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ltljohn
09-26-2007, 11:24 AM
Why is this newsworthy?????:banghead :banghead :banghead

"Paris' new Beau
Paris Hilton has been spotted hanging out with a 22-year-old Swedish backpacker"
osbornk
09-26-2007, 12:04 PM
Because people read it. You did.
wuli959
09-26-2007, 12:06 PM
Because people read it. You did.


and even posted it to the attention of others :banghead


:wave
ltljohn
09-26-2007, 12:09 PM
I did not read it! It was a headline on Yahoo when I went to check my mail.

As a society are our lives so pathetic we have to follow the every breath of famous people???
Belquar
09-26-2007, 12:25 PM
tell me more....:lurk















:hide
GlobalRider
09-26-2007, 12:44 PM
Why is this newsworthy?????:banghead :banghead :banghead

"Paris' new Beau
Paris Hilton has been spotted hanging out with a 22-year-old Swedish backpacker"


The media cashes in on simple minds. That includes TV.

Everytime I'm in the line-up at the cash with those worthless rags glaring at me, I just shake my head and think..."who the **** cares and who the **** reads this crap?".
sachiwilson
09-26-2007, 12:56 PM
To answer your question, NO.

(On the other hand, if Paris's new beau rode a motorcycle, THAT would be newsworthy!) :nyah
snoone
09-26-2007, 01:09 PM
Why AM I reading this? Must have a lot of free time on my hands today.
BubbaZanetti
09-26-2007, 01:17 PM
Maybe it should read " Swedish backpacker slips into a Hilton for comfort ".

bahahahhaaahh

is that your own man or did you find that somewhere???
grossjohann
09-26-2007, 01:40 PM
I can't believe I read this... :hungover
Rapid_Roy
09-26-2007, 01:43 PM
bahahahhaaahh

is that your own man or did you find that somewhere???



How about "Paris has new tower?"

As concerned as I am with all the gossip, this seems unimportant.
No real disasters to cover is probably a good thing.
riderR1150GSAdv
09-26-2007, 03:22 PM
The media cashes in on simple minds. That includes TV.

Everytime I'm in the line-up at the cash with those worthless rags glaring at me, I just shake my head and think..."who the **** cares and who the **** reads this crap?".

+1! :thumb
Just looking at the frontpages brings you "up-to-date"......:hungover.
As for TV, I don't have one anymore and don't miss it, except for Discovery and History channels. The rest is 200 channels of pure garbage.....YMMV
userw5
09-26-2007, 03:38 PM
Why is this newsworthy?????:banghead :banghead :banghead

"Paris' new Beau
Paris Hilton has been spotted hanging out with a 22-year-old Swedish backpacker"

No but this is.....

"Paris Hilton Plans to Jet to Rwanda"


NEW YORK — Paris Hilton plans to visit Rwanda as part of her post-jail commitment to use her celebrity status to bring attention to social causes

:brow
aerialfilm1
09-26-2007, 03:50 PM
Hmmm?

Paris has a new boy toy or...
car bomb kills X in crowded market.

I'm sure Yahoo knows who it's main user groups are and is pandering to them accordingly.

BTW. You never did tell us, is he cute???:wave
ltljohn
09-26-2007, 04:43 PM
Hmmm?

Paris has a new boy toy or...
car bomb kills X in crowded market.

I'm sure Yahoo knows who it's main user groups are and is pandering to them accordingly.

BTW. You never did tell us, is he cute???:wave

I don't know, I did not look at the article
GlobalRider
09-26-2007, 06:38 PM
+1! :thumb
Just looking at the frontpages brings you "up-to-date"......:hungover.
As for TV, I don't have one anymore and don't miss it, except for Discovery and History channels. The rest is 200 channels of pure garbage.....YMMV

Holy Gummikuh, there are two of us.

At the Wal-Mart after work today while standing at the cash, glaring at me once again on the front cover of some rag Brad dumps A... (all I could see was the top portion of a capital "A"...must have been Angelina).

I think if I were to be a lawyer, I'd want to be one specializing in divorce in Hollywood. These poor people change partners like I change my underwear. Short attention spans and no values.
The_Veg
09-26-2007, 06:57 PM
I miss the old tabloids of Martians which are now in Kansas, mystical creatures killing animals, and Elvis was flying a Hughes UFO with Howard......................they are both dead aren't they ? This kind of news sells.

Ah yes, the Weekly World News and the Sun! I haven't seen the Sun in ages, but parent-company American Media Inc. has the title listed at the bottom of its homepage (non-linked...cannot find a site for the Sun).

Weekly World News never went away, but last month it did leave the checkout-line to become a web-only publication:http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/

I've always enjoyed the cutting-edge journalism of these fine publications. They are truly ahead of their time.
sachiwilson
09-26-2007, 07:17 PM
The Weekly World News is a staple at our house. Not because we rely on it for news, but because it is so hilarious that it is a great stress reliever. (I used to pick it up in the checkout line when my partner and I had had a hard week.) It's better than The Onion IMHO.
GSTom
09-26-2007, 08:20 PM
I'm chapped that I didn't get any publicity while I was dating Paris:confused:
riderR1150GSAdv
09-26-2007, 09:42 PM
I'm chapped that I didn't get any publicity while I was dating Paris:confused:

That's because EVERYBODY has been dating Paris.......:rofl :rofl
RebeccaV
09-26-2007, 09:50 PM
I can't believe you didn't post a link and pictures. ;)
riderR1150GSAdv
09-26-2007, 09:50 PM
Holy Gummikuh, there are two of us.

At the Wal-Mart after work today while standing at the cash, glaring at me once again on the front cover of some rag Brad dumps A... (all I could see was the top portion of a capital "A"...must have been Angelina).

I think if I were to be a lawyer, I'd want to be one specializing in divorce in Hollywood. These poor people change partners like I change my underwear. Short attention spans and no values.

I have a few really good actors as clients, needless to say that they don't live in Hollywood nor are they in the tabloids that often if at all....:brow
Only the mindless care about the mindless......
BouncinBob
09-26-2007, 10:08 PM
Why is this newsworthy?????:banghead :banghead :banghead


It is not newsworthy, it is gossip worthy. What the heck are you reading? I only like the stories when the spoiled brats go to jail, and only once, I don't need endless analysis of the stupid crap (sorry, could not think of a better term).
Rapid_Roy
09-26-2007, 10:22 PM
Hmmm?

Paris has a new boy toy or...
car bomb kills X in crowded market.

I'm sure Yahoo knows who it's main user groups are and is pandering to them accordingly.

BTW. You never did tell us, is he cute???:wave
He did nothing for me.
She doesn't either, really.
GeneT
09-26-2007, 10:44 PM
+1! :thumb
Just looking at the frontpages brings you "up-to-date"......:hungover.
As for TV, I don't have one anymore and don't miss it, except for Discovery and History channels. The rest is 200 channels of pure garbage.....YMMV

That's why there is Blockbuster and Netflix, I only watch broadcast TV to see if anyone I know got shot.

Gene T
mrbreeze
09-26-2007, 11:33 PM
I still can't get over it. She dumped me for that Swedish dude. :banghead
OfficerImpersonator
09-27-2007, 11:20 AM
As for TV, I don't have one anymore and don't miss it, except for Discovery and History channels. The rest is 200 channels of pure garbage.....YMMV

Don't forget The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on Comedy Central...

The best thing about living on the West Coast and having DirecTV is that I can watch the East Coast feed, so while you East Coasters are watching TDS and TCR at 11:00 PM and 11:30 PM respectively, I'm watching those same shows at 8:00 PM and 8:30 PM respectively :)