October 10, 2006

First Up: Some guy paid $576,000 for the 78 inch miniature of The Starship Enterprise used in the pilot of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  The new owner said, “It’s amazing how much money you can save up when you don’t date.”
Item 2:  Dateline--Antwerp, Belgium
A 603-carat diamond was sold at an auction for 12 million dollars.  Experts say that the rock is one of the biggest diamonds ever sold and that Kobe Bryant must have screwed up really, really bad.
Item 3:  Fun Fact You Should Know 
Hot dogs can last more than 20 years in a landfill.   Unless Wynona Judd is on duty that day.
Item 4:  Question of The Week: 
On job applications, are strippers asked if they are flexible?  If they can come early?
Item 5: Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes, star of “Whale Rider,” is expecting a baby in the spring.  Ironically, she became pregnant while filming the movie’s sequel, “Sperm Whale Rider.”
Item 6: The Toyota Prius hybrid car tops the Federal Government’s annual list of “Best Fuel-efficient Cars.”  The Geo Metro still tops the list of ”Cars That Won’t Get You Laid.”
And Finally:

The Bing Crosby Joke of The Week
A Texan bought a round of drinks for his buddies at the local bar to celebrate the birth of his strapping 20 lb. baby boy.  Two weeks later he returned to the watering hole and the bartender asked him, “How much does you baby weigh now?”  “Ten pounds!” answered the proud papa.  “What happened?” asked the bartender.  “He got circumcised!”