Topical Chat, December 24/25, 2006
Merry Christmas (and all the other holidays) to one and all!
1. On police blotters being full of interesting seasonal crimes including snowman stabbing, grinch snatching, and wreath robbing:
“How about the greatest crime of all – all of those PC’ers stealing the Christmas spirit … just sayin’.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2748321
2. On six cities hosting large matzo ball parties:
“I just can’t help but giggle when I read ‘large matzo ball parties.’”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2748320
3. On a woman who hopped aboard buses, greeted passengers with "Merry Christmas" and handed each an envelope containing a card and a $50 bill before stepping off and repeating the process on another bus:
“Just wonderin’ if any of those people who were ‘offended by the term Merry Christmas’ gave the money back …”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2747728
4. On a town in Pueblo, Colorado, which was spared the heavy snow (just in time for the holidays,” but instead has to deal with tumbleweeds (some piled as high as 20 feet):
“I’m just trying to figure out how the traffic report would sound.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2748669
5. On an AP-AOL News poll that finds Santa Claus to be an enduring giant in the lives of Americans:
“In another similar survey, AP-AOL found that there are indeed 24 hours in a day.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2746623
6. On residents at a home in Australia having a Christmas gathering interrupted last night when the driver of a car crashed into their backyard swimming pool:
“Apparently, the guy was either Jewish or Muslim.”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20971388-1702,00.html
7. On a Montana family whose home burned to the ground earlier this month faced spending Christmas out in the cold - until 100 volunteers descended on their property and built them a new home in a single weekend:
“Many groups are planning on suing because the story never mentioned on whether or not they would’ve been spending Kwanzaa and Chanukah without a home either.”
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/12/24/helena_top/a01122406_01.txt
8. On a couple who trailed UPS trucks in Indiana and Illinois and snatched packages off doorsteps once they were delivered, building a hoard of thousands of dollars worth of stolen Christmas gif:
“This is probably the reason behind me never getting that microwave/convectional oven that I had ordered from QVC (long story):
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/12/23/wtf/doc458dc815b669c032326980.txt
posted by Los @ 12:50 PM
2 guys/gals who rule
2 Comments:
1. I just thought all the cops were off doing traffic sitations for the yearly quota....
2. "Hey can I get some Balls over here?" We are out of Balls for the crackers....
3. Why couldn't she have just stepped onto my bus....Oh thata' right...I drive a car...damn public tranisit!
4. Hey los, we have a report of the tumbleweekd plows out tonight..."yeah Bambi, looks like it's going to be an all nighter for those tumbleweekdplows!"
5. ~shakes head~ There ar just no words for this...
6. I have heard of "wedding Crashers" but Christmas party Crashers???? LOl ;o)
7. EFFING PC'ers...Shoot them...the constitution says we have a right to celebrate WHATEVEr WE WANT AND IF YOU DON'TLIKE IT...turn off THE TV!!!!
8. IAI: We need an APB put out on a conventional oven...Last seen possible suspects...CUSH>>> yep that's them
1. In a town near my father's house, punks cut wires in public Christmas lights. Truly pathetic.
2. But we've got the biggest balls of them all!
3. Surprised she hasn't been sued.
4. 20-ft high tumbleweeds contain more brain matter than T.O. does.
5. AP just trying to prop up its own fictional character, Jamil Hussein.
6. Damn stingrays. First they take out Steve Irwin, now they go after Aussie Christmas.
7. A truly heartwarming story that society's idiots can't diminish.
8. May the desirable upper bunk in prison already be taken.
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