CNN reports that a couple who gave a hotel in Northern England a bad review on Trip Advisor received an additional bill per the hotel’s policy: guests get $156 “fine” on their credit card for giving the hotel a bad… Read More ›
Month: November 2014
The Opposite Of Winning The Lottery… Or On The Very Bright Side, Maybe Not
Yahoo News Digest reports that a Canadian family from Saskatchewan received a million-dollar medical bill in Hawaii after the wife unexpectedly gave birth to a pre-mature baby during a vacation. The family had purchased Blue Cross travel medical insurance, but… Read More ›
Too Hot To Handle To Cold For A Title That Makes Sense
CNN reports that every state in the union reports that there was somewhere its borders below freezing this morning. 3 Places We Suspect Are Not Freezing 1. Between the ears of people who don’t believe in the science of climate… Read More ›
People Pay $37,000 For Atari Landfill Games. Hope The Sellers Pay Their Taxes On That!
Yahoo News Digest reports that Atari video games buried in a New Mexico landfill landed $37,000 on eBay. We first wrote about the story here. While lots of people were excited about a flawed E.T. game, here are: 3 Atari… Read More ›
Even 3 More Ways To Make Baseball Games Shorter
As we’ve been writing this weekend, Major League Baseball intends to test new methods to shorten games. And we have a few ideas of our own. Here are three more: 1. In between innings, just give the fan the prize… Read More ›
3 More Ways To Make Major League Baseball Games Shorter
Yesterday, we wrote about MLB’s plans to test new methods to shorten games, and provided our own suggestions. Here are 3 more of our own: 1. Shorten Lyrics To “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.” For example, delete the line… Read More ›
Baseball Looking At Ways To Make Game Shorter, According To Long Article
According to the Bleacher Report, Major League Baseball is testing new ways to make baseball games shorter. Included: limiting the number of mound visits; shortening the time between innings; shortening pitcher warm-up time; and using a pitch clock, presumably similar… Read More ›
It’s About Time Someone Made More Movies To Sell Toys
The Wall Street Journal reports that Hasbro is in “early talks” to acquire Shrek-film-studio Dreamworks Animation. This is not the first time we’ve made fun of Hasbro-toys to movies. You can check out older articles about this here and here…. Read More ›
Time To Start Black Friday 2016
Marketwatch reports that at Walmart, Black Friday is now a five-day event, beginning at midnight online on Thanksgiving and ending on Cyber Monday. If this trend continues, we suggest retailers consider a new name, so here are… 3 Better Names… Read More ›
It’s Like If They Printed “Roddy Dungerfield” On Your Comedy Hall Of Fame Jersey
CNN reports that Detroit Pistons’ player Andre Drummond received a game jersey before Monday night’s game against the Bulls with his name misspelled “Drummund.” Eventually he was given a jersey with the correct spelling. 3 More Potential Bright Sides To… Read More ›
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