Archive for the ‘Funny News’ Category

Let’s Visit Crapstone England

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

CRAPSTONE, England — When ordering things by telephone, Stewart Pearce tends to take a proactive approach to the inevitable question “What is your address?”

He lays it out straight, so there is no room for unpleasant confusion. “I say, ‘It’s spelled “crap,” as in crap,’ ” said Mr. Pearce, 61, who has lived in Crapstone, a one-shop country village in Devon, for decades.

Read Full Story at NYTimes.com

Introducing The World’s Worst Credit Card

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Meet the Continental Finance MasterCard. After all the fees have been collected, it has a credit limit of $53.

Below are some of the amazing rates and fees that go along with this card.

  • Account setup fee: $99
  • Program participation fee: $89
  • Annual fee: $49
  • Account maintenance fee: $120 (charged @ $10/month)
  • Purchase APR: 19.92%
  • Authorized user fee: $30 (great! seems like $53 credit is a bit too much for a single person to handle)
  • Credit limit increase fee: $25 (and you don’t even have to ask for it!)

The bottom line: the minute you open the account, you have a balance of $247 in fees.

The most amazing thing, this isn’t a joke. You can visit Continental Finance MasterCard to see the offer.


Read the full article at the Consumerist

Couple weds at Taco Bell

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Read Full Story at MSNBC.

The bride wore a $15 hot pink dress and the entire wedding cost about $200. Several dozen guests looked on as the couple’s friend, Ryan Green of Normal, administered the vows while wearing a T-shirt. He was ordained online.

“This is the way to go — there’s no stress,” said the groom’s mother, Kathy Brooks.

Coming next at Taco Bell: drive thru weddings free with a Chalupa.