Topical Chat, May 11, 2007

With the Phillies’ recent performance, all I can say is … how many more days until NFL training camp?

1. On a biker who was clocked by a radar trap at 170mph - and avoided cops because he was traveling so fast:
“Looks like the new police-issued mopeds may not have been the best idea …”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=biker-beats-cops-at-170mph&method=full&objectid=19075670&siteid=89520-name_page.html

2. On a new study that says that Canadians are being gouged at the gas pumps across the country by as much as 27 cents a litre:
“Geez, I wonder if that study would be the same ALL OVER THE WORLD!”
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070509/gas_gouging_070509/20070510?hub=TopStories

3. On Russian President Vladimir Putin obliquely comparing the foreign policy of the United States to the Third Reich in a speech:
“You know that whole line about people in glass houses?”
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=5642323

4. On Australia’s prime minister, John Howard, being questioned by a school-kid on how he keeps his eyebrows nicely groomed:
“Apparently, he follows the same procedures as Andy Rooney.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1919819.htm

5. On a group of college girls stealing 1,000 copies of their school's newspaper because they felt they looked "too fat" in the front page photo:
“Good thing they did this, so that the AP could get a hold of this story and show their pictures to the entire world.”
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1476742658

6. On a Quadriplegic man who got drunk, drove his motorized bed to a whorehouse, missed the turn, and drove six miles down the highway before the cops stopped him:
“I’m pretty sure he couldn’t ‘stand’ getting pulled over by the cops …”
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_10356.shtml

7. On a study that men are more likely than women to opt for a luxury brand when buying handbags:
“I wonder what studies outside of San Francisco would report?”
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=370489&sid=LIF&ssid=22

8. On the daughter of Scottsdale Police Chief Alan Rodbell who was arrested in March being arrested again for disorderly conduct:
“How good can this police chief possibly be?”
http://www.kpho.com/news/13281946/detail.html