Topical Chat, November 20, 2006

McNabb is out for the year - so now what do we Philadelphians do?

1. On the Ohio Lottery number being the same is that final score of the OSU vs. Michigan score:
“And, apparently, Jim Tressel won ... Who says the lottery is fixed?”

2. On a crossbow arrow being fired into a soccer stadium, whistling past one of the players and forcing the amateur game to be called off:
“Apparently, the University of Miami is really serious about getting better in soccer.”

3. On an iPod screen glowing in the middle of the night from thick underbrush leading rescuers to a mushroom picker lost in the woods:
“If you are filling out a job application, is there a better term that mushroom picker?”


4. On Thailand's new military-appointed government threatening to shut down an operatic version of the Hindu epic Ramayana, ostensibly over fears one of its scenes may bring bad luck:
“Isn’t living in Thailand bad enough luck?”

5. On a small black object that was found attached to the bottom of a woman's Jeep and prompted an evacuation of a three-square block area on Friday, not being a bomb after all - It was a tracking device planted by the woman's husband:
“Tom Cruise is really going overboard now.”

6. On a museum director removing an art exhibit featuring several deep-fried American flags:
“And the Colonel is none too pleased!”

7. On a guy who is using echoes to navigate, exactly the same mechanism of what the bats, dolphins and whales use:
“And still, he can’t get on Paris Hilton’s guest list.”

8. On a school dance who turned a girl’s date away, because he is home-schooled:“However, they were cool with local gangs, pregnant teens, and drug pushers.”