Open Thread ... Monday

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Thanks again, and have a great Monday!

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[The DB]

Wake it up KC! Gold!

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Always wear your seatbelt...even in the back of the paddywagon.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dampier-19-may19,0,2004002.story

[*sexy*]

Mornin.....

[CareBear]

I've told myself 3 times this morning it's Monday, but I haven't convinced myself yet.

Good Morning everybody!

[JUNGLE JIM]

Good morning, all. It's Monday, time for an UPDATE.
Tale of stolen dog gets a happy ending. One week after a thief snatched an 8-year-old boy's beloved pet Yorkshire terrier off the street, detectives reunited the bubbly canine with his family Sunday evening.

[JUNGLE JIM]

Keith beat me to the story, but here's a link, along with a bonus item...
Suspect falls out of police wagon and dies. A Chicago man died Saturday hours after he fell out of a stationary police wagon following his arrest, police said.

Dampier was arrested in a domestic disturbance around 12:15 a.m. after he arrived at the doorstep of a woman who had an order of protection against him, Officer Marcel Bright said.

The cops in Chi town are a special breed...
A Chicago police officer accused of attacking a 61-year-old man and his 50-year-old companion early Saturday at a Niles restaurant had a run-in with the Police Department two years ago that could have cost his job.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said then-Supt. Phil Cline recommended Gerald Callahan's dismissal in 2006, but the police board decided to reinstate him. She offered no further details.

In an interview with CLTV on Sunday, Callahan, who was charged with two counts of battery after Saturday's incident, denied the accusations and said he was mistreated by Niles police.

[JUNGLE JIM]

Not quite like something from "The Fugitive"...
Man watches as 'one-legged' thief steals his truck. As a man repaired a roof Saturday morning, he watched as a "wheelchair-bound, one-legged man" stole his truck.

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Mr. Dampier "beat" us both to the story, JJ. I claim no glory, just a weird body clock that has me awake by 4 a.m.

[Patty PV]

Good morning all! We tried to take the sting out of Monday by singing the theme song to American Guy, with choreography.

It didn't work.

[JUNGLE JIM]

I thought it was notable that the popo showed up and were able to enforce a restaining order before anybody got hurt.

Ready for another UPDATE: Dead woman's money spent. Detectives say money was spent from a joint account of a 90-year-old woman who was found decomposing in a Necedah residence bathroom.

She shared an account with a woman who was living in the home with her children, praying for the elderly woman to come back to life.

[Patty PV]

James: I checked out your homicide map this morning. Good job, there should be a link to it on the main page of CSKC.

[CareBear]

I haven't honed in on the map yet, will do that some time today. Is there a running total of the number of homicides to date?

[Patty PV]

If there is I did not notice, CareBear, but there might be.

So the deceased woman on the toilet was a source of income - no wonder they were praying for her resurrection!

[Patty PV]

Not remotely crime-related, but could not resist this story from the state James loves best: Big, hairy feral pig dead on highway attracts looky-lous.

[Patty PV]

Taser duel in Colorado - new technology in an old scene from the wild wild west.

[Patty PV]

Cowtown didn't give much coverage to the Veggie Pride Parade in New York.

[JUNGLE JIM]

Criminals had access to HPD property room. For months, maybe years, people with criminal backgrounds had access to secure areas of the police station, including a property room from which 30 guns disappeared within six months, according to internal police documents.

No one has been charged in the gun thefts, although police suspected telephone repairmen who admitted stealing other items, and a temporary employee who had access to the property room while awaiting trial on aggravated robbery charges.

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Thanks, Patty PV, for reminding me of Dinosaurs, my favorite Henson series. One episode had a Bob Dylan-esque musician leading an audience of herbivores in a rousing version of "Give Peas a Chance."

[The_Golfer]

Good morning everyone!! You have been busy this morning. Back in a bit, got work to do. Dang.

[Patty PV]

You're welcome, Keith! I'll have to get that movie. I want to see "Cars," too. Just wait until Netflix mails us THOSE - the beloved will think I'm looney.

[Patty PV]

Oh Keith, I just remembered that was a TV series! I loved it, but missed the "Give Peas a Chance." I remember not-the-mama not-the-mama.

[*sexy*]

YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE DRUNK PEOPLE

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

'Not a chance,' says the husband, 'it is 3:00 in the morning!'
He slams the door and returns to bed.

'Who was that?' asked his wife.

'Just some drunk guy asking for a push,' he answers.

