Topical Chat, April 11, 2007

Well … no more holidays until Memorial day … sigh.

1. On Islamic clerics at a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital demanding that the minister for tourism be fired, after she was pictured committing a "great sin" by hugging a foreign man:
“Wait, Pakistan has a minister for tourism???? This is like Iran having a minister of logic.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264950,00.html

2. On a report saying that more and more men are becoming stay-at-home dads:
“What would the Fonz say to this?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/ts_alt_afp/lifestyleusmenchildren_070409031806

3. On a report that more than half of all Europeans support a pre-emptive strike on Iran:
“Looks like their balls finally dropped …”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879271095&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&67

4. On a former strip club that is now a church:
“It’s called the Church of the Holy Knockers.”
http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=6343666

5. Anna Nicole/Dannielynn Smith DNA test coming back:
“Can we do some sort of reality show with this, with the World voting potential fathers off?”
http://socialitelife.com/2007/04/09/tuesday_is_truth_day.php

6. On a woman who advertised on MySpace for someone to kidnap her two-year-old daughter:
“In a somewhat related note, the lady did receive a phone call from a Michael Jackson, asking if she had any sons that she wanted kidnapped … “
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA040907.myspacekidnap.kens.56f2eda.html

7. On an Economics professor claiming amnesia when $134 million goes missing in his investment funds:
“I thought Kenneth Lay was dead … “
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/04/09/parish

8. On scientists coming up with the formula for the perfect bacon sandwich:
“Finally, research that I’m actually interested in!!!!”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007160287,00.html