In the meadow we can build a snowman

Build a snowman

And pretend that he is Parson Brown: Villagers in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany, have built a church 65 feet long out of 49,000 cubic feet of ice and snow, complete with a snow steeple, to commemorate a similar effort in 1911.

The first church quickly failed when weekly collections plummeted. Parishioners, frozen fast to the snow pews, said they couldn’t reach their wallets during the offering.

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Welcome to the Hotel California: Lake Stevens plans to build two traffic circles near the city’s main shopping center, a city official said, because “people keep on referring to Frontier Village as this complex where you can get in but you can’t get out.”

That would explain all those Honda Accords that have been circling the parking lot since 1993.

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Come and listen to a story: Mattel and CBS have settled with “Beverly Hillbillies” actress Donna Douglas, who played Elly May Clampett in the CBS series that ran from 1962 to 1971, over their plans to sell an Elly May Barbie doll.

Details of the settlement were not announced, but sources close to Jethro said it involved payment of several possum pelts, veterinary care for her critters and a free cleaning of the “cee-ment pond.”

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