Daily Archives: July 27th, 2008 «

 

Gerard Baker provides a storytelling for his piece on Barack Obama’s overseas visit

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2008 at 6:02 pm » 3 Comments

LOL. This is hilarious (via Jeff Jarvis): Reading the story was delightful enough. Hearing him tell it makes it even better.

 

Sunday afternoon funny: Man shoots lawn mower, arrested

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2008 at 5:44 pm » 3 Comments

Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A 57-year-old south side man, who might have been struggling with a hangover, was charged Friday with shooting his lawn mower with a sawed-off shotgun. “I’ll tell you the truth” a criminal complaint quotes an apparently inebriated Keith Walendowski. “I got pissed because my lawn mower wouldn’t start, so I [...]

 

Things overheard at a wedding reception

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2008 at 5:11 pm » 12 Comments

While mingling amongst the guests, I heard the following: – “Bush is an idiot.” – “Getting shot down in a war zone doesn’t automatically make McCain qualified to be CIC.” – “They shouldn’t have tried to impeach Bill Clinton for lying about an affair. All guys lie about affairs when first confronted about them. Bush [...]

 

Caption this – weekend edition (PM UPDATE)

Posted by: ST on July 27, 2008 at 9:59 am » 8 Comments

Here’s Gore on last Sunday’s Meet The Press: My caption: “Me? An energy consumption hypocrite? Never!” PM Update: My bad – it was actually last Sunday’s MTP, not today’s. I corrected the error. Here’s the transcript of that show.