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How to flush $299 down the toilet (and fish it out again)

Posted 2 years ago by Will Chen

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toilet aquarium

In what can only be described as a fusion of insanity and insanity, Aqua One brings you The Fish 'n Flush! (via Tao of Making Money!)

That's right. How many of you have sat on the crapper and wished that you could snap your spine in half, turn around, and look at some fish. That's right, I suspect the answer is NOBODY! (Put your hand down Gollum.)

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Can't afford a plasma tv? Be creative!

Posted 2 years ago by Will Chen

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plasma flatscreen hack

OK, perhaps this isn't as helpful as our tip on how to turn your LCD monitor into a projection TV, but you've got to admire this guy's vision.

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FBI Considered "It's A Wonderful Life" Communist Propaganda

Posted 2 years ago by Will Chen

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George and Mary Bailey looking happy

I love It's a Wonderful Life because it teaches us that family, friendship, and virtue are the true definitions of wealth.

In 1947, however, the FBI considered this anti-consumerist message as subversive Communist propaganda (read original FBI memo).

According to Professor John Noakes of Franklin and Marshall College, the FBI thought Life smeared American values such as wealth and free enterprise while glorifying anti-American values such as the triumph of the common man.

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YOU are Time's Person of the Year

Posted 2 years ago by Greg Go

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Time magazine's annual Person of the Year award recognizes individuals who have made an impact on the world in the past year. In 2006, that person is you, me and that guy in the corner. This year, more than any other in the history of humanity, individuals like you and me have the power and voice to make a difference. And what a difference it is!

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Mountain Dew Christmas Tree

Posted 2 years ago by Will Chen

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mountain dew christmas tree small image

Now that's what I call recycling.

These guys started with four hundred empty cans of Mountain Dew, a pipe, and a dream.

Actually, after consuming that much sugar, it was probably more of a psychedelic vision of dancing mimes and baby pandas than a "dream."

But hey, why judge.

We appreciate this expression of frugal creativity as much as anyone. Well, almost anyone. According to this Digg user:

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