[The horrible shoes 'Crocs' are not only ugly, but also dangerous](http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/10/psa-crocs-arent-just-ugly-theyre-dangerous/). I really don't understand the Crocs thing. For kids, sure - kids have no taste and do…
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[A $1 per gallon increase in petrol price would reduce obesity by 15 per cent](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/09/cross-elasticity-surprise.html). Makes a nice amount of sense on an intuitive level too. Makes you…
[From a very funny column by Michael Lewis](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/122335.html): >This is what happens when you lend money to poor people. As always, with these things, there's a bit of…
[A clock in France's Pantheon was fixed by "cultural guerillas" who broke in and conducted their restoration in secret](http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2217067,00.html). It's a wonderful idea. Of course, if it's a…
[Don't send your children out on railroad tracks for coal](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/10/do-not-send-your-chi.html). OK, it's from the 1920s. Which just shows the 'warning about the obvious' thing some liability specialists love…
[Furniture pieces that you can use to build almost an infinite range of shapes](http://www.conelrad.com/daisy/index.php). It's a good thing I don't have one of these. I'd never stop rearranging…
[10 of the best from SkyMall](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/skymall.s-scariest-stuff/10-reasons-were-doomed-skymall-edition-326183.php). Incredible proof of the imminent destruction of society. The Hitch Critters are very scary.
[Star Wars recast with various celebrities](http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=17338&display=photoshop#entries). As with all Worth1000 contests, some of the entries are quite poor. But the best 10 or so are pretty clever.
[The Discovery Channel is casting for a show where you have to construct Rube Goldberg machines](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/26/rube-goldberg-realit.html). OK, it could be a lot of fun. But it's far more…
Well, it's all over. The final polls were pretty close, with the final two party preferred result favouring the ALP 53 to 47. The ALP has won at…