BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. said Tuesday it was recalling packages of fresh mushrooms after it a routine inspection revealed the possible presence of the deadly bacteria E. coli. Said a spokesman, “Who would have thought that fungus grown is shit might be bad for you?”
A suicide attack outside a US military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting Tuesday killed 18 people including three foreign soldiers, officials said. “ It was a pretty huge blast the Vice President’s heart would have skipped a beat, if he had one.”
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor will name the first suspects accused of committing war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region many insiders are worried that they are going to blame it on a black guy.
The Army general in charge of Walter Reed Hospital was fired on Thursday marking the first time during the Bush administration that anyone has been fired for gross incompetence.
And Finally… Arthur Schlesinger died this week at age 89. Schlesinger became famous as John F. Kennedy’s closest advisor not to sleep with Marilyn Monroe.
Many political observers were disappointed on Oscar night when Al Gore failed to make the big announcement that they had anticipated. Unfortunately, Gore is not pregnant he's just fat.
The original Wendy’s restaurant in Columbus Ohio closed on Friday due to lagging sales. The restaurant will re-open next week as Columbus’ 575th Starbucks.
Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, says it has not been properly compensated for giving up nuclear weapons. The dictator claims that he is owed, “many more sequined jackets and several hundred silly hats.”
Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson and 30 other Christian leaders are calling for the National Association of Evangelicals to silence or fire an official who has urged evangelicals to take global warming seriously. “He needs to go back to saying things that are hateful and bat-shit crazy like the rest of us just like Jesus wanted.”
Many political observers were disappointed on Oscar night when Al Gore failed to make the big announcement that they had anticipated. Unfortunately, Gore is not pregnant he's just fat.
Eddie Murphy stormed out of the theater after losing the best supporting actor Oscar to Adam Arkin. Murphy’s press agent said the actor intended no disrespect to Arkin or the Academy but that he had to rush off to start filming Norbit 2.
A professional baseball league will begin later this year in Israel. It will be the first pro league to award points for arguing with the umpires.
Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraq Sunni vice president, says the U.S. needs a “Plan B” to stop violence in Iraq. Defense Secretary Gates responded, "We do have a Plan B but the evangelical Christian head of the FD A won't let us use it."
Or: The name the Defense Department has given to said plan is the "Let those poor bastards fight it out for another 100 years" plan.
A 21-year-old man was arrested Monday after he tried to cash a check for $50,000 at the Chase Bank in Hobart, Indiana that was signed "King Savior, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Servant." When reached for comment, God explained that he only pays crazy people in cash, by pay pal, or occasionally with World of Warcraft strength and agility points.
A conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity is calling Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against global warming, a hypocrite. However, Gore pointed out that he needs to constantly have electricity sent through the bolts in his neck to keep him alive, he is hoping to harness the power of lightning for this purpose.