On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Frank Reid © 2010
wrote:

On Apr 1, 7:50*am, wrote:
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...

It will be more expensive to fly from NYC to Omaha than to Paris.
Airlines have raised their rates for those trips.

Well, good ol' Warren did buy hisself a jet...OTOH, I think they could have made
even more by selling the INBOUND tickets cheaply and the OUTBOUND tickets,
for... well, just think of what folks would be willing to pay...the, um, sky
would be the limit...

They're bringing in limos from St Louis, Phoenix, Chicago and Denver.

Are you sure they didn't say "homos"...? I mean, what with it being the
sphincter of the universe and all...

Its good to be king.

Or queen, as the case may be...

Frank Reid
(who thinks he can make some money by renting out his spare bedroom
for the weekend)

And I'm not gonna touch THAT one with a ten foot...er, nevermind...

TC,
R