Ship ahoy! Now wash your hands.
Published 9:27 pm Friday, October 29, 2010
The Love Bloats: The world’s largest cruise liner, the Oasis of the Seas, now has a sister ship, the Allure of the Seas, which sailed from its shipyard in Finland to begin sea trials.
The ships are nearly four football fields long, have open-air central parks, dozens of restaurants, skating rinks and can berth 8,300 people each. And both now share the record for world’s largest norovirus incubators.
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‘allo, ‘allo. What ‘ave we ‘ere? British police detectives are learning how to navigate Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites so they can better keep track of suspects who use them.
You have to feel a little sorry for the grizzled, street-wise veteran bobby who draws the FarmVille beat.
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Quick, before Dick Cheney beats you to it: Attention is turning now to the work that the Halliburton Co. performed in attempting to seal BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil well with cement before its fatal and catastrophic blowout. A presidential commission said tests should have raised doubts about the cement.
Looking for a last-minute Halloween costume? Dress up in a jumpsuit with a Halliburton logo and carry a bag of Quikrete and a trowel.
