Archive for the 'Broken news' Category

The first part in herpes is HE

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004 | 1 Comment »

Sources learned late Tuesday night that an area bachelor will be set up with a date who may have herpes. An interview with the prospective blind dater was impossible due to the large stack of Playboy magazines perched on his lap.

The drunkard informant who made the VD allegation also revealed that The Making of a Basketball is the working title of a documentary chronicling the first six years of faithful reader tb‘s life.

7-footer in negative feedback spree

Saturday, December 11th, 2004 | 7 Comments »

Call it the Curse of the Blogbot.

No, seriously, call it the Curse of the Blogbot.

Mere days after former Iowa Hawkeye center and known tall drink of water Brad Lohaus received positive feedback in this space, the Iowa City Police Department, in conjunction with eBay Security (and probably Per Mar) gave Lohaus a little negative feedback of their own. Lohaus allegedly pocketed over $200 in cash from an eBay auction but failed to deliver some sort of fishing device. He is charged with fourth degree theft and breaking the fisherman’s creed.

Lohaus and Blogbot

It is not expected that this eTheft will negatively affect the esteem Mr. Lohaus has built on the Iowa City bar circuit. Photo credit: iversys.com

Figures

Sunday, December 5th, 2004 | No Comments »

Blame fate for scheduling A2 cameos by Tara Reid and Kid Rock during the busiest time of the semester. I dare say that meeting the Future Mrs. and Mr. Rock would’ve been bigger than that time I got my picture taken with Brad Lohaus.

Tara and Kid

Hopping in the wayforward machine

Sunday, November 28th, 2004 | No Comments »

It’s nice to think that when future archealogists unearth the ruins of our civilization, Frank Rich’s columns will be right there to provide an indication that yes! there were insightful, reasonable minds. And during a time of great need, no less.

Separated at birth?

Monday, October 18th, 2004 | 6 Comments »

Separated at birth?

One plays sports, the other writes about sports. Both are proud of their Polish heritage.