http://www.chortler.com All the gnus fit to sprint Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:42:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/men-underwear-youtube-3811879 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/men-underwear-youtube-3811879#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=1879 cku.com. All you have to do is enter this code: SHIP10. 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As of 11 am Eastern time this morning, a Facebook page named “IFA- BAN THE ANNOYINGc(HORN) FROM THE SOUTH AFRICA WORLD [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/online-anti-vuvuzela-movement-taking-off-381552/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/maker-of-vuvuzela-is-selling-earplugs-too-381541 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/maker-of-vuvuzela-is-selling-earplugs-too-381541#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:10:16 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=541 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";Neil van Schalkwyk, the man credited with mass producing the ubiquitous vuvuzelas at this year’s World Cup, is also promoting a novelty earplug to help protect the hearing of those attending games at venues in South Africa. Together with Uthango Social Investments, a group that focuses on social entrepreneurship and community development in South Africa, [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/maker-of-vuvuzela-is-selling-earplugs-too-381541/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/trading-suspended-on-capello-index-381466 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/trading-suspended-on-capello-index-381466#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 18:53:25 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=466 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";The Capello Index, a controversial fantasy soccer website named after England head coach Fabio Capello, has been put on ice until after the World Cup following an outcry from the British press, fans and the English Football Association.. The game would have used statistical data to judge a player’s performance. Concerns grew that part of [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/trading-suspended-on-capello-index-381466/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/top-five-possible-revelations-in-lost-%e2%80%9cthe-last-recruit%e2%80%9d-381380 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/top-five-possible-revelations-in-lost-%e2%80%9cthe-last-recruit%e2%80%9d-381380#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:18:39 +0000 Mars http://www.chortler.com/?p=380 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/top-five-possible-revelations-in-lost-%e2%80%9cthe-last-recruit%e2%80%9d-381380/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/the-trabant-rolls-on-381234 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/the-trabant-rolls-on-381234#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:35:26 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=234 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";In the 1991 movie “Go Trabi Go“, a family from the former East Germany (GDR) journeys through Western Europe in one of the most well-known icons from the Soviet bloc, the eponymous Trabi or Trabant. Along a stretch of highway in the western section of the then newly united Germany, their car breaks down. The [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/the-trabant-rolls-on-381234/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/if-murdoch-leaves-google-381109 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/if-murdoch-leaves-google-381109#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:31:55 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=109 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";Here are some of the stories we would have missed recently if we did not go directly to the sites owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The imminent Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie break-up. According to a story in Sunday’s New York Post, Brangelina are going to split (yet again). A new book claims that [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/if-murdoch-leaves-google-381109/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/crash-a-state-dinner-and-get-2-wikipedia-entries-381105 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/crash-a-state-dinner-and-get-2-wikipedia-entries-381105#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:04:54 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=105 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";Tareq and Michaele Salahi not only managed to weave their way into photos with the most prominent of American political luminaries and snag some first-class grub, they also have accomplished something which most of us never have: two Wikipedia entries in a week. (However, there is a debate on Wikipedia to merge the two Salahi [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/crash-a-state-dinner-and-get-2-wikipedia-entries-381105/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/sarah-palin-and-the-republican-literary-scene-38162 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/sarah-palin-and-the-republican-literary-scene-38162#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:53:22 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=62 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";Sarah Palin’s new book Going Rogue: An American Life, released on November 17th, is just one of the highlights of a literary season marked by riveting works from some of the country’s premier Republican authors. Still the Alaska politician’s tome stands out in a season which will also see the printing of James Baker’s long-awaited [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/sarah-palin-and-the-republican-literary-scene-38162/feed 0 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/carrie-prejean-is-uber-twittered-38143 http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/carrie-prejean-is-uber-twittered-38143#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:41:47 +0000 admin http://www.chortler.com/?p=43 embaPub="ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5";For those of you keeping score at home, this might be a first. In the thousands of interviews Larry King has conducted in his decades-long career, one thing he has not done is solidify a reputation as a tough questioner. Guests frequently go on his show to find a sympathetic ear and to redeem themselves [...]]]> http://www.chortler.com/archives/stories/carrie-prejean-is-uber-twittered-38143/feed 0