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Archive for June 2009

Retro ad: The Boys Club helped O.J. Simpson “run his life.”

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This was an actual ad clipped from the 1983 edition of Street and Smith’s Pro Football Yearbook:

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What a tagline… “THE CLUB THAT BEATS THE STREETS.”

I wonder how many people O.J. has beaten on the street with a club.

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Thursday 18 June, 2009 at 2:02 am

DT Log List Compendium: Only in Minnesota #1

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Only in Minnesota…

Imagine, calling your business insurance company, and having to explain the basis of your claim:

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… can a rampaging deer cause thousands of dollars in damage to an office building.

Source:  Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Sunday June 7, 2009

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Saturday 13 June, 2009 at 5:35 am

Newspaper clipping: Come bring your ID to claim your bag of “leafy green organic material.”

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Okay, does this actually work?

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The Verndale, Minnesota Police Department has an interesting report to “blotter”:

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Source: Brainerd Dispatch, Sunday June 7, 2009.

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Friday 12 June, 2009 at 2:19 am