Topical Chat, December 10, 2007

First significant snow fall of the season in Philly (by significant, I mean 1-2 inches – which is not significant for most of the Northern United States …).

1. On a study that male Amazon river dolphins carry weeds to win over the opposite sex:
“If I brought home weeds to try and impress my wife, I’d probably need emergency surgery …” http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22879016-5005962,00.html

2. On a man who was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging:
“Where these people all residents of Elwyn?”
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/APN/712050642&template=apart

3. On an 8-month old Chinese baby weighing more than 40 pounds:
“Mom must have double-d’s … 8 of them .”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=499925&in_page_id=1811&ito=newsnow

4. On a school being evacuated when it received a package addressed to Iraq – it was discovered that they were letters to soldiers … and the package was sent by the school and returned:
“Ladies and gentlemen … Principal Corky!”
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7454785

5. On a couple being asked to take down their American flag by the local Homeowner Association:
“They were also told to rename their Christmas tree as a ‘holiday tree.’”
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=69135

6. On a 7-year-old-girl jumping in front of an enraged gunman, who pumped six bullets into the child as she used her body as a shield to save her mother's life:
“I’m 35, and I probably would’ve stood there and filled my underwear …”
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/METRO/712050396

7. On a report that a UFO landed in front of former U.S. President Eisenhower and other officials at Holloman AFB in 1955:
“Eisenhower was quoted as saying the experience was out of this world …”
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/12/04/01986.html