According to the Bleacher report, every NFL team has had at least one player arrested over the past five years. Some of the most arrested were: Vikings: 18 arrests Broncos: 16 arrests Colts: 13 arrests Buccaneers: 13 arrests 3 Explanations… Read More ›
Month: August 2015
Columbia House Just Filed For Bankruptcy? Columbia House Still Exists?
Yahoo Finance reports that the parent company of Columbia House has filed for bankruptcy. Columbia House used to sell records, and then tapes, and then CDs, and then DVDs by mail. As we are all about helping companies, here are… Read More ›
Oops! Butter Industry Study Finds Butter Is Bad For You.
The Washington Post reports that a study funded by the Danish Dairy Research Institution found that butter raises your cholesterol relative to alternatives like olive oil. Since we are all about helping industry, here are 3 slogans we propose for… Read More ›
Facebook Confirms Nobody LOLs Any More. What’s Your Excuse Texas And California?
Business Insider reports Facebook conducted a study in which they studied posts and comments in the last week of May. The most popular way of laughing online was: “Haha.” “LOL” was used by just 2% of users, and saw highest… Read More ›
3 Tips For A Globe and Mail Writer On Writing A Piece About A Debate
The Globe and Mail published a piece by Kate Taylor today in which she rants about her inability to watch last night’s Republican Candidate Debate on a television. Taylor wrote: “The debate was airing on a channel well above the… Read More ›
Costco Sends Letter With Funnier Organic Food Labeling Correction Strategy Than Whole Foods
We recently wrote about Whole Foods’ response to allegations that the company sold items at New York stores with labels indicating inaccurate weights. Their apparent strategy was to apologize. Yawn! Let’s see what Costco did in a similar situation… We… Read More ›
If You Want Asparagus Water, You Are Going To Have To Shop Elsewhere.
Yahoo reports that Whole Foods Market has pulled $5.99 jars of “Asparagus Water” from a California store after a photo of the product went viral. Spoiler alert: the jars contained several stalks of asparagus in water. 3 Frequently Asked Questions… Read More ›
What Does A Robot Have To Do To Hitch A Ride Around Here?
A Canadian hitch-hiking robot that successfully toured parts of the world was reportedly destroyed in Philadelphia by vandals. CBC reports that fake surveillance footage of the destruction of “HitchBOT” has surfaced online. 3 People We Suspect Decimated HitchBOT 1. The… Read More ›
3 Excuses For Sirius-XM’s Jenny Eliscu For Her Apparent Lack Of Metallica Or Lollapalooza Knowledge
Yesterday, we made light of the fact that Sirius-Xm Host Jenny Eliscu asked Metallica’s James Hetfield if they ever played Lollapalooza before in an interview aired on Alt Nation. We pointed out that a quick search on Google and Wikipedia… Read More ›
3 Tips For Sirius-Xm Alt-Nation When Interviewing Metallica
Sirius-Xm’s Jenny Eliscu was interviewing James Hetfield of Metallica during this weekend’s Lollapalooza festival. One of the first questions was along the lines of “So, you’ve never played Lollapalooza before?” Since we considered this a pretty uninformed interview on a North… Read More ›