Sunday, April 20, 2008

Topical Chat, April 21, 2008

What a beautiful weekend – grilled up my first burgers and dogs of the year!

1. On more than 140 people being rushed to local hospitals with food poisoning after eating fish balls apparently made from the puffer fish:
“Bestiality doesn’t pay!”
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=127192

2. On two women reporting that a ghost has been having sex with them:
“It must’ve been a ‘haunting’ experience!”
http://www.fedwaymirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=91&cat=23&id=1197939&more=0

3. On a who tried to fight a bank's repossession of his home ending up in jail with "murderers, rapists and drug dealers:”
“The United States of the 1970’s thinks this is a travesty …”
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23567055-661,00.html

4. On Danica Patrick becoming the first female racer to win a major auto race:
“In a seemingly unrelated note, Michelle Wie is considering switching from golf to Indycar …”
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080419/SPORTS0107/804200363/1052/SPORTS01

5. On a man who was tasered by police being taken to the hospital after the stun gun ignited a "flammable object" in his pants, and burning him:
“I guess the guy wasn’t lying when he said he had a pocket rocket he needed to bury …”
http://thespec.com/News/Local/article/356763

6. On a new study that finds that fire retardants, mercury and stain-proof coatings are some of the chemicals found in the bodies of live dogs and cats:
“The good news is if your house burns down, Fluffy might still make it …”
http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8965785

7. On a train company announcing it will ban passengers who repeatedly put their feet on seats:
“I had no idea Comcast owns a train company …”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=560556&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

3 Comments:

At 7:19 PM, Blogger DILLIGAF said...

1. Fish have balls? You live n learn eh? ;-)

2. It'd be me but I'm not dead yet

3. Should have sorted insurance and burnt it

4. She didn't crash 'n burn then? That's a first

5. At least the fish balls weren't burnt

6. Just tested the theory on one of my cats. Smells funny now.

7. They can find a seat? Obviously not the London tube then...

 
At 12:51 PM, Blogger Jeff said...

1. There's a joke about "puffer fish" and "fish balls" in there somewhere.
2. Spooktacular.
3. Next time, pay your loan.
4. Great -- now the hype will never end.
5. Don't tase me, bro!
6. Insulate your walls with cats!
7. I think I can, I think I can ...

 
At 1:52 PM, Blogger Ink and Stone said...

1. Mmmm, for a venomous good time, try fish balls!
2. Isn't that what the movie "The Entity" was based upon?
3. Our country is tanking...
4. Danica Patrick is a cutie but NASCAR still sucks.
5. "Don't taze me, bro!"
6. Aw... poor pups.
7. Next they will ban feet all together!

 

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