A traffic officer in eastern Ontario, who ticketed a speeding motorist from Switzerland in September, said the driver blamed it on the lack of goats. He told the officer that he felt liberated to drive fast because, unlike in his country, there were no goats wandering onto the highway.
[BBC News-AFP, 9-7-06] [South Florida Sun-Sentinel-AP, 9-17-06]
Korinne Barnes, 29, a single mother of three running for the North Kingstown (R.I.) School Committee, was finally persuaded in September to remove her MySpace.com personal listing in which she described herself as "smart, sexy, fun" and a "voluptuous chocolate sister with a big booty."
[Providence Journal, 9-21-06]
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Oh, that last one made me laugh so hard! Good finds!
You mean to tell me that.. I might not get a job or get elected for some unspecified office b/c my myspace has quarky things on it... Oh darn!!
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