1. Stop! In the name of love

    On the rare occasion that a desperate chase ends in actually catching the bus, we always end up plopping our disheveled selves next to someone loud and smelly. To people who find love on public transit, we say: no fare!

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  2. Par for the course

    A little birdie told us that fewer bogey men are still sand-trapped in the golf club. On the hole, the golfing green ain’t green, so swingers are gonna need to get a grip. OK, we’ll stop ‘fore this gets old. Tee hee.

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  3. Grease is the word

    Breaking news: Dirty hippies smarter than we thought.

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  4. Welcome to the mile-high club

    Like a Virgin, a biofueled plane launched for the very first time this week (landing in Amsterdam, natch). Founder Richard Branson celebrated his nut-powered conquest, but eco-activists were left unsatisfied.

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  5. That ain’t my bag, baby!

    Ohmigod, are you still wearing clothes and carrying things in plastic bags? That is, like, sooo embarrassing. Obvi, you need to start wearing the bags and carrying stuff in the clothes.

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