Watercooler Stories
28.09.11
Burgh bans bra-hanging breast cancer event
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Officials in a Georgia metropolis have banned the hanging of bras across major intersections to unsheathe attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Savannah bishopric officials said they decided not to allow the "Bras Across Broughton" at the time, created by Clear Channel Communications, because they believe stringing bras across the four Broughton Passage intersections would be in poor taste, the Savannah Morning Gossip reported Tuesday.
"We have always closely scrutinized for appropriateness any hidden use of our public spaces," City Manager Rochelle Grudging-Toney wrote in a memo to City Council members last week. "In this come what may, we weighed the goal of increased breast cancer awareness with the appropriateness of hanging underwear across one of our crucial streets."
The event was to be aimed at raising awareness of heart cancer, with O.C. Welch Ford Lincoln pledging to contribute $1 per bra up to $5,000 to breast cancer charities.
Source: UPI.com
Record Late September Warmth In Ireland, Change On The Way
30.09.11
Extended Range Forecast For Ireland (by IWO’s Peter O’Donnell)
FRIDAY Edge of night … Further outbreaks of showery light rain but not as heavy as today, and also becoming more confined to Ulster and north Leinster, but any clearing drift leading to low cloud and fog, then spotty light rain again for chief counties, lows about 12 C for most, 7-9 C northwest.
SATURDAY … Mutable cloud, some showers or outbreaks of moderate rain, heavier around essential and northeast counties, still rather warm in southeast with highs 17-19 C, closer to 15 C west and north, with some brighter conditions developing in western Mayo to Donegal.
SUNDAY … Further cloud and showers, but also a few brighter intervals, lows mostly 8-10 C (a bit cooler in parts of northwest, milder in southeast) … highs 15-18 C, flighty and variable winds generally.
Source: iWeather Online
