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Yes once again we explore the madness that hits people in their search for fame, fortune or perhaps just a stolen Coca-Cola. More on that later.
The Tell It Like It Is award goes this time to the Continental Airlines executive quoted by a trade magazine Travel Weekly. The executive - name withheld to protect the witty - was asked by a group of travel agents about a recent incident when one of the line's pilots landed a Boeing 737 full of passengers at an aban doned naval airfield in Corpus Christi. Continental, he replied, "is the only airline to serve two airports in Corpus Christi" Now the award for Those Magnificent . . . Men In Their Ice Resurfacing Machines
It was won by Detroit disc jockey Jim Bosh. He drove a Zamboni from Detroit to Philadelphia to attend a hockey playoff game. Perhaps his car was in the shop.
The Truth In Advertising Award goes to Icehouse beer for acknowledging the wages of beer consumption with a belly contest. People with particularly photoge-nic bellies should submit a photograph of their pride and joy to 205 N. Michigan Ave., 34th Floor, Chicago, Ill. 60601. Chiquita Banana wants your jingle. They are trying to update the old one about not putting bananas in the refrigerator. Send your entries to P.O. Box 1906, New York, N.Y. 10156. How about, "I am Chiquita Banana and I have come to reveal, that if you don't buy my bananas, you I'm going to kill."
Excerpted from the June 8, 1997 Houston Chronicle.
For your Health Matters... these symptoms, which seem to describe so many other illness, may be a sign a BOWEL problem. Seek help now!!