Topical Chat, November 16, 2007

Gas prices at $3.00 a gallon and rising … these oil companies don’t see their impending doom coming, through their greed-colored glasses.

1. On atheists in Utah suing the state claiming that crosses honoring fallen Utah Highway Patrol officers are offensive:
“Man, I hope that Karma takes a giant growler on these Utah atheists … and soon!”
http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8028695a-aeec-492e-8040-2db67440acaf

2. On McDonald's Corp. laying the foundation to perk up its beverage and breakfast offerings with plans to add upscale coffee drinks, sweetened iced tea, smoothies, breakfast burritos and chicken biscuit sandwiches:
“I thought I’d never see the day in which a sentence included both McDonalds AND upscale …”
http://www.suntimes.com/business/648711,CST-FIN-mcd14.article

3. On a bill that may make it illegal to have a sofa on the front porch of your trailer if you live in Tennessee:
“Thankfully, you are still allowed to marry your sister …”
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071114/COUNTY07/711140445

4. On Santas across Sydney, Australia rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favor of "ha, ha, ha,” because “ho, ho, ho” may be offensive to women:
“It’s more important to figure out which women ‘ho, ho, ho’ is offensive to … a fox smells its own hole …”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22761386-2,00.html

5. On a Winchester principal who bowed to some parents’ objections and scrubbed a seventh-grade field trip to “Miracle on 34th Street,” because the classic Christmas tale is too focused on Santa Claus and doesn’t tie into the school’s curriculum:
“I just love it when a few loud-mouth parents ruin it for everyone else ...”
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1044548

6. On Dutch police making their first arrest of an online thief -- a 17-year-old accused of stealing virtual furniture from rooms in the Habbo Hotel -- a popular teenager networking Web site:
“I’ve been in some Madden online football leagues … some of the owners would totally be for this …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071114/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_dutch_online_theft;_ylt=Av687yafeAqqcY2N.APcl_ms0NUE

7. On a cat who is baffling his owner by wandering off at night before expecting to be collected by car every morning at exactly the same time and place 1.5 miles away:
“So which one is the pet?”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7092301.stm

8. On a Swiss welfare group is recruiting volunteers to have sex with disabled people:
“Ummmmm …. I’m guessing the church is probably not too happy about this … unless the handicapped include young boys.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/11/14/story_14-11-2007_pg9_16