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Funny story: "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

With the USA stock market falling into pre-2000 anti-millenium numbers, while the World economy bumble-clunks into stagflation, & the jobs market as well as unemployment sink into negatives not seen since the Great Recession, 1981-83, visited upon ma...

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Funny story: Financial crisis as Bank of LegoLand collapses

Financial crisis as Bank of LegoLand collapses

As the recession looms, deepens, dips and dives, another revered financial institution, the Bank of LegoLand, with branches worldwide, has collapsed, leaving investors penniless.

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Funny story: Fed reopens IndyMac to rerun in weekend attempt to restore consumer confidence

Fed reopens IndyMac to rerun in weekend attempt to restore consumer confidence

Pasadena, California - IndyMac Bancorp Inc. reopened its corporate headquarter doors to a sunny Southern California day.

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Funny story: NCB Denies Rumors

NCB Denies Rumors

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited says there is no truth to rumors recently regarding the restriction of activity on the accounts of Olint Limited.

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Funny story: Transit system seeks new image

Transit system seeks new image

In an effort to raise public transit use in response to rising gas prices and global warming concern, the U.S. department of transportation is looking to the public for ideas on changing the image given to those who use it.

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Funny story: London Money Managers Losing the Wife Along with the Shirt!

London Money Managers Losing the Wife Along with the Shirt!

As London Money Managers brace themselves for the gross losses from the world wide recession, they report that they have more to lose than the proverbial shirt. Lionel Squeezepence of investment firm, Cheathem Daly told this TheSpoof.com bizybody:

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Funny story: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Save Trailer From Bankruptcy...For Now!

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Save Trailer From Bankruptcy...For Now!

America's favorite redneck couple, Freddie and Fannie, on the Country Channel hit sitcom, Sittin' Pretty on Cinder Blocks made national news this week with their timely episode about the nation wide threat of bankruptcy and dispossession faci...

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Funny story: Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Collapse; Bush Speaks Out

Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Collapse; Bush Speaks Out

There was shock and astonishment in the New York's Wall Street financial sector yesterday, as two of its most renowned and important figures, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae took a tumble, prompting US President Georg...

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Funny story: Rent-A-Pal Offers Home Delivery

Rent-A-Pal Offers Home Delivery

We all know the economy is in a state of "recession," "depression," or "screwed-upness," depending upon which expert you ask. This uncertain future leaves many people hesitant to accept the long term commitment of pet o...

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Funny story: Now You're Cooking With Gas!

Now You're Cooking With Gas!

As July 4th approaches and families across the country prepare for the annual cook-out, many find the steaks and bratworst have been eaten by the car! With budget busting gas prices, some shoppers are seeking cheaper meat alternatives like chick...

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Funny story: McCain Says: "Sell Your Junk On Ebay!"

McCain Says: "Sell Your Junk On Ebay!"

Republican presidential candidate John Sidney McCain III has a simple plan for voters anxious about jobs sent to China.

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Funny story: Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand of God" Gives American Investors "The Finger"

Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand of God" Gives American Investors "The Finger"

WALL STREET, USA - Although the current global economic crisis has effected investors and economies around the world, the epicenter of this financial crisis is in the US...the world's only Super-Power, and the World's Greates...

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Funny story: California Comes Out of Depression: Gayconomy!

California Comes Out of Depression: Gayconomy!

Gayconomy has struck the Golden State! While states straight across the US of Hetereosexsuality are malingering in the quagmire of Bush domestic and foreign policy, the state of the golden boys and girls is booming with the gaynomic stimulus of gay m...

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Funny story: City of Ventura, CA finding creative ways to make money*

City of Ventura, CA finding creative ways to make money*

(Could-Be-Anywhere, USA) - Officials with the city of Ventura, CA have found some remarkably creative ways to make money even in these desperate economic times. Christie Weird, Mayor of Ventura, claims that recent efforts to make money such as cha...

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Funny story: Bradford & Bingley To Become Bingley & Bradford In Image Change

Bradford & Bingley To Become Bingley & Bradford In Image Change

Troubled building society the Bradford & Bingley is to undergo something of an image change, after a team of consultants advised that the company should change its name to the Bingley & Bradford to restore consumer c...

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Funny story: Bush Says No Regrets About Iraq; Dead Feel Somewhat Different

Bush Says No Regrets About Iraq; Dead Feel Somewhat Different

(Meseberg, Germany) - President Bush today, while visiting "main squeeze" Angela "Angel-A" Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, let everyone know that he was as happy as a clam about the Iraq War, while sending a message to Iran that &q...

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Funny story: Mortgage crisis spreads to the afterlife as cemetery plot prices plummet

Mortgage crisis spreads to the afterlife as cemetery plot prices plummet

Los Angeles, California - Real estate was once considered a sound investment simply because God is not making anymore more of it, but even the best of things can be undone by the devil that lives in the details. So, as real estate prices continue to...

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