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Quotes + numbers, February 17, 2006

Just the facts on Wal-Mart, the Olympics, Barack at the Grammys, and more
By EDITORIAL  |  February 16, 2006

NO ICE, PLEASE: you'd be better off drinking from the toilet. 44
Wal-Marts in Massachusetts, all of which are now required to stock emergency contraception, according to the state’s Board of Pharmacy, which released a ruling on the matter this Tuesday.

“I don’t Michael Moore this shit.”
George Clooney on his strategy to question, rather than attack, the government in recent films (as told to The Guardian).

12
Number of US Olympians vying for spots in the sixth season of Donald Trump’s The Apprentice.

“I figured start it off on eBay for $500. It’s a pretty good deal.”
Mike Thompson, of Ohio, regarding a pancake he is selling and which he says contains a pattern of the face of Jesus.

“I’m going for an Emmy next year, Best Supporting Actor in a drama starring John McCain.”
Senator Barack Obama (D-Il), who won a Grammy for the reading of his memoir, Dreams From My Father.

“I’d like to be the inspector of saunas, mostly women’s saunas.”
Conan O’Brien, who with mock ad campaigns endorsed the re-election of Finnish President Tarja Halonen, on how he expects to rewarded with a cabinet position.

“I found that 70 percent of the time, the ice from the fast-food restaurants contain more bacteria than the fast-food restaurant’s toilet water.”
12-year-old Jasmine Roberts of New Tampa, Florida, on the findings of her school-science-fair project, which won first place.

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