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April 23rd, 2007

Thay! Ithn’t thith a little exthethive?

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, , ,

Dear Blog Guy,
I know you’ve recently been advising college seniors on possible career choices - snake handling, glass eating, etc. But just how are people supposed to know if they chose the right profession in life?
A Regular Reader

It’s very difficult, and it varies from person to person. But I think as a rule,  if you’re noticing that some dude is using a hardware store claw hammer to pound a big nail into your tongue while a needle sticks through your cheek, well, maybe you have a bone to pick with your high school guidance counselor.

Oddly Enough Blog 

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A “scissors” dancer hammers a nail into fellow dancer’s tongue during the national scissors dance competition in Peru, April 22, 2007.  During the Peruvian Scissors Dance (Danza de las Tijeras), dancers compete by dancing as well as by taking part in trials such as glass-eating, walking on fire or sticking wires into their body to show spiritual superiority. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

6 comments so far

“Dad! Ahm thorry! Ahm thorry! I changed mah mind! I don’ wan my thung peiwthed!”

- Posted by K

[thought bubble]Next time, paper. Paper. NOT scissors.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

A subject scores surprisingly low on the Peruvian version of the MMPI.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Never trust an acupuncturist who got his license through the mail.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Tastes like chicken. Iron-plated chicken.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

I’m in my just a little bit miserable place.
I’m in my just a little bit miserable place.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

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