Topical Chat, August 3, 2007

Hopefully, you’re looking for the perfect Trapper Keeper deal for the start of school.

1. On a beer truck that flipped on I-95:
“There were more than enough volunteers to help with the cleanup.”
http://www.flatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070801/BREAKINGNEWS/70801041/1086

2. On Amtrak trying to drum up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains:
“Does this have anything to do with that beer truck that flipped?”
http://www.heraldonline.com/wire/nation/story/87738.html

3. On Elton John wanting the internet shut down for 5 years because it is “ruining music:”
“Of course, Elton’s last 15+ years of music has helped with this as well.”
http://www.hollywoodrag.com/index.php?/weblog/elton_john_wants_internet_shut_down/

4. On new research that suggests that cannabis is now more evil than the Nazis:
“Interesting … I never heard much about the cannabis concentration camps …”
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/cannabis-now-worse-than-the-nazis-20070801315/

5. On Rolling Stone Keith Richards working on a memoir:
“Shame that the title ‘Up in Smoke,’ was already used in a Cheech and Chong movie…”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_en_ot/books_keith_richards;_ylt=ArvvViqSOvcyFvIQx15ecGPqChkF

6. On a study that drinking three or more cups of coffee a day may cut the risk of colon cancer in women by half:
“Funny … the author’s last name is ‘Starbucks.’”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/hl_nm/coffee_cancer_japan_dc

7. On a mayor in Colorado who, for a while, was moonlighting as an employee in a strip club:
“This puts him right at the top of the Democratic ticket for president …”http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5653954,00.html