Topical Chat, September 1, 2007

Well, so much for summer time … sigh!

1. On the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines losing to Division 1AA Appalachian State at home to start the football season:
“Hey, at least Lloyd Carr didn’t wait until the Ohio State game to let his fans down …”
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=272440130

2. On a report from theantidrug.com that states that teens who use drugs are five times as likely to have sex:
“Um …. And this is supposed to scare kids off from drugs?”
http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/drug_info_truth_facts.asp

3. On the Houston Zoo getting persistent requests comes from physicians, or patients, who hope to borrow the zoo's elephant MRI or CT scanners to examine obese people:
“There’s gotta be a good ‘Yo mama’s so fat …’ joke in here, right?”
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5100006.html

4. On a report that women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life:
“Um … but aren’t all women crazy already?”
http://www.king5.com/health/stories/NW_082907HEB_ovary_dementia_SW.8131ebbf.html

5. On a U.S. Lexus car dealership refusing to sell a man a new car because he's Canadian:
“The Canadian later got a 5-minute penalty for fighting and a10-minute misconduct for unsportsmanlike behavior … eh.”
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/08/31/consumer-calgarycar070831.html

6. On a survey that reveals that 10 percent of fourth-graders have already had a drink; and that number doubles by the sixth grade:
“Geez … when I was in 4th grade, I still watched the Dukes of Hazzard because of the car, and not because of Daisy Duke …”
http://www.wgal.com/news/14020617/detail.html

7. On a fundamentalist church pastor who had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to be good wives:
“Even Michael Jackson thinks this story is weird …”
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/pastor-had-sex-with-daughters/2007/08/30/1188067266454.html

8. On a Chinese wife who cut off her husband's right hand because of his internet addiction:
“Thank goodness he wasn’t addicted to porn …”http://www.orange.co.uk/news/quirkies/19764.htm?linkfrom=!%20%20--%20%20linkfromvariable%20%20--%20%20&link=box_right_pos_4_1_link_1&article=newshubquirkylinks