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March 28, 2006
Whose name is it anyway? Wayne Coulter is called Drew so many times he's giving up on using his real first name. Coulter is a dead ringer for comic Drew Carey. So, now he's using Drew, too. He says he never liked the name Wayne, anyway. "Drew'' Coulter is a celebrity of sorts at the local Applebee's, where he works as a waiter in Flint, Michigan.
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March 22, 2006
Canada bans an Australian tourism campaign in their country for the apparent use of the term "bloody hell", which is deemed offensive in many parts of the world, and for luring visitors by saying "We've poured you a beer!". The ads begin with characters saying: "We've poured you a beer and we've had the camels shampooed, we've saved you a spot on the beach. . . and we've got the sharks out of the pool".
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March 13, 2006
Topics rock, wood, southwest, hell, casino, vegas, hotel, paper, florida, world, city, people and man
Jason Wood overcame a field of 29 competitors to win the southwest Florida regional finals of a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" tournament. He threw a "rock," beating Erin Smith's "scissors" and winning a trip to Vegas.
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February 25, 2006
A new tourist campaign for Australia gets the attention of potential visitors by swearing at them. The campaign, launched by Tourism Minister Fran Bailey, asks tourists, "Where the bloody hell are you?"
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January 23, 2006
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