1. The perfect dorm

    Attention back-to-school shoppers: nothing impresses a sexy coed more than a DIY chair made of recycled six-pack rings. So get to … studying.

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  2. Stick ’em up

    People who live on the sticks follow strict rules. Lollipops, corn dogs, and kebabs in the morning; pick-up sticks and pogo-ing in the afternoon. Yep. They’re sticklers.

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  3. Little green lies

    Breaking news! The recent wildfires across the globe may have a common source: the pants of nine out of 10 “environmentalists” who feel guilty about not recycling.

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  4. Feels just like I’m walking on broken glass

    So that’s what happened to all our recycled Coronas!

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  5. She don’t want no scrub

    There are many things we might try to avoid for six weeks if we were worried about exposure to harmful chemicals. The air in Beijing, for one. Or the water in the Great Lakes. But soap? That’s just dirty.

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