Wednesday 2/16/22
Celebrate National Do a Grouch a Favor, Tim Tam, Almond, and Innovation Day.
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After hitting its highest price in two decades leading up to the Super Bowl, the humble avocado now finds itself at the center of a turf war among Mexican drug cartels.
The U.S. suspended imports of the popular guacamole ingredient after a plant inspector working in the Michoacán region received a threatening phone call. As the avocado industry has become more profitable, rival drug cartels started fighting for control of it. The import ban could prove devastating for Mexico's economy, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it won't lift the suspension until it can ensure the safety of its personnel working in the country
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A man landing an upper-cut on the ceiling fan, a woman slamming into furniture, a guy smashing through a lighting fixture: gamers are learning, virtual reality headsets can often cause havoc at home.
The trend of crashing into furniture while in the metaverse provoked a 31% jump in home contents claims involving VR headsets last year, insurer Aviva said, marking a 68% overall increase since 2016.
Claims to Aviva involving virtual reality headsets can get wacky. One customer launched a controller at his TV when a zombie jumped out during the game. Multiple people reported cracking TV screens. One child smashed two designer figurines – perched on the mantelpiece – when his game demanded a “swipe” move.
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Today is the Full moon at 11:59a. The Snow Moon. In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver, who had visited the Naudowessie (Dakota) and others, wrote that the name used for this period was the Snow Moon, “because more snow commonly falls during this month than any other in the winter.”
The Cree called this the Bald Eagle Moon or Eagle Moon. Bear Moon (Ojibwe) and Black Bear Moon (Tlingit) refer to the time when bear cubs are born. The Dakota called this the Raccoon Moon, and certain Algonquin peoples named it the Groundhog Moon. The Haida named it Goose Moon.
The Cherokee names of “Month of the Bony Moon” and “Hungry Moon” give evidence to the fact that food was hard to come by at this time.
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A woman in South Carolina named Zanaya Jones applied for a job at a grocery store a while back, and the manager tried to call her to offer her an interview.
But he got her voicemail, and decided to cancel the offer because her greeting message was too jokey.
It starts with her singing, "Wassup, wassup, wassup." Then she says the normal "leave your name" stuff, but ends it in a jokey way too.
He left her a message, and said that if you apply for a job, you should make sure your voicemail is more professional than that. Then he said there was no need for her to call back, and hung up.
It happened back in 2020, but it's going viral now after she posted both audio clips on TikTok.
Some people think he was right. Others don't think it was that unprofessional, and say Zanaya dodged a bullet, because he's obviously a jerk.
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A 51-year-old man in Las Vegas named Daniel Asseff has been accused of intentionally driving the wrong way on the road last Friday. He caused a crash, and has been charged with attempted murder, DUI, and battery with a deadly weapon. He had heroin and meth in his system at the time.
But he's kind of crazy even without the drugs.
At a court hearing on Tuesday, Asseff told the judge that the ghost of Dale Earnhardt Sr. told him to drive the wrong way to get the mayor's attention so she'd bring NASCAR back to Las Vegas.
It didn't work. Prosecutors asked for a $200,000 bail for Asseff, but the judge raised it to $500,000, ordered him not to drive, and called him a danger to the community.
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Today's Useless Face of the Day - In honor of Do a Grouch a Favor Day - Here's some stuff about Oscar The Grouch.
Oscar has always been grouchy, his first words on "Sesame Street" were "Don't bang on my can! Go away!" oh and he was Orange for the first season, but original designs had him purple. Oscar has stated in at least two interviews that he turned green during a stay in Swamp Mushy Muddy. In a 2009 interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Oscar said he's still orange underneath but refuses to scrub the mold off.
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