Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Jessica Simpson for Fox News?

Big News

Saddam Hussein claimed Wednesday he killed hundreds of Shiites in the 1980s in self-defense. And if the court buys that, he'll try to sell them some lakefront property in the Iraqi desert.
- If Saddam was an American, he'd be running Congress by now.

A poll shows most Americans think Katie Couric should keep her morning job at NBC. Since only older women watch "The CBS Evening News," they probably think Bob Schiefer is cuter.
- The older men are already glued to Elizabeth Vargas.
- Or as she's known down at the home, "Sticky Liz."

Thrilling Thursday

Thursday is Merle Haggard's birthday. Merle became a singer after getting out of prison. I guess he wasn't interested in politics or TV evangelism.

The world's first circular office building was dedicated in Los Angeles on April 6 in 1956. The secretaries liked working in a round building -- at office parties their bosses couldn't corner them.

On April 6 in 1868 Brigham Young married his 27th and final wife. It was a small wedding, just the immediate wives.- He died a short time later while waiting outside the bathroom.

Explorer Robert Peary discovered the North Pole on April 6 in 1909. The trip was funded by Santa Claus, who was looking to move the elves out of his duplex in Queens.

On this day in 1992, voting began on the choice of young or old Elvis Presley postage stamps. A second vote was held to see if the stamps should taste like bacon or fried chicken.

Love & Learn

The Patent Inside - Something weird happened last summer at Patriot Scientific Corporation. For the first time in 15 years, Sh-Boom! -- the company made money.

Films in Focus: New & Recent Releases - Quick reviews and rating of newly released films: Thank You for Smoking, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Basic Instinct 2, and others.

Teens Are Just Too Tired to Function - Your teenagers aren't lazy. They're just tired. Medical researchers say so. They also have some suggestions on what to do about it.

Et al.

What's the big deal if more American teenagers can name The Three Stooges than the three branches of government? Haven't most of us called them the Larry, Curly, and Moe branches for years?

My car broke down so I called Triple-A, but I dialed AA by mistake. The guy was too drunk to come get me

Where else but the post office would they bolt a copy machine to the floor that doesn't work?

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