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Camo
07-22-17, 10:01 PM
Was gonna post this in the Chill Club but i'd like to see others things, post any wiki's regardless of sources, seriously if you capture some funny wiki vandalism before it is corrected then well done.

This wiki seriously kills me - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter

Couldn't care less how much of it is true or not it makes me so happy anyway.

Camo
07-22-17, 10:06 PM
Because he was largely uneducated, his business sense was considered peculiar. He was inspired to send warming pans (used to heat sheets in the cold New England winters) for sale to the West Indies, a tropical area. His captain sold them as ladles for the local molasses industry and made a good profit.

Next, Dexter sent wool mittens to the same place, where Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia

People jokingly told him to "ship coal to Newcastle". He did so during a miners' strike at the time, and his cargo was sold at a premium.

At another time, practical jokers told him he could make money shipping gloves to the South Sea Islands. His ships arrived there in time to sell the gloves to Portuguese boats on their way to China.[4]

..etc

Camo
07-22-17, 10:43 PM
Please someone read that page i linked and confirm that it's not just me being crazy, that page is so funny it's unreal.

Swan
07-22-17, 10:45 PM
A great Wiki page! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_Gadot)

The Rodent
07-23-17, 12:11 AM
Funny one I saw was Jason Biggs' (American Pie) page... just after he said some racist stuff on twitter, someone changed the page to "Jason Bigot" :laugh:

Camo
07-23-17, 12:15 AM
When the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers this year someone briefly changed it to McDonalds vs some tiny Filipino Burger Franchise :laugh:

Camo
07-23-17, 12:19 AM
Also this is the best thing ever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat

The Gävle Goat (Swedish: Gävlebocken) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gävle, Sweden. It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. It is erected each year at the beginning of Advent over a period of two days[1][2] by local community groups, and has become famous for being destroyed in arson attacks during December. Despite security measures and the nearby presence of a fire station, the goat has been burned to the ground most years since its first appearance in 1966. As of December 2016, the goat has been damaged 37 times.
Since 1986 there have been two Yule Goats built in Gävle: the Gävle Goat by the Southern Merchants and the Yule Goat built by the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa.

Please take 5 minutes to read its timeline you won't regret it.

gandalf26
07-23-17, 04:12 AM
Funny one I saw was Jason Biggs' (American Pie) page... just after he said some racist stuff on twitter, someone changed the page to "Jason Bigot" :laugh:

hilarious!!

CiCi
07-23-17, 05:45 AM
Also this is the best thing ever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat


Please take 5 minutes to read its timeline you won't regret it.
"Hit by a car"

Dead :lol:

matt72582
07-23-17, 10:31 AM
bump

HashtagBrownies
07-24-17, 08:18 PM
Also this is the best thing ever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat

The Gävle Goat (Swedish: Gävlebocken) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gävle, Sweden. It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. It is erected each year at the beginning of Advent over a period of two days[1][2] by local community groups, and has become famous for being destroyed in arson attacks during December. Despite security measures and the nearby presence of a fire station, the goat has been burned to the ground most years since its first appearance in 1966. As of December 2016, the goat has been damaged 37 times.
Since 1986 there have been two Yule Goats built in Gävle: the Gävle Goat by the Southern Merchants and the Yule Goat built by the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa.

Please take 5 minutes to read its timeline you won't regret it.

Holy crap, the Swedes really hate goats!

Camo
07-24-17, 09:20 PM
"Hit by a car"

Dead :lol:

My favourite might the DoS attack on the webcam, to go to those lengths...poor goat :rotfl:

Also love the 'method of destruction' part, kicked to pieces, legs destroyed, etc.

Then there's this madness:

Gävle goat targeted in foiled helicopter heist

https://www.thelocal.se/20101217/30912

Think i cried laughing when i saw that title.