Topical Chat, October 15, 2007

I saw my first Christmas commercial yesterday … it’s not even Halloween yet!

1. On members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics, gathering this weekend for nonprayer breakfasts and raffles for God-free currency at the group's 30th annual convention:
“They’ll probably also be engaging in non-God and non-Christ cursing contests …”
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/oct/14/na-atheists-agnostics-gather-to-share-their-nonbel/

2. On a city council candidate in Hialeah, Fla., having to defend himself after being criticized for referring to oral sex in one of his campaign slogans:
“All he said was, ‘If you think my campaign slogans really blow, wait until you see what I do after I’m elected!’”
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2007/10/13/candidate_forced_to_defend_crude_slogan/4751/

3. On a weekly bus run in New Zealand that supplies the town with underpants:
“Unfortunately, they already have skid marks on them …”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22569421-13762,00.html?pa

4. On a dangerous new price war that has broken out among the supermarkets in the U.K. – with some slashing the price of booze in half:
“Man … I hope this one spreads to the United States!”
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?articleid=51821&

5. On the mother of a two-year-old Wisconsin boy who shared a marijuana blunt with her child as friends laughed, filmed the child smoking, and asked, "Hey buddy, are you stoned?":
“This is the type of person who needs to be dropped into the middle of Afghanistan dressed in Yiddish clothing …”
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1011072pot1.html

6. On two juniors at Lutheran High School having their hands partially severed during a tug-of-war at a pep rally Friday:
“Oh, please don’t tell me that Tug-O-War is going to have the same fate as lawn darts in this country …”
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5721661,00.html

7. On a three-year-old girl getting ready for marriage in Afghanistan:
“Also, in a seemingly unrelated note, Michael Jackson has applied for citizenship in Afghanistan …”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article336727.ece