Sunday, April 23, 2006
ANOTHER DRUNKEN TODDLER STORY BROUGHT TO YOU FROM ACROSS THE POND
This story appeared on the website www.sheffieldtoday.net:
Boy in booze error agony
A FURIOUS Sheffield mum has slammed a restaurant after her six-year-old son became ill when he accidentally drank an alcoholic cocktail.
Kent Di-Nitto was sick and dizzy after drinking most of what he thought was a booze-free Strawberry Daiquiri from the children's drinks menu at Damon's Restaurant, in Sevenairs Road, Beighton.
Today angry mum Paula told The Star: "If my son had been two years old, not six, then he could be dead.
"The problem is the children's cocktails have the same name as those for adults. It's ridiculous. They should change the name of the children's cocktails, otherwise this could happen again and the consequences could be even worse."
Kent became ill minutes after finishing the drink which was bought by a 12-year-old friend during his mum's 35th birthday meal.
The terrified adults in the party sipped the cocktail to check for booze and demanded bread and water from the waitress to soak up the alcohol.
Paula, from Woodhouse, even phoned the police but was told the restaurant hadn't committed a criminal offence because Kent hadn't physically bought the drink and it was down to human error. She later phoned NHS Direct, who told her to check Kent regularly during the night. He has now made a full recovery.
Paula said: "We used to go to the restaurant quite a lot but we won't be going back now."
Damon's Restaurant manager Lee Foulston said: "It was a mistake on behalf of the person who took the order and we are investigating the matter.
"The drink was originally bought by a 12-year-old girl but she didn't like the taste and, for whatever reason, it was given to the six-year-old.
"The children's cocktails are clearly marked with the word 'Virgin' so we would argue that the adults' and children's drinks do not have the same name."
I will tell you serving kids booze is now an epidemic(see my blog archives in January regarding the case of the tipsy toddler in NYC). Of course, if one goes back to the March archives you will find that an Illinois woman was arrested, among other things, for getting her chihuahua wasted. This is why the terroristas hate us folks.
Boy in booze error agony
A FURIOUS Sheffield mum has slammed a restaurant after her six-year-old son became ill when he accidentally drank an alcoholic cocktail.
Kent Di-Nitto was sick and dizzy after drinking most of what he thought was a booze-free Strawberry Daiquiri from the children's drinks menu at Damon's Restaurant, in Sevenairs Road, Beighton.
Today angry mum Paula told The Star: "If my son had been two years old, not six, then he could be dead.
"The problem is the children's cocktails have the same name as those for adults. It's ridiculous. They should change the name of the children's cocktails, otherwise this could happen again and the consequences could be even worse."
Kent became ill minutes after finishing the drink which was bought by a 12-year-old friend during his mum's 35th birthday meal.
The terrified adults in the party sipped the cocktail to check for booze and demanded bread and water from the waitress to soak up the alcohol.
Paula, from Woodhouse, even phoned the police but was told the restaurant hadn't committed a criminal offence because Kent hadn't physically bought the drink and it was down to human error. She later phoned NHS Direct, who told her to check Kent regularly during the night. He has now made a full recovery.
Paula said: "We used to go to the restaurant quite a lot but we won't be going back now."
Damon's Restaurant manager Lee Foulston said: "It was a mistake on behalf of the person who took the order and we are investigating the matter.
"The drink was originally bought by a 12-year-old girl but she didn't like the taste and, for whatever reason, it was given to the six-year-old.
"The children's cocktails are clearly marked with the word 'Virgin' so we would argue that the adults' and children's drinks do not have the same name."
I will tell you serving kids booze is now an epidemic(see my blog archives in January regarding the case of the tipsy toddler in NYC). Of course, if one goes back to the March archives you will find that an Illinois woman was arrested, among other things, for getting her chihuahua wasted. This is why the terroristas hate us folks.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
IN THE JUNGLE, THE MIGHTY JUNGLE.....
It is my personal opinion that Angelina Jolie, purportedly working undercover as a UN goodwill ambassador, is stealing the souls of children around the world. Just a thought.....
