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The god-bothering tech-heads behind the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site automatically replace the word “gay” with the word “homosexual” in any of the AP stories they run. So this story (see image below), about sprinter Tyson Gay winning the 100 metres at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, goes a little bung…

Video Link: Australian High School students having an end-of-year fun day, which includes the “Milk Run”. After drinking a litre of milk and some food colouring, they take a shot of lemon juice, then proceed to run, jump and shake themselves up until the coloured mixture curdles and comes back to greet the road. My first reaction was, “who is going to clean that up”, then I tut-tutted a bit and thought, “that will be my kid in 12 years for sure”.

Then I remembered that at my Otago University hostel (Salmond Hall) twenty years ago, we were part of a liquid golf tournament. There were 18 different locations around North Dunedin (think progressive dinner without the food) and the participants had to down a vile alcoholic drink in as few sips/gulps as possible. That number translated into a score for that hole (a scull was a hole in one). The 19th hole was a cold pie and a bottle of Bucks Fizz brand bubbles. Same foolery, different games.

Local telly site Throng recently surveyed four free-to-air local news bulletins in depth over a four week period and found there is a lot of sports news on telly.

The Housewives Tarot instructs you to relax and fix yourself a martini. Then deal yourself three cards — one for your past, one for your present and one for your future. Try it for yourself here.

Out-takes from the latest Where the Hell is Matt? video.

Must be a joke: Worst business idea ever? (NSFW)

Cracked.com has compiled a nice list of the 20 worst cover songs in Pop music history … (warning: the opening clip has Celine Dion playing air guitar).

Video: Alternative sci-fi commentary on the ordination of the Pope.