LAUGH LINES
* Oil prices are rising because of tensions with Iraq. “They also rose with tension about El Nin~o, about the Marlins winning the World Series and about Ellen coming out. Does anything ever happen that oil prices don’t rise?” (Jerry Perisho)
* University of Michigan researchers say El Nin~o may cause the most destructive Great Lakes storm system ever. “While the prospect of sinking ships may frighten some people, nothing is more frightening than the prospect of Gordon Lightfoot reviving his career.” (Mark Wheeler)
* Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi is going into show business by producing a movie about himself. “He’s the most dictatorial star in show business--next to Roseanne.” (Perisho)
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