Topical Chat, January 21, 2008

Happy Martin Luther King Day, everyone.

1. On a woman who is set to become the most prolific surrogate mother in Britain by carrying another couple’s baby for the eighth time:
“Yeah, but does the wife know?”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article3216679.ece

2. On a woman and her boyfriend being put behind bars after allegedly giving alcohol to an 11 month old baby - police say the little boy's blood alcohol level was 0.118:
Hey mommy, the Teletubbies are boring … get me another beer!”
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7746748

3. Ford Canada pulling an ad from newspapers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba after concerns it may promote vehicle thefts – the ad reads "Drive it like you stole it:”
“Time for Ford to hire that Golf magazine editor …”
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/01/19/4781607-sun.html

4. On a teenager who posed as a wealthy playboy and went on an extravagant spending spree at a nightclub being arrested after trying to skip out on his bill:
“Looks like McLovin strikes again!”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/playboy.jpan.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

5. On an 11-year-old being booked with armed robbery for stealing cheesy bread and hot wings from a delivery driver:
“Now, if we can just get those “Chicken McNuggets” rappers arrested …”
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/11yearold_booked_with_armed_ro.html

6. On a 71-year-old lady who was arrested and handcuffed because she was trying to attend a mass at a church she was banned from:
“Weird, when I was growing up, my parents had to drag me to church … all I had to do was say I didn’t like the pastor????”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120061470848399079.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

7. On the Kansas City Missouri mayor looking for creative ideas on ways to recruit more minority cops – his suggestion is to let people with a criminal record be a police officer:
“That way, they’d also save money, because those guys and gals probably already have their own guns …”
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5527343&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.17.