The day in posts: 9/23/2000

September 23, 2000

Is this really a sport?

Is this really a sport? Anyone remember those McDonalds commercials showing "Future...Olympian's in a given sport" when the baby's were performing similar routines? Little do your parents know. They would tell you to stop jumping around on the furniture. Now just tell them you are looking to be the next Olympic champion.
posted by brent at 8:09 PM PST - 29 comments

"The shooter was Gay."

"The shooter was Gay." "I know that, what was his name???" "Gay. The shooter was Gay." "No, his name..."
posted by quonsar at 1:33 PM PST - 5 comments

Now, I have nothing but respect for Carly Fiorina.

Now, I have nothing but respect for Carly Fiorina. She's done an outstanding job at HP and deserves to be rewarded. But I've never understood this business of having the CEO also be the chairman of the Board.

The most important job that the Board of Directors has is to decide when to fire the CEO, which I emphasize that Ms. Fiorina does not deserve in the slightest at this time. But that time may eventually come, as it does for all CEOs, and how the hell do you do it if the CEO you're trying to fire is also the chairman of the Board of Directors?

Would Corel be in the mess it's in today if Michael Cowpland had not been on its board?
posted by Steven Den Beste at 12:12 PM PST - 8 comments

British courts rule conjoined twins should be separated, against wishes of parents.

British courts rule conjoined twins should be separated, against wishes of parents. One will live, one will die. Lord Justice Ward: "50% of the population will agree with the decision - 50% will think we have gone potty."
posted by ericost at 10:58 AM PST - 9 comments

Child taken from parents over gender politics.

Child taken from parents over gender politics. Born Zachary Lipsomb, this six year old child has insisted since the age of two that she's actually a girl named Aurora, and her parents have tried to support her on this -- but the state of Ohio is convinced she's sick and needs treatment.
posted by webmutant at 10:54 AM PST - 21 comments

Dear Australia, I'm so sorry we foisted this upon you. Love, plinth.
posted by plinth at 8:25 AM PST - 18 comments

Old entry, but I like it.

Old entry, but I like it. "The stores lining the waterfront streets sell what I can only describe as pre-processed trash. This is stuff which possesses an intrinsic value so low that you could legitimately buy it from the store, walk out on the sidewalk and drop it into a trash can. I stopped counting yesterday, when I passed 14 stores which sold some merchandise, which I could view from the sidewalk, that was identical to the merchandise to the store next to it. Fourteen stores in a row, selling the exact same sorry-assed shot glasses with the Golden Gate Bridge painted on it."
posted by Mo Nickels at 3:50 AM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

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