Topical Chat, May 7, 2007

2 more weeks, and I’ll be in San Francisco – woo-hoo!!!!!

1. On fire burning cemetery land:
“Ironically, the death count was much higher than originally anticipated …”
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/011601.html

2. On a Russian billionaire spending tens of millions of dollars building a high-security “KGB-proof” mansion in Surrey:
“Isn’t this what Gates did to Seattle?”
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article1752236.ece

3. On a church proclaiming that spanking kids is God's will:
“I’m just hoping this isn’t the Church of Michael Jackson.”
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/ci_5773602

4. On a soccer game between Muslim imams and Christian priests at the end of a conference to promote interfaith dialogue being canceled Saturday because the teams could not agree on whether women priests should take part:
“Sounds like they made some serious progress with this dialogue.”
http://www.3v8.org/2007/05/05/soccer-game-for-priests-imams-canceled.html

5. On at least 600 people possibly being exposed to hepatitis A at a pizza restaurant:
“Ummmm….are you sure it was a pepperoni pizza?”
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S77290.shtml?cat=1

6. On clothing manufacturers catering for increasingly obese children by making school uniforms as big as size 30:
“I can’t wait for the new Gap clothing line called ‘The Heffer.’”
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/05/1177788468709.html?from=top5

7. On Subway restaurant worker Jackie Lang being fired from her fulltime job after she shared a drink with a friend while consoling her during a break (and didn’t pay for it):
“Jared must’ve really had it in for that lady!”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/westcoast/4050150a10.html

8. On a report that teen breast-implants have tripled nation-wide:
“Do they mean the sizes or the amounts?”
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0507/420132.html