Topical Chat, October 8, 2007

Well, as Phillies fans always say …. Wait’ll next year!

1. On a man who allegedly stabbed his roommate to death Saturday night during a drunken argument over smelly feet:
“They smell like rotting vegetables!” No, they smell like stale beer!” “Vegetables!” “Beer!” “AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!”

2. On a 10-year-old boy who led police on a 44 mile long chase at about 25 mph in a stolen school bus:
“Why do I have a vision of the Keystone Capers when I read this?”
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20071007/D8S4EE580.html

3. On a killing in Baltimore that broke the longest streak -- 7 days -- without a slaying since start of 2006:
“Philadelphia is mighty jealous right now …”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.killings06oct06,0,6357358.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout

4. On some parents in Fort Bend County being outraged after their children said they witnessed a pair of eighth-graders engaged in a sex act, right in the middle of class:
“Man, sex-ed was so much more boring when I was a student … sigh.”
http://www.click2houston.com/news/14284329/detail.html

5. On a Bartlesville man who found that giving a police officer a “wet willie” after his arrest Thursday was not such a good idea:
“Good thing he didn’t try to give the guy a rusty trombone …”
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/10/05/news/news203.txt

6. On employees Chet Eldridge and Danna Hornback tying the knot in the local Walmart’s Lawn and Garden section:
“Let me guess … the ceremony included cans of Schlitz and pork rinds, right?”
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS18/71006008&oaso=news.rgj.com

7. On a minister who was found dead in his home with his hands and feet bound behind his back and dressed in two rubberized suits, an offical autopsy showed (no fould play was involved):
“The Lord works in mysterious ways …”
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS/710060330/1001

8. On a replica of the Wright brothers' plane crashing Friday during a demonstration to mark the 102nd anniversary of the aviation pioneers' historic flight:
“Makes you feel really confident with modern day airplanes …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_us/wright_replica_crash