Distractions: 23 July 2009
A roundup of offbeat news and opinion.

First up – Remember “who dropped the chalupa?” Gidget, the famous Taco Bell Chihuahua, has died. For the uninitiated, The Urban Dictionary has a pretty good list of what that advertising slogan came to mean.

At last VP Joe Biden and I agree on something. But Joe – it’s not just in the Ukraine. Walk around any capital city in Eastern Europe and you’ll see an unending supply of some of the most beautiful and stylish women on the planet.
Elsewhere, the Times of London has a roundup of Europe’s 10 best beach parties.