'Did you help him?' she asks.

'No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!'

'Well, you have a short memory,' says his wife. 'Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!'

The man does as he is told, gets dressed , and goes out into the pounding rain.

He calls out into the dark, 'Hello, are you still there?'

'Yes,' com es back the answer.

'Do you still need a push?' calls out the husband.

'Yes, please!' comes the reply from the dark.

'Where are you?' asks the husband.

'Over here on the swing,' replied the drunk

[G]

Agree with Patty...give us a permanent link to that map, James.

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

I think i'm in love...with this petite teen who tackled and attacked 5 cops. Then later took off her bikini shorts to flood a holding cell. :)

[James Hart]

Good morning, everybody! Thanks for the links!

I had an awesome weekend. "Prince Caspian" was pretty entertaining -- I thought the first Narnia film was a little slow.

[James Hart]

sexy: BTW, I saw your note about the congregation member, and I'll go looking for info shortly.

[The_Golfer]

R2 - If she did what they said, she has been a time bomb waiting to go off. If she did as she said, cops out of line. Truth is somewhere in between. And the Australian po-po can not really do anything to the Aboriginals without being labeled racists. Sound familiar?

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

Ahhh.. so it would be another "Click pop" King situation?

[*sexy*]

MOrning R2! HOW was the weekend for ya?

[The_Golfer]

Possibly, if you talking about the original Rodney King incident. That was one that was wrong on both sides. He was avoiding and running from the po-po, but that part did not get on the news.

[James Hart]

Did anybody hear bin Laden's new mix-tape this weekend? I'm not sure how far he's going to get by asking Muslims to kill other Muslims.

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

It was a good weekend. :) Was nice seeing ya!

However, for some reason my legs are all sore.

*cranks up fall out boy's version of "beat it"*

[noneposted]

I am still laughing visualizing Patty dancing around singing...

[*sexy*]

Ring Ring Ring
'Hello?'

'Hi honey. This is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?'

'No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.'

After a brief pause,

Daddy says, 'But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul.'

'Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now.'

Brief pause.

'Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy
that Daddy's car Just pulled into the driveway.'

'Okay, Daddy, Just a minute.'

A few minutes later the little girl comes back to the phone.

'I did it, Daddy.'

'And what happened, honey?' He asked.

'Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming.

Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she
isn't moving at all!'

'Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?'

'He jumped out of the bed With no clothes on, too.

He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the
swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water
last week to clean it.

He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead.'

***Long Pause***

***Longer Pause***

***Even Longer Pause***

Then Daddy says, 'Swimming pool? ............ Is this 486-5317?'

[The_Golfer]

Beautiful "sexy", and good morning.

[*sexy*]

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.

For a few minutes everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, "I'm sorry but you scared the daylights out of me."

The frightened passenger apologized to the cab driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much.

The driver replied, "No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."

[*sexy*]

Good morning golfer!!!!!

[CareBear]

That was cute sexy.

[*sexy*]

Trying to liven up monday! HAHAH

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

Houston police raid a nightclub and cite 130 people for public intoxication.

That's some fine police work there Lou!

Really... you raid a club, where they serve liquor (and drugs), and then arrest the patrons there just having a good time?

[The_Golfer]

R2 - They weren't invited.

[The_Golfer]

IDIOT SIGHTING: We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a "large" enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and
said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not." Four is larger than two.."

We haven't used Sears repair since.

[*sexy*]

SIPPING VODKA
This is too funny - I still have tears in my eyes!
Finally, a chain letter that I don't mind forwarding.
It's funny (don't break chain)
A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak.
After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done.
The monsignor replied, 'When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip.'
So next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice.
At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink.
He proceeded to talk up a storm.
Upon his return to his office after the mass, he found the following note on the door:
1) Sip the vodka, don't gulp.
2) There are 10 commandments, not 12.
3) There are 12 disciples, not 10.
4) Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
5) Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
6) We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
7) The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the spook.
8) David slew Goliath, he did not kick the sh*t out of him.
9) When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.
10) We do not refer to the cross as the 'Big T.'
11) When Jesus broke the bread at the last supper he said,
Take this and eat it for it is my body.' He did not say 'Eat me'.
12) The Virgin Mary is not called 'Mary with the Cherry'.
13) The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, Yeah God.
14) Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at ST. Peter's, not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

[*sexy*]

OK if you do not cry over the last one.....something is wrong! I am still in tears!

