Every now and then for amusement, I like to scour media sources for odd stories that lead listeners or readers to ponder the unanswered questions behind those stories. Yesterday, a local news item fell into that category. A blurb in one of our local newspapers indicated that police were summoned to the scene of a barroom brawl. When they arrived, the brawlers were gone, but somehow in the melee, a toilet bowl in the men's room was smashed. The police were asking for the public's help to determine what occurred. Strangely, the newspaper article never mentioned whether any blood was found at the scene, but it's kind of hard to imagine a brawl occurring, where a toilet got smash, and nobody left a trail of blood or cracked skull on their way to a hospital. A blow from a ceramic toilet has to hurt! The first question I have is how did the toilet get smashed? Were the brawlers carrying sledge hammers? Or did some guy yank the toilet from the floor and heave it another brawler? Something stinks about that story…maybe one of the brawlers too.
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The Huffington Post ran a story about a guy who swears he's still a virgin, but has fathered fourteen kids. You guessed it – a serial sperm donor. Why doesn't he just give up abstinence?
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The organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has been lobbying the Illinois legislature to permit the placement of memorials along public highways in Illinois at spots where cows were struck and killed by motor vehicles. Being a big beef fan I guess I have no sympathy for the cows, but if we're going to be fair about things, what about deer, opossum and woodchuck memorials? You see a lot more road-kill of those species than bovine. Plus, are folks advocating for memorials for the damaged cars? Shouldn't the American Automobile Association (AAA) be doing something about those tragedies?
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Authorities in North Korea have started charging thousands of its citizens with the crime of being insufficiently sincere in their public displays of anguish and sorrow following the recent death of Kim Jung-Il, North Korea's former brutal dictator / benevolent national father-figure (you choose). What's the acceptable level of heartbreak in a nation where thousands starve to death every day? With death so common, it's hard to believe that those living aren't numbed to it already. Why haven't they employed acting coaches as teachers in their educational system? It seems like the perfect solution!
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