Topical Chat, February 8, 2007

Thank goodness we had a fire drill today …. In 20 degree weather.

1. On a man being accused of riding nude in a gondola at a ski resort:
“Geez, what crazy things will that former Minnesota football coach do next?”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2857408

2. On a cab driver who returned 31 diamond rings he found in his cab after dropping off a passenger, who had left him with a 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare:
“After handing the passenger the bag, the cab driver proceeded to run her over about 15 times.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2857747

3. On a church group inviting a sex offender to lead a church retreat:
“According to reports, the priest accepted the invitation.”
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_038113352.html

4. On an 80-year-old Hampden woman who was watching the Super Bowl alone, faking a heart attack to scare off a man who had broken into her home:
“Hmmph – she must’ve copied that from Rex Grossman.”
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/16638547.htm

5. On a bar kicking out a guy who was the designated driver for a group of friends, because he wasn’t drinking:
“Was one of the Kennedys the bartender?”
http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_038095226.html

6. On a die hard Bears fan who lost a Super Bowl bet – he has to change his name to Peyton Manning:
“I have a hard time believing that the Mayor of Chicago is really that stupid.”
http://www.wgal.com/sports/10953016/detail.html

7. On a woman who was afraid of losing her boyfriend agreeing to let the boyfriend sleep with her 12-year-old daughter:
“The one question I have is which kind of baseball bat I should use to repeatedly hit her in the head?”
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10952316/detail.html

8. On a pair of Russian fishermen catching some sort of squeaking alien fish, and then eating it:
“Isn’t democracy great?”
http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/07-02-2007/87167-alien_monster-0