Not The Worst News just tested the new Blackberry Z10, which lacks the physical keyboard that has made Blackberry so popular among 70-year-old former typewriter-ribbon-manufacturing-executives. Trying to type “this is a test” on the text messaging app lead to something… Read More ›
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Obama Makes A Sci-Fi Faux-Pas By Referring To A “Jedi Mind Meld,” Otherwise Known As A Normal Conversation-Opposite-Of-Faux-Pas
Yahoo reports that President Obama made an error today, combining nerdy concepts from Star Trek and Star Wars in a speech explaining why he can’t just use his mind to achieve consensus in Congress. Actually, we disagree with the idea that… Read More ›
104-Year-Old-Woman Has More Facebook Friends Than You!
Yahoo reports that Facebook has apologized to a 104-year-old grandmother for being unable to enter her real age on Facebook, as Facebook had previously only allowed people to enter birth-years of 1910 or later. Facebook has since corrected the error,… Read More ›
Ad For Tonight’s Oscars Costs More Than Used Toyota Tercel
CNBC reports that a commercial during tonight’s Academy Awards will cost between $1.65 million and $1.80 million for 30 seconds. 3 Worse Things You Could Waste $1.65 Million On 1. Half a viewing of the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. Why is a… Read More ›
IMDB Profile Says Canadian Actor Moving To U.S., Actor Apparently Unable To Convince U.S. Border Guards Otherwise
According to CTV, a Canadian actor named Chad Rook, who has appeared in a TV show called Supernatural, has been banned from the United States for five years after trying to cross the border. From the article: “Rook initially told… Read More ›
We’re Not Saying He’s A Vampire, But Prince Looks Identical To 1980s Prince At Grammy Awards
Prince presented an award for best record at tonight’s Grammy Awards, looking an awful lot like 1980s Prince. 3 Celebrities We Are Glad Are Not Vampires 1. Robert Pattinson (An actor who’s not that great an actor acting like they… Read More ›
Swedish Police Confuse Video Game Sounds With Crime Scene… This Never Would Have Happened If They Were Playing Mr. Do!
The Local reports that a group of teenagers in Sweden playing the video game Call Of Duty in an apartment, got an unexpected surprise when the police raided their flat after passers-by phoned in reports of gunfire and cries for… Read More ›
99-Year-Old Teacher Changed Careers At Age 82… So When Are You Going To Give Up Your Door-To-Door Encyclopedia Business?
CNN reports that a 99-year-old elementary school teacher, who started teaching at age 82, enjoys her job so much she refuses to retire. She teaches cooking, sewing and costume-making, which means if you want your kid to prepare all the… Read More ›
Rapper Who Rapped About Not Voting For The President Suddenly Disappears Like A Ghost From Inauguration Party Stage
USA Today reports in this video that rapper Lupe Fiasco was escorted off the stage at a Presidential inaugural party during a performance that included lyrics mentioning that he did not vote for President Obama. 3 Worse Potential Invitees To Perform… Read More ›
Is The Tea Party Going The Way Of Fruitopia Lemon Berry Intuition Fruit Tea?
Erin Burnett ran a segment on CNN last night asking: “Is the Tea Party dead?” The segment also quoted a Politico interview in which a Tea Party leader reportedly admitted: “There’s not enough money.” 3 Parties We Could See Replacing… Read More ›
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