but this time for once the banks are not to blame.. Customers are turning up at banks with deposit accounts where the pages have been frozen together because o...

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Funny story: California Leads Nation in Available Workers

California Leads Nation in Available Workers

For nearly three decades, a steady decline in available labor resources had plagued California's employers. Despite eight years of business-friendly initiatives put in place by the Bush administration, many of the state's business owners continued to...

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Funny story: Major Oil Company Vetoes Vintage Ad Campaign Reprising "Put A Tiger In Your Tank!"

Major Oil Company Vetoes Vintage Ad Campaign Reprising "Put A Tiger In Your Tank!"

A spokesman for a major energy producing Titan, speaking off the record, said that recent events in the Sporting World, have forced them to reconsider their idea to bring back a highly popular ad campaign with the slogan "Put a Tiger In Your Tank!"...

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Funny story: Wal Mart Reporting Lower Than Expected Sales

Wal Mart Reporting Lower Than Expected Sales

Wal Mart reported lower than expected sales for the Christmas season. They blame Democrats and 'political correctness' for all their woes. 'Economy, schmomony', said Walt Dimwitty, chief financial analyst for Wal Mart. 'The problem is with those d...

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Funny story: Stimulus Report - Major Growth in Undocumented Jobs

Stimulus Report - Major Growth in Undocumented Jobs

NEW YORK, NY - Although the effective distribution of credit to private sector employers is below targeted levels, entertainment and personal gratification markets are seeing improvement. Entrepreneurs such as Candy, Cristal, and Honey L'Amor are exp...

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Funny story: Homeless Acknowledge Economic Woes

Homeless Acknowledge Economic Woes

LAS VEGAS: With indications that the economy is improving since President Obama initiated different economic programs earlier this year, many financiers and political figures remain optimistic with a continuous improvement within the state of the eco...

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Funny story: Cop Leaves Living Will Asking to Be Brought Back As Cyborg; Unwilling to live life as vegetable, cop would rather be robotic law enforcer

Cop Leaves Living Will Asking to Be Brought Back As Cyborg; Unwilling to live life as vegetable, cop would rather be robotic law enforcer

Baltimore, MD - Baltimore police officer Dan Gorgonowicz, a ten year veteran of the police force, recently filled out a living will asking that in the event of substantial injury or mutilation on the job he be taken off hospital life support and beco...

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Funny story: Recovery? Don't Bank on it!

Recovery? Don't Bank on it!

Much has been made of the news that UK banks are planning to reward their staff for their 'hard work' this year. Despite protests in the media - these same banks are claiming that they will lose all their 'talent' if they do not offer competitive bon...

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Funny story: Government To Tax Vinegar Strokes

Government To Tax Vinegar Strokes

In a shock move to beat the recession, the government has announced that it will be introducing taxation on vinegar strokes. The move is part of a strategic plan designed to reduce the tax burden on bankers in the affluent South-East. "Most vin...

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Funny story: Madoff Pardoned To Serve With Buffett, Gates To Save US Economy!

Madoff Pardoned To Serve With Buffett, Gates To Save US Economy!

In a desperate attempt to save the United States economy and to avoid a worldwide depression that could last for 25 years, the Obama administration has pardoned Bernie Madoff from his prison cell in North Carolina. "Once Mr. Madoff's ass is taken...

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Funny story: Banks are getting ready for a second assault

Banks are getting ready for a second assault

New York Stock Exchange insiders warned financial reporters that the banks were getting ready for a second assault on public funds. They fear that the forthcoming assault would be bigger and more ferocious than the first one a few months ago. One...

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Funny story: President Obama Instructs Congress to Reduce Spending

President Obama Instructs Congress to Reduce Spending

In a fleeting moment of sanity on Capital Hill today President Obama addressed Congress giving instructions for the up coming budget. Obama stressed that the federal government must do the same as the American people are having to do in these difficu...

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Funny story: Nanotech breakthrough - Welsh economy on the brink, saved

Nanotech breakthrough - Welsh economy on the brink, saved

In glorious flashbacks to street-parties of times past, the Deputy First Minister of Wales, acting as spokesperson for "Pick at Us", announced a breakthrough new pioneering highly marketable high profit low cost high job creation technology from the...

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Funny story: "With Every Cloud Comes a Uranium Lining"

"With Every Cloud Comes a Uranium Lining"

Nanotechnology Comes Up With New Levers to Control the British Economy. With the 'incredibly shrinking British economy' comes a life-line: nano-levers. Very small levers for controlling a very small economy. "We need levers that operate...

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Funny story: UK economy is still in the cupboard

UK economy is still in the cupboard

The UK economy unexpectedly hid behind the Christmas decorations for another month, according to some guy at a government office meaning the country is still in the cupboard. It is the first time UK gross Christmas decorations (GCD) has contracted...

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