Topical Chat, May 2, 2007

I sincerely hope everyone had a great May Day …

1. On Mick Jagger being visited by aliens:
“I heard that he gave those aliens some major lip service … “
http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/04/23/mick-jagger-visited-by-aliens/

2. On a collapsed section of highway 508 in San Francisco:
“Thank goodness, just weeks before our vacation!”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070430/ap_on_re_us/highway_collapse

3. On a group of Japanese magicians suing TV broadcasters on Tuesday for revealing closely guarded secrets behind a series of coin tricks:
“Amazing how these broadcasters were able to show just how these “magicians” devalued the American dollar.”
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4764397.html

4. On the government claiming that computer programmers are lazy:
“This was of course done on one of the few days the government was actually in session.”
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2124300,00.asp

5. On Cuba lifting a ban on imports of U.S. long-grain rice:
“This must be a sign that Castro has expired.”
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUBA_US_TRADE?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-04-27-22-35-00

6. On a New York landlord hiring a marching band to drown out the sound of his tenants protesting asbestos contamination:
“Sadly, the marching band contracted cancer shortly thereafter.”
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/77226

7. On a man who will spend the next 10 weekends in jail and another year on probation for illegally rolling back prices on Wal-Mart items:
“Finally, the authorities captured that annoying smiley face!”
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/05/01/m2b_mcvest_0501.html?imw=Y

8. On Circuit City’s stocks falling after laying off their most experienced employees:
“Isiah Thomas thinks this is a poorly run organization …”
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CIRCUIT_CITY_OUTLOOK?SITE=CASAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-05-01-09-40-09