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October 14, 2002   
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Police Seeking Hard-Boiled Cop to End Sniper's Spree

Experienced investigator could end madness of "Oswald's Ghost"
October 14, 2002
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Junior Bacon
The raincoats keep the cops from getting wet.
A
sniper operating in the region of outer-Washington, D.C. continues his random assault on citizens, adding more to his bodycount which includes a cross-section of the entire community with no apparent connection to each other. Nine have been victims of the sniper, seven of those have not survived. As the crimes continue to escalate, investigators are desperately seeking a brilliant-but-self-destructive hard-boiled cop to end the nightmare.

"At this point," said FBI liaison on the case Match Tidwell, "we are sorting through a list of D.C.-area-based detectives with personality issues who can unite the search for the sniper and make the case personal. Preferably someone who drinks a lot to forget the past case, say, a sniper shooting he failed to prevent 5-10 years ago. We are ...Read more...

Someone Wanted to Hear Jennifer Love-Hewitt Sing Again

Mysterious "fans" must have demanded new album
October 14, 2002
Flatbush, New Jersey
Snapper McGee/AP
Love-Hewitt's CD, featuring brazen upper-back nudity and presumably unremarkable music.
T
he world continues to surprise reporter Ted Ted in what he thinks he knows. Surprise event of the week occurred last Tuesday when actress and breast-delivery system Jennifer Love-Hewitt released another album that was demanded somewhere, at some time, by somebody completely unknown to Ted Ted.

The album, cock-teasingly titled Barenaked, the one-word spelling somehow making it more musical, contains tracks presumably sung by Jennifer Love-Hewitt and possibly even written, co-written, or just bought by the actress for the purpose of singing on the album. The release is the latest in a series of maddening superstar actor vanity albums by the likes of John Travolta, Telly Savalas, Joe Pesci, Sebastian Cabot, and Joey Lawrence, and the notorious William Shatner release T...Read more...

Study finds low I.Q. causes lead paint eating, not other way around



October 14, 2002
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Volume 27

Dear commune:

I know her! I know that lady! I do! I know her! That lady, I know her!

That lady, Ella Dipthong, the one who did the This Space for Rent column that one week. I know her. I know that lady. Where do I know her from?

She's too old to have gone to school with. Maybe she's a teacher. Could she come in the Winn-Dixie all the time? Nah, I can't put her in the Winn-Dixie in my mind. But I know her. Shit, where do I know her from? I can't put my fucking finger on it.

Dipthong, Dipthong… Dip-THONG. Shit, I don't know a Dipthong. I know her, though. Where…? Did I spend the night in jail with a Dipthong or something? Not her, but her son maybe? Where did I meet a Dipthong? Shit, I can't think. She doesn't work at the head shop, that lady's...Read more...

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Milestones
2004: President Bush, in a farewell address to the nation, apologizes for corruption in his administration and senseless slaughter of American lives, as well as the mangling of the language (courtesy of Future Bob).
Now Hiring
New Now Hiring Guy. What can we say? Richie quit. Stupid, if you ask us. It was a sweet gig. Most of time he never even got any applications or resumes to review. He just made up half these jobs, but don't tell anyone we said so. You just can't make some people happy.
Least Requested Christmas Gifts
1.Sleepover at Neverland Ranch
2.Likes-it-Rough Elmo
3.Virtual Crackbaby
4.Inoperable Brain Tumor
5.Hot Toddy, the hottest doll of 1922
6.New Matrix sequels
7.Saddam Hussein action figure with Hideaway Hovel playset
8.Online Predator Chat for X-Box Live
9.Four More Years
10.No Hope for the Holidays, an all-star Christmas Depression
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Hollywood Not Optioning Nebraska Bank Robbery

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BY roland mcshyster
10/14/2002
Come quick, America, you've got to see this. Okay, well, maybe not, but the quicker we get to the movie reviews the quicker Roland McShyster can get back to the high-powered binoculars he picked up for a dollar at a yard sale. These things are great, who knew there was so much going on outside? If you don't already have a pair, I'd highly recommend them. Actually, they're probably pretty expensive, but if you ever find a freshly divorced woman selling all of her ex's stuff for a dollar at a yard sale then I say go for it. I also picked up this incredible sword… I mean, what am I going to do with a sword, right? But at the same time, a sword for a dollar? Don't tell me you'd pass that up. Plus, it looks pretty sharp on the wall and cuts french bread like you wouldn't believe.

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