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Pregnant Hollywood siren Angelina Jolie and boyfriend Brad Pitt have taken refuge in a remote Namibian game lodge where wild lions will help protect them from the media, a Namibian newspaper said on Monday.
The celebrity couple and their two adopted children Maddox and Zahara arrived in the southern African country last week, fuelling media speculation the Oscar-winning actress plans to give birth in Namibia away from the spotlight. I'll just bet. The only reason she would avoid the spotlight is because it might expose her undeadedness(new word) to the world.
Namibian Afrikaans daily newspaper Die Republikein said the pair had moved from a luxury beach resort in the harbor town of Walvisbay to a lodge in the Etosha National Game Park in northern Namibia, where lions are a top tourist draw and would help deter intruders trying to photograph the couple.
U.S. tabloids say Jolie and Pitt's baby is due on May 18. The media had speculated that Jolie would give birth in France as a tribute to her French mother, who is dying of cancer. Mom, Wish you were here! Just us, the lions, and the souls of the worlds children. Good luck witht the cancer thingy. Angelina and what's his name.
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Pregnant Hollywood siren Angelina Jolie and boyfriend Brad Pitt have taken refuge in a remote Namibian game lodge where wild lions will help protect them from the media, a Namibian newspaper said on Monday.
The celebrity couple and their two adopted children Maddox and Zahara arrived in the southern African country last week, fuelling media speculation the Oscar-winning actress plans to give birth in Namibia away from the spotlight. I'll just bet. The only reason she would avoid the spotlight is because it might expose her undeadedness(new word) to the world.
Namibian Afrikaans daily newspaper Die Republikein said the pair had moved from a luxury beach resort in the harbor town of Walvisbay to a lodge in the Etosha National Game Park in northern Namibia, where lions are a top tourist draw and would help deter intruders trying to photograph the couple.
U.S. tabloids say Jolie and Pitt's baby is due on May 18. The media had speculated that Jolie would give birth in France as a tribute to her French mother, who is dying of cancer. Mom, Wish you were here! Just us, the lions, and the souls of the worlds children. Good luck witht the cancer thingy. Angelina and what's his name.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY
Despite all the hysteria about how TERRIBLE things are in the country today, the statistics don't support the mass media and the dims fear mongering. For example, these are excerpts from an ABCNEWS.com article by Mike Stobbe(my comments in bold):
ATLANTA Apr 19, 2006 (AP)— In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.
The 2 percent decrease, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics, came as a shock to many, because the U.S. is aging, growing in population and getting fatter. Old and fat but still kickin'! In fact, some experts said they suspect the numbers may not hold up when a final report is released later this year. Of course, good news must always be "qualified"
"We will not make much of this until the final data come out," said Elizabeth Ward, director of surveillance research for the American Cancer Society. Hey Lizzie, why so bummed. I guess if we do ever cure cancer, you'll be out of a job?!
Improvements in medical care, particularly in medications aimed at preventing heart disease, at least partly explain the improvements in the heart disease death rate, said Ken Thorpe, an Emory professor of health policy. Oh, I didn't think anyone could afford medicines here anymore? A health care CRISIS!!
Also, the flu season for 2004 was milder than 2003, which helped explain the more than 7 percent drop in the influenza death rate, Minino noted. And the supposed flu vaccine shortage figures into this figure how???
The government also reported that a baby born in 2004 could expect to live to nearly 78 an increase of almost half a year from 2003. Women now have a life expectancy of 80.4, up from 80.1. Male life expectancy is 75.2, up from 74.8.
The life expectancy for whites 78.3 was up only slightly from the previous year. The increase for blacks was larger, with a rise from 72.7 to 73.3.
Of course, many would have you believe that Bush and the evil Republicans are trying to kill you every day but, once again, as is almost always the case, the facts fail to support the histrionics. Live long and prosper!
ATLANTA Apr 19, 2006 (AP)— In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.
