What's A Luge?

This recent accident at the Winter Olympics leads a befuddled Ming to wonder where they come up with these "sporting" events. Ming has never even known a luger although he's seen many people cough up a lunger.

Why aren't these events geared to what people really do? Where is the turnstile jumping competition? How about the downslope pocket picking event? Isn't there a freestyle insult hurling or have they already conceded the trophy by default to NYC?

An intermural short changing competition by each country's leading supermarket checkout clerks would garner much interest as would the subway seat grabbing finals or the marathon taxi hailing event .

The whole Olympic idea is flawed. Ming has never hurled a javelin but he has hurled many an insult. Let's give Ming something he can relate to.

Free Enterprise Suffers Another Blow

Apparently big business can't stand a little competition. That's why entrepreneur Ming and his twenty blankets were bounced off that plane yesterday.

It appears that a certain unnamed airline will now charge $8 for the use of a blanket on domestic flights. The clever Ming planned to undercut them by $3, charging a mere $5 and even tucking you in, gratis.

Naturally, the lullaby singing you to sleep is extra as is telling you a bedtime story. Ming even promises not to go through your pockets once you arrive in the land of nod. Let's see the airlines match that offer.