Topical Chat, July 27, 2007
Friday, I thought you’d never get here!
1. On Aviation Week & Space Technology which says it has obtained a draft report that says NASA allowed astronauts to fly while intoxicated on two occasions:
“Let me take a guess on which two occasions … “
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/07/report-astronau.html
2. On ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, saying Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 1% from a year ago as lower natural gas prices hurt results:
“Wow, I guess they didn’t raise prices enough …. I’m shocked.”
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2007-07-26-exxonmobil-earns_N.htm
3. On a Grayson County sheriff's investigator accidentally shooting himself Wednesday as he was putting his pistol in a desk drawer:
“I thought Don Knotts was dead already.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TX_INVESTIGATOR_WOUNDED_TXOL-?SITE=TXELP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
4. On a two-year study that revealed that college students with fake IDs drink more heavily than other college students:
“Still waiting on the study on where the sun goes at night-time.”
http://www.showmenews.com/2007/Jul/20070725News001.asp
5. On US and Chinese officials announcing today that they have busted two Chinese software piracy groups in possession of illegal software with an "estimated retail value" of close to $500 million:
“However, the software was for the Commodore 64.”
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070724-chinese-pirates-busted-with-500-million-of-software.html
6. On a survey that found that the average employee wastes 1.7 hours within an 8.5 hour work day:
“Sadly, that number is down from last year …”
http://www.cnbc.com/id/19957771
7. On a Brentwood man being sentenced this morning to 90 days in jail and five years on probation for impersonating a Pittsburgh Steeler:
“Funny, Pat Burrell’s been impersonating a Phillies player for the better part of 3 years now …”
http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/07206/804260-66.stm
8. On a rock band being saved from a fire by beer:
“It really is the nectar of the Gods, isn’t it?”
http://www.shoutmouth.com/index.php/news/22894
posted by Los @ 7:11 PM
2 guys/gals who rule
2 Comments:
1. Reminds me of the surest way to get kicked off a plane: "I'll have whatever the pilot's having."
2. Still haven't repealed the laws of supply and demand, I see.
3. No wonder the sheriff needs to be investigated.
4. Your tax dollars at work.
5. I know of people who bought DVDs in Shanghai before the Hollywood-made movies played in US theaters.
6. The reverse is true in France -- they work 1.7 hrs per day.
7. In a more famous Brentwood, OJ Simpson has been impersonating an innocent man for a decade.
8. Like the way Doug MacKenzie put out the fire in Strange Brew?
8. Beer. Is there anything it CAN'T do?
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