Topical Chat, June 21, 2007

Seriously, we REALLY do not need to have Rosie O’Donnell replace Bob Barker on the Price is Right … SERIOUSLY!

1. On teens who date older people, have sex and use drugs or alcohol thinking of themselves as older than they really are, according to a new study:
“So, teachers who fornicate with these teens … do they feel younger, or just sluttier?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070620/sc_livescience/sexmakesteensfeelolder;_ylt=As5A2W10yJks1CotFfm9_oXMWM0F

2. On a report that Toyota's plants in the US are more for political and PR reasons than for operational efficiency:
“I couldn’t have been more surprised if I woke up and my head was stapled to the carpet.”
http://jalopnik.com/cars/industry-news/toyota-to-halt-expansion-of-us-assembly-plants-increase-sales-of-japan+built-vehicles-270559.php

3. On Nicorette saying it's okay to smoke and chew nicotine gum at the same time:
“Yeah, but what if you’re wearing a patch whilst doing this?”
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/226691

4. On a crowd in Texas that attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child:
“What, did Texas vs. Oklahoma tickets go on sale?”
http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1257624.html

5. On the French government security experts banning the use of BlackBerries in ministries and in the presidential palace for fear that they are vulnerable to snooping by U.S. intelligence:
“Um … I’m pretty sure the U.S. doesn’t need to know all the different ways one can surrender.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19330478/

6. A Dutch woman who filed a lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional damages due to not winning the lottery:
“One of the rare occasions that supports Euthanasia.”
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/20/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Lottery-Loser.php

7. On more than 200 airline passengers being forced to endure a seven-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean while human sewage overflowed from the toilets – and seeped into the plane’s cabin:
“Worst of all, the on-flight movie featured Ben Afleck …”
http://kutv.com/national/local_story_171123822.html

8. On a Chinese company that once tried to sell land on the Moon, losing an appeal against a court ruling that stopped it from selling bags of "World Cup air:"
“The crime of it is that I bet there were quite a few people ready to purchase these items … and if they would’ve done a good infomercial, I probably would’ve been one of them.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_fe_st/odd_china_world_cup_air