Topical Chat, July 21, 2006

More storms predicted for Philly today and this entire weekend – hopefully my power will be off for more than 20 hours this time AND it will ruin the bachelor party I have to go to (I know – have some cheese with that whine, Karl).

1. On the death of Harry Olivieri (sp), the creator of the Philadelphia cheese-steak:
“If the city of Philadelphia ever needed an excuse for a parade, this might be it.”

2. On a drunk Latvian man, who made a bet (about $2,500) that he would cut off his penis, and won the bet:“What a dick.”

3. On a Greek man that led cops on a 90-mph chase – they were following him because his inspection sticker expired:“Sounds like he would make a great U.S. politician.”

4. On an American scientist who says the results of a 29-year study suggest parrots could be as intelligent as five-year-old humans:“And also some idiotic scientists.”

5. On a Chinese headmaster, who tried to buy off colleagues by cooking dog meat for them after secretly selling off trees around the school, ending up setting fire to classrooms when the meal burst into flames:“Hey, have you tried the hot-dog?”

6. On one Canadian city that is pondering whether or not a crime has been committed if a dog poops on a neighbor’s lawn, even though it gets cleaned up:“It’s good to see that this city has solved all major world problems so that it can focus on the really important issues like this one.”

7. On some Central Florida school districts passing the costs of some unique items to parents, including janitorial supplies such as liquid hand soap, hand sanitizers, Plug-In refills, toilet paper and Band-Aids:“Next year, they’ll try to pass off the costs of the hookers.”

8. On a Los Angeles man who is suing a sperm bank because he claimed that he found a video camera hidden in the ceiling of a sperm bank's "donation room:”“He first got suspicious after he dropped his pants when he hear the word ‘Action’ coming from the next room over.”