SNIPPETS

NOVEMBER 24,  2009

Latest medical advisory:   BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.

When governments start telling Santa what to do, we know we're in trouble.

NOVEMBER 23,  2009

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A 49-year-old man in Maple Heights, Ohio, listened to the Judas Priest double album "Nostradamus" every day for 524 straight days, a disc jockey said.  WJCU FM, University Heights, Ohio, disc jockey Bill Peters said Jim Bartek completed his 524-day streak on Saturday by rocking out to "Nostradamus" with nearly 35 people at a local bar, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.

That's nothing.  I once listened to an Obama speech for 524 straight seconds.  Though exhausted, I survived.