10/22/21
Celebrate National Make a Dog's Day, Nut, Color, Clean Up the Earth, Eat A Pretzel, INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK, International Stuttering Awareness, Knee, Smart is Cool and Wombat Day.
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Halloween is less than two weeks out. And if you just thought, "Wow, I need to find a costume," you're not alone. A poll taken yesterday of 17,000 Americans found 26% of adults plan to dress up this year. But almost HALF of those people still don't know what their costume will be.
58% of people who plan to dress up said they've got a specific costume in mind, or already bought one. The other 42% still don't know what they're going as, but said they'll figure it out between now and October 31st.
Young people were the most likely to say they don't have a costume yet. Over half of people 18 to 25 who plan to wear one said they don't know what it is yet.
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Remember the classic toy phone Fisher-Price made that looks like a car with a face on it? They came out in 1961, and every kid had one.
Well, the newest version just got a major upgrade. It can now make real phone calls.
Fisher-Price is selling a new Bluetooth version of it that looks like the classic toy, but pairs with your smartphone. So you or your kids can use it to make actual phone calls.
It's still got the classic rotary dial that spins around and a man's voice says each digit out loud when you dial so you can learn your numbers.
They cost $60, and you can only get them at Best Buy. They're not on sale yet, but you can pre-order one on their website.
Fisher-Price is still selling the normal, non-Bluetooth kids' version for $10. But with that one, you'll have to go back to just pretending you're on the phone.
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A man named Noel Cole was pulled over by the cops in Missouri on Saturday. He was wanted on a felony warrant, so he knew he was in trouble.
The deputy started asking questions, and Noel decided to make a break for it on foot. The deputy took off after him, and he was able to catch up, partially because Noel was carrying something in his hands. A Marie Callender's chocolate cream pie.
The local sheriff says the pie "appeared to be extremely important to Mr. Cole," so it's been placed with his personal belongings and will be kept as safe as possible for him until his release. It's unclear what the warrant was all about.
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Somebody made a "Squid Game" alarm clock and posted a clip of it in action. It's a mini version of the animatronic pig-tailed doll in the "Red Light, Green Light" game.
If you miss the alarm, the doll's neck stretches open, she turns toward the bed, and fires a dart at your head. It also plays the dreaded "One, Two, Three, Sun" song.
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Adele's choice for her last meal ever is McDonald's. She likes to get Chicken McNuggets, a Big Mac, and fries, "That's my three-course" and she said she eats it at least once a week.
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Looks like we'll get the announcement soon on a new name for Facebook. Not the social network we all know and love (hate?) But the overall company. Think Google, the parent company is not Alphabet.
One contender is “Meta,” since, well, it’s short for metaverse and meta.com redirects to a website for a medical research tool developed under the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which the Facebook CEO co-founded.
Here are the current odds on Facebook’s new name, via SportsBetting.AG:
Virtuel: 4-1
Connect: 5-1
Horizon: 5-1
Ecoverse: 7-1
Metabook: 8-1
Immerse: 8-1
Omniverse: 10-1
MetaBeast: 80-1
Zuckers: 100-1
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