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Home --> Humor --> Human Follies

Human Follies

Humans do foolhardy things — need we say more? Tales that titillate, horrify, and tickle the funny bone . . . sometimes all three at once.

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        Green bullet = true
        Red bullet = false
        Multiple status bullet = multiple truth values
        Yellow bullet = undetermined
        White bullet = unclassifiable veracity

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Red bullet Fellow intent upon killing a raccoon launches himself out of a drainage pipe.

Red bullet Man dies in his sleep, killed by his own farts.

Red bullet Golfer who sticks his scrotum into a ball washer is horribly injured.

White bullet Chainsaw-wielding "madman" turns out to be partygoer who went to the wrong house.

Green bullet Insect-infested house is destroyed when too many "bug bombs" set by owner are ignited.

Yellow bullet Fellow who uses a taser on himself describes experience.

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