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Old 03-17-2003, 07:55 AM
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[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]John Richards of Boston, England, founder of The Apostrophe Protection Society, for his efforts to protect, promote, and defend the differences between plural and possessive. [/quoteost_uid0]

Rumour has it Bob the Angry Flower was the second member.

[quoteost_uid0]Dr. Jack and Rexalla Van Impe of Jack Van Impe Ministries, Rochester Hills, Michigan, for their discovery that black holes fulfill all the technical requirements to be the location of Hell. [/quoteost_uid0]

Prior to 'Dr.' Van Impe's research, Hell was thought to be located in Secaucus, New Jersey.


[quoteost_uid0]"Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona, for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard.

The British Royal Navy, for ordering its sailors to stop using live cannon shells, and to instead just shout "Bang!"
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There is absolutely nothing I can say to make these any funnier. You can't make this stuff up.[/colorost_uid0]
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