{"id":176,"date":"2006-10-08T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/08\/isnt-it-ironic\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T02:32:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T06:32:21","slug":"isnt-it-ironic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/10\/08\/isnt-it-ironic\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn&#8217;t it Ironic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Who&#8217;s Teasing Who?<br \/>\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/247884789\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/247884789\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/87\/247884789_15f4eb41bf_o.jpg\" alt=\"Face to face bird cat\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>(1) WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported in August that the pregnancy rate among girls at Timken High School in Canton, Ohio, was 13 percent, despite the fact that the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s athletic teams are known as the Trojans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>(2) Police Chief Michael Chitwood of Daytona Beach, Fla., reported that his house was burglarized in August during the time he was speaking to a Neighborhood Watch group on crime prevention.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>(3) In August, Kosco, a police dog assigned to the Watertown, N.Y., force, was the first cop on the scene to bring down Mark A. 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