The Garlic Press » News So Weird We Couldn’t Possibly Make It Up http://garlicpressnews.com A clove of truth, stinging yet clarifying Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:29:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Opportunity of a Lifetime: Flipping Burgers http://garlicpressnews.com/798/weird/the-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-flipping-burgers/ http://garlicpressnews.com/798/weird/the-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-flipping-burgers/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:04 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=798 (KSL.com) — Hundreds line up to apply for a job at In-N-Out Burger

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/798/weird/the-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-flipping-burgers/feed/ 0 Billionaire Clown Heads for Space Station. (Hilarity Ensues.) http://garlicpressnews.com/768/weird/billionaire-clown-heads-for-space-station-hilarity-ensues/ http://garlicpressnews.com/768/weird/billionaire-clown-heads-for-space-station-hilarity-ensues/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:33:19 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=768 BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) – A spacecraft carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off from the Kazakh steppe on schedule Wednesday headed for the International Space Station.

The Soyuz capsule carrying the Cirque du Soleil founder, U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev shed its rocket stages and entered orbit minutes after shooting up from the Baikonur launch facility atop a tower of flame.

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/768/weird/billionaire-clown-heads-for-space-station-hilarity-ensues/feed/ 0 Man Barks Dog http://garlicpressnews.com/764/weird/man-barks-dog/ http://garlicpressnews.com/764/weird/man-barks-dog/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:19:52 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=764 THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) – Authorities say a man has been arrested in Three Rivers for barking at a police dog.

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/764/weird/man-barks-dog/feed/ 0 Heroin Addicts Kick Heroin with Heroin! Wait. http://garlicpressnews.com/632/weird/heroin-addicts-kick-heroin-with-heroin-wait/ http://garlicpressnews.com/632/weird/heroin-addicts-kick-heroin-with-heroin-wait/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:35:57 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=632 Scientists who were definitely All Fucked Up have found the long-sought treatment that soothes troubled heroin addicts: Heroin.

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/632/weird/heroin-addicts-kick-heroin-with-heroin-wait/feed/ 0 Scientists Take Zombie Threat Seriously http://garlicpressnews.com/629/weird/scientists-take-zombie-threat-seriously/ http://garlicpressnews.com/629/weird/scientists-take-zombie-threat-seriously/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:15:28 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=629 If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.

That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers in Canada.

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]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/625/weird/shes-a-man-man/feed/ 0 The Muppets Take the West Bank http://garlicpressnews.com/594/weird/the-muppets-take-the-west-bank/ http://garlicpressnews.com/594/weird/the-muppets-take-the-west-bank/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:07:03 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=594 (CNN) — In the Palestinian territories, Muppets teach nonviolence on a local version of Sesame Street called “Shara’a Simsim.” Sesame Workshop calls this effort “Muppet diplomacy.”

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/594/weird/the-muppets-take-the-west-bank/feed/ 0 The Great Twitter Blackout of ’09 http://garlicpressnews.com/558/weird/the-great-twitter-blackout-of-09/ http://garlicpressnews.com/558/weird/the-great-twitter-blackout-of-09/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:04:22 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=558 (CNN) — Twitter blackout left users feeling ‘jittery,’ ‘naked’

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/558/weird/the-great-twitter-blackout-of-09/feed/ 0 Zoolander’s Evil Twin Strikes Again! http://garlicpressnews.com/491/weird/zoolanders-evil-twin-strikes-again/ http://garlicpressnews.com/491/weird/zoolanders-evil-twin-strikes-again/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:27:59 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=491 (NYP) — A pretty-boy Hugo Boss model — who made headlines last year for being the boy toy of a 37-year-old teacher — was charged yesterday with taking part in holdup ring that robbed 15 gas stations and delis in the last month.

]]> http://garlicpressnews.com/491/weird/zoolanders-evil-twin-strikes-again/feed/ 0 Capes? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Capes! http://garlicpressnews.com/474/weird/capes-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-capes/ http://garlicpressnews.com/474/weird/capes-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-capes/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:28:08 +0000 Brooks Sherman http://garlicpressnews.com/?p=474 (NYP) — Superman and Batman took on New York’s Finest last night in an epic Crossroads of the World battle that left the Caped Crusader in cuffs.

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