Friday 10/7/22
Celebrate:
Bathtub Day
Kids Music Day
Manufacturing Day
National Denim Day
National Diversity Day
National Flower Day
National Forgiveness & Happiness Day
National Frappe Day
National Inner Beauty Day
National LED Light Day
Plaidurday
World Smile Day
You Matter to Me Day
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Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the “Goddess of Love” and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72.
See her comedy here Pigs.
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We now know how much it would cost to rent a car, and drive around the world...literally. It's $8,000 . . . assuming you can pull it off within three days.
A woman flew to Canada earlier this month to help her daughter get settled at college. She drove around Toronto for three days in a GMC Yukon Denali . . . then returned the car.
Later on, she noticed that the rental car company Avis charged her a fee of $8,000 . . . for driving about 23,000 miles. That's just shy of the circumference of the planet Earth. And to do it, she would've had to drive all 72 hours she had the car . . . at an average speed of 315 miles per hour.
It was obviously a mistake, but she couldn't get anyone from Avis to reverse the charge until the local news got involved. Now, someone from Avis says they've apologized to the woman . . . but they didn't explain what happened.
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Hollywood relies heavily on stereotypes, and frankly, some of them need to DIE. A poll of people ages 18 to 35 determined the Top 10 stereotypes we're sick of:
1. Women being overly sexualized for male characters, 24%
2. Women being depicted as weak, too sensitive, always crying, 20%
3. Foreign characters unable to speak English for comedic purposes, 19%
4. (tie) Mentally ill people appearing as dangerous and unpredictable, 18%
4. (tie) Black communities being viewed as broken or disruptive, 18%
4. (tie) Black or Latino men and women as gang members, 18%
5. (tie) Flamboyant members of the LGBTQ+ community, 17%
5. (tie) The streetwise sassy black woman, 17%
6. (tie) Overprotective Asian parents, 16%
6. (tie) Disabled people appearing frail, helpless, or unintelligent, 16%
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A guy in India tried to trick a company into hiring him by sending his friend to the hiring exam in his place . . . with HIS thumb-print. He removed his thumb skin and pasted it on his friend's hand. But it wouldn’t scan on a thumb scanner, so they got caught cheating.
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Oscar Mayer is selling its first-ever "Cold Dog," which is a POPSICLE. It tastes like a hot dog . . . and they say it has "both refreshing and smokey, umami notes." And it's topped with a "mustard swirl."
If you're looking for someone to blame for this, the idea dates back to an Instagram post on Oscar Mayer's account a few months ago, where they asked their followers if it was "stupid or genius."
Apparently, people said it was genius. A rep for Oscar Mayer said, "After the overwhelming fan excitement . . . it was a no-brainer to make [it] a reality."
For better or worse, it's not a nationwide release . . . yet. The "Cold Dog" is available at select Popbar locations, while supplies last. They cost $2 a pop. If you don't know, Popbar is a chain of gelato shops.
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The Weekend is here and many of the things you do this weekend count as exercise...as long as they get your heart rate up. If you do enough of them, it can be just as good as hitting the gym. Here are six daily activities that count as exercise . . .
1. The "I'm late" sprint. Running to catch a train or bus can get your heart rate going enough to count as light-to-moderate exercise.
2. Running errands. Walking through the aisles of a store is just as good as walking outside, especially if you're in a rush or walk briskly.
3. Cleaning. It involves a lot of bending, lifting, and other physical activities.
4. Yard and lawn care. Mowing the lawn can be a workout. So can gardening.
5. Walking your dog. Just another way of getting your steps in.
6. Playing with your kids. Doing ANYTHING with a kid takes energy.
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Cameras were rolling in a Buckingham neighborhood when someone stole a port-a-potty from a construction site.
Neighbors said construction projects are booming in the area.
It’s why no one questioned the person who loaded the portable toilet on a lift and drove off.
Steve Mammen lives on the street and was able to track it down.
“I take the dog for a ride on the golf cart every afternoon. After that we discovered it was gone I noticed it at a different site,” said Mammen.
The toilet was dumped on an empty lot across from a work site about a block away from where it was taken.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Elevators and escalators made by the Otis Elevator Company carry around two billion people a day . . . which means they transport the equivalent of every person in the world approximately every four days.
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