Topical Chat, November 14, 2007

Woo-hoo! We have done enough grocery shopping to get a free turkey! Now, my wife will have two … hey-yo!

1. On the 50th “birthday of the concoction of french fries topped with gravy and salty cheese curds:
“This food probably looks the same going in as it does coming out …”
http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/posted/archive/2007/11/12/poutine-quebec-s-signature-dish-turns-50.aspx

2. On a report that one-fifth of all U.S. children aren't allowed to go outside at all due to parents' fear of danger from pedophiles, traffic and crime:
“Geez, I remember as a child on weekends, leaving the house at 8:00 in the morning, coming home for lunch, and then going out again … those days are long gone …”
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS01/711120345/1002/NEWS

3. On Virginia accounting for 10% of America’s vanity license plates:
“You know it’s a slow newsday when …”
http://www.nysun.com/article/66300

4. On a lawyer for the man accused of raping a University of Cincinnati student saying the encounter could have been consensual because the woman has a history of sleepwalking:
“This guy would’ve been perfect in the OJ Simpson case …”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310616,00.html

5. On the cable industry expecting to fight a possible effort by the Federal Communications Commission to impose new programming and access requirements on carriers:
“Maybe they can get the lawyer from the previous story …”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119483049023089622.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

6. On German newspaper Bild claiming that a goal scored by Spanish origin player Mario Gómez in the Bundes-league yesterday was scored with his penis:
“Now there’s a guy who really knows how to use his … head.”
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_13553.shtml

7. On a study that claims that one-third of women who meet someone online have sex on the first date:
“Gee, I wonder why online dating is so popular …”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22743688-1702,00.html

8. On a 66-year-old man who shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun:
“The obvious question here is … how the hell has he made it to 66?”
http://kitsapsun.com/news/2007/nov/10/sk-man-hurts-himself-trying-to-loosen-lug-nut/