3/19/25 - Awkward Moments, Florida Man, and The Regulars Are Coming!

Wednesday 3/19/25

Celebrate:

Certified Nurses Day

Client's Day

Let's Laugh Day

National Backyard Day

National Chocolate Caramel Day

National Poultry Day

Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Day

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Yesterday was National Awkward Moments Day.  It's supposed to encourage you to NOT be so embarassed, because they happen to everyone.

A recent poll looked at various awkward situations.  On a scale from 1 to 10, over a third of people gave all of these at least a 7.

1.  Gossiping about someone over text.  Then you realize you texted THEM.

2.  Watching a movie with your parents, and there's a sex scene.

3.  Clogging a toilet.  Like at someone's house, and you can't find a plunger.

4.  Telling a joke, and nobody laughs.

5.  Tripping, falling, or stumbling in public.

6.  Asking someone for money, because they haven't paid you back.

7.  Forgetting someone's name.

8.  Hearing a recording of your own voice.

The top ways we react to awkward moments include avoiding eye contact . . . an uncomfortable laugh or smile . . . fidgeting . . . blushing . . . and LEAVING also made the top five.  When things get too awkward, we might just opt to get the heck out of there.

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Florida Man!!!!!

A 34-year-old man in Clearwater, Florida named Aaron Jablonski was at a place called the Overtime Sports Bar at 2:30 A.M. this past Saturday, when he apparently became furious because the karaoke machine wasn't working.

He stormed out . . . and that's when another karaoke fan tried to get him to cool down.  Aaron was not in the mood, and pulled a GUN out of his waistband.

He pointed it at the other man, and shouted, "I don't [effing] care."

Someone called the cops, and when they showed up, Aaron still had the gun.  Witnesses say they saw him waving it around . . . AND firing off a round . . . but no one was hurt, thankfully.

Aaron was arrested on two felony charges:  Aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a felon.  His rap sheet includes convictions for DUI . . . disorderly conduct . . . theft . . . and two separate incidents of battery on a police officer.

(It wouldn't have been so bad for him IF the karaoke machine WAS WORKING. People would have been ok with him taking it out.)

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Paul Revere didn't yell "The British are coming" . . . because the Americans at the time still considered themselves British.  He probably used the most common term for British soldiers, "regulars."

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