Funny, I do not know why, but funny

"Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi struck in face at rally"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/13/berlusconi.milan/index.html

Well, while a shoe was thrown at President Bush, it seems very appropriate that a replica of a Milan Cathedral would be thrown at Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. Am I a bad person for laughing at this headline when I first read it? It's not that I have anything against the prime minister, really I do not know much about his contributions to the Italian government, but I don't know I think maybe the slapstick sense of it all just really entertained me. The article did make me wonder what Berlusconi was doing over in Italia to deserve such an act, but it's hard to say whether he doesn't or not. Though he is in the midst of tax fraud charges and a messy divorce, his approval rating are well about 50%, having just been reelected in 2008, and as it turns out, the suspect who threw/hit him is allegedly mentally unstable. Even so, it's still funny. I think I'm going to hell...

"Aussie, Chinese officials urge pandas to reproduce"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_giant_pandas

Okay this one is funny too, but not because someone is being injured. No, it's because government officials are speaking publicly to pandas, urging them to reproduce. That's right. Talking directly, to the pandas. As if the pandas understand what they are saying. Now I understand the need for these pandas to reproduce, but I think there are more productice (no pun intended) ways to make the situation happen, or if they cannot reproduce right now, can't these officials be doing something else a bit more useful than talking to animals? Still, very funny. I wish the pandas luck.