Topical Chat, November 5, 2007

First Monday in November … has everyone already shopped enough for their free turkey?

1. On an expert’s warning that mixing alcohol with energy drinks such as Red Bull is like 'mixing cocaine with heroin:'
“For some reason, Keith Richards is very interested in this story …”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=491765&in_page_id=1774&ito=1490

2. On a wheelchair champion missing the New York Marathon because airline lost his wheelchair … again:
“Maybe it’s time to start thinking about taking the train ….”
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3. On two men being treated for serious burns after falling into a fire - tt appeared one of the men was still holding the petrol container when another man "rugby-tackled" him backwards into the fire:
“They must’ve been mixing alcohol and Red Bull …”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10474110

4. On a man who was arrested on Thursday after a bizarre series of events that included him crashing his car, getting shot by a homeowner, breaking a restaurant window and stripping to his underwear:
“Sounds like a good candidate to replace Bobby Bowden in Florida State …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_fe_st/odd_arrested_in_underwear

5. On someone breaking into a private primate sanctuary in Missouri and abducting three macaque monkeys:
“In an unrelated story, Missouri has 3 more candidates for governor …”
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=81c31ba3-23d6-4fff-9995-5fc695171202&rss=764

6. On a 77-year-old who got carded during a beer purchase at a supermarket he’s been going to for 40 years:
“Looks like the far-right is once again winning the fight against alcohol …”

7. On a man who tackled a drunken teen for attempting to break into his house and then turned the teen over to police being arrested for assaulting the teen:
“Hopefully, Karma will end up taking a giant dump on this teen’s head at some point …”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article423400.ece

8. On a Connecticut company that is launching a new product – bottled water for dogs:
“This story is just too ‘dog-gone’ crazy for me …”
http://www.newbritainherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18963890&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=594835&rfi=6