cycle 090126
More Things to Worry About
A Church of Ireland proposal for families of the "Northern Ireland's Troubles," as it's referred to, calls for £12k (about $16,650) per family . . but irrespective of whether the deceased had been a bomber or a bomb-ee. The Guardian
Can you imagine a newspaper editor's glee at finding a carton of eggs in the supermarket with "Allergy Advice: Contains Egg" printed on it? Daily Mail (London)
Records show that Richard Fuld (ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers, blamed by all kinds of potential plaintiffs for riding the company to its September bankruptcy) sold his $13.3m F State mansion in November . . to his wife . . for $100. New York Times
Feel safe in Chicago, knowing that a 14-yr-old boy, in a cop's uniform, walked into a police station and actually talked 'em into putting him on shift in a squad car? Associated Press via Yahoo
Things You Thought Didn't Happen: In Mogadishu, a jam-packed stadium to watch . . a basketball game . . a women's basketball game. Reuters via Yahoo
Sounds Like a Joke: Wealthy man, girlfriend of 10 yrs (and three children), she didn't take the break-up well, demands to be treated as a common-law wife, says he even proposed to her, but he said, Oh, that, yeah, but that was just an April Fool's joke. CTV.com
A Church of Ireland proposal for families of the "Northern Ireland's Troubles," as it's referred to, calls for £12k (about $16,650) per family . . but irrespective of whether the deceased had been a bomber or a bomb-ee. The Guardian
Can you imagine a newspaper editor's glee at finding a carton of eggs in the supermarket with "Allergy Advice: Contains Egg" printed on it? Daily Mail (London)
Records show that Richard Fuld (ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers, blamed by all kinds of potential plaintiffs for riding the company to its September bankruptcy) sold his $13.3m F State mansion in November . . to his wife . . for $100. New York Times
Feel safe in Chicago, knowing that a 14-yr-old boy, in a cop's uniform, walked into a police station and actually talked 'em into putting him on shift in a squad car? Associated Press via Yahoo
Things You Thought Didn't Happen: In Mogadishu, a jam-packed stadium to watch . . a basketball game . . a women's basketball game. Reuters via Yahoo
Sounds Like a Joke: Wealthy man, girlfriend of 10 yrs (and three children), she didn't take the break-up well, demands to be treated as a common-law wife, says he even proposed to her, but he said, Oh, that, yeah, but that was just an April Fool's joke. CTV.com
Comments
Proposing as an April Fool's joke? Seriously? To hell with half give her ALL the money for that!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 01/26/09 at 03:05 PM
RE: Basketball Game, it doesn't sound like a Joke, it sounds like the Philippines.
Posted by Freddie Freelance on 01/26/09 at 03:39 PM
Chicago Patty, this was in Chicago! The cops are the gangs.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/26/09 at 11:08 PM
Do not mess with the Chicago PD. (The voice of experience....)
Posted by Brian R. on 01/26/09 at 11:13 PM
StarThrower- If you read down further, it says the $10 might be a place holder, and the tax stamp suggests "she may have paid as much as $100 for the house," so maybe Chuck's being conservative ^_^
Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 01/27/09 at 07:57 AM
Now you see Brian R., that sounds like a challenge.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 01/27/09 at 08:17 AM
StarThrower- nah, it's "as much as" $100, so it could be $50 but not $13.3 million, at least from the article's wording ^_^
Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 01/28/09 at 06:56 AM
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