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From Dancing to Dumping


By Sarah van Schagen and Sarah Kraybill Burkhalter
01 Dec 2006
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Photo: c. Warner Bros. Pictures
Photo: © Warner Bros. Pictures

Crappy feet

Violence! Homosexuality! Anti-Christianity! Environmentalism! Beware the dangerous propaganda lurking in the "darkest, most disturbing feature-length animated film ever offered by a major studio." (That, friends, is what we like to call a tap smear.)
 
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Bear ass

Endangered giant pandas of the female persuasion are ready to mate for as few as 48 hours a year, leaving inexperienced man-das with quite a pickle. Enter: panda porn. Bear-chicka-bow-wow!
Photo: iStockphoto
Photo: iStockphoto
 
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Use Only What You Need.
Photo: Sukle Advertising & Design

Join the Mile-Highers

This ad campaign reminds those who use the john in Denver to flush only what they need. And it doubles as an anti-obesity campaign! Thanks, benches.
 
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Crowning around

The newly sashed Miss Earth 2006, formerly Miss Chile, was chosen for her itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny bikini concern about major environmental issues like global warming. Not surprisingly, Miss United States didn't make it past the semifinals.
Photo: iStockphoto
Photo: iStockphoto
 
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Photo: iStockphoto
Photo: iStockphoto

Taking a dump

Aspenites have set up a "freecycle zone" at the local landfill where the well-to-doers can leave their castoffs for the not-quite-as-well-to-doers. Recent finds include skis and snowboards, hot tubs, patio furniture, and Britney's panties.
 

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Sarah van Schagen is Grist's assistant editor.
Sarah Kraybill Burkhalter is Grist's editorial assistant.
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