The News Desk

Catching up on more of the news…

The Best Week Ever!
Not sure why it is, but it seems like the most interesting things happen in Australia. From Brisbane, Australia, a woman spent a week wedged between her toilet and the bathroom door. I understand the physics of the wedgie, I just don’t understand the length of stay. Perhaps this is why women go to the bathroom in groups.

Those crazy Swedes
A Swedish couple ended up 400 miles off course while traveling in Italy. Instead of typing “Capri”, they typed “Carpi”. Certainly easy to understand how they confused an industrial town in Northern Italy with an island off the southwestern coast.

To help prevent any of you from making the same mistake, here’s a Yahoo map of the route from Carpi to Capri:

Kirk Ferentz is a big Twitter fan
Not so much. According to a Cedar Rapids Gazette report, when Iowa Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz was asked about Twitter, he had the following response:

“Yes, I heard it mentioned on the radio coming into work this morning, Mike and Mike in the Morning, (football commentator Mark) Schlereth and his tweets and Twitters. I think I even have my usage of tweet and Twitter down. You never say never, but if you see me with a Twitter account, just hit me with a baseball bat. Go ahead, take a whack at me.

I don’t think anyone cares if I have Wheaties or Honey Nut Cheerios. I don’t think anyone cares what I had for breakfast, what I chose this morning.”

You’re welcome.