The 2 percent decrease, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics, came as a shock to many, because the U.S. is aging, growing in population and getting fatter. Old and fat but still kickin'! In fact, some experts said they suspect the numbers may not hold up when a final report is released later this year. Of course, good news must always be "qualified"
"We will not make much of this until the final data come out," said Elizabeth Ward, director of surveillance research for the American Cancer Society. Hey Lizzie, why so bummed. I guess if we do ever cure cancer, you'll be out of a job?!
Improvements in medical care, particularly in medications aimed at preventing heart disease, at least partly explain the improvements in the heart disease death rate, said Ken Thorpe, an Emory professor of health policy. Oh, I didn't think anyone could afford medicines here anymore? A health care CRISIS!!
Also, the flu season for 2004 was milder than 2003, which helped explain the more than 7 percent drop in the influenza death rate, Minino noted. And the supposed flu vaccine shortage figures into this figure how???
The government also reported that a baby born in 2004 could expect to live to nearly 78 an increase of almost half a year from 2003. Women now have a life expectancy of 80.4, up from 80.1. Male life expectancy is 75.2, up from 74.8.
The life expectancy for whites 78.3 was up only slightly from the previous year. The increase for blacks was larger, with a rise from 72.7 to 73.3.
Of course, many would have you believe that Bush and the evil Republicans are trying to kill you every day but, once again, as is almost always the case, the facts fail to support the histrionics. Live long and prosper!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Dear Blonde, Thin, Fashionably Togged Walkers
Hi! Just wanted to drop you a note to inform you that you are going to die. NO this is not a threat or a wish but, let's face it, the odds are not in your favor. When you are walking along Windsor ROAD between Staley ROAD and Duncan ROAD near the overpass during rush hour, not on the side of the road, not on the grass, not on the bike path BUT IN THE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR, your chances of survival seem slim to me.
Take this morning for example. You both were be-bopping along shoulder to shoulder discussing Dr Phil, Oprah or Desperate Housewives and YOU WERE IN TRAFFIC! I kindly shouted at you get the HMMMMM out of the road as I traveled by on the opposite side. Luckily others on your side whose tons of careening metal death were headed directly towards you slowed down while I passed on the shoulder of my side of the road so they could give you the wide berth you feel you must deserve.
I simply have to think you were the "bright lights" actually crossing the overpass in this manner one Saturday morning. I again was approaching you from the back on the other side of the road admiring your complete ignorance when the car rushed up from the other direction over the hill. Now on the overpass there was no room for me to swerve on to a shoulder where I could safely let the other car get into my lane because you were WALKING IN THE ROAD on his side. I had slowed down and fortunately his car had good brakes. That did not seem to bother you either.
So, my suggestion is that you please safety pin, your name, vital information and next of kin onto your chic walking gear, perhaps in several places in case body parts become separated, and by all means continue to walk right on the pavement of a busy road during rush hour. Darwin is watching you.
Take this morning for example. You both were be-bopping along shoulder to shoulder discussing Dr Phil, Oprah or Desperate Housewives and YOU WERE IN TRAFFIC! I kindly shouted at you get the HMMMMM out of the road as I traveled by on the opposite side. Luckily others on your side whose tons of careening metal death were headed directly towards you slowed down while I passed on the shoulder of my side of the road so they could give you the wide berth you feel you must deserve.
I simply have to think you were the "bright lights" actually crossing the overpass in this manner one Saturday morning. I again was approaching you from the back on the other side of the road admiring your complete ignorance when the car rushed up from the other direction over the hill. Now on the overpass there was no room for me to swerve on to a shoulder where I could safely let the other car get into my lane because you were WALKING IN THE ROAD on his side. I had slowed down and fortunately his car had good brakes. That did not seem to bother you either.
So, my suggestion is that you please safety pin, your name, vital information and next of kin onto your chic walking gear, perhaps in several places in case body parts become separated, and by all means continue to walk right on the pavement of a busy road during rush hour. Darwin is watching you.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
MY PEEPS!
as reported at betsyspage.blogspot.com regarding Justice Scalia's lecturing at the University of Connecticut:
While he is lecturing Wednesday on campus, some members of the Lambda Law Society, a gay student organization, plan to hold a mini-carnival outside with the kissing booth and a shooting gallery where visitors can launch rubber bands at marshmallow Peeps in a reference to a hunting trip Scalia took with Vice President Dick Cheney, said Gavan Meehan, president of the Lambda Law Society.
of course I had a response:
what concerns me the most about this story are the peeps. what kind of peepaphobic behavior would allow the destruction of peeps in this manner. Peepists such as these should be ashamed. those little marshmallowy thingys are merely consenting candies whose only goal in life is to bring enjoyment to those eating them. I am contacting the PCLU, Peeps Civil Liberties Union, and we will surely file suit. NO JUSTICE! NO PEEPS!
While he is lecturing Wednesday on campus, some members of the Lambda Law Society, a gay student organization, plan to hold a mini-carnival outside with the kissing booth and a shooting gallery where visitors can launch rubber bands at marshmallow Peeps in a reference to a hunting trip Scalia took with Vice President Dick Cheney, said Gavan Meehan, president of the Lambda Law Society.
of course I had a response:
what concerns me the most about this story are the peeps. what kind of peepaphobic behavior would allow the destruction of peeps in this manner. Peepists such as these should be ashamed. those little marshmallowy thingys are merely consenting candies whose only goal in life is to bring enjoyment to those eating them. I am contacting the PCLU, Peeps Civil Liberties Union, and we will surely file suit. NO JUSTICE! NO PEEPS!
Saturday, April 08, 2006
HYPOCRISY. WHY YES THE BOSTON GLOBE WILL HAVE SOME OF THAT
This is from an editorial that appeared in one of the nation's "leading" news rags the Boston Globe on February 4th. Excerpt:
FREEDOM OF expression is not the only value at issue in the conflict provoked by a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons satirizing Islam's founding prophet, Mohammed. The billowing controversy is being swept along by intolerance, ignorance, and parochialism. The refusal of each camp to recognize and respect the otherness of the other brings closer a calamitous clash of cultures pitting Islam against the West.----the otherness of the other. What a load of crap. That sounds like something I would have heard from my philosophy professor back in the day at the U of I. Of course, he drank lemonade and vodka from a thermos during class too so at least he had a reason. I hate to break the "news" to the news organization but the West and Islam are already calamitously clashing. HELLO! Earth to Lefties!
the drivel continues:
The original purpose of printing the cartoons -- some of which maliciously and stupidly identified Mohammed with terrorists, who could want nothing better than to be associated with the prophet -- was plainly to be provocative. Islam prohibits the depiction of Mohammed in any way, whether the image is benign or not.
---maliciously and stupidly identify Mohammed with the terrorists? I do believe that the terrorists do identify Mohammed as their sole moving force behind their bloody attacks. They have labeled themselves in this manner not the other way around. The last comment about the images is simply a LIE!
coup de grace!:
As with the current consensus against publishing racist or violence-inciting material, newspapers ought to refrain from publishing offensive caricatures of Mohammed in the name of the ultimate Enlightenment value: tolerance.
---the Enlightenment was about understanding and facts. Choosing tolerance as an end which entails you ignoring the facts surrounding an issue is not enlightening at all. It's stupid and quite dangerous.
So, that is the Boston papers horribly flawed reasoning for not printing the news. In the name of "tolerance", many have already surrendered one of our freedoms, freedom of the press, without even putting up a fight. What will be taken from us next, or more correctly, which freedom will we simply hand over next. We must get along right? At any cost? WRONG!
FREEDOM OF expression is not the only value at issue in the conflict provoked by a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons satirizing Islam's founding prophet, Mohammed. The billowing controversy is being swept along by intolerance, ignorance, and parochialism. The refusal of each camp to recognize and respect the otherness of the other brings closer a calamitous clash of cultures pitting Islam against the West.----the otherness of the other. What a load of crap. That sounds like something I would have heard from my philosophy professor back in the day at the U of I. Of course, he drank lemonade and vodka from a thermos during class too so at least he had a reason. I hate to break the "news" to the news organization but the West and Islam are already calamitously clashing. HELLO! Earth to Lefties!
the drivel continues:
The original purpose of printing the cartoons -- some of which maliciously and stupidly identified Mohammed with terrorists, who could want nothing better than to be associated with the prophet -- was plainly to be provocative. Islam prohibits the depiction of Mohammed in any way, whether the image is benign or not.
---maliciously and stupidly identify Mohammed with the terrorists? I do believe that the terrorists do identify Mohammed as their sole moving force behind their bloody attacks. They have labeled themselves in this manner not the other way around. The last comment about the images is simply a LIE!
coup de grace!:
As with the current consensus against publishing racist or violence-inciting material, newspapers ought to refrain from publishing offensive caricatures of Mohammed in the name of the ultimate Enlightenment value: tolerance.
---the Enlightenment was about understanding and facts. Choosing tolerance as an end which entails you ignoring the facts surrounding an issue is not enlightening at all. It's stupid and quite dangerous.
So, that is the Boston papers horribly flawed reasoning for not printing the news. In the name of "tolerance", many have already surrendered one of our freedoms, freedom of the press, without even putting up a fight. What will be taken from us next, or more correctly, which freedom will we simply hand over next. We must get along right? At any cost? WRONG!
HEADLINES DISS WESTVILLE GIRLS
In the C-U News Gazoo's March 30, 2006 round-up of area prep softball scores there appeared a headlined story about Kelsi Hoey of Tuscola Community High School pitching a no-hitter against Westville High. Only the headline screamed:
HOEY HO-HITTER LIFTS TUSCOLA
Was the paper making a derogatory statement about the virtue of the young women from Westville? Or was it just atrocious proof reading? I would be ticked if I were the Westville girls!
Back in my high school days if you would have wanted to hit a ho it would have probably been in Tuscola and not Westville. Meowwrrrrrr!
HOEY HO-HITTER LIFTS TUSCOLA
Was the paper making a derogatory statement about the virtue of the young women from Westville? Or was it just atrocious proof reading? I would be ticked if I were the Westville girls!
Back in my high school days if you would have wanted to hit a ho it would have probably been in Tuscola and not Westville. Meowwrrrrrr!
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
ATTACK OF ZE KILLER MOTH
If you have read my blog before you know that I have personally been attacked by a butterfly. Make that an obviously carnivorous variety bent on my own personal destruction. Thank You.
So, why did the drug company promoting Lunesta decide to use a radioactive moth, flying through windows of people desperately trying to get some shut eye in their commercials?
No one I know equates a restful night's sleep with a room full of insects. Especially a large, translucent, glowing green moth.
Some RAID flying insect killer would take care of that damn moth and probably put you out from the fumes for that good nights sleep!
Sleeper beware!
So, why did the drug company promoting Lunesta decide to use a radioactive moth, flying through windows of people desperately trying to get some shut eye in their commercials?
No one I know equates a restful night's sleep with a room full of insects. Especially a large, translucent, glowing green moth.
Some RAID flying insect killer would take care of that damn moth and probably put you out from the fumes for that good nights sleep!
Sleeper beware!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
KROS ME OUT THE DOOR!
All the rage in Europe, of course, are these new portable toilets, made by Kros industries, which are less bulky than the good ole' porta-pottys. Of course, they, lack the privacy that Americans are often accustomed to enjoying while responding to nature's call. Many are just set up in the middle of God and everybody. Although the one pic above shows these new loos set up en masse behind some sort of screen.
I guess I could sort of see the one but I really don't want to go to the State Fair or anyplace else for that matter and see everybody takin care of their business say right in front of the butter cow sculpture. I would also prefer not to be staring into the eyes of a stranger while taking petey for a walk.
Don't feel left out ladies, they have a women's version too.
Gotta go number 2. Wait til' you get home I guess?
