CNBC reports that the City of Paris has provided workers in the tourist industry with a manual called “Do you speak touriste?” The goal of the manual is to teach workers in the industry how tourists from various countries would… Read More ›
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Your Move Starbucks! When Are We Going To Be Able To Get A Venti Coffee In An Ice Cup?
Time reports that Coca-Cola has introduced a new bottle to Colombian consumers made of ice. From the article: “Coke is touting the environmentally friendly nature of these melt-away bottles, but as ABC News points out, they require so much extra refrigeration… Read More ›
What’s Wrong With With This Headline?
Yahoo reported in an article entitled “Can You Spot What’s Wrong with This Picture of Stacy Keibler” that George’s Clooney’s girlfriend forgot to zip up the side of her dress, revealing her underwear. Spoiler alert: if you click on the… Read More ›
As You Buy Fireworks For Tomorrow, Please Do Not Buy The “Skypoo Schoolhouse!”
Yahoo reports that a Toronto family living under a flight path of the city’s busiest airport thought “sky poo” was falling from planes onto their property. Yahoo also reports that CBC reported an investigation revealed that the mysterious substance doesn’t… Read More ›
Splitting Headaches Are Such A Hassle. And Headache Medication Can Be So Hard To Open. If Only You Could Transplant Your Entire Head…
Yahoo reports that an Italian neuroscientist claims that human-to-human head transplants may some day become available! And you thought allegations of performance-enhancing drugs were a problem in sports. Just wait until the day that Roger Clemens is able to transplant… Read More ›
Accidentally Gluing Your Mouth Shut Is Not A Better Way To Keep Secrets Than Not Revealing Secrets.
The Telegraph reports that a woman in New Zealand mistakenly confused a tube of cold sore cream with super-glue, resulting in inadvertently gluing her lips shut. Which of course made her emergency telephone call seeking help tricky… fortunately they were… Read More ›
Now What Are You Going To Do With The Useless Gold Mine In Your Backyard?
CNBC reports that the price of gold has fallen to a level where it may cost more to remove gold from mines than what it’s worth. 3 Solutions We Propose To This Problem 1. Emergency Olympiad featuring all of the… Read More ›
Sweden’s Security Is Bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
The Local reports that a journalist in Sweden was almost taken down for attempting to pass a banana, confused to be a “secret weapon,” to Sweden’s Prime Minister. 3 Worse Things To Pass To A Swedish Prime Minister 1. IKEA… Read More ›
Did You Just Realize You Wasted Years Of Your Life Switching Your Fork From One Hand To Another?
A contributor at Slate suggests that a once-popular American method of cutting and eating meat, which the author calls “the cut and switch” may be inefficient. For those unfamiliar with the technique, which the author says originated in France: it… Read More ›
If You Fill Your Jean Pockets With Georgia Peaches Causing Them To Sag, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You!
CNN reports that a town in Georgia has passed an ordinance banning baggy pants that expose one’s underwear, or hang more than three inches below one’s waist. Offenders could face a $25 fine, which we bet is ironically enough to… Read More ›