Topical Chat, October 12, 2007

As The Cure sang in one of their more unusual songs, “It’s Friday, I’m in Love.”

1. On a law passed this year that allows Arkansans of any age -- even infants -- to marry if their parents agree:
“I draw the line at allowing fetuses to marry … “
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293636,00.html

2. On the International Organization for Standardization being told to make condoms in different sizes, because the one-size-fits-all model is "too big" for most men:
“Obviously, I had nothing to do with this … ahem!”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6989370,00.html

3. On an elderly Turkish man being arrested in Austria on suspicion of shooting dead another Turk and cutting off his penis because he believed the victim was having an affair with his wife:
“Thankfully, he shot the guy dead BEFORE cutting off his ‘twig and berries.’”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/od_nm/austria_penis_dc_1;_ylt=AhdDUoXLiXYeitWKIwZLTmYE1vAI

4. On some congressional aides being instructed to get immunized before going to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord and the racetrack in Talladega:
“NASCAR … it’s ‘fan’tastic!”
http://www.charlotte.com/109/v-print/story/314034.html

5. On a teenager who was airlifted to hospital and his father left with a broken nose after 100 teenagers gatecrashed a 16th birthday party when an invitation appeared on the website YouTube:
“A new entry from the ‘What’s The Worst That Could Possibly Happen,’ department.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/12/nparty112.xml

6. On a group of engineering students at the University of Central Florida who have created a vehicle that is being called the car of the future because it can drive itself around town without remote assistance from humans:
“But, can it do your work in the office?”
http://www.local6.com/news/14318122/detail.html

7. On Gumball machines being suspected to be the next terrorist target:
“Even though this will give me something to ‘chew on,’ I think people are just ‘blowing’ things out of proportion … get it?”
http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-gumball1011,0,1914265.story?coll=amny_home_rail_headlines

8. On a man who was born in a toilet and now plans to live and die in one - a $US1.6 million ($1.8m) toilet-shaped house designed to promote his tireless campaign for cleaner loos worldwide:
“Just like that toilet, he’s really full of s**t.”
http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,22568349-5005940,00.html