On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:17:34 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

I thought it was an April Fool's joke when I heard on NPR
that on May 1st Omaha is the center of the universe and they
quoted a guy saying, "Why would anyone want to be in Paris
on May 1st when they could be in Omaha ?"

I swear I am not making this up.

Woodstock for Capitalists, I kid you not.

Maybe you misheard? Perhaps they said "sphincter" of the universe...? As to
the guy and why he'd want to be in a sphincter as opposed to Paris, two words:
"Mike Connor"...

HTH,
R
....and yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, he's gonna call Inspector Clouseau...