Saturday, November 26, 2005

Picking at the turkey carcass

Here are a few Thanksgiving leftovers.

Coffee, tea or pee
There are other ways to get the flight attendant’s attention…

www.local6.com/news/5406673/detail.html

Charlotte, N.C. -- An intoxicated passenger who lit a cigarette and urinated in the aisle led pilots to divert a United Airlines flight from Orlando to Washington, D.C., an airline spokeswoman said.

The man, whose name the airline declined to release, was taken off flight 1502 in Charlotte and questioned by police, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.

The man was "acting extremely inappropriately," Urbanski said. "When you want to run a safe airline, we don't tolerate that type of activity on our aircraft.

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China victim of irony
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…

Earthquake rattles China: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176759,00.html


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A tree by any other name
Can anyone tell me which “holiday” this “Holiday Tree” was erected for - Kwanza? Ramadan? Chanukah? Happy Chanu-Rama-Kwanza-mas!

www.today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2005-11-25T225326Z_01_KRA582362_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-TREE.xml&rpc=22

Boston (Reuters) - Boston set off a furor this week when it officially renamed a giant tree erected in a city park a "holiday tree" instead of a "Christmas tree.”

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‘Cats’ returns to Des Moines for 9th time
Am I the only person left in Des Moines who has not seen this show?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So, what's next? The holiday menorah? The holiday prayer rug?

Here's someting completely different, but I'm sure you'll find it amusing:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176739,00.html