February 7, 2006

First Up: Last week Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter.  In a related story, Dr. Phil saw his shadow, which means six more seasons of televised home-spun crap.
Item 2:  Dateline-France
The woman who had the world's first face transplant held a press conference last week.  She said she feels great even though her lips don't move when she talks.  She said she was looking forward to returning to her normal life and pursuing her dream of becoming a ventriloquist.
Item 3:  Dateline--The Middle East
Because of the furor caused by an Islamic cartoon in a Danish newspaper, thousands of students are holding demonstrations and chanting, "Death to Denmark."  It's gotten so bad, Danish citizens traveling abroad are actually telling people they're Americans.
And Finally:

The Bing Crosby Joke of The Week
A State Trooper pulled a farmer over on a rural road late one night and told him, "Sir, do you know that your wife fell out of the car several miles back?"  "Oh, Thank God!" exclaimed the farmer, "I thought I'd gone deaf!"