The Number of Pages in any Given Book
is usually divisible by 32 and is determined very early on from projected sales and profits.
“And most publishers avoid leaving more than four blank pages in the back, because blanks make the buyer think he’s being cheated. There are certain pages in the front of a book that can be added, reshuffled, or deleted in a pinch, but the goal for the designer is to make everything fit just so without reorganizing anything.”
Oversights
are caused by a lack of oversight.
Autoantonyms are words that are their exact opposite.
Illustrated Sick-wit
always gets me. Today's is Greg Gutfeld's The Daily Gut.
He also makes The Adventures of Keira Knightley's Jaw, Al Zarqawi's Mom's Blog, and The Big God Blog.
I Am Glad That I Read The da Vinci Code
because now I can appreciate stuff like this.
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Stefcam!
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- The Grant-Pattishall Award
- Fark
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- Girl, 12, gives birth to boy for her 15-year-old husband. In Tennessee? West Virginia? No, New South Wales, Australia [Strange]
- 12-year-old girl suspended from school for piercing her nose, which perfectly normal in India, not as normal in Utah as multiple moms [Stupid]
- When searching for your dog, always look under car first before reaching underneath. That shadow might really be an alligator instead [Florida]
- State Senator forgets he's supposed to make drugs sound bad, not cool; describes Oxycontin as "a rocket ship to heroin." Every kid knows rocket ships are cool [Dumbass]
- After her husband gets locked up for dealing meth, pissed-off wife goes undercover, takes down major meth ring. Hell hath no fury like a Latina who ain't getting any [Cool]
- Afghans replace opium poppies with bumper wheat crop, gluten intolerance grips nation [Obvious]
- Investigative journalism class frees 11 innocent people from prison. So the prosecutor subpoenas their grades. Wait, what? [Scary]
- Photoshop theme: Elderly superheros or supervillains [Photoshop]
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