Topical Chat, April 14, 2006

Is it o.k. to wish somebody a happy Good Friday, considering what happened to Jesus on this day? Just wondering.

1. On residents in rural Malaysia finding a two-tailed lizard and a toad with a 16-inch tail:
“It was reported that they taste just like chicken.”

2. On a teacher who was on her way to school in South Dakota being caught speeding at more than 100 mph:
“Life After NASCAR, The Richard Petty Story.”

3. On a 100-year-old man in Indiana who claims he has been bowling for 93 years:
“Coincidentally, he also claims that he is Napoleon.”

4. On a postcard sent from a Stetson home to a man in Riverside, Calif., that was returned this week with a "return to sender" stamp and its 1956 postmark:
“Another reason the U.S. Postal Service can justify raising mailing prices.”

5. On Japanese police returning 5 million yen ($42,200) to a man whose wife accidentally threw it out with the trash:
“The wife is now in the dog house … literally.”

6. On a former bank employee in Indiana who is accused of using customers' personal information to make obscene phone calls, including some to news anchors at Michigan television stations:
“Hey weather lady, How’s about we get together and I show you my high pressure system.”

7. On thieves in Ohio making off with $4,000 worth of bleachers - enough seating for 100 people – from a youth ball park:
“Sounds like this youth ball park had a good security system in place.”

8. On an 82-year-old woman in California who received a $114 traffic ticket - for taking too long to cross a street:“The cop then kicked her puppy.”