Topical Chat, January 16, 2008

If the show 24 decided to run the 8-10 episodes it has in the can, will they rename the show 10?

1. On top box office service Ticketmaster saying on Tuesday that it would buy TicketsNow Inc, a Web site that resells tickets to concerts and sports events, in a bid for a stronger foothold in the secondary tickets market:
“Rumor has it that they will be buying out Parker Brothers, so they can rename Monopoly to Ticketmaster …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080115/media_nm/ticketsnow_ticketmaster_dc_1

2. On reports that supermodel Naomi Campbell is dating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez:
“Derek Zoolander thinks this girl is dumb …”
http://www.hiphop-elements.com/article/read/4/14002/1/

3. On a leaflet extolling the elysian beauties of Thornham Walks - a 12-mile footpath network in Suffolk - having a picture of a young girl picking her nose:
“The title of the picture, ‘$25 Says She Eats It!’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/13/npamphlet113.xml

4. On the FDA OK’ing meat and milk from most cloned animals:
“Just in case you want seconds …”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/15/fda.cloning/index.html?eref=rss_us/fark

5. On a survey finding that the average person tells 88,000 lies over their lifetime:
“Thank goodness for politicians …”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508245&in_page_id=1770

6. On the Smurfs - led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette - kicking off a year of 50th birthday celebrations Monday with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice:
“Smurfing 50 years? That’s really smurfing awesome!”
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2008/01/14/4772290-ap.html

7. On a study that revealed that people are more likely to like the wine if they think it’s expensive:
“As long as it comes in a milk jug or plastic bottle …”
http://www.startribune.com/business/13766496.html