Jan
07
2008
What’s So Funny About The News?–January 7
Posted by Big Jim in What's So Funny About The News?- California will begin voting by mail for its February 5 primary, and it’s estimated that over half of all ballots may be cast days or weeks ahead of Election Day–forcing candidates to consider spending precious dollars to attract them now. Their marketing strategy has to be revised as well–for example: "Stamp out poor health care with your 37 cent stamp of approval for Hillary Clinton"…
- A canal rupture in Nevada filled area homes with as much as 8 feet of water Saturday while freezing temperatures there have hampered efforts to get the water to drain away. It might go faster if there was just a better demand for mud-flavored Popcicles…
- New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens told 60 Minutes that he was "shocked" that his teammate and close friend Andy Pettite used human growth hormone, and added that he might be willing to take a polygraph test. He only had one condition–that no questions about his own use be asked…
- Transportation planners say traffic circles, or roundabouts, are replacing traditional lighted intersections because they improve traffic flow and virtually eliminate accidents that traditionally occur when making left or right turns. That’s because drivers are so confused by them that they never get off…
- Many pediatricians nationwide now say there is no good evidence to believe as they did in 2000 that babies will avoid allergies if expectant mothers avoid eating certain foods. As to the mothers who’ve believed the past 7 years that they gave their children allergies by eating nuts or drinking milk, there’s no reason to believe they might try and beat their babies’ doctor into submission with their nursing bra…
- A British woman was banned from driving for a week there after a recent trip where she drove her car just 10 miles an hour on a major highway. She was apparently on her way to a snail aficionado convention…
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