Once known as the “World’s Most Popular Word” in the 18th century, the word “cronk” has definitely seen it’s share of glory & fame.

These days, everyone’s got their own definition of the word (Urban Dictionary - MSN - Free Dictionary - some guy), and members of the Cronk lineage are blowin’ up the spot the world over.

Check it:

Cronk family ancestry: The birth of the legend

Poe & Cronk: What Pauly Shore is right now.

Bruce Cronk: a voice for working men and women. Up with welding! Down with big box!

Cronk Duch a special blend of architect. No seeds.

Cronk’s Custom Calls: Handmade custom killer calls. Get cronk, get buck. Buck, buck.

Rip Cronk: SoCal muralist. Everything from Venice to Van Gogh to… ugh… Lou Reed.

Cronk knives. The Cronk gutter, Cronk skinner, Cronk fighter. Use them to gut pretty much anything that moves.

Lee Cronk: Anthropologist, and big fan of the Mukogodo

Robert N. Cronk: First American born in 1924. Daaaaaaamn.

…and so much more…

Guardsman in Iraq punished for revealing secrets on blog

It’s one thing to leak stuff on blogs like pre-released albums, naked celebrity photos, or neighbors’ medical records, but when you start messing with G.I. Joe, you’ll get shot down.

Leonard “Biggie” Clark, some kindergarten teacher stuck in Iraq, got really bored and started releasing the government’s plan for the rest of the war, which he accidentally received a copy of. According to Clark and the plan, the U.S. hopes to sell Iraq to Russia within 18 months, and use the money to start a moon city. Cool.

Peep the aftermath: leonardclark.com/blog

Study Links Tobacco Smoke With Belly Fat

The study also linked smoking with chest fat, leg fat, neck fat, and lard. What the tobacco companies don’t tell you is that each cigarette contains a few mg’s of fat in them, which is why smoking and heart disease are related. Back in the early 1900’s, the condition known as “smoker’s lung” was actually known was having “fat lung”.

Criminals make killing from fake drugs

That Tylenol you took for that headache? It’s actually horse ivory. That black tar heroin your cousin sold you? It’s actually just black tar.

Let’s face it, most drugs are fake. The most successful drug in history has always been the placebo. Some researchers believe that real cocaine hasn’t even existed since 1973.

Bowel study backs cannabis drugs

Time to hit up ol’ HotJobs if your job description includes the terms “bowel study” & “cannabis” and it’s not even your own bowel, and you never even touch the cannabis.

Bong arrested for wife-beating

One of the best names in Major League Baseball today, for sure.