kept2much-07
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posted on November 8, 2001 01:14:06 PM new
And the current top news story we are all sick of hearing about is:
ANTHRAX
Other top overated stories:
Jon Benet
O.J. Simpson
Anyone care to add to this list or are these the big three?
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rancher24
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posted on November 8, 2001 03:43:24 PM new
Don't forget about Condit & Levy....it took the tragedy of 9-11 to blast that story to oblivion!
~ Rancher
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stusi
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posted on November 8, 2001 04:07:16 PM new
kept2much- I assume when you talk about the OJ case you mean the traffic incident case and not the murder case. The JonBenet case is still unsolved and despite the fact that the media may indeed have put it in our collective face ad nauseum, it is one case that should not be forgotten. The Chandra Levy case as well should be in our minds until it is solved.
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RainyBear
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posted on November 8, 2001 04:47:25 PM new
I don't think anything tops the coverage of Clinton's Monica scandal....
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kept2much-07
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posted on November 8, 2001 07:01:04 PM new
stusi-Of course these news stories should not be forgotten and I was talking about the O.J. murder case. But why do we have to hear about the same news over and over and over...
There are other important things happening in this world.
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stusi
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posted on November 8, 2001 07:44:09 PM new
Like anthrax, which happens to be an ongoing crime and as such will get ongoing coverage.
RainyBear- Unlike the others mentioned, Monica was a good example of a relatively victimless(Hillary) crime that received incredible press because of the position of the "perpetrator".
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krs
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posted on November 8, 2001 07:49:46 PM new
In the heyday of the sailing ship, every ship had to have cannon for protection. Cannon of the times required round iron cannon balls. The master wanted to store the cannon balls such that they could be of instant use when needed, yet not roll around the gun deck. The solution was to stack them in a square based pyramid next to the cannon. The top level of the stack had one ball, the next level down had four, the next had nine, the next had
16, and so on. Four levels would provide a stack of 30 cannon balls.
The only real problem was how to keep the bottom level from sliding out from under the weight of the higher levels. To do this, they devised a small plate (called a "monkey" with one rounded indentation for each cannon ball in the bottom layer. When iron was used to make this plate ("monkey", the cannon balls would rust to the plate. ! ; As a result, these plates were made of brass to prevent this problem-- thus the name "brass monkey.
When temperature falls, brass contracts in size faster than iron. As it got cold on the gun decks, the indentations in the brass monkey would get smaller than the iron cannon balls they were holding. If the temperature
got cold enough, the bottom layer would pop out of the indentations spilling the entire pyramid over the deck.
Thus it was, quite literally, "COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE THE BALLS OFF A BRASS MONKEY."
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rawbunzel
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posted on November 8, 2001 07:52:53 PM new
KRS, As much as I enjoyed the little tale of the brass monkey, I can't help but wonder how it relates to this topic? Am I missing something? again 
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kraftdinner
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posted on November 8, 2001 08:36:05 PM new
I think he was trying to point out how overated balls are rawbunzel.
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enchanted
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posted on November 9, 2001 06:08:35 AM new
LOL at krs' story. Reminds me of the basketball story you told in parbomber's thread a long time ago.
A sense of humor I can appreciate.
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docpjw
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posted on November 9, 2001 02:31:06 PM new
I'm REALLY Surprised NO one has mentioned this one: The DEATH of "Princess" Diana ...wow, that one in my opinion Squished even OJ. 
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blairwitch
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posted on November 9, 2001 07:51:13 PM new
Elian Gonzales was the MOST overated news story is my opinion. Second was the Clinton oral sex thing.
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