Feeding Frenzy: Wash Your Hands

Now that I think of it, it does look like it could kill me.

18 people have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria. It is the worst food-related calamity since 40 men choked in Boston last month.

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In Africa, adult circumcision has proven a spectacularly effective way to fight HIV, reducing men’s risk of infection by 60% or more. The technique is so effective that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made circumcision their primary HIV-prevention goal. Despite the evidence, conservatives like Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni insist that only premarital abstinence is the answer. A lifesaving procedure is opposed by antisex freaks—who says that African politics are less advanced than ours?

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Reality TV star Holly Madison insured her breasts for $1 million. The move sent the political rumor mill spinning, as it is a standard precaution for women working on Newt Gingrich’s campaign staff.

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ESPN pulled the “Are you ready for some football?” song from its Monday Night Football broadcast after singer Hank Williams, Jr. made an ill-advised appearance on Fox and Friends. Descriptions can’t do this train wreck justice and no commentary is needed; just watch the clip:  youtube.com/watch?v=1eF6vCv13bw&feature=player_embedded

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Jakereply
21 October 2011 at 2:40 PM

Wow. This is really funny!

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