6/17/25 - Breakfast Ketchup and Plausible Conspiracy Theories
- bribriny
- Jun 17
- 3 min read
Tuesday 6/17/25
Celebrate:
Global Garbage Man Day
National Apple Strudel Day
National Cherry Tart Day
National Eat Your Vegetables Day
Stewart's Root Beer Day
World Croc Day
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There are some people that put ketchup on everything. Eggs are a big one, and Heinz is trying to normalize it with a new ad campaign that claims ketchup on eggs . . . or even BACON . . . is perfectly acceptable.
They partnered with 100 Waffle Houses around the country, and changed the labels on their bottles to say "Breakfast Ketchup." It's the same product, just the label is different.
Around 50 diners across the U.S. will also have limited-edition bottles shaped like maple syrup bottles.
Heinz claims one in four people use ketchup at breakfast. Quote, "Ketchup at breakfast should be the norm, not the exception."
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Most conspiracy theories are not all that believable.
Buzzfeed has a list of "harmless conspiracy theories" that could hold some truth.
1. Starbucks baristas are told to misspell customers' names . . . so people post photos on social media of their Starbucks cup providing free advertising.
2. That your phone's microphone is constantly 'hot' and that it's listening for keywords to target advertising.
3. That Area 51 is a publicity stunt by the government to hide the REAL testing facility.
4. Cops go on Waze and leave notes about random police sightings to cause people to slow down, without actually having to stay and check on people.
5. That "big bread" paid toaster manufacturers to put in a setting that's too high, so people would burn their toast, and they'd sell more bread.
6. The reason Disney came out with a movie called "Frozen" was so that when you googled "Disney frozen," you would get information about the movie, and not websites talking about Walt Disney's body being frozen.
7. Lotteries are actually traps for time travelers.
8. PETA is controlled opposition run by the meat industry, designed to make animal rights activists look bad.
9. Trader Joe's makes their parking lots small on purpose to make them seem more popular than they really are.
10. Bigfoot is blurry in real life. It was never the camera at fault.
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Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and Mel Brooks will return for "Spaceballs 2", which might be called "The Schwartz Awakens". It's coming out in 2027.
Josh Gad co-wrote the script, and he's expected to be in it, too.
There's also no word on any other returning cast members. Obviously, John Candy, Joan Rivers, and Dick Van Patten won't be back, since they're no longer with us.
Here's the trailer
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A bunch of kids in Anaheim, California helped break a world record for largest game of Red Light, Green Light. It happened last month, and Guinness just posted the official announcement. 1,423 people took part.
But now half of them are dead...oh wait...this isn't Squid Games.
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A 19-year-old "man" in New York named Cody Mallon was arrested early Saturday morning, after he broke into a former correctional facility.
He crawled through a hole in the perimeter fence . . . entered the premises . . . and somehow trapped himself in one of the cells. He was freaked enough that he called the police for help.
The cops showed up . . . freed him from the cell . . . and then arrested him for criminal trespassing.
He allegedly told police that he was just there to take some selfies . . . likely for social media. This happened after midnight, so he definitely knew that he wasn't supposed to be there.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - When you have Olympics, events are usually held in the same City, or close by. The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm was chosen to hold equestrian events because horses couldn't be brought into Australia under quarantine regulations.
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