The Local reports that this past weekend, in Stockholm, Sweden, in response to reports of a gas leak, two fire trucks, two police cars, and an emergency gas leak team all rushed to the scene of an apartment building… to… Read More ›
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Movies “Brave” and the “Hunger Games” Spark Demand For Archery Sets Among Girls
CNBC reports that sales of toy archery sets to young girls is on the rise thanks to the Disney-Pixar movie Brave, and Lion’s Gates’ Hunger Games. 3 Worse Things Your Kids Could Be Inspired To Play With Based On Movies… Read More ›
If Clint Eastwood Wanted To Debate An Empty Chair, There Were Plenty In Theaters When His Movie “J. Edgar” Opened!
At last night’s GOP convention, mystery guest speaker, Clint Eastwood, pretended to debate an empty chair, representing President Obama. 3 Other Places Clint Eastwood Could Find More Empty Chairs To Debate 1. At the opening weekend of the last movie… Read More ›
Drunk Man In Superman Suit Should Have Clarified The “S” Stood For “Stupor!”
According to the Local, a Norwegian man visiting northern Sweden, dressed in a Superman costume, had to be locked up after police deemed him to be too inebriated to “fend for himself.” We can only guess what the police in… Read More ›
Facebook Kills App That Let Your Facebook “Friends” Find Your Location. So You Can Turn Your iPhone Back On And Stop Hiding In The Laundry Bin, Kevin.
CNBC reports that just hours after releasing a new app, called “Friends Nearby,” Facebook killed the app. “Friends Nearby” allowed users to instantly find, or as CNBC hints, “stalk” friends, family members, acquaintences, co-workers, random people who friended you, and… Read More ›
We Will Never Get Writer’s Block As Long As People Continue Killing Spiders With Blowtorches.
As we continue our week of celebration of our readers, we read a blog entry by novelist Candace Knoebel entitled “Caught In The Writer’s Block Web,” where she offers some great tips to avoid getting writer’s block, which she hopefully… Read More ›
We Hope You Find Your “Sexy Sausage” But Doubt You’ll See That New Adam Sandler Movie On Zune!
We continue our week-long series of posts inspired by our readers. Today, we honor our anonymous readers. Specifically, the people who type things into search engines, and perhaps don’t know that search engines often tell us what they typed! And… Read More ›
University Professor Suggests The Movie “101 Dalmations” Could Lead To Teen Smoking. What Is He Smoking?
As we recently mentioned, as part of our Freshly Pressed celebrations, we will be writing all this week about topics inspired by our readers. Our first entry is based on a blog entry we found by Kamilla Berdin, in which… Read More ›
3 Worse Things Than Being “Freshly Pressed” (According To A Pair Of Jeans We Interviewed)
Last Thursday, NotTheWorstNews was honored after a story about dogs getting married was selected for WordPress’ freshly pressed page. For those who are unaware, WordPress selects about 11 posts each weekday to be “Freshly Pressed” and posts them on the… Read More ›
Spiders + Blowtorch + California Brush = Wrong Solution To Kill Spiders!
The Consumerist reports that a California man, who was trying to clear his yard of cobwebs, decided the best gardening tool for this project was a blowtorch. This soon lead to a brush-fire in his backyard, and $25,000 worth of… Read More ›
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