1/16/24 - And The Emmy Goes To..., Lunch Bag, and Don't Burn Snow

Tuesday 1/16/24

Celebrate:

Appreciate a Dragon Day

Book Publishers Day

International Hot and Spicy Food Day

National Fig Newton Day

National Good Teen Day

National Nothing Day -  created "to provide Americans with one national holiday when they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything." 

National Quinoa Day

National Without a Scalpel Day

Printing Ink Day

Prohibition Remembrance Day

Psychiatric Technician's Day

Religious Freedom Day

Rid the World of Fad Diet and Gimmicks Day

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Louis Vuitton is now selling a "sandwich bag" 

It's shaped like a brown paper bag and resembles how a lunch bag may be taped shut.

The bag was designed by Pharrell . . . you know, the musician  Oh, and it costs $3,130.

There's also a matching shopping bag which comes with handles. (no word on the cost of that.)

See it in action here.

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The federal government is ordering states to stop putting funny messages on highway signs.  We're talking about the light-up ones that normally say things like, "Buckle Up" or "Don't Drink and Drive."

Studies have shown that messages that include humor or pop culture references can be good, because you're more likely to remember them.  Some states even let you submit your own ideas.

But the Department of Transportation claims they can also be dangerous . . . take longer to read . . . and cause crashes because of distracted driving.  They can also confuse people.

For example, officials in Ohio got calls a few years ago when they posted a message for Christmas that said, "Life is FRA-GEE-LAY, drive safe."  Some people didn't get the reference from the movie "A Christmas Story".

Some good ones from around the country:

-"Tailgating is for football, not highways"

-"Visiting in-laws?  Slow down, get there late"

-"Get your head out of your apps."

-"Don't be a stinker, use your blinker" 

-"Santa sees you when you're speeding."

-"Luck of the Irish won't help you with a DWI."

- "We'll be blunt.  Don't drive high."

-"Who ya gonna call?  Nobody . . . you're driving."

-"Four I's in Mississippi, two eyes on the road"

-"Baby Yoda uses the Force but still needs a car seat."

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Police in the city of Bellevue, Nebraska had to remind people that you can't burn snow away.

"If you live in Olde Towne Bellevue, and are currently pouring gas onto the snow and trying to light it on fire as a form of snow removal, you cannot do that.  Our officers are on the way to talk to you now."

There aren't any further details, but it doesn't sound like anyone was hurt.  They also didn't say if the person would get in trouble for doing it.

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TV spinoffs are getting more and more common.  But are we ready for a spinoff of a spinoff?

CBS is hoping that the answer is YES.  "Young Sheldon" . . . already a spinoff of "The Big Bang Theory". . . is getting a spinoff of its own.

There isn't a title yet . . . and it's not even about Sheldon.  The main characters will be Sheldon's brother Georgie and his fiancée Mandy.

I was hoping it would be about his sister Missy.

There's another spinoff of Big Bang theory in the works with a mostly new cast. That's all I've got on that one.

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The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were held last night.

For details and winners, check out https://www.emmys.com/

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Back in 2013, Mark Zuckerberg paid $14 million for his house . . . and then spent $30 million to buy four houses around him so he could use their backyards and keep them empty for privacy.

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