Cogitation wrote:A batter playing in a game at Euclid Stadium in Cogitation City hit a home run baseball that flew on a suborbital trajectory out of the Democratic States and into The Borderlands of Maxtopia, hitting head of state Max Barry in the head and rendering him unconscious. The batter responsible tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and was subsequently expelled from the Cogitation National Baseball League; he is now awaiting trial on charges of using Substances Jeopardizing Human Health.
Quote the President of the Democratic States: "I am beginning to question the wisdom of the economic stimulus package that had us start manufacturing high-durability baseballs so high-durability that they can survive planetary re-entry. Also, how anyone walks around with muscles that thick without being suspected of steroids up the wazzoo is beyond me. STOP BLOCKING MY OFFICE DOOR SO THAT I CAN GET IN, YOU IDIOT REPORTER!"
...and so was the first Sports News on the new forums.
--The Jovial States of Cogitation
"Laugh about it for a moment."
NationStates Self-Proclaimed Court Jester