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Armored Car Without Phallus. Let’s Save The Whales!

gemmy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:46 -0800

"One month ago Dartz presented uberluxury armored car with whale penis interior - PROMBRON... As the world’s resonance was very huge and Dartz got lot of angry e-mails from Greenpeace, WWF and also Pamela Anderson, Dartz make strong decision to stop their plans regarding such interior."

Hurry! Cash For Clunkers Ends Monday

netbros — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:37:42 -0800

What’s so special about the super cars that make people spend cosmic sums on a single car to buy it? Here are the Most Expensive Supercars: Exotic Showcase. Looking for cheap wheels? Here they are — the ten least-expensive 2009 cars on sale in America. But sticker price insn't everything; here are the 10 most and least expensive cars to insure.

Not surprisingly, Detroit didn't make the list.

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:39 -0800

Thinking of relocating in these troubled economic times? You might want to consider checking out Forbes' list of The Most Overpriced Cities in America. The Top 5: Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York, and... Providence?

Child Labor Travesty or Pap Smear? You Decide!

maryh — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:34:40 -0800

While other children their age spend their days in school, forming friendships and worrying over their grades, these two young ragamuffins spend long nights camped out in front of hot night spots they won't be able to legally enter themselves for at least half a decade. Please open your hearts, ladies and gentlemen, to the littlest paparazzi. Galleries here and here.

In a future time, children will work together to build a giant...

phrontist — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:44:52 -0800

Two industrial robots spin records.

We'll throw in the doghouse for only £100,000 extra... deal?

miss lynnster — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:39:19 -0800

Wow. And I thought California property was expensive. Lordy.

Tip-Tip-Top of the Line

PreacherTom — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:07:36 -0800

Tip-Tip-Top of the Line It's pretty sad when $255,000 and 3.7 seconds for 0 to 62 is the bottom of the heap. That's the Ferrari Fiorano, joined in its exclusive club by such beauties as the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 ($319K, 3.4 sec). The group is led by the amazing Bugatti Beyron, which clocks the 0 to 62 in an astonishing 2.5 seconds and hits 188 mph in only 17 seconds; the damage: only $1.4 million. Here are more pix and models, just in case you haven't drooled enough.

Audio accesories for the millionaire.

KevinSkomsvold — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:26:15 -0800

Would you pay $9000 for speaker cables? No? Ok, how about $11,700? These are just a few of the seemingly overpriced audio components listed on this page.

Losing sleep over terrorism?

RavinDave — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:29:53 -0800

Quantum Sleeper ... If I blow $100,000+ on a bed, Sandra Bullock better be in it.

Sleeping Beauty

Dome-O-Rama — Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:02:59 -0800

For $40,000 your little princess can sleep in Cinderella's Carriage. At that price it better come with a team of white horses. Next to that, the Fairytale Cottage for $5,000 seems like a steal! Or with all the pirate mania... maybe they'd like this pirate's ship for a mere $25,000? Low on funds? This paupers pirate-themed ones is just $4,000. Not into all the European legend junk? Or maybe a tee pee for $3,066? Or a vintage race car for $25,000. And there's even more if you want to torture yourself for being a moneyless loser.

owillis — Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:51:34 -0800

It has to stop! (via rc3) Someone puts up a website, people like it and come back for more, then they tell their friends - and so on. The problem is, the site becomes popular and prohibitively expensive and a valuable resource either gets put behind a pay per view gate, disappears, or the site owner has to bite the bullet and pay a huge hosting fee. (more inside)

crog — Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:34:18 -0800

Now that is one, big and expensive tuna fish! What must have that thing eaten??

grumblebee — Thu, 29 Jun 2000 06:57:09 -0800

The opening bid for the Declaration of Independence, which went on sale at sothebys.com at 9am this morning, was $4,000,000. I can't comment too much, because I work for the Sotheby's, but when the sale closes at 5pm today, it may be the most valuable object ever sold online. We're all going to stand in a big room from 4-5 today and watch the bids come in.