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The Internet's strangest communities

"There's a lid for every pot," the old saying goes, and the Internet sure allows the oddest-shaped lids and pots to find one another and discuss lid-pot relations at great length.

| Opinion | Internet | Offbeat | 08/15/08 at 1:51 pm |

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City government cyberscrewups: Wrong skyline, wrong language

Residents of Birmingham, England, probably felt some pride when they got pamphlets in the mail praising their recycling levels -- but then were confused when they realized that the skyline on the leaflet wasn't their home town. Turns out that it was the skyline of Birmingham, Alabama, taken from an "Internet photo archive."

| News | Offbeat | 08/15/08 at 11:42 am |

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Toy walkie-talkie picks up filthy trucker talk

One mom gets an earful from a walkie-talkie bought for her three-year-old son.

| News | Offbeat | 08/15/08 at 11:33 am |

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Preteen vandals receive ultimate punishment: No video games

Two preteen girls broke into the home of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy and caused $30,000 worth of damage, but Cathy didn't want to prosecute the girls so he worked out a deal with their parents to hit them where it would really hurt.

| News | Offbeat | 08/14/08 at 11:20 am |

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