Topical Chat, July 18, 2007

I’m going to the Police concert tomorrow night … let’s hope their still together then!

1. On the Vatican releasing a statement that sexual abuse of children is not just a Catholic Church problem and that other institutions should take steps to acknowledge and deal with such “wickedness:”
“But didn’t the Pope just say that Catholicism is the only true religion just a few days ago?”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19806068/

2. On an Indian firm that has launched a paan-flavored condom designed to evoke the pungent taste of the betel nut and tobacco concoction chewed and then spat out by millions of South Asians:
“That sounds so disgusting, I wouldn’t even put that on your di …. Nevermind.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/india.condom.ap/index.html

3. On a 55-year-old woman who said she killed her neighbors because their "green mothball cookies" made her sick being found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity:
“I guess that’s the way the cookie crumbles … ba-da-bing!”http://www.local6.com/news/13696408/detail.html

4. On Bobby Brown confessing he is scared of the fact that he may be a target for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden:
“Um, any chance that Bobby had some of those green mothball cookies?”http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a66384/bobby-brown-fears-he-is-terrorist-target.html

5. On Georgia's top medical examiner saying that pro wrestler Chris Benoit had the steroid testosterone and other drugs in his system when he killed his wife and son:
“If only he had taken lessons from Barry Bonds on the correct way to use steroids …”
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13698251/detail.html

6. On a Spanish man who took his 10-year-old son bull running during the annual Pamplona festival last week and then had his visitation rights to the boy taken away by a judge:
“Geez, just a week before the “Swimming with the sharks wearing a meat-suit” event in Florida!”
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1757868120070717?feedType=RSS&rpc=92

7. On hundreds of people who were treated at a southern Arizona hospital receiving exorbitant medical bills as high as $49 million:
“Is this the Michael Moore is planning to promote his new movie?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bogus_bills;_ylt=AmZucwwq04D5Gm0rspoHKKosQE4F

8. On a 27-year-old man who found a church sermon to be so objectionable, that he stabbed five members of a Protestant church including its pastor:
“I guess he didn’t like how the bible ended … was kind of hoping for a sequel.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view_article.php?article_id=77008