Topical Chat, April 14, 2008

I went to a bachelor party this weekend .. if my comments aren’t that funny, hey, at least I actually have an excuse …

1. On at least 23 people in 14 states being sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal:
“The cereals are called ‘Frosted Salmonell-os’ and ‘Virus Puffs.’”

2. On American government investigators believing that eBay and Craigslist are becoming international arms bazaars, facilitating the sale of "sensitive and stolen US military items" to the agents of sinister foreign powers - or even terrorists:
“Besides, these items have usually been sold to these foreign powers BY the U.S. government …”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/13/craigslist_ebay_terror_arms_bazaars/

3. On the impending “invasion” of millipedes into Scotland:
“Geez, maybe they should make a video game out of thi …. Nevermind.”
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Invasion-of-the-millipedes.3976693.jp

4. On CBS golf announcer Bobby Clampett referring to Chinese golfer Liang Wen-Chong as "the chinaman:"
“Seriously? I mean, with the supersaturation of political overcorrectness, you’d think a golf announcer would have more brains than that …”
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/04/11/cbss-bobby-clampett-apologizes-for-calling-liang-wen-chong-chi/

5. On a farmer who blamed his wife for not providing him with a child, swapping her for a goat with three kids:
“Baaaaa…. This story really ‘got my goat!’”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/12/wife-could-not-give-me-a-child-so-i-swapped-her-for-a-goat-89520-20380288/

6. On a group of University of Iowa scientists who are looking for marijuana smokers to help gain insight into the drug's effects - and they plan to pay subjects as much as $600 to smoke their pot:
“In an unrelated note, admission applications to the University of Iowa reached all-time highs this past week …”
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8157524&nav=2HAB

7. On a 25-year-old South Lake Tahoe man who is accused of dumping a cat litter box on a woman and threatening to kill her:
“Don’t make me get the pooper scooper!”
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20080411/News/930325104/0/FRONTPAGE