Sunday, July 25, 2004
Some Local Flavor served up by Harold Friedline...
Right here in Northern Delaware , Jim Cara got a vanity plate for his Suzuki motorcycle: 'NOTAG'. Thought it would be funny, eh? Funny enough to snarl up traffic court's computer system for a while.
Ya see, our detail-oriented cops they often just put 'no tag' in the field for License Number when they write up a traffic ticket for parking violations, . Now when they look in the system for where to send 'notag' tickets, they see Jim's house in Elsmere!
Word has it he has received over 200 parking violation notices at his home, and the official fingers are pointing not at Jim, but rather at lousy code in the system that handles the city's parking tickets. Officials plan to get that taken care of right away, but they do recommend that Jim change his plates.
Wrong.
"I think it's awesome," he said.
Totally.
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Living in a Fishbowl No Longer
"We don't want to see animals treated like objects any longer."
So says Monza (Italy) council official Giampietro Mosca. "A fish kept in a bowl has a distorted view of reality and suffers because of this."Thus the city of Monza has joined the land of the Pet-olitically Correct. Now fishies are NOT allowed to live in fishbowls. And winning a small animal at a carnival as a prize? Nope. Not any more.
'Cause little tiny animals are people too.
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Oh Ick.
As I chow down on my Edy's Cookies N Cream Ice Cream, I thank the fates that I do not reside in Tokyo. Why, you ask? Because those poor people in Japan are being stuck eating the following flavors as promoted by the Japan Ice Cream Association:
* horse flesh ice cream
* garlic ice cream
* potato ice cream
* lettuce ice cream
* cactus ice cream
* seaweed ice cream
* soybean and kelp ice cream
* strawberry and spinach ice cream
'Nuff said.
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More Ick.
Then again, here in America things are getting scary as well. Krispy Kreme has decided to try to rev up their sales by introducing a new line of frozen drinks:
* raspberry
* latte
* double chocolate
* GLAZED DONUT
Oh yeah. Donut through a straw. That's what I've got a hankerin' for!
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Off Off Off!
Clinton administration Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary is the new president of Fisk University, and is certainly working hard to start things off with a memorable impression. Take, for example, her escapade this past Thursday while on a United Airlines flight after it was diverted to Richmond VA due to extreme weather.
According to the crew, Hazel got 'loud and abusive' and kept trying to bust into the cockpit while the plane waited out the storm on the tarmac.
Ultimately she was escorted off the flight and questioned by the FBI.
Her explanation: she wanted to get off the plane.
Guess she forgot that the exit is not usually through the cockpit.
Right here in Northern Delaware , Jim Cara got a vanity plate for his Suzuki motorcycle: 'NOTAG'. Thought it would be funny, eh? Funny enough to snarl up traffic court's computer system for a while.
Ya see, our detail-oriented cops they often just put 'no tag' in the field for License Number when they write up a traffic ticket for parking violations, . Now when they look in the system for where to send 'notag' tickets, they see Jim's house in Elsmere!
Word has it he has received over 200 parking violation notices at his home, and the official fingers are pointing not at Jim, but rather at lousy code in the system that handles the city's parking tickets. Officials plan to get that taken care of right away, but they do recommend that Jim change his plates.
Wrong.
"I think it's awesome," he said.
Totally.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Living in a Fishbowl No Longer
"We don't want to see animals treated like objects any longer."
So says Monza (Italy) council official Giampietro Mosca. "A fish kept in a bowl has a distorted view of reality and suffers because of this."Thus the city of Monza has joined the land of the Pet-olitically Correct. Now fishies are NOT allowed to live in fishbowls. And winning a small animal at a carnival as a prize? Nope. Not any more.
'Cause little tiny animals are people too.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh Ick.
As I chow down on my Edy's Cookies N Cream Ice Cream, I thank the fates that I do not reside in Tokyo. Why, you ask? Because those poor people in Japan are being stuck eating the following flavors as promoted by the Japan Ice Cream Association:
* horse flesh ice cream
* garlic ice cream
* potato ice cream
* lettuce ice cream
* cactus ice cream
* seaweed ice cream
* soybean and kelp ice cream
* strawberry and spinach ice cream
'Nuff said.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
More Ick.
Then again, here in America things are getting scary as well. Krispy Kreme has decided to try to rev up their sales by introducing a new line of frozen drinks:
* raspberry
* latte
* double chocolate
* GLAZED DONUT
Oh yeah. Donut through a straw. That's what I've got a hankerin' for!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Off Off Off!
Clinton administration Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary is the new president of Fisk University, and is certainly working hard to start things off with a memorable impression. Take, for example, her escapade this past Thursday while on a United Airlines flight after it was diverted to Richmond VA due to extreme weather.
According to the crew, Hazel got 'loud and abusive' and kept trying to bust into the cockpit while the plane waited out the storm on the tarmac.
Ultimately she was escorted off the flight and questioned by the FBI.
Her explanation: she wanted to get off the plane.
Guess she forgot that the exit is not usually through the cockpit.
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