[monty]

Kind of a crime....That a snotty,childish,hack like Rhonda Criss Lokeman be allowed to steal a paycheck from the Star.William Rockhill Nelson must be spinning in his grave knowing the newspaper he founded would allow a narrow minded bigot like her to darken its door.Could it be Mizz Lokeman that GOPers dislike Kay Waldo Cronkite KC St Joe Barnes because she is the epitome of a self serving politician and not because she is a she?You know many of us have mothers and love women in general.And bookending her with Ellen Goodman says alot about your Editorial page.Good work...just keep offending the majority of your readers.Hows that been working for you lately?

[aqua]

Oh, the horror!

[*sexy*]

Someone tell me what is wrong with this quote....
'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.' Maya Angelou

[Keith G. in P.V.]

sexy, I think it means "I ain't getting none." ;-)

[*sexy*]

HAHAHA Keith...I am sorry! LOL

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Not as sorry as I am! ;-)

[*sexy*]

HEHEHEH!!!

[The_Golfer]

Just read this. What bothers me most is this is the company that I believe does my daughter's yearbooks for the Liberty School District.

Company to reprint yearbooks after head switching

[JUNGLE JIM]

If you don't get your teenager help at Two Rivers, please get them help somewhere...

Police say 14-year-old girl killed two dogs over bad grades squabble. A family argument over a bad report card led to the suspected killing of two family dogs and a 14-year-old girl taken to juvenile hall, Sgt. Mike MacDonald said.
The incident erupted Sunday afternoon when the parents reportedly told the girl they weren't happy with her grades. The girl countered she wasn't treated fairly, police said.

[*sexy*]

Boooooooo

[FanDanGo]

Beaumont, Texas - A Texas teenager who refused to let police extract a bullet lodged in his forehead has struck a plea deal that caps his punishment at 10 years in prison.

[FanDanGo]

Neosho, Mo. — A Joplin man involved in an accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman in south Joplin last year will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the first degree.

Kaleb N. Miller, 20, was bound over to Newton County Circuit Court after waiving his preliminary hearing today. Miller also will stand trial on two counts of second-degree assault.

[FanDanGo]

Riverton, Ill. — An area teenage girl -- not even old enough to drive -- recently brought a group of her peers up to date on her behavior.

Earlier this year, the girl had been arrested for violating curfew and underage drinking. She could have been sentenced to as much as a year in jail.

Instead of entering the juvenile court system, however, she went through North County Teen Court. The sentence: 15 hours of community service, a 500-word essay on the dangers of drunken driving and a letter of apology to her mother.

The three-year-old North County Teen Court gives juvenile offenders a chance to learn the consequences of their actions without jail time or a criminal record. Instead, teenage jury members decide a fitting penalty — and follow up to make sure their rulings are carried out.

[FanDanGo]

Tallahassee, Fla. - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has ordered that child-killer Mark Dean Schwab be executed in late June or early July.

Schwab, 40, a Merritt Island High School dropout and convicted sex offender, was sentenced to death in July 1992 for raping and murdering 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez of Cocoa in 1991.

Sixteen years and counting . . .

[CareBear]

Dadgumit Fang, 3 hours and still no signs of life. :)

Who wants to do the sprinkler?

[James Hart]

Or perhaps the Cabbage Patch? The Roger Rabbit?

[Patty PV]

Lawn-mower man! Weed-eater man!

[Patty PV]

Is anyone in the market for a cat? One of my friends has forwarded an email from a woman who has 5 well-cared for, beautiful cats. She has a serious illness and needs to find new homes for them all by the end of the month. She is heartbroken, but wants to find good homes for them. If anyone is interested, please email James - James, can you forward anyone interested to me? I have photos of three of the five cats. There is a tuxedo, orange tabby, mixed tabby and a black-and-white tabby. All are spayed or neutered, due for shots that their owner cannot afford at the moment.

[James Hart]

Patty: I'm happy to forward info. That's really too bad about your friend -- and her cats. To lose a good pet just when you're getting sick, that's gotta hurt!

[Keith G. in P.V.]

A. I can barely tolerate cats. Lousy pets. Grrrrrr. Not debatable, you'll never convince me, I won't discuss it.

B. Bless you, Patty PV for helping someone find a good home for pets.

C. And bless you, too, James, for helping out.

I'm going to bed now, ashamed of sounding soft-hearted over a bunch of ^&%$*^ cats.

I still don't like cats, but appreciate the kindness you've both shown.