"i realize it was very stupid of me. i will not do it again...i had obviously turned off the sound." trond helleland, a member of norway's parliament, apologizing for playing a war game on his pocket computer while the legislators around him debated the possibility of a real war with iraq.



"why can't you share your bed? the most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone...it's very charming. it's very sweet. it's what the whole world should do." "king of pop" michael jackson, admitting to sleeping in his bed with several chlidren who were not his own.



"we were at war. they were an endangered species." north carolina rep. howard coble, on his belief that interning japanese-americans during world war ii was for their own protection.



"look at who runs all the convenience stores across the country." north carolina rep. sue myrick, referring to arab-americans in talking about domestic security threats.



"i'm white and she's puerto rican. that's what's underneath, although nobody says it because it's not politically correct." actor ben affleck, on his belief that the media fascinatio with him and fiancee jennifer lopez is race-related.



thanks to newsweek.