Topical Chat, April 16, 2007
Another start to another dreary week in Philadelphia … we are being hit with a Noreaster, and we may even get snow out of the deal … nothing like that in mid-April!
1. On Britain fining people more for putting their garbage out for collection on the wrong day than it does for theft:
“Good to see our brothers across the pond really focusing on the important details…”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=448284&in_page_id=1770
2. On a 13-year-old girl being attacked by a sealion as she surfed behind a speedboat off Australia's west coast:
“Hopefully we won’t be hearing anything about any killer Koalas from down under anytime soon …”
http://www.24dash.com/environment/19334.htm
3. On a report that old-school vinyl records are still hanging on to a small share of the music sales market:
“I’m just hoping that 8-tracks make a comeback … and soon!”
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=163166&format=html
4. On an early-morning prank by a group of Eastern Mennonite University students in Harrisonburg, Va., in which students were trying to put a stuffed buffalo taken from the school's science center onto the roof of Oakwood residence hall, resulted in a student from Indiana falling from the roof of a three-story dormitory, university officials said.
“Nothing good can happen when you mix people from Indiana and Virginia together … “
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/LOCAL/704140514/1196
5. On a report that Britain’s war on drugs has been a total failure:
“They should take notes on the successes on their war on dentists.”
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2057565,00.html
6. On a new poll revealing that most Americans are now filing their taxes online:
“It’s probably easier to cheat that way, right?”
http://kutv.com/national/topstories_story_104110423.html
7. On two men being knocked unconscious this weekend during an assault at a Waffle House:
“They must’ve been trying to order pancakes or something.”
http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/20951210087775.php
posted by Los @ 1:46 PM
3 guys/gals who rule
3 Comments:
With all the global warming rallies scheduled for this weekend, call it a Gore-easter.
1. Britain adopted Philadelphia's criminal justice code.
2. How slow was this "speedboat"?
3. This explains Barry Manilow.
4. Mennonite pranks gone wrong.
5. Starting a War on Trash, I see.
6. I'm generally against anything that makes taxes less painful. That's how they get so high.
7. Ah, the Awful Waffle. Q: What has 20 heads and 32 teeth? A: The Waffle Shop.
Pancakes at the waffle house? Nonpossible!
...we are being hit with a Noreaster... My ductwork runs under my house and was destroyed by all the running pummeling it. We can't run our heat do to the fact that there are a couple thousand gallons (no joke) sitting in our ventilation system. We tried getting it pumped out two days ago but it kept filling back up with water.
We need to wait it out, patch up the ventilation system that is running under the concrete floor, and then put it all back together again. I’m glad I just didn’t get a new rug for downstairs…sigh.
Another option is to move or buy a new heater an place it in my attic. I could have a new duct work connection installed to make sure the flooding issue is alleviated forever. Then fill the downstairs ventilation with concrete.
Any other options I’d love to hear them.
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