Wait Wait - News - 2013-03-02
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Here are some more tidbits from NPR's news quiz show "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!"
This week's show had a lot of random bits (I chose to skip Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea for this post)
Rabbits Wreaking Havoc On Cars At Denver International Airport
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/rabbits-wreaking-havoc-on-cars-at-dia/
Wanted: Married Couple for Private Mars Voyage in 2018
http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html
(I love my wife, but I'm not sure I could survive being locked in a room about the size of my bedroom with her for 500 days)
Barking! Police dog forced to 'write' witness statement for court case
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4800847/CPS-demands-witness-statement-from-dog.html
And lastly, for Gale
12-hour TV Show in Norway: "National Firewood Night"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
The Colbert Show's take on the topic:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/424003/february-20-2013/norway-s--national-firewood-night-
Not too surprisingly, Wait-Wait ended the segment with this song:
This week's show had a lot of random bits (I chose to skip Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea for this post)
Rabbits Wreaking Havoc On Cars At Denver International Airport
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/rabbits-wreaking-havoc-on-cars-at-dia/
Wanted: Married Couple for Private Mars Voyage in 2018
http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html
(I love my wife, but I'm not sure I could survive being locked in a room about the size of my bedroom with her for 500 days)
Barking! Police dog forced to 'write' witness statement for court case
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4800847/CPS-demands-witness-statement-from-dog.html
And lastly, for Gale
12-hour TV Show in Norway: "National Firewood Night"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/in-norway-tv-program-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
The Colbert Show's take on the topic:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/424003/february-20-2013/norway-s--national-firewood-night-
Not too surprisingly, Wait-Wait ended the segment with this song: