Topical Chat, December 27, 2005

Ugh – the post-Christmas blues. The work-week is bitter-sweet. Not much stress, but the day moves by excrutiatingly slow.

1. On a federal appeals court upholding Chicago’s ban on pet racing pigeons:
“Nice to see the city of Chicago tackling such pressing issues, and avoiding the petty government corruption issues.”

2. On a judge who gave a Manhattan man permission to change his name to Jesus Christ:
“Rumor has it that Donald Trump was a little irked by this.”

3. On Monday Night Football ending its 36-year run on ABC last night:
“Monday Night Football’s run ended when Cosell left the show.”

4. On a person who stole a cinnamon bun that bears a striking likeness to Mother Teresa from a store in Nashville Tennessee:
“Is it me or has this year been supersaturated with religious food allegations? I had to do a double-take at my filet mignon on Sunday just to make sure it didn’t resemble Noah’s Ark.”

5. On a couple who found a rare gem in a clam they thought was rotting:
“This sounds like the plot to some sort of porn movie.”

6. On the Oberlin college women’s rugby team posing nude (with strategically placed balls) for their new calendar:
I’m glad they are strategically placing their balls for these pictures … I knew they were men!!!!”

7. On a Jesuit magazine that has apologized for inadvertently publishing an ad for a Virgin Mary statue wrapped in a condom:
“Sometimes you just can’t make up a story that is funnier than a true story.”

8. On new one-dollar coins that will feature all 37 of the nation's dead presidents being released in 2007:
“I just have a feeling this will go over about as well as a fart in church. For some reason, our country just cannot embrace any coin that is more than a quarter.”