Topical Chat, January 23, 2008

Heath Ledger apparently died today … I wonder who the other two famous people who will die are (don’t these always come in three’s?).

1. On a recipe for a bacon cheeseburger cake:
“No thanks, I’ll just stick with my Cookie Crisp cereal, thank you!”http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Cheeseburger-Cake/Detail.aspx

2. On a report that one in four people who contacted a debt helpline last year admitted that some of their financial problems were caused by spending money on sex:
“This number seems a little low … don’t we all end up paying for sex in the end?”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article713747.ece

3. On a suspicious package that turned out to be an empty cookie tin shutting down a busy downtown Orlando intersection for about 45 minutes:
“I’m concerned … were these cookies bacon cheeseburger cookies?”
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bk-package012208,0,7019370.story?coll=orl_tab01_layout

4. On a Harris Interactive-sponsored online poll indicating that about 65 percent of Americans have been called to jury duty, but only 68 percent of those have attended:
“Sounds like the other 32 percent of Americans having ‘Gaming Console-itis.”
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/176638,jury-duty-many-called-not-all-respond.html

5. On an 11-year-old Girl Scout earning every single merit badge possible:
“Something tells me she is going to have a tough time getting a date for the prom …”
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2008/01/21/girlscout_0120ns.html

6. On U.S. troops in Iraq caught on video encouraging children to smoke:
“Just how much money is J.P. Morgan giving to the war effort???”
http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/video-us-troops-encourgae-kids-to-smoke/2263/

7. On a report that Alaska leads the nation in dog bites:
“Hey, I smell a new slogan here!”
http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/video-us-troops-encourgae-kids-to-smoke/2263/