News of vital interest from several Saturday sources:
01. British firefighters answered a call from a lady who excitedly said that her TV was on fire. She had just bought a new HD set and was watching a news picture of a burning building. Firemen put out the fire by changing the channel for her.
02. Church attendees are now being encouraged to text message their friends during church services if they like what is going on and the spirit moves them.
03. A recent study learned that pigeons can tell good art from bad. The birds were given examples of both types of art (in the studiers' opinions) and found that the birds pecked mainly on the "good" art. (Maybe the examiners were studying the wrong ends of the pigeons.)
04. Another study showed that cockroaches get fat from eating unhealthy food.
(Who pays for these studies?)
05. Afghanistan's only pig (see prior blog) has now been freed and allowed back in the Afghan zoo.
06. Methodist Bishops have agreed to cut their pay. (!)
07. Casey Kasem retired after 40 years. (Recently I turned on an XM music channel and the DJ sure sounded like the Kasem I remember from years ago. Guess what, it was him. So then I thought that it was a rebroadcast from long ago. Nope.. it was him today.. I think that his distinctive voice has not changed in 40 years.)
08. General Motors has exited from bankruptcy. Does this mean that my GM stock is worth something afterall? If so, I need to rescue my shreded certificates and glue them back together.
09. A New Jersey brewery is naming its beers after exits on the New Jersey Turnpike. "Exit 11" is coming out this month.
10. Iran's Achmmedenijahd (or whatever) tried to kill a fly like President Obama did during a video presentation.. he failed miserably, but Iranian press reports will probably say that he killed it, and did it much faster than Obama.
11. Scotland Yard installed mini-cams on police helmets. They have worked well, except that a few have caught fire. (Peter Sellers and Benny Hill would have loved this one.)
Finally.. for those who listen to Old Time Radio on WAMU-FM on Sunday evenings, Ed Walker, the host, has been nominated to the Radio Hall of Fame. If you are so inclined, you can vote for him at www.wamu.org.
Also, if you want to add fun to your day, you could add www.twitter.com/waitwait to your visits.
Adios!
2 comments:
That story about the HD TV seems a little fishy to me, but I wouldn't be surprised.
U.K.'s Metro News posted this story and some of their stories are a bit exagerated sometimes. But that's what makes them so entertaining to read.
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