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Thursday, May 5, 2005

The Runaway Brides Chronicles

The other day, I posted a few thoughts on the Runaway Bride soap opera in Georgia. I ended it with these remarks: Can't you just see Fox Television execs salivating over the idea of a reality show about runaway brides (and grooms)? They could call it, "When Half Isn't Good Enough" or, worse, "Brides... Sign in to see full entry.

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Where's The Head Cheeleader?

I was watching Catherine Crier on CourtTV today. She had a couple guests on to debate the suggestive cheeleading legislation just passed by the Texas House, a topic that has the entire nation debating the issue as well as whether or not politicians should even be concerned with the suject. Crier had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Ribald Cheerleading Outlawed In Texas

After a much heated and sometimes amusing debate, the Texas House of Representatives passed a measure proscribing "suggestive" cheerleading. Democratic Representative Al Edwards, who filed the legislation, stated that bawdy performances by cheerleaders led to teenage pregnancies and the spread of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 2, 2005

Sick And Sicker

The other day I posted " 'Going Out Crazy' In Alabama", the story about the incestuous Alabama siblings, and made this comment: I don't know which is sicker: consensual sex with your sister or the social injustice of that act being penalized legally worse than the nearest act of pedophilia, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 30, 2005

Runaway Bride Should Be Made Do Community Service

The 32-year-old woman from Duluth, Georgia, Jennifer Wilbanks, that the entire country has been searching for popped up Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, some 1400 miles away from home. She was broke and seemingly confused, having called the Albuquerque police to report that she had been abducted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Wendy's Felonious Fingerer Waives Extradition

Anna Ayala, the woman who has been arrested for falsely claiming to have foung a finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili in San Jose, California, waived her extradition rights. Her lawyer said that she was eager to go back to California, to tell her side of the story, that the charges filed against her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 23, 2005

Finger Woman Fingered For Falsely Fingering Wendy's

Anna Ayala, the woman who claimed to find a human finger in a bowl of chili in a San Jose Wendy's, was arrested yesterday on charges of felonius attempted grand larceny. Police believe that the entire incident was a hoax perpetrated to bilk money out of the popular fast-food chain. As it stands, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 21, 2005

"Going Out Crazy" In Alabama

Alabama is certainly cornering the news of late when it comes to edgy, left-field, flat out crazy stories. Maybe the two protagonists in this story heard about the couple from Pennsylvania, or perhaps they read my blog, "Kissin' Cuzins" (somehow, I doubt these people even own a book, let alone a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Have People In This Country Completely Lost Their Minds?

Or have they just lost their sense of humor? Consider: Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Ft. Worth, where a recent altercation between two pre-teens got so out of hand that their mother phoned 911. The dispatcher, Mike Forbess, asked, "OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?" Over the top? Hardly.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 14, 2005

No Lawsuit Over Found Finger? Why That's Un-American!

Anna Ayala, the woman who found a human finger in her chili in a San Jose, California, Wendy's has decided not to sue, according to her lawyer, because of emotional distress caused by the police's unwanted scrutiny. Uh-huh. I bet. Her story and that finger's just happening to be in her bowl of chili... Sign in to see full entry.

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