Topical Chat, September 10, 2007

Ah, it’s always a good thing when Penn State pastes Notre Dame … sorry Domers!

1. On a story in a local newspaper, documenting how elusive love is to find on a farm:
“Of course, one probably might need to specify ‘love with another human.’”
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/09/08/ddn090907singlefarmer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16

2. On the World Gravy-Wrestling Championships:
“And, I’m often accused of having too much time on my hands???”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=480787&in_page_id=1770

3. On a Colorado woman who embraces beavers:
“This sounds like a story from Penthouse …”
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6802233

4. On Australian police trying to lure women to join the force by promoting guns as fashion accessories:
“Crikey! Is that a pistol in your purse or are you just happy to see me, mate?”
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22385236-5001021,00.html

5. On a Fayetteville man who was charged Sunday with having sex with one of his boss’ dogs:
“This is not what is meant by ‘sleeping your way to the top …’”
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=271782

6. On an artificial-turf soccer field having to be elaborately disinfected after a high school girls' soccer team urinated on it to show contempt for their opponents:
“See, yet another reason not to like artificial turf … of course, the site of this must’ve been ‘pee-autiful!”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1029883&action=voted

7. On a mayor who sent pictures of a naked lady via email to a couple friends … but accidentally included a local media outlet in the recipient list:
“I had no idea Bill Clinton was still in politics …”
http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2007/sep/07/mayor_tonganoxie_apologizes_lewd_email/

8. On a fast food worker who was arrested for serving a salty hamburger to a police officer:
“Next, on ‘Cops: McDonals …’”
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4296696&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1