Topical Chat, February 22, 2007

The only good thing about NASCAR this weekend was that it stole some of the TV space that had been “dedicated” for Anna Nicole the past week or so.

1. On a new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, called “The Scoop on Poop:”

“No, this is not a boy bands museum … although it could be, I guess.”

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer_qa/qa_forum.htm?forumId=3134

2. On a rookie cop telling women to show their boobs or get a ticket, then groping them – he was caught because he had pics on his camera phone:

“This makes Proctor from those Police Academy movies look like a Nobel Prize winner.”

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-officer0220,0,6097397.story?track=mostviewedlink

3. On rumors that gasoline prices will be rising close to $3 a gallon again this spring:

“Man, I just love the power that these greedy oil companies have … makes me hope we never find an alternative fuel source.”

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/BIZ/702200329/1148/AUTO01

4. On Brittany Spears checking herself back into rehab after shaving her hair off:

“Just wondering who is in worse shape at this point, Brittany or Anna Nicole?”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17243855/

5. On Iran’s hard-line president saying that Iran will halt enrichment only if Western nations do the same:

“First of all, we believe you about as much as we believe that Chevy Chase is still funny. Second, haven’t you heard the old parental line, ‘do as I say, not as I do?’”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear;_ylt=AkjgBxRUnfL0WXDeQNO0ni6s0NUE

6. 67-year-old disabled grandmother receiving athletic scholarships to play three sports at Bishop State just months before she died:

“But you should’ve seen her hook shot …”

http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1171880185119050.xml&coll=2

7. On Kerry Katona’s (I think she might be some sort of star overseas) new husband asking her to stop drinking at her reception because she is seven months pregnant – to which she drunkenly bashed him in the face:

“This, of course, after she tried to strangle him with the umbilical cord.”

http://www.megastar.co.uk/ents/news/2007/02/19/sMEG01MTE3MTg3NDU4MjQ.html

8. On a woman who repeatedly bought painkillers from an online doctor now suing him for not acting "in her best interests:"

“This woman should be taken out to the streets and kicked to death … just my humble opinion.”

http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=272372007