Topical Chat, February 1, 2008

Come on, Punxatawny Phil, please don’t see your shadow!!!!

1. On expert tips to pour the perfect beer:
“I guess step 1 would make sure that the beer’s name is Milwaukee’s Best?”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/sfl-flpourbeerbrjan31,0,3255354.story

2. On a country and western fan who plagued neighbors by playing Dolly Parton songs around the clock:
“Can the electric chair be ruled out with this one?”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article748559.ece

3. On a panhandlers' rights group in Ottawa preparing a human rights complaint against the City of Ottawa after it put up a fence to stop them from sleeping in a downtown pedestrian underpass:
“I’m just wondering which dumpster this panhandler’s rights group is located …”
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/01/31/ot-homeless-080131.html

4. On Roman Catholic clergy in asking Irish worshippers to refrain from celebrating St. Patrick's Day on March 17 this year:
“Fine, we’ll celebrate it on the 16th and 18th, then …”
http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/15185935/detail.html

5. On a woman who received $2,000 bill from Time Warner for "the loss of five cable boxes, five remotes and a modem” – she lost them because a tornado blew her house away:
“I just can’t figure out why the cable companies get such a bad rap …”
http://www.kenoshanews.com/article_comments/view_comments.php?articleNum=2461489

6. On an 11-year bet between four Calgary UPS workers to see who could survive the longest wearing shorts on the job:
“I guess these guys aren’t hockey fans?”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/01/30/4802012-sun.html

7. On Brittney Spears being admitted to the UCLA Medical Center:
“The weekly rags continue to be thrilled by this ‘newsworthy’ situation …”
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/31/britney-went-willingly/