Redmond Junior High School, Teacher-Assigned Detention Notice: [caption id="attachment_1328" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Reason for Detention: Another student made the comment "you need to push it in further" (innocent comment) and Datton added "that's what she said.""][/caption] Win. Related posts:Friend and photographer Jarnah Montersino in Cambodia From my brother’s friend: Being Val Kilmer From a friend: Struck, ... Read more »

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Here's an actual story from the BBC: Dubai court annuls marriage to 'bearded lady' An Arab country's ambassador to Dubai has had his marriage contract annulled after discovering the bride was cross-eyed and had facial hair. The woman had worn an Islamic veil, known as the niqab, on the few occasions the couple ... Read